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    Sun Chuanfang, who returned to the fort on the top of the mountain, was startled by the scene in front of him. He saw that a large hole had been opened in the steel helmet cap of the west fort. The barrel of the 210mm heavy gun deployed inside was broken into two parts, and the rails used for rotation were also high.  It was raised high, and the entire mountain platform was covered with soldier corpses and debris.

    "It's over there."

    Under the guidance of the gunner, Sun Chuanfang saw the gunpowder smoke that had not yet dissipated over Fushan, but because there was a low peak in front of the smoke, no artillery positions could be seen.  This made him frown. Currently, the large-caliber heavy artillery in each fortress are cannons, which are powerful and have a straight trajectory. Without this short peak, this heavy fort might be easily destroyed, but now 99% of the shells fired are probably useless.  To be blocked.

    Just as he thought, after receiving the order, the three major fortresses of Chushuishan Fortress, Taipingshan Fortress and Jingshan Fortress launched a fierce bombardment at Fushan. Even the Huiquanjiao Fort, Taipingjiao Fort and the farthest Tuanshan Fort were attacked.  Targets at sea were temporarily abandoned and aimed at Fushan, but even the four Krupp 280mm and two 2nomm cannons on the Chushuishan Fortress (Bismarck Fortress) were blocked by low peaks due to their ballistic trajectories, and other calibers of field battles  Because the cannon and the mountain cannon could not reach the range, they could only watch two more clouds of thick smoke rising from the floating mountain.

    One. Two 240 artillery shells fell again in front of the Taiping Mountain Fortress Battery again. Although this time it did not threaten the helmet hat, the violent explosion still shocked everyone to turn around and turn around.  "This won't work! They are howitzers and can fire across the mountain. Contact the headquarters quickly and let the heavy artillery group try to see if they can hit them." Qin Zhangshu reacted the fastest and immediately thought of the heavy artillery group deployed along the northern railway.

    ¡°In fact, he didn¡¯t need to remind him that the mobile artillery regiment deployed along the Baisha River and Jiaoji Railway Bridge was already moving quickly.

    The temporarily laid heavy rail extends like a crescent from the main line of the Jiaoji Railway. Soldiers around the No. 02 armored train marked with the words "Iron Armored Pioneer" are quickly putting down their stationary hoes. The four-door Zhenlei 14-type 150 long-range imitation KL6  The cannon raised its barrel little by little, and the dark brown barrel stood out in the rain.  Further away, four towed guns of the same model in the hidden gun position also raised their ferocious muzzles simultaneously.  The 24 Warhammer 14 Type B 105 long-range suppression cannons scattered elsewhere were also raised quickly, and the entire mobile heavy artillery regiment spat out messages like a poisonous snake whose tail had been stepped on.

    When Jiang Tai and Han Linchun hurried over, the communications troops had already connected all the artillery positions and raised the telephone. The range finder also climbed on the roof of the train and held up the German short artillery range finder with both hands and began to calculate the distance and angle, wind speed and so on.  The instrument, the biped sight, the eight-power Zeiss telescope, etc. all started working.

    Jiang Tai is the oldest artillery officer in the National Defense Forces. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the father of the National Defense Forces artillery. Before the Northern Expedition, he, Cai Demao, Zhou Futang and more than 20 artillery officers went to Germany for a short-term study for a year, and returned to China at the beginning of the year to continue their duties.  Commander of Artillery and Commander of the Mobile Artillery Brigade.  The mobile artillery brigade consists of two artillery regiments. In addition to an armored train, each has four towed long-range cannons of the same model, 2 battalions of Warhammer 14 B-type 105 long-range cannons, and 1 battalion of 150 German  Build a howitzer.

    Such powerful artillery was something he had never dared to imagine before, so only he could be sure that Laiyang would not fail, because when the infantry is backed by powerful artillery, if it wants to defeat, it must gather several times or even dozens of times the force.  At present, the total number of heavy artillery gathered in Shandong and Fengtian has accounted for 70% of the National Defense Forces. It can be said that the artillery has tried its best this time. However, the Japanese army in Shandong itself is insufficient due to economic, transportation and other reasons, so as long as the 103rd Division can block the three  The ax can be reversed.

    Han Linchun is a new generation artillery officer who joined the National Defense Forces after the Northern Expedition. He studied artillery when he was studying in the Japanese Army Corps, and he likes to study weapons and equipment, so when he saw the equipment of the Mobile Artillery Regiment for the first time, his eyes almost popped out.  Not to mention anything else, just one such group would cost a huge 13 million!  Not counting cannonballs. Without unified control over the country's financial resources, I'm afraid no force in the country can afford the equipment.

