First, we convened all artillery units to hold a meeting. After all, we are going to cooperate with the Fourth Artillery Division. If we don’t understand or discuss with each other before the war, there will undoubtedly be many unexpected things when fighting.
The problem.
The Fourth Artillery Division sent to our Synthetic Battalion to have a meeting was an artillery staff officer named Lin Xing... In fact, this staff officer is not just here to have a meeting, because our Synthetic Battalion needs to cooperate with the Fourth Artillery Division, so Staff Lin is actually an artillery
The Fourth Division sent to station at our base to establish contact with the Synthesis Battalion.
"Comrades!" After conveying the requirements of Commander Jiang for our artillery, I said: "From the requirements of Commander Jiang for us, this battle has great requirements for our artillery, which also illustrates a problem.
That is, our army is gradually focusing on artillery from the previous tactical method of infantry. Of course, this brings pressure and test to artillery. Whether it can stand the test is not just a problem with infantry, but also our
The artillery problem is.”
"Battery Commander!" At this time, Wu Dengxiong interrupted and said, "Team Commander Jiang's three requirements for us, such as clearing obstacles for infantry and attacking the Vietnamese artillery units, are not a problem. It can even be said that the command of the artillery radar is aimed at
Our artillery can easily do this. But this will work with the infantry to knock out the firepower point of the Vietnamese Japanese…”
"Is it still difficult to coordinate infantry?" I asked.
Although I have learned some artillery knowledge, I am still a professional artillery after all, so when it comes to experience and judgment, of course I am not as good as those of Wu Dengxiong.
"There are still difficulties!" Chief Staff Lin also interrupted: "In fact, we have done some drills for such coordination before this. That is, let the infantry provide us with coordinates. Then our artillery will destroy the enemy fortifications.
But the problem is not in the aspects of infantry, artillery or infantry artillery coordination. It is in the fortifications built by the Japanese."
"Um!" I vaguely knew what the problem was.
Sure enough, I heard from Staff Lin continue: "Because the Vietnamese have plenty of time on Laoshan, they have occupied Laoshan for more than three years. In the past three years, they have done nothing, they are doing it in Laoshan.
Fortifications were built on the mountain, and after the construction was completed, it continued to strengthen. Our scouts once captured several prisoners, and from them we had the Vietnamese army's fortifications, tunnels and other fortifications: they first dug a deep pit,
I-shaped steel is supported on the bottom frame. A layer of logs, a layer of soil, a layer of corrugated boards, and a layer of soil. It has been repeatedly laid over and over again. It is said that each fortification has at least two.
Two layers of corrugated boards with logs!”
I couldn't help but frown when I heard this. I know the corrugated board, because now our army also has this material when building cat ear piercings.
The reason why it is called a corrugated plate is because its surface is undulating like waves.
The reason for making steel plates like this is very simple. We know that the reason why stone arch bridges need to have "arch" bridge holes is because this "arch" bridge hole will disperse the pressure on the bridge deck, making the stone arch bridge withstand pressure resistance or
There are great enhancements in life span.
Similarly, corrugated plates have this effect. It is said that the test data obtained from the factory is... Corrugated plates are ten to thirty times stronger than flat steel of the same thickness.
Therefore, this thing is actually used to prevent cannons or increase the compressive resistance at the top of the tunnel.
"For such fortifications..." Advisor Lin continued: "On the one hand, the Vietnamese army was prepared from the beginning. These fortifications are not only strong but also cover a small area, sometimes only a few square meters except ammunition and weapons.
There is only a place where three or four people can accommodate.
On the other hand, even if our army's long-range artillery fire is calculated accurately, there will always be errors, so it is difficult to hit such fortifications.
If the Vietnamese military fortifications are not hit directly, it will basically have no effect on them."
"Yes!" Wu Dengxiong nodded and said, "It is not impossible to destroy such fortifications. That is to use a large number of artillery to cover a point, but the problem is that there are too many fortifications like this in the Laoshan area. Once it is done,
There are many possible cases when our infantry will encounter such fortifications at the same time when fighting. And we have to use a few or even dozens of artillery to cover and bomb a point... If we fight like this, one artillery division and 2.5
The base shells may not meet the requirements!"
"Is there no way to deal with fortifications like the Yue Japanese?" I regretted that I had agreed to this task in Commander Jiang.
It is obvious that Commander Jiang, who has been on the front line, will definitely know this situation. He is just worried that I will not take on this task, so he will not talk about it for the time being.
In fact, this is also because I don’t have much knowledge of artillery. On the other hand, I became a little arrogant after having the artillery radar. I thought that under the command of the artillery radar, there was nothing that artillery could not do.
