In such rainy weather, the snipers of the Tang Empire were in better condition than the snipers of the Great China Empire.
They were provided with self-heating bags and hot water bottles, and there were observers who could help prepare some things in hidden places, so Tang Fei was very comfortable in the sniper bunker he found.
There is a hot water bottle next to him, which allows him to feel some warmth at any time. In addition, his clothes are also very warm, thanks to the level of the Tang Empire's chemical industry.
It is no exaggeration at all, because of the advancement of technology, many new materials have begun to appear, and the first to benefit are the soldiers fighting on the front line. Materials that protect them from wind and rain can keep them warm, and at the same time allow them to fight more calmly.
This is an abandoned factory. About one-third of it collapsed, and the remaining two-thirds are actually dilapidated, with rain leaking everywhere.
Cao Fei and his partner hid on the side of the building. They found a broken door panel that no one wanted from the factory and covered it with a bomb crater to form a small hidden bunker.
This is really a very good hiding place. After covering it with some soil, an exit was reserved on the back, and Cao Fei and his observer hid inside.
Although they were not worried about their clothes being soaked by the rain, this was the front line after all, so they couldn't really be that comfortable.
From the reserved exits and the surrounding gaps, rainwater leaked into the crater from time to time. The walls of the crater were very wet. In fact, the boots of Cao Fei and his comrades were already soaked through.
They were wearing raincoats, which ensured that their bodies were dry. Coupled with the blessing of hot water bottles, their body temperature was best maintained in this slightly cool weather. For a soldier, this was actually enough
A very happy thing.
"If that doesn't work, take off your shoes, otherwise your feet will be ruined." The observer was obviously a little irritated. He really didn't want to go out to "hunt" in this kind of weather.
"How can you run after taking off your shoes?" Cao Fei smiled and took his eyes away from the scope. He had been observing the abandoned building in the distance because it was an excellent sniper position.
If he were the opponent's sniper, he would also choose such a place. Although it is risky, it is worth trying.
Of course, the reason he dared to try it was that his weapon had a large enough range, so it was relatively safe there.
Now that the battle line is about a hundred meters away from the building, the opponent is likely to use that commanding height to search the surrounding area.
So even if the opponent is not a sniper, it is likely to be a high-value target such as an officer or observer.
"It's a full 390 meters away from us. Just kidding, they just saw us, can they hit us?" the observer retorted disdainfully, but he didn't untie his shoelaces, so it was obvious that he was just talking happily.
happy.
In fact, he really just complained. If he was really willing to improve his conditions, he should choose the location of the ambush in a nearby factory building.
Although there is leakage there, it is still an excellent dry environment overall. Unfortunately, this factory is a relatively conspicuous place nearby, and no one dares to enter here to wait for death.
To put it bluntly, when this factory building will be completely collapsed by a shell, it all depends on whether the artillerymen on both sides want to fire a shot at this place when they get up this morning.
In other words, if a certain artillery commander on a certain side had eaten too much this morning and was in a bad mood, the ruins of the factory building might become collapsed ruins.
That's why Cao Fei and the others deliberately avoided this possible target. If the other party had smart snipers, they would definitely focus their defense on this factory.
In this way, Cao Fei and his two men, who were hiding in the bomb crater next to the factory, had better concealment and more opportunities to fire.
"I didn't want to come here today, but it's not a rainy day. The other side must have thought the same. It's safe on rainy days. Come and observe from a commanding height..." Cao Fei had rested enough and picked up the telescope next to him to continue looking.
Looking at the building in the distance.
This is the real sniper battle: you can't know which window the opponent is on or when they will show up.
It's entirely possible that when you were waiting for your opponent with your gun in hand, your opponent was still eating breakfast in his trench, and as soon as you put down your gun to take a pee, he passed by the gap you had been aiming at for a long time...
Therefore, snipers spend far more time observing with telescopes than holding guns. They need to repeatedly observe the surrounding situation and record every detail as much as possible.
In this regard, the snipers of the Tang Empire had an innate advantage. The optical equipment in their hands was obviously more excellent and advanced than their opponents.
