Chapter 17 New Artillery Commander (Second Update)

The battle was over, a dull battle. After the commander of the team sent away all the steam spiders, the line infantry and the governor mechas re-formed to destroy the charging mechanical soldiers.

It was as simple as the first chapter of the battle in the game.

It was not until after the battle that Ji Lin knew that the number of troops that attacked them was only one thousand. In this situation of line shooting, no matter how high the training level was, everyone was a human being who could be shot down with one shot. In a battle that abandoned all tactics, the side with more numbers could easily gain an overwhelming advantage.

Ji Lin walked past the wreckage of a steam spider that fell to the ground.

It was full of broken circular holes. The dense barrage almost tore its front armor to pieces. The dense storm of bullets tore open the armor plate in front of it and embedded into the internal gear transmission. The volleys of multiple musketeer echelons could form multiple rounds of barrages.

Use quantity to make up for the disadvantage of individual firepower?

It was really amazing and... exciting.

Ji Lin suddenly understood why this scene of line infantry marching appeared in this copy.

If the skirmish line is deployed, the steam machines cannot be knocked down without overwhelming firepower from volleys, and infantry did not have specialized anti-armor rocket launchers and anti-tank guns until the industrial age.

The deployed skirmish line is extremely ineffective in blocking iron cavalry such as steam spiders. As long as they rush into the front line, they can start a massacre. The correct solution is to concentrate superior firepower to annihilate them.

The people in this world cannot do this. They can only concentrate soldiers with large-caliber rifles into an array to launch multiple rounds of volleys at the charging steam machines to paralyze or even destroy the targets. He has not seen the towed anti-tank artillery for the time being, but the two revolver artillery on the Governor's mecha are somewhat similar.

The poor airtightness leads to poor range and accuracy, but it is a 120mm artillery anyway.

It's really strange. They obviously have the ability to manufacture artillery, but why don't they delegate it? The only artillery the entire army has is on the Governor's mecha.

If direct-fire artillery is assigned to infantry, it can not only effectively fight against steam spiders and mechanical soldiers...

Time goes forward, Ji Lin's troops approach the direction of the steam mortar, which is his own choice. He is quite curious about the appearance of the steam mortar. When he participated in the Steam and Steel dungeon in his previous life, he died without even seeing this kind of artillery. Later, because this dungeon was too difficult and it wasted resources, he never tried it again.

The location of the steam artillery is further forward than he thought. The high-throw trajectory can ignore the rugged terrain and directly hit the target. They are hidden behind a hillside on the marching road, and the straight-line distance from the marching team is no more than 500 meters.

Over the hillside, he saw a large number of mechanical soldiers in a state of fighting with steam spiders. They all maintained their appearance before death. The remaining steam spiders were also scrapped here, and the Governor's mecha was parked next to the hillside.

The figure of the steam mortar finally appeared in his sight, which was somewhat different from what he thought.

The steam artillery does not rely on legs, but is a normal crawler.

A large, fat, short and thick gun barrel was inserted into a six-wheeled crawler. The crawler was as rough as a steam spider and a mechanical soldier, with a large number of parts exposed. A steam engine with a thick brass pipe was hung at the tail to provide power for the entire steam artillery. Thank God, he finally saw normal wheels appear.

There were gear transmission lifting mechanisms on both sides of the barrel, and the angle of the barrel could be controlled at any time as long as the steam engine was started.

The figure wearing an officer's hat also saw him and waved him over.

Seeing his excellent combat performance, the commander who had planned to let him clean up the battlefield here was stunned by his voice, and then whispered with the officers for a while.

"Sir! I graduated from the artillery major!"

This was a lie.

But the experience gained from thousands of actual combats is far richer than that of people with professional training.

He used the artillery well, and the attack mode of the mortar was very similar to this mortar.

But he must quickly get rid of the status of a good brother who fills the line and strive for a better position for himself. It is difficult to get ahead if you keep filling the line. He bet that this team did not have an accompanying artillery commander. After losing the steam spider, this batch of steam artillery needed to be activated immediately, and it was likely that an artillery commander would be needed.

"Oh, I've seen you. You are the sergeant who reacted very quickly."

The commander looked at him, thought for a moment, nodded, and then sighed.

"Artillery is an excellent subject, but there are very few artillery graduates every year."

Looking at Ji Lin's young and resolute face and passionate eyes, and thinking of his quick reaction when he was bombarded, such an outstanding officer should be placed in the position of a supervisory team. The commander suddenly got the sad story of a poor boy who enrolled in the artillery subject and was targeted and fell into the front-line infantry team without power, and he couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Yes, sir! I have completed the basic artillery course!"

No matter what kind of plot the commander had imagined in his mind, Ji Lin could only stand there, tighten his face, and shout out forcefully.

"Try it."

The commander pointed to a steam mortar that looked intact, and the officers around him made way for him.

Soon, the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield cleared the spoils near the remains of the mechanical soldier, leaving a steel skeleton standing in the pile of flesh.

That was Ji Lin's target.

The steam mortar that originally used mechanical soldiers to load ammunition now lost all its subordinate units, and could only use musketeers to resist the medicine packs and projectiles for loading, and the speed dropped sharply.

The officers stood behind him, and Ji Lin's back felt cold and his palms were sweaty. He was flipping through the notebook he had touched from the corpse on the ground. It was the corpse of the enemy artillery commander.

The notebook recorded the charge and range data. As for the distance measurement, the experienced artillery commander could estimate the approximate distance at first glance. Just like a general who went to drink coffee and saw at a glance that the machine guns on the coffee shop could block the entire street.

Loading ammunition is not complicated, but this mortar ammunition with a caliber of nearly 300 mm also requires two or three soldiers to lift it together to put it in.

He chose three solid shells.

Although the steam mortar was damaged a lot, the shells were scattered all over the ground.

The dull bombardment sounded and echoed three times.

The range was 450 meters, and one of three shots hit the target. The farthest shell was 10 meters away from the landing point. The one that hit completely destroyed the target.

"It seems that the Kingdom Military Academy can train excellent artillery."

After a long time, the commander and the officers discussed and gave him a voice of praise.

It was over.

Although he thought so in his heart, Ji Lin still tried his best to make a serious expression.

"What's your name?"

"Second Lieutenant Ji Lin of the Musketeer Regiment!"

"Very good, Second Lieutenant Ji Lin, now you are the temporary artillery commander."

The commander patted his shoulder with an expression of old autumn, even though he was not much older than Ji Lin.

Aristocrat, even if he did not have rich combat experience, could sit in the command position. He did not play any role in the previous battle, and his tactics were F2A.

This may be gilding for him.

From the external structure, there was no obvious damage to the barrels and loaders of these steam mortars. The damage was mostly concentrated on the steam engine used to provide power. This level of damage only required the replacement of the steam engine and gear transmission mechanism.

The soldiers were dragging a half-bloody figure away from the steam mortar. Such bloody figures were everywhere. This was the tragic state of being sprayed with boiling water and steam by the steam spider.

Before he died, he wanted to blow up the steam tank, but was killed by the high-temperature steam sprayed by the steam spider.

"How many can you repair?"

"Sir, it's a bit difficult, I can't guarantee it."

He didn't dare to guarantee how many of these seemingly undamaged steam mortars could still move. The specific situation required specific analysis.

"Go, take him to lead a few infantry teams, and then transfer the mechanics over."

The commander nodded, said something to the adjutant beside him, and then turned around and gave orders to Ji Lin.

"I want to see these steam artillery moving before sunset. This is an order."