The PLZ-05 155 mm 52-caliber self-propelled howitzer was launched in the mid-1990s. (¡¶¡·Íø7* Since the Type 83 152mm self-propelled howitzer, the Chinese Army¡¯s main body-barrel suppression artillery has changed the caliber standard to 155mm. The plz-45 type artillery developed since then has won an order from Kuwait. In the conclusion of the actual evaluation team composed of the Kuwaiti military and experts, the reliability/performance/range/unit price of the PLZ-45 are superior to its competitor, the US-made M-109a6.
On this basis, the Chinese military industry department once again developed the PLZ-05 self-propelled howitzer for use by the Chinese Army.
After finalization, the domestic large-caliber self-propelled artillery automatic loader adopts a turret tail cabin structure. The loader can automatically select ammunition, test the fuze and load ammunition at any angle. The maximum rate of fire of the artillery exceeds 8 rounds/min, the burst rate of fire reaches 4 rounds/15s, and it can hit the same target. The firing command automation system has been further improved, and the fire response time of the self-propelled artillery in any area and under any circumstances will not exceed 1 minute. With this advanced artillery, the Chinese Army finally achieved the artillery suppression firepower advantage it had dreamed of for more than 20 years at the beginning of the 21st century!
Now, this kind of self-propelled artillery, which has great advantages in modern times, can naturally be said to be a sledgehammer in the face of an imperial army that has almost no artillery in the modern sense. All kinds of shells poured in, covering the Imperial Army's position. Amidst a series of loud noises, large balls of fire suddenly rose from the ground. Black and red fire pillars shot up into the sky, and billowing smoke spread everywhere.
The black smoke from the explosion of the artillery shells was still filling the air, and another row of artillery shells fell to the ground and exploded in a series of fireballs. Countless thick black and red flames connected together, and the earth became a churning sea of ??fire.
In the sound of explosions, one square formation after another was instantly flattened, creating huge craters on the ground. The Emperor, who had no concept of modern artillery, paid the price in blood this time - countless soldiers who had no cover at all were blown to pieces, turning into a burst of flying blood mist that sprayed in all directions. (¡¶¡·Íø7*
All the phalanxes that were bombarded were directly wiped out in an instant - the soldiers of the Imperial Army did not even have a chance to flee, because what Jiang Yucheng wanted was an upright and complete battle of annihilation. In the face of absolute power, any form of conspiracy is nothing.
Jiang Yucheng knows that fists can actually solve all problems - provided your fists are big enough. Now, compared to the Imperial Army, at least in terms of ground troops, EPLA's strength can be said to be "strong enough".
Therefore, Jiang Yucheng gave up the battle plan of defeating the Empire's Seventh Army through air strikes and artillery attacks at night - if it was a night battle, the enemy would inevitably escape, and he could only fight a rout rather than a battle of annihilation. Only during the day, through frontal combat in an upright manner, can the enemy be completely and cleanly annihilated without letting a single fish slip through the net. His purpose is to use this battle to completely shatter the Osa Empire's illusion that its army is "invincible" and give the empire a severe beating so that they will never dare to think anything wrong about the mainland of Emera again. !
"You should die! What kind of magic are the republican rebels using!" General Milburn roared angrily in the middle of the general's guards who were shaken by the earth-shattering explosion, "Where are our aerial knights!!"
However, the news he got was depressing news.
The messenger came back and reported: "Report to General Milburn! We have just received a report that our army's Griffin camp was attacked by an unknown person last night - possibly an air attack by Republican rebels! Most of the knights and their All the mounts were killed by the rebels!!¡±
"What?!??!?!" Upon hearing the news, Milburn angrily pulled out the sword at his waist and wanted to kill the messenger.
Seeing his commander like this, the frightened messenger continued: "Your Excellency General Itagaki, we have just received news from the Royal Air Force's "Saber" Dragoons. They said that they are about to launch an attack on the rebel capital Kasan. Dera's offensive to contain the rebels and provide support to our army. ""Íø.com"
"It's the damn Flying Dragon Corps again!!!" General Milburn seemed to be even more angry. "They don't want to support us. They clearly want us to be injured by the rebels' front, but they take this opportunity to grab us. Military merit! Damn it!!!¡±
After a pause for a few seconds, General Milburn roared viciously: "The rebels have magic, and we also have magic! And we also have the invincible Urban cannon! Order the magic cavalry regiment and artillery to attack immediately The rebels launched an artillery bombardment! Blast all those who dare to use witchcraft to blaspheme the First Emperor to pieces!!!"
Soon, the messenger conveyed the order to the Imperial Magic Cavalry Regiment and the Urban Cannon Battery on standby.?ÖÐ. As mentioned before, most of the empire's artillery can only be called large modern infantry. Therefore, the only troops that can launch a counterattack are actually the Urban cannon squad, and those who can cast spells through coordination. , the magic knights who cast large-scale square-level spells.
I saw the magic knights lined up in a circular formation, starting to take the center of the circle as the center, and circle around the center of the circle at high speed. At the same time, they raised their wands uniformly, pointed to the sky, and muttered something. Then, a ball of light appeared above the center of the big circle. The size of the light balls is getting larger and larger. When the volume expands to a certain extent, those light balls begin to roar towards the EPLA position in the distance.
