The Japanese army was completely stunned by Lao Li's sudden bombardment.
A large number of expatriate recruits experienced war for the first time.
They were only taught plate charge and had no idea how to deal with this situation.
Many people were panicked by the bombing.
Jump out of the trench and run around.
Trying to get out of the shelling range.
But there was no way their legs could outrun the shells.
Before they could even take a step, the next round of shells fell.
Within the trenches, there were also trenches to protect against shell fragments.
Now that they jumped out of the trenches, they were directly exposing themselves to the killing range.
The fragments produced by the explosion of the shell were flying everywhere.
Shoot these people into honeycombs.
For a time, a large number of Japanese soldiers turned into rotten meat and were scattered around the trenches.
The remaining recruits were horrified by the scene.
They screamed lifelessly, scurrying around like confused flies.
"Baga, have these supplementary soldiers received no training at all?"
Several veterans hiding in the trenches looked at these recruits speechlessly.
They looked at the fewer and fewer recruits and knew that this front could no longer be defended.
"Quickly, retreat to the second line of defense. We still have time to reinforce the line of defense."
Several veterans exchanged opinions and quickly retreated along the traffic trench toward the second line of defense.
As for the other recruits, they have no control over them.
They are sure that if they manage the new recruits.
They themselves will be left here and buried together.
The shelling lasted for ten minutes before it stopped.
This is already a luxury for a trench.
"Send someone up to check on the situation."
Lao Li waved his hand.
Immediately two teams touched it under the cover of night.
Soon, they retreated.
"Division Commander, the enemy has abandoned the first line of defense."
"Retreating so quickly? Could it be a fraud?"
Lao Li couldn't believe it. The Japanese retreated so easily?
This did not fit with his impression of the Japanese army.
In his impression, the Japanese soldiers were all desperadoes who would fight to the death.
How could he retreat so easily?
There must be fraud.
"Continue to move forward and figure out the Japanese second line of defense and the location of their artillery."
Lao Li gave the order.
The reconnaissance team set off immediately.
They crossed the first line of defense and began to grope towards the second line of defense.
When they were about to reach the second line of defense, they vaguely saw the reflection of helmets in the trench ahead.
"Sure enough, I'm prepared."
The reconnaissance team retreated back and began to use the portable radio to report the shooting of Zhu Yuan.
The artillery position immediately adjusted the angle of the artillery, aimed at the target, and launched a new round of firing.
Boom, boom, boom!
The field artillery let out a new round of roar.
At the same time, the Japanese artillery position finally discovered Lao Li's artillery position.
They turned around and launched an artillery bombardment towards Lao Li's artillery position.
Boom, boom!
Dozens of artillery shells landed near the artillery position.
Some of them landed far away and caused no damage.
But some of the shots landed closer.
Several artillery pieces were damaged to varying degrees.
One cannonball even landed directly on a field cannon, blowing the cannon into the sky.
"The artillery position is exposed, evacuate immediately!"
As soon as Lao Li saw the situation, he immediately ordered the artillery positions to evacuate.
These artillery pieces are treasures.
If he lost it, he would be heartbroken.
The artillerymen immediately disassembled the artillery and prepared to evacuate.
However, the disadvantages of this old-fashioned towed artillery are that it is slow to lay out and slow to evacuate.
Even if they use trucks to haul it, the speed is still very slow.
It was hit by two more rounds of artillery, destroying three guns.
Lao Li's heart was bleeding when he saw it.
"Send someone up and find out the enemy's artillery positions for me."
Lao Li sent two more investigation teams over.
The two reconnaissance teams moved towards the direction of the artillery fire.
It took two hours and two lines of defense to be bypassed before the Japanese artillery position was finally discovered five kilometers behind the position.
The ground here is piled high with ammunition.
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were naked from the waist up and carrying ammunition.
The battlefield was filled with smoke.
"Quick, quick, quick, quick."
A Japanese lieutenant colonel was in constant command.
Based on the number of artillery pieces and military ranks, it is estimated that this is an artillery brigade.
It is considered a brigade-level artillery support unit.
"Finally found."
The reconnaissance team immediately sent back the coordinates of the artillery brigade.
After the artillery in Lao Li's hands changed positions, he immediately readjusted the shooting at Zhu Yuan.
Artillery shells were fired at the Japanese artillery positions.
Rows of shells landed densely on the Japanese artillery positions.
Several shells hit the mountain of ammunition boxes directly.
It directly ignited the large number of artillery shells.
Boom!
A violent explosion sounded.
Thousands of shell fragments swept through the artillery position like a steel storm.
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were shot directly into sieves.
The remaining artillery pieces were also destroyed.
After destroying the artillery position, Lao Li finally moved back to the city.
Because this action was just a feint.
Lao Li did not move forward and retreated directly with his men.
Detoured back to the station.
After returning to the station, he wrote down the detailed process of the battle and reported it in writing.
Because this was the first large-scale artillery battle with the Japanese army, the higher-ups attached great importance to it.
Have a meeting immediately to discuss.
Wei Wu was even invited to serve as a consultant.
Wei Wu studied the battle report carefully.
It was found that the main reason for the destruction of our own artillery was that the transfer was not timely.
On the one hand, there are eight soldiers who are not familiar with the use of artillery.
On the other hand, towed artillery is really inconvenient to maneuver.
Just unfolding, setting up, and adjusting the shooting elements is enough for a skilled team to be busy for a while.
The larger the artillery unit, the more troublesome and longer it will take to move it.
Therefore, once the artillery is discovered, it is almost certain to die.
This time had it not been for the smaller number of enemy artillery deployed on the front line, these artillery would have had no chance to withdraw.
Not to mention fighting back.
The higher-ups in the base area also discovered this problem.
However, they were not very good at using such heavy field artillery, and there was no good solution for a while.
Wei Wu looked at the battle report and suddenly had an idea.
Since the root cause is the insufficient mobility of the artillery, then directly enhancing the mobility of the artillery is not the end.
The gun mount is removed and installed directly on a special heavy-duty truck to turn it into a truck gun.
Such truck guns can not only speed up travel, but most importantly, can speed up entry and exit from the battlefield.
You can shoot and change places.
Trade high-speed maneuverability for living space.
The only difficulty with this kind of car is that it has relatively high technical requirements.
However, this is not a problem for Wei Wu.
As a veteran military fan, in order to compete with netizens, he also specifically checked the structures of early Katyusha rocket launchers and truck guns.
Judging from the current industrial system in the southeast theater, it is completely achievable.
All that was missing was him, the one who broke the window paper.