    Han Linchun was familiar with artillery and was skilled in the business. He soon became Jiang Tai's right-hand man. After rushing into the command compartment, he was the first to ask: "Have you calculated the calculations for the bombardment of Zhu Yuan?"

    "It's already out." At first, Han Linchun found it difficult to adapt to the completely Westernized command terminology of the National Defense Forces, which was first trained by Yang Qiu and then went to Germany for training. It was not until Jiang Tai started an artillery training class after Jiang Tai came back that he gradually understood the meaning.  Immediately mark the new Japanese artillery position in Fushan on the map and say: "It is 5 kilometers away. It is located in the low-lying area of ??the 420 highland to the east of Fushan. There are roughly two 240 siege heavy artillery and three Type 38 150 howitzers. Currently, from the direction of Qingdao  The firing angle of the heavy artillery is blocked by the 410 high ground in front and cannot be reached. There is also a drop of about three meters on our side, and only the muzzle flash and smoke can be seen on the ground."

    Jiang Tai frowned. When he came out this time, he originally wanted to show the Japanese army what heavy artillery suppression meant, but only after arriving did he realize that there are many mountains in Qingdao. In addition to the curved ballistics,Except for howitzers and mortars, it is difficult for the heavy artillery in hand to take advantage of it. It has only supported the infantry a few times during repeated battles for high ground.  But he was not discouraged. This time the Japanese army finally had an opportunity to deploy heavy artillery on the top of the mountain!

    ? asked: ¡°Do you have a plan?¡±

    Han Linchun nodded: "I was worried that the naval gun grenade suppression camp was not too close and the distance was not enough, so even if we use arson bombs here, I'm afraid it won't have much effect. The best way is to bomb this gap.  ¡¤Use artillery shells to flatten it first to force the Japanese army to continue effective artillery bombardment, relieve the pressure on the fortress, and at the same time cover the grenade suppression battalion to continue to advance 3 kilometers, so that their grenades can cross the ridge and blow up this artillery position."

    It's not that Jiang Tai doesn't know other ways, but after returning from Germany, he finally understood why Yang Qiu rarely intervened in front-line command, because only by letting front-line officers think for themselves can they train the still immature officers at all levels. He heard that he had to use it forcefully.  The cannonballs flattened the gap of several meters, and I was surprised by his bold thinking.  In fact, there are many ways to deal with the Japanese army's fragile artillery positions that completely imitate the British, but he nodded.

    There is nothing wrong with wasting some shells, but if we can train some people and let them find better ways through their own exploration, breaking the old thinking inherent in their minds is the key, so he curled his lips slightly: "Call and see if the plane can be  Take off for reconnaissance support, and for the rest, you can use """."

    "yes!"

    Soon after Han Linchun saluted, eight Zhenlei-14 long-range cannons took the lead in making a loud noise.  The violent muzzle flash and sound could be clearly heard kilometers away. The huge recoil even made the carriage weighing dozens of tons shake several times.

    "Reload. 1."

    The artillerymen in the compartment with the side door open are operating this powerful cannon. Since it is a separately loaded bomb, the gunner must first clean up the debris after opening the wedge-type breech, and then insert the imported German-made naval type high-explosive weighing 51 kilograms.  Finally, two pieces of propellant wrapped in silk are stuffed into the gun to close it and fire.  To operate such a big thing, artillerymen must undergo rigorous long-term training. Currently, the best artillery squad can only fire three shells per minute, and the limit of this gun is five shells per minute.

    But even three of them were extremely powerful. The 5-kilogram naval high-explosive bomb accurately hit the low mountain wall 1 away but blocked the shooting angle. The violent explosion directly dug a three-meter-deep hole in the mountain.  Many small rocks that exploded rose up to a height of more than ten meters, crossed the ridge and hit the Japanese artillery position.

    In the position, Major General Watanosuke, a temporary siege artillery commander with a white face and a beard that is rare in the Japanese army, was also startled by the violent explosions and stones. However, he was slightly relieved when he saw that the artillery shells were blocked by a short peak like the front, and asked the observation post to pay attention.  Observe, and at the same time order to temporarily enter the bunker to avoid.

