War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 170 Promises Must Be Sincere
Throughout World War II, various countries have made great efforts to update the technology and tactics of artillery. The innovation of the United States is even more amazing, and they will make innovations almost every once in a while. Although their process is very similar to that of England, they have their own innovations in details.

For example, the Eagle Sauce will pre-calculate a large number of parameters under different environments. The set conditions include various wind directions and wind speeds, temperatures, degree of barrel wear, height differences, etc., and then record the parameters under various conditions on a paper card. This is the most famous parameter card of the Eagle Sauce artillery. Once in an unfamiliar environment, there is no need to spend too much effort on calculations. Just make adjustments according to the "parameter card" calculated in advance, and the artillery position can be maximized.

This kind of "parameter card" greatly optimizes the work of the "chart marker and actuary" after the order is issued. He only needs to find the most suitable corresponding paper card under the current conditions from hundreds of paper cards.

By the end of World War II, American infantry could call on artillery within a few miles to bombard targets at any time. When the artillery fire came, the German army had no time to prepare and would be subjected to crazy bombardment, completely omitting the test-firing and fine-tuning of one or two artillery shells. However, this process, from the beginning of calling for artillery support to the artillery fire landing, only took three to five minutes.

The artillery tactics frequently used by the US military, namely the TOT simultaneous impact tactics, can accurately control the impact positions to fall into the target area at the same time under the adjustment of different artillery calibers, shooting distances, and firing times. This also relies entirely on a small paper card.

Our artillery is completely different from others. We only mastered these artillery tactics in the late period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In the current era, the degree of confusion in artillery tactics among the warlords is staggering. From the initial German tactics, to the Japanese tactics during the white-hot period of the Anti-Japanese War, to the Soviet tactics learned from the Russians, it is a complete mess. In any case, whoever can speak is right.

At present, artillery tactics are extremely scarce. In the "Records of Artillery Instruction" compiled in 1932, a large number of artillery drills from the Beiyang period are still quoted. During this period, a large number of artillerymen were still using tactics before World War I, arranging artillery positions in areas with open vision, and some even placed a large number of artillery directly at the front of the position like Dao Wenbin...

This is also the reason why the forward artillery position of Xiaojieji failed to fire after the Japanese attack. One round of air bombing by them can completely destroy the entire artillery position without any defense.

Thanks to Dao Wenbin's foresight, he at least knew to place half of the artillery battalion on the flank. Otherwise, even if Xu Chaoyang had the ability, he would have no weapons to fight back.

As for the micro-control operations in the era that Xu Chaoyang was more familiar with, in this period when even artillery is considered a treasure, don't even think about it. How can you micro-control if you can't even get a detailed map?
"Anti-gun!"

"Anti-cannon!!"

"Anti-cannon!!!"

After a round of firepower was over, Xu Chaoyang raised his neck and screamed in the trench. He didn't believe that when the flanking fire on the battlefield started, the Japanese would watch their own people being consumed on a large scale and remain indifferent...

boom!
When an explosion was heard from the flank position where Xu Chaoyang was, he immediately turned around and looked behind him. The explosion did not sound like an artillery fire.

Thick black smoke was rolling up into the air from behind the flank position. That was the area where Tong Meng had buried the mines. There were a small number of Japanese soldiers at the far end of the area who were planning to move over. The explosion just now was caused by them accidentally stepping on a mine while moving in an attempt to bring themselves within the firing range!

"Chaoyang!"

Yang Jingyu screamed loudly amid the sound of gunfire: "The devils are touching my butt!"

Xu Chaoyang pushed him away: "Stop talking nonsense, guard against the artillery first!!!"

"Everyone, enter the anti-artillery pit, do not stay!!!"

Xu Chaoyang's quick reaction and caution were developed under the control of sophisticated instruments in modern warfare, which led to his first thought after gaining an advantage was whether the enemy would counterattack in various forms.

"Get into the anti-gun pit, quickly!"

The platoon leaders of the three platoons kept shuttling back and forth in the trenches and stuffed most of the soldiers into the anti-artillery pits. Xu Chaoyang was about to order someone to notify half of the artillery battalion next to him...

boom!
The shells from the 90mm howitzer have already landed on the edge of the flank position!
The soil kicked up by the shells fell in the smoke. The Japs' reaction speed far exceeded everyone's imagination.

When Xu Chaoyang also huddled into the anti-artillery pit, he saw Tong Meng, in an emotional state, writing something in a small notebook with a half-finished pen in his hand. He leaned over to take a look and saw that this boy had calculated all the differences in equipment between them and the Japanese in this notebook.

"What are you doing?" Xu Chaoyang asked.

Tong Meng ignored the rumbling sound of artillery fire outside and answered loudly and seriously: "Our poor infrastructure and technology have led to the difference in equipment, and the difference in equipment has allowed these little devils to wreak havoc on the battlefield!"

"Captain, this is not a problem that can be solved simply by bravery. A century of weakness and widespread illiteracy have caused us to lag behind other countries in terms of talent pool, technological development, ideology, and understanding of the world..."

