Chapter 98: Artillery sneak attack

"60mm mortar?" Yelena asked in amazement. Le-wen-
Lin Rui nodded and said, "I took a closer look. Those guys in blue-gray military uniforms are the main force in this encirclement operation, and they are mainly concentrated in a few areas. If we can make good use of this gun, we can cause them. No small casualties. Once these people retreat, the rebel armed forces cannot stop Zhao Jianfei and them."
"There is still a question, how do you plan to use this cannon? We only need to shoot a few rounds and we will be discovered." Yelena said helplessly.
Lin Rui nodded and said, "So we need to go inside that house. I noticed that the roof of that house has been blown down by more than half. We can put the cannon there, surrounded by remaining walls, and it is forced The sound produced by the firing gun is not very loud, the sound of the landing explosion is loud. And this kind of gun is a curved gun, we are difficult to find there. However, I need an observer to report the distance and bearing to me."
"And you know that our snipers are equipped with small rangefinders. Measuring distance and wind speed is our strength." Yelena smiled suddenly, "Although a cannon can’t form a barrage attack, if the projectile’s drop point is accurate enough, It can cause a lot of damage to the group infantry. Maybe this method is really feasible."
Lin Rui nodded and said, "I went to erect it a long time ago. You will help Ivan and then go in. We can't leave him outside." After finishing Lin Rui kicked the door of the nearby building and carried it. The mortar went in and erected on the ruins of the second floor, while Yelena helped Ivan and hid there.
This building is on the fringe of the town, very unobtrusive, and most of it is in ruins. The roof has been completely destroyed, leaving only four broken walls. The floor also collapsed at a corner, and the exposed steel bars were bent upwards. Lin Rui chose a relatively stable position and completed the erection of the mortar. And Yelena concealed near the balcony, using a telescope and rangefinder to report the enemy's data to him.
Since the advent of the mortar, it has been an effective suppression weapon to support and accompany infantry operations, and is an extremely important conventional weapon for infantry. Although it has a history of one hundred years, it is not unreasonable to quietly occupy a place in the army's equipment among the various high-tech weapons of modern warfare.
Regardless of the small size of the gun, but according to the standard configuration, a gun requires four gunners and one gunner. In some other countries, more ammunition operators are arranged. However, when the combat attrition is severe, a single person can also complete the operation of a single gun. Because this gun is much easier to operate than ordinary cannons.
Lin Rui quickly completed the erection of the mortar and nodded to Yelena.
Yelena quickly determines which direction the enemy has the most firepower based on observations of the enemy, locks it as the key direction, adjusts the data in that direction to the quadrant used for habitual use, and sets the corresponding firing angle. And returned all the shooting Yuan to Lin Rui.
Lin Rui quickly completed the adjustment of the mortar based on these shooting elements. Then put a cannonball into the barrel. This type of gun has a firing pin chamber at the center of the bottom of the firing pin breech, and a firing pin is installed in the firing pin chamber. When the mortar shell slid in from the mouth of the barrel, it hit its primer and completed the firing. "Hum!" The ground sounded, and the small launch sound did appear low-key in the dense gunfire and explosions on this battlefield. But the explosion of the shell on the ground was not low-key at all.
This shell fell to the ground and blossomed in the area where armed personnel wearing blue-gray military uniforms were concentrated, and a huge explosion sent a damage radius of ten meters nearby. Those armed men wearing blue-gray military uniforms did not find out what was going on, and they were immediately blown up. The shells used by Lin Rui are anti-personnel high-explosive munitions with strong explosive power. For infantry without armor protection, it is extremely lethal.
The militants in the blue-gray military uniforms suffered a sudden blow, and were a little confused for a while, and fired a few random shots in the smoke from the explosion. They never thought that a mortar was aimed at them on the roof in the distance. Thought it was a grenade fired by mercenaries in the encirclement. So a few people were killed, and after a panic, they gathered again.
Through observation again, Yelena calculated the distance and azimuth into the shooting elements and reported it to Lin Rui again. Lin Rui felt much smoother after a cannonball test. Anyway, there are cannonballs. Correct the quadrant angle a bit and just aim at a position. This Chinese-made 60mm mortar has a maximum theoretical rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute, an average of one round in two seconds.
In fact, Lin Rui certainly couldn't do this. This must be done by a skilled mortar team with multiple gunners working together. Solo cannon, certainly not so fast. However, his hand speed is not slow. Without much correction of the position, firing 20 shells per minute is just like playing.
