Chapter 68 Long-range Fire Support
“Attention friendly FO, this is FDC, your follow-up call sign is FO1, over.”
When the communication between Amber and the fire command center is connected, The fire commander's voice soon came from the earphones.
The other party spoke faster, but still spoke clearly.
The FO and FDC he mentioned are the abbreviations of Fire Observer and Fire Command Center.
"FDC, this is FO1. Now we need urgent long-range fire strikes to cover our retreat. Over."
While replying to the fire commander's communication, Amber controlled the psychic energy to move the two unconscious marines. The officer helped him out of the pit.
Amber's 'multi-threading' ability has been greatly improved during this period, because he often finds himself needing to multi-task and handle multiple other matters while fighting on the battlefield.
"FO1, this is FDC. Your request for fire cover has been confirmed. Please provide specific strike coordinates. Over."
Listening to the information coming from the earphones, Amber asked Rand Er and the others dragged them behind a fallen tree, then they also lay on the ground and opened the tactical map.
Under normal circumstances, calling for long-range fire strikes can provide coordinates in the form of a map grid or a relative position. The second method is also called a polar coordinate system.
But the current situation is that the brigade headquarters cannot accurately obtain the coordinates of Amber and the others. If the polar coordinate system is used for strike positioning, it is likely to cause serious friendly fire.
So Amber adjusted the tactical map to the common grid pattern of the Federal Army units on Robert IV, and overlaid terrain contours on the layer.
Then based on the direction and approximate distance where the imperial troops appeared previously discovered by the ultra-short wave reconnaissance and interference vehicle, the corresponding area was found on the map.
In the end, he defined the fire strike range in the middle area between the approximate location of the imperial troops and his own position.
"FDC, this is FO1, attack coordinates YD65983321, altitude uh 320, completed."
Amber's voice was a little nervous. After all, if the coordinates were reported wrong, the rocket might fall on her head. .
While entering the coordinates into the fire command terminal, the fire commander repeated Amber's message and continued:
"FO1, this is FDC, please describe the attack target and Explain the attack method and fire control method, finished.”
Although the large list of information requirements reported by the fire command center gave Amber a headache, he knew that this was an inevitable part of the current long-range fire strike.
The military data link used by the Federation Army on Robert IV was originally different from that of the main Federation force.
The most important one, the wide-area command system that works based on satellite relays, is also unable to operate normally when our own military satellites are running out.
For example, in the company-platoon-level battles commanded by Amber before, in small-scale battles, shortwave and laser communications can be used to maintain the information transmission of the data link within the team, and various intelligent terminals can also Can really come in handy.
But when it comes to the level of the synthetic brigade or even higher, these two methods are a bit insufficient in terms of communication distance and data information transmission volume.
Maintaining communications between troops, ensuring the operation of multiple reconnaissance drones, and confirming the approximate coordinates of the target are barely enough.
But you said that like Amber before, you should set a target on the command terminal, and other units only need to follow the instructions and fire.
In brigade-level operations under the current circumstances, it is already difficult to do so.
So the current coordination of long-range fire strikes has become a form of 'returning to tradition'.
But Amber knows that no matter it is the war between the Federation and the Empire, or the subsequent war of division of the Empire, or even the 'Great Melee' in the future.
This kind of ‘returning to nature’ will only become more and more common.
All forces in human society discovered only after the war began, whether it was the process of the war, the war situation, or the effects of the use of various new equipment.
Both are far lower than their pre-war estimates.
“FDC, this is FO1, the attack target is estimated to be a mixed force composed of infantry, multi-legged combat vehicles, and HCP.
Please use plasma warheads for area strikes. The dispersion method is standard 7. When the strike unit is ready, it can attack. It’s over!”
After Amber organized his language a little, he said very quickly Quickly follow the requirements of the fire command center and report the relevant information needed by the other party. The fire commander also repeated it in the communication and transmitted the relevant information to the two Stegorys on standby through the brigade and battalion level backbone network.
The rocket launching vehicle's raised launch chamber immediately began to slowly rotate and adjust its direction based on the received coordinate information.
The launch chambers of these two Stegosauruses are filled with plasma warheads, so there is no need to change the type of ammunition.
Plasma warheads are also a frequently used ammunition for multiple rocket launchers, and their damage characteristics are similar to those of plasma bombs.
But it is more powerful, has a longer range, and can carry out area coverage attacks.
Although terminally sensitive bombs would be more effective against the Empire's HCP.
But Amber gave up this plan considering that he did not know the specific location of the enemy, and the main purpose of this round of fire strikes was to cover their retreat, not to annihilate the imperial troops.
His current idea is to form an area that blocks the opponent's infantry units and multi-legged tanks through direct attacks by plasma rockets and subsequent large-scale wildfires.
This will also prevent the two imperial HCPs from taking any rash action when they discover that there is long-range fire support here.
While the two Stegosauruses were preparing to launch, the fire commander also sent a final communication to Amber:
"FO1, this is FDC. The fire strike will start in 20 seconds. Please leave the strike area in time and start retreating immediately. I wish you good luck, over!"
Generally speaking, after calling a long-range fire strike , the fire observer also needs to observe the impact area and initially evaluate the impact of the strike.
But for Amber and the others who were eager to retreat, this step could obviously be ignored.
While Amber and the fire commander were communicating about long-range fire strikes, the two talked a lot.
But in fact, only 2 minutes had passed since they started communicating. If a fire observer was replaced who was more professional than Amber, this time could even be compressed further.
Now, after receiving the news that "fire strikes will begin in 20 seconds," Amber switched the communication channel to the command frequency band of his own troops, and then ordered everyone to take away the wounded and vehicles that could still be driven, and retreat toward the southwest where the friendly forces were located. .
He himself also took Randall and Tom simultaneously and began to leave the war zone.
With two grown men in tow, even Amber, who is as strong as her, can only hold one in her arms and carry one on her shoulders. Such a twisting action.
Especially after the fifth-level psychic strength began to recede like the ebb of the sea, the two guys who had originally reduced their weight through 'gravity control' became heavier and heavier.
“Is the navy’s food so good? NND is so heavy even without an exoskeleton.”
Amber, who was complaining, quickly approached the 'Mongoose 4' that had just been punched away by the 'Zealot'.
After being blown away, this armored vehicle rolled on the ground several times. It could basically be said to be on the verge of overhaul or scrapping.
At this time, Amber saw two motorized infantry appearing in front of him. Judging from the direction in which they were sprinting, they seemed to be heading for the armored vehicle.
Seeing this, Amber simply ran over and planned to join them.
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to retreat quickly?"
"Sir, we received a distress signal from an armored vehicle, and Captain Margaret is also in the vehicle!"
"Huh?"
This chapter writes the fire support process in detail Some, it can be considered as a test of the water. If you think it is too wordy and not many people like it, I will not write it in the future~
PS: It will be on the shelves tomorrow and will be updated as usual~
I will first make sure to update two chapters a day while temporarily saving manuscripts. When the number of saved manuscripts is accumulated, I will have the confidence to update again~
(End of this chapter)