"What's the situation?"

Yamamoto and Kosa rushed out of cover at the same time and looked at the fourth line of positions several kilometers away.

At this time, the two of them could still see the smoke rising from the distant position, after all, after a while, and they couldn't see clearly from a distance of several kilometers, so they couldn't make a specific judgment.

Soon, the news was coming back from the forward positions through the laid telephone lines.

"The front-line positions reported that they were subjected to heavy artillery shelling of more than 150 calibers, and the ground forces of the Separate Regiment also launched an offensive."

The staff officer said with the phone.

Heavy artillery.

Heavy artillery of more than 150 calibers.

Yamamoto and Shinji Kosa looked at each other in unison, their eyes extremely solemn, but they didn't wait for the two of them to make any further movements.

Boom Boom...

The explosion was heard again.

This time, Kosa and Yamamoto could see clearly, the fourth stronghold, in the half-buried bunkers that were distributed along the ridge line of the mountaintop, a huge explosion smoke rose violently, kicking up a cloud of dirt debris.

"This is..."

Yamamoto and Kosa's eyes widened suddenly.

Both of them were Dazuo before, with a large military rank, and after a series of major battles, they have seen many heavy artillery and even heavy artillery in the Empire, and the Battle of Shouxian has also seen the most powerful 240-caliber heavy artillery of the Imperial Army.

Although that gun was blown up by the Separate Regiment.

The power of the explosion wave in front of him was much more powerful than the Empire's 150 field guns, and only less powerful than the 240 field guns.

"What caliber cannon is this?"

Shinji Kosa muttered to himself.

He had seen the Imperial 150 heavy cannons, and a large number of shells of more than thirty-six kilograms would die in one shot, but compared to the explosion wave in front of him, it was far behind! The difference in the power of the explosion was about doubled.

The question is.

The semi-buried civil bunkers on the first four positions were all laid out according to the power of 150 heavy guns and reinforced so that even if 150 heavy guns hit directly, there would not be much damage. Now in the face of this powerful heavy artillery, that...

Big trouble!

"The front-line troops look for enemy heavy artillery positions, and the long-range cannon units immediately eliminate them."

In a daze for Shinji Kosa, Kazuki Yamamoto quickly gave the order.

Such powerful shells have already exceeded the ability of the fourth stronghold to resist attacks, and if they are not quickly suppressed and eliminated, the four positions in front of Ping'an County will soon be occupied by the independent regiment.

This will have a significant impact on subsequent battle plans.

So this must not be allowed to happen.

It's just...

A hint of anxiety appeared in Yamamoto's heart.

Long-range cannon Li Yunlong is already very clear, since he dares to launch an attack and dispatch heavy artillery, there must be countermeasures, and before the Taiyuan airport was shelled, General Yoshimoto was shattered, Li Yunlong showed a range of more than 105 guns.

But even if Yamamoto had anxiety in his heart, he couldn't help it.

That's all he has in his hand.

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Yamamoto's orders were quickly transmitted to the long-range artillery positions in the rear.

After being bombarded with extended-range shells by the Bofors mountain artillery, the devil transferred eight Type 92 cannons to the first line of positions, which was fourteen kilometers away from the front line.

On the position, a group of devils began to arrange the cannons, lifted the gun jackets, and raised the barrels.

"Lift-off, lift-off."

The commander of the Devil's Long-Range Heavy Artillery Brigade howled.

Behind the position.

At this time, this devil artillery observer completely lost the confidence he had when he first came, and when he walked into the running position, he sighed deeply, and then glanced at the pride of the imperial army beside him, eight Type 92 105 long-range cannons.

Then he sighed again.

After the last large-scale and long-term artillery battle, the artillery of the Imperial Army in Ping'an County suffered heavy losses, only 12 of the 37 mountain guns survived, and the cumulative loss of 25 guns was lost.

But here's the thing.

Even after replenishment, there are currently only 30 mountain artillery and 8 long-range cannons left in the imperial army of Ping'an County.

The independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has 100 mountain artillery, and there are at least 70 left without replenishment, and the maximum firing range of the opponent's mountain artillery is as high as 13 kilometers, and its performance far exceeds that of the imperial mountain artillery.

Seventy against thirty-eight, the empire was defeated.

Information came from Taiyuan that the enemy had quite a few 105-caliber mountain artillery with a firing range of more than 12 kilometers.

This time there was a heavy artillery, a heavy artillery capable of destroying strong half-buried fortifications.

The infantry was also not superior.

No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning this artillery battle.

Frustrated, the devil observer slowly floated as the observation balloon slowly floated, and he held the telescope and looked at the position of the independent regiment in the distance.

"Discover the location of enemy heavy artillery."