At the same time, dozens of Urban heavy artillery pieces of the Imperial Army on the front line were also set up, and they aimed a fierce bombardment at the EPLA position opposite. With the extended range array, these giant cannons of the Imperial Army finally have a range of 20km, barely reaching the level of modern howitzers - of course, it is only an order of magnitude, and their range, accuracy and power are still far smaller than modern artillery.
Dense shells and light balls fell on the side of EPLA like a heavy rain. Fireballs of various sizes rose from the ground, black smoke rushed into the sky, and billowing heat waves raged everywhere.
The emperor's bombardment looks spectacular, but the effect is extremely poor! The reason is simple - they don't know what "fire control" is at all, and the accuracy of the artillery shells can even be described as "outrageous".
Except for a very small number of heavy artillery shells that directly hit the artillery positions and caused certain losses to the artillery of the 10th Artillery Brigade, the rest of the artillery shells all hit the open space - the power of the imperial artillery was far inferior to modern artillery. The killing range was only a few meters, and it did not cause any damage to the fortress artillery. Moreover, all the battle losses were low-end Type 96 towed howitzers - the advanced PLZ-05 self-propelled howitzers, which had long been moved to other firing positions by using their powerful maneuverability, and the Imperial Army simply could not hit them. to them.
"The Imperial Army's artillery position exposed their position after firing the artillery shells.
The advanced anti-artillery radar mounted on the plz-05 self-propelled howitzer quickly calculated the rough position of the Imperial Army's artillery based on the ballistic trajectories of enemy artillery shells. Although the light balls launched by the Magic Knights cannot be directly detected, all anti-artillery radars have been specially modified and a set of passive detection equipment has been added. Through these passive detection devices, anti-artillery radar can detect the approximate location of enemy magic units through the electromagnetic waves emitted when enemy units cast spells.
"Attention, all guns, prepare to enter new fire control data!"
As one of the important nodes of the EPLA combat network, the PLZ-05 self-propelled howitzer quickly passed the data link to the enemy target information to the Type 96 howitzer emplacement, which has a low degree of informatization and relatively weak detection capabilities. . The artillerymen quickly adjusted the artillery firing units and conducted tentative fire strikes on the rough position of the Imperial Artillery.
Another row of fireballs spewed out from EPLA's side, and a large number of shells roared and fell over the approximate location of the Imperial Army's artillery. Suddenly, bursts of black smoke rose from the explosion over the Imperial Army's position in the distance.
Although there is indeed a certain error in the detection of modern anti-artillery radar, even so, this rough estimate is very accurate! After this row of artillery shells smashed through, the Imperial Army's return fire suddenly became much sparser.
"Confirm that the target position is correct!" the artillery commanders in each command vehicle said through the communication channel, "Attention to all artillery positions, follow this position to the northeast corner by two degrees, and continue the artillery attack!"
The gunners slightly changed their azimuth and angle, and another row of shells roared away. Two minutes later, they could no longer see the Imperial Army's counterattack artillery fire.
At this moment, the Seventh Legion of the Osa Empire has actually completely lost any long-range counterattack capabilities. It can only hold its head and be beaten at will by EPLA's artillery. Although the Seventh Army still had some surviving Urban heavy artillery in their hands, they did not dare to open fire rashly - the bloody experience just now made them know that if they fired back, they would be attacked by the Republican rebels. Their bombardment was so violent that it was almost abnormal!
The artillery preparations before the start of the war lasted for a full 10 minutes - each artillery position had fired out all the shells in their hands. Now, they had no more shells to use.
Of course, the mission of the artillery actually ends here - next, it is the aviation force's turn to perform.
Twelve QL-15 "Falcon" trainer attack aircraft modified from L-15 trainer aircraft roared through the sky. Under their wings, two sets of HF-7D aviation rocket launchers are mounted. This low-cost air-to-ground weapon has a straight attack area, which is perfect for dealing with the Imperial Cavalry who are lined up in horizontal lines and preparing to charge.
"Attention all aircraft, the attack has begun!"
FollowAt the command of the commander, the squadron of attack aircraft accurately fired a total of one hundred and forty-four 57mm uncontrolled rockets along the Imperial Cavalry formation.
¡°Whoosh¡ªBoom!!¡± Countless dazzling firelights, mixed with howling wind, fell from the sky, and the land was wrapped in flying shrapnel and turbulent air waves.
In another world, the best combat skill of the Chinese Air Force pilots for a long time is to use uncontrolled rockets to hit various ground targets. Although it is misunderstood by many people as a useless practice, on the one hand, shooting rockets It is low cost and helps hone the basic skills of pilots. On the other hand, war is like this - once you find the right opportunity, the most primitive method may sometimes be the best way.
In the bursts of explosions, countless imperial cavalry were instantly blown into flying fragments. Although the heavy cavalry was protected by thick armor, the tops of their heads were still fragile. They still couldn't get rid of the enemy. The fate of a man with armor and mounts blown to pieces.