"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Although 4 or 5 shells in a row did not fall into the Russian position, the nearest one fell to only 20 meters away from the Russian position. The sand and gravel that stirred up had splashed onto the Russian position, which scared Commander Teugen out of cold sweat. This was quite close. Tianlai novels, and based on the experience of Battalion Commander Teugen, the one that landed just now was not a field artillery shell, but a howitzer, which means that this was just a test fire of the opponent. As the opponent corrected the ballistics, the next round of strike was likely to fall into the Russian position.

This is the field artillery position on the right wing of the Russian army, with 18 m1877-type 87mm field artillery arranged. Teugene is the battalion commander of this field artillery battalion and the supreme commander of this position.

In fact, Obmochaev's judgment of the strength of both sides was very accurate. Although the People's Army had already concentrated all the artillery in Shanhaiguan, there were only 36 Type 1897 77mm field guns and 12 Type 1898 1o5mm light howitzers. In terms of the number of artillery alone, they were actually less than the Russian Fifth Division. Moreover, these artillery must be distributed in two positions. 36 Type 1897 77mm field guns were arranged on the first line of defense on the north and south lines respectively, while the range of the Type 1898 1o5mm light howitzers exceeded 1 ooooo meter, so they were only arranged on a high ground beside the Jiujiang River near the second line of defense, which could cover the entire first line of defense in the north and south.

According to the common sense of war in this era, the Russian army naturally had a great advantage. Although the Russian artillery fired first and exposed its position, since the Russian artillery gradually advanced with the advance of the infantry, the People's Army could not determine the position of the Russian artillery position, and it was difficult to use the range advantage of howitzers to attack the Russian artillery position. However, the Russian artillery can continuously provide sufficient fire support for its infantry and give heavy blows to the enemy's positions.

If the army of any other country in this era was replaced, the Russian army would have almost been invincible. Even if it could not break through the opponent's defense line, it could still cause a heavy blow to the enemy's defense line. However, the People's Army is an army that is different from any other country in this era. It not only has tactical concepts that are different from this era, but also has weapons that are unthinkable in this era. Although some weapons cannot directly strike the Russian army, their help to the People's Army cannot be underestimated.

As early as when the Russian army was sending troops, the Kunming ship anchored in the Shanhaiguan waters launched a z-2ooo drone and flew over the battlefield. It clearly observed the Russian position arrangement and distance of each position of the Russian army very accurately calculated the coordinated position and distance of each position of the Russian army, and provided very accurate shooting unit parameters for the People's Army's artillery attack.

Just as the three field artillery positions of the Russian army launched artillery bombardment on the People's Army's positions, the 12 Type 1898 1o5mm light howitzers from the only howitzer battalion of the People's Army have adjusted the shooting parameters according to the data provided by the drone. The target is the field artillery position on the right wing of the Russian army, and conducts complete blind shooting.

However, in this era, the shooting accuracy and fire control system of artillery are far from comparable to later generations. Even if you know the target's position, it is difficult to accurately hit the first round of artillery attacks. What's more, the artillery of the People's Army is still rookie gunners. Although the crossing warriors lead the team, although the military quality of the crossing warriors is excellent, the artillery of this era is also a novice, so test firing is required.

The howitzer battalion divided the 12 artillery into 3 batches, each batch of 4, and conducted the first round of test firing first. After the shooting was completed, the drone reconnaissed at high altitude immediately analyzed the landing point and distance deviation data of the shells, and passed it to the howitzer battalion at extreme times.

The People's Army's artillery immediately revised the shooting parameters according to the deviation of the first round of artillery. After about two minutes, it conducted a second round of test firing at the Russian field artillery position. The result of this test firing was one step further than the first round. All four shells fell within 150 meters of the Russian field artillery position. The landing point of one shell was less than 50 meters away from the Russian field artillery position. Strictly speaking, this distance can be regarded as the edge of the strike range. In fact, this is because the gunners of the People's Army are indeed recruits and there is not enough training time. If you change to an experienced gunner, you can basically hit the Russian field artillery position during the second round of test firing. Even in the first round, there is a great chance of hitting the target.

