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Without even thinking, Xu Le loudly rejected the suggestion: "No, I've said that unless it's absolutely necessary, the troops are strictly prohibited from using cluster bombs."

Although he did not go to the Linfen front to watch the battle last time and did not know what kind of damage the cluster bomb explosion caused, but from the post-war report summary of the Operations Department, it can be seen that the power of cluster bombs is incredible and the destructive power to infrastructure is too great.

Even if the infrastructure was avoided, the impact on the land and mountains and rivers would be too great, and the bullets were uncontrollable. This was the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the transportation had finally improved a lot with the indirect help of the devils. He didn't want to set back the Tang Dynasty's infrastructure for a few years because of his ruthlessness.

Therefore, he once issued an order that the field artillery battalion should retain a certain amount of cluster bombs as a strategic reserve, which should not be used unless in a critical moment.

Xu Le finally understood why the world organization in his previous life banned the use of cluster munitions. Although they have the characteristics of dense instantaneous firepower, large coverage area, and large destructive effectiveness, they cannot catch up with nuclear bombs, but they are also another form of nuclear bombs.

Lin Jingyan thought for a moment and said, "In this case, if we want to implement all-round fire coverage on Hejin, we only have two options.

One is the base-bleed bomb. Although it increases the range, the combustion of its base-bleed device is easily affected by meteorological conditions. Therefore, under the same conditions, the accuracy of the base-bleed bomb is worse than that of ordinary grenades.

The second is the rocket-assisted extended-range projectile. The use of a rocket engine to increase the range occupies the volume of the projectile, which correspondingly reduces the amount of explosives, thus reducing the power; and the firing density is lower than that of ordinary artillery shells. "

Xu Le: "How much ammunition do they have?"

林敬言：“根据作战部和装备部的指示，在结合部队机动能力的前提下，野战炮的常规作战弹药携带数量为40发高爆榴弹、10发火箭增程弹、10发底排弹、5发子母弹、5发照明弹、10发曳光弹。这样搭配可以满足全地形作战需要，而且一辆乌尼莫克就能装载所有弹药的同时完成牵引L118榴弹炮。”

Xu Le thought for a moment and said, "In this way, in the first few rounds of shooting, I will concentrate my fire on his concentration camp and important fortifications. The Japanese will surely be in chaos and then flee to the surrounding areas. Then I will use two types of extended-range bombs to extend the fire to pursue the remaining enemies.

The Jeep Commando and the subsequent main force can also take this opportunity to attack the interior of the Japanese!"

......

A combat mission was temporarily formulated, and the troops began to enter a state of intense preparation for battle. The position of the field artillery battalion was fixed, so it required extremely strong concealment. However, a regimental mountain artillery battalion was not necessary and would follow behind the main infantry force to participate in subsequent battles.

Night is often the best opportunity to launch a sneak attack, which can achieve the effect of surprise, and the same is true for the 666th Regiment.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark. All the soldiers put on a hat inside their helmets and blew hot air from their hands from time to time to try to warm them.

Xu Le could barely see a small number of armored vehicles patrolling the outskirts of Hejin through the Type 88 telescope. He raised his hands high, and the 36 L118 howitzers behind him that had been ready began to load ammunition.

The shooting parameters have been repeatedly corrected by several waves of artillery scouts, and accurate shooting can be achieved by correcting them once more after shooting once.

"fire!"

As Xu Le gave the order, 36 howitzers fired at the same time, but they were not high-explosive shells, but flares. Almost 30 seconds later, the flares exploded above the Japanese outside Hejin, making the surroundings as bright as day.

Under such circumstances, the entire 666th Regiment could see more clearly, but the Japanese were distracted by the strong light and could not see for a while.

The vision became clear again and Xu Le issued the order to fire again.

The vertical wedge-type breech block of the L118 howitzer can be opened at any firing angle by simply pulling the bolt handle, which greatly increases the firing rate.

After the second wave, there will be high-explosive grenades.

In an instant, dense grenades exploded in the Japanese positions, and the Japanese shouted and screamed one after another. On this cold night, even many camp facilities were ignited by the explosions, and flames shot up into the sky everywhere.

A Japanese regiment commander hurriedly got up from his bed and shouted loudly: "Soldier, soldier, what happened?"

A soldier outside the door shouted: "Captain, the enemy's artillery attack has caused heavy losses to our troops!"

The commander of the regiment immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Quick, have you found the location of the enemy's artillery fire? Order the artillery unit to counterattack!"

"The enemy's firepower is too dense, and it is impossible to determine the location of its firepower!" The voice was not from the soldier just now, but from someone else.

"Then let the artillery fire at the mountain road to the north. There will be no other troops except the 176th Division heading south!"

"Yes!"

......

In the mountain artillery battalion, Xu Le looked at the chaotic Japanese and said to the battalion commander beside him: "Keep in touch with the scouts. Once the enemy artillery positions are exposed, destroy them as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The scouts sent out today did not find the location of the Japanese artillery positions. As long as there is no artillery firing, it is difficult to find the specific location, but as long as the firing is opened, it will be much easier to find it.

Soon, the Japanese artillery opened fire, and the shells fell densely on the winding mountain road leading from Huoyan Mountain to the Hejin Plain. However, the caliber did not seem large, and the power was quite small, probably 75mm caliber.

"Young Marshal, the Japanese artillery has opened fire! Judging from where the bullets hit, it should be a full-strength mountain artillery regiment!"

"Yes, 48 ​​mountain cannons, but their range is limited. They can only reach that position at most, and they pose no threat to us at all. With their transportation capabilities, it is very difficult to send so many mountain cannons up the mountain, so they ambushed at the foot of the mountain to block our progress.

But we can use this to infer their artillery positions. I don't need to teach you how to do it, I'll leave it to you. Once we take down this artillery regiment, it's time for the main force of the army to attack!"

The battalion commander was shocked and said, "Don't worry, young commander. We will fan out along the winding mountain road towards Hejin. It's about 6 to 7 kilometers away."

.....

The order was immediately passed to the front-line artillery scout via walkie-talkie. The scout lived up to expectations and passed back the coordinates of the Japanese artillery regiment in 10 minutes.

"All parameters set, horizontal 1205, vertical 0822, height 141, eight rounds at high speed, ready, fire!"

dong dong dong...

36 Bofors mountain guns opened fire, launching a burst of rapid fire at the Japanese artillery regiment's positions. The Japanese mountain guns with a mere 75mm caliber certainly could not use the L118 howitzer, as that would be a waste of talent.