C1574 The Magical Artillery Soldier (2/2)

The sky and the ground were currently being communicated using the naval flags, and at night, a series of lighting signal passed on information. These were the eyes of the artillery in the sky.

”Five degrees due north... Shoot up at angle 30... Standard high explosive projectile... ”Triple Shot …” From the hot air balloon came the sound of flags. From the artillery position below, the three cannons had to be adjusted according to the requirements of the observation sentry.

Three balls of smoke suddenly exploded at the edge of the forest in the distance. The observation sentry on the balloon nodded their heads and drew an area on the map: ”This is area A 1, 5 degrees to the north, 30 degrees to the north …”

”Next, let's start shooting at area A and B, five degrees north of here …” ”Rise at the forty-fifth angle …”

The artillery position fired three rounds in a row. These three runs weren't made up of random people, but rather the three nodes in the middle of the front and back chose a cannon with excellent performance as the coordinates.

Soon, District A and II also finished tagging the map. Now, everything they had done was completely for the sake of the night battles. Although it was not easy to discover the assault of the pitch-black night cavalry, at a height of fifty meters in the air, the sentries could rely on the advantage of being at a high altitude to use the weak starlight and moonlight to detect the enemy's motives.

Moreover, the moment the frontline army noticed any unusual movement, they would instantly shoot out a bright firework as a flare. As long as the sentries on the balloon found the enemy's location, they would be able to quickly position themselves on the map and then send the signal back to the artillery positions under their feet.

Since the enemy appeared in the 1st region, the artillery did not need to observe with the naked eye. All they needed to do was to adjust the direction and angle of the muzzle according to the coordinates set in advance, and then load and shoot. As a result, the artillery in the dark night seemed to have eyes, reacted quickly and accurately.

The procedure looked simple, but the difficulty was the coordination between high-caliber soldiers and friendly troops. These sentries didn't have to rush to the front lines to engage in close combat with the enemy, but they could still get higher pay than the frontline soldiers.

Why is that? But why was there not a single soldier who did not accept this? In fact, the key lay in the word knowledge.

To become an artillery observation post, as well as an Air Force soldier, it was impossible to do without the diploma issued by all the universities in Ryukyu. At the very least, he had to be proficient in algebra, calculus, English, German and so on.

Work on the coordinates of the targets was intense and orderly. Gradually, the entire battlefield was transformed into a square on the artillery map. A 1, A 2, B 1, C 3 … The direction, angle, and elevation of shooting requirement was marked in every area, and within a radius of 15 miles around the Haishenwai's defensive line, it had already become a no-dead angle bombing zone.

”D V Area Coordinates... ”Triple Shot!”

Smoke immediately rose up from a dense forest to the northeast of the battlefield. However, no one expected that this time, the explosion would actually hit a big fish, and hundreds of Cossack cavalry s rushed out of the forest.

”There are enemy troops! The enemy is lurking in the northeast... Adjusting the angle of fire, Ding Si shot three times in a row … ”Then, immediately adjust to area C 5, and after three consecutive shots adjust to area C 2 …”

Without any hesitation, the captain of the artillery on the ground immediately gave the order. Without any hesitation, the captain of the artillery on the ground immediately gave the order, without any need to look at the battlefield, the soldiers mechanically adjusted the cannons according to the parameters.

This was a group of vanguard unit that had snuck into the northeast direction. They were part of Fu Mannuofu's Second Corps and had a total of two companies of troops.