Chapter five hundred and ninety-eight encounter an ambush
Wooden-handled grenade! When Amor saw this thing under his feet, he was shocked. He bent down, picked up the grenade, and threw it on it. Updated quickly without any ads.
There is no doubt that this grenade was definitely thrown from above, and now, he can only throw it back as fast as possible!
In the dazzling sunshine, Amor saw the grenade flying up the hillside with a graceful arc, and being able to become an infantryman in the armored division. His physical fitness was good. His movements when he was in danger even released his potential.
"Bolu..." The grenade did fly up, but when it landed on the hillside, it rolled down again!
It's so damn! Amor has no time to throw it out for the second time. He turned around and hid behind a stone. Then, there was a loud bang.
Countless pieces flew over his head. At this moment, he thought he was going to die.
Fortunately, he was unscathed!
At the same time, this explosion also means the arrival of a fierce battle!
Amor placed his rifle on the stone and began to aim in the direction of the top of the mountain, ready to open fire.
"Dadadada." At this time, just above their heads, machine guns were already sounding, and with the gunshots, the Italian army climbing up the hillside fell down instantly.
Of course, not everyone was shot down by bullets. Some people slipped and fell down after hearing the gunshots. Some people wanted to find something nearby that was covered.
In short, the sound of shooting from the top of the hillside made the Italian army quite nervous.
Amor could not look up. He touched his rifle and waited until the other party's gunfire stopped before finally poking his head out and firing upwards.
Of course, it is meaningless. Most of this kind of shooting method must be shot away. Moreover, even if you can't fight and attack upwards, you don't have much combat power.
Because the rifles they use are not powerful enough.
In this era, rifles from various countries were built according to their own national standards. Germany used 7.92 mm caliber, Britain used 7.7 mm caliber, while Italy used 6.5 mm caliber.
Yes, the caliber of Italian rifles is almost smaller than that of others, which leads to their rifles being seriously insufficient. For example, the effective range of their rifles is only 300 meters, and now they are attacking upwards, which is even more severe.
Even when Germany chose the new generation of calibers, it chose 6.8 mm, while Italy has always used the 6.5 mm caliber, which is too small.
They were pressed on the hillside and dared not rush up, and below, General Messe also turned black.
Like his speculation, the French border guards set up ambush positions on the top of the mountain. If it were not surprising, anti-tank mines would have been laid on the main traffic roads at the pass.
However, the gunfire on the top of the mountain was not fierce, which means that the other party had not many people at all. However, his own troops were suppressed and did not dare to rush upwards!
If it were the German army, then they would rush forward!
"Retreat first, artillery, and launch an artillery bombardment on the enemy's position on the top of the mountain." Major General Messe issued an order.
Now, even if he drives away from behind, these infantry will not risk their lives to rush up. Anyway, there are artillery soldiers behind them, so they will blast the opponent once and then charge!
Half an hour later, the division's artillery was finally ready.
This cannot be blamed for the incompetent artillery. Although they are armored divisions, the main L3 tanks are only 20 kilometers per hour, and at the same time, they do not have any self-propelled artillery, all of which are towed artillery.
These cannons were dismantled from the car and deployed, and it was a waste of time. It took half an hour to calculate the launching of the elements, etc.
"Boom!" The 105mm field cannon shot its own shells towards the top of the opposite mountain.
The 1913 105mm field gun was developed by Ansardo and Schneider. Both Italy and France produced this gun, with considerable output. This is also the most common field gun in the Italian army.
Unfortunately, it has a history of more than 30 years and is a master-class cannon. Look at the tires on both sides of it, they are still solid tires, but they are actually just rubber, with thick iron wheels inside. At the same time, its cannon tail is also a single kick.
Nowadays, most artillery fire has two legs and two legs spread out to both sides, so that the artillery can be easily fixed when firing, and it is also easy to change the shooting angle.
However, Italian artillery is still adhering to tradition, which is also related to the Italian terrain. If the benefits of single kicking are the only benefits of marching and conversion.
With the roar, a stream of gunpowder filled the muzzle, and 105mm shells landed on the hillside. If the Italian army did not retreat before the artillery was fired, it would definitely land on them!
"Rise the elevation angle once!" the cannon leader shouted loudly. He knew just now that the accuracy was not too high, so the first shot was just a test shot.
The second shot will of course be more accurate!
"Boom!" The 105mm shell flew over with the hope of the Italian artillery. This time, as expected, it flew over the top of the mountain and hit the backside of the mountain.
Far bomb!
"Reduce the elevation angle by three points, adjust a secret position to the right!" The gunner continued to command in an orderly manner.
Is it that easy to hit? If you think it is easy to fire a cannon, you can command it! The gunman at this time was not discouraged, and no one in the entire Italian artillery could hit it.
"Boom!" Finally, the third shell finally hit the top of the mountain! This time, the shooting of all the elements was correct!
"Architecture regiment, pay attention to three rounds of fire!" the cannon leader shouted. At this time, he was extremely proud. He was the cannon leader who tested the fire, which means that his skills were the first in the entire cannon regiment. Now, he had tried various data. Other field cannons only need to adjust the various elements according to his shooting and they could fire!
"Boom, boom!" There were deafening sounds of fire on the artillery position, and black smoke came out of the muzzle, and the entire artillery position was filled with smoke.
One by one, the 105mm field cannon shells flew towards the top of the opposite mountain. At least fifty percent of the cannon shells were hit! Suddenly, there was a bustle of lively and the stones and dust that kept rising up all meant that the French above must be suffering from pain.
Chapter completed!