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Dr. B. confirms that 3.14 allows you to activate as many  up to all artillery increments in a single activation and target as many hexes.

I asked: 
 
"If you have six increments of artillery, can I activate all of the in an action segment and fire, by combining three increments firing at one hex, and the other three combined to fire at another hex?
 
Or, 2. can I only combine up to three in an action segment and fire at only a single hex in that action segment and have to wait for another action segment to fire the other three combined at a single hex?"
 
He responded: 

"In your example, you may activate as many increments as the scenario provides. Those six (which is a very great many) could be fired at anywhere from two to six different hexes, depending on the combinations (3 and 3; 3, 2 and 1; 2, 2, and 2; 1,1,1,1,1 and 1 etc.) It is intended to allow a preparatory bombardment with the advance right on its heels. Else the infantry would have to lie low for 15 minutes after the last shell lands.
 
3.14 Off-Map Artillery and Air Support. Firing one or more off-map artillery increments (9.2) or attacking with aircraft units (15.1) constitutes a complete action segment. No units on the map may activate in the same action segment when off-map artillery fires or air units attack  
 
The rules allow what the rules allow. They allow you to fire all of your artillery in one action segment. Were that limited, the rules would say so (some scenario special rules DO place limits, for example when a player has both conventional artillery and naval guns)."
 
So that settles that.