Chapter 519: Positional Warfare with Less
"Bang Bang -ββ"
"Bang Bang Bangβ"
The sound of fire from different guns was intertwined, and at the first moment of spotting the enemy infantry, the Dongfeng Corps immediately began to counterattack.
At this time, the distance between the two sides is at least 400 meters, and it stands to reason that those JD elements who have not undergone targeted training should be driving pickup trucks and rushing forward to send big targets to the faces of anti-tank missiles and RPGs of the Dongfeng Corps.
But in reality, they played quite smart.
There were no vehicles in sight, and the moment they crossed the dunes, they were all unfurled, moving in all directions in pieces.
The lethality of heavy machine guns, mortars, and automatic grenades has been weakened to the limit, and in the face of enemy forces that are even more than 1 kilometer horizontally and vertically, the firepower density of the Dongfeng Corps is somewhat stretched.
What Chen Shen didn't expect was that the discipline of the JD armed forces on the other side was quite amazing.
They did not make any superfluous movements and did not even carry out fire cover.
They are all about running around the sand, using their speed to avoid bullets, and using their lives to buy time for their teammates to move forward.
With 24 men, 8 general-purpose machine guns, and 6 precision marksmen, this configuration is an absolute firepower center on most battlefields.
However, after the opponent expanded the scope of the engagement, the Dongfeng Corps only caused less than 10 casualties to the opponent at a distance of 100 meters in the first 100 meters!
And out of these 10 people, 8 people were killed by precision shooters!
The suppressive power of the general-purpose machine gun was not exerted at all, and the opposing side was marching very fast.
At a distance of three hundred meters, Chen Shen had already picked up the AK-74M assault rifle in his hand.
However, he soon discovered that this thing really didn't work very well in mid-range engagements!
Beyond one's power!
The fixed quadruple magnification of the PSO-1 scope should have been strong at this distance, but due to the desert glare and the poor visibility caused by the sand and dust, Chen Shen can be said to be extremely uncomfortable.
In three consecutive shots, he actually failed to hit a single enemy, and between these three shots, the distance between the opponent and his own side has been reduced to 250 meters, and the enemy's dispersal range has been further expanded.
"!"
Chen Shen spat out the sand in his mouth and threw down the gun in his hand a little helplessly.
It wasn't until this moment that he really felt the gap between guns and sights.
Perhaps in a large-scale battle, this gap is simply not enough to influence the tide of the war.
I can't hit it at a distance of 300 meters, but I can always hit it at 200 meters.
If the number of people is equal, there is actually no difference between a battle from 300 meters and a battle from 200 meters.
But the problem is that what they have to do now is to annihilate as many enemy forces as possible with an absolute numerical inferiority.
This means that they must seize every opportunity to attack.
Chen Shen took a deep breath, threw away the AK-74M in his hand, and replaced it with the SVDK on the side.
This gun is equipped with a 1PN58 NSPUM passive thermal imaging sight from Mao Zi, which is specially configured by the Dongfeng Corps in order to adapt to the possible night battle environment.
It was supposed to be at least 500 meters away, but now, it can only be used for "melee kills" at a distance of 200 meters!
"Bang!"
With a four-fold magnification scope, Chen Shen quickly locked onto an enemy who was suffering from heavy physical exertion and was lying down and resting in a bunker.
The bullet cut through the sand and tore the man's skull open.
Blood was splashed, and the sand had been dyed red, but at this time, Chen Shen had quickly turned to a new target.
"The enemy is 150 meters away!"
On the radio, the drone operator loudly reported:
"The enemy on the eastern side formed a small-scale arrow breakthrough formation, mortar interception, artillery against the green diamond-shaped bushes of the dunes!"
"Roger, cannon on the diamond bush."
The voice fell, and several 60mm mortar shells fell with a whistling sound.
After several explosions in quick succession, the entire grove was almost completely blown away.
The JD elements hiding in the bushes scattered in all directions, which happened to give the machine gun a chance.
The two general-purpose machine guns quickly turned their muzzles and opened fire, and after a long burst of fire, all the enemies who had broken through to 100 meters were brought down!
"Damn, what's going on with these people, how can they be so skilled in tactics?!"
The white dog beside Chen Shen couldn't help but scold, but Chen Shen was still holding the SVDK and shooting steadily one shot at a time.
"This is no ordinary JD element, this is the main force of the Order Army."
"All of them are from the regular army, and both their will to fight and their tactical level are much stronger than those JD elements who have just learned to shoot."
"It's time to get into the crossfire, get ready!"
