Soapbox and Pot Stir.....Bunkers and Pill Boxes

[Skryabin]

For example, my infantry platoon spots the enemy and call for an artillery strike (which means it sends all necessary coordinates to a battery). During my opponent's turn this very platoon was forced to retreat or even let's say eliminated so that the target gets out of it's LOS. In the beginning of my following turn my artillery strike misses the target as if I would plot it in blind.

The question I am asking myself is what's the difference between strike coming with my platoon enjoying watching it and a strike that comes without any beholder if coordinates were already given away?

;)
Dmitriy