"Fireball technique? That's a memory from when Dad first came to work in Afica. Its power is probably equivalent to an RG-60TB thermobaric grenade."
Xia Yu said with a look of reminiscence.
He got through those lonely and isolated days by reading books on Qidian.com during his student days, including urban fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction.
Not many have survived to this day; most have been fed to the censors.
Perhaps it was because they sacrificed themselves that his system came into being!
"As for the effect of the rocket, it will at least need the Fire Cloud Talisman. When I get back to my hometown, I'll have your great-uncle draw a few for fun."
My uncle has only ever drawn peace charms for himself. Asking him to draw a charm that can't be activated would be asking for a beating, but who knows if it will happen a generation later.
Even a carpenter uncle can make slingshots and carve wooden swords for a child, so why can't a Taoist uncle draw a couple of talismans for the child?
The father can add the special effects himself; flamethrowers and thermobaric rockets are plentiful.
"Dad, I also want that kind of talisman that can summon wind and rain."
Hearing her father say that, Little Yuzu became interested.
"Anything is fine, everything is fine."
Xia Yu said, taking full responsibility.
It's just a rain-inducing rocket; as long as you have silver iodide, you can print as many as you want.
"Dad, I want the kind that can freeze zombies."
"I want the Heavenly Thunder Spear..."
Charles and Charlotte, the siblings, chimed in eagerly.
Right now, in their eyes, Dad is still the omnipotent Dad, but as they grow older, they will find that Dad also has his limits.
After sleeping in the tent for one night, the novelty wore off, and the three little ones started clamoring to go back. The environment at the outpost camp was definitely not as good as the Sherlock.
There's no need for someone so young to suffer unnecessarily. Going back is fine; we'll take action tonight anyway.
Let Uncle Hans take them back to Moy Air Base, while Xia Yu stays behind to make final preparations for the battle.
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"The concentrated fire defense is still undergoing maintenance."
Abdi asked his men, explaining that he had been keeping watch near the "outpost camp" of the concentrated fire defense, and thus had a grasp of the enemy's movements during this period.
"Yes, they had so many tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, but none of them could get in. Only a few light armored vehicles were able to drive into the mountains."
The subordinate quickly reported this.
"If we had known it would be like this, we should have retreated into the mountains sooner. It's such a pity to lose so many people."
With a long sigh, Abdi said with emotion.
"However, these vast mountains can stop the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that are engaged in concentrated fire defense, but they can't stop their armed helicopters. Fortunately, I got a batch of portable anti-aircraft missiles from Su Dan. Let's distribute them to several important strongholds!"
Xia Yu was deliberately downplaying the company's attack helicopter units, but Abdi understood Jihuo Defense's combat style!
No attack helicopters were deployed in the first phase of the operation, and the enemy assumed that the armored vehicle convoy could take them down in plains warfare, so there was no need for attack helicopters to be involved.
The second phase of mountain warfare was different. Apart from the Americans being able to use fighter jets to drop bombs, the only thing the concentrated fire defense could deploy was armed helicopters.
Therefore, it is only natural for Abdi to take targeted precautions.
The two factions in Su Dan haven't started fighting yet, but warlords are warlords, and their men are selling weapons like hotcakes.
The multiple rocket launchers used by the Sudan youth team were sourced from Sudan, as were their portable anti-aircraft missiles.
As for the model, it's no longer a Soviet product. Back then, they imported the FN-6, and they were secretly selling that model as well.
Xia Yu, who had already guessed this, wanted to say something: "We are all born of the same root, why are we so eager to harm each other?"
Fortunately, the conflict won't occur at the concentrated fire defense; they have a trump card.
The training camp base, along with 4 launchers and 8 missiles, and anti-aircraft gunners, were delivered together. On the night the person in charge gave them extra food, the 4th team, having finished their rest, had already ambushed the vicinity of the base.
"These guys live much more scattered than the Baloch people, so the bombing by Horseshoe Bat and his men won't be very effective later."
Looking at the scattered kerosene lamps and candlelight, Lucas spoke.
This place is called a stronghold, but there is no fence at all. The shacks and mud houses are more scattered than a village. The other side obviously does not want to be wiped out in one fell swoop.
"Team leader, isn't this exactly why we're here?"
“You’re right. No matter how scattered they are, none of these 500-plus people will be able to escape tonight.”
Old Lu said confidently.
Time passed by, and after the members of the Zhomali Youth Team finished chewing the last bite of catechu leaves, they drifted off to sleep in blissful comfort thanks to the ephedrine-like substances in the leaves.
