We are still in the artillery preparation period, and this artillery preparation is expected to be very long and will not end for a while.
When the infantry also launched an attack, then their own artillery units must have suppressed the opponent. Otherwise, who would not have foolishly allowed these infantry to attack in advance.
If they show up now, the opponent's small and medium-caliber artillery will cause them heavy casualties.
Although the breech-loaded guns of the experimental artillery battalion were powerful, they were not capable of completely suppressing all the enemy's artillery positions. In fact, they only suppressed two of the enemy's heavy artillery positions.
As for the suppression task of other artillery positions, that is the task of the forward-loaded smoothbore heavy artillery group, while suppressing the enemy infantry firepower is the task of a large number of field artillery.
It’s a very simple division of tasks and a very simple routine.
Even when Li Dingjun saw enemy artillery units popping up almost all over the mountains and plains outside the city, he was able to roughly guess the opponent's actions!
He immediately said without hesitation: "Send the order to the northwest fort to conduct a covering artillery bombardment on the enemy's advancing group!"
At this time, the enemy's marching group was still about a thousand meters away, and only our own heavy artillery was condescending, so we could barely carry out the bombardment.
Jian Liangzhi next to him wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything!
This will allow the artillerymen of the Northwest Heavy Battery to fight on top of the city, which will almost expose them to the enemy's rear-mounted long-range artillery.
However, if this heavy fort is not allowed to counterattack, it will be even more doomed after the enemy's heavy artillery group maneuvers into place.
Now the enemy only has a few breech-loaded cannons. Even if they have a certain advantage, it is still limited.
But once the opponent's dozens of heavy artillery are maneuvered into place, it will not only be the northwest heavy fort that will face threats, but it is estimated that the entire defense line of Dingjiang Fortress will be hit by a covering attack.
Dozens of heavy cannons, no joke!
So Jian Liangzhi didn't speak, but his frown showed his worry!
Sure enough, his worries soon became a reality!
When the artillery officers once again urged the remaining artillerymen to the northwest heavy fort, the artillery lookouts of the experimental artillery battalion, who were always watching the opponent's movements with large telescopes, immediately sounded the alarm.
Then the artillery groups of the test artillery battalion fired directly. They didn't even need to load, because the ammunition had been loaded in advance and the shooting elements had been adjusted. They were just waiting for the opponent to mount the fort for the second time.
The artillery shells fired by the test artillery battalion roared in, one after another, and the continuous artillery shells once again fell on the northwest fort position and exploded.
Deaths and injuries, a large number of casualties are inevitable once again!
At this time, the artillery officers under Li Dingjun did not order a retreat, but continued to urge their artillerymen to quickly enter the position amidst the sound of rumbling explosions, then load and fire.
At this time, many artillery pieces on the northwest fort had been overturned, and the entire fort was in a mess.
But these artillery pieces are big, and ordinary shelling can't cause any actual damage to these heavy artillery pieces. At most, some artillery pieces will be damaged or their mounts will fall over.
Time passed by second by second. At first, these artillerymen mustered up the courage to enter each artillery position under the leadership of the officers, preparing to load and then fire.
However, these shells that risked the enemy kept exploding around them, and their comrades kept falling. More importantly, they knew that even if they fired back, they would not hit the opponent's breech-loaded cannon, but only the enemy's maneuvering heavy artillery.
Just a group.
In other words, the opponent's breech-loaded artillery can continue to bombard them until every one of their artillery is killed!
what does that mean?
Still the despair of being unable to fight back!
In this case, the courage of these artillerymen was quickly shaken again!
Damn it, this isn't a war with those damn Orissas!
The people across the street are also from Luo'an!
Beat your ass!
Ever since, this group of people had just come up to prepare for reloading. Before they had time to load and fire the first shell, a few members of the artillery crew quietly retreated again, especially after the officers who commanded them were killed by the shells.
Ordinary artillerymen basically ran around, and then ran down the city...
If there is one, there are two. Soon, one artillery group ran away one after another.
When some artillery officers saw this, some bloody ones would shout a few words to continue fighting, but most of them remained silent and ran down the city wall again with their subordinates.
An artillery sergeant ran quickly down the city, cursing: "I have been playing with artillery for so many years, but I have never tried to load and fire a cannon despite the enemy's continuous bombardment. I am not a tough guy..."
After a middle-aged sergeant escaped, he also sighed and leaned against the wall and said: "As long as there is some hope, it won't be like this. There is no way to fight this battle!"
The young sergeant said: "The opponent's artillery is hiding two or three thousand meters away. They will attack us as soon as we go up. It is useless for us to go up and shoot those forward artillery. In the end, we will die!"
The two sergeants spoke to each other, with helplessness and anger in their words.
Why are you angry?
Because Li Dingjun clearly knew that they could not threaten the enemy's breech-mounted artillery and would be intensively bombarded if they went up, but he still forced them to fight on the top of the city. Wasn't this forcing them to die?
But they are not stupid, how could they die!
Therefore, the hundreds of forts in the northwest fort dared to attack the city. They did not fire a single shot for less than a minute at most. They retreated in droves, leaving dozens of dead and wounded behind.
Li Dingjun almost vomited blood when he saw this!
The northwest fort retreated again. How could it stop the opponent's heavy artillery group that was rapidly advancing?
Once the enemy's heavy artillery group has maneuvered into position, it will be over.
"You bastard, damn it, Adjutant, take the military police over there and ask them to execute the order immediately. Anyone who retreats without permission will be executed on the spot!"
When Li Dingjun angrily gave the order again, Jian Liangzhi on the other side looked at Li Dingjun's appearance and directly thought of his father.
When the front line continued to suffer disastrous defeats, his father was also so angry and his words were so cruel.
However, his father lost in the end!
And can Li Dingjun win now?
With this question in mind, Jian Liangzhi stared at Li Dingjun carefully for a long time, and finally looked around at the defense forces at the top of the city!
Finally he sighed and took steps. A few minutes later, he arrived next to Wang Xutong, the deputy commander of the Luo Hai Fleet sent by Shao Bing of Luo Hai County. He whispered something in a low voice. While the two were talking, they looked at Li Dingjun from time to time.