Chapter 10: Firepower First
Early the next morning, combat operations officially began.
The atmosphere was not tense at the beginning, because according to Chen Shen's plan, there would be at least 18 hours between the beginning of the operation and the official engagement.
What are these 18 hours for?
The answer is somewhat awkward: transport artillery.
They spent the last 1,000 yuan to rent a dilapidated Hylux pickup, pulled two gas canisters disguised as building materials around an oversized U-shaped circle, and after a total distance of nearly 110 kilometers, they finally reached the scheduled drop-off point on the west side of Wankang Lane Mountain, which was much farther than their previous bouncing car.
In addition to secrecy and security considerations, another reason is, of course, that these two guns are too heavy to walk a lot.
1.7 meters of cast iron pipes!
250mm inner diameter, wall thickness 12mm!
The barrel alone weighs 420 pounds, and the two gun mounts also weigh more than 110 pounds, and the bouncing car can't pull it at all......
And after they get out of the car, the real test officially begins.
Between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., they had to carry the two guns to the shelling position two hundred meters away from the camp by manpower, and assemble and camouflage them, so that they could not be discovered by the enemy and could not exceed the time limit.
Once it times out, you have to wait another day.
And if you throw the cannon there for a day, the risk of detection rises dramatically.
You can only fight for one.
The distance in a straight line was 900 meters, 400 meters downhill, 500 meters uphill, the first trip was to carry the barrel, and the foursome took 40 minutes.
On the second trip, the time for carrying the gun carriage and shells rose sharply to 70 minutes.
Then came the barrel, the gun carriage and the shells......
The hemp rope used to lift the cannon barrel strangled Chen Shen's shoulders with severe pain, and he was even in a trance.
How does he feel about the same experience as carrying a coffin into the mountain in the countryside in his previous life?
The method is the same, the weight is similar, the only difference is probably that this time you are not allowed to shout the trumpet......
I hope these two coffins can put together all the bandits who have done a lot of evil.
After the last trip was completed, the gun carriage and barrel were assembled, and the camouflage was completed, Chen Shen personally calculated the trajectory and adjusted the angle of the cannon.
At this time, the time is 4:30, and the task is completed ahead of schedule.
Chen Shen himself was so tired that he almost collapsed to the ground, but he couldn't rest.
With the current combat strength of the four-person team, he must not let the other three find their own positions, because under extreme fatigue, their movements are extremely deformed, and if they are not careful, they will be detected by the enemy observing from the tower.
Therefore, he can only go by himself, and he can only stick to one fire point alone, and there will be no fire support.
It had taken him half an hour before he finally made a slow detour from the west side of the camp to the east side, and by this time it was close to five o'clock.
"Check the comms."
Chen Shen lay on the ground and turned on the radio to call in a low voice.
"Number 1 received, in place."
"Received on the 2nd, in place."
"Received on the 3rd, in place."
After getting answers from the three people in turn, Chen Shen breathed a sigh of relief.
"No. 1 and No. 2, note that the shelling will be launched at 5:20, do not move the muzzle, and after the first round of shelling, reset the gun mount according to the position I have marked."
"Understood."
No. 1, No. 2 Li Bang and Bao Qi replied in turn.
"Note No. 3, you are in charge of the southwest tower, I am in charge of the northwest tower, we need to knock out the opponent's light machine gun fire point at the same time 10 seconds before the start of the shelling, after firing the shot, regardless of whether it hits or not, you need to immediately abandon the sniper rifle and use the assault rifle for fire suppression, understand?"
"Understood."
Chen Shen's division of labor was extremely detailed, of course, because the combat quality of the other three was not up to standard, but the lack of running-in training was also one of the major problems.
During this time, in the few days of preparing the gas tank cannon, they also carried out a certain amount of training and tactical learning, but it was basically a temporary cramming, and it was not known how much role they could play, so they could only use the most accurate and rigid subdivision tasks to ensure the efficiency of execution.
Chen Shen continued to issue tasks.
"No. 1, No. 2, after the completion of the shelling, organize the shooting according to the predetermined position, note, the principle of firing is: No. 1 is responsible for 2 buildings in the southwest area, No. 2 and No. 3 are responsible for the central square, and I am responsible for the rest of the area."
"If there is a gap in any area, and you support other areas, you will select the target in the order of the three of you and fire in turn, understand?"
