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

About ten minutes later, intensive gunfire was heard six or seven kilometers away. It should be the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Company exchanging fire with the enemy.

Just at this moment, the signalman reported that communication had been established with the reconnaissance aircraft.

Xie Zhiyu glanced at his watch. It was 5:.

"let's start!"

The signalman picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted,

"Begin the bombardment!"

Just as he finished speaking, an order came from the artillery company commander five hundred meters away.

"Second squad, get ready, first round of test fire!"

"Yes!"

The loader quickly pushed the shell into the barrel and then put the propellant bag in. Everything was ready, the gunner shouted,

"put!"

The ignition cord was pulled. Instantly, a huge flame and thick smoke gushed out of the muzzle, accompanied by a deafening roar. The powerful recoil caused the gun to suddenly retract, and the spade gripped the ground tightly to offset the recoil.

The shell whizzed towards the target, drawing an arc in the air, and the crew immediately cleaned the barrel, loaded the next shell, and prepared for the next round of firing.

The surrounding air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the ground was vibrating slightly due to the recoil.

Ten seconds later, a report from the reconnaissance plane came over the walkie-talkie.

"The shells landed 170 meters to the east and 160 meters to the north!"

After re-correcting, the artillery captain roared,

"Everyone in the company, three rapid-fire rounds!"

Twelve cannons roared, venting their anger with shrapnel and heat energy.

Since the modern era, 155mm artillery has been the main force of equipment in various countries. The reason is because of the weight of the shells.

Do you find it a bit difficult to understand?

Taking the 155mm caliber as an example, the weight of the shell is between 40 kg and 50 kg, which is the limit for soldiers to carry.

Smaller-caliber guns are slightly less powerful, while larger-caliber guns require mobility, so the transportation of shells must be given priority.

A larger caliber will only be used if it is a fortress gun and can be equipped with an ammunition feeder.

War is like the principle of a wooden barrel: the shortest plank determines how much water can be contained. And a unit's weakest plank determines its overall strength.

The same is true for competition between countries. Although the United States in the 21st century is known as the number one on the blue planet, they actually have many shortcomings, such as insufficient social security, infrastructure, and basic industries. Once a war breaks out, they will immediately be crippled.

Amidst the rumbling of artillery fire, Hao Dapao came back. Before he even got close, he started shouting in his loud voice,

"Captain! Hahahaha, Captain, I'm back!"

The guy was covered in mud and his face was covered in soot and blood.

Xie Zhiyu looked at him and said unhappily,

"Hao Dapao, you need to understand your identity. You are the commander of a mechanized infantry company. You must utilize the rapid advance of armored vehicles and tanks to divide and encircle the enemy. From the looks of it, have you engaged in hand-to-hand combat?"

Hao Dapao didn't care at all and continued to laugh heartily.

"Captain, that's not true! There were a lot of mud pits there, and the armored vehicle was moving too fast, so that's why I got splashed with mud. As for the blood on my face, it's from the enemy!"

Xie Zhiyu glanced towards the third company, and sure enough, all the cars were covered in mud and water. Suddenly, Xie Zhiyu noticed something was wrong and shouted,

"Why are there four tanks missing?"

Hao Dapao shrank his neck and answered in a low voice,

"I ran too fast and fell into the pond!"

Seeing Xie Zhiyu was angry, he quickly explained,

"Commander, I wiped out an entire enemy battalion, and all four crew members escaped!"

Xie Zhiyu kicked him down and cursed,

"If you were destroyed in battle, I could still accept it. But you bastard actually lost four tanks in a non-combat situation. I'll kill you if I don't. How can we afford such a disaster from you?"

Hao Dapao rolled and crawled to avoid it, while making excuses.

"Commander, you really can't blame me. It was originally a small hill, but who knew that after the tank climbed up, a pond suddenly appeared. In this kind of terrain, you would have fallen in too. If I hadn't reacted quickly, you would have fallen even more!"

"So, you son of a bitch have done something great!"

"That's not the case!"

After Hao Dapao was kicked again, he quickly changed his words.