Chen Shen put down the SVDK in his hand and changed into his AK-74M again, and at this time, the militants of the Order Army, who had advanced to within 150 meters, finally fired for the first time!
"Bang Bang -ββ"
The bullets hit the sand dunes intensively, and their accuracy is not "top-notch", but it is definitely not the kind of stroke marksmanship that can make you stand up and fight without worrying about being swept by bullets!
The Dongfeng Corps, which only had 24 people, was suppressed in an instant, and even Chen Shen himself was taken care of!
The opposite team is indeed not weak.
Whether it is command and dispatch, order execution, or battlefield resource management, and high-value target identification, although they are not so good, at least, every action is there!
Coupled with the advantage in numbers, they can make use of more dense firepower to make up for the lack of technology!
At this time, the JD molecules, which had been scattered and rushed, had gradually begun to converge.
They were like a big bag, gradually enveloping the Dongfeng Corps in it.
And, their goals are quite clear.
They didn't even glance at Tabukado behind the Dongfeng Corps, they just wanted to concentrate on killing this roadblock first, and then they could get in in a good time!
"There are not enough people! Let Suhail abandon the city first and bring people to support! β
Chen Shen ordered loudly, but at this time, the drone pilot brought him bad news.
"Skirmishes have broken out in the city! There are a handful of militants who are causing massacres! β
"Suhail was dragged back, he can't get over!"
The inside should be the outside.
Chen Shen frowned, he knew that the battle in Tabka City would definitely not be fierce.
It is even possible that it is the splash caused by the death struggle of two or three fish that have slipped through the net.
But can you really let it go? ββ
Damn, didn't you just get shot?!
"Hold on to what!? Let Suhail leave a few people to organize the militia to maintain order, and all the others will be pulled over for me! β
"Understood!"
Xia Xing's voice came from the radio, and at the moment when the battle broke out, she had already withdrawn to Tabka City with a clear idea, and at this time, she had already withdrawn to the camp and assumed the responsibility of centering and dispatching.
"How long will it take?"
Chen Shen continued to ask.
"15 minutes!"
15 minutes, that's not a long time.
But on the premise that it is impossible to retreat, this means that the Dongfeng Corps must be carried for fifteen minutes.
The experience of history has taught him that any special forces will not have a good result in a head-on confrontation with large-scale infantry, because everyone is equal under the bullet, you can put down others with one shot, and others can put you down with one shot!
This kind of positional warfare is fought to tolerate mistakes.
And the smaller the number of people, the lower the fault tolerance!
"AGS prepares, in 10 seconds start a lateral coverage bombardment of the 150-meter area in front of me!"
"Roger, bomb in 10 seconds, pay attention to concealment!"
"Everyone throws smoke grenades to block the enemy's view! Hold back the time! β
"Understood!"
Chen Shen gave an order, and dozens of smoke bombs were thrown forward.
But it's a pity that in the current battlefield environment, smoke grenades can play too little role!
Not only are there not enough smoke grenades to completely obscure the battlefield, but the increasingly strong westerly winds have greatly weakened the effectiveness of the smoke grenades.
However, fortunately, the enemy did not have much advanced observation equipment, and after the smoke grenades were thrown, their range of maneuver was greatly limited, and the offensive slowed down.
Immediately after that, grenades began to fall in a dense manner.
"Boom, boom, boom-ββ"
A line of fire across the battlefield was pulled apart, and the enemy in the smoke received a heavy blow.
"Take advantage of this opportunity to fight!"
The suppressed Dongfeng Corps quickly launched a counterattack, and at this time, the distance between the enemy and us was less than a hundred meters.
And this distance is the distance at which the gap between the shooting levels is most vividly reflected!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! β
Almost everyone tacitly adjusted the guns in their hands to single-shot burst mode, and under the rhythmic gunfire, more than 20 JD elements have been killed in just one probe time!
The counter-attack produced a small climax, however, they were still too far from sealing the win.
"Boom!"
A large puff of smoke suddenly erupted on Chen Shen's right side, and he subconsciously fell to the ground, while a member of the team on his right was already moaning in pain.
"First aid!"
"Enemy mortars! Drone! Find out for me right away! β
"4 small-caliber mortars at a distance of 800 meters, on the anticline! Can't hit it! β
Mortar anti-slope shooting, this tactic cannot be said to be advanced, but placed here, it is extremely useful.
Because, all the curved weapons of the Dongfeng Corps can't hit them!
