Lu Xinghua said helplessly: "New weapons? What new weapons? Will it allow us to take the position in front of us without a single soldier? ”

The operator said: "What new weapon division commander didn't say, why don't you ask it yourself?" ”

Lu Xinghua said: "Okay, give me the microphone." ”

The operator handed over the microphone, only to hear Xiao Yingwu say in the microphone: "Is your attack not going well?" ”

Lu Xinghua asked in surprise, "Commander, how do you know the Dao?" ”

Xiao Yingwu said with a smile: "It was Lin Shuai who said it, he analyzed the terrain of the front line in the rear, and found that there would be a lot of shooting dead spots in the mountains, and our firepower advantage could not be brought into play, so he sent you the latest fire support weapons!" ”

Lu Xinghua hurriedly asked, "What weapon?" ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "240mm mortar! ”

Lu Xinghua exclaimed: "What is the caliber?" 240 mm? So big? ”

Xiao Yingwu smiled: "I didn't say it wrong, and you didn't hear it wrong, it's 240 mm, and it's on your own!" ”

Lu Xinghua asked in surprise: "240mm self-propelled mortar?" Our 155-mm howitzers are too heavy to fit on their own turf, but how can 240-mm guns be? ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "The barrel of the mortar is much shorter than that of the howitzer, so it is light, and when the barrel is light, the high and low machine, the direction machine and the cradle can become very light when adjusting the barrel pointing; Moreover, when the mortar is fired, the muzzle is upward, and the recoil is directly borne by the ground, so there is no need for a heavy stationing hoe on the howitzer and a huge brake and retreat machine. Do you know the truth? The re-entry machine is full of re-entry liquid, which is quite heavy. ”

Lu Xinghua said: "So that's the case, it's best to have mortars, do you know the way?" The Japanese barracks were behind the mountain, and the Japanese were hiding behind the mountain when we opened fire, our tank guns belonged to cannons with straight ballistics, and the shells could not hit them alive or dead, and now with mortars with curved ballistics, the shells can directly cross the mountain and fall on top of the enemy's head! ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "That's right, this mortar has now crossed the river, and you can wait for three hours to reach your hands." ”

Lu Xinghua said: "That's the case, it's great. So Lu Xinghua ordered: "All troops rest in place and prepare to launch the next wave of attacks." ”

An hour later, the ammunition delivery truck arrived and brought shells to the tank troops, and after a night of fighting, the tanks almost ran out of grenades, and the rest were armor-piercing shells, which were not particularly effective against fortifications.

Lin Yuan's troops rested and replenished their ammunition, but the Japanese troops on the mountain were extremely excited, they blocked the attack of Lin Yuan's troops, and killed nearly 200 soldiers of Lin Yuan's troops, although they themselves paid the price of more than 200 killed, but they still thought that they had achieved a great victory.

The Japanese soldiers took out cigarettes and alcohol, distributed them in the trenches, and used the officers to hand out paper and pens to everyone, so that everyone could use their brains, write insulting words to the Chinese, draw pictures insulting the Chinese, and then stuff them into propaganda shells and hit the front of the position of Lin Yuan's troops.

At about twelve o'clock at noon, ten 240 mm self-propelled mortars came to Lu Xinghua's position, this type of self-propelled mortar was designed by Lin Yuan with reference to the Russian 2S4 self-propelled mortar of his time, Lin Yuan never thought of designing such a large mortar before, because he felt that the existing howitzer was enough, but now it is a mountain operation, and a mortar with a curved trajectory is needed to cover the dead angle of the howitzer.

So this type of 240mm mortar was produced and transported to the front line, and Lu Xinghua immediately let these mortars into the firing position, and then ordered the tanks to attack the Japanese positions first.

As soon as the tank shells landed on the Japanese positions, the Japanese soldiers snickered disdainfully and said, "What are you so stupid for?" Knowing that the cannonballs can't hit us, we still have to fire the shells! ”

The other laughed and said, "What do you know?" The people of China are called perseverance, they want to blow up the mountain with cannonballs, haven't you heard the story of the people of China who moved the mountain? ”

The Japanese laughed at "the people of China are too stupid" and retreated to the back of the mountain, and at this moment, the 240-mm mortars came into being!

The rear of the 240mm mortar has a huge seat plate, which is used to withstand the recoil of the shell against the ground, and the recoil of the 240mm mortar is too large to be borne by the hull. When the order to prepare for firing was issued, the launcher manipulated the control system, placed the mortar's seat on the ground, then adjusted the firing angle, and when the adjustment was completed, he returned the barrel to a horizontal position, loaded the shell, and then erected the barrel.

When the barrel was erected to its original position, the shooter pressed the firing button, and the shell made a terrible howl, flying to the back of the Japanese mountain, and exploded in the middle of the two trenches of the Japanese army, and the mortar shell weighed 150 kilograms, which was filled with more than 30 kilograms of explosives, not only that, but the shell warhead also used prefabricated fragments, and the explosion of a shell could produce more than 3,000 pieces of killing fragments!

After the shell exploded, the anti-personnel fragments flew into the crowd of Japanese soldiers, and even the people closest to the explosion location were shattered by the fragments, and the other Japanese soldiers were all shocked, thinking: "How can the shells of the people of China suddenly hit us?" ”

The Japanese soldiers were extremely surprised, at this time the mortar was fired again, and the shells exploded directly into the Japanese barracks, and several tents were blown up in an instant, and more shells fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers in the trenches, and the Japanese soldiers were suddenly strewn all over the field, with countless casualties.

The mortar fired nearly 200 shells, and Lu Xinghua thought to himself: "The little devil should have been almost blown up." So he ordered: "Infantry out!" ”

Zhou Kai had already led the infantry to wait impatiently, and immediately rushed to the trenches of the Japanese army when he heard the order, during which he did not encounter the slightest obstacle, and came to the back of the mountain to see, only to see that the mountains were full of minced meat of the Japanese army, and some of the remnants of the Japanese soldiers still wanted to resist, and were killed by Lin Yuan's troops in a burst of random shots, and Lin Yuan's troops immediately captured the 423 heights.

The news of the capture of the 423 Heights was quickly reported to Lin Yuan, who slapped the table with excitement after hearing this, and thought: "The victory in the first battle is really a good start for future operations!" Moreover, the capture of the 423 heights can be condescending and strike at the follow-up positions of the Japanese army. Thinking of this, Lin Yuan immediately asked Xiao Yingwu: "How is the range of your 81mm mortar?" Can you hit the follow-up heights of the Japanese army? ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "I just asked the artillery unit, and the answer they gave was yes. ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's good, you can continue to attack the follow-up positions of the Japanese army, and I will equip you with a batch of long shells, this kind of shell has a relatively long body and a relatively large reload coefficient, and the reloading coefficient is the proportion of the mass of the warhead charge to the mass of the whole bullet, so this kind of artillery shell is loaded with more explosives, and the lethality is also relatively strong, and it will bombard the Japanese army for a while before launching an attack!" ”