    Why Major General Watanoosuke chose to go down the mountain directly? Maybe he thought that the rocks could block the artillery bombardment from the north. The Japanese artillerymen didn't think much about it at first. It wasn't until the explosions of artillery shells on the north side became more and more intensive that they began to worry.  But it was superfluous to say anything at this time. The infantry at the foot of the mountain had already launched another attack. If the fortresses that had blocked them for more than half a month could not be smashed as soon as possible, this mission would definitely end miserably.

    The Meiji 38-type 150mm howitzer may not be terrible, but the 240mm siege artillery is extremely dangerous. These big guys have a range of more than 10,000 meters and a shell weighing 200 kilograms. They are extremely powerful. Each shell can hit  The crater is several meters deep, and the howitzer has the ability to shoot at a high angle. From such a high ground overlooking the entire fortress, it can cause terrible damage to the main fortress every time.

    However, the increasingly dense explosions and stones in the north forced the Japanese artillerymen to stop and hide in bunkers, trying to wait for the other party to find that they had stopped in vain before continuing to fire.

    Although no artillery shells fell directly in the position, the Japanese infantry who had just launched the charge after losing the cover of heavy artillery had to fall into the strangulation of machine guns and field artillery again.

    When the Japanese artillery temporarily stopped to support the reinforcement of bunkers with sandbags, the 32 long-range cannons with high accuracy were throwing more than one shell at the short peak to the north every minute!  Even steel low peaks would melt under this covering, let alone fragile rocks.  In less than five minutes, the observer first discovered that a gap about 5 meters in diameter had been opened in Aifeng, and a Meiji 38-type 150 gun barrel was clearly exposed in the thick smoke of the gap.

    Although the trajectory of the cannon is straight, there are still curves. In fact, if it doesn't rain and there is an aircraft to guide the specific direction, it can still hit it. However, due to bad weather, the aircraft cannot take off, and the observation altitude is not high enough to see the specific location, so when the gap is opened,  The spotter on the roof of the car screamed and jumped with joy.

    "I saw it! I saw one. Ballistic correction one. Full speed!"

    The fire control team assembles the various information collected and then manually inputs the data into a U.S.?In the mechanical computer, shake the handle a few times and the new elements will come out.  Of course, this kind of "super technology" is too advanced for soldiers who have only been in the army for a few years to study culture in the evening self-study class in the army. When they came back after purchasing it a few months ago, no one knew how to use it. In the end, only a few people studying in the United States were able to find it.  It took the returned overseas students two months to figure out how to use the artillery, and they are the ones currently operating the computers.

    After this incident came out, artillery immediately became a joke in everyone's mouth. The "shame" of having advanced equipment but not being able to use it made Jiang Tai give a fatal order to popularize mechanical computers within two years!  Anyone who cannot learn fire control will be assigned to clean toilets for a year.

    The mechanical computer gave the fire control team soldiers an extremely headache and fear. They had to admit that this thing was so powerful. It used to take a long time to calculate the precise coordinates by turning the beads on the abacus. Now, you can get the result with just a few hand shakes, unless you entered it wrong at the beginning.  Nothing will go wrong.

    After the new coordinates were quickly notified to each gun position through the telephone line, the gunners began to correct according to the scale. When the two-minute correction was about to be completed, Major General Watanoosuke and his artillery did not realize that a terrible disaster had happened.

    Rumble.

    The 32 long-range cannons that chose to fire in salvo completely opened the gap. At the same time, the 150 howitzer suppression battalion that got the coordinates in front also began to roar. The shelling from across the mountain that could stump the cannons was a piece of cake in front of them.  When the first 105 artillery shell hit the position bunker, the artillery position that took several days and exhausted the physical strength of thousands of soldiers to build was completely engulfed in a sea of ??fire. Major General Watanoosuke was immediately hit directly.  The 150 grenade on the sandbag above his head exploded into several fragments.

    Hundreds of Japanese artillerymen screamed and hoped to rush down the mountain, but shells kept falling from the sky and blocked all roads. When a shell hit the shell bunker piled into a hill, a wave of up to 100 meters high suddenly rose above Fushan 420 Heights.  A mushroom cloud of meters, and the rocks and woods within a radius of several hundred meters suddenly turned into powder!  Not one of the 371 elite Japanese artillerymen of the First Siege Artillery Battalion was killed.

    "General."

