Babylonian Empire

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The 42nd Infantry Division is stationed in various places, and the division headquarters is located one hundred miles northwest of Khomeini Port.

At this time, in the division headquarters, the division commander Majid Karama was conveying the order from above.

"The military region asked us to stand here and hinder the advance of the Iranian army, at least until dusk." Majid said.

"Master, this is impossible. What we are facing is not Iranian infantry or their crowd attack. What we are facing is the charge of a powerful armored group. We simply cannot resist it." A staff officer Said.

"Shut up!" Majid immediately reprimanded: "This is an order from above, and we cannot disobey it. Even if we die in battle, we must not embarrass Your Excellency Qusay! We must resolutely complete the task!"

The scolded staff officer blushed and said: "Commander, I'm not talking about disobeying the orders of the superiors, I'm just stating our facts. We are infantry, and most of them are scattered and stationed in various places. We also lack powerful weapons to attack armor forces. .”

"The more arduous our task is, the more we must accomplish it beautifully, because we are the 42nd Division of the Southern Military Region! We must make military exploits. We are the troops of Your Excellency Qusay! At the time in the Susangild swamp, the Iranians The armored force is so powerful, isn’t it still completely wiped out by His Excellency Qusay? Allah bless us! We will definitely complete the mission!”

When His Excellency Qusay was mentioned, all the people felt a burst of excitement. The battles created by His Excellency Qusay made them extremely excited. Why couldn't the infantry kill the tanks?Absolutely!

When thinking of fighting a tank, everyone first thinks of the bazooka. However, the range of the bazooka is very short, and it has to be close to the opponent's tank, and it must be on the flank to be sure to destroy it.However, in a tank moving at high speed, if you want to get close to the opponent, you must at least ask whether the machine gun on the opponent's tank agrees or not.

When infantry use rocket launchers, they must rely on dense fortifications and communication trenches. But now, it is definitely too late to temporarily construct these positions.

"We can use rocket launchers." A staff officer said: "However, in this case, our casualties will be quite large. We can also use explosives and put them under the tracks of the opponent's tank..."

Before the staff officer finished speaking, he felt inappropriate. In street fighting, these methods are still possible. However, in the wild, a [-]-meter athlete will never be able to run in front of the opponent's tank, and then put the explosive package on the opponent's track under.

During World War II, Marshal Zhukov also used this method, but he used military dogs.

"We can use recoilless guns!" said division commander Majid.

Recoilless gun!Everyone's hearts lit up, yes, how could they forget this thing!

A recoilless gun is a gun whose body does not retreat when firing. When firing, a considerable part of the gas produced by the propellant overflows from the rear of the gun, thereby generating a reverse momentum close to the momentum that pushes the projectile forward.This makes the gun itself almost recoilless.

Since the gun has no recoil, there is no need for the recoil buffer required by conventional guns, so the recoilless gun becomes very light and easy to use.Infantry can also use recoilless guns to fire large caliber shells.It is mainly used for directly aiming at armored targets, suppressing, annihilating living forces and firearms, and has made great contributions in the history of anti-tank warfare.

In World War I and World War II, this kind of artillery made great contributions, but after entering the 70s, due to the development of armor technology and the equipment of anti-tank missiles, the status and role of recoilless guns gradually declined.

However, in the 42nd Division, an artillery company is still deployed in each battalion, with more than a dozen 82mm recoilless guns.

Now is the time to put this weapon to good use!

"Our task this time is to delay the march of the Iranian armored forces and prevent them from reaching Abadan before our armored forces arrive. Therefore, our task is to harass and make our artillery companies recoilless." Cannons, carry out harassing attacks on Iran's armored groups, and at the same time, let our infantry retreat to the periphery near Abadan, and start to build fortifications. Once the actions ahead fail, we need to use our blood to defend Abadan!" Majid said.

With the formulation of the division's action plan, the counterattack of the 42nd Division finally began.

The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns couldn't keep up with the Iraqi Air Force's fighter jets, because the opponent was using Maverick missiles, which could be fired far beyond their shooting range. , but there is no way.

At this time, the fearless Iranian Air Force dispatched two squadrons of fighter planes again, including several J-[-]s that had just returned to the airport and completed refueling and maintenance, and took off again. The Iranian Air Force's dispatch efficiency was also very high.

Arslan's F-20 fighter jets had just fired two Mavericks, destroying two tanks on the ground, and had to engage in an air battle with Iranian Air Force fighter jets.

The loss of a few tanks did not affect the armored forces' attack, they knew that timing was everything now.

They didn't know that on the plain, there was already an army carrying special anti-tank equipment and started their bloody battle.

The 42nd Division is equipped with 82mm recoilless guns made in China.This kind of gun with a weight of 34 kg has an integral structure of the gun barrel and the drug chamber, and adopts a horizontal switch latch mechanism. In order to reduce the weight of the gun, the volume of the drug chamber is small; And the latch lever completes the locking with the breech of the gun; there is also a long nozzle on the breech block to reduce the risk of spraying after the rear; it is equipped with a dual-purpose optical sight for direct sight and indirect sight and a low-light sight.