"Look there, Captain!"

Tong Meng stretched out his arm from the anti-cannon pit and pointed at the distant sky...

When Xu Chaoyang looked in the direction of his finger, he saw something hanging in the sky. It looked like a balloon, but its size was similar to the Kongming lanterns that flew high in the sky during his era.

"Those are the eyes of the Japanese artillery. They measure the distance by observation, and then find the position on the precise map for precise calculation, so that the shells can accurately fall on our heads..."

boom!
The dust from the bombardment fell on Tong Meng's arm outside the trench. He shook his arm back and said, "We don't have any of these things. We don't even have a place to rest, let alone an arsenal to upgrade our equipment."

"Captain, we can't keep fighting endlessly like this. We have to find a place to settle down, and we have to learn all these things thoroughly, build our own arsenal, and educate our own talents..."

"Stop!"

boom! boom! boom!
Under a series of precise artillery fire, Xu Chaoyang felt that the entire ground was shaking. He and Tong Meng could only hold each other for support. At the same time, the top layer of the anti-gun pit above their heads collapsed instantly under the impact of the shells. When the soil fell, it buried the two of them directly in the soil! "Chaoyang!"

"Company commander!"

A group of soldiers led by Yang Jingyu rushed over and dug people out from the soil regardless of the shelling. When they saw Xu Chaoyang's arm, they grabbed his arm and pulled it out without caring how much soil was covering him. They managed to pull the man out from under the thick layer of soil.

The collapsed anti-cannon pit just now has become a gentle slope that collapses downwards...

"Pooh!"

Xu Chaoyang shook his dusty head, and even his skin was covered with large areas of dirt. He looked gray and dusty, and dust flew up when he patted his body.

"Who the hell dug the anti-artillery pit? What were you thinking about during training?"

"Call the man over here, I'm going to kick him to death!"

Xu Chaoyang just wanted to vent his anger, but when he saw his men turn their heads at the same time to look at a body in the trench that had been charred black by the artillery fire, everyone fell silent.

"I'm just waiting for the cold dishes!"

Chang Zhan saw the crowd gathering here, and walked over to the battlefield swinging his whip in his hand: "Don't you know that the Japanese will rush over once the shelling stops?"

"Return to your respective positions, quickly!"

Chang Zhan was yelling and cursing, and Xu Chaoyang's sight was extending forward along this long trench. Under the artillery attack, the entire trench was blown into a mess, countless circular craters appeared on both sides of the trench, and several craters fell in the middle of the trench. In this artillery attack alone, the company lost nearly twenty people.

The culprit that caused the bombardment to be so accurate was still hanging in the sky. If the Japanese had not come around from behind, the bombardment would probably not have stopped at all...

boom! ! !
Another explosion sounded, different from the artillery fire. The Japanese, who had been detonated by a landmine once, learned their lesson this time. They used grenades to clear a path while advancing. Each grenade could detonate two or more adjacent mines at the same time.

"court death!"

Xu Chaoyang pulled away the machine gunner next to him, raised his Type 99 rifle, turned the muzzle towards the Japanese behind the trench and pulled the trigger.

Ta-da! Ta-da, Ta-da! Ta-da!

As the gunfire flew, the Japanese soldier who was trying to clear the way with a grenade was swept down by the blood mist of three bullets exploding in his chest. Xu Chaoyang then shouted, "Yu Minghao!"

"First row, turn your guns around and guard the back!"

"Yes!"

As Yu Minghao responded, Xu Chaoyang grabbed his clothes by the shoulders, pointed at the fallen Japanese soldier and said, "Be more thoughtful when fighting. Let the devils blow a path with the grenade first..."

"Why?" Yu Minghao asked puzzledly.

"Are you stupid? There's a minefield behind us. If they blast out one path, we can only move up along that path. If they blast out two paths, we can only move up along those two paths. Wouldn't it be great if we could just kill them all at once? The Type 38 rifle has strong penetration power. This is much better than aiming at the enemy's irregular movements all over the battlefield, right?"

Yu Minghao nodded thoughtfully, then turned around and shouted, "First row, turn your guns around and guard the rear of the line, quick!"

At this time, Xu Chaoyang walked past Tong Meng, a 'native' like himself, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You've done a great job!" If there had been no minefield, they might have been in big trouble.

Tong Meng immediately grinned, not knowing when he had learned Qu Yong's "cheap" expression, and asked with a strange smile: "What's the reward?"

Xu Chaoyang had never thought about the reward, but now that the other party had spoken, what else could he say?
He reached out, pulled out the box gun with the smoothed sight from his waist, handed the gun handle over and said, "No short gun, right?"

Tong Meng's eyes immediately lit up...

"Really give it to me?" He thought that only if he became a platoon leader would he have the chance to touch this short thing.

"Work hard, and next year I'll find you a wife!" In front of Tong Meng's surprised and dazed expression, Xu Chaoyang made a solemn promise that had nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)