Just 10 kilometers away, a bombing squadron of four F-16s dropped the first laser-guided bomb.
"Boom boom boom boom"
The violent explosion woke everyone up.
They frantically grabbed their AKs, but the rifles were useless against the bombardment.
At this distance, a portable anti-aircraft missile is essentially useless.
Fortunately, they were experienced enough in being bombed that they knew staying in the house at a time like this would mean certain death.
We must run out and spread out sufficiently.
"Boom boom boom boom"
The reverse slope and dense trees blocked the flying shrapnel, so as long as you weren't unlucky enough to be in the center of the blast, the chances of survival were still quite high.
However, the continuous explosions masked the roar of the helicopter rotors. The members of the Chamari youth team, whose night vision and thermal imaging equipment were far less readily available than those of BLA, could neither see nor pay attention to the helicopter fleet in the night.
"Homelander No. 1 and No. 2 have locked onto their targets. Calling in artillery support from line C."
Lucas contacted the nearest mortar position, and two coded laser beams swept towards the mud houses that Horseshoe Bat and his men had left behind.
As for why they're called Homelander, well, heroes whose eyes can shoot laser beams are called that in a line!
"C-line received, maintain irradiation guidance!"
Two MH1705 120mm laser-guided mortar rounds, each fully loaded with horseshoe-shaped modular propellant charges, were inserted into the muzzle of a PBP172 titanium alloy mortar.
"Bang bang"
The first shot of the high-explosive shell kicked up a lot of dirt. As the shell flew to the end of its flight, the semi-active laser-guided fuze started to work.
It "saw" the laser beam corresponding to the code written before launch, and the pulse rocket began to fine-tune its flight attitude to correct firing errors.
"boom"
The 120mm mortar shell hit the target precisely.
Mortars need to be guided to fully utilize their advantages; conventional shells have a range of several tens of meters, which is still quite large, making them unsuitable for attacking armored or fortified targets from above. How can we maximize the damage to the enemy?
As a pioneer in the PMC (Potentially Targeted Munitions) industry, Jihuo Defense is attempting to achieve full precision guidance for its munitions.
Aerial bombs, rocket pods, rocket launchers, howitzers, and mortars all use guided munitions; battles that can be resolved with conventional ammunition will be assigned to the second-line village defense teams.
The frontline headquarters only accepts the most difficult and profitable business.
"Splash splash"
Amidst the background noise of gunfire, two CH-46Es landed on two selected hilltops.
As soon as the tail hatch opened, two air-dropped anti-aircraft vehicles rushed out. Meanwhile, the CH-47D Chinook and two other Sea Knights approached the edge of point A.
"Buzz"
Three Weasel airborne combat vehicles crashed off the plane.
"Knock knock knock"
The RH202 and BK-27 cannons roared alternately, tearing apart all soft targets in the direction their muzzles swept.
Limited by its tonnage, even the heavily armored Weasel could only withstand 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds, but in the chaotic stronghold of A, where were there any heavy machine gun emplacements?
The sporadic roar of PKM had barely begun when it was met with a barrage of rockets from the low-flying Old Deer Tiger and Longbow Cross Deer, leaving the attacked Champa youth team members unable to mount an effective counterattack.
Yes, except for anti-aircraft gunners.
In battle royale, they're actually quite hard to find. Just as the ScanEagle locked onto the target and sent the feedback:
"Whoosh!"
Two slender portable anti-aircraft missiles shot out of their launch tubes, heading straight for the Longbow Cross Deer that was spitting fire in the sky.
"Duka"
The 23mm six-barreled Gatling guns on the two airborne anti-aircraft vehicles began to roar.
"Boom boom"
The main rocket had barely been ignited for two seconds when the two FN-6 missiles, which were in the acceleration phase of takeoff, were destroyed in mid-air.
Although it is an airborne platform, this type of air defense vehicle has a larger caliber than the land-based Phalanx CIWS, but its rate of fire is slightly slower, its ammunition capacity is smaller, and its combat endurance is slightly shorter.
But air-dropped anti-aircraft vehicles are designed to be highly efficient in a short time.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"
Xia Yu fired 20 S-8 high-explosive rounds directly at the direction from which the portable missiles were coming.
"Boom boom boom boom"
The explosion's flames engulfed the gunner who stood there dumbfounded, reloading the spare missile into the launcher.
With only one firing opportunity at such close range, the anti-aircraft gunner of the Zhāmali youth team, lacking experience, went down to meet his maker in his first real battle.