The condescending field of vision, the super observation ability that the observer has cultivated, allows him to see the situation on the battlefield clearly with a glance around.

"Directions, distances, numbers... Six. ”

The location of the heavy artillery of the Independent Regiment was soon discovered, and the huge muzzle wind could not be concealed by any means, even if it was daytime.

"Directions, distances... Fire. ”

The captain of the devil artillery group who got the data below gave the order to counterattack, and the eight Type 92 cannons burst into flames, and eight shells flew off into the distance.

Boom Boom Boom ·

The blast wave rose in the direction of the heavy artillery position.

After the message was delivered, the devil artillery observers continued to observe the battlefield.

In the distance, there was already a sea of smoke and fire, and the troops of the four battalions of the independent regiment launched an attack with the fire support of mountain artillery and mortars. In the face of the sudden appearance of heavy artillery, several commanding heights were caught off guard and were directly taken by the forward troops of the Independent Regiment.

"At least a hundred barreled guns."

The smoke of the explosion behind the imperial army's position made the corners of this devil's mouth twitch.

The enemy not only replenished the artillery losses from the last artillery battle, but also more, and even more advanced 105 guns, the number of which was about one hundred and thirty.

And the Imperial Army ·····

Fortunately, the enemy did not have long-range artillery.

·······

"Command."

The shell fired by the devil's long-range cannon had just exploded, and Iwamori conveyed the command through the radio voice function:

"Front-line position observation points quickly find out the position of the enemy's long-range artillery positions."

"105 howitzer positions ready."

With Iwamori's order.

Front.

Several groups of fighters carrying radios and high-magnification artillery viewing scopes walked up to the commanding heights that had just been occupied and began to lay observation scopes to find the location of the enemy's artillery positions.

After the last artillery battle, Iwamori deeply felt the gap in the observation means compared with the devil artillery on his side, and after discussing with Li Yunlong, in the absence of an air force and no artillery observation balloons, the two strengthened the equipment of the artillery observation group.

The new 32-fold artillery observation scope strengthens the observation capability, and the high-power radio station strengthens the communication capability.

on the rear positions.

Twelve 105 howitzers raised their barrels, and the communicator's ears were close to the radio receiver.

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"Six heavy guns."

After receiving the news from the artillery observers, Yamamoto and Kosa, who had been transferred to a safe position, changed their faces at the same time.

Six heavy guns with a caliber of more than 150.

This is really not good news.

Fortunately, the position of the artillery position of the follow-up independent regiment relieved the two.

"It seems that although this heavy artillery is very powerful, its range is seriously insufficient."

Shinji Kosa breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the 160 mortar is powerful and has a range of more than eight kilometers, the biggest problem with the mortar is that the accuracy is much worse than that of the barrel gun, and the longer the range, the more difficult it is to ensure the accuracy.

It's only four kilometers away from the devil's position.

As long as the enemy's heavy artillery can be suppressed, it is not difficult to hold it with a strong semi-buried fortress.

"It's a pity."

Then Kosa shook his head.

If the Imperial artillery had an advantage, even if it could have a few more mountain guns, under the command of the high-altitude observation balloon, it would be possible to easily suppress or even eliminate these heavy artillery, but this is just to think about.

According to information from artillery observers, the Independent Regiment dispatched more than 130 barreled guns this time.

Equivalent to three artillery wings of the Reich.

And that's not counting the more than two hundred mortars of all calibers.

Kozo thought about it for a moment, and immediately cut off his thoughts. This artillery fire, the two full-formed divisions of the empire, do not have this firepower. It's the same with the A division, the only advantage is a little long-range artillery.

I don't know how long this advantage will last.

·····

After some time, on the long-awaited 105 howitzer artillery position, the earpiece next to the communicator's ear finally sounded.

"Discover the enemy's long-range artillery positions, bearings, distances..."

"Fire."

Receiving the position, Iwamori's eyes skyrocketed, and he personally controlled the cannon to aim, and then pulled the firing rope fiercely.

Boom Boom...

Twelve 105-bottomed concave howitzers weighing sixteen kilograms flew towards the Devil artillery positions. Precisely landed in the vicinity of the Devil's long-range cannon position, and coincidentally, one of the shells even exploded more than a hundred meters from the position.

Seeing this scene, the face of the artillery observer changed greatly, he raised the observation glass, and soon found a long-range artillery position that was almost not hidden.

"Long-range artillery."

"The number of 12 doors, the direction... Distance·····

When observing the distance, the devil looked at it several times before he said in disbelief:

"Distance····· Nineteen.5 km. ”

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"12 guns with a range of 19.5 km."

Headquarters.

Yamamoto, who received the news, suddenly sighed and rubbed his forehead.

He suddenly understood why General Shinozuka had a headache.