Teugene was also shocked. He did not expect that the opponent's artillery shooting point would be so accurate. After only two rounds of test shots, he had already reached his position infinitely. But what Teugene couldn't understand was how the opponent found the precise position of his position. If the scouts were used to determine the position, but how did the opponent correct the shooting parameters, even if there were scouts nearby observing the landing point of the shells, it was impossible to immediately send the shooting error back to his artillery.

In fact, in this era, the detection methods are still very backward, but the range of the artillery is getting farther and farther. Because of the long range of the howitzer and the large curve of the artillery trajectory, it is impossible to aim through the sights provided by the artillery. Generally, it can only be done through the field reconnaissance of the scouts, or occupying high ground, and using mechanical optical instruments to observe the enemy's position and determine the parameters of their own shooting.

In comparison, the reconnaissance accuracy of the scout is higher and can provide relatively accurate shooting parameters, but the information is slow to pass, because it is impossible to transmit the shooting error data when correcting the shooting. However, mechanical optical instruments can transmit information when the shooting is extreme, but mechanical optical instruments use the principle of triangular culverts to determine the shooting parameters. Moreover, in this era, mechanical optical instruments have not high accuracy and large errors, and increase as the distance expands. Therefore, if mechanical optical instruments are used to provide shooting parameters, multiple rounds of test shots are often required to determine the accurate shooting parameters.

But now Eugene has no time to think about it, because the opponent's third round of artillery attacks arrived as scheduled. After the first two rounds of test firing, the accuracy of this shelling finally reached a satisfactory result. Three of the four shells fell within the Russian field artillery position, and the other was only about 30 meters away from the Russian field artillery position.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

A huge explosion sounded in the field artillery array on the right wing of the Russian army. The two field artillery were pushed by the huge impact force generated by the explosion, and bounced from the ground nearly two meters high and fell to the ground. More than a dozen artillery soldiers around were blown up into the air. Dozens of Russian soldiers were hit by the debris fired from the explosion. In a short while, countless casualties were killed and screamed.

Immediately after the clear range parameters were determined, the People's Army's 12 1o5mm light howitzers immediately opened fire and launched artillery attacks on the Russian right wing field artillery positions in three rounds. The People's Army's artillery shells fell into the Russian positions one by one. While causing a heavy blow to the Russian army, they also attracted artillery shells in the Russian positions. Therefore, the explosion sounded in the Russian positions, and a large number of Russian soldiers were blown away and their bodies were gone. The Russian soldiers who luckily landed over the artillery shells dared to stay on the position for a long time, throwing away artillery and fleeing in all directions. Not long after, the Russian right wing field artillery positions were completely destroyed by the People's Army.

The news soon reached the Russian army's front-line command, and Obmochaev was shocked when he learned about it. In fact, the right-wing field artillery position is only about 4 kilometers away from the command center, and the huge explosion sound can be heard very clearly. Obmochaev is an experienced soldier and naturally knows how difficult it is to achieve accurate artillery shooting of enemy positions on the battlefield, but overseas Chinese have done this, which also shows that overseas Chinese have made some technological breakthroughs in the sighting technology of artillery. It seems that overseas Chinese have achieved previous results, because military technology is also part of military strength.

The field artillery position on the right wing was bombarded by overseas Chinese. So, the field artillery position on the left wing and the middle wing, and the command center, would it also be attacked by overseas Chinese? Obmochaev did not dare to take this risk. After all, he had lost 1/3 of the field artillery. If there was any further loss, he could not afford it. Therefore, Obmochaev also hurriedly ordered the other two field artillery battalions to retreat immediately and leave the enemy's artillery strike range.

Fortunately, the command center was still behind the field artillery positions, and it was well hidden by using the woods and mountains as a cover. Therefore, Obmochaev was relatively relieved and was not worried about the safety of the command center.

Although Obmochaev issued an extremely extreme order, it was still too late. After all, in this era when communications were basically yelling, it would take one or two minutes to pass the order from the command center to various positions. After receiving the order, it would take longer to evacuate from the position. After the Russian right-wing field artillery position was destroyed, the People's Army's howitzer battalion immediately turned the muzzle to the Russian left-wing field artillery position.

After the second round of test firing, many of the People's Army's artillery soldiers corrected the parameters of artillery shooting, and hit the target in the third round, and then launched continuous artillery bombardment. After more than ten rounds of artillery attacks, the field artillery positions on the left wing of the Russian army also suffered an almost devastating blow.
Chapter completed!