Chapter 476: Cross-domain era bombardment (third update, please subscribe)
"Bang!"
Sound of cannon!
The rumbling sound of artillery echoed on the battlefield. Although he was surrounded by woods, Heisenberg would always observe the sky from time to time.
airship!
Like everyone else, Heisenberg was afraid of airships. After all, airships cast an indelible shadow on them in Sedan.
Faced with the threat from the air, the Prussian army reacted extremely quickly. They immediately tried every possible way to fight against the airships. The simplest way was to hide their whereabouts. From then on, they learned camouflage.
Now, the Prussian artillery hiding in the woods not only used the treetops to hide themselves, but also inserted many branches into the cannons, making them look like low bushes. If observed from the air, it would be almost impossible to detect their presence.
However, this is impossible when they are not firing, because once they fire, the smoke from the black powder will immediately expose their position.
When Heisenberg was observing the airship in the sky, he did not notice that several kilometers away, in the baskets of several reconnaissance balloons, several South China artillery officers were using the balloons to observe and mark the exposed artillery positions.
Looking down at the earth from a height of 100 meters, everything is in full view.
"They hid it really well!"
Even with the help of an 8x telescope, it was difficult for Zhao Dexin to find the artillery positions hidden in the woods, but when they fired, their positions were naturally exposed.
"Even if they hide better, they can't help but fire!"
"Put the map in a tube and throw it down. Also, try the phone again to see if it works."
"Yes, sir."
Chen Ke pressed the phone handle and shook it a few times.
"Hello, Test, Test, this is Observation Post No. 3! Can you hear me?"
"I can hear it. I can hear it very clearly."
The voice on the phone was clear.
In everyone's eyes, the telephone invented by Much was simply a miracle. Over the years, the telegraph company had made many improvements to Much's telephone, which was first recognized by the military. Even now, the telephone is only used in a limited range such as government agencies and the military.
This was the first time it was used on the battlefield, and it was this small phone that brought the Nanhua Artillery into true modernization!
After completing the test, Zhao Dexin looked at his watch and said.
"It starts in thirty minutes!"
The bombardment begins in thirty minutes!
The intelligence sent by the observation balloon was quickly delivered to the artillery positions, and the artillerymen on the positions adjusted their firing angles and pointed their guns at the enemy. The 88mm field gun used by the expeditionary force was the latest model 70. The biggest difference from the 65-type field gun was that it not only used smokeless gunpowder, but also a spring recoil mechanism. The steel gun carriage was equipped with a hydraulic spring recoil mechanism similar to a motorcycle shock absorber. The gun body was fixed on a sliding gun carriage. This advanced recoil device gave it extremely leading performance.
As the most advanced artillery of Nanhua, the entire expeditionary force was only equipped with 54 guns, including 13 test guns. Now its muzzle was pointed straight into the distance, and the gunners opened the breaker screw bolt while stuffing the 88mm brass fixed bullet into the chamber, and then waited quietly.
Suddenly, the phone in the artillery company commander's bunker rang!
The moment he picked up the phone, he covered the phone and shouted.
"Fire!"
"put!"
At the moment of pulling the gun rope, Li Jie habitually stepped back to avoid sliding due to the recoil of the cannon.
With a loud bang, the gun body recoiled violently, but the gun carriage remained fixed there motionlessly. The gun body recoiled nearly three feet and then automatically reset itself. At this time, the smoke from the muzzle had not yet dissipated.
"Reload!"
After opening the bolt and pulling out the shell, the loader loaded another 88mm grenade.
On the observation balloon behind the artillery position, Zhao Dexin observed the target through a telescope. Even though he was in the rear, he could feel the shock of the artillery salvo. When the deafening sound of the artillery came, he counted silently in his heart.
"1, 2, 3..."
Distance 5.8 km, initial velocity 526, time...
As an artillery officer, Zhao Dexin could easily memorize these numbers. As he counted silently, the shells whizzed towards the woods.
A few seconds later, Heisenberg, who was pushing the cannon back in the woods, heard a whistling sound overhead.
"Bombard!"
As he shouted, a shell exploded in the air - the shell was detonated when it hit the treetops. The lethality of the shell exploding in the air was further expanded, and fragments fell from the sky with whistling smoke. There was almost no blind spot for killing. While the steel fragments reaped the lives of the Prussian soldiers, the flying wood chips and broken branches also whistled from the sky and pierced the Prussian soldiers' bodies.
The woods that once provided them with good concealment now turned into a trap, a death trap. Although only a portion of the shells exploded in the air, the casualties they caused were staggering. After only one round of shelling, the artillery positions were covered with corpses, and there were even more wounded soldiers struggling and screaming in pools of blood. Those screaming wounded were soon blown into the sky by the shells.
The fierce bombardment did not stop because of the obvious effect of the first round of bombardment. Just a few seconds later, the shells fell again. In just a moment, the Prussian artillery positions were shrouded in a hell of steel and fire.
In this hell made of iron and fire, no one can escape. Amid the whistling steel fragments, flesh and blood bodies are easily torn into pieces. The power of the God of War is fully demonstrated at this time.
For those who are in this iron hell, all they can do is... wait for death.
In the violent explosion, the earth turned into the ocean. The earth was shaking and trembling, and Heisenberg, who was in the middle of it, could only scream in fear. There were even some people nearby who were crying like women.
In the shock wave of the explosion, Heisenberg felt as if he had lost consciousness - his hearing and vision, both seemed to be gone. He had a severe headache, and the choking smoke made him feel a little suffocated. His chest was stuffy, and there was silence all around him. He could not hear or see, but he could feel the earth shaking. The artillery fire had not stopped, and the bombardment of the South China Army was still continuing.
“It’s really fierce!”
This thought came to Heisenbao's mind. He hoped that he could survive such an artillery attack. At this moment, he felt a shock coming, and then he felt as if he was flying. Then, a heavy force, something real, poured on his back. In the suffocation, the intermittent consciousness finally disappeared completely...
(End of this chapter)
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