Mercenary's War

Chapter 2448: Chapter 2424: Breaking Through the Defensive Line

The shells whistled and landed in the mountain valley.

152mm howitzers don’t pose much of a threat to tanks unless the shell hits the tank directly; otherwise, it won’t cause any damage to the tanks.

For armored vehicles, the 152mm caliber cannon is very threatening, but the armored vehicles are mobile and quite fast, and Satan only has five cannons. Even at full speed, it cannot truly block the valley.

However, firing the cannon at full speed and only targeting the valley in front of the assault group can effectively slow down the advance of the armored assault group.

Peter and Vorvitsky ambushed on the mountain east side of the valley. Leading the Dagger Assault Team, they must stop the armored assault group’s attack here.

Vorvitsky is like a bamboo stick, very young. He is a college student, not a seasoned soldier, but Gao Yang still did everything possible to bring Vorvitsky into Satan.

Vorvitsky is naturally suited for combat. Although he is not as skilled in various combat techniques as others in Satan and even lacks basic individual skills, and his physical fitness cannot be considered good, Gao Yang values Vorvitsky’s command ability.

The Solar System Company is going to have a lot of ordinary soldiers in the future, and these people need to be commanded by someone.

Tenacity, fearlessness, and calmness are the traits Gao Yang has seen in Vorvitsky. For a commander, these traits are important, and Vorvitsky may have other excellent characteristics yet to be discovered. Overall, Vorvitsky is like a raw jade; after being polished, he might truly become an excellent commander.

That’s why Gao Yang let Vorvitsky join Satan, took him to war, and made him Peter’s deputy to command the Dagger Assault Team. This is the necessary method to nurture and hone Vorvitsky.

But Vorvitsky lacks the awareness of being a commander. Seeing the Dagger Assault Team soldiers operate the anti-tank missiles and miss twice, he immediately shouted, "Move aside, let me!"

The Houthis Armed Forces currently have three types of anti-tank missiles: the Toophan-2 anti-tank missile based on the TOW missile, the Sagehe-2 light anti-tank missile based on the American Dragon missile, and a few AT-14 anti-tank missiles.

The AT-14 anti-tank missile is the most advanced anti-tank missile in the Houthis Armed Forces’ hands. This was indeed provided by Gao Yang. The total number of AT-14 is very small, only 60 launchers and 300 missiles, but although few, the role it can play is significant.

Since it was assistance from us, we must use it ourselves. Therefore, the Dagger Assault Team has eight missile launchers and fifty missiles.

These very advanced and expensive missiles cannot keep missing twice, making Vorvitsky very dissatisfied.

The cannons continued to explode, and Vorvitsky personally operated the missile launcher. He aimed at the leading tank, then launched the missile.

AT-14 is semi-active laser-guided. After launching, it requires continuous laser illumination on the target until the missile hits.

The turret of the first tank was hit. Although M1A2 tank armor is said to be thick and very hard to penetrate, it was stopped after it was directly hit by the missile, black smoke rising after a moment from the hit tank, gradually leading to a raging fire, as the tank crew couldn’t get out.

Hitting and destroying, Vorvitsky destroyed the first tank in battle.

Taking a deep breath, Vorvitsky shouted, "Reload, but don’t fire; let me handle it!"

These Houthis Armed Forces soldiers are illiterate. They’ve received training on using anti-tank missiles, but their practical application is very poor. Seeing them waste the missiles, Vorvitsky felt distressed. In Eastern Ukraine, he didn’t have so many missiles to use.

Running between the rocks, Vorvitsky sprinted over a hundred meters to another anti-tank missile launch site.

He aimed, fired, continued to illuminate the tank until a hit, and in a short two minutes, Vorvitsky destroyed the second tank.

Vorvitsky quickly ran back to the original launch site where the missile was first fired. By this time, reload was completed, and the armored group had reached the artillery blockade zone.

Vorvitsky frowned, as the front tanks of the armored assault group had also entered the dust area.

AT-14 is semi-active laser-guided, easy to use, cost-effective, but weak in penetrating dust and smoke, with lower anti-interference capabilities compared to wire-guided missiles.

Indeed, the tank Vorvitsky aimed at was not hit. He could confidently say he accurately illumined the tank, yet the missile missed by at least ten meters. The guided laser scattered due to dense dust, leading the missile slightly off course.

The Dagger Assault Team is equipped with all AT-14s, the relatively most advanced missile, but at this time, it lost its greatest advantage due to terrain interference.

The front tanks quickly passed through the dust kicked up by rear armored vehicles, and after the assault group entered the artillery blockade zone, they were covered again by dust from shell explosions.

Vorvitsky patted the missile launcher and spoke into the intercom, "Antelope Cobra calling Head Sheep, request to stop artillery fire; effect is limited. Repeat, request to stop artillery fire, awaiting response, over."

"Head Sheep received, request denied, over."

Vorvitsky quickly received a reply, but the content was baffling. If artillery fire doesn’t effectively block, why waste shells?

With the request denied, there’s nothing more to say, Vorvitsky didn’t want to waste time. He turned to the soldiers beside him, "We need wire-guided missiles. Quickly go to the allied position and ask them to give..."

The soldier looked at Vorvitsky blankly, as he couldn’t understand. Although Vorvitsky had been learning Arabic, his talent certainly wasn’t in languages.

"Forget it, I’ll go myself!"

Vorvitsky stood up and ran, loudly saying to Peter, who was observing with binoculars, "Turtle, I’m going to the Houthis Armed Forces’ position. They have replica TOW missiles, more effective."

Peter didn’t lower his binoculars, only loudly saying, "No need, just stay here and command."

Vorvitsky hastily said, "But the defensive line is about to be breached. Houthis Armed Forces soldiers using the missiles are just wasting them; the enemy tanks are about to break through the defensive line."

Vorvitsky was extremely anxious, yet Peter calmly responded, "No need to rush; the defensive line has already been breached."