To put it bluntly, the telescopes issued to the snipers of the Tang Empire have better performance than the telescope cherished by Zhao Chen.
In fact, buildings like the one Cao Fei observed with a telescope are in most cases a target reference object deliberately retained by the defending side.
If all the buildings on the front line are razed to the ground, observation and the like will be affected. At the same time, retaining these buildings can also reserve a hunting ground for your own snipers.
Everyone is making calculations and waiting for the opportunity for the opponent's personnel to gather in large numbers around these buildings. At that time, a round of artillery bombardment will kill a large number of enemy troops. Isn't it much better than destroying a shabby building?
And sometimes, it is not so easy to destroy a building: it is possible that if more than a dozen shells are fired in a row, the remains of the building will not fall down. This is why cities like Stalingrad still have many
The buildings remain.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, the attacking side is even less willing to destroy the building. The first and most important reason is that the ruins and rubble in the city itself are natural obstacles to the attack.
Moreover, the attacking party originally wanted to capture the city. If they destroyed the buildings at all costs, what was the purpose of capturing the city?
"Everything you said is right." The observer poured the water from a piece of plastic cloth used to collect rainwater into a container, and then threw the self-heating bag into it.
The water here will boil quickly, and filling them with a hot water bottle will make their little life more comfortable. This thing is indeed very convenient, especially in such a small environment where fire cannot be made.
Dahua soldiers without these equipment are unwilling to go out to fight in such weather, even if Fengjiang's annoying aircraft cannot be dispatched in such weather.
There was no more noisy engine sound in the sky, but the surroundings were not silent. The sound of rain hitting the ground even obscured the seemingly endless sound of artillery fire not far away.
At this moment, Cao Fei's expression suddenly became solemn. He stopped moving and stared at a window in the building without moving for a long time: "Third floor, fifth window from the left!"
The observer immediately became nervous. He moved to the gap next to him, picked up his telescope, and found the window that Cao Fei told him.
"Did you see it? The cabinet door inside..." Cao Fei reminded his partner: "It was closed before."
"Yes, I saw it. It was indeed closed before." The observer was very sure that the door of the cabinet was indeed closed before.
"Someone opened it! There was no shelling around here, it can't be because of the vibration!" Cao Fei put down his telescope, picked up his sniper rifle, and pointed his scope at the window over there again.
He searched for each window one by one, carefully observing the changes in each window. With the blessing of the eight-fold mirror, he could see every bullet mark and every detail on the wall of the building through the rain curtain.
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In the building in the distance, the old hunter from the Dahua Empire looked speechlessly at his comrade who had found a bag of peanuts.
"I told you not to move anything after you come in!" some old hunters complained, worried that they had been exposed.
"What are you afraid of? Isn't there an anti-landmine convention?" The sniper who came with him shook the peanuts in his hand and said proudly: "You should see every room here, otherwise you will miss many good things.
thing."
As he spoke, he pointed at the peanuts in his hand: "The further you go, the closer you are to the aristocratic district of Fengjiang. The people here are rich, and they will leave a lot of things behind when they run away. If you are willing to look through it,
If you look around, you can find a lot of food."
"Although most of them are no longer edible, there are still some that are not broken." The sniper picked up a peanut and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it with gusto.
"You can't eat anything if you lose your life!" The old Orion looked at the guy who was acting with him and reminded him with dissatisfaction: "If someone finds you here, you will probably lose your life."
"Okay, okay! Old man! I know you are the most powerful hunter here, I understand." The sniper shrugged, indicating that he had accepted the other party's kindness.
The old Orion stopped talking. He found a relatively dry position and began to disguise himself: since he last saw the sniper costume of the Tang Empire, he developed a set of "geely suits" for himself.
His ghillie suit is not green, but gray, which makes him look like a pile of bricks, and the effect is very good.
The reason why they came to this dilapidated building was because they didn't have any useful raincoats, so taking shelter from the rain in the building became their only choice - there was a rain shelter above their heads. In this weather