Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

Che Ming pointed his finger heavily at the five-pointed star on the map and shouted in a deep voice,

"There are a large number of radios at this location. We believe this is the headquarters of the Fourth Corps of the Second Field Army of the enemy!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhiyu immediately took a ruler and measured on the map. After a moment, he shook his head.

"Over 300 kilometers, if we use armored forces to attack, there's a high probability that we won't be able to return."

Because there are at least three divisions stationed within this 300-kilometer area.

Xie Zhiyu thought for a moment and shouted,

"The General Staff will immediately discuss the possibility of an armored assault on the 4th Corps headquarters!"

"Yes!"

A huge aerial survey map was spread out on the table, and everyone started discussing it.

After just over ten minutes, Xie Zhiyu's idea was overturned. The reason was very simple. There were many mountains and hills between the two places, and the roads were rugged, which was not conducive to the rapid advancement of tanks. In addition, the road conditions were poor, and the bridges had limited load-bearing capacity, making it difficult to bear the weight of tanks.

Xie Zhiyu rubbed his brows and turned his gaze to the four division headquarters surrounding him.

He measured it with a ruler and found that the nearest one was about 30 kilometers away from the security team's defense line!

The longest-range artillery piece in the security corps is the 155mm M59 cannon, which has a maximum range of 23,221 meters, far from the required range. It must be advanced at least seven kilometers. To be on the safe side, ten kilometers is safer.

Several staff officers immediately understood Xie Zhiyu's intention. They looked at the map and began to formulate a battle plan!

The performance data of the M59 cannon are as follows:

Weight: kg in towing mode, kg in shooting mode

Length: 11.02 meters, barrel length 7.03 meters (45 calibers)

Width: 2.5 meters

Height: 2.7 meters

炮弹：M101榴弹45.36公斤、M104烟雾弹44.53公斤、M118照明弹46.8公斤、M112穿甲弹45.36公斤

Recoil: Hydraulic-gas hybrid recoil system, recoil length 1.77 meters

Rate of fire: 3 rounds per 2 minutes in rapid fire mode, 0.5 rounds per minute in continuous fire mode, i.e. 40 rounds per hour

Muzzle velocity: 853 m/s

Effective range: meters

Maximum range: meters

The muzzle velocity is 853 m/s and the shell weight is 42-43.1 kg.

The battle plan was quickly formulated: Use artillery fire to strike the enemy within 15 kilometers of the defense line, forcing them to evacuate, and then use tow trucks to push the 12 cannons forward 13 kilometers! Shell the enemy headquarters, and then withdraw!

Xie Zhiyu frowned. If this plan was followed, the enemy's soldiers would probably suffer heavy casualties, which was seriously inconsistent with the plan. After a moment, Xie Zhiyu had an idea. He smiled and said,

"Your plan is too conservative. Let me revise it for you."

He looked at his watch and said,

"It's four o'clock in the afternoon. We must act immediately. The enemy's communication capabilities are insufficient, so we can create a time difference! When the bombardment begins, the cannons should move forward immediately. With the cover of the artillery fire, the enemy will not be able to respond effectively."

"I'm requesting artillery fire to clear the way. Xu Jin, everyone understands this: the convoy must maintain a distance of 250 to 300 meters from the artillery fire! Artillery fire will also be used to block the convoy's left and right flanks and rear! This will be a real test of the coordination between the convoy and the artillery!"

This plan is equivalent to using artillery fire to form four steel defense lines in front, behind, left and right of the convoy!

This way, the enemy infantry would be confused about the situation and think they were really under artillery fire, so they would hide or retreat, and the convoy could pass through their positions at ease.

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Staff Officer He said with considerable worry,

"A 155mm high-explosive grenade produces a large amount of fragmentation upon detonation. Generally speaking, the effective kill radius (the range within which a lethal attack can occur) is approximately 30-50 meters. Even within 70-100 meters, there's a certain probability of killing. To ensure safety, the range must be at least 300 meters! Furthermore, if we use the barrage of bullets to clear the way, the road ahead will be riddled with potholes. How will the tractor trucks even be able to pass?"

Staff Officer Xu also stood up and expressed his opposition.

"Another point is that we need to blockade the front, back, left, and right. This means we need to mobilize all six 155mm howitzer batteries. It will take half a day just to mobilize them."

Xie Zhiyu shook his head and smiled.

"You're overthinking it! The two howitzer batteries near Jitou Mountain have 24 guns, enough. Four each, front, back, left, and right, with two more in reserve! As for the potholes, send a mechanized infantry company with bulldozers to repair the road as they go! As for the danger, everyone should board armored vehicles and tanks!"

"But?"

Xie Zhiyu threw the pencil on the map and shouted,

"No buts, I'll personally lead this operation! I'll assign four teams to report coordinates to the artillery. Each team will have six people, one for each howitzer. You must obey orders strictly!"

Staff Officer Xu stopped Xie Zhiyu and shouted,

"Commander, this is too dangerous. If even one of our cannons misses, you might..."

Xie Zhiyu laughed out loud.

"I'll leave a 300-meter margin. Do you have no confidence in our artillery? Or do you have no confidence in the artillery made by our allies?"

Staff Officer Xu opened his mouth and said seriously,

"I don't even have the confidence! If you must go, I'm willing to do it for you!"

Xie Zhiyu punched him and shouted,

"Staff Officer Xu!"

"To!"

"Get dinner ready and wait for me to come back to celebrate!"

"Yes!"

Xie Zhiyu looked around and shouted,

"After I leave, Deputy Head Liu will take over. You will each perform your duties!"

"Yes!"

"Prepare in half an hour, depart at 4:35. Order the cannon battery to carry 1/4 of the base ammunition, half grenades and half armor-piercing shells. The third and fourth mechanized infantry companies will accompany you. Distribute the order separately!"

"Yes!"

Each gun carries a base load of 60 rounds of ammunition. With 12 guns, they carry 1/4 of that, or 180 rounds! Don't think this is too little; if the impact points are evenly distributed, they can cover approximately 2100 acres, more than enough to wipe out a headquarters!

Moreover, it takes a long time to fire 1/4 of the base ammunition.

At a 3-minute rapid fire rate of 2 rounds, it would take 25 minutes to fire all the shells. At a continuous fire rate of 0.5 rounds per minute, it would take half an hour.

Foster thought Xie Zhiyu was crazy, but his blood was boiling at the moment and he wanted to go crazy too!

He grabbed a submachine gun and followed Xie Zhiyu to the cannon company!

Foster was not used to this organizational name. It was clearly a battalion, but it was downgraded to a company. He was always unable to react.

Edward was helpless and really didn't want to take the risk, but Foster had already gone ahead, and if he didn't go, he would seem a little timid!

Xie Zhiyu noticed them and asked curiously,

"You two, aren't you afraid of causing trouble for your respective governments by participating in this war?"

Foster shrugged and said indifferently,

"If I'm captured, it's my own fault! General, if this operation succeeds, we'll all go down in history!"

Xie Zhiyu punched them each and said with a smile,

"If you can come back alive, I will give you a medal!"

"Is it gold?"

"Iron!"

"Hahahaha!"