Chapter 4188: Fierce shelling

As the Moroccans cautiously searched forward, suddenly there was another huge explosion on the flanks.
"What's the matter?" The Moroccan commander snapped.
"It's another roadside bomb. One of our reconnaissance team triggered this bomb when it moved sideways." A soldier under him hurriedly reported.
"Didn't you tell them to proceed carefully?" the Moroccan commander said loudly.
"We are already very careful, but the road ahead is full of obstacles. We want to push a scrapped vehicle away so that our armored car can move forward. Unexpectedly, the car exploded suddenly, not just inside the explosion. There are still many destructive steel balls, and we have lost several infantry." The soldier who came to report said in a low voice.
Because of the bomb this time, other Moroccan infantry dared not walk in front of the armored vehicles anymore, mostly relying on the cover of armored vehicles to advance. This makes them slower. The advance of the troops in the front slows down, so the troops in the rear can only slowly follow behind.
The formation of the Moroccans into the town was pulled apart, and the line became a very long one. And the subsequent armor...The troops are gathered around the periphery of the town, forming a large cluster.
The Moroccan commander was annoyed and ordered to speed up, but when he just put down the phone in his hand, there was a sudden sound in his ear, which was strange and sharp. But all the soldiers knew what was going on.
"Shelling!!! Shelling!!! Looking for cover!" Someone outside was already yelling frantically.
They are no strangers to shelling these Moroccan soldiers. They are an independent armoured regiment and often cooperate with artillery in artillery and tank battles.
During the war, artillery cleared the way in front of them, and the armored tanks launched a surprise attack. The minimum distance of coordination was only 300 meters, and the artillery shells almost flew over their heads. When the group of bullets passed by, engulfed by the violent wind, it made a huge howling above the head.
After more experience, the soldiers gradually adapted to the battlefield environment, and later they could hear the howling of artillery shells. Whenever you hear the sharp and long scream of the cannonball, you generally ignore what you should do or do.
Because this kind of howling shows that the shells are passing very high and far above the sky, the purpose is to hit the targets farther away, and it has little to do with them.
But if it is a howling that comes and disappears suddenly, and the scream does not come in and out, then you need to pay attention, and you may even lie down immediately. Because this sound shows that the shell is not too far away from you.
If it is a "pupupupu" sound, low and rapid, just like the muffled sound of a huge spinning top flying above your head, then you have to lie down immediately, even finding a low-lying place to lie down. No.
The cannonball makes this "pupupupu" sound only when it falls at close range. It is a strange cry of death.
In an observatory, Lin Rui raised his binoculars and looked carefully.
The mortars of the Western Sahara troops of different calibers, 60, 82, 100, the several bullets in the salvo are like an orchestra, and the long strings of the violin ensemble sounded from the top of the head, and gradually disappeared. Afterwards, a group of fireworks rose in the visible distance, and then a few thunder explosions.
Because light and sound travel at different speeds, hearing and seeing a shell explode at a distance are not synchronized. The artillery group shoots at a target, and you will see many purple-red lights flashing at the target.
Then mushroom-shaped smoke rose up one after another, which looked like a lot of gray-white giant trees growing up on the mountain in an instant. After a few seconds, ten seconds, or even dozens of seconds, the sound of the explosion came, like continuous thunder.
Afterwards, the mushroom cloud group continued to expand, gradually covering the target completely. When the smoke cloud drifted away slowly with the wind, what I saw was a ruin.
The Moroccan troops were in chaos, and the vehicles and personnel were panicked. These shells seemed to have calculated their positions and smashed down desperately. Large-caliber artillery will create a huge crater. The crater of the 152 plus howitzer can even fit a van. After several volleys, the entire area will be completely unrecognizable. Even the main battle tank will be overturned.
In contrast, the smallest 60 mortar has a crater as big as a washbasin, and the blast point of a mortar falling on a concrete road is just a few big potholes in fists. Although it looks less powerful and can almost be ignored for tanks, the damage to infantry is not small.
The infantry fighting with the tanks became the main target at this time. The artillery group fired volleys, and various artillery shells exploded everywhere, and shrapnel flying indiscriminately did not kill the infantry. The road that allowed them to pass was relatively narrow, with obstacles and collapsed buildings everywhere.
The sight of tanks and armored vehicles was not very good. At this time, another explosion caused the infantry to lie down in a panic or fled in all directions. Tanks and armored vehicles had to stop temporarily in order to avoid crushing and killing infantry.
But even so, the casualties of the infantry are still not small. The explosive shrapnel is flying around, and it will be injured if it hits the person. A lot of shrapnel falls on the solid armor, forming ricochets, becoming more irregular, splashing everywhere. .
In fact, many infantrymen were not killed directly, but died from these flying shrapnel.
The Moroccan commander was frightened and angry, "Immediately locked the position of the enemy's artillery, and the third and fourth companies went around and attacked the enemy's artillery camp!! Take down the enemy's artillery position."
But in fact, the firing position of the mortar is difficult to accurately estimate, because this type of gun is a curved gun. Its trajectory is a high parabola, not a cannon with a low trajectory. Therefore, the position of the mortar position is not so easy to grasp. Although it is possible to determine the approximate position, it is not very easy to grasp the distance.
After receiving the order, the two armored companies immediately changed their directions and killed them, but it didn't take long for them to get out immediately that they encountered anti-tank mines one after another. Two tanks were blown up, and one with damaged tracks was unable to move forward.
"Damn it, it's a trap! These hateful Western Saharans have set a trap for us." The Moroccan commander immediately realized that this was an ambush against them and immediately ordered the third and fourth companies of his subordinates to withdraw.
"The chariots remain in a loose formation, and the infantry uses nearby buildings to find cover. They use mortars, which are not powerful, and are mainly aimed at infantry. And they don't have a large artillery, and they don't have much artillery reserves. After the round of attacks, they don't have many shells." The Moroccan commander said loudly, "Stick me."