1652 Cannons in the Night
The sun was getting lower little by little, and darkness enveloped the earth. Countless bonfires and torches lit up on the north and south banks of the river. The temperature dropped below zero again. The cold wind in spring was so wet that it hurt people's bones. It is estimated that the soldiers with typhoid fever will burst out collectively after this battle.
But the soldiers who could feel the cold most were not the volunteers in the trenches, but in the observation basket under two huge Doraemon hot air balloons, six observation posts were almost frozen into ice in the sky more than 40 meters above their heads.
Behind him was a blast furnace that burned coal, but no one wanted to cook fire. Now was their mission time, and the beginning of the night was their busiest time.
"Northwest...Northwest A Area A...Twenty-five fires, the density of soldiers is medium...Ah snee!"
"Cold... so cold! Area A3...Eighteen fires in Area A3...Soldier density is low..."
"Ancestor! What kind of weather is this? Can't even three layers of fur stop the cold wind? It's taking the lives of a relative... Look, there are a large group of cavalry moving towards the M2 area..."
The Air Force is the most enviable group of troops in the Chinese army. It is not only because of their high treatment, but the most important thing is that these people can fly in the sky without having to participate in the dirty and tiring work personally.
The Air Force can wear furs, eat high-calorie food at will, and drink various spirits at any time... There are countless privileges, and there are no ones who are in the army who are not envious.
But the Air Force also has its disadvantages, that is, the threshold is too high. The required trigonometric functions in mathematics and calculus must also be involved in part. The drawing score must be above A and simple formulas must reach the level of no errors in the oral calculation.
In addition to Chinese, you must also be proficient in English electives French and German, which is even more difficult. Moreover, since hot air balloons fly in the air, there is a high possibility of danger. These soldiers also need to master the close-range skydiving itself.
The thresholds scared many big-headed soldiers with low education to death. Many young men from rural areas can read 3,000 in the military camps, which is enough for parents in their hometown to brag for the rest of their lives, and even villagers can call them a scholar soldier.
If you want to understand advanced mathematics and add a few foreign languages at this level, it will really cost your loved ones life.
The Air Force is not easy to be a good person. It needs to learn a lot and needs good physical fitness. However, these are not the most difficult ones. For these soldiers, cold is their biggest enemy.
War will not always be full of sunny spring days, sunny summer days, and it is common for soldiers to fight in autumn and winter. In this kind of weather, altitudes above 30 to 40 meters are completely ice cellars. If you can stand guard for two or three hours here, you will definitely be a cold leg when you get old.
It was so cold that there were three observation whistles in each hot air balloon hanging basket. Their eyebrows and beards were covered with frost. The lambskin gloves were so cold that they made a crisp sound. The trap was like a bear.
"Persevere, hold on for a while... It's time for us to show our power. These bastards still want to attack at night? There's no chance, it's up to us to fight back later..."
The soldiers trembling all over the frozen soldier drooped a string of Dongguang signals under the hanging basket, among which the colored glass enriched the types of lights.
Soon the ground troops learned about all the deployment of troops on the other side. One of these data was collected into the General Staff next to Xiao Letian, and the other was directly handed over to the artillery position hidden in Habaropka City.
The data became richer little by little, and a smile appeared on the corner of Master Long's mouth. On the military map in front of him, the huge longitude and latitude line divided the enemy's garrison into small grids.
"Article 1, medium density...Article 2, low density...Article 3, suspected that there is an officer's camp... Hahaha, this is really a pair of divine eyes in the dark! After the war, these air forces should be awarded first-class merit!"
Jia Yi Bing Ding... Wu Ji Geng Xin... Ren Gui... The cross of the heavenly stems divides the entire map into ten areas, and each heavenly stem area is subdivided into nine-cup grids, namely Jia Yi and Jia Jiu.
The purpose of this subdivision is to command artillery to conduct blind shooting. Before the enemy's future, the artillery has marked the battlefield in advance and revised the shooting elements with scattered firepower.
Everything is ready. At that time, we will wait for the commander's strategic bombing order. At that time, the artillery will not have to observe the terrain at all, and will bomb one by one according to the map coordinates.
The hot air balloon in the sky can also report the movement changes of the enemy's main force at any time, so the shells are equivalent to opening a pair of eyes.
The night was getting darker and darker, and the pocket watches on the command table kept ticking, while the busy staff had marked 80% of the area of the local positions, and at the same time the artillery positions had been fired.
"Prime Minister! Prime Minister... When you wake up, it will be eight o'clock in ten minutes! Did you do it as planned?" A staff officer whispered in Xiao Letian's ear.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Letian, who was nestled in a bear fur coat, closed his eyes and rested, he didn't even open his eyes. He just shook his head and said softly, "Since you are ready, why do you still need me? Let General Xiang give the order... Do you still expect me to bring shells to you?"
"Don't disturb me...unless it's news of victory!" After saying that, Xiao Letian arched himself, huddled himself in a ring chair, put his feet on another bench, and fell asleep beautifully.
Master Long looked at the prime minister gratefully. He knew that this was the last large-scale battle in the Far East. This time the Prime Minister gave up the command power to himself, which was to add bargaining chips to his future rule of the Far East.
"According to the original plan, the shelling starts at 8 o'clock! After the firepower covers forty-five minutes, the reserve team crosses the river and launches a counterattack! Okay, that's it. We are ready for everything and there will be no more changes!"
"Let's win!"
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, half an hour before the night attack schedule set by Fajeev, the Volunteers took the lead in launching a counterattack.
Wow, swow, swow, swow,... Three attacking fireworks exploded in the sky, and then one hundred and twenty artillery hidden in the small town on the south bank began to get angry.
Boom boom boom... The explosion light flashed behind the village wall, and the sky was filled with the trajectory of shells.
These cannons were unloaded by Xiao Letian from the naval battleship and used countless sledges to deliver them to the battlefield along the ice surface of the Amur River. Thanks to the naval transportation this time, and the iced river channels can be borrowed. If you take the land route, these cannons will take at least one month to push them up.
As soon as the cannon was fired, Fajeev exploded, and he jumped up three highs. "God! These Chinese people actually have cannons? They actually hid them until now to use them? Despicable, shameless..."
Chapter completed!