Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 946 947 A shot in the rain

Those seemingly unimportant military equipment can actually determine the life or death of grassroots soldiers in many cases. They inadvertently change the soldiers' decision-making and reduce or increase the casualty rate of soldiers.

 For example, raincoats, waterproof fabrics, and thermal insulation materials may not seem important at ordinary times, but once it is time to use them, these items can give soldiers more and safer choices.

The snipers of the Tang Empire can use rainproof materials to build a concealed temporary sniper position. They do not need to take risks and choose buildings that can be targeted at any time. This is their advantage.

On the other hand, the snipers of the Dahua Empire do not have these novel gadgets. Although they have raincoats, the raincoats are purchased from civilian factories and the design is civilian design, so they are not very professional in many details.

This kind of raincoat has not been specially treated, and key parts are easily torn. At the same time, it is inconvenient to wear, so many soldiers are reluctant to use it.

 This situation was common when the country did not have much procurement funds: the infantry's shoes, raincoats, and water bottles were often made do and used all the time, which looked so traditional that it made people feel distressed.

However, with the abundance of funds and the development of technology, those so-called traditions immediately disappeared. For example, aluminum water bottles will be replaced by plastic water bottles, and the hip-slim canvas bag will become a shoulder field backpack...

It’s really hard to describe the raincoats of the Dahua Empire. When purchasing them, I randomly modified them with civilian raincoats. The style was originally the civilian work raincoat style of the Tang Dynasty. It had sleeves so that people could hold things in front of it.

Even after improvement, its practicality is actually not high: the gel coating is easy to fall off, the cuffs and hem are too large and easy to get wet, and cannot be taken off quickly by soldiers, and it does not support soldiers to carry too many other supplies...

 So the soldiers of the Dahua Empire were often unwilling to wear such uncomfortable raincoats when it rained. They would rather find a covered place to stay by themselves.

 Hence, the Dahua Empire often built many covered bunkers on its defensive positions. They seemed to be used to prevent shelling, but in fact they were simple rain shelters.

 During street fighting, soldiers from the Dahua Empire were also more willing to enter buildings. Even if they know that these buildings are unsafe and can be easily attacked by enemy troops, they will still habitually choose these dangerous buildings in order to live more comfortably in rainy weather.

 At least, spare clothing, some ammunition, weapons and other supplies that are sensitive to moisture should be stored in these buildings to keep these things dry.

 Such a small problem is actually not a problem if you don't go into it in detail. However, the snipers of the Tang Empire can use this habit to set up ambushes in advance, find the enemy's position, and calculate the position that the enemy will most likely choose.

Seeing that the rain outside was not decreasing, the two snipers from the Dahua Empire had no intention of changing their positions.

In fact, anyone who has played chicken-type games knows that when a sniper hides, the general psychological state is actually very subtle: Although your disguise is very good, has anyone seen you hiding in that position? , in fact, it is impossible to tell.

 You seem to be in a very good position lying in the grass, and wearing a ghillie suit, your concealment level is quite high. But when you are lying down, someone may already be looking at you with a scope.

The other party may not open fire immediately to kill you because they are concerned about others, or they may be looking for your comrades, or even more likely, no one will see you lying down... Unlike in the game, in reality you only have one chance to verify whether you have been attacked. Will you feel scared when the enemy finds out?

If you crawl forward one meter, will you be seen by someone? You only showed your head to observe the surrounding situation. Could it be that the opponent's sniper has already aimed at your head?

 Although your actions may arouse the enemy's vigilance, are the enemies really alert? No one can tell! If all your actions have to consider whether you have been discovered, then there will be no place on the battlefield where you feel safe.

 So generally, when snipers or artillery school shooters enter their own positions, they will choose to use darkness to cover themselves before dawn.

They will also observe for several days to ensure that they will not move the objects around them to alert the other party. This is everyone's default life-saving rule.

Of course, if you follow this rule, you can indeed infinitely reduce the risk of being discovered. However, in actual situations, there are not many opportunities to perfectly enter the position. Everyone can only risk entering the position or retreating from the position.

The old Orion of the Dahua Empire actually didn't dare to think about it: if he gave up this good location now and went to find another location in the rain, there was a high probability that he would be soaked in the rain all day in vain.