The sound of the explosion continued to remember, and it was clear that they didn't need to make additional observations at all when the Zhu Yuan had already measured.
The advantage that had just been established was gone, and to add insult to injury, the enemy in the smoke actually pulled out a portable grenadier!
"Po-"
The strange sound of the grenadier sounded, Chen Shen subconsciously lowered his body, the grenade exploded less than 20 meters behind him, and the accuracy of the other party was also frighteningly high.
"Rely on the Li Gang!"
"Lead the team around the battlefield and touch the opponent's mortar position! Fast! β
"Understood!"
The voice of the Li Gang sounded over the radio, and immediately after, a pickup truck rushed out and circled several hundred meters to the west, heading straight for the sand dunes where the enemy mortar positions were located.
"Suhail arrives in 10 minutes!"
"Let him hurry!"
Chen Shen quickly aimed and killed an enemy who was groping his way forward in the smoke, and at this time, after a round of artillery suppression, the enemy's nearest group of sharp soldiers was less than 50 meters away from the position of the Dongfeng Corps.
This is the throwing range of the grenade!
The other party's thinking is a little too clear.
Disperse and advance, shrink and suppress, cover with artillery fire, and then the spearhead blast to open the way.
They are very aware of the gap between themselves and the Dongfeng Corps in terms of technology and equipment, and they just want to use the advantage of numbers to eat the Dongfeng Corps at the cost of high casualties!
This round of throwing objects must not be eaten hard!
"Hellfire retreat!"
"Distance!"
Chen Shen shouted an order, and everyone immediately moved.
The firepower of the Dongfeng Corps exploded to the extreme at this moment, and everyone emptied the magazines in their hands, and as Lao Mei said, under this round of explosion, even if God came, they couldn't bear it!
"Bang bang-"
The continuous gunfire rang out, and although there were only 24 people, they fired a firepower density close to that of a company.
And at this moment, the last team of 8 people arrived just in time, and quickly couldn't fill the firepower gap created by the first round of Hellfire!
Under the echelon fire, the suppression of the Dongfeng Corps lasted for a full 40 seconds, and within these forty seconds, they reopened the distance to 100 meters!
At this time, the militants on the opposite side had lost more than a quarter, but their offensive did not stop for half a minute.
Mortars are still falling, which poses a significant restriction on the maneuver of the Dongfeng Corps.
Of course, the Dongfeng Corps also has mortars and howitzers to cover, but the problem is that in the current battlefield environment, even if the Dongfeng Corps has twice as much artillery fire as the enemy, it will not be able to achieve the same effect as them!
The reason is simple, in order to maintain a basic firepower unit, the 24 people of the Dongfeng Corps must be shrunk together in a relatively compact formation, while the militants who are the attacking side can completely maintain a relatively looser formation!
This paradox is the curse of the defenders and the key to the attacker's victory in positional warfare.
And the other party apparently caught it.
The scales of the battlefield are constantly tilting, and the scale in Chen Shen's heart is also tilting.
He had already made a decision, if Suhail's reinforcements still did not arrive during the next retreat, then he would simply abandon his position and withdraw directly to the city!
I don't care about your civilian casualties, my people have to live first!
ββ
However, turnarounds often happen in an instant.
Just as he was regaining his formation and preparing to start his defense, fierce gunfire suddenly erupted from the hill ahead.
Immediately after, in less than 20 seconds, Chen Shen's earphones heard Li Bang's voice.
"That's it."
"I'm attacking from the rear, pincer attack!"
"Roger!"
Chen Shen's confidence soared, he took off two grenades and threw them, and then immediately counterattacked.
The enemy's artillery support was completely crushed, and the pickup truck driven by the Li gang had a heavy machine gun!
A terrifying suppression came from the rear of the enemy, and this time, they finally began to disarray.
There can be casualties in an attack, and even heavy casualties, but the rhythm must not be chaotic.
And now, their rhythm is out of order!
There were wolves in front and tigers in the back, and the militants immediately appeared out of order.
The commanders of the three main assault forces gave exactly the same order without timely communication, while their crew turned at the same time and volleyed back at the Li Gang's machine-gun pickup.
The empty door is exposed.
It is impossible for the Dongfeng Corps to let go of this opportunity to fight on the back, and such an opportunity is enough to decide the outcome of a battle in an instant!
Ten minutes later, Suhail's reinforcements arrived.
But by this time, a massacre in the desert had ended.
Pickup trucks chased the militants who were frantically fleeing, and in the middle of the battlefield, more than a hundred corpses had completely stained the sand red
(End of chapter)