Chapter Fifty: Cannon Fire

  The sky is bright and clear, Susangirde swamp, a new day has arrived.

  As they were tasked with defensive missions, as long as the enemy's armored divisions were blocked in the swamp and couldn't get out, their mission would be considered accomplished. So last night, the 35th Armored Brigade's mechanized infantry regiment began frantically constructing fortifications, digging countless foxholes.

  Yesterday's battle in the afternoon consumed half of the main force tank T-62, while the opponent still had a strong striking power. So, Muhammad changed his tactics. Today, when fighting again, the tanks charged forward, and the armored vehicles followed behind. Once the tanks were destroyed, they could only rely on the infantry inside the armored vehicles, using rocket launchers and anti-tank mines to stop the enemy's attack.

  If it really came down to that, the 35th Armored Brigade might have been buried here. Fortunately, this was just the worst-case scenario.

  The military district headquarters has sent a notice, and today the air force brothers will come to support. They are probably only needed to stand by and watch how the air force annihilates the opponent, their task is to go up and capture the opponent.

  Muhammad was in an armored command vehicle, gnawing on his field rations, when suddenly he heard the sound of something whizzing by in the sky.

  Muhammad's face suddenly turned solemn, he had figured it out, this was the sound of a large-caliber howitzer firing!

  The other side is an armored division, and it will naturally be equipped with a divisional artillery regiment. How could I have forgotten such important common sense?

  "Quickly, notify all armored vehicles to disperse and hide. Once the artillery fire is over, they will be coming!" Muhammad said to the communications officer beside him.

  In an instant, radio waves flew through wireless telegraphy to the entire armored division.

  "Boom, boom, boom!" At this time, the first round of shells had already exploded nearby. Fortunately, the opponent's first round was just a test shot and was far away from itself. However, the second round was highly accurate.

  Each armored vehicle started up, and soldiers quickly ran into the armored vehicles, preparing to move out.

  The firing of large-caliber howitzers is a devastating weapon for ordinary infantry, but it has little power against the armored 63-style warcar and T-62 tank. As long as it's not a direct hit, the blast wave can hardly pose a threat to the T-62, and has some impact on the armored vehicle. However, as long as the armored vehicle is dispersed, the opponent's bombing effect will be significantly reduced.

  "Two platoons move forward in search, be aware of small reconnaissance parties from the Persian side." Muhammad ordered over the radio.

  Using gunfire to shoot, although the shooting elements have been determined in advance, however, personnel are needed to evaluate whether the shooting has reached the requirements, how to adjust the shooting direction, and ensure the best shooting effect. Therefore, a small group of scouts will definitely be dispatched to visually inspect the results of the gunfire and report back to the gunner for re-adjustment.

  But such personnel have a very high chance of being eliminated, because the troops that are being bombarded will definitely look for people who pose a great threat to themselves.

  It is also possible to be hit by one's own gunfire.

  So in later generations, drones will be used more professionally to replace this dangerous task.

  Where is our plane? Why hasn't it arrived yet? Muhammad was getting anxious, it was clear that the other side's artillery fire this time was so intense, after bombarding them, they would come up like Mount Tai, and he couldn't withstand it at all.

  Thirteen kilometers away.

  Dozens of M109A1 self-propelled howitzers are wildly venting their anger.

  "Boom!" Amidst the earth-shaking roar, the cannon barrel contracted violently, and then white smoke burst out of the muzzle. In the slowly spreading white smoke, a black shell rapidly flew out.

  Yesterday's battle, due to lack of ammunition, these howitzers did not play their role, today, they can finally show off.

  Originally planned to complete the replenishment last night and launch a surprise attack, but the first wave of helicopters only replenished half of it, which was far from giving the strongest killing power, so we had to wait for the second batch. Who knew that in the second half of the night, the sky was even darker, and the CH-47 couldn't take off riskily, so we had to wait until dawn before conducting the second replenishment.

  Resupply complete, Rajavi immediately ordered his troops to launch an offensive.

  The first to be used was the artillery battalion affiliated with the division.

  M109A1, this is a large-caliber 155mm howitzer. The power of the shell when fired is enormous. To prevent the massive recoil from causing the tracks on both sides to sink into the mud, stones are filled under the tracks on both sides before firing. Otherwise, after firing the shell, the self-propelled howitzer would be unable to move, what a tragedy.

  The side doors on the turret and the rear door of the hull are all open. Due to the high breech pressure when firing, it will cause a sudden change in air pressure inside the vehicle. If the doors are not opened, it is very harmful to the gunner inside.

  Every time a shot is fired, the wireless radio will receive the voice of the sharp soldier, and then adjust the firing elements to improve accuracy.

  Ali's tank was moving forward, its turret constantly rotating, vigilantly scanning everything around it, determined to find the enemy's artillery reconnaissance personnel!

  Damn Persian coward, come on if you dare! Ali looked around the swamp through his periscope, cursing in his heart, wherever he saw something that didn't please him, it was a burst of machine gun bullets.

  His unit, after yesterday's battle, only had six tanks left, but the soldiers were still in high spirits. Today their greatest wish was to destroy a few more Chiefs! Especially like yesterday, attacking the Chiefs who got stuck in the mud and couldn't move.

  But today, without even seeing the enemy, they came under artillery fire. Although hiding in a tank is safe enough unless there's a direct hit, it's still infuriating.

  The 63-style armored vehicle in the rear was not so lucky and was killed by four or five vehicles, with more than a hundred brothers receiving the call of death.

  After a ten-minute barrage, Rajavi ordered four armored regiments to charge forward together.

  Chieftain, is a powerful assault weapon. Today, we must break through the enemy's blockade and fight our way out of the swamp and to the Keren River!

  On Elrad's targeting device, a series of antennae suddenly appeared.

  "The Chieftain is up!" Elrad shouted, taking aim.

  At the same time, the loader loaded a tail-stabilized armor-piercing shell into the breech, and in the next moment, they would be engaged in close combat.

  God bless the Iraqi armored brigade that is invincible in battle!

  The outline of the chieftain grew larger and closer in Elara's sights.

  "All armored units of the 35th Brigade, retreat immediately." Suddenly, the order came over the radio.

  What? Are you going to give up on intercepting them? We're just about to make contact! Elrad was somewhat perplexed.

  Soldiers take executing orders as their duty, and the driver immediately stepped on the brakes, put it in reverse gear, and backed away.

  Backing off is also a matter of finesse, if you turn around and back off, then the weakest rear armor will be exposed to the Iranians, and being penetrated by an armor-piercing bullet is not a good thing.

  So if you decide to quit fighting during a quick mutual exchange of fire, there is only one choice: shift into reverse gear and back away directly!

  However, tanks do not have rearview mirrors like ordinary cars, and even more advanced ones have visible reversing radars. The line of sight for a tank moving forward is very poor, and reversing is even more troublesome. That is to say, the driver just steps on the accelerator and reverses, and what he hits depends entirely on luck.

  Eira opened the hatch and poked her head out, ready to give directions to the driver.

  He raised his head and saw a fleet of planes flying in from the sky, the air force brothers have arrived!