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Chapter 4193 Violent shelling

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    Just as the Moroccans were cautiously searching forward, there was suddenly another huge explosion on the flank.

    "What's going on?" the Moroccan commander said sternly.

    "It's another roadside bomb. One of our reconnaissance teams triggered this bomb while moving sideways." One of his soldiers hurried over to report.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell them to proceed with caution?¡± the Moroccan commander said loudly.

    "We were very careful, but the road ahead was full of obstacles. We wanted to push a scrapped vehicle away so that our armored vehicle could move forward. Unexpectedly, the vehicle suddenly exploded, not only the explosion inside  There are still many anti-personnel steel balls, and we have lost several more infantrymen." The soldier who came to report whispered.

    Because of this bomb, other Moroccan infantrymen no longer dared to walk in front of the armored vehicles, and most of them relied on the cover of the armored vehicles to advance.  This slowed them down even more.  If the advance of the front troops slows down, then the troops in the rear can only slowly follow behind.

    The formation of the Moroccans entering the town was stretched out, and the line became a very long one.  As for the follow-up armored troops, they gathered on the outskirts of the town and formed a large cluster.

    The Moroccan commander was angrily ordering to speed up, but as soon as he put down the phone in his hand, a sound suddenly rang in his ear. The sound was weird and sharp.  But all soldiers know what's going on.

    "Shellardment!!! Shelling! Seek cover!" Someone was already shouting crazily outside.

    These Moroccan soldiers are no strangers to shelling. They are an independent armored regiment and often cooperate with artillery in artillery and tank coordinated operations.

    During the war, artillerymen opened roads in front to clear obstacles, and armored tanks followed to launch a surprise attack. The minimum distance for coordination was only 300 meters, and the artillery shells almost flew over their heads.  As the bullets passed by, they were carried by the strong wind and made a huge roar overhead.

    With more experience, the soldiers gradually adapted to the battlefield environment, and in the future they could still hear the howling of artillery shells.  Whenever someone hears the sharp and long whistle of a cannonball, he usually ignores it and does whatever he needs to do.

    Because this kind of whistling indicates that the artillery shells are passing very high and far in the sky, with the purpose of hitting targets further away, and it has little to do with them.

    But if it is a whistling sound that comes suddenly and disappears quickly, with no context, then you need to pay attention, and you may even have to lie down immediately.  Because this sound indicates that the cannonball is not too far away from you.

    If it is a "puff puff" sound, low and rapid, like the muffled sound of a huge spinning top flying above your head, then you should lie down immediately, even if you don't have time to find a low-lying place to lie down.  No.

    The shell will only make this "puff-puff-puff" sound when it falls at close range, which is the strange cry of death.

    In an observation station, Lin Rui held up a telescope and looked carefully.

    The Western Sahara troops' mortars of various calibers, 60, 82, and 100, fired several projectiles like a band, emitting the long strings of a violin ensemble, passing leisurely overhead, and gradually faded away silently.  Then, within a visible distance, a group of fireworks first rose up, and then several thunder explosions exploded.

    Because the propagation speeds of light and sound are different, the hearing and witnessing of artillery shells exploding in the distance are not synchronized.  When the artillery group shoots at a target, you will see many purple-red light balls flashing at the target.

    Then mushroom-shaped smoke and dust gradually rose up. From a distance, it looked like many gray-white giant trees suddenly grew up on the mountain.  After a few seconds, ten seconds, or even dozens of seconds, the sound of explosions came, like continuous muffled thunder.

    Since then, the mushroom cloud has continued to expand, gradually covering the target completely.  When the smoke clouds slowly drifted away with the wind, what they saw was ruins.

    The Moroccan troops were in chaos for a while, with vehicles and personnel panicking and not choosing the right path.  These cannonballs seemed to have calculated their position and dropped them desperately.  Large-caliber artillery will create huge craters. The crater of the 152 plus howitzer can even fit a van. After several volleys are fired, the entire area will be beyond recognition, and even the main battle tank will be overturned.

    By comparison, the crater of the smallest 60mm mortar is only as big as a washbasin, and the explosion point of a mortar landed on a cement road is just a few fist-sized craters.  Although it doesn't look very powerful and can be almost ignored by tanks, it does a lot of damage to infantry.

    The infantry fighting in coordination with the tanks became the main target of the attack at this time. The artillery group fired a salvo, various artillery shells exploded everywhere, and the shrapnel flying randomly was very lethal to the infantry.  The roads that originally allowed them to pass were relatively narrow and full of obstacles and collapsed buildings.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The line of sight between the armored vehicles and the armored vehicles was not very good. At this time, there was another explosion, and the infantrymen fell down in panic or fled in all directions.  Tanks and armored vehicles can only stop temporarily in order to avoid crushing and killing infantry.

    But even so, the casualties of the infantry were still considerable. The shrapnel from the explosion was flying, killing or injuring people. Many shrapnel fell on the solid armor, forming ricochet and becoming more irregular, sputtering everywhere.  .

    In fact, many infantrymen were not killed directly by the bombing, but died from the flying shrapnel.

    The Moroccan commander was shocked and angry. "Immediately lock the enemy's artillery position, and the third and fourth companies will go around and raid the enemy's artillery camp!! Capture the enemy's artillery position."

    But in fact, it is difficult to accurately estimate the launch position of the mortar, because this gun is a curved fire gun.  Its ballistic trajectory is a high parabola, not a cannon with a low and flat trajectory.  Therefore, the location of the mortar position is not so easy to grasp.  Although the approximate direction can be determined, the distance is not very easy to grasp.

    After receiving the order, the two armored companies immediately turned around and killed them. However, not long after they went out, news came that they encountered anti-tank mines one after another in front.  Two tanks were destroyed and one had its tracks damaged and unable to move forward.

    "Damn, it's a trap! These hateful Western Saharans have set a trap for us." The Moroccan commander immediately realized that this was an ambush against them and immediately ordered his subordinates' third and fourth companies to withdraw.

    "The tanks maintained a loose formation, and the infantry used nearby buildings to find cover. They used mortars, which were not very powerful and mainly targeted infantry. Moreover, they did not have large-scale artillery, nor did they have many artillery shell reserves. This  After the round of attacks, they don't have many artillery shells left." The Moroccan commander shouted, "Hold it."

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