In this matter in front of you, the gun aiming radar obviously does not play much role.
"There is one way!" Wu Dengxiong said: "It's just too dangerous and too difficult!"
"explain!"
"Different artillery has different functions." Wu Dengxiong explained: "Howitzers are mainly used for positional combat, such as suppressing enemy surface positions, semi-underground fortifications firepower points, or clearing obstacles for infantry. This kind of artillery is used to fight against the Vietnamese army.
This kind of underground fortification or solid undercover is just like what Staff Lin said just now. It would be difficult to damage it if it was not hit directly. But the cannon is different. The cannon is very fast and has a great kinetic energy, which can achieve the effect of shooting cattle across the mountain...
…”
"Oh!" I understood a little as I heard this.
If the kinetic energy is high, even if you don’t hit the fortification directly but hit it near the fortification, then a violent vibration will also collapse the Vietnamese military fortifications like an earthquake.
But I also know what the problem with cannons is that the ballistics are relatively low and straight.
Sure enough, I saw Staff Lin shook his head: "It is indeed feasible to use cannons to attack the Vietnamese military fortifications, but cannons are direct-aim artillery, which must be arranged on the front-line high ground, and even on the front incline facing the enemy's high ground... Isn't this
Give the Vietnamese a target!”
Everyone in the conference room was silent.
This is indeed a problem. You must know that the front line is so nervous that we can pile up a few sandbags and go up, which will cause artillery attacks from the Japanese. If you set up a cannon, you are looking for death?!
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, to build a tunnel on the front slope to transfer the cannon into the tunnel in the dark or to pretend.
But this is as Wu Dengxiong said, it is too dangerous and too difficult. First of all, the soil in these highlands in Yunnan is very loose. It is not easy to build a tunnel that can hide a cannon. This is also our army is in the two mountains.
Small cat ear piercings have always been popular during the round war, but have not developed large-scale tunnels during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
Secondly, if the Vietnamese Japanese discovered something was wrong, a large number of shells would come soon.
So doing this is not a solution. Even if we can luckily get a few of the items, it will not play much role because of the small number.
After thinking about it, I said, "Have you ever thought about a problem? That is, once the war begins, our artillery fire will completely suppress the Vietnamese artillery!"
"Of course!" Chief Staff Lin said with some confusion: "Actually, it was the same before. Before the war started, the artillery fire on both sides was back and forth. Once the war started, our artillery has always been due to the absolute advantage of quantity and logistics.
The Japanese artillery attacked the Vietnamese artillery!”
"But now it's different!" I said: "In the past, we suppressed the artillery of the Japanese devils, but the artillery of the Japanese devils still has a way to survive by using the tactics of fighting guerrilla warfare. Now we have the artillery aiming radar...it can almost be said to be
It would be fine if the Japanese artillery soldiers of the Vietnamese did not fire the artillery, but they would be finished once the artillery fire!"
"This is indeed our advantage!" Chief Lin asked in confusion: "But... what does this have to do with our offense?"
"Of course it's relevant!" I said: "If we can suppress the long-range artillery, mortars, etc. of the Yue Guizi in one breath, wouldn't that mean that when we can pull the cannon to the top of the mountain and blatantly follow the Yue Guizizi?
Boom, the Japanese invaders don’t have much power to fight back?”
"Oh!" The people in the conference room understood what I meant, and then they all looked at each other.
All along, these artillery soldiers have been accustomed to hiding the artillery or transferring it after being fired... You should know that the Japanese invaders also have artillery, so the location of the artillery is definitely a secret, otherwise it will definitely mean the loss of the artillery.
It is precisely because of this that they never thought about whether we could pull the cannon to the top of the mountain to fight without hiding or disguising it at all.
Think about it, it is true that under the condition that our army has artillery radar, once this battle starts, the Vietnamese Japanese will be devastatingly hit by our artillery, whether it is long-range artillery or mortar.
Of course, the Vietnamese army may have some artillery survived by chance, but they will soon face a problem, that is, as long as they dare to fire the artillery... it means death.
In other words, at this time, what can the Viet Navy take on us when we pull the cannon to the top of the mountain? Do you use mortars or howitzers? I’m afraid that the Vietnamese cannons have not blown up our army’s cannons, they have already
It was bombed into the sky by our army's artillery fire.
On the other hand, the range of cannons is dozens of kilometers. As long as we arrange it properly, that is, avoiding positions that are too close to the Vietnamese position, we can completely attack them outside the range of various Vietnamese guns.
This means that the Vietnamese army does not even have any equipment that can pose a threat to our cannons. (To be continued...)