The aftermath of the bomb disappeared, and Long Zhan, whose ears were buzzing, in order to ensure that the order was conveyed, went over and picked up the machine gunner's head and shouted in his ear: "Find another place immediately and set up the heavy machine gun."
The heavy machine gun is the absolute core of defense and must never stop firing.
After saying that, Long Zhan ran wildly along the trench and disappeared from the sight of the machine gunner.
The machine gunner and ammunition hand looked out and couldn't help but feel scared when they saw the machine gun position that had been flattened by mortar shells.
A chill ran along the spine and went straight to the top of the head.
Both of them knew that Long Zhan saved their lives. If Long Zhan hadn't reacted quickly enough, he would have run over in time to move them both.
It's not just this machine gun position that has been razed to the ground now.
And their torn bodies!
"Damn it, you dared to blow it up with a cannon. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have been beaten by you. I can't swallow this tone of voice. I like to use cannons to blow up, right? You're not the only one who has cannons."
Long Zhan was filled with anger and worry as he ran back along the trench quickly.
The destination is the slap gun position behind the main building!
Although the mercenaries are very old-fashioned and can only use the most basic positions to attack, they are very proficient in the mutual restraint of weapons.
In the absence of aircraft and tanks, there are only two types of threats to machine gunners.
Either snipers or artillery fire.
Since the Deshka machine gun was built in a special position and surrounded by sandbags for protection and reinforcement, it was difficult for snipers to hit it effectively.
Moreover, due to the limitations of the surrounding plain terrain, mercenary snipers are not easy to use.
The most important point is...
There are very few professional snipers among the mercenaries. Even if they run to the southern hills and use the terrain to shoot down, they can hit four heavy machine gun positions.
The sniper will definitely reveal his position and be killed by counterattack fire from the base.
The Deshka heavy machine gun has a range of more than 1,000 meters. Compared with the cheap sniper rifles that mercenaries can afford, it is actually a precision shooting rifle with a much longer range.
When both sides control each other's position, it doesn't matter who will shoot who.
All kinds of factors combined...
Mercenary snipers rely on first-hand sneak attacks, up to 1 for 1 or 1 for 2, and will be discovered by the firepower of the base, and will most likely be killed by counterattack fire.
The hills to the south are bare and there is no place to hide if discovered.
As for the Deshka heavy machine gun position below, as long as the four Deshka heavy machine guns are not damaged, it doesn't matter if the machine gunner dies. Others can take over at any time.
In other words, as long as the Deshka heavy machine gun is not blown up, it still cannot play a decisive role.
This way.
If you want to fundamentally solve the problem, you can only use artillery to blow it up. As long as the four heavy machine guns are blown up, the difficulty of the attack will be greatly reduced.
Any mercenary can think of this and know what is the hardest bone to crack.
Naturally, Long Zhan is also clear.
Without the high penetration, high damage, and long-distance firepower of heavy machine guns, it would be impossible to withstand the attack of 4,000 mercenaries.
The Maxim heavy machine gun can be used as a substitute, but only as a substitute.
The damage cannot be compared to Deshka.
Now that we know that the mercenaries want to destroy the four core heavy machine guns, we must try our best to save them if we can fight.
Since the enemy wants to use mortars to destroy the heavy machine guns, then destroy the enemy's mortars.
Long Zhan ran smoothly to the main building, passed through the main building and entered the backyard. Two of the three mortar teams were already in position next to the mortar.
"commander."
"Boss!"
Seeing Long Zhanhuo coming in hastily, Thorne and his deputy immediately greeted him.
"I need you to do one thing, knock out the enemy's mortars. Can you do it?"
Time is urgent and there is no need to delay, so Dragon War goes straight to the topic.
"Of course, no problem, boss."
Thorne pointed at the roof of the main building and said very confidently: "We already know its approximate range and are calculating the precise location."
Long Zhan looked in the direction of Thorne's finger and saw an observer on the roof, observing with a telescope.
Mortars are curve-firing weapons, and their flight speed is much slower than direct-firing weapons.
When a mortar shell is flying in the air, the shell can be seen with the naked eye, and the flight arc of the shell is enough to determine the position of the shell.
The more experienced the observer is, the more accurate the position can be judged.
For example, the power of the cannonball, flight speed, caliber, time in the air, angle of impact, etc.
All can be used as a basis for judgment!
The team members sent by Thorne to observe on the roof must be experts in this field. They can determine the location without sending troops to conduct reconnaissance behind enemy lines.
Of course, this can only be used to determine mortars.
After all, the range of most mortars is within 10 kilometers, and most of them are fired within 1 kilometer to ensure shooting accuracy and timeliness.
If it were replaced by a heavy artillery that fires dozens of kilometers away, or other heavy artillery or rocket launchers, etc.
Penetration behind enemy lines for reconnaissance, or drone or satellite reconnaissance.
Still mainstream.
Long Zhan believed in the observers sent by Thorne, but he was really worried about his heavy machine guns and did not want any of them to be blown up.
He urged a little anxiously: "How long will it take to calculate the precise position?"
"At least one more shell is needed!" Thorne replied.
"Okay, it's up to you."
Long Zhan had no choice but to wait patiently, pinning all his hopes on this old Italian cannon to eliminate the current biggest threat.
The waiting time is always so painful.
One minute passed in the blink of an eye.
Long Zhan, whose head was almost filled with smoke from waiting, finally heard a frightening mortar explosion. This time the sound came from the east side.
"May your God really bless you."
Long Zhan didn't have time to run out to see the explosion. He could only pray to his team members in his heart and urged Thorne again: "How is it? Is it okay?"
"Hold on."
Gunner Thorne was still calm and immediately shouted towards the roof: "Sarandon, we have no time, we must fire immediately. Have you found the position?"
"I found it. I have found out the location of that little kid."
Observer Sarandon was very excited, like a child who had won the opponent in a game. He lay on the roof and turned his head down and shouted out the location information.
After gunner Thorne received the position information, he immediately began to adjust the gun to shoot at the elements.
10 seconds later.
"put!"
Following Thorne's order, the loader holding the mortar shell at the muzzle released his hands and let the mortar shell fall freely.
"Teng~"
A dull loud noise.
The mortar shell, which held the hope of a dragon war, swung out of the barrel, flew diagonally into the sky, and turned into a small black dot.