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    Chapter 318 Violent

    There are no stars in the sky above the Yalu River, and the clouds are low and thick, and the night is dark.  In the summer night on the Yalu River, there is no sound of insects anymore, only the sound of eardrum-shredding explosions.

    The Andong Bridge across the river is broken into two parts in the middle, and dense light spots composed of machine guns on both sides of the bridge head shuttle back and forth.  Far away from the bridge, the Japanese cross-river commando team braved the dense water column and advanced desperately. The barrel of the heavy fang 12.7 mm heavy machine gun ejected from the thick rock. Life had become the most worthless thing at this moment, and the river water was dyed red with blood.

    While the artillerymen of the National Defense Force were ravaging the Japanese troops crossing the river, the Japanese artillery groups on the other side were also destroying carefully built fortifications.  Groups of orange fireballs exploded along the river. The deer wood, sandbags and positions that had been built for a month were blown away by the artillery shells, and the broken limbs rolled and shattered in the air waves!  The steel fragments screamed and harvested life wantonly.  The explosion points of the artillery shells were so dense that they were indistinguishable, especially the Meiji 38-type 150mm heavy artillery, which was so powerful and terrifying that it could open a gap in the position every time.

    The forward position in the hills by the river is no longer visible. In order to ensure the success of crossing the river, the Japanese 20th Division used almost all the artillery power it could to ensure the success of crossing the river. It not only brought the 36-gun 75-gun equipped by the division, but  We also brought four 150mm heavy artillery pieces from Seoul, and urgently replenished six Meiji 120mm cannons from China.  Hidden by the river, there are hundreds of rowing boats and steamboats on standby docked. These small boats have also been collected from all over the country, and even ferries from North Korea have arrived.

    The situation of forcibly crossing the river is very difficult for any army. Because they did not expect that Jiuliancheng Hushan Fortress would fall so quickly, the Andong Bridge, which was completed at a huge cost in 1911, was quickly blown up, leaving the 20th Division unable to do so.  There is no need to cross the river in this most primitive way.

    The artillery shells going back and forth drew countless bright spots in the night sky. In the darkness, the woods at the foot of Baima Mountain were densely packed with Japanese troops waiting for orders to set off.  At the front of the crowd, the commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Tashijiro Tashiro, who had a German mustache and had served as the adjutant of Yama Prefecture Aritomo, held up his telescope and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.  This major general, who graduated from mainland China and studied in Germany and was deeply influenced by the German artillery theory of victory, seems to be very satisfied with his artillery cluster.  Only his adjutant was a little worried: "General. The Hushan Fortress battery is more than 10,000 meters away from us. Our artillery must cross the river to hit the target. So even if the inshore artillery is cleared, Captain Murano's squadron may  It¡¯s also difficult to blockade with heavy artillery. Should we ask gunboats to help?¡±

    "It's not yet time." Oba Erlang stopped the staff and pointed at Hushan, which was only lit up in the darkness every few minutes: "So far, the Chinese have only used two forward field artillery positions. Over there  If the intelligence is correct, they have been equipped with German-made 10mm and 15mm heavy artillery with a range of more than 10,000 meters, but so far they have not appeared There is no strong artillery support at such an important position.  Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s strange, Sakata-kun?¡±

    Although many people in the army looked down upon this mustache who had only risen to the top due to the nepotism of the county elders, they had to admit that he had indeed learned something in Germany, and they immediately nodded: "What the general teaches is that these cunning Chinese people will play tricks on themselves.  It¡¯s a pity that our reconnaissance balloon will be shot down by planes when it goes into the sky, and we will be unable to detect the situation over there.¡±

    "Would there be no war without reconnaissance balloons?" Jiro Oba said with a hint of sternness: "Let Major Okayama lead his brigade to set off! The ferries must be spread out as much as possible. I need someone to stand up for the centenary national destiny of the Empire of Japan.  To make sacrifices, all their firepower points must be attracted, so that the naval guns can be more accurate and effective when added."

    When more than a thousand infantrymen from the Gangshan Brigade began to board the ship, the command post buried deep at the foot of the Hushan Fortress was also crowded with people.  Feng Guozhang stood at the observation window like an eternal green pine, carefully checking the movement of the river through the firelight, and twitching his eyebrows from time to time.

