野や戦せん砲ほう兵へい

noun

field artillery

Military term for artillery units deployed in the field, as opposed to fortress or coastal artillery. Can refer to the branch, its personnel, or the guns themselves.

• 彼かれは野や戦せん砲ほう兵へいの将しょう校こうとして戦せん場じょうに赴おもむいた。

  He went to the battlefield as a field artillery officer.

• 野や戦せん砲ほう兵へいが敵てき陣じん地ちに砲ほう撃げきを加くわえた。

  The field artillery shelled the enemy position.