A hissing sound like something cutting through the air.
"grass!"
Li Zheng quickly shrank his head and lay on the ground.
Mortar shells!
The ADF militants finally recovered.
Li Zheng's previous sniper position was very suitable because there was a depression on the left and a hillside on the right.
When a novice sniper chooses a sniper position, he will directly choose a place with a high position and a wide field of vision to aim easily.
But experienced snipers not only consider the above conditions, but also consider concealment.
In layman's terms, the concealment of a sniper is not just that you hide in a secret place that is difficult for others to detect. For example, the sniper manual states that you cannot use the location of a ridgeline as a sniper position, especially if it is in the air.
A big living person is hiding on the ridgeline, with the moon behind him and the clear night sky. Anyone who makes the slightest move will be clearly seen.
That's a good target to focus on.
Novice snipers will regard these principles as the Bible, and they must say what the principles are and what the rules are.
But no one tells them that veteran snipers actually consider many more factors.
For example, the impact of terrain on sound transmission will produce echoes, and the sound wave will bounce off the hillside after hitting it, which will blur the location of the original sniper point.
Many veterans find the sniper point by listening to the sound and identifying the position. Regardless of the terrain, the opponent will find you after firing a shot.
If there is a hillside on the right side of the sniper point but not on the left, the sound waves generated by shooting will hit the hillsides and cliffs on the right, causing echoes. Even for veterans, the first shot may not be able to find your exact location.
In addition, the route must also be considered.
A small team is coming from the opposite side. If the sniper wants to snipe the opponent, he must consider his own retreat route and how he will be surrounded and captured if he is discovered by the opponent after shooting.
Everything on the battlefield is a decisive factor in success or failure, and is also the key to life and death.
A rookie sniper who loses his head and loses his temper will not survive a single battle.
The reason why Li Zheng did not choose the Crooked Neck Tree before was because it was relatively open around it, and it was easy to find the exact location after the gunshots were heard.
In addition, the open area is not conducive to retreat, and it is too close to the southeast, and it is easy to be surrounded and outflanked.
Anyway, although the Crooked Neck Tree has a wider field of vision and better control, it was not included in Li Zheng's first sniper position selection because it was too easy to expose himself.
It's just forced by the situation.
Li Zheng had no choice.
This is the duty and destiny of the sniper.
This profession has always had an aura of heroism.
Why?
On the battlefield, if you ask the veterans, who discovered that the sniper's position would not be bombarded by all the firepower?
Mortars are one of the most feared weapons for snipers.
Heavy machine gun?
Stand aside!
Heavy machine guns are direct-firing firearms. As long as the sniper position has suitable cover, no matter how many heavy machine guns there are, they can only suppress the sniper, but cannot quickly kill him.
Mortars are different.
This thing is a direct-fire firearm, commonly known as shooting cattle from across the mountain. It won't work even if you hide behind any rocks.
Putting aside high-precision equipment such as drones, in Africa, the most common threat to snipers among armed organizations is mortars.
An 80-caliber mortar can intensively kill 15 meters, and the fragmentation can reach 30 meters.
A 100-caliber mortar can cause intensive damage to 30 meters and fragmentation damage to 50 meters.
Sniper position?
As long as it is discovered and not transferred immediately, it will be a dead end.
In fact, Li Zheng's previous sniper attack completely violated all principles. If instructor No. 5 had been around, he would probably have turned his head and hit him on the head.
But there is no way.
If he didn’t sacrifice his life, Tong Zhi and the commando team members would also die. 衡
Li Zheng has no lofty ideas.
He just felt that he should do this and moved on almost subconsciously.
It was precisely because of this that Bai Aote felt that this guy was a lunatic.
Because they were all experts, Bai Aote knew that Li Zheng was going to die.
However, this CCT can be considered a tough guy.
If Li Zheng goes, he will go too.
This shot directly shocked Li Zheng to the point of vomiting.
Large caliber mortar.
This is not an ordinary 60 caliber or 80 caliber mortar.
The most abundant weapons here are Soviet-made weapons.
The biggest feature of Soviet-made weapons is one word - big!
Caliber is the truth!
The caliber of their mortars is not only 100 mm, but often 120 mm. In terms of power and accuracy, they rank behind.
Li Zheng understood this lesson thoroughly.
The mortar shell exploded about ten meters away from them.
The shock wave did not directly kill Li Zheng, but the shrapnel directly hit his backpack, making a hissing sound.
People were so shocked that they lost their sense of direction for a moment.
"White Otto!"
Li Zheng knew very well that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time.
Once the sniper is discovered, he won't run away? Then wait for all kinds of ammunition to hit your head!
Baiot was already at the foot of the hillside.
The man was lying on the ground, motionless.
The scariest thing is that there is smoke coming from the back of this thing.
He didn't know what hit him. There was only one reason for the smoke and fire in his backpack, and that was because the loose ammunition was ignited.
Bulk ammunition is a type of ammunition that every soldier must carry on the battlefield.
For example, a tactical vest has a magazine pocket that can hold at least 4 or even more magazines.
However, the four magazines obviously do not meet the needs of the battlefield, and the magazine on the gun only holds 150 rounds.
So everyone has a bullet bag with loose ammunition.
The number depends on the mission requirements and troop configuration.
The minimum number is 120 rounds, and the maximum number is 200 rounds.
Li Zheng didn't care to look at his injuries. After all, he didn't feel any pain for the time being. He stretched out his hands and feet to see that everything was in order, and he didn't feel any warm or leaking liquid, which meant that there was no problem with the parts.
Sliding down the slope to the bottom, Li Zheng immediately tore off Bai Aote's backpack - he didn't even have time to undo the various buckles of the backpack, he directly pulled out the survival knife to cut the straps, and then took the backpack off
Throw it far away.
Baiot didn't know what was in his backpack. If something dangerous caused an explosion, not only would he be dead, but he would also be buried with him.
After throwing away Baiot's backpack and turning him over, Li Zheng raised his night vision goggles and used the moonlight to look at the wounds on the opponent's body.
Blood...
The first thing to do is to look for blood stains.
Be sure to look carefully where there are blood stains.
Because it may be where the wound is, it also means it was hit.
fine……
There was no blood oozing from the upper body.
But just when he felt at ease, he heard Baiot groan——
"My hand... hurts... Ouch... FK..."
Li Zheng looked up and saw that this guy's left arm was bright red, and there was a steady stream of blood oozing out.
It’s over!
Baiot was injured.
Li Zheng didn't have time to check the injury. This was not a good time to heal. The longer they stayed here, the harder it would be for the two of them to escape.
Tong Zhi and the others withdrew, and so did the Mist team at point A.
Who else in the entire Varaam tribal region is the most worthy target for militants to pursue?
Undoubtedly it is Li Zheng and Bai Aote.
What's more, Baiot and Baiot are injured now.
In the end, Li Zheng's heroic behavior made him bear all the consequences.