Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

1团2营如同2团4营那样，也用无人机找到对方兵力密集处和炮兵阵地，用120迫榴炮打击。

For areas beyond range, call in long-range artillery support.

"Artillery company, have you confirmed the coordinates of the Japanese heavy artillery?"

"The positions of the two heavy artillery pieces have been determined!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Give me a blast!"

"Yes!"

“1、2、3、4号炮目标鬼子1号炮；5、6、7、8号炮目标鬼子2号炮，数据已发送，立即开炮！”

Boom boom boom... More than a dozen shells were fired at the Japanese heavy artillery.

The Japanese 41st Division and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade were not yet adapted to our army's tactics. After their heavy artillery fired, they did not know how to evacuate their positions in time, and were quickly targeted and destroyed by our artillery.

Therefore, within half an hour of the Japanese attack, our army knocked out 5 heavy artillery pieces and crushed more than 500 Japanese soldiers.

But then, the Japanese copied the artillery technique used by Huashui County No. [-]: using two tanks as tractors, firing a few shots and then pulling them away.

Slowed down the loss rate of heavy artillery.

It is just that the loss of heavy artillery is slower, but it cannot completely avoid the loss of heavy artillery.

After all, in addition to using artillery reconnaissance and positioning radar, our army uses radar technology to track the shells fired by enemy artillery and then calculate the location of its firing position based on the ballistic trajectory of enemy artillery. It can also use drones to determine the location of the opponent's artillery.

Even some heavy artillery and the two tanks pulling it were destroyed by the 155mm howitzer of our artillery regiment.

Some heavy artillery didn't even fire a single shell, and they were turned into scrap metal by our army's heavy artillery.

At the beginning of the Japanese infantry battle, they mainly attacked with mortars and grenade launchers. The two sides fought a battle where no one could see each other.

Our infantry are hiding in fortifications or infantry fighting vehicles; while the Japanese infantry are hiding behind hillsides.

No one can see anyone.

However, our army has fortifications or armor protection. After fighting, our army suffered no losses, but the Japanese casualties continued to increase.

Moreover, our army has artillery reconnaissance and positioning radar, which can detect both howitzers and mortars.

Coupled with drone reconnaissance, it is easy to find the location of the opponent's mortars.

"Cannons 1 to 3, scale 055, direction 1.2 to the right!"

After the gunner adjusted it, he replied: "Okay!"

"Instant fuse, No. 2 charge, 3 rapid fire shots!"

"it is good!"

"emission!"

Boom, boom, boom...

Nine shells landed within 9 meters of the Japanese mortar within ten seconds.

In an instant, none of the Japanese gunners of this gun took a breath, and the mortar was destroyed.

Even the Japanese who were carrying artillery shells more than ten meters away were turned into hedgehogs by shrapnel and fell to the ground squirming.

The mortar shells fired by the Japanese landed next to the fortifications and heavy infantry fighting vehicles. They were not even tickling, they were completely insensitive!

The Japanese were a little confused: Didn't they say that the people in the Haqi Road Independent Brigade all wore body armor and were not afraid of bullets, but only of artillery?

Why are direct-fire infantry artillery ineffective?

Of course, the effect is not great. The main purpose of mortars is to kill personnel.

It is too weak for destroying fortifications and penetrating armor.

For example, our 60mm mortar shells have an effective killing radius of [-] to [-] meters for personnel.

However, if it falls on the roof of a house, it will not even be able to penetrate the roof.

Not to mention the reinforced concrete structure bunkers and the armor of heavy infantry fighting vehicles.

Unless it can shoot straight and hit the bunker!

During the historical period of the Anti-Japanese War, our army did develop mortar flat-firing technology.

When hitting a gun building, our mortars either hit far away or hit close; even if they hit, the top of the gun building is made of reinforced concrete, which means there is no sound.

Later, a mountain cannon was pulled up and the turret was blown up.

Obviously, the most effective way to deal with the Japanese and puppet army's fortifications are flat-firing artillery and mountain artillery.

But the Eighth Route Army at that time had the most equipment with mortars.

Mortars are light in weight, easy to carry, and have a high parabola, making them very suitable for guerrilla and mountain warfare.

But it is very difficult to pull out strongholds and blow up gun towers.

So the majority of commanders and fighters are thinking: Can the mortar be changed into a flat-firing artillery?

Later, after some research by a master gunner, he actually did it!

However, the improved launch mode still has certain requirements.

During actual combat use, local materials are often used, or the launching device is improved before firing.

There are usually three main ways:

[-]. In the northern battlefield, common sorghum rods were used as push rods to push the shells into the barrel, relying on the inertia of the shells to hit the firing pin at the bottom of the barrel to complete the firing.

However, this method is more dangerous, and the operator may be injured if he is not careful.

[-]. For wire launch, develop a replaceable mortar tail tube, and replace it with a wire launch tail tube when firing horizontally.

Third, a latch is added to the back of the barrel. After the cannonball is inserted into the chamber, it only needs to be twisted slightly to switch to flat firing, and then hit with a hammer to fire. This is a bit violent and "atavistic".

These improvement methods are not high-tech, but are forced choices under the severe shortage of material equipment at that time.

Countless heroes and martyrs relied on such crude equipment to finally achieve victory after paying a huge price.

The Japanese's battles before fighting the independent brigade were all smooth sailing.

Their equipment is far ahead of ours. Therefore, they have absolutely no interest in converting mortars into flat-fire guns.

Then again, against our army's fortifications and armored vehicles, even if the mortars are really converted into flat-fire cannons, it will not have much effect.

After all, the penetrating power of mortar shells is not strong. As long as they do not hit the fortifications through the shooting hole, they will not cause harm to our army.

Seeing that our army was not afraid of mortars, the Japanese began to risk using recoilless rifles, [-] infantry guns, mountain guns, rapid-fire guns and other level-firing weapons to bombard our fortifications and infantry fighting vehicles.

Its heavy artillery also gave up fighting with our artillery, and instead engaged in guerrilla warfare. Replace with armor-piercing and armor-breaking ammunition, focus on attacking our fortifications, then run away, keep running.

This caused certain casualties to our army.

Of course, the Japanese casualties were even greater!

Our military responded with mortars, heavy machine guns, assault rifles, and recoilless rifles.

Often the Japanese's recoilless rifles and [-] infantry artillery only had time to fire one shot, and they would immediately be fired back by dozens of bullets from our army.

Sometimes they were bombarded by multiple mortars.

The exchange ratio between our side and the Japanese reached one to sixty.

In other words, sixty Japanese soldiers were smashed to pieces, and one of our soldiers was killed.

Even so, after all, the number of people in our army's position is too small, and the infantry combat troops are only one percent of the Japanese.

There are often only half of the infantry combat troops in a battalion. The rest are engineering corps, medical corps, communications corps, artillery corps, cooking corps, transportation corps, etc.

Therefore, relatively speaking, our army's numbers are getting smaller and smaller, and fighting is becoming more and more difficult.

Regiment commander Fan Yingming had been paying attention to the battle situation of the 2nd Battalion. Seeing this situation, he hurriedly ordered the artillery battalion to strengthen to the direction of the 2nd Battalion.

He did not hesitate to slow down the progress of encircling and annihilating the 33rd Division.

The 6th Regiment also replenished their ammunition, and all the tall ones resurrected with full health attacked the flanks of the Japanese enemy's east aid.