Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

It’s not because of anything else. The range of domestic artillery is limited, while the range of the artillery of the Small Locust Country is far beyond that of domestic artillery. Although it is not as good as the artillery range of the Nanshan Army, it can pose a threat to the Nanshan Army.

Once the range is long, it will be much more difficult to locate the artillery position and carry out precision strikes.

In addition to the range, the caliber of the artillery equipped by the Dwarf Locust Country also poses a certain threat.

Most of them are equipped with 105 caliber and 150 caliber. The Nanshan Army also has some 75 caliber artillery. The number of Nanshan Army's division-level artillery is slightly less than that of the Small Locust Country.

Fortunately, the Nanshan Army has four divisions in Yanping, and the artillery of the four divisions is concentrated, which is far more than the number of the small locust country.

After introducing the artillery, Fang Guoxuan said: "Tomorrow morning at six o'clock, our army's four artillery regiments will bombard the garrison of the Little Locust Nation."

"After the artillery fire stops at 6:30, encircle and annihilate the Dwarf Locust Nation's army from four directions."

This time, Fang Guoxuan only placed one battalion of troops in Lingshan and Jingshui respectively, and the rest of the troops were concentrated in Yanping, which gave him sufficient military advantage.

Fang Guoxuan then deployed the 1st Division in the front, the 3rd Division to encircle it from behind, and the 10th and 11th Divisions to attack from the left and right wings.

"Commander Fang, the Northern Army still has nearly 60,000 troops. Don't we need to deal with them?" Zhang Wei hesitated.

The two armies sent by the Northern Army were stationed on the flank of the Small Locust Country, three kilometers apart.

The Intelligence Department had already figured out the specific situation of the more than 60,000 Northern troops, so Fang Guoxuan naturally had nothing to worry about.

Except for the thousands of people gathered by Wu Peisheng, the remaining two armies were composed entirely of untrained recruits and posed no threat to the Nanshan Army.

Fang Guoxuan shook his head slightly: "Most of the Northern Army are new troops, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. If they make any moves, the Tenth Army on the left wing can stop them for the time being."

With four divisions attacking, even if the Tenth Division is stationed on the left wing and does not attack, they can still complete the encirclement and annihilation mission.

After arranging the tasks, the Third Division took immediate action, marching through a small road to the rear of the army of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom.

The positions of the four artillery regiments were also arranged, and were located outside the west and east cities of Yanping respectively. There were a total of two artillery positions, each with two artillery regiments.

At 5:30 the next morning, Fang Guoxuan got up early and entered the command center.

At this time, the combat staff in the headquarters were busy. Fang Guoxuan asked: "Have the front-line troops moved to the designated position?"

The 3rd Division had arrived at the designated location last night, and the 10th and 11th Divisions had already moved to the designated location at around four o'clock in the morning.

"Report to the division commander, the front-line troops have entered their designated positions." A staff officer stepped forward and answered.

Fang Guoxuan nodded slightly and sat in the command center waiting for the troops to attack. It was the first time to fight against a powerful country in the world, and it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous at all.

At six o'clock, the commanders of the two artillery positions immediately gave the order: "Fire."

"boom."

"boom."

"boom."

The artillery had already adjusted all parameters last night. With the commander's order, shells fell into the locust camp, exploding one after another.

At this time, most of the soldiers of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom were still sleeping.

The soldiers of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom carried tents with them, and most of them slept in the tents. Of course, a small number of them slept directly on the ground.

As the shells exploded, the tents were set on fire, and the entire camp was engulfed in flames and thick smoke.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, Your Excellency the Division Commander." After the explosion, an officer stumbled into Omoto Enshin's tent.

At this time, Xiao Ben Yuan Xin was sleeping soundly. He drank a lot of wine during yesterday's celebration.

Xiao Ben opened his eyes dazedly and asked in confusion: "Hoshino-kun, what happened?"

"Your Excellency the division commander, the new people have launched an artillery attack on our army." the officer said urgently.

Hearing that they were being bombarded, Xiao Benyuanxin did not care, thinking that the Nanshan Army was also using old artillery, so he said: "It's okay, just order the artillery to counterattack."

"Sir, for safety's sake, please hide first. I'll send the messenger to pass the message to the artillery position," said the officer.

When the bombardment occurred, the officer was urinating and was startled. After reacting, he immediately went to the tent of the division commander, Xiao Benyuanxin, to ensure the safety of the division commander.

The officer's name is Hoshino Yachi, he is 43 years old and is the chief of staff of the Omoto Division.

Led by Hoshino Yachi and after joining several guards, Omoto Enshin was taken into an anti-artillery cave.

The shells kept falling, and many people were awakened and ran out of their tents like headless flies. This was because many soldiers were drunk after the revelry last night.

There were also some people who quickly organized a defense line and sought shelter. Their actions were swift, worthy of being the elite of the Little Locust Nation.

Five minutes after the bombardment, the artillery of the Xiaoai Division was in position.

After debugging all the parameters, shells were placed into the gun barrel one by one, and then fired out, heading straight for the Nanshan Army's artillery position.

When the shells landed on the artillery positions, many Nanshan Army artillerymen were surprised. In previous artillery battles, the Nanshan Army always had a great advantage, and few could counterattack after their artillery attacks.

Although the artillery shells of the Small Locust Country landed dozens of meters away from the position, they were still very close to the position.

After the first shell fell, many more shells landed on the position, raising clouds of dust and many unlucky artillerymen were blown away.

Seeing the soldiers panic, the regiment commander ordered: "Don't retreat, keep firing, aim at the enemy artillery positions and bombard them."

Originally, the artillery range of the Nanshan Army was better than that of the Small Locust Kingdom, but because it was closer to the front-line positions, it completely lost its range advantage.

At the two artillery positions outside West City and East City, after the commander gave the order, although everyone had panic expressions on their faces, they still performed their duties and bombarded the positions of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom.

Relatively speaking, the Nanshan Army was more professional in stacking artillery shells and rarely suffered explosions when hit, but the situation was different for the Dwarf Locust Kingdom.

On the artillery position of the Small Locust Country, shells were piled up randomly, and three explosions occurred during the more than ten minutes of bombing.

In the artillery contest between the two sides, the artillery of the Small Locust Country caught the Nanshan Army off guard at the beginning. As time went on, the Nanshan Army had a large number of 155 and 203 caliber heavy artillery, and the artillery of the Small Locust Country was quickly suppressed.

毕竟四个师，拥有20门155口径榴弹炮，20门155口径加农炮，20门203口径榴弹炮，20门203口径加农炮。

40 155 caliber guns and 40 203 caliber guns are naturally far more powerful than the Omoto Yoshinori Division.

The artillery staff officer came to the artillery commander and said, "Sir, the enemy has a large number of artillery pieces and our losses are heavy."

"Baga." The artillery commander was very angry and dissatisfied.

How could anyone accept that a backward new country could suppress the artillery of the dwarf locusts in an artillery battle?

The artillery commander drew his saber and said, "Warriors, we are warriors from the Little Locust Country. How can we be defeated by the artillery of the New Country..."

Under the command of the artillery commander, the artillery of the dwarf locust country fought even more fearlessly, carrying shells under fire and launching artillery attacks.