Forming an Artillery Company: Artillery Co-ordination Tactics!（!）
The artillery company was left to Yang Zhihua.
Li Yuanlong believed that with Yang Zhihua's strength, he would be able to build an artillery company with the characteristics of the 2nd Battalion within half a month.
The initial artillery company had about 200 people.
Li Yuanlong was even more confident in his ability to set up an artillery company to fight against the Sakata United Army half a month later.
Now that the artillery company had been taken care of, the rest of the infantry needed to be trained, especially in tactics.
Any battle required unity and cooperation. Only by using the unique tactics of the 2nd Battalion could they become an invincible army that became more and more courageous as the battle progressed!
For example, cannon coordination!
This was a necessary tactic for the Second Battalion and even the entire 8th Route Army. However, there were very few who could use this tactic well.
There were no tanks or planes on the 8th route, only small-caliber artillery shells.
They could only use the infantry and cannon coordination tactic. To be precise, it could not be considered infantry and cannon coordination.
This was because almost all regiments did not have artillery battalions. They only had a few mortars or grenade launchers.
This wasn't even considered cannon coordination.
Only the brigade level had an artillery regiment. Of course, even though it was called an artillery regiment, it didn't have many cannons.
Moreover, this tactic required the artillery and infantry to work together, as well as the commander's time calculation and formation.
Artillery coordination was a tactic where artillery and infantry worked closely together to exert their overall advantage to break through the enemy's position.
This tactic required a lot of time and calculation. The exact location of the infantry, how many artillery, how many shells to use, and when to fire and stop firing had to be calculated.
First, the location of the infantry.
Howitzers had a safety zone of 200 to 400 meters, rocket launchers 600 to 800 meters, and mortars 200 to 300 meters.
These numbers were mainly determined by the shooting error and the distance of the shrapnel.
Infantry had to keep a certain distance to avoid accidental injuries. Before the infantry charged, the artillery usually prepared for 15 to 20 minutes of artillery fire.
The enemy will be in a dazed state for about two minutes after being bombarded. The infantry on the ground must charge at a speed of 150 meters per minute.
It took 1 minute and 20 seconds to reach the enemy's front line from the starting position.
Otherwise, as soon as the infantry reached the enemy's front line, the enemy would return to combat mode and fight back.
Therefore, the starting point of the assault was chosen to be 130 to 150 meters away from the enemy's front line.
The safe zone was an important condition, but it was not the only one. If one could guarantee safety, the closer it was, the better.
Then, how many cannonballs were used?
Suppress a platoon of six hectares with a firepower density of eight shots per minute per acre. Continue to fire to ensure that the assault team reaches a safe distance from the explosion point of their own artillery shells.
The firepower density was five to six rounds of 122mm grenades per minute per ha.
When intercepting enemy reinforcements or counterattacks, each cannon was 25 meters long, and a 122 mm howitzer fired six rounds per minute.
In this way, on the 100-meter-wide moving barrage front, the firepower density was 24 rounds per minute.
A total of 1,200 122 mm shells are needed.
The firing efficiency of an artillery unit was determined by the amount of ammunition consumed per unit area in a minute.
Taking advantage of the enemy's unawareness, the first three to five minutes of the sudden attack would cause the greatest material damage and mental shock to the enemy.
Multiple shells exploding side by side at the same time had a greater destructive effect than the same number of shells exploding one after another.
A 122mm howitzer could fire 16 rounds in three minutes, and an emergency attack should use 400 rounds of ammunition in one minute.
If he used all the ammunition to suppress a platoon of support points, it would take at least 25 minutes to fire 1,200 rounds.
Therefore, at least one artillery battalion had to be put in. Of course, the more artillery there were, the greater the firepower density, and the shorter the time it would take to fire.
In the normal tactical process of artillery coordination, the artillery first sent out the forward observation post and participated in the close reconnaissance with the infantry.
The plan was to distinguish the shooting area and target of long-range artillery and specify the shooting range of large-caliber artillery.
Set up a firing plan for the small cannon at all kinds of blind spots and resurrection targets.
Then, the infantrymen would enter the charging position.
First, the artillery would launch a fire attack, and the infantry would launch a feint attack.
When the enemy was lured out of the fortifications, they would use artillery fire to attack again.
The forward observation post found the target in time, observed the deviation of the impact point, corrected the command shooting, completed the test firing of the small artillery of the regiment and battalion, and opened up a path.
The large-caliber artillery fire was extended. When the infantry launched an attack, the mortars fired at the enemy's position for five minutes.
Forcing the enemy to retreat into their fortifications without the ability to fight back. When the infantry charges, the suppression artillery must stop firing or extend their firepower.
Finally, it was the infantry.
All of this required a certain level of tacit understanding through training.
Therefore, from a certain point of view, half a month was a little tight, but no matter what, the order had been given and had to be carried out.
Li Yuanlong called Yang Dali over and asked,""How's the interrogation going?"
Yang Dali: " He's still being interrogated. However, his mouth is a little stiff…It will take some time for him to speak…"
"Keep a close eye on the situation of the Sakata United team!”
Only in this way could he formulate an accurate battle plan.
"Yes, Battalion Commander!" "I don't believe that this old ghost won't speak!"”
Then, Yang Dali walked quickly to the interrogation room.
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