Chapter Eighty-Eight: Daily Life in the War Zone
The Humvee convoy staggered along the way, with the sniper duo getting out of the car and leaving the team in between.
The sniper tactics of the Bald Eagle army are different from those of the snipers of the Hairy Bear Country in China. Snipers from Europe and the United States usually operate in two-person operations and have a high battlefield priority. They can choose their own positions, choose their own targets, and so on.
Chen Ming doesn't know sniper tactics, but fortunately, he is now a soy sauce player. Just hug the thigh of Chris, a genuine Navy SEAL sniper.
The two of them were the last to get out of the car. According to the convoy driver, it was because Chris was the best sniper in the SEALs, and unlike other sniper teams who were free to hunt, he needed to provide cover for the frontal troops.
"Hey, Chen. Are you a sniper? Also, what kind of gun are you? Looks a bit like the M14? ”
Chris and Chen Ming were lying on the terrace of a small building at this time. After a few days of contact, the two have become more acquainted, and seeing the strange firearm that Chen Ming is holding by his side, Chris can't help but ask.
"I'm not, it's okay to hit 200 meters, but it's not okay if it's more. I don't know about this, but when I saw that there was just such a handful in the warehouse, it should be a good thing, so I brought it. ”
Chen Ming replied with a smile. He didn't choose to tell the truth, because it was hard to explain, and now the gun is not finalized. He chose this gun just because he thought of the "sister control" in the chicken game he played in his previous life, and took it to fill in the extension of firepower.
Unlike the sniper's positioning, he misses a shot, and the semi-automatic firing method of this gun also allows him to quickly rifle, so it is the best choice at the moment.
"Looks good. Do you like to shoot sniper rifles? ”
Chris nodded a little amusedly, it is rare for an officer to admit his thoughts so bluntly.
"You know I'm a flying officer, and if I had been a few years earlier, I wouldn't have been a lieutenant. Of course, it would be nice if you had the opportunity to play farther...... Notice the balcony in front of you, where a man of military age is on the phone! ”
Chen Ming was talking when he suddenly saw an Arab man talking on the balcony of the small building in front of the advance route of the tanks and infantry below.
"Do you think he's watching our troops' movements?"
"50% likely."
Chen Ming heard Chris's inquiry, and his eggs hurt a little. But seeing that the man on the balcony was calling with his back to the Marine Corps who were marching together with Butan, Chen Ming raised the proportion of some negatives.
But that doesn't mean you can let your guard down. Although it was the first time they were on the battlefield, they were warned by another Navy SEAL sniper in the Humvee. Here, any man of military age is here to kill you.
There are some absolutes in this statement, because there are some that are really harmless, and on the other hand, there are people who are not of military service age, whether they are men, women, young or old, who can end your life.
"Notice, on the balcony of the second floor of the small red building ahead, there is a man of military service age who is on the phone. Be vigilant! ”
Chen Ming held down the headset and gave a warning to the Marines below. Chris is now adjusting the sniper parameters, these Chen Ming can't help, what he can do is to share the pressure of Chris's work as much as possible, so that he can shoot quickly. This is also the tacit understanding that the two have cultivated in the past few days.
"Roger! Let's go to control right away. ”
"Stay safe and enter the small building, we can't provide cover. Subject has not yet left the balcony. ”
Chris heard the Marine Corps commander's reply, and he also spoke in the headset. He was now engrossed in staring at the man on the balcony who seemed to be getting more and more agitated. Chen Ming, on the other hand, consciously looked his scope at the road in front of the Marine Corps and the doorways on both sides.
It is 180 meters away from Xiaolou, which is still within the range that Chen Ming has a precise grasp.
"The target enters the house and loses his vision!"
In Chen Ming's scope, the soldiers of the Marine Corps broke through the door. The sound of the door breaking startled the man on the phone, and he turned to enter the house. Chris next to him immediately reported the situation.
Moments later, the man stumbled out of the house. There was no sound in the headset, but Chen Ming and Chris both let out a sigh of relief. They have encountered a lot of this situation in the past few days.
The plot of the homeland is not only for the Chinese, and in the past few days, they have also encountered a lot of nail households in the war zone.
From the nervousness of the first discovery of the target, to the final Marines breaking the goal and driving away. The repetitive and monotonous process not only made the soldiers of the Marine Corps feel bored, but also Chen Ming and Chris were a little bored.
Chen Ming thought that he had entered the war zone as he wished, and he should be able to see the thrilling scene of artillery fire and guns and bullets flying everywhere. But he never expected that the battle of the Bald Eagle army would be so boring.
Before the frontal troops attacked, the artillery first ploughed the ground, as if they didn't want money, and the shells smashed almost everything in front of them into ruins, and their soldiers would advance to search. Even at this point, the searching soldiers are protected by tank armor in front and sniper cover in the back.
Although Chen Mingde admits that this mode of combat is very demanding on national strength, and the soldiers will be very comfortable. But it's really boring. After all, people are not stupid, and in the face of such artillery fire, as long as it is not a city of great strategic significance, there will be no army left to fight in the streets.
But when it came to the civilians who remained in the city sporadically, the bald eagle soldiers could not let their guard down. Who knows when a human bomb will pop up among these civilians?
Finally stayed up until nightfall, and when the sniper team in charge of taking over arrived, Chen Ming and Chris dragged their tired bodies back to the camp.
"Hey, are you two open?"
In the dormitory, a soldier is leaning on a bed, flipping through a comic book in his hand. Seeing Chen Ming and the others coming back, he teased.
Chen Ming shook his head helplessly. Not to mention them these days, the other groups basically have no chance to shoot, and Sumir should have been abandoned.
"Chen, this is for you."
Chen Ming put the gun away, and as soon as he took off the bulletproof vest, he saw Chris hand over a card-like thing.
"What is this?"
A two-layer card sleeve with two cut-outs on the front. In the middle, there is a card that is a little brighter and can be twitched up and down, with a lot of numbers on it.
"Mildot Master, a must-have little card for snipers. If you want to play precision, I think it will be very helpful for you. ”
"Here, Target Size, there are these things on the side that look like little black dots in the scope. This will help you see the size of the target, and then use the Target Range to determine exactly how far the target is. ”
Chris said to Chen Ming while pointing to the card.
"And then there's this side, Bullet Drop, and the numbers here will tell you how much the bullet is falling. This side is MOA and here is MILS, you see, with the twitching of this card. ”
Chen Ming watched Chris swipe up and down with a bright card in the middle, only need to determine one parameter, and the rest of the data will be displayed accurately.
The eyes are getting brighter and brighter, which is a good thing!
"Chris, are you taking an apprentice?"