Dominate South Asia

Cannons are the gods of war. When the huge shells fall from the sky, they make a sharp sound by cutting through the air. When they fall, they are accompanied by a huge explosion. The solid fortifications are destroyed, the people in the center of the explosion are directly crushed, and the people affected by the air waves around will also be seriously injured. This is simply the god of death!

The huge lethality and the terrible explosion scene make it an effective offensive weapon. The Soviet Union has always liked cannons. Except for the time when Khrushchev cared about nuclear weapons, which led to the slow development of cannons, the rest of the time, the Soviet Union's cannons were developing rapidly. In order to keep up with their own mechanized forces, they have long realized self-propelled artillery.

Now, these artillery standing outside are the backbone of the Soviet artillery, 152mm self-propelled artillery.

Among them, the one without a turret is the 2S5 152mm self-propelled cannon, which was equipped with the Soviet army in the late 1970s. It is an open semi-armored tracked self-propelled artillery. When the artillerymen fire shells, they need to be exposed to the outside to fire, just like ordinary towed artillery. In fact, it is equivalent to adding a chassis to the towed artillery. The combat weight is 28.2 tons and the crew is 6 people. When firing ordinary shells, the maximum initial velocity reaches 942m/s, the maximum firing rate is 4 rounds/min, and the maximum range is 28.4km; when firing rocket-assisted shells, the maximum range is 33km. The 152mm caliber shells can easily destroy ordinary reinforced concrete fortifications.

The other one with a turret is the 2S1 self-propelled howitzer, which has just been finalized. In later generations, it was equipped with the Soviet army in 1988. The combat weight is 42.5 tons. The crew consists of 7 people, consisting of a 2A65 152mm gun barrel and a T-80 tank chassis. Since it is no longer open, the soldiers' survivability has been greatly improved. Unfortunately, it lacks an automatic fire control system and an automatic positioning and orientation system, and its independent combat capability is poor. The ammunition has not been compartmentalized, and the survivability rate is low.

Now, these two self-study artillery. They constitute the main force of the attack. The 152mm shells are enough to blow up various buildings, and the other kind, the 122mm multiple rocket launcher, is simply a good area killing weapon.

The rocket launcher has a large dispersion accuracy and is not suitable for precise shooting. After firing, it will cover a wide offensive surface. When the shooting is completed. The covered area will become a ruin.

And this BM-21 rocket launcher is a 122mm 40-tube self-propelled rocket launcher equipped in large quantities by the Soviet Union. It has been equipped with the Soviet Army since 1964. The artillery regiments of the infantry division and the tank division are both equipped with a BM-21 rocket launcher battalion equipped with 24 guns. According to different models, they are equipped on different launch vehicles, almost all of which are wheeled truck chassis.

The Soviet army waited for two days, on the one hand, waiting for more troops to come to surround, and on the other hand, waiting for the transportation of these artillery fires, just when they entered Afghanistan. They mainly used tanks, and later found that tanks were not working well, so they changed to armored vehicles. Now, they need artillery power again, so they urgently transferred this batch of artillery fires from the country.

Due to the limited number, they can only start the attack from one direction. The first aim is the west.

Osama didn't know that the Soviet commander on the opposite side took such good care of him that he used these artillery fires to entertain him. When Osama discovered these artillery fires. He immediately issued his first formal combat order: "Retreat!"

Retreat! Those are artillery fires, and they are covering artillery fires. When the enemy's artillery fires start shooting, the soldiers in the fortifications who are preparing to fight street battles will be hit by the enemy's artillery fires and buried by buildings. There is no possibility of survival.

Osama is not afraid of sacrifice, but the sacrifice must be worth it. If he orders to continue to hold on now, it would be suicide.

The order was issued at the right time. When the soldiers retreated according to the original route, the artillery fire from the opposite side had already started shooting.

"Boom!" The 152mm artillery made a deafening sound. When the shell went out of the muzzle, a brilliant flame appeared. Later, the gun door opened and a hot shell came out from inside.

The artillerymen who had just covered their ears and hugged their heads back came up from the beginning and continued to fire the second shell. No one would laugh at them. This was basic self-protection. However, even if these simple means were adopted, it was not enough to make up for their hearing damage. Anyone who served as an artilleryman in the army would suffer from hearing loss after retirement, and the age of deafness was much earlier than that of ordinary people.

"Shua, shua, shua." The 122mm rockets don't make such a loud noise. The huge roar is caused by the explosion of the propellant of the shells, which pushes the shells out and the high-pressure gas rushes out of the muzzle.

