Firepower is king

An incompetent general can tire out the whole army.

Sheep led by a lion are better than lions led by a sheep.

Moratu deeply agrees with this old proverb full of oriental wisdom, because he thinks it is better than the same type of proverbs in the West.

The reason is simple. Amin believes that sheep led by a lion can never defeat a lion led by a sheep.

As a commander, as a commander who has received a good military education, leading well-educated middle-level commanders, commanding an army composed purely of illiterates and semi-illiterates, Moratu always feels extremely divided and extremely powerless.

Cannons are the gods of war, but artillery is a technical branch of the army. If you want to bring out the power of cannons, you need technology.

Infantry-artillery coordination, tank-artillery coordination, this requires mutual cooperation between both parties, and there are high requirements for the ability of both parties to coordinate.

For example, the slow-moving barrage, where the artillery clears the way in front and the infantry follows behind the line of fire, was born in World War I and reached its peak in World War II. However, no army in Africa can do it now.

Yes, in Africa, no army can do an infantry charge under the cover of the slow-moving barrage. Neither the artillery nor the infantry can do it.

In the country where Moratu studied, their standard distance for the slow-moving barrage is 100 to 300 meters, but the infantry of that country can only be 50 meters away from the artillery fire that is gradually advancing.

50 meters is still within the killing range of large-caliber artillery shells.

That means people will die if the shells are slightly off.

Here, let alone 50 meters, 500 meters is not possible, and 1,000 meters is not possible.

They are both artillery, and the command center also gives the firing parameters, but the first shot may be okay. After careful inspection and long preparation, at least the first shot is fired according to the parameters given by the artillery commander. However, continuous firing and continuous adjustment of firing parameters are required to enter the barrage. As long as one gun fails to implement the changes in firing parameters when firing, it will hit its own people.

Visual shooting is okay, but for long-distance beyond-visual-range artillery, the firing parameters need to be sent back by the artillery scout before firing, so one to three rounds of artillery shells need to be tested first to see whether the firing is accurate or not.

Artillery scouts require extremely high professional skills. Whether the firing is accurate or not depends on whether the firing parameters they send back are accurate. However, Moratu's weakness is here. His artillery scouts always make him feel extremely painful.

Artillery reconnaissance is a technical job, but it is also a job of direct combat on the front line.

Moreover, artillery reconnaissance is always the enemy's key target. How many valuable international students can Moratu send directly to the front line as artillery reconnaissance? Position

No, not a single one, because the artillerymen who have studied abroad are all valuable, they are all commanders, and they are all in the headquarters.

This is a unit with a root of disease since its mother's womb. Although they have large-caliber artillery with a long range, Moratu can't take advantage of the range at all.

Rarely fire at a distance of more than ten kilometers, because the longer the distance, the greater the error, and Motu always believes that the shells that can't hit are a pure waste.

Elite command team, leading the grassroots troops with extremely scarce professional skills.

The reason why Moratu can become one of the few star artillery commanders in the Egyptian team is because he knows his shortcomings.

Know yourself and the enemy, and you will win every battle.

To win, you must clearly know your own weight, so Moratu will start fighting at a distance of ten kilometers from the enemy.

The target this time is the airport, but it is definitely not to bombard your own airport, but to cover an armored infantry in front to launch a charge, so this is still a coordinated infantry and artillery.

Stop moving forward, and the troops will deploy.

In a field battle, there is no need to build a field barracks, just a few camouflage nets around the command vehicle are enough.

Moratu cannot set up a command post a few kilometers behind. He has always followed the troops to set up a command post. It is not that he is too brave or reckless, but his command post must be close to the artillery position so that his officers can supervise and operate the artillery at any time.

As an artillery brigade commander with thirty-six AH-2 self-propelled artillery and just ten more towed large-caliber artillery, Moshitu sometimes even commands a single gun in person.

There is no way, Mo originated from this.

"Regimental commander.\\n.\\nNo, brigade commander, I think those new artillery can't take up. "This brigade commander was just appointed. Moratu was still a regimental commander the day before yesterday, but now he is a brigade commander, and his subordinates are not used to it.

The camouflage net has just been pulled up, the command table has just been set up, and the map has not been laid out yet, and one of Moratu's staff began to complain.

"The new artillery is not very adapted yet, and the people who just turned over to operate the artillery can't take up, should we not let them participate in the war?"

"No take up" is a dialect, which means no.

