He Zhimin thought he heard wrong, so he emphasized again: "Battal Commander, we only have ten, and they will be gone after we shoot them! The rest have to wait for Yingjiang's gyroscope to be delivered..."
"I know!" Wang Xuexin did not explain to He Zhimin: "Go and prepare!"
"Yes!" He Zhimin responded helplessly.
At this point, even Chen Songyong couldn't understand. He waited for He Zhimin to leave and asked: "Battal Commander, these ten bullets have been shot. If the Japs retaliate and fight back, and our army has no follow-up countermeasures, right?"
Are you exposing your weakness to the Japanese?"
Wang Xuexin understood what Chen Songyong meant.
Normally, two armies would not use up all their artillery shells during a battle, especially an artillery battle.
This is like the infantry always keeping a reserve team for emergencies.
Unexpected things always happen on the battlefield, so the infantry needs a reserve team for emergencies, and the artillery needs to keep a batch of artillery shells or even an artillery unit to deal with emergencies.
Nowadays, Wang Xuexin has eliminated all the "high fire" in his inventory as soon as he came up, which inevitably makes He Zhimin and Chen Songyong worried.
Wang Xuexin did not answer but asked: "Consultant Chen, do you think the Japanese are ready?"
Chen Songyong thought for a while and replied: "I think the Japanese are basically ready. The aviation force, air defense force, radar force...the artillery force is the least important at this stage!"
Wang Xuexin asked again: "So, how long do you think the Japanese will launch an artillery battle? That is, open fire on Yuncheng?"
Chen Songyong hesitated for a moment and then replied: "I can't be sure, but if you are prepared, it will probably be one or two days!"
Wang Xuexin nodded and said: "It may take a week or more for Yingjiang's gyroscope to arrive. By then we will still need time to install the gyroscope and conduct some tests. In addition, it will take more time to install the 'high fire'
It is initially estimated that it will take more than ten days to accumulate a certain amount! In other words, if we do not open fire, Yuncheng will probably have to withstand the bombardment of the Japanese for about ten days. Have you calculated how much damage this will cause and how much panic it will cause?
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Chen Songyong nodded to express understanding.
In fact, the loss was secondary. The most important thing was the confidence of the people of Yuncheng in the Eighth Route Army.
There is no doubt that the Eighth Route Army is capable of fighting guerrillas.
But defending the city... this is the first time for a big girl to sit in a sedan chair.
When the Japanese came up, they used heavy artillery, which gave the Eighth Route Army an absolute advantage: "You can't hit me, but I can hit you."
So let alone more than ten days, it is very likely that the people's hearts will disperse within a few days, and then they will start to flee on a large scale.
Just because Yuncheng has become an empty city does not mean that it cannot be defended, but where can the Eighth Route Army retreat to?
If Yuncheng is lost, is there any other place that can be defended or is more suitable for defending?
I'm afraid I have no choice but to go back to the mountains to fight guerrillas!
Then Chen Songyong felt something was wrong again, and he said: "Batalion Commander, but if we... shoot out all ten 'high fire' missiles in one go, can we stop the Japanese?"
"No!" Wang Xuexin replied.
"Then let's do this..."
Wang Xuexin interrupted Chen Songyong: "I am stalling for time."
"Delay time?" Chen Songyong still didn't understand Wang Xuexin's intention.
"This is an unprecedented piece of equipment, Staff Officer Chen!" Wang Xuexin explained: "If...you stand in the Japs' position, you originally thought that the enemy did not have the equipment to hit heavy artillery, but suddenly, the enemy had far more heavy artillery than
What do you think when new weapons with a wide range inflict heavy losses on heavy artillery units? Do you think the enemy only has so many 'high-fire' missiles?"
Chen Songyong said "Oh": "The Japs didn't expect us to finish the inventory at once, so they were wary of this kind of equipment. On the one hand, they were guessing what kind of equipment it was, and on the other hand, they were simulating and discussing countermeasures, waiting for them to react again.
When I tried it, Yingjiang’s gyroscope had already arrived!”
This is exactly what Wang Xuexin thought.
Of course, this is also a risk. For example, if the Japanese are stubborn and do not fear death, and continue to retaliate with heavy artillery bombardment, then the Eighth Route Army's reserve of weak successors will be exposed.
However, as the saying goes, wealth is gained through danger, and in order not to cause unrest in Yuncheng and cause losses to the people, Wang Xuexin believed that it was still necessary to do this.
Because there is another point in this that Chen Songyong did not expect: if the people know that the Eighth Route Army has a piece of equipment that can blow up the enemy's heavy artillery dozens of kilometers away, that is, the enemy's heavy artillery will in turn constitute "I can hit you but you can't."
If you don’t have the advantage of “me”, what will happen?
This can obviously stabilize people's hearts. Even if a few artillery shells fall into Yuncheng and explode, causing casualties, I'm afraid it won't cause too much panic.
Because the people would think: The Eighth Route Army's artillery can hit farther, and the Japanese will pay a heavy price for every artillery shell they fire.
This kind of preconceived idea is what Wang Xuexin needs.
Everything went smoothly.
First, the reconnaissance force sent back the coordinates of the Japanese artillery position... These coordinates are quite accurate because they were obtained by the reconnaissance force after five measurements and calculations from different positions and angles.
Then He Zhimin commanded the "high fire" troops to set up the launcher overnight.
The equipment set out after dark, and arrived at a location twenty kilometers away from Yuncheng a few hours later... The Japanese heavy artillery was fifteen kilometers away from Yuncheng, and the "high fire" was twenty kilometers away from Yuncheng. The straight-line distance would never exceed thirty-five kilometers.
Kilometers, this distance is just right.
Then the launchers were erected one by one in the dark with the assistance of the logistics force.
I didn’t use a flashlight during the whole process because I was worried about being discovered by spies... Although the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army are everywhere in the enemy-controlled areas, the intelligence personnel of the Japanese and puppet troops are also everywhere in the base area. Wang Xuexin can only be careful.
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The launcher that was erected was modified and equipped with additional tracks, so it was a bit troublesome. It took more than two hours to complete the installation, and then it was time to adjust the angle of the launcher and input the altitude into the "high fire" control system.
This is actually an approximate figure.
The angle of the launcher represents the angle at which the "High Fire" enters a predetermined height. After reaching this height, the "High Fire" relies on its own control system to maintain altitude and flight attitude and fly toward the target until it reaches the target position before making a dive.
He Zhimin seemed a little nervous, and he asked: "There is still some time now, should we get closer to the enemy, so that the accuracy is higher!"
"How close?" Wang Xuexin asked, "Thirty kilometers? Twenty kilometers?"
Seeing that He Zhimin did not answer, Wang Xuexin came to the conclusion: "At this distance, it is meaningless if it is too close, and even if it can hit, it is of little value!"