What is suffering is the gang of militants in the blue-gray uniforms below. Before they can figure out what the situation is, they are attacked by mortars. Suddenly there were explosions. Their originally relatively tight encirclement and simple fortifications were completely destroyed in a round of mortar fire. Most of the militants wearing blue-gray military uniforms began to realize that it was not the mercenaries in the encirclement attacking them.
But who else can these mercenaries have? The town is completely under the control of the rebel armed forces. If anyone else tried to rescue these mercenaries, it should have been discovered long ago. And depending on the fierce firepower, it is probably artillery support. Thinking of these militants, their scalp numbs. The reason why they dare to be here is to help the rebels and the mercenaries of Morningstar. The biggest reliance is that the other party's communication server is invaded, causing the other party's communication to be completely paralyzed.
Has their communication been restored? If this is the case, they are likely to use the communication system to attract helicopter air support. The reason why Morningstar has become the uncrowned king in the African mercenary world is precisely because they have advanced communications command and air superiority. If this is the case, things will be a little difficult to handle.
Lin Rui's trouble was not only panic for the rebels and the armed men in the blue-gray uniforms. Even the operation commander Danny and Zhao Jianfei were a little puzzled. This group of armed points originally played well, step by step, tightening the encirclement. But I don’t know why, there were explosions suddenly and continuously, and they all happened in the densest places. This caused heavy losses to these armed men in blue-gray uniforms.
Just a mortar attack by Lin Rui just now killed and injured many people. Moreover, due to the shock and smoke produced by the explosion, the armed personnel wearing blue-gray uniforms were extremely nervous, and even accidentally injured in chaos with armed personnel of the rebels. Both sides sacrificed several lives needlessly.
Lin Rui looked up at Yelena and said, "Why didn't you report?"
"The smog is too heavy, I almost can't see clearly. However, the few shots you just hit were accurate and ruthless. It exploded directly in the crowd, I think their loss should be not small." Yelena leaned against the wall. In a sigh of relief, "I must admit that I have never seen such an insidious and cunning mortar tactic."
At this moment, there was a noisy electric current in Lin Rui's earphones, and his spirits immediately lifted up, possibly because the communication has recovered. He immediately connected to the communication and said loudly, "Hey, this is Lin Rui. This is the fixed channel of the UFO team. Are you Boss Zhao? I don't hear clearly!"
"Lin Rui, how are you? Where are you now?" Zhao Jianfei's voice was still a little vague, but he could barely hear him. Sure enough, the communication was restored, but I don't know whether someone from the technical department repaired the system or another intermittent system restart. For fear that the communication would be interrupted again, Lin Rui didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately reported his situation. "My situation here is not so good, Ivan and Yelena are both injured."
"Report your location!" Zhao Jianfei said loudly, "but we can't save you now, we are still surrounded."
"It's not anymore. Seeing the entire encirclement, are there continuous explosions anywhere?" Lin Ru said solemnly, "I will fire a few more shots, and there will be a gap in a few minutes later by me. You guys. You can break through from there!"
"Shoot? Wait, you did those continuous explosions just now?" Zhao Jianfei said unexpectedly.
Lin Rui nodded and said, "I don't have time to explain more now. Just remember, after two minutes, concentrate all of your strength to rush toward that position. As long as you break through that point, the entire encirclement will be completely collapsed. As long as those The guys in the blue-gray uniforms retreat, and the other rebels can't stop you at all. I won't say more, I have to hurry up."
Yelena nodded to Lin Rui at the window, "Those mysterious militants seem to be a little suspicious, shall we continue?"
"Even if we are suspicious, we still have to fight. We will not be exposed for a while. And if they slow down, they will become very difficult to fight." Lin Rui shook his head, "Besides, Zhao Jianfei and I have made an appointment. Time is up. As long as I give enough blows to that area to destroy most of the resistance. Then he will start to break through from that direction within two minutes."
"Are they ready to break through?" Yelena said in surprise.
"Within two minutes, so we have to speed up." Lin Rui nodded, "Prepare to report to me!"
Yelena took a deep breath and continued to report back to Lin Rui the calculated shooting Yuan. Lin Rui completed the last adjustment of the mortar, and it was another round of unconcerned shooting. The mortar shells drew a large arc of parabola, constantly hitting the militants' heads. The militants were completely beaten up and started to retreat for the first time.
When they discovered that they had retreated, the black rebels simply turned around and ran away.
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