    Many of the officers behind him were former Beiyang officers, and I was very happy to see the old commander out of the army again. With the comprehensive restructuring of the National Defense Forces, although they tried hard to integrate, the Beiyang plot in their hearts could not be eliminated in a short time.  replaced.  Yuan Shikai was paralyzed and unable to take care of himself, Wang Shizhen completely faded out, and although Duan Qirui was ambitious, he was disgraced by his brother-in-law and had to announce his retirement. The Beiyang people's only hope and Optimus Prime was the one in front of them.

    A moment later, Chen Yushi, whose face was black and gray, stumbled into the command post. The brigade commander, who was extremely regretful after witnessing the three-three tactics, directly left himself on the front line. After entering the door, he shouted: "  General, the enemy's artillery fire this time is too fierce, many brothers can hardly hold on, why don't we let the heavy artillery battalion behind them hit us hard, and kill some first."

    "The Japanese army learned their lesson this time. The artillery was hidden behind the mountains and fired. Without planes or balloons to detect the heavy artillery, it would not be seen." The speaker was Wu Guangxin, a graduate of the third artillery department of the Army Corps, and Jiang Baili.  , ?Xiao Zhun and others were classmates. Before the Northern Expedition, he was the commander of the Artillery Regiment of the Third Town of Beiyang.  After the unification of the country, all technical arms in Beiyang were retained, and he himself stayed on under Jiang Baili's persuasion.

    Originally, the Ministry of National Defense was planning to recommend him and a dozen other artillery officers to go to Germany for short-term further study this year, but unfortunately they encountered this war.  Although he learned Japanese artillery tactics, the Wehrmacht was deeply influenced by the German army. Currently, the artillery instructors at several domestic military academies are also retired German officers, so he gradually began to learn European artillery concepts.  Whether it is the Japanese tactics or the German army, artillery counter-battery is not a big problem on the Liaohe Plain in the direction of Haicheng. However, both sides of the Yalu River are hilly. Field artillery can shell from across the mountains. The probability of counter-battery is higher at night when the muzzle flash is not visible.  Rolling the dice is even harder.

    When everyone was discussing how to counter the artillery, a voice came from the corner: "The threat from Japanese artillery is not great yet. What I am worried about is on the river."

    These words made Feng Guozhang quickly turn around, and everyone also looked quickly.  I saw a young artillery captain holding a telescope. What was strange was that he did not look at the front where the fierce battle was going on, but kept looking towards the mouth of the Yalu River.  Chen Yushi recognized him. His name was Yan Youbing, the battalion commander of the 101st Division Artillery Regiment. It was he who used a battalion of Warhammer 14 B-type 105 cannons with arson bombs to take down the Hushan Fortress, which was thought to have killed many people at the time.

    Feng Guozhang happened to be worried about Jiangkou and asked, "How did you tell?"

    Yan Youbing saluted Feng Guozhang and said: "After fighting for so long, the Japanese should already know what we have, so they must know that we have a slight advantage in land artillery. The Yalu River is shallow and silted, but a thousand-ton warship can still do it  colleagues, so I think the Japanese army should take advantage of naval guns when land guns do not have the advantage. Basically, the guns that can enter the Yalu River are 120 naval guns, and their range is far less than 30% more powerful than land guns of the same caliber. If I  If they do, they will definitely use infantry to draw out the enemy's firepower. In addition, because the naval guns have masts for observation, they can suppress the land guns and force them to cross the river as soon as they are discovered."

    "Then what should we do? These sons of bitches deliberately send small groups and squadrons here to attract our firepower and then cover it with artillery. I'm afraid they won't be able to defend the riverside in the long run." Chen Yushi became anxious.  But Yan Youbing walked slowly to the map, pointed and said: "As long as it is not a thick-armored cruiser, there is nothing we can do. Now we have a total of 78 cannons in our hands, which are divided into four 75-gun cannons with Hushan as the center.  70 gun forward position, 1 75 rapid-fire position, 2 105 heavy artillery positions, 1 fortress gun and 150 position. My 12 105 cannons were issued with German-made armor-piercing projectiles before they came out this time. It is a thousand-ton warship within 12,000 meters.  If you can¡¯t stop me, you can kill the gunboat by attracting it!¡±

    "If we don't let the 150 heavy artillery battalion open fire, those little Japanese dwarfs will definitely not dare to delay when such a large heavy artillery fires, so his warships should come out."

    "The 150 heavy artillery is the key to protecting Fengcheng and Jiulian City. There are not many artillery shells. If it is used too early, the Japanese will be unprepared for the subsequent war."

    "If all four field artillery positions are not allowed to open fire, I don't believe they can hold it in."

