Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

In the second Hummer.

The driver slammed on the brakes the instant the explosion occurred, but unfortunately... it was all for naught!

A 120mm mortar shell has a kill radius of 35 meters!

During the movement of the US military convoy, the distance between vehicles would not exceed twenty meters, but now... suddenly discovering that someone was attacking them, they speed up, and the distance between them is no more than fifteen meters!

With a sharp screech of brakes, the tires of the second Hummer screeched against the pavement, leaving black marks!

Early Hummer military vehicles prioritized simplicity and reliability, making it impossible for them to use electronic assistance systems. ABS, a feature already used in civilian vehicles, was not found in Hummers.

In later generations, only the civilian Hummer H1 was equipped with ABS, while the Hummer H2 added EBD.

Of course, even if you have these things, it's useless. ABS never shortens the braking distance; it only gives the driver control of the vehicle during braking.

Not enough safe distance!

Inside the Hummer, everyone screamed in despair, listening to the sound of debris hitting the vehicle and watching the fireball getting closer and closer until it made intimate contact with them!

The moment the flames swept in, the soldiers in the vehicle scrambled to open the doors, trying to escape, but the next moment...

Flames engulfed the entire Hummer!

The soldiers screamed in agony amidst the flames...

In the third Hummer, the sharp screech of brakes, accompanied by the crackling sound of shrapnel hitting the ground, filled them with immense fear, but... thankfully they managed to stop!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; it felt so good to be alive!

and many more!

The engine was panting weakly. The driver floored the accelerator, but the engine didn't roar. It just panted a few more times and then stopped moving!

The engine was damaged!

What should I do?

"Quick, quick, quick, get off the vehicle!" the deputy squad leader in charge of command shouted from inside the vehicle. "Take up positions nearby!"

If the car is unusable, it must be abandoned. Find a sturdy place nearby to set up a defensive position and wait for rescue!

As for the transport vehicles following closely behind...

Are you kidding me! These vehicles are definitely the enemy's primary targets. If you run towards the cars behind you, you'll only die faster!

Creak... The car door opened, and soldiers ran out one by one!

On the roof of the vehicle, the machine gunner quickly unfastened the quick-release bolts on the gun mount, intending to move the 38.1-kilogram heavy machine gun away... This was their greatest guarantee for holding out and waiting for reinforcements. As long as they had such a machine gun, they could prevent the Mahdi army from attacking them!

From a distance, Azam watched all this, a smile spreading across his face. He picked up the radio and spoke again: "Caliph, make your move!"

The next moment... heads appeared on the rooftops of houses on both sides of the street!

The timing was perfect!

If they emerge too early, before the machine gun on the remaining Humvee has been removed, the machine gunner will definitely push the machine gun and fire fiercely at both sides!

The newly emerged Juba guerrilla force will suffer heavy casualties!

just now……

The machine gunner wanted to reinstall the machine gun... but there wasn't enough time... so he just used it like this?

Are you kidding me? This is a 12.7mm heavy machine gun. Even if you carried it for a few steps, you'd get tired. Fire it? Do you think you're Rambo? You couldn't withstand the terrifying recoil!

One shot shatters the shoulder blade, two shots shatter the internal organs, and three shots will surely kill!

By this time, the other men in the vehicle had already run off. Seeing the heads appearing on both sides, the deputy squad leader shouted again, "Aim at the top, fire!"

American soldiers raised their M16s, pointing them to either side, ready to pull the triggers...

Snipers like Juba the Grim Reaper can't be produced in large numbers. The guys above us are probably ordinary people; even if they were to raise an AK and fire downwards, their accuracy would be very poor. The US military, on the other hand, is highly elite and can...

Whoosh, whoosh!

what's going on?

The American soldiers stared wide-eyed as arcs streaked across the sky, followed by... egg-shaped objects falling to the ground!

The guerrillas on the higher ground on both sides had no intention of using AKs to spray bullets! In this terrain, AKs were nowhere near as effective as hand grenades! They threw them and ran, not giving the American soldiers a chance to fire!

During the Vietnam War, lone heroes defended their positions using hand grenades!

The American soldiers below were completely dumbfounded! At this moment, they were just like the Yamazaki Battalion in Lijiapo! They could only stare helplessly and wait to be bombed!

What to do? Shoot down the grenade in mid-air with an M16?

Even if someone has that skill, a grenade exploding overhead is more powerful than one exploding on the ground!

"Lie down!" the deputy squad leader gave the final order.

The roof of a Hummer.

Boom!

The machine gunner's eyes widened as he watched the dark green grenade land on his machine gun. The grenade had a hemispherical body with pre-fragmented slots and a white fuse on top. It was quite large!

He recognized this: an RGO defensive grenade produced during the Soviet era!

The Russians also loved playing with grenades. The F1 defensive grenade and the RG-42 offensive grenade were equipped by the Soviet army in the later stages of World War II! After World War II, the Russians developed the RGD-5 offensive grenade.

These grenades all use the same firing mechanism, a firing pin type delayed firing component, which has good reliability and safety, but its function is limited!

In mountainous areas, grenades are prone to rolling back down when thrown upwards, while in normal times they are easily picked up and thrown back by the opponent. Therefore...

The Soviet army needed a completely new type of grenade: one that could explode upon impact, or have a delayed explosion if it did not explode upon impact, and that was both highly reliable and prevented from being picked up and thrown back by the enemy!

These are the famous RGO defensive grenades and RGN offensive grenades!

Both have the same firing mechanism, differing only in their projectile bodies: one has pre-formed fragmentation slots, while the other does not. They were deployed to the Soviet army in the 1980s and were exported in large quantities.

At that time, the Ito army was mainly equipped with Soviet-made weapons, so naturally they also had this kind of weaponry. Now...

Seeing the grenade smash into his machine gun, the machine gunner's face changed drastically, filled with despair...

Inside the UDZ fuse, the inertial ball continues to move downwards due to inertia, while the projectile stops moving upon contact with the machine gun. Consequently, the impact firing pin holder overcomes the spring force of the firing pin holder spring and moves downwards, igniting the percussion cap...

No matter the angle of impact, the inertial ball will push against the firing pin holder, unless it hits mud! This purely mechanical design embodies the rugged, violent aesthetics of the Russians…

boom!

An explosion rang out, and the double-layered spherical steel projectile shattered, scattering over six hundred fragments, almost half of which struck the machine gunner...

Shrapnel entered his body through gaps in the bulletproof plates, penetrated his face where the helmet didn't cover, and passed through his neck...

The force of the explosion knocked him backward, and the old Ganma machine gun, now mangled beyond recognition, fell to the ground...