There's no way around it; you can't win just by knowing how to operate and use weapons and equipment. Experience and tactics are also very important.
The old doe and the longbow crossbow were reaping heads in the center of stronghold A, while the remaining two upgraded Mi-24Ps were hunting down the terrified deserters on the outskirts.
Militants trapped inside their strongholds are also targets of ground forces.
The roar of the machine guns struck everyone's hearts like the tolling of death bells, but the three Weasels were mostly suppressing the enemy with firepower.
After all, machine guns can only fire three to five rounds at a time, making the targets unable to raise their heads, while the infantry rifles that cooperate with them can take down a target with two or three rounds at a time.
Throwing away the gun and pretending to be dead next to his comrade's body is useless.
Some were bullets fired by the combat employees one by one, ensuring that no one escaped.
The high-frequency output continued for half an hour before the sounds of gunfire gradually subsided.
"This efficiency isn't much worse than advancing on flat ground!"
Xia Yu couldn't help but say as he controlled the deer-tiger, which had run out of ammunition, to land on the leveled training ground.
"Calling A line, bombard point B under the guidance of the drone. Tonight is the opening battle, we must make it exciting."
He made contact with the outermost M-777 gun crew.
"Yes, boss!"
Kuhn and his men, who had only fired fewer than ten shells, were a little unsatisfied. Fortunately, Xia Yu gave them a new mission.
The laser-guided projectile, adapted for NATO 155mm howitzers, was pushed into the gun barrel and locked in place. Then, the modular propellant charge was inserted into the chamber.
Unlike propellant cartridges that integrate a primer, this thing requires a good primer to be fired before it can be ignited.
"Thump"
The shrew yanked the tether hard, and the GP-6 missile from Ai Zizai Na was launched, with the folding fins at the front and rear of the missile automatically unfolding.
"boom"
Guided by the coded laser beam fired by the ScanEagle, this special 155mm shell accurately hit its target—the largest earthen house in Outpost B.
On this artillery position, the artillery crew members also completed setting the fuse for the second shell.
"Thump"
The breechblock closed and locked, the wolverine pulled down a lever, and an M82 metal primer from the magazine-type primer loading device was pushed into the primer chamber. The shrew pulled the tether and fired another round.
The 12 GP-6 rounds woke up everyone at base B. Unfortunately, Abdi wasn't there, but he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight either.
"What? You were attacked by artillery, and with large-caliber shells at that? How is that possible!"
Upon hearing this news, Abdi's first reaction was disbelief.
You say it's normal for Americans to drop bombs on their heads, but where would you find large-caliber howitzers in the deep mountains and forests?
They were transported by helicopter!
The precision-guided bombs were all dropped in the first wave of attacks; these shells were just for show.
When Abdi realized something was wrong, he discovered that he could no longer contact the people at the training camp.
A bad feeling crept into my heart. Could it be that the concentrated fire defense had made its move?
Even if they did take action, there should have been some kind of information leaked out.
This is not difficult; it can be achieved by conducting comprehensive electromagnetic interference on base A. This is also the first time Xia Yu has tried this tactic to prevent the target from sending back useful information.
Seeing that the training camp outpost was about to collapse, the person in charge could not contact the leader by radio or satellite phone until he was taken away by a rocket.
He had done his best, but some people lacked sportsmanship and pulled their "telephone lines".
"We should have done it this way a long time ago. We can't give them the opportunity to exchange intelligence and learn from their experiences."
Back at the outpost, Xia Yu said at the post-battle debriefing meeting.
To render the enemy blind and deaf, the previous concentrated fire defense did not pay attention to this aspect, which often resulted in promising initial results but a protracted "tug-of-war" in the later stages.
The personnel losses were not significant, but the time and resources lost were substantial. Xia Yu wanted to conclude the second phase of the operation within a quarter and withdraw before April, which required a strategy similar to this operation.
The consequence of blocking operational intelligence from the training camp outpost was that the remaining members of the Zhāmali Youth Team were like frightened birds.
They always thought that the towering mountains could stop the concentrated fire defense, but little did they know that the other side had silently killed more than 500 of them.
None of them wanted to be next, so the drones discovered during subsequent surveillance that the other side had begun digging various fortifications on the spot and strengthened nighttime patrols to prevent being attacked by concentrated fire.
"That's more like it! How can we do justice to pearls if we just chew leaves all day? Digging some tunnels is better than lying around!"
Xia Yu was very pleased to see such a change in the other person.
"Wait a minute, boss, won't they die even faster doing this?"
Digging fortifications and setting up firing positions will indeed lead to a faster death.
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