On the silent Greken battlefield, next to a truck produced by Ireland Hill, several soldiers were making final preparations.
An officer walked up to this group of soldiers and asked, "How are the preparations going?"
"All connections are ready and ready to fire at any time!" A sergeant in the lead stood at attention, saluted, and reported.
They have connected the power supply, wires have been connected to each rocket, and all rockets are ready for launch.
This is a Katyusha rocket launcher, a powerful multi-track self-propelled rocket launcher. There are 8 launch rails. A single salvo can fire 16 rounds of rockets with a caliber of 132 mm. It is installed on a truck.
The rocket has a maximum range of 8.5 kilometers. It can be fired singly, in partial bursts, or in a salvo. It takes about 5 to 10 minutes to load the ammunition for a salvo, and it only takes 7 to 10 seconds to fire a salvo.
Because it has a truck chassis, this rocket launcher can move at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour. It is a self-propelled artillery with very good maneuverability. Under the premise that it is impossible to add more self-propelled howitzers to the 9th Group Army, Chris deliberately
The order was to transfer a Katyusha rocket launcher unit from the 1st Army and reinforce it to the 9th Army.
The gun has ferocious firepower and a large killing range. It is an effective weapon for destroying dense enemy troops in a large area, suppressing enemy firepower distribution and destroying enemy fortifications.
It consists of a car part and a launch part: the launch part consists of a slide rail bed, a gun mount, a rotating disc, a chassis, an aiming device, a launch device, etc. Before launch, the rocket is oriented in the slide rail groove using a directional button clamp
Inside the trench, the combat part of the rocket contains TNT explosives. The cartridge part is composed of seven tubular launch cartridges, and the ignition wheel of the launch device is installed in the car cab.
On the back of the truck, there are two manual jacks placed to support the vehicle body, which are used to fix the vehicle body during launch.
The rocket loaded on the launch rail has a launch rail length of 5 meters, a projectile diameter of 132 mm, a rocket projectile length of 1,450 mm, a projectile weight of 43 kg, and a maximum range of about eight kilometers.
It can be said that in addition to some shortcomings in shooting accuracy and the weight of the delivered warhead, the other performance of this rocket launcher is much better than that of traditional artillery.
At this moment, the artillery of Alan Hill was preparing to fight back against the devil dog troops that were attacking the Alan Hill position near Alan.
"Prepare for salvo!" With the command, all launch personnel pressed their hands on the power switch.
"Launch!" the commander shouted the order to launch, and everyone pressed the launch switch in their hands at almost the same time.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" In a short period of ten seconds, twenty cars and a total of 320 rockets all flew off the slide rail.
A cloud of dust was blown up by the rocket's tail flame on the entire launch site. The smoke was so big that people could not open their eyes. Everyone was shaking their hands to drive away the dust that blocked their sight.
Probably ten times more serious than the most serious sandstorm, the smoke and dust blown up by the rocket tail flames filled the air, making all the soldiers cough. Some people withdrew from the launch site, while others got in holding their breath.
In the car cab.
In short, after the mess, no one cared about the effect of the shells they fired.
In fact, there was no need for them to care. After these shells flew a long distance, they landed almost simultaneously on the battlefield attacked by the devil dogs.
Densely packed artillery shells hit the heads of the Devil Dog troops like raindrops, frightening the Eilandhill grenadiers in the position not far away and forgetting to continue firing.
In just an instant, more than 20 Katyusha rockets fell. These rockets exploded on the ground with residual solid fuel, forming a rain of metal shrapnel that spread and washed among the devil dogs.
Soon, the shrapnel formed a bloody wind, carrying the flesh and blood of countless demon dogs and spreading far away.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In the shocked eyes of the Airanhill soldiers, the explosion began to extend into the distance. Wave after wave of explosions swept across the entire battlefield in an instant. There were struggling and twitching demons everywhere.
Dogs, there was black blood everywhere, and mutilated corpses everywhere.
"Which artillery position did you just... call... for support?" In the frontline headquarters, a regiment commander put down the telescope in his hand, turned his head to look at his staff officer, and asked in disbelief.
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"I...I don't know...I just asked for support from the artillery position..." The chief of staff was also startled by the explosion in the distance and stammered in reply.