Since studying abroad, this staff likes to talk about the foreign words he learned, and he doesn't speak Mandarin that everyone can understand. He must speak a few dialects to show his place of study and qualifications.

But everyone came this way, Moratu also often speaks some foreign languages, anyway, basically everyone can understand in the command center, so communication is more efficient."

"The new artillery is joining the battle. Let them get familiar with it, but it will only fire in the first few rounds. We will inform you that each cannon will fire three shells. No more cannons are allowed to fire, so as not to hit their own heads." "Yes, brigade commander, I think it will be occupied." 「

The artillery is unfolding, the artillery begins to dig pits, and the artillery positions are slowly unfolding. In about an hour, the battle can begin.

This inefficiency was outrageous, making Moratu unbearable, but the troops he led were already one of the very few who could use artillery intensively, and they were also one of the very few who could accurately hit the enemy's head with artillery shells.

In comparison, it is still elite, and it is the elite of the elite, the kind that can engage in artillery battles with the enemy's artillery units. If this condition is added, Moratu's artillery regiment is the ace artillery regiment in the Egyptian formation.

No, it's been upgraded to an artillery brigade now.

The chief of staff was carrying a maza and a drawing under his right arm.

The board is coming.

This is another guy who uses his habits to show off his qualifications. He was born as a calculation soldier, but when he became the chief of staff, he still had a chair to sit on. He had to find opportunities to sit on the horse. He also liked to put the drawing board on his lap to work, which made him a staff officer. It seems like there is no table.

But this chief of staff made Moratu feel that he was not alone.

One of those people whose calculated shooting parameters are never wrong.

"Captain, have you contacted the front line troops?"

"Zhuanbu" is a simplified word for armored infantry. The chief of staff likes to use less formal abbreviations. This is his way of showing off his qualifications and abilities. It is a bit more advanced than the battalion commander's dialect. Contact was made, and after we prepared the artillery fire, they launched the attack. 「

"It says not to fire shells into the airport to avoid damaging our aircraft, but...\\n."

The chief of staff put the horse on the ground, put the splint on the horse, and said angrily: "Then let us blow it up, the enemy has done all the damage." 3

Moratu shook his head. He didn't want to comment on the performance of his brother's troops, and he couldn't complain casually.

"The coordinates are fixed. Let's start calculating quickly. We can't wait for the scouts to arrive before we start."

Determine your own position first, then the enemy

Although the approximate position of the person is definitely not accurate enough, with accurate data, the shooting elements can be quickly adjusted.

It's much faster than waiting and doing nothing.

The chief of staff lowered his voice and said: "Regiment commander, no, brigade commander, I heard that the frontline headquarters was detained last night. Do you know about this?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This is not something we should be concerned about. We are not under the command of the frontline headquarters anyway. "/

"Let's not talk about the confusion of the command system. Commander, I heard from my friend that it was a small team air assault.

The front finger was taken away at once. Those people are very powerful. They have helicopters. You said that after we spread out, it will be a big area. The other party also occupies the airport. They will not attack us in the air, right? Be careful. 「

Moratu was shocked. He got the news that the frontline headquarters was attacked, but the frontline headquarters was a place where certain people were given gold. It had no command authority at all. It was just a name. It had nothing to do with his troops. relation.

But Moratu really didn't hear any specific gossip to understand the battle process.

What do you mean, air raid? 「

Moratu was a little nervous, because he was an artillery regiment, no, an artillery brigade, but he did not have the accompanying protection of infantry, let alone the protection of air defense troops.

They are not under each other's control. In actual combat, each fights his own way, and no effective coordination can be formed. This is also painful. The reason is that the coordination and overall planning ability of the command department is too poor.

The chief of staff nodded and said, "Yes, air raid. How come you really don't know about it?"

Moratu stood up. He instinctively sensed the crisis.

He began to pace and began to wonder whether his situation was safe.

But Moratu heard an ominous whirring sound.

Whatever you say will come, whatever you are afraid of will come, the helicopter rotor will

The noise was very close.

Moratu's heart began to hurt.

The artillery was being deployed, and the preparations for firing had not yet been completed, but the enemy's helicopter had already arrived.

In order to facilitate command and maximize the firepower advantage, all artillery is basically deployed in a centralized manner. All ammunition trucks, fuel trucks, transport trucks, command vehicles, and communication vehicles are all concentrated in a small area. Inside.

The troop-running position, which is less than one square kilometer in area, has no air defense and only one security company.

"Captain, commander!"

The commander of the security company was running quickly, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Helicopter, drop, retreat quickly!"