C359 Huge casualties (1/2)
Some people said that luck was even more unreliable than the morning mist. Although you could see him everywhere, trying to control him was just wishful thinking. Sometimes, after a breeze, one's luck would completely disappear.
Right now, the mist of luck that had been lingering around Xiao Letian finally could not withstand the fierce wind that was blowing towards him from the Austria, and gradually started to disappear.
From the very beginning, Xiao Letian felt that something was amiss. First of all, the density of the cannons had decreased, and would only fire five or six cannons in five or six minutes at most, as if Austrian was showing off how many cannons there were.
Right after that was the abnormal movements of the enemy troops, through the field of vision of the telescope, the east and west flanks obviously had a thicker formation, it seemed like the Austrian was going to choose a new break through.
Just as he was carefully observing the changes in the battlefield, he suddenly discovered that the whistling sound of the artillery shell cutting across the sky had changed. The piercing sound of the artillery shell cutting through the sky had actually become somewhat silent, and the whistling sound of the artillery shell falling to the ground had strangely disappeared.
”Not good? Did the enemy change cannons? Could it be that Austrian still has a trump card in his hand? ”
It was impossible for Xiao Letian to see that behind the Austrian Army's heavy infantry formation, Wen Sente had already become the actual commander of the artillery. Under his orders, one by one, the cannons were dismantled and placed into the pits that were just dug.
”Set up the cannon and charge up at a 45 degree angle. Today, I will teach you how to fire a mortar round …” You, you, you, and you, are all trash? Didn't you learn trigonometric functions in the artillery academy? We have given you the data of the enemy's position, as well as the shooting speed and the straight line distance of our cannons.
”Bring me all the ammunition. The Division Commander has ordered that we must take down the position for this attack. Otherwise, we will all be court-martialed!”
Wen Sente was running back and forth in his shooting position like a madman. He would rush to his shooting position to help raise the morale and change the parameters, and then rush to the tall wooden watchtower to observe the results of the shot with his telescope.
Xiao Letian felt that the strange firing was actually not a real shooting at all. The reason the Austrian Army's firing rate was so slow was because they were adjusting the angle of firing. Countless of artillery majors and graduates were meticulously calculating and trying their best to improve the shooting accuracy.
When Xiao Letian heard the change in the sound of the artillery shell breaking in the sky, Wen Sente had already helped the whole team finish their final round.
”The cannons are truly worthy of being called the god of war. We artillery will forever be the kings of our various armies. The future is ours, and victory belongs to us as well … God will bless us... ”Fire!”
Following Wen Sente's command, over seventy field cannons roared and tons of steel were launched into the air, drawing high trajectory as they fought against the Earth's gravity.
The moment the energy from the cannonball was exhausted, the gravitational force from the ground caused them to rush towards the ground at a vertical angle, towards their target, the special mix camp's trench.
”This is bad …” ”Hurry up and evacuate …” Xiao Letian subconsciously let out a loud roar, just at this time, a cannonball accurately struck his headquarters, the flames and smoke from the explosion instantly covered the entire fortifications.
It was as if thousands of bees were singing in Xiao Letian's ears. When he shook his head and looked up, he discovered that the thick and heavy roof of the headquarters had already been blown apart, leaving only the last layer of wooden stakes behind. Through the cracks, he could see the blue sky and the trajectory of the birds flying in the air.
Xiao Letian used all of his strength to crawl back up. He pushed away the hand that Dragon Lord was supporting him with, and once again laid on the side of the trench and looked down.
It was only now that Xiao Letian truly realized that he had used up all of his good luck.
Wen Sente was indeed a talented person, the results of this round of artillery barrages were more than the sum of the previous rounds. Countless cannonballs flew straight into the trench from the sky, and the exploding airwaves and shockwaves created countless corpses one after another. Countless soldiers who were hiding in the dead corner were blown to death on the spot.
The change in trajectory greatly improved the shooting accuracy. In the past, when shooting straight, more than ten rounds of artillery shells could hit the trenches. But now, nearly forty percent of the artillery shells could actually hit the interior of the trenches.
Luckily Xiao Letian had prepared three parallel trenches today. Fortunately he had ordered his troops to be scattered in order to reduce the density, which prevented the whole army from collapsing.
”Disperse... Scattered … ”Don't get together...” Xiao Letian shook his numb head, and spoke in an inhuman whisper.
At this time, the brothers in the trenches had all gone mad. All the officers had forgotten to dodge as they moved back and forth in the trenches. Not only did they need to cheer for everyone, they also needed to treat the injured.
”Don't be afraid, the enemy's ammunition is almost used up, their cannons won't last long …”
”Hold on, take out your courage. You've already killed three waves of enemy troops. You're now honorable veterans. Don't discredit the word 'veterans' …”