Chapter 1025 The Wild Artillery of World War I (Plus 1)

The moving speed of the towed artillery is very slow, they need to be pulled by the car to reach the position, and after reaching the position, it takes time to deploy.

Now, the Iraqi artillerymen are preparing nervously.

The Iraqi mechanized artillery brigade carries 13 94mm howitzers, and the field artillery brigade of the Iraqi infantry division has 12 8.16kg cannons and 4 114mm howitzers. At this time, they are spreading their fields.

In addition to these, there are also some Iraqi tribal armed forces who also participated in this operation. They are also angry with the British occupying forces, and they have other purposes. Once the British army's positions are conquered , they can go in and grab something!

At this time, everyone was chaotically moving, and the gunner shook the handle vigorously to prop up the barrel. At this moment, the sharp-eyed gunner looked ahead: "The British are taking off their fighter planes again!"

They fought around the British airfields and the British could take off fighter jets to bomb them, it's just love and kill each other.

Artillerymen are definitely not the kind of arms that fight with bayonets. They prefer to hide behind and fire secretly. When they see those planes taking off from the runway, they panic.

"Where's the anti-aircraft guns? Where are our anti-aircraft guns?" the brigade commander of the artillery brigade asked loudly, at such times, they urgently needed anti-aircraft guns to protect themselves.

However, no one answered him, the Iraqi army was not complete, and the anti-aircraft artillery was not included in their troops at all!

Hatage's fighter jet took off again, still full of bombs and rockets. At this critical juncture, the British Air Force must defend itself with fearless bravery!

The cockpit of the P-40 fighter has a good view. From here, he can clearly see the Iraqi artillery positions in front. After taking off, he can dive down and attack as long as he turns around!

However, just when he was about to turn around, he discovered that in the east sky, there were several bright spots approaching, which immediately caught his attention, what was that?

The bright spot is rapidly zooming in, and Hatage can see it clearly. An aircraft he is very familiar with, the MC200 Thunderbolt produced in Italy! Of course, it is not the Italian Air Force that is flying now, but the Iraqi Air Force who bought this fighter!

He just remembered something. He actually ignored an important factor. Being surrounded by these Iraqis, he only thought about the battle in front of him, and he didn't have a long-term vision at all!

The bases of the Iraqi Air Force should have been bombed first, and their planes should have been blown up on the runway. Now, the Iraqi Air Force is attacking itself instead!

On the ground, the artillerymen cheered. At the beginning, they were still worried about being bombed by the British planes. Now they don't have to!

"Spotted Iraqi plane, Kingfisher ready to intercept." Hatage shouted quickly on the radio, and then he pressed the button.

The bomb swayed into the open space outside the airport and exploded. The 1,000-pound bomb would severely limit his mobility. He had to drop the bomb before he could fight the Iraqi fighter jets.

After all, the Italian MC200 fighter jet belongs to the latest advanced fighter jet developed by Italy. It has an all-metal structure and uses a powerful engine. The aircraft has a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, which is already advanced in this era.

Hataki, who dropped the bomb, flew towards the Iraqi plane. At the same time, the fighter jets behind him also made the same choice. They had to deal with the biggest threat first.

Because it is behind the Iraqi Air Force fighter jets, bombers have appeared, and they are here to bomb the airport!

And seized this opportunity, the Iraqi artillerymen could finally open fire!

"Boom, boom!" A plume of black smoke emerged from the muzzle of the howitzer. The entire artillery position was shrouded in black smoke, and the shells flew towards the opposite British air force base.

The artillery shells blew up in the lawn, and the soil was flying. However, it was as if water was intentionally released. The Iraqi army's first round of shelling did not hit the tarmac at all. Only one hit the runway, and it was just rubbing side!

"Take off, keep taking off!" General Smart kept giving orders. The fighter planes that took off earlier went to intercept the Iraqi Air Force, and then continued to take off fighter planes to bomb the artillery positions over there!

Today is bound to be an extremely difficult day.

The fearless British pilot continued to take off under fire.

At this moment, Smart saw an adjutant and hurried towards him: "General, general, our reinforcements have arrived!"

Raising the binoculars, Smart looked at a Douglas DC-2 transport plane, which was forced to land on the runway under the heavy fire of the Iraqi army. The pilot is good!

"Let's go and have a look!" Smart was also very excited. He jumped into his jeep and headed for the runway of the airport.

Just on the runway, the transport plane that had landed forcibly had begun to slide to the tarmac. The transport plane that had flown from India took off in the early hours of the morning. The flight for several hours made the pilot extremely tired, but , he was still waving his arms, instructing the soldiers who came to carry weapons.

"The shells are in the back, unload from the back first!" he shouted loudly.

So, a famous soldier, carrying a heavy case of shells, lifted the shells down.

"Quick, quick, quick, take it to the cafeteria!" a British officer shouted loudly, looking at the shells, his heart was extremely excited.

The canteen of the base officers, at this time, it is also a tense scene, the soldiers are operating the artillery in front.

The 18-pounder field gun, the main artillery of the British during the First World War, but after the First World War, it was completely outdated and replaced by the 25-pounder field gun, so this kind of gun was eliminated.

Now, in front of the cafeteria here, there are more than a dozen cannons, at least for decoration, without any practical significance.

And now, these cannons are about to glow for the second spring of their lives!

Last night, because there was no heavy firepower, the officers in the base immediately noticed these old-fashioned cannons. So, I urgently contacted the rear and mobilized a batch of artillery shells!

"Strong charge, let's give the Iraqi artillery some color!" shouted the British officer, who quickly measured the shot and then gave the gunners an order.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Soon, these wooden, one-man-high cannons and short-bodied field guns let out a roar of rage.