    Kamio Mitsuomi, who was commanding the infantry, stared blankly at the mushroom cloud with bitterness at the corner of his mouth. He didn't know whether he should recall the infantry to retreat or continue the attack.  Is it really going to be "broken into pieces"?  At the same time as this idea arose, thunderous cheers erupted from the heavy artillery group of the Wehrmacht in the distance.

    Han Linchun scratched his head. As a tall and burly man, he suddenly thought of something while looking at the mushroom cloud, and he became a little shy: "Commander, actually, it's enough to put 120 mortars on such a fragile shell bunker, right? Why didn't you remind me?  Leading to wasting so many shells?¡±

    "In counter-artillery operations, the bigger the muzzle is, the more effective it is - it's not too late for you to think about it now." Jiang Tai took off his hat, imitated Yue Peng's signature movement and turned his fingers in a circle, and said with a smile: "Actually  Just now it was considered a practical exercise.¡±

    No one knows whether the Logistics Department later went to Jiang Tai to settle the score, but it is said that shortly after the Logistics Department cried and complained, the artillery commander escaped from the Commander-in-Chief¡¯s office in embarrassment with a big footprint.  But now Yang Qiu didn't know that this guy actually used expensive heavy artillery shells to train his troops. Looking at the mushroom cloud above Fushan that even heavy rain could not quickly extinguish, he couldn't help but want to rush into the battlefield to see what happened.

    "Great victory! Great victory! Great victory in Laiyang!"

    Suddenly, a high-pitched and even sharp voice came from the telegraph room. Li Zongren, who was following from Beijing, suddenly kicked open the door and rushed into the playground. He stood in the heavy rain and ran and jumped. This move immediately attracted countless eyes.  Even Cai E rushed out of the conference room when he heard the shouting. The senior officers frantically rushed towards the young figure in the heavy rain.

    After reading the telegram, all the officers cheered, and Cai E couldn't help crying!

    I saw it!

    After more than half a month, both sides have invested a total of more than 200,000 troops. The total casualties of the National Defense Forces have exceeded 10,000, and the Qingdao Meat Grinder Battle finally saw the dawn of victory!  Cai E straightened up his thin body with all his strength and saluted Yang Qiu in the heavy rain. His voice was loud and reverberated like Jin Rui piercing through stone.

    "Report, great victory in Laiyang! Under the obstruction of our kb division, Shirakawa Yoshinori was successfully attracted to Laiyang for three hours! Finally, he was intercepted by the arriving armored troops and penetrated the main formation! It has been confirmed that 1,671 of our people died  , injured! But they killed more than 6,700 enemy troops! Captured more than 100 prisoners! Seized 31 cannons and 130,000 guns of various types! Countless ammunition and baggage!

    confirm!  The Ninth Brigade of the Fifth Division, known as the ace of the Japanese army, has completely lost its combat effectiveness!

    confirm!  The elite Japanese army, which claims to be undefeated, is fleeing towards Longkou!  "

    When the last word came out clearly from Cai E's mouth, the entire military camp seemed to explode. Countless soldiers from all over the country rushed into the heavy rain and cheered and hugged each other.Even the wounded soldiers who were lying on the hospital bed unable to move could not help but shout loudly.

    The sudden explosion of Wehrmacht soldiers surprised not only the tens of thousands of panicked civilians in the nearby refugee camp who had fled from various war zones, but also the thousands of German soldiers and expatriates who had not yet fully evacuated and laid down their weapons. Everyone was asking.  Something happened.

    A moment later, the news of Laiyang¡¯s great victory spread like wildfire, and the entire camp fell into madness.

    It doesn¡¯t take too advanced military knowledge to understand that almost all of Shirakawa Yoshinori¡¯s troops were wiped out, which meant that the Japanese army¡¯s operational plan to intercept the Jiaodong Peninsula had completely failed. The Japanese army in Qingdao, which was unable to join forces and had no support, had become a backwater even with maritime support.  !

    Looking at the soldiers who were more determined after learning of the victory and headed to the front line of Qingdao to participate in tonight's counterattack, Yang Qiu's eyes were also shining brightly as he glanced at the soldiers who had persisted for a month and waved his strong arms vigorously.

    "Chasing! Keep chasing! Don't let the escaping Shirakawa Yoshi send any telegrams! We still have 12 hours. This time! I need everyone to go all out!"

    "I will wait here tonight, waiting to hear your triumphal song when the sun rises tomorrow! Forty million compatriots across the country are eagerly looking forward to it! Go! Let the world see a Qingdao that truly belongs to us, and see a Qingdao that stands up  The backbone of China!"

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