Chapter 1189: 1190Winter is coming
Chapter 1189 1190 Winter is coming
The orc artillery position looks more like a huge open-air warehouse. There is almost no disguise here, and only some simple fortifications have been built.
More than a dozen Wild Bee self-propelled artillery were parked side by side, with a distance of about 20 meters between each artillery piece.
These Hornet self-propelled anti-aircraft guns use the chassis of the Panzer 4 tank, which is the same as the Panzer 4 tank used by the armored forces, making it easy to maintain.
Now they are surrounded by abandoned empty ammunition boxes. Farther away, there are piles of unused ammunition in a shed.
Further away, the towed 155 howitzers were also scattered throughout the position. There should be simple sand bunkers around each artillery piece, but to save trouble, most of them were not dug.
After all, it didn’t take long for the orc troops to advance here. The surrounding troops are still gradually moving in this direction, and everyone is still in a hurry and has not yet adjusted.
An Orc gunner walked to his own Hornet self-propelled artillery holding a shell, and struggled to hand the shell to his companion in the car.
Self-propelled artillery can attack with armored forces, but its ammunition is really not easy to replenish: the ammunition it carries is very limited. Generally, no one is willing to use the reserve shells on the vehicle unless it is particularly urgent.
In fact, compared to modern field self-propelled artillery, the Bumblebee is already designed to make it easier to replenish ammunition: at least the top of the head of this thing is open and has no cover, so it is more breathable and open, and it is relatively easy to replenish shells. .
Of course, the most advanced modern self-propelled artillery, the type that can directly replenish ammunition with a supply vehicle, is definitely not considered.
It is not easy to lift a 155mm caliber artillery shell high. He raised his palm with difficulty, and the person above took the cannonball.
He repeated the action just now, walked back to the ammunition depot behind him, picked up a cannon shell, and then returned it to his artillery cart.
In the process, an artillery in the distance roared, the body of a Wildbee self-propelled artillery trembled, and a shell was shot from the muzzle and flew into an invisible distance.
The range of temporarily modified self-propelled artillery such as the Bumblebee cannot actually match that of towed artillery. Because some recoil must be controlled, the chamber pressure must be smaller, and the range will naturally be compressed.
However, compared to most artillery used by the Mirage, the range of the Wild Bee is still advantageous. In addition, the Air Force of the Mirage is rarely dispatched, so the field air defense of the entire Orc army is actually very poor.
After all, with the air force cover of the Tang Empire overhead, everyone felt more at ease, so few people pursued matters such as air defense camouflage.
In fact, the camouflage net has another use, that is, sunshade: people don’t want to be exposed to the sun, so they pull up the camouflage net and use it as a parasol.
But now it is around mid-November, and the weather is no longer so hot. At this time, the orc soldiers have no need for shade.
After two and a half months of fierce fighting, the orc troops were actually beginning to tire. Their attack began to slow down. Under the layers of resistance from the Mirage's 1st Armored Division, the flanking orc troops seemed to be standing still.
The weather began to get colder. Although the Tang Empire provided a sufficient number of cotton-padded clothes for the orc troops, the orcs who were accustomed to living in the desert inevitably experienced various discomforts.
Fortunately, many orcs have adapted to the changing climate while working as hard laborers in the Tang Empire. Otherwise, the orcs would probably be used by the mirage army to launch a counterattack in winter. If it really comes to December, the main island of Mirage will become quite cold, and the attack of the orc troops will naturally become more sluggish.
So using the last period of time, Shanlu mobilized all the troops he could and began to attack the mirage.
He planned to reduce the scope of the Mirage Army's activities before winter began, and strive to wear down the Mirage's 1st Armored Division so that they would be more at ease throughout the winter.
The Orc artillery position, which had no shortage of ammunition, began to work again, and one cannon after another kept roaring.
The mission of these artillery pieces is not to support the troops on the front line, but to tell the civilians in the mirage city: We orcs are coming! Every shot fired by these orcs and every shell dropped was a kind of torture to the goblins in the city.
So there is no need for any parameter coordinates or data support. Just adjust the range to the maximum and then blast in the general direction.
“Boom!” Another artillery fire was fired, and a large amount of billowing smoke was emitted from the muzzle. Because they were working non-stop, the loaders walking around the position wore only one piece of clothing.
They hardly feel the cold because they are sweating: they are doing physical work. They are very familiar with this kind of work. This is how they moved bricks in the Tang Empire.
You see, majors are such a match! If you carry bricks in the Tang Empire, you are responsible for carrying cannonballs in the Mirage Kingdom! You don’t even need to change the nature of your work, it’s convenient and quick.
The busy orcs may not know that the entire Mirage Kingdom is also worried about how to spend this winter. They lost almost all their electricity and no running water. The entire city has almost no modern facilities, and the factories have been destroyed.
There is no need to think about cotton textiles. The fuel needed by the troops is the real big problem. As long as a person has a stutter and a cotton-padded coat, he can survive the winter, but weapons cannot.
If not used for a long time, these weapons and equipment will be frozen and cannot be used throughout the winter. So they have to constantly consume fuel to keep themselves ready for use during the winter.
It is a pity that the Mirage obviously does not have so much fuel. Although there are still some ships smuggling some oil from the Ice Empire, for the entire Mirage Kingdom's army, those fuels are simply a drop in the bucket.
In fact, coal is now the main fuel consumed by Mirage, and it was this type of fuel that Mirage previously hoarded the most.
However, coal can be burned for civilian use, but it is not very useful for military use. Both sides are working hard for this winter. The orcs think they are at a disadvantage because they are not accustomed to the climate; the goblins are unable to take advantage of this winter because they lack fuel and supplies.
In fact, the people who are struggling with these problems are not the worst offenders. The worst offenders are the Mirage defenders who are trapped in the central mountainous area and struggling, waiting for their last moments.
This war seems to have no meaning for them, because no matter what, they will not survive this winter.
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(End of this chapter)