In his opinion, this was almost the most powerful battlefield support artillery fire. In just a moment, on the frontal position that had been densely packed with demon dogs just now, there were only corpses and smoke that had not dispersed.
The remaining devil dogs seemed to have no intention of attacking again. After they tasted the pain, they gave up another tentative attack for some reason.
These demons seem to have become cowardly recently. They frequently test attacks but do not seek breakthroughs. Every time they are suppressed by heavy firepower, they honestly give up the attack.
This is very different from their behavior when they first attacked the paratroopers. It always makes people feel that they are brewing some conspiracy.
The commander of the 9th Armored Division watched the chief of staff in front of him put down the phone and asked with a sneer: "Give up again? We didn't even touch our first line of defense and retreated...even worse than last time."
Just be simpler."
The chief of staff nodded and replied: "I heard that they were on the other side and were more determined when attacking the Eternal Empire's defense line and occupied some deserted villages."
"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong? You know you can't get any advantage from our side, so you go for the Eternal Empire?" The commander of the 9th Division laughed and said sarcastically.
"No, the report given at the exchange meeting is that the demons are not as active as before on all fronts. They seem to be stalling for time and waiting to be killed. Anyway...it is not consistent with their real attack capabilities." Staff officer
The leader shook his head and expressed his judgment.
"That's what the Air Force said?" The division commander raised his eyebrows, sensing an unpleasant smell.
"The Eternal Empire and Grecken's description of the scale of demon attacks... does not match the scale of the Air Force reconnaissance report... The Air Force believes that demons are generally increasing." The chief of staff stared at the spread on the table.
A detailed map of the nearby area, he said.
The division commander dropped a red pencil on the map and commented gloomily: "Cunning bastards!"
Because of the demon's frequent probing attacks, Elanthir has been hesitant in counterattacking. Luna and General Alfred's plan is to wait until the next batch of supplementary ammunition arrives before considering advancing to Barrasso.
But if the current situation continues and the next batch of ammunition arrives at the front line, they will still be able to passively defend due to insufficient ammunition.
However, because they had been on the defensive, their fuel consumption was smaller than expected, so they stocked up on some fuel that could be used in the next counterattack.
The Air Force's reconnaissance has always conveyed a message that the number of demon troops is increasing. They are dispersed and deployed in a vast area. Nuclear weapons attacks will not achieve huge gains like before, so the Air Force has no attack plan to use nuclear weapons again for the time being.
The fighter force firmly controls the air superiority on the battlefield, but the number of radars is too small, which affects the interception efficiency of the air force.
There is no other way to do this. Originally, Grecken deployed a large number of radar stations to monitor the Magic Eye and prevent some flying demons from escaping and harming civilians.
However, the demon army destroyed the radar station near the Magic Eye, causing Greken's radar reconnaissance system to collapse. Fortunately, some of it was left, which could more or less support the operations of the Airan Hill Air Force.
Without these remaining rear radar stations, the Air Force's performance would certainly not be as good as it is now.
In fact, the ground forces of the 9th Army brought several new radar vehicles to the Air Force. Unfortunately, half of these radar vehicles were seconded to the Eternal Empire and used as early warning radars...
The new radar truck is already on the road and is on its way to Grecken. Only after these radars are in place will the Air Force be able to organize larger-scale combat operations.
Of course, the Air Force has not been idle recently. They made a brave attempt. The B-17 bomber unit bravely experimented with a flight to the Magic Eye. The result was very frustrating. They lost two bombers, but because of the weather
The conditions are too bad to get close to the Devil's Eye.
This was a very heroic feat. There were a total of five crews of pilots participating in the experiment. They flew bombers to try to get close to the Magic Eye, but they all ended in failure.
The pilots who came back confirmed what Grecken Magician said: the airflow there is very unstable, and the whirlwind formed by the magical atmosphere makes flying very dangerous. In addition, the sky is covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the weather conditions are very unsuitable for bombing missions.
In other words, it seems impossible to expect the air force to directly dispatch to attack the Magic Eye and end this war...
Now, the only option is to use the clumsiest method, which is for the army to advance the defense line within the range of ballistic missiles, and then use Scud ballistic missiles to carry nuclear bombs for attack. This is why the 9th Army has been surrounding Barrasso.
For the reason of the article, only by capturing that place can they push forward and let the Scud missile troops enter the attack range!