However, the Soviet army was more concerned with the explosion of artillery shells when they hit the ground. If the artillery shells exploded in the air, the advantage in formation would be less obvious.
The Romanian artillerymen wanted to bombard a target three kilometers away. They adjusted the firing angle one after another, but the firing angle was still bad.
Those red pines were too tall, and the field artillery fired the shells. Their parabola was not high enough, and a large number of shells hit the pine trees firmly when they fell.
Most of the shells struck the tops of towering pine trees not far in front of Vladescu's current position, and detonated.
For a moment, Fradescu was so frightened that he thought the cannonball was aimed at him.
Most of the shells were indeed detonated at the wrong places, and the shrapnel rain of broken steel penetrated the thick humus layer of pine needles on the ground like hail, kicking up a large amount of soil.
There were also some artillery shells that coincidentally escaped the obstruction of the big trees and landed solidly around the Soviet defense line.
Soviet casualties occurred!
Real veterans can judge the landing point by their sounds. At this moment, many veterans' old faces were no longer calm. They lay on the ground one after another, as if doing push-ups, using their arms to support themselves.
An explosion occurred, and flying shrapnel directly penetrated the bodies of some soldiers. The more serious injury was the violent shaking of the earth. Thanks to their smart actions, the veterans minimized the damage.
As for some soldiers who were not experienced enough, they were not hit by shrapnel, nor were they too close to the explosion to cause the shock wave to tear their bodies apart. However, the violent shock still caused varying degrees of lung spasm, and it took some time to recover.
This kind of artillery fire attack, Yang Mingzhi said, was not afraid that it was fake. It all reminded him of the suburbs of Minsk a year ago. That was the craziest artillery fire. He was even buried in the trench by the earth that was blown up!
He still relies on the big tree to avoid it, after all, it is the most reliable barrier at present!
Suddenly, a cannonball hit him not far to the right.
At the critical moment, Abram stepped forward and threw himself on Yang Mingzhi, and the two of them rolled to the side.
With a bang, the artillery shells exploded a large amount of soil, and shrapnel flew across, embedded in the trunks of trees, and the bodies of some unlucky soldiers...
Yang Mingzhi had been prepared for this. He believed that good people have their own destiny, but he never expected that death would be so close.
"Damn it! This shell almost hit me! I almost died in the battle!"
"Yes! It's so dangerous!" Abram was lying on Yang Mingzhi, protecting his commander with his body.
Yang Mingzhi clearly knew all this, and his guards really showed their power at the critical moment.
He asked with concern: "Abram! Are you okay? Get up from me if you're okay."
"Yes! I'm fine!" Abram said, and when he moved, a heartbreaking pain shot through his body. He grinned fiercely and immediately covered his arm.
At this moment, Abram's left arm was already wet, and a piece of metal was suddenly stuck on his sleeve.
Yang Mingzhi was so shocked that he was dumbfounded. He saw Abram pull out the metal violently, and inevitably let out a loud roar. A blood arrow also shot out, and he held his arm firmly.
"Oops! You failed! Abram! You are in great danger now."
"Yes...yes! Commander! I think I can still hold on! As long as you are safe!"
"this……"
"Commander! I take bullets for you. This is my duty! I will sacrifice my life for your safety without any hesitation!"
"Good brother!" Yang Mingzhi was deeply moved by someone who saved his life. But who did it when his close guard was so disgraced? The enemy! His eyes pointed sharply at the east, and he cursed deeply: "These
The Romanians, their infantry is not good, but their artillery has reached this level! I should have killed them earlier! This is a slight underestimation, and I suffered such losses!"
After all, the Romanian army's artillery bombardment did not last long. The total of 160 artillery shells it fired did not cause many casualties to the Soviet army, so the casualties of the Soviet army were not serious.
The shelling ended quickly, and the Soviet army immediately counted the casualties. Of course, more than 20 people died after this shelling, and more than 50 people were injured to varying degrees, and more than 10 people were seriously injured. In this battle situation, the seriously injured survived.
The probability is not high. Therefore, the permanent losses caused by the shelling of the Roman Army to the Soviet Army were only thirty people.
This is already a pretty good record for the Romanian Army's artillery regiment. They can now make a profit by relying on artillery fire, but they don't know that the Soviet army's revenge is coming soon.
Yang Mingzhi, full of anger, rushed to Diana who was curled up to protect the radio station.
For this woman, this was the first time she had faced such a zero-distance battlefield. The bombardment did not hurt her at all, but it made her feel like this place was hell.
Seeing that the woman was in a trance, Yang Mingzhi simply grabbed her collar roughly, changed his usual gentleness, and roared like a hungry wolf: "Communications class! Contact the rocket launcher battery in the rear immediately! Let them move towards the established target.
, fire!”
Diana was still in a daze, which was really disappointing.
"Let me do it! Comrade Commander!" A male soldier pulled Diana away and continued to explain: "I am Misha, the telegraph operator of the reconnaissance battalion. She is a woman after all, so you still..."
"Stop talking nonsense! Contact me quickly for the rocket launcher! We have to blow up the enemy's artillery, otherwise we will still die!"
Misha did not hesitate, he immediately carried out the operation according to the order, very skillfully obtained communication with the remaining troops in the ruins, and Yang Mingzhi himself spoke personally and issued the order to fire.
Let’s talk about the rocket launcher company. They were temporarily assembled from the rocket launchers of the 284th Division’s Second Regiment. Because the approximate location of the Romanian army’s artillery had been spied on by the reconnaissance battalion in advance, through some mathematical calculations, each rocket launcher team arranged the firing position.
, the launcher is built, the shooting angle is adjusted, and the rest is just waiting for the order.
Now, the order has been sent!
Each of the two launchers loaded a Catfish rocket, determined that the target was six kilometers away, and the shooter pulled the firing rope bolt.
In an instant, the rocket was ignited, and the projectile took off into the sky dragging its huge white tail. It flew in the sky like a white dragon!
The two bombs were launched smoothly. The soldiers quickly held the next two bombs and loaded them into the guide rails. After installing the ignition mechanism, the two new bombs flew out again.
Thanks to the excellent design, the rail launch can theoretically launch one in twenty seconds. In actual operation, the Soviet army fired one in half a minute, and a total of twenty!
There are a total of twenty Catfish rockets, and their warheads are loaded with more powerful Amato explosives. The warheads are as powerful as two heavy howitzers, but their accuracy is still worse than that of artillery shells that fall off at high speed while flying.
Furthermore, the enemy artillery coordinates provided by the reconnaissance battalion are also somewhat vague. Whether these rockets can completely destroy the enemy's artillery can only depend on luck!