    "Without using heavy artillery, I'm afraid the Japanese won't be able to do so easily."

    While the officers were talking about it, Feng Guozhang nodded in his heart. In fact, he also guessed that Japan would definitely send warships to support this side.  Unfortunately, it was too dark to see clearly the river in the distance, so they delayed letting the other heavy artillery battalions open fire.  So after looking at Yan Youbing with satisfaction, he raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion and asked, "How would I fight if you were the one?"

    Others may have been nervous when facing this veteran general, but Yan Youbing was extraordinarily steady. He raised his eyebrows and said: "My opinion is to release the Hejiawan front line stationed by the 39th Brigade to allow the Japanese troops to land, and then let our artillery  Use strong firepower to deal with the landing Japanese troops, attract the enemy naval guns to appear, and then use the 105 heavy artillery to kill them."

    "Let go? What if the Japanese army gains a firm foothold?"

    "It's not that easy to stand firm!" Yan Youbing said with certainty: "Hejiawan in front of the 39th Brigade is the only open space on this section of the river. The Japanese army will not use their infantry to charge into the hilly areas before they gain firepower advantage after landing.  , so their goal must be to capture Hejiawan. Hejiawan is not deep and lacks cover, so it is suitable for artillery to use firepower.

    In fact, our artillery has not been fully utilized yet.  Because we use a cast iron shell, the damage is mainly caused by pre-engraved fragments. After entering the water, most of the fragments are blocked by the water waves and enter the water.  My idea was that instead of wasting artillery shells, it would be better to let some Japanese troops go ashore.  After they get to Hejiawan, let the rapid-fire artillery positions blanket them!  Under strong firepower, the Japanese troops ashore will suffer heavy casualties. Unless they are willing to see all the infantry ashore die, they must use naval guns to suppress the rapid-fire cannons. This will expose the position of the warship, and I can completely destroy it in a short time!  "

    "Carpet Covering"???  "After the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, they gradually began to use the European metric system, and many new tactical terms also appeared, so Feng Guozhang was a little confused after hearing it.

    "The general meaning of coverage bombardment is to carry out even and intensive bombardment on a certain point in a short period of time to destroy a large number of enemy forces. This kind of bombardment tactic requires density and speed, which is usually difficult to achieve with the cannons we use, but I just added  The 16 75 rapid-fire field guns that came in can do it. Because of its fast speed, large elevation angle, and long distance, this can make up for the shortage of numbers. The Japanese army will definitely not think that our 75 guns can already fire a  More than 10,000 meters away, once it fires, it will definitely be thought that it is a heavy artillery group.

    From the slope near the foot of Hejiawan to the riverside, it is only a kilometer away. The rapid-fire artillery position can be based on a base section of 30 meters. The distance between each shell is also 30 meters. It can extend forward for a base section at a speed of 10 rounds per minute. Total  33 times can cover the entire flat land!  Our cast-iron fragmentation high-explosive shells have a killing radius of 15 meters, so they can ensure the killing of unprotected infantry between the two shell impact points. Therefore, even if there are three to five thousand people, as long as they are covered in the base section, they will be killed or injured!  "

    Yan Youbing drew a square grid similar to a Go board as he spoke. Through his pen, everyone gradually understood what carpet bombardment was.  To put it bluntly, each gun advances 30 meters per minute. Based on the minimum speed of 10 rounds per minute, 16 guns will need 5280 shells to complete the 33rd base section, which can kill all the infantry in the covered chess grid.  .

    Although the ammunition consumption is a bit high, Fengcheng has reserved 300,000 rounds of various types of artillery shells in order to fight this battle, and Jiuliancheng also has more than 50,000 rounds, so it can still be consumed.  So Feng Guozhang nodded in his heart, raised his eyes and asked: "I heard that you have learned artillery techniques from German instructors for two years, but this tactic has not been seen at home and abroad, and this coverage extension requires very accurate techniques. How confident are you?"

    Yan Youbing saw that his heart was already moved, and stood up straight and said: "The commander-in-chief said that good artillerymen are trained hard, but tactics are learned! We have learned artillery techniques from German instructors for two years, and we are fully qualified to do this.  This kind of precise operation covers the needs of artillery bombardment. As for the general, you said that this tactic has never been seen in ancient times. At that time, it was because this tactic was not German but invented by the commander-in-chief. We already conducted experiments when we were in Hunan last time. Judging from the effects  Apart from wasting more shells, it is basically impossible for any fish to escape within the covered range, I am absolutely sure!"