"The merits and demerits offset each other! The merits and demerits offset each other!"

Seeing that Xie Zhiyu had almost vented his anger, Staff Officer He pulled him back and tried to persuade him.

"Commander, we're all rookies, so it's already pretty good that we can fight like this, not to mention that the Third Company wiped out an entire enemy battalion!"

Hao Dapao quickly agreed,

"that is!"

When he saw Xie Zhiyu glaring at him, he quickly lowered his head!

Foster also followed suit and said,

"Trading four tanks for an infantry battalion is worth it! Thanks, General. Let's interrogate the prisoners first!"

This white devil must be given face. Xie Zhiyu glared at Hao Dapao and shouted,

"Go back and intensify your training. If you lose a tank outside of combat again, I'll kill you!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The prisoners were brought up, three in total, with blood on their faces, probably from the shock of the artillery shells.

Hao Dapao came up and started to take credit again.

"Boss, these three guys are tough, but they were knocked into the pond by a shell. After coming out, they were holding a broken stick and wanted to fight to the death. I captured them with my own hands!"

Xie Zhiyu kicked him again and cursed,

"Didn't you just say you didn't fight hand to hand?"

Hao Dapao knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly hid aside and didn't dare to show up again.

The three captives saw Xie Zhiyu, who was kneeling on the ground but had a defiant look on his face. The older one spat out a mouthful of blood foam and cursed,

"You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. Trying to get a word out of Grandpa is wishful thinking!"

Xie Zhiyu laughed out loud.

"You are quite eloquent, kid. Have you ever been educated?"

Seeing him stiffen his neck, Xie Zhiyu said with a smile,

"My name is Xie Zhiyu, what's your name, brother?"

The other party was very surprised when he heard the three words "Xie Zhiyu". He shook the sweat off his head and observed the other party very carefully. After a long time, he asked back,

"Xie Zhiyu, the mayor of Bao'an County and head of the security team!"

"Exactly, brother, what should I call you? Your name can't be a secret too, right?"

"Thank you crab!"

"what?"

"Xie as in "closed the door and declined visitors", and "Xie" as in "crab"!

Xie Zhiyu became interested and asked,

"Why is it called this name?"

"Because my family is a crab-catching business, and our family's livelihood depends on crabs, so naturally we have to thank crabs."

"Judging from the way you talk, you should be a cadre. What position do you hold?"

Xie Xie thought for a moment and said,

"Combat Staff Officer of the Newly Organized Fourth Battalion of the 111th Regiment!"

"General Xie, don't think that defeating us is something to be proud of. Our battalion is at the bottom of the Fourth Corps and is still in the training phase. And you launched a surprise attack. If we fight with real weapons, even if you can defeat us, you will lose your front teeth!"

Xie Xie looked at the cannon in the distance and asked,

"Where is your target?"

The people around laughed, Xie Zhiyu interrupted them with a wave of his hand and said,

"Thank you, Xie. How about this, we can exchange one question for another?"

"You're dreaming! Even if I knew your shelling targets, it would be useless."

"You're not stupid, so I'll tell you. The target of the bombardment is your 37th Division Headquarters!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie suddenly pounced on them and tried to bite Xie Zhiyu to death, but the three of them were quickly stopped by the guards and beaten with rifle butts.

Even two of Xie Xie's front teeth were knocked out.

Xie Zhiyu waved his hand, dispelled the guards, and said with a smile,

"Xie has always respected soldiers with integrity. I won't make things difficult for you. Please tell General Chen this: If you want to talk, you're welcome! If you want to fight, I'll be there!"

Xie Xie spat out another mouthful of blood foam, grinned, his eyes still full of contempt, and his words were a little distorted.

"I will be brought down!"

"My three brothers are guests from afar. Give them some of the compressed biscuits, canned food, beef jerky, penicillin, etc. that you brought with you. Don't let anyone find fault with me, Xie Zhiyu, and accuse me of being ignorant of etiquette. Oh, and take them to see our tanks!"

"Hahahaha!"

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