The sun sank little by little, and darkness enveloped the earth. Countless bonfires and torches lit up the north and south banks of the river. The temperature dropped below zero again. The cold wind of spring blew so wetly that it made people’s bones ache. It is estimated that this After the battle, soldiers with typhoid fever would explode en masse. 81 Chinese website
But the soldiers who feel the cold the most are not the volunteers in these trenches, but more than forty meters above their heads, in the observation baskets under two huge Doraemon hot air balloons, six observation posts are Almost frozen into ice.
There is a blast furnace burning coal behind them, but no one has the intention to warm up the fire. It is their mission time now, and the beginning of the night is when they are busiest.
"Northwest... Northwest Area A... there are twenty-five fires, and the density of soldiers is high... Ah Sneeze!"
"Cold... so cold! Area A3... Area A3 has 18 fires... The density of soldiers is low..."
"Ancestor! What the hell kind of weather is this? Three layers of fur can't block the cold wind? It's going to kill your loved ones... Look, there's a large group of cavalry in area B and B moving towards area B and B..."
The Air Force is the most enviable branch of the Chinese military, not only because of their high salary, but the most important thing is that these people can fly in the sky and do not have to personally participate in the dirtiest and most tiring work.
The air force can wear furs, eat high-calorie food as much as they want, and drink all kinds of spirits at any time... There are countless privileges, and no one in the military would not envy them.
But the Air Force also has disadvantages, that is, the threshold is too high. Trigonometric functions are compulsory in mathematics, and part of calculus is also required. The drawing score must be A or above, and simple formulas must be able to be calculated verbally without errors.
In addition to Chinese, they must also be proficient in English and elective French and German, which is even more difficult. Moreover, because the hot air balloon is flying in the air, it is very likely to be dangerous. These soldiers also need to master the short-range skydiving itself.
The various thresholds frighten many soldiers with low academic qualifications. Many young men from rural areas can read 3,000 words in the military camp, which is enough to make their parents brag for a lifetime. Even the villagers can call them "Xiucaibing".
If you want to understand advanced mathematics and a few foreign languages at this level, it will really kill your family.
Being in the Air Force is not easy. There is a lot to learn and better physical fitness, but these are not the most difficult. For these soldiers, the cold is their biggest enemy.
War will not always bring about balmy spring days and sunny summer days. It is also common for soldiers to fight in autumn and winter. In this kind of weather, the altitude of more than thirty or forty meters is completely an ice cellar. If you can If you insist on standing guard for two or three hours, you will definitely have a cold leg when you are old.
It was so cold that there were three observation posts in each hot air balloon basket. Their eyebrows and beard stubble were covered with frost. Their lambskin gloves made a crunching sound from the cold. Even though they were worn like bears, they still felt cold. Bone deep.
"Hold on, hold on a little longer... It's time for us to show off our power. These bastards still want to fight at night and make a sneak attack? There's no chance. It depends on our counterattack..."
The soldiers who were shivering from the cold hung down a series of east light signals from the hanging basket, among which the colored glass enriched the types of light signals.
Soon the ground troops had learned all the troop deployments on the other side. One of these data was collected in the staff around Xiao Letian, and the other was directly transferred to the artillery position hidden in Habalopuka City.
The data became richer bit by bit, and a smile appeared on Long Ye's lips. On the military map in front of him, huge longitude and latitude lines divided the enemy's garrison into small grids.
"A-1, medium density...A-2, low density...A-3, suspected of having an officer camp...Hahaha, these are really a pair of divine eyes in the dark night! These air forces should be awarded first-class merit after the war!"
Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding...Wuji, Gengxin...Rengui...The Tiangan Cross divides the entire map into ten areas, and each Tiangan area is subdivided into nine grids, that is, Jiayi to Jiajiu.
The purpose of such subdivision is to direct the artillery to conduct blind fire. The artillery has marked the battlefield in advance before the enemy comes, and uses scattered firepower to revise the shooting elements.
Everything has been prepared, and we will wait for the commander's strategic bombing order. At that time, the artillery does not need to observe the terrain at all, and can directly bomb one by one according to the map coordinates.
As an observation post, the hot air balloon in the sky can also report the movement changes of the enemy's main force at any time. In this way, the artillery shells are equivalent to opening a pair of eyes.
The night is getting darker and darker, and the pocket watch on the command table keeps ticking. The busy staff officers have marked 80% of the local positions. At the same time, the artillery positions have been marked. Shooting order.
"Prime Minister! Prime Minister... wake up, it's eight o'clock in ten minutes! Should we proceed according to the original plan?" a staff officer whispered in Xiao Letian's ear.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Letian, who was nestling in his bearskin coat with his eyes closed and concentrating, would not even open his eyes. He just shook his head and said softly, "Since you are ready, why do you still need me? Let General Xiang give the order... You guys Do you still expect me to carry artillery shells for you?"
"Don't disturb me...unless it's news of victory!" After saying this, Xiao Letian arched his body, huddled on the armchair, put his feet on another bench, and fell asleep beautifully.
Lord Long glanced at the Prime Minister gratefully. He knew that this was the last large-scale battle in the Far East. The Prime Minister gave up the command to him this time. This was to increase his leverage in ruling the Far East in the future.
"According to the original plan, the shelling started at eight o'clock! Forty-five minutes after the firepower was covered, the reserve team crossed the river to counterattack! Okay, that's it, we are ready for everything, and there will be no changes. !”
"Let us gain victory!"
At eight o'clock in the evening, just half an hour before the night attack schedule set by Fadeev, the volunteers took the lead in launching a counterattack.
Swish, swish... Three attacking fireworks exploded in the sky, and then the one hundred and twenty artillery pieces hidden in the small town on the south bank began to fire.
Boom boom boom... The light of the explosion flickered behind the village wall, and what was flying in the sky were the trajectories of artillery shells.
These cannons were unloaded by Xiao Letian from naval battleships and sent to the battlefield on countless sledges along the ice of the Amur River. Thanks to the naval transportation this time and the use of frozen rivers, if we take Route 6, it will take at least a month to push these artillery up.
As soon as the cannon fired, Fadeyev was furious. He jumped up to three heights. "Oh God! These Chinese actually have artillery? They actually hid it until now and didn't use it? They are despicable and shameless..."