    Compared with Duan and Wang, Feng Guozhang has a much higher vision in tactics and pays more attention to artillery tactics. Therefore, he has already made a decision after Yan Youbing explained it just now. Seeing this young man speaking so confidently, he was heartbroken.  I liked it, so I simply picked up the phone: "The 39th Brigade, let go of Hejiawan, the artilleryyou take command! If you have any questions, I will take care of it."

    "Yes!" Yan Youbing was also very excited. Before, he only commanded an artillery battalion, but now he commanded more than two artillery regiments.  But he was also well aware of the pressure. He immediately lay down on the table and worked out an artillery plan with his colleagues, and then conveyed it to various positions through field calls to prepare.  The lines and numbers on the schedule deeply touched Feng Guozhang and all the old Beiyang people.  It is said that if you want to learn artillery well, you must first learn mathematics well, which is very reasonable. From this detail, we can also see why Yang Qiu has been building science universities across the country in recent years, but does not like liberal arts.

    After Yan Youbing organized the plan, Chen Yushi immediately ordered the 39th Brigade to take the lead in releasing the Hejiawan front line and gradually move away pretending to be completely destroyed.  This subtle change was immediately caught by the experienced Japanese army. Not long after the Okayama brigade set off, Oba Erlang once again sent a brigade to attack Hejiawan.

    However, he did not expect what kind of violent blow his troops would encounter with a loud command.

    "Prepare"

    In the dark night, a slogan caused 16 French Schneider "Miss 75" guns to slowly raise their barrels. These rapid-fire guns, which are heavier than the Warhammer 14A 105 howitzer, are not standard equipment of the National Defense Forces, and the people who operate them are all temporarily deployed.  Come, a gunnery student of the National Defense University who has been trained by retired German officers for two years.

    "Rush upand occupy the hillside on the left."

    With the help of dozens of steamboats and assault boats, two brigades of Japanese officers and soldiers quickly rushed to Hejiawan, and the troops began to disperse rapidly in all directions.  This scene made Oba Erlang and the officers of the 20th Division extremely excited. Just when they were about to order the main force to board the ship, a row of artillery shells landed on the hillside near Hejiawan.  The shells were not dense and did not have the power of falling continuously just now, so they did not make the Japanese commandos nervous. However, Oba Jiro, who had studied artillery in Germany, suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling in his heart.

    After a while, the shells fell in another row. They were also not dense but much more accurate. If you are careful, you can see that the explosion points are arranged very neatly, almost in a straight line.  The artillery scout lying on the hilltop kept correcting the ballistics through the phone. Moments after the fourth round of test firing, the entire??Hejiawan beach suddenly released countless fireballs.

    At that moment, everyone who saw it had their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open!

    The ultimate rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute, the ability to bombard at high elevation angles, and the range of field artillery of the same caliber far exceeded that of other countries at this time, making Miss 75 and the German K16 the two legends in World War I. It is a pity that more than two tons  The weight stopped Yang Qiu, who was on an extremely poor road.  If Germany hadn't been generous enough to not want these guns, and the current artillery force was insufficient, he wouldn't have used them to equip the troops.  Although they were worried that the consumption rate had been strictly suppressed to 10 pellets per minute, everyone still felt that the sky above Hejiawan suddenly lit up, as if thousands of lanterns were stuffed there, directly engulfing all the surrounding combat areas.  into the darkness.

    The intern artillerymen who had just been urgently transferred from the National Defense University showed their enthusiasm for the operation. Several artillerymen simply took off their clothes. As for the transporters who transported the artillery shells back and forth, they even stripped down to their underpants.

    Completely blind firing outside visual range, the artillerymen had to rely on field telephones and the command every minute from the squad leader. The squad leader pinched his pocket watch and shouted as soon as the second hand moved once. The deputy gunner followed the scale.  The numbers on the plate cranked the wheel handle to lower the muzzle some, again and again.  In order to see clearly, Yan Youbing rushed to the top of the fortress, holding a telescope in one hand and a phone in the other to give instructions. The strong wind made the corners of his clothes rustle.

    Mechanical coldness, German efficiency!

    Under his direct command, the young men behind him who had received strict training from German instructors for two years, and each of them had received more or less whips, burst out with all their enthusiasm. The German instructors who learned the results of the battle later rushed over excitedly.  The Academic Affairs Office asked for a raise because he said he had trained a group of great young men with outstanding military exploits.