"Understood."
The trio replied again.
Such a target selection is actually very dull and inaccurate.
But there is no way, in the open space, after all, a squad cannot always use the principle of proximity and the strategy of the zone of responsibility to quickly select the enemy like CQB operations, Chen Shen's purpose is to ensure that the firepower is not wasted too much as much as possible.
Of course, even such a strategy is quite novel to the other three.
How can they be trained in this way?
Even the commander didn't know what firepower efficiency was, and only knew how to shout "fight Lao Tzu" at high-value targets.
Bao Qi and Li Bang admired Chen Shen even more, and Shi Dakai also took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the handle of the SVD, and aimed it at the machine gunner who was resting against the wall on the target tower.
"Finally, when I gave the order to move forward, everyone immediately advanced quickly to position 2, and no shots were allowed in the process, understand?"
Shooting was not allowed to be taken to ensure the concealment of the advance, and at 5 o'clock, the sun had not yet risen in northern Myanmar, and the light was dim, so it was not so easy to find the target in the chaos after being attacked.
"Understood!"
Receive a reply and you're all set.
Chen Shen lay quietly on the ground, the triangle in the scope locked onto the enemy on the northwest tower.
At the same time, he was ready to use the mechanical sight under the PSO-1.
He couldn't just rely on the light sight, because he didn't trust Shi Dakai.
Even if it's just 200 meters, what if he misses? He's just learned how to use a sniper rifle!
Then, you have to replenish the gun quickly---- light sight can't do this, only mechanical sights can do it.
"Count down to 1 minute, start loading shells."
Chen Shen gave the order, Li Bang and Bao Qi immediately took action, and Chen Shen's heartbeat began to speed up suddenly.
This is the most dangerous time.
The two of them will be able to reload quickly regardless of the danger they are exposed, and they must keep an eye on the light machine gunner in the tower and deal with it at the slightest occurrence.
"Countdown to 15 seconds, 5, 4, 3 ......"
“2,1! Fire! ”
Chen Shen pulled the trigger, and the machine gunner in the northwest corner fell to the ground.
He then pulled his gun to the left and checked the situation of the machine gunner in the southwest corner, and found that he had also fallen to the ground.
Chen Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately after, two gas canisters and cannons went off.
"Boom!"
The cannonballs flew out with their primitive, fiery fuses, streaking a trail of smoke in the overlit sky.
Li Bang and Bao Qi stared nervously at the cannonball, while Chen Shen scolded angrily:
"Stop the shells! Get into the firing position and fire! ”
The two of them who had just woken up from a dream rushed forward and raised their guns to aim, and in the space of three seconds, Chen Shen had already used SVD again to knock down a patrol bandit who had heard the gunshots and came out from behind the barracks to check the situation.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
Three 81 bars spewed tongues of fire violently, and the first round of suppressive shots was carried out on various buildings.
At the same time, the gas canister flying high fell down.
......
At this time, Wan Ho Nai was in the camp.
One of the bandits was awakened from his sleep by the sound of violent gunshots, and he subconsciously reached out to grab the gun, but at this moment, a louder bang exploded in front of him.
"Boom!"
Something, smashed through the roof and landed at his feet.
He is full of gall, such a situation can only be artillery shelling by the military!
He peed in the first place, really peed.
But just when he thought he was about to die, he suddenly saw the thing under his feet.
"It's a gas canister."
The man in the barracks who had just been awakened spoke.
"Gas canisters, ......"
He saw it clearly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Gas canisters, then it's fine......."
"Boom!"
......
A gas canister shell hit Dayun directly and landed in the largest living barracks pre-marked by Chen Shen, where there were at least 5 enemies, and only 1 escaped.
The other shot landed on the edge of the square, nearly 40 meters away from the intended target.
However, the power of the two shells directly shocked Chen Shen.
The barracks were torn to powder.
The cannonball that exploded in the square, the shock wave carried debris across the entire square larger than two basketball courts.
He saw with his own eyes a bandit who had just burst out of the gate had his left leg cut off by flying shards, and then fell in an extremely twisted manner.
And the unlucky guy who happened to be near the landing point was directly blown into a burst of blood mist.......
"it."
Chen Shen couldn't help but open the microphone.
"Is this thing that powerful??"