Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

After receiving the news that Lin Zhenhua was about to arrive, Li Yunlong immediately ordered Wei Heshang to take people to deploy a lighting array to provide target guidance for the bomber group in the sky.

"Zhu Zi, increase the intensity of the bombardment for me, change all the bombs to incendiary bombs, and indicate the targets for the bombing of the bomber group."

"Rocket artillery unit, give me another round of salvos to help the anti-aircraft artillery unit open up a gap."

"Tell Sanwazi to slow down and wait until the bombing operation of the bomber group is over before attacking me."

Sanwazi did not dare to delay after receiving the order. On the one hand, he asked each company to maintain the current firepower density, and on the other hand, he slowed down the speed of the attack.

In the center of the enemy camp, eight miles away, was the headquarters of the 11th Army's forward command.

"Commander, the situation ahead is very strange. The enemy has deployed heavy artillery to bombard our positions, causing us considerable losses."

"Especially the enemy's rockets, which caused us the most casualties. From the start of the artillery battle to now, we have lost nearly two battalions of troops in total."

"Our heavy artillery unit suffered heavy losses, with a large number of heavy artillery destroyed. If the commander had not given a timely order to withdraw the remaining heavy artillery, the heavy artillery unit would have been completely wiped out tonight."

"The enemy has deployed more than 2000 artillery pieces tonight, and has suppressed our artillery fire."

"These are not the worst. The really bad thing is the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery units that are bombarding us. Their extremely high rate of fire and firepower make it impossible for us to fight back."

"The current situation is already very bad. I suggest that the main force immediately retreat to the second line and rely on our well-built fortifications to resist step by step."

Chief of Staff Ippei Mitsui suggested with a serious face.

"Mitsui-kun, the situation may not be as bad as you say. You are totally exaggerating."

"At the beginning of the war, I deployed 2/3 of the heavy artillery to the rear. Many people opposed it at the time, thinking that I was too timid. Now I can prove how far-sighted I was at the time."

"Without air superiority, our artillery is just a sitting duck and can't play much of a role on the battlefield."

"The lesson we learned tonight is very profound. In the initial artillery battle, we firmly held the upper hand and completely suppressed the enemy's artillery firepower, and the casualties of our artillery were very small."

"But when the enemy's rockets covered our artillery positions, the situation was reversed. Even if we were reluctant to admit it, we had to admit that the power of the rocket artillery was indeed very strong."

"In particular, the caliber of the rockets used by the enemy became larger and larger, and the damage caused by the explosions became stronger and stronger, but the headquarters remained indifferent to this, causing us to suffer setbacks again and again on the front line."

"If it weren't for the fact that our enemy didn't have enough rockets to fully cover our positions, plus the rockets didn't do much damage to our positions, they mainly killed people over a large area."

"I'm not saying much, but compared to heavy artillery, if compared with mountain artillery, the power of low-heavy rockets is still very considerable."

Due to the insufficient production of new explosives, rockets are still mainly filled with black powder. With the completion of the third phase of expansion of the gunpowder factory, the newly produced rockets will use new explosives and their power will be incomparable.