Chapter 778: Split

One general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted.

It is better to be led by a lion than by a sheep

lion.

Moratu deeply believed in this ancient proverb full of Eastern wisdom, because in comparison, he thought it was better than the same type of proverb in the West.

The reason is simple. Amin believes that a sheep led by a lion cannot defeat a lion led by a sheep.

As a commander, as a commander who has received a good military education, leading a well-educated middle-level commander, and commanding an army composed purely of illiterate and semi-literate people, I feel an extreme sense of fragmentation and powerlessness. Touching Moratu's heart.

Cannon is the god of war, but artillery is a technical branch.

Cannons require technology to exert their due power.

Infantry and artillery coordination, tank and artillery coordination, require the cooperation of both parties, and have high requirements on the ability of both parties to coordinate.

For example, in the Xu Jin Barrage, the artillery opens the way in front and the infantry follows up behind the line of fire. This is an infantry-artillery collaboration technology that was born during World War I and reached its peak during World War II, but now no army in Africa can do it.

Yes, there is no army in the entire Africa that can carry out an infantry charge under the cover of Xu Jin's barrage. Artillery can't do it, and neither can infantry.

In the country where Moratu studied, the standard distance of their Xujin barrages was one hundred to three hundred meters. However, the infantry of that country could only be fifty meters away from the gradually advancing artillery fire.

Fifty meters, still within the killing range of large-caliber artillery shells.

If the cannonball misses the target, someone will die.

Here, let alone fifty meters, not even five hundred meters.

Not even a thousand meters.

They are also artillerymen, and the shooting points are also given by the command headquarters, but the first shot may be okay. After careful inspection and long preparation, at least the first shot was fired according to the parameters given by the gun commander, but the ammunition The screen needs to fire continuously and continuously adjust the shooting parameters. As long as one of the cannons fails to execute the changes in the shooting elements when firing, it will blow up on one's own head.

Visual shooting is fine, but long-distance beyond-visual-range artillery fire requires artillery scouts to send back the shooting elements before firing. Then you need to test-fire one to three artillery shells first to see if the shot is accurate or not. allow.

The artillery scouts require extremely high professional skills. Whether they can shoot accurately or not depends on whether the shooting elements they send back are accurate. However, Moratu's weakness is here, his artillery scouts It always made him feel extremely painful.

Artillery reconnaissance is a technical job, but it is also a direct front-line combat job.

Moreover, artillery reconnaissance is always a key target for the enemy. How many valuable international students in Moratu can be directly sent to the front line as artillery reconnaissance? position

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

This is a force that has been born with disease in its mother's womb. Although it has large-caliber artillery with a long range, Moratu cannot take advantage of the range at all.

It is rare to fire at a distance of more than ten kilometers, because the farther the distance, the greater the error, and Motu always believes that shells that cannot hit are a pure waste.

An elite command team leads grassroots troops who are extremely lacking in professional skills.

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

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

If you want to win, you must clearly know your own weight. Therefore, Moratu must start the battle ten kilometers away from the enemy general.

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

The advance was halted and the troops deployed.

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

Moratu cannot be built a few kilometers behind

He has always followed the troops to establish the headquarters. It is not that he is too brave or reckless, but that his headquarters must be close to the artillery position so that his officers can go to the position at any time to supervise and personally operate the artillery.

As the commander of an artillery brigade, a shrunken artillery brigade with thirty-six AH-2 self-propelled artillery pieces and just ten more towed large-caliber artillery pieces, Mo Shutu would sometimes even personally command a single artillery piece.

There is no way, this is where Mo comes from.

"Captain.\n.\nNo, brigade commander, I don't think those new cannons are occupied. "This brigade commander was just appointed. The day before yesterday, Moratu was still the regiment commander, but now he has become the brigade commander. Not quite used to it yet.

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

"The new cannon is not very used to it yet. We just turned over to operate the big gun.

If the cannons are not occupied by the people, should we not let them participate in the war? 「

Bu Zhan is a dialect, which means no.

Since studying abroad, this staff officer likes to talk about the foreign words he has learned. Moreover, he does not speak Mandarin that everyone can understand. He must speak a few dialects to show his knowledge of studying abroad. Location and qualifications.

But everyone came here this way, and Moratu often spoke some foreign languages. Anyway, everyone in the headquarters could basically understand them, so communication was 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 your own people." "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 appalling and made 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, they are still elite, and they are the elite among the elite, the kind that can engage in artillery battles with the enemy's artillery units. If this condition is included, 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 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 knees 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 centrally. 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!"