Looking down from a high altitude, everything is green.
But suddenly, there was a clearing where the green suddenly disappeared and someone opened it, revealing the 155mm howitzer underneath.
thump--
The birds in the forest seemed to sense the death breath of those artillery pieces, so they flew up in shock and ran away far away.
The quiet scene was quickly broken. Soldiers one after another were busy in an orderly and hurried manner. Some adjusted the angle of the cannon, some held ammunition and quickly loaded it, and some held telephones to contact their forefinger to get the latest information.
Accurate shooting data related to various elements.
After a while, an order was issued.
"Attention to the whole company, start shooting, target XX, full charge, ruler XX, benchmark shot to XXX, prepare to shoot..."
The tall soldiers in camouflage took action immediately after receiving the order.
It was a lively scene.
With so many shells fired, it would be enough for a Red Army tank to eat a whole pot.
The 155mm howitzer is not specifically designed to hit tanks, but this does not mean that it cannot hit tanks.
Many people don't know how much damage a howitzer can do to a tank, so in 1988, the US military conducted a test to understand how lethal a large-caliber howitzer was to armored targets.
They used M109 howitzers to fire 155mm artillery shells to attack a simulated combat position.
There are M113 armored vehicles, M557 armored vehicles, M48 tanks, T-72 tanks and M1 tanks placed in the position.
A total of three shots were fired during the entire test, consuming 56 high-explosive rounds of impact and air explosions.
The results of the live ammunition attack found that the US originally predicted that the howitzer attack would only cause 30% damage to armored vehicles and tanks. The actual test showed that the damage reached 67%. The armored vehicle was penetrated by fragments generated by the shell explosion, and the dummy in the vehicle
The damage was serious. The tracks, road wheels, and sights of the main battle tank were all destroyed by shrapnel, and one tank even caught fire.
In the second test, the U.S. military used high-explosive bombs for close-in explosions and direct attacks. The conclusion was that all combat vehicles and tanks would be destroyed under direct attacks, while close-in explosions would damage all external equipment, and air-explosion mode would also destroy tanks.
All external parts of the turret were destroyed.
In other words, the US military previously thought that it was ridiculous to think that 50 rounds of artillery shells were needed to effectively destroy a tank. In fact, only one round was enough to destroy or paralyze the tank.
Even when dealing with moving targets, reasonable artillery tactics can be used to effectively attack them.
As for the crew inside the tank, whether they are directly destroyed or injured, the crew members will also lose their combat effectiveness.
Even if the personnel are not directly harmed, they will still lose their combat effectiveness because the tank's turret, power unit, and sighting device are destroyed, and they will eventually be reduced to infantry.
This time, in order to deal with the red side's main battle tanks, the blue army also made special arrangements: they installed terminally sensitive bombs in the warheads.
If it is in actual combat, then the artillery shell is directly fired into the space more than 100 meters above the tank. When the artillery shell is approaching the tank, the terminally sensitive bomb is thrown. The parachute of the terminally sensitive bomb opens and the deceleration radar starts to search for the target and locks the target.
It detonates at a height of about 100 meters and shoots out a black stick to initiate the attack.
Of course, this was just a drill and it was impossible to actually attack like this, but the ammunition they used was very destructive, and the director was very clear about this.
A tall man of 1.9 meters picked up a piece of ammunition that had been loaded with fuses and quickly ran towards a cannon. Just as he was about to put the shell in, the smoke generator on the cannon suddenly went off. After an instant, a burst of smoke erupted.
White smoke rose into the sky and immediately enveloped the cannon.
"what happens?"
The soldier holding the cannonball raised his head and looked at it, a little surprised.
"Damn, we're under attack! This must be the Blue Army testing fire!" The tall soldier quickly reacted.
At this time, the commander of the Blue Army Artillery Company also reacted. He shouted loudly: "Move the position, quickly, move the position!"
But before everyone could move their positions, boom, boom, boom, explosions sounded one after another. In just the blink of an eye, half of the artillery batteries of the Blue Army's artillery battery were wiped out.
The company commander was so heartbroken that he punched a gun barrel, but the heartbreaking pain in his fist made him calm down. He quickly shouted: "Move the position! Quick - move the position!"
There will definitely be a gap between the first salvo and the second salvo. They must seize this critical opportunity and move quickly.
But before everyone could take any actual action, the roar of helicopters rang out. The commander of the artillery company raised his head, and his face suddenly changed: "Damn it, it's a helicopter from the Red Army. Hurry and hide!"
But they had only run a few steps away when the ammunition from the helicopter poured down one after another towards the artillery position.
The helicopter left just as quickly as it came. It roared over everyone's heads and then flew away, never to come back again.
