Will the concentrated fire defense be targeted by the rebels?
What a joke! Xia Yu doesn't fight unprepared battles; he had already anticipated this move.
"Waaah~~"
Skipping over the dust and smoke of the minefield, an Inspire 2 hovered silently deep in the rainforest, about 7 kilometers away from the convoy.
This distance is close to the maximum range of 8.5 kilometers for a 107mm rocket launcher. Given the quality of the rebel artillerymen, they would have to push the rocket within 5 kilometers to have a chance of hitting it.
Deploying a drone along this shortest route will definitely bring surprises.
"Rebel tanks were spotted, two T-72M1s, followed by a convoy of pickup trucks carrying Type 63 107mm rocket launchers, numbered 1, 2, 3... a total of 5."
The wolverines were calling out positions on the radio. In the first phase of the general offensive, the weasel crew could take it easy and only act as meat shields, while the mole crew was much busier because they had to take on the responsibility of three-dimensional defense.
"Call the mole! Spare those two tanks for now, take down their rocket launchers!"
Xia Yu immediately issued the combat order.
"yes!"
As Kuhn responded over the radio, he grabbed another remote control with a screen.
Outside the vehicle, 01 tore off the tarpaulin from the trailer roof, revealing the mG-1S agricultural drone underneath.
"Buzz~~"
Driven by the electric motor, the eight rotors, with a deeper rumble, pulled the fuselage and the two 81mm mortar shells beneath it into the air.
Switching to 60mm mortar shells would allow the drone to carry more ammunition, but smaller caliber shells are more effective against infantry.
For anti-vehicle targets, 81/82mm is still more powerful.
The convoy, continuing towards the minefield, was unaware of the approaching danger until a dark shadow fell from the sky.
"Boom~ Rumble~~"
The bombardment was a bit slow. Kuhn aimed at the lead vehicle and fired the first shell, which hit the 107mm rocket launcher being towed behind it.
The intense flames engulfed the pickup truck, causing the ammunition in the bed to explode instantly. The powerful blast wave swept in all directions, snapping a large number of trees and overturning the second vehicle that followed it.
The condition of the Type 63 gun it was towing was unclear, but the spare ammunition in the cargo box was scattered everywhere.
Without a launch tube, the 107mm rocket can be placed directly on a mound of earth, and the back cover can be smashed open and the rocket can be launched by burning it.
Without any training in this area, their shooting accuracy is largely a matter of luck. Add to that the added bonus of being a Black artilleryman, and they're lucky if they don't get blown up themselves.
The three pickup trucks that saw this scene slammed on their brakes. The foolish ones shifted into reverse and prepared to back up, while the clever black man got out of his truck and ran away.
What's the difference between carrying so many spare rockets and carrying a truckload of bombs? If attacked, the farther away from the vehicle, the better.
Faced with so many targets, Kuhn certainly wouldn't make things difficult for them, and fired a second 81mm mortar shell directly at the tail vehicle that was trying to escape.
"Rumble~~"
The shell landed directly in the back of the pickup truck, and the explosion engulfed the fourth vehicle.
"Boom! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Another violent explosion occurred. The Type 63 missile gun sandwiched between the two vehicles did not detonate. At least seven rockets in the launch tube were successfully fired, bursting out of the burning flames and exploding in mid-air.
Unfortunately, we didn't hit anything.
At this point, only the third pickup truck remained unscathed, and the artillery crew inside had no time to escape.
After using up his last shell, Kuhn did not control the MG-1S to return to base. Instead, he steered the agricultural drone into a dive and accelerated, crashing headfirst into the rocket launcher's tube.
"Boom~ Rumble~~"
Penta Kill!
With three 5-kill rounds and two 81mm mortar shells, the mG-1S still had nearly 2 kilograms of redundant load. Xia Yu then DIY'd a warhead with 1.5 kilograms of explosives, turning the agricultural drone itself into the last shell.
Consumables are produced to be consumed.
Trading a few thousand dollars for avoiding a volley of 107mm rocket fire is a worthwhile deal.
"Stop! What happened?"
The commanders of the two T-72M1 tanks called for a halt over the radio, as they seemed to hear a series of explosions coming from behind them.
If the sound came from the front, that would be normal; Busa's men were clearing the minefield. But the direction is wrong now!
"Wait a minute, let me see what's going on?"