 When the weather was good, he could have found another place because his comrades had destroyed the environment near the ambush position, but now it was raining, so he finally chose to stay.

This is not a fluke, but a big heart developed in long-term combat: there is a certain amount of caution, and most of the time you are just scaring yourself.

 He walked into a room. The curtains on the window were already soaked. Because there was no window, there was a puddle of water on the ground in the room.

The bed is a good thing. You can sit on it or set up a sniper rifle. If you move other furniture in the room that is not near the window, you can form a good sniper position. The old hunter was making a nest for himself. In another room behind him, the Dahua sniper who was eating some damp raw peanuts also began to prepare his own sniper position.

 He looked at the angle of the window in his room, and then dragged a broken table by the wall, preparing to move it to the middle of the room as a support to place his rifle.

 When he dragged the table to the middle of the house, what he didn't know was that his head was actually in the scope of Cao Fei's sniper rifle.

"I took aim! The one with the gun on his back is dragging the table." Cao Fei reminded his companion.

"I saw him, you can shoot at any time." Through the lens of the observer's telescope, through the rain curtain, he could see everything in the distant window clearly.

 The snipers of the Dahua Empire usually act alone, so Cao Fei did not confirm the number of opponents, but directly chose the best angle and pulled the trigger.

 “Bang!” A sudden gunshot appeared in the rain, and the bullet penetrated the rain curtain and flew straight towards the building in the distance.

Since there was no wind at the moment of shooting, the rain fell vertically, so Cao Fei just slightly raised the muzzle of the gun and pressed the aiming position against the opponent's helmet.

 The bullet instantly crossed a distance of more than 300 meters and flew into the occupied window. The Dahua sniper, who was still dragging the table with his hands, saw blood spraying on the bag of damp peanuts placed on the table.

Before he could react to what was happening, he felt that his body was out of control and his strength was passing crazily. He had lost his support and was falling quickly.

Driven by the force, the table in front of him fell down, making a crisp sound. For some reason, he heard it clearly.

Immediately afterwards, his whole body hit the floor, and blood sprayed in front of his eyes. He subconsciously touched it with his hands, and only touched a hand of blood on his neck.

"Help..." He opened his mouth to call out to his companions, but blood spurted out of his mouth. The bullet had penetrated his neck and now his carotid arteries were like fountains.

The old hunter in another room heard the gunfire, and soon heard the dull sound of something heavy hitting the floor.

When the old Orion heard the noise, his first reaction was to immediately find a safe bunker and hide. He lowered his body and came to the door of his companion's house, but he did not dare to enter the house easily to save others.

Just kidding, it’s not easy to determine where the other party is hiding now. If you enter rashly, you will easily become a target for others, okay? So the old Orion found a relatively low position, stuck his head out to look at the direction of the window, and confirmed that there was no commanding height outside the window.

　　Yes, he didn't even look at his companion, and he didn't even ask what his companion's situation was at the first time.

It wasn't until he retracted his head that he asked, "Are you injured? Can you crawl over by yourself?"

The man who fell on the ground pressed the hole on his neck with both hands, and his legs kicked weakly on the ground. He could see the blood around him spreading, but he couldn't say a word.

The old Orion, who didn't hear the answer, changed his height, quickly poked his head out again, and looked at the direction of the window. This time he confirmed that as long as he was not standing, there seemed to be no angle around him that could hit him.

 So he bent slightly and pressed his head down, and in his busy schedule, he glanced at his companion lying on the ground, just once.

Then, he gave up the idea of ​​risking going in to save people: just looking at the large pool of bright red blood in the room, he knew that the person inside was definitely hopeless.

The Dahua Empire does not have as good a medical environment as the Tang Empire. Being injured is no different from death to the soldiers of the Dahua Empire.

 A corpse is not worth the risk, so the old hunter didn't even take a second look. He leaned against the wall and listened to the sounds of the struggle inside becoming less and less obvious.

"I'm sorry." He whispered to the person in the room, who seemed to be unable to hear him now. Because when he said this, the legs of the people in the room had stopped moving, the hands covering their necks had slowly opened, and both arms had been spread flat on the ground. In the blood.

 (End of this chapter)