It is not only the Cuban artillery that has calculated the shooting coordinates, but also the artillerymen of Shadow Company who have complete firing tables and data. They have already been exposed to the 9a1 millimeter mortar when they were in the army. Naturally, they are not familiar with the parameters of this artillery. Know it in your chest.
The mortar team that had been hiding in the hangar for a long time rushed out of the bunker after receiving the order. One person in the three-person team carried the gun, one person carried the gun mount, and one person carried the ammunition box. They jumped in and dug in. In a good shooting shelter.
P, who was carrying the gun mount, inserted the gun mount into the ground fiercely, and then stepped on it hard. This was done to leave no gap between the base and the ground. Then the gunner set up the mortar and quickly referenced the high point. The observer begins to adjust the sight according to the observed coordinates.
When ready, the gunner took a mortar shell and loaded it into the muzzle.
Immediately, the mortar shells were fired. Then, the gunner did not continue to fire, but waited for the observer to observe the impact point. When he saw the signal with correct coordinates, the gunner began to move the shells to his side as quickly as possible. Launched.
From the perspective of the infantrymen on the front line, it was just flashes of fire and clusters of slowly spreading smoke exploding hundreds of meters away. They didn't know whether the shells hit anyone or not, so they could only remain silent. I pray that the artillery fire will hit the target, so that the pressure I face will be much less.
But many times, the more you hope that something will not happen, the greater the probability of it happening. The interception barrage of the mortar team has very limited damage to the Cuban soldiers who are very scattered in the offensive formation. These veterans know how to They tried their best to save themselves during the bombardment, so the nearly 100 shells fired back from the defenders only caused single-digit damage to the Cuban paratroopers.
Moreover, the artillery fire from the defenders ended here, because the Cuban artillery began to extend its artillery fire. They jumped over the strong hangar and began to fire artillery shells at the approximate location of the defender's artillery that had previously fired.
Although the Shadow Company's mortar team had evacuated in time, without their artillery coverage, the Cuban paratroopers could more easily pass through the artillery blockade, and then began to exchange fire with the defenders.
Neither of the two warring parties are newbies, and naturally there will be no situation where they are holding the trigger. Everyone is basically using semi-automatic and burst firing methods. Even the machine gun team is the same. They can only run behind the position and do whatever they want. Only the moving 0 armored vehicles and A60 armored vehicles will fire continuously in the distance in a long burst.
When the infantry of both sides were shooting at each other, the snipers were not idle. The snipers of the Cuban paratroopers were equipped with SVD, which is the Dragunov sniper rifle. As a weapon specially manufactured for precision shooting purposes, SVD The sniper rifle is still capable of killing at a distance of one thousand meters, but that is only under ideal conditions, but the ordinary distance of 600 meters can still put a lot of pressure on the snipers of Shadow Company.
From time to time, there will be a muffled sound among the chaotic gunfire, and then machine gunners or snipers from both sides will fall. Compared with the shooters of the Shadow Company, the Cuban snipers are more professional. They do not attack with the infantry, but He will wear a cloak and lurk in the shadows of the battlefield, waiting like a cobra for a fatal blow.
Although Shadow Company was at a disadvantage in the sniper duel, as Shepard's most trusted special team, the sniper team also had privileges that other teams did not have, such as the use of heavy firepower.
After one team member was killed one after another, the commander of the sniper unit immediately asked his men to give up the plan to sniper with the Cuban snipers. After all, his own skills were inferior to others, and continuing to fight would only increase casualties.
But after losing their place, the detachment must find it back. Therefore, the snipers who no longer targeted the sniper position immediately left the sniper position, jumped on the armored vehicle wandering behind the defensive position, and then pulled away the gunners with poor shooting skills and replaced them. Go into battle on your own.
"Are you targeting a sniper? I have a 12.7mm!"
A qualified sniper should be a very flexible tactical master who knows what weapon to use in any situation. If you can't snipe, then switch to a cannon. Anyway, they all have sights!
So those Cuban snipers who discovered their lurking position were in bad luck. Before the joy of killing their opponents faded from their faces, they saw strange guys aiming at them in the scope.
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Large-caliber heavy machine guns, rapid-fire machine guns, and even rocket launchers, etc., fired a hundred rounds if they failed to hit. If the precise shots could not kill them, they were covered by fire. Several Cuban snipers were concentrated before they could even run away. The firepower hit them without a trace.
"They are a tough opponent. If they had more people and better equipment, we wouldn't have to attack the airport!"
"Captain Malashenko, I want to apologize to you. I originally thought that you couldn't take the airport because you were too useless, but now it seems that I was wrong!"
"I accept your apology, Major Garcia, but our top priority now is not to see who is right or who is wrong. Taking the airport is the first priority, isn't it?"
"Yes, completing the superior's mission is the first priority!"
"So, do you have any ideas?"
Malashenko asked looking at the lean and short Cuban officer in front of him.
"Not at the moment. The opponent's defense is impeccable and they are always trying to make mistakes. We don't have much chance of relying on side attacks!"
"Then we can only rely on frontal attacks to complete the mission assigned to us by our superiors?"
Malashenko scratched his head in distress. He missed his old army so much. If you leave such an airport to them, they can complete it in one day!
"Don't worry, my comrade, our opponents are also human beings, and they also have weaknesses, it's just that we haven't found them!"
Major Garcia, the commander of the Cuban paratroopers, lowered his binoculars and pointed to the west side of the airport.
"Look, the firepower of the guards over there is completely different from that in the central and eastern part of the airport. This means that they placed those mercenaries on the west side!"
"So, you want to create a breakthrough there?"
Malashenko immediately understood.
"Yes, if we defeat those mercenaries, then our enemy will inevitably have to recruit people to fill the vacancies, and then we will have the opportunity to compress the encirclement and push their defenses back to the airport!"
"Why don't we take advantage of the situation and seize the airport?"
"Captain, haven't you discovered the biggest weakness of our opponent?"
"What?"
"Their logistics relies entirely on transport planes in the evening!"
"But we currently have no ability to cut off their logistics! The range of the anti-aircraft artillery is not enough, and the mortars can't hit there either!"
"Then find a way to get closer. Now that we are here, we have a better chance than before, right?"