The tractor commander, the commander of both crews, opened the hatch and poked his head out.
This scene was captured by the Inspire-2 that was following behind.
"Secondary target spotted. They've stopped moving. The commander's hatch in the lead vehicle is open. They should have noticed something amiss behind them. The exact coordinates are..."
The wolverine continued to report the location on the radio.
At this distance, the firepower of the Marder S30 was indeed insufficient to reach the enemy, and they only brought one MG-1S.
However, given the activity of agricultural drones, getting too close would alert the enemy. Once the hatch is closed, even the most powerful 82mm mortar shells, unable to penetrate the mortar's defenses, would only be able to target the engine compartment, causing the enemy to break down.
Fortunately, there are always more solutions than problems, and they had one last trick up their sleeve.
"High-explosive grenade, 1 round loaded!"
Xia Yu issued combat orders to Hans.
"Whoosh~"
Select the "o" position, and the vertical loader's disc hums and spins until it stops at the nearest 3oF26 fin-stabilized high-explosive shell. The raised folding sabot unfolds, feeding the shell and propellant charge into the breech and closing the breech.
"High-explosive grenades, loading complete!"
As Hans shouted, he adjusted the elevation angle of the gun barrel. The 125mm barrel of the T-64B1M was raised high, looking just like a howitzer ready to fire.
"Indirect fire, what a nostalgic way of shooting."
Xia Yu couldn't help but say.
Before retiring, his crew had received training in this shooting method.
On their best occasion, they hit a target 10 kilometers away with just two shots, but that was not as good as the modified five-wheeled vehicle, which could hit a target 14 kilometers away at its maximum range.
"Boss, enough reminiscing. Ready? Firing, shall we?"
Hans, who had just finished adjusting the firing parameters in a flurry of activity, complained.
"Then fire!"
"Thump~~"
The 3oF26, which was originally designed for direct fire, experienced what a curved trajectory is like, with the target pointing diagonally at the T-72M1 8 kilometers away.
"I saw flames and smoke; it looked like they were under attack."
The tractor commander put down his binoculars and addressed the members of the two crews.
"So what do we do? Should we keep going?"
"Of course, we were ambushed..."
"Boom!"
The commander's words were cut short by the sound of an explosion.
"First shot hits!"
"Watching the explosion footage transmitted back by the drone," Wolverine said excitedly.
No problem, the closer you are, the more accurate you'll be.
Fin-stabilized shells used with smoothbore cannons are more susceptible to wind direction than spin-stabilized shells, resulting in greater deviations during ultra-long-range firing compared to rifled cannons.
At this point, we're only 8 kilometers away. With indirect fire influenced by both mathematics and metaphysics, the accuracy is still quite good.
"Calling for a long-distance train, calling for a long-distance train..."
Because the wingman was positioned further forward and couldn't see the main vehicle behind him, its commander, clinging to a last glimmer of hope, called out to the other vehicle after hearing the violent explosion.
Unfortunately, hope eventually turned into disappointment, and he suffered greatly because he was still not out of danger.
"Fire one grenade and then reload!"
Another 3oF26 round was fired into the breech.
"The second T-72M1 has started moving; it is reversing and preparing to leave."
The Inspire 2's battery was running low. Wolverine watched the footage before the crash and gave a final report of the situation.
"shooting!"
"We can't let it get away," Xia Yu immediately gave the order.
"Thump~~"
The T-64B1M fired another high-explosive shot.
"Boom!"
The shell landed on the side and rear of the T-72M1, the splashing dirt and gravel hitting the vehicle body with a crackling sound, and also striking the tense hearts of every crew member.
"Mongoose, you missed that shot."
Moving targets are more difficult than fixed targets, but fortunately Xia Yu managed to get there in time with another Inspire 2 drone.
The ace tank commander's battlefield instincts allowed him to report the enemy's lead coordinates.
Hans's fingers flew across the indirect fire parameters calculator, finely adjusting the angle of the gun muzzle.
"shooting!"
"Thump~~"
The third 3oF26 high-explosive shell left the barrel. The light breeze today did not affect the trajectory of this fin-stabilized shell much. After traveling 8.5 kilometers, giving the enemy a 500-meter head start, it crashed into the engine compartment of the T-72M1.
"Boom!"
The diesel engine, which had been blown up, immediately caught fire.
If this were a new car, the crew and the car would have survived, but damn it, this is an old car that's been used for eighteen years, and the fire suppression and explosion suppression system inside the car has long since failed.