However, at this time, the staff of the command and control group also came over: "Your company has been completely damaged in battle. Please leave all positions quickly and gather at the designated location."
At this time, the leader of the Polar Bear Regiment also received relevant notifications. All the artillery units of the Polar Bear Regiment ambushing in Area 10 were damaged in battle.
"This is not true? This must not be true?" He couldn't believe it.
His position was so well hidden that it was impossible for the Red Army to discover it?
He also made so many false targets that even if one or two Red Army scouts were lucky enough to infiltrate, they wouldn't be able to identify them one by one in such a short period of time...
But before he could react, boom, boom, and explosions sounded nearby again. When he turned around, he saw that the artillery position they had deployed in Area 9 had also been hit hard.
His eyelids jumped with shock, and he no longer had time to think about anything else. He quickly ordered loudly, but before all his orders were conveyed, the staff of the director's department came over and said that they were staying at the artillery position in Area 9.
They were all knocked down too.
"Captain, you must be mistaken!" he argued.
"Colonel, I have absolutely no problem here. The only thing I can tell you is to stop using old tactics to fight your opponents, otherwise you will die miserably! Colonel, think about what you should do next.
Bar?"
His eyes narrowed, and he saw something in the other person's eyes that ordinary people couldn't see, and that was fear.
Why?
Why are they so afraid of this opponent?
Aren't they just a battalion?
While he was thinking, a subordinate hurried over: "Colonel, they have begun to attack us. Their infantry fighting vehicles have begun to attack our position!"
After hearing this, he let out a deep breath, and then gave a loud order.
His main method of fighting is to hold on to the position and rely on the advantages of personnel and terrain to fight positional warfare. They have dug trenches, which are enough to withstand the red side's artillery fire.
They also have enough anti-armor weapons, enough to blow all those infantry fighting vehicles into the sky.
The infantry chariot rushed very fast, as fast as lightning.
The distance is getting closer.
He held his breath and watched intently. As long as the infantry fighting vehicles reached the optimal attack distance, their anti-armor weapons would hit them overwhelmingly.
Boom, boom, boom.
Suddenly, another explosion exploded around him.
What's going on?
He suddenly turned around and saw the staff of the command and control team rushing to the position and quickly picked out a large number of their people.
"Come over and see what's going on?"
He shouted to one of his men,
That place was a hidden position he carefully arranged, and it was impossible for the red side to see it from the front.
After a while, the subordinate came back with a dejected look on his face.
"Captain, the red side launched three rounds of precise attacks on our position. Look..."
The subordinate just handed him a piece of information. After he finished reading it, the subordinate said: "Captain, the director said that we have no chance of survival under such intensity and precision of artillery fire."
."
He was speechless. That kind of intensity of artillery fire coverage could overturn even solid fortifications, let alone their simple temporary positions. What he couldn't figure out was that their positions were clearly set up so concealed, why did the red side
It can be discovered, and it can be found accurately, but this cannot be explained?
"Damn it!" he muttered, extremely helpless.
After a moment, he picked up the microphone and gave the order.
At this time, they had no other choice but to concentrate their remaining forces to form a local advantage.
"First Battalion and Second Battalion, move to position three immediately, quickly——"
The infantrymen of the two battalions had just moved to position No. 3 when the booming explosions sounded again. After a while, five or six staff members of the command and control group rushed over and shouted: "Your platoon! Your platoon - still
With your platoon - all were lost in battle!"
"Captain, you must be mistaken. We have just joined together, how could we have been damaged in battle?"
"Is it because you guys got together that Hong Fang launched precise artillery fire to cover your coordinates, and you were all killed?"
"No - this is impossible. Do they have eyes in the sky? Do they know where we are running?"
Hearing the words "Do they have eyes in the sky?", the leader of the polar bear group suddenly raised his head. His eyesight was extremely good, and he immediately saw several black shadows hovering above their heads because they were far away.
, couldn't see clearly what they were, but he had a vague feeling that those things should be red.
"Damn-"
He understood instantly.
Drones, the red team definitely used drones.
He had heard someone say before that one of the synthetic battalions of the red side had brought drones. He smiled indifferently and disagreed. What could a drone weighing tens of kilograms be used for? He was participating in a drone model competition.
Really? But this is a joint Eastern exercise, not a model aircraft competition?
At that time, he didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't like it at all. Of course he knew about drones, but drones that could be used in the military were worth tens of millions and were extremely huge. Troops of the level of the combined battalion were not qualified to equip them.
However, at this time, he was shocked and realized that those drones used by those guys were not used to launch attacks at all, but were used for reconnaissance.
Damn it!
No wonder their artillery positions were exposed so quickly.