    The young men¡¯s forgetfulness brought a terrible memory record to the Japanese army.

    Starting from the foot of the mountain, rows of shells formed a terrifying wall of fire. What¡¯s even more terrifying is that this wall of fire is still advancing towards the river at a speed of 30 meters per minute!  Squeeze the already confused Japanese infantry who were hit by sudden artillery fire.

    The Japanese infantry who had just landed had not yet experienced the joy, so they had to lie down on the grass and endure the torture. But they soon found that lying down was useless. The wall of fire was constantly squeezing from the foot of the mountain, and the screaming and whirling fragments were coming.  Scattered in all directions, almost tearing the entire space apart!  Even if you are not hit by fragments, it does not mean that you are safe. After 10 75 shells land at the same point within one minute, they can form a continuous shock wave, which will directly concussion any creature within a radius of 15 meters. Those who are closer will be directly shocked.  Shock the liver and gallbladder.

    Can¡¯t escape!  Can't escape!  We can only run towards the river behind us!

    When the Japanese infantry fled back, the four forward field artillery positions that had stopped firing for a moment also joined the chorus. This time they threw all the shells at the ship, and even the mortars that had not fired all joined the chorus.  .  Looking from the direction of the white horse, nothing can be seen in Hejiawan in the night except the shining fireball. Only with a telescope can one find that they are running around like headless flies in the artillery fire, and then they are torn apart by the squeezed shells.  soldiers!

    Artillery is the courage of infantry!  It is the soul of the infantry!  The Jiang'an position, which had been bombed to pieces just now and was extremely aggrieved, was already boiling!  Every officer of the National Defense Forces who saw this scene clapped their hands and cheered, and the fierce ones even raised their heads to the sky and roared. The confidence that had been quickly dissipated by the enemy's explosion was instantly restored to its peak with the support of the more powerful artillery behind them.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Carpet coveringhaha, what a cannonball carpet!  In the command post, Mr. Feng slapped his thigh, wishing he could remove the young man who was standing on top of the fortress to show off, and go up to supervise the battle with a jug of wine.

    The enthusiastic and fiery "French ladies" used their speed and tactics to completely overwhelm the Japanese commandos who were witnessing the covering artillery tactics for the first time.

    There was silence on the other side of the river. The Japanese soldiers who saw this scene all had chills running down their spines, and the chill instantly spread all over their bodies like electricity. They could not imagine what would happen if they faced this kind of shelling.  Oba Jiro and the officers were even more pale. Because they were not aware of the existence of Miss 75, they thought that the opponent had concentrated at least 20 heavy artillery pieces. Eager to regain the disadvantage and eliminate the opponent's artillery, he did not hesitate to let the enemy in the darkness in the distance  Two gunboats came to support.

    But when the roaring fireballs rose from the darkness and the two gunboats that were regarded as the trump card finally emerged from the darkness, not to mention Yan Youbing, even Feng Guozhang breathed a sigh of relief.

    "Angle 010, armor-piercing projectileshoot quickly!"

    The 105th Cannon Battalion, which had been on standby in the dark for a long time, saw the gunboat and directly stuffed it with armor-piercing shells imported from Germany. The cannon itself, with its muzzle almost flat, was transplanted from a naval gun to land, so only the propellant was modified.  After being weighed, armor-piercing projectiles can be fired.

    Amid the violent flashes of 12 fireballs, the two gunboats still didn¡¯t understand what was going on.? Balls of fire rose on the deck.

    Thirty minutes later, nothing upright could be seen on the entire Hejiawan tidal flat. According to subsequent statistics, more than 1,300 Japanese commandos were directly killed in the carpet bombardment tactics. The rest also jumped into the river to escape. In the end, only 17  When the people returned to the other side, all the others disappeared.

    In addition to destroying the assault infantry, the artillery group under the command of Yan Youbing also destroyed two supporting gunboats and sunk more than 60 ships of various types, which directly led to the complete blockage of the Sinuiju and Andong waterways of the Yalu River, so that  Later, even though the Japanese army paid a huge price to cross the river, they never received support from the river. The serious losses of the boats crossing the river made it impossible for the Japanese 20th Division to launch a large-scale crossing operation within 10 days.

    The manic and violent carpet bombardment tactics, the clustered cooperation of multiple artillery positions, and the series connection of a telephone line exerted terrible power, which also made the soldiers who watched this artillery battle thoroughly understand the God of the battlefield.  Style

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