That was it. The crew, still reeling from the shock of being hit by the grenade, lost consciousness after inhaling a large amount of smoke, until the flames licked at the horizontal loader below.
"Boom!"
"Mongoose, you used indirect fire to take down the turret of a T-72M1."
Looking at the flying tank on the monitor, Xia Yu laboriously reached out with his left hand and punched Hans on the shoulder.
"See? I'm the most professional at this."
"Master Hans, the flying head expert, said without hesitation."
That's certainly professional, but out of all those main battle tanks, is the T-72 the most prone to nose-flying?
No, the T-72 is the most numerous. We eat, sleep, and fight with T-72s. If it doesn't fly, who can?
tK-x 10 type?
Or is it the STC 90 model?
It seems we'll have to get past M1 Abrams first.
"The explosive belt has been reloaded!"
The radio crackled to life with the sound of 01.
While Xia Yu and his team were engaged in a heated battle remotely, the combat employees were not idle either, panting heavily as they carried two blasting belts weighing more than half a ton each.
A minefield of nearly 600 meters requires a total of 6 sets of 12 Gbp-150 blasting strips. Excluding the 2 pre-filled strips, that's almost 7 tons of work.
There were seven strong men, but the time was compressed to half an hour, which was really hard to handle!
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~~"
Rockets rained down from the sky again; the Massar rocket artillery battalion was having a contest with them!
"Reverse!"
The mine-clearing vehicle tightened the blasting zone, and Xia Yu continued to issue instructions.
"Detonate!"
"Boom~ Boom~~"
Before the smoke and dust had cleared, the T-64B1M and the Weasel S30 advanced another 100 meters, completely crossing the middle section of the mixed minefield and approaching the rebels' second line of defense.
Afica's modern warfare is not turn-based, but it's just as good.
Ultimately, it all came down to poverty and weak fighting ability, which dragged down Xia Yu, the fast driver, into their rhythm.
Let's push forward slowly. I just don't know how Sasu is doing now. Is he unlucky enough to be wiped out by a rocket attack?
"Boom~ Boom~ Rumble~~"
Hiding in the fortifications, listening to the earth shaking several kilometers away, Sasu trembled slightly as he pulled out a small flask from his person and took a sip of whiskey.
Something's not right. This is already the fourth round, Busa should have run out of ammunition by now!
It's time to finish this. The ammunition we had before wouldn't have lasted until the second round. At most, we could focus fire on one or two camps. But now the pace is like we're going to plow through all his camps with rockets.
Why are those parasites in parliament suddenly willing to invest in military spending, instead of pocketing the money like before?
There was no way around it; some money was destined to end up in Xia Yu's pocket. The money Busamon had spent without his knowledge was now being transformed into an endless barrage of rockets, densely covering every rebel camp.
"So, any news yet?"
Seeing the deputy chief of staff approaching, Sasu immediately stepped forward and asked.
They had just lost contact with the rocket artillery company and two T-72M1 vehicle crews, which made him think the worst.
"Our men were heading towards the minefield when a retreating patrol reported that they had found the wreckage of two tanks, which had been destroyed by Busa."
Although I hate to admit it, this is the truth.
Busa, despite having a larger number of people, had a weaker average combat strength than them and rose to prominence.
No, I just paid someone to play for me.
Due to a lack of information, their understanding of concentrated fire defense remains outdated.
"Then what should we do? Send over the remaining 107mm rocket launchers?"
Sasu wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and asked the deputy chief of staff.
Other camps also have 6 Type 63 rocket launchers. As long as they follow orders to advance their fortifications, the losses will not be significant.
"We need to deploy them immediately, and also send anti-aircraft gunners. I suspect they have drones monitoring our movements from the sky."
As Sasu's deputy, the deputy chief of staff was quite capable, immediately grasping the crux of the problem.
However, the drones flying in the sky were not the Sparrowhawk A, but cheaper consumer-grade drones. They were only responsible for the first phase of reconnaissance and defense through the minefield, while the focus of the subsequent operations was still on ground forces.
The SAM-24, equipped with a proximity fuse, has no problem shooting down agricultural drones that are relatively large and hot, but shooting down the Inspire-2 would be too difficult for the Izvestia-S, as its infrared seeker simply cannot lock on.