When dealing with armored targets, four kilograms of armor-piercing ammunition are used.The armor-piercing bomb is a rocket-extended range bomb, which uses a double-cone powder cover, and the armor-piercing thickness is 150mm. Therefore, it can only hit the side of the tank, and the range is 500 meters. Therefore, when infantry is operating, it is quite dangerous. Large, this is also the reason why it is gradually replaced by anti-tank missiles.

However, in war, there are no undead!It just depends on whether the sacrifice is worth it or not!Now, it's time for the officers and soldiers of the No.40 Second Division to forge their military soul with blood!

After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers operating this kind of recoilless gun immediately rushed up against the torrent of Iranian armor.

In the tank's field of view, all kinds of motor vehicles will be their targets. Therefore, the gunners of the 42nd Division did not approach by car. They chose to walk, and then, they looked for a suitable place and waited for the fighter.

Because the gun tail needs to be depressurized, the chamber pressure of the recoilless gun is not very high, and the barrel of the thin steel plate is also very light, which can be carried by a group smoothly, with one person carrying the gun body and one person carrying it. With a tripod, the other two people can just hold the shells, and in a critical situation, you can shoot directly on your shoulders without using a tripod.

On this plain, there are large areas of weeds all around. If the infantry is lying in it, they will not notice it in the running tank.

The Iranian armored forces are still advancing, and they have completed nearly half of the march. Muhammad is very satisfied with the speed of his army.

Retake Abadan!Drive the Iraqi invaders out of the land of Iran!Although most of the fighters in this armored force are newcomers, their fighting spirit is very high, and they are eager to fight!Fight for the great Iran, and shed blood for the great leader Khomeini!

Chapter 4 Seventeen Recoilless Guns

Jafri is a recruit who joined the 42nd Division last year, but his combat skills and tactics are already very sophisticated, and he does not look like a new soldier at all.

In the martial arts contest held in the division at the end of the year, as a gunner of a recoilless gun, Jafri faced the assessment items, shooting upwards, downwards, flat, and shooting at moving targets in four different ways. He was No. 82 in the three rounds of 1 recoilless anti-personnel grenades, and none of the shells missed the target, and even the shells that broke the armor hit the target.

However, there is a gap between training and actual combat.

What Jafri is looking forward to is to kill the enemy on the real battlefield, and now, this time has come!

Jaffrey's team was also four people. He hugged his baby: the 82mm recoilless gun, and moved forward with a cat on his waist. Soon, he came to the back of a mound.

The striker of the Iranian tank and armor group is less than five kilometers away from here, and the time left for them is very short.

Jafri looked at the grass blown by the wind and felt the direction of the wind, which was very important for his shooting.

The tripod was supported on the ground, and then he installed the cannon body on it. At this height, he could just shoot in a kneeling position, and the mound in front of him just blocked the cannon body, which was very good for concealment.

Jafri glanced around. There was a low-lying earth pit a few hundred meters away, but there was nothing else.

Suddenly, there was a regular vibration on the ground.

The vibration became more and more intense, and it seemed that even the ground was trembling. Jafri looked around and saw a puff of black smoke rising from the ground in the distance. The Iranian armored force had already arrived.

"Quick, reload!" Jafri said.

After the tripod and the gun body were assembled, a soldier stuffed a fragmented armor shell into the rear barrel and closed the gun ring.

Then they backed away, crouching in the side grass, out of the rear death zone of the recoilless gun.

The principle of the recoilless gun is that during the firing process, the pressure is released backwards to offset the reaction force of the shell firing, and what is excreted is also the burning gas of the hot gunpowder. Therefore, when firing the recoilless gun , is even scarier than launching a bazooka. If unfortunately it is burned by the exhaust gas, even if it can't be burned to death, it will be disfigured.

The vanguard of the Iranian armored forces drove up, and the front ones were two Type 69 tanks. For convenience, the tankers did not cover the cockpit. Although this was a war, they still exposed their heads on the front deck. This drag racing.

The 580-horsepower engine, under their ravages, kept emitting black smoke and roared forward. They are fearless Iranian fighters!

Behind them, there are several 63-type armored vehicles, protecting the flanks, obviously acting as cannon fodder. Once the flanks are hit, they will bear the brunt.

These are not the goals I want, and the angle is not very good, Jafri didn't move, just lying flat like this.

The forwards of the Iranian armored group drove past less than 300 meters from Jafri's hiding place, but they did not find that Jafri was posing a serious threat to them.

When the forward was almost over, Jafri poked his head out, and among the more than 20 armored vehicles of the opponent's forward, two tanks fell behind!

It is likely that the drivers of these two vehicles were not skilled in operation, or they had mechanical failures. In short, it was very difficult to walk.

That's you!