After the rockets are ignited, they come out of the launch tubes and fly forward continuously by their own power. They don't have the conditions for roaring. Although the sound is not enough, when the rockets keep jumping out of the rocket launch tubes, the scene is extremely spectacular.

The Soviet offensive has finally begun!

The cannons roared, the rockets flew, and the first round of fierce shooting rushed towards the city here.

"Boom!" A 152mm shell landed in a yard. Suddenly, the two rooms and the courtyard wall in the yard were overturned at the moment of the shell explosion. A large pit several meters deep appeared on the ground, and then it was filled up by the collapsed walls.

"Boom, boom!" The explosion of the rockets was even more thrilling. When the rockets covered, there were explosions everywhere, shrapnel flying everywhere, and nothing could be seen clearly. Only dust could be seen. Then, this place seemed to have been plowed and completely lost its original appearance.

No one can survive such an attack! All people will become cold corpses with this bombardment. Some will not even have corpses, but only pieces of meat.

Afghan rebels, let you see the true strength of the Soviet army. You will know what a wrong choice it is to come out of the mountains and occupy the city of Jalalabad!

Looking at this dense artillery coverage, the commander-in-chief of this mission, the commander of the 40th Army, Petrovsky, said: "Our artillery coverage is enough to eliminate all the Afghan rebels here!"

"But there are still some civilians who will be implicated." The chief of staff said beside him.

"This is what we want to see. Let the local Afghans know that supporting the Afghan Free Army means they are our enemies! Wherever the Afghan Free Army controls, the local residents will suffer! In this way, they will no longer support the Afghan rebels, and we can completely make them disappear!"

Eliminate the military and civilians together. This is a psychological tactic of theirs. As for the accusations of the international community outside, they can completely ignore it. That is Moscow's concern. What they need is to completely eliminate the Afghan rebels, no matter what means!

The intensive artillery fire lasted for two hours. The city on this side was almost destroyed into ruins.

"Order, the 108th Division, enter the urban area here and completely occupy this side." Petrovsky said.

"Yes."

The order was issued immediately. The 108th Division often encircled and suppressed the guerrillas here. In the battle with the guerrillas, they suffered heavy casualties. They were constantly replenished with new recruits, and at the same time, their hatred for the Afghan rebels was growing.

Now, looking at this side in ruins, the Afghan rebels below must have been completely wiped out! Division Commander Dorofeyev sat in a BTR infantry fighting vehicle and followed his mechanized troops in.

The wheels pressed on the ruins. Through the periscope, you can see that this place has completely become a ruin. No one can hide here! If you encounter a building that has not collapsed, the 73mm low-pressure smoothbore gun of the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle will continue to fire and destroy it.

In this way, I came all the way without encountering any resistance, but is this still the original Jalalabad? The familiar streets are gone, only these ruins are left. This battle will completely destroy the city!

Dorofeyev stopped his thoughts. In short, this time he finally won an absolute victory over the Afghan rebels!

"There are the bodies of our people there!" At this moment, an infantry squad leader shouted.

On the half of the street that was not destroyed by artillery fire, several soldiers in Soviet uniforms were lying there, and the blood on their bodies dyed the ground red.

"Squeak!" The armored vehicle stopped, the back door opened, and the soldiers of the infantry squad came out and walked towards the bodies of their own soldiers. They must be the mechanized battalion from a few days ago, or the original garrison soldiers here.

A Soviet soldier, with a sad heart, turned over the body on the ground. When he saw the grenade under the body, his face was shocked. Oops, this is a trap!

"Boom!" There was no time to react, the grenade exploded, and the soldier was directly killed, and several soldiers nearby were also slightly injured.

"Damn it! Tell them not to move the bodies at will!" Dorofeyev shouted.

"Report, we have completely occupied the destroyed place, one person was killed and six were injured." The battle situation in front was reported to Petrovsky.

"Killed? How did he die?" Petrovsky asked. He still didn't believe it. Could it be that the fierce artillery fire could not eliminate the Afghan rebels?

"The booby traps left by the Afghan rebels."

Booby traps! It seems that the Afghan rebels only have these means!

"Notify the 108th Division to hold on to the occupied area. We will continue the battle tomorrow!" Petrovsky said.

The artillery fire was very effective, but unfortunately, it was a huge test for logistics supply. All the shells had just been fired, and they had to wait for more shells to be transported from the rear before they could continue the attack. (To be continued ~^~)