Soon, Sasu's orders reached all positions, and while rocket artillery and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles were being urgently deployed, a debate broke out among the blue helmet troops dozens of kilometers away.
“Schneider, I must make it clear to you that Jihuo Defense warned us that the rebels also possess certain air defense capabilities.”
The squad leader, Elder Zeng, solemnly said to Deputy Commander Schneider.
The fighting between government forces and opposition armed groups was so loud that it couldn't be kept secret from them, and the Faguo Squadron, which was responsible for battlefield observation, wanted to send out their helicopters.
"Yes, I know, but we can't just sit here and do nothing. Battlefield observation is my duty. The largest armed conflict in Afika in the past month is happening right before our eyes."
Schneider emphasized.
Although the area north of Afica was not peaceful either, military confrontations involving thousands of people in the Black Zone were not something that could happen all the time, and he felt that they could not miss this opportunity.
Of course, mediation is also their responsibility, but neither side will listen.
"Then you can only stay on the perimeter. This Sasu has a criminal record; he shot down one of our transport helicopters."
Old Zeng stopped trying to dissuade him. As the commander, he was more responsible for maintaining stability among the refugees and repairing roads and bridges.
They were originally supposed to bring a medical team, but Doctors Without Borders' frontline hospitals took on that role.
"I will. You know that's a transport helicopter, while our planes are attack helicopters."
Schneider said confidently.
This isn't Marie; there's no high temperature or sandstorm here. This hAd Tiger has been deployed without any problems so far, allowing it to perform at its proper maneuverability.
To be honest, this is not an auspicious name.
The Chinese people suffered from the tiger-like behavior decades ago, but who would have thought that decades later, the Chinese people would follow suit and jump into the same trap.
The fuel tank is full; let's remain restrained. Even the rockets that we might not need are full.
The anti-tank missiles were only symbolically equipped with two Spikes, and the Hellfire was only available to overseas units that did not wear blue helmets and whose fuselages were not painted with UEG markings.
As for tanks, there were Leclercs with pure white paint, which Xia Yu regretted not having equipped in this mixed squadron.
He was more interested in tanks than helicopters, even though one Tiger tank could be traded for several Leclerc tanks.
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~~"
After watching the Tiger take off and disappear into the horizon, Schneider returned to the building and maintained contact with the crew.
"Boom~ Boom~~"
With the final two explosions, even inside the fully enclosed cockpit, Xia Yu could almost smell the gunpowder outside.
More than 8 tons of explosives were detonated in quick succession, clearing a 600-meter-long safety passage. The pollution to the air in the area is undeniable and will not dissipate in a short time.
Fortunately, after passing through the mixed minefield, Sergei and his men didn't have to struggle as much with the subsequent single anti-tank minefield.
"Thump~ thump~ thump~~"
Weasel S30 uses PMC308 airburst bombs to clear out the mobs in the rainforest.
We don't punish the diligent, we don't punish the lazy, we only punish the blind.
Seeing them break through the minefield and not run away, these are die-hard rebels; we should strike hard.
GpZ-80 took over, the microwave minesweeper already turned on. At this moment, 06 pressed the switch, and the track-type minesweeper opened and went deep into the ground. As the vehicle slowly moved forward, it plowed out a passage that could be passed by armored vehicles.
The T-64B1M followed closely behind, and Xia Yu could see from the commander's panoramic view that every now and then a disc-shaped anti-tank mine would be plowed out and pushed to both sides of the road.
"Boom!"
It was an anti-tank mine with a magnetic induction fuse that was detonated by a mine-clearing device several dozen meters away. This type of mine is more expensive and does not appear frequently in minefields.
The real danger lies in these ordinary landmines. If they are buried too deep, the fuses may even fail, so landmines missed by the mine-clearing plow pose little threat to the convoy.
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~~"
The last volley of rockets flew through the sky; the Massar rocket artillery battalion had fired 800 rockets in 5 rounds.
"Boom~ Boom~ Rumble~~"
A 107mm rocket launcher that had just left its fortifications and been moved to a minefield was overturned by a 122mm rocket.
This is the significance of firepower coverage; if you dare to run around recklessly, you will be shot down. Under concentrated firepower, death is not random at all.
Sasu put down the binoculars, feeling somewhat numb.
He didn't know how many of his more than a thousand men would still be left.
Perhaps he should consider whether to remake the classic and strategically shift his focus along with it?
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