Chapter 605, air-to-ground combat, total annihilation
In this way, the Gulf War officially broke out. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the first three days of the war, more than 4,700 planes of various types and about 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles bombed military strategic targets in Iraq and Kuwait such as air defense and radar systems, military and civilian airports, President Saddam's residence, military command centers, organs of heads of government, communications and liaison hubs, and nuclear, biological, chemical, and ground-to-air missile facilities.
Since then, the multinational forces have begun to shift their air strikes to tactical bombing, focusing on targets such as Iraq's ground troops such as the Republican Guard Division in the Kosovo theater of operations, as well as the logistical supply lines of Iraq's front-line troops. In the first 10 days alone, more than 20,000 sorties of various types of aircraft were made, and the US warships and submarines stationed in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea fired nearly 300 Tomahawk missiles. Under the smoke of gunpowder, hundreds of millions of dollars were frantically smashed into the hot land dominated by the desert.
Led by NBC's 24-hour radio station, the world's mainstream media all kept a close eye on every firing in the war zone, and words such as "the fire rose again at night" were quickly used as part of the headlines by major print media.
According to the real-time news reports, the public is always aware of the latest war situation. As the air raids continued, the Iraqi Air Force and the Navy have basically lost their combat effectiveness, the attack capability of missiles and other weapons of mass destruction has been weakened to a minimum, and three-quarters of the command and control system has been destroyed, making it difficult for the Iraqi frontline troops to communicate and liaison, and the logistical supply lines of the KFOR Force have been basically cut off, thus inflicting unprecedented heavy losses on Iraq's combat effectiveness in the Kosovo theater.
The news continued on and on, and the air raid continued for thirty-seven days.
According to press reports, the official start date of the ground battle was February 24, but before then, the air force had already paved the way for the advance of the ground forces. Bombers and fighter planes frantically dropped bombs and other bombshells, opening up many passages from the minefields of the Iraqi defense line, and the navy also carried out large-scale minesweeping at sea, and the air raids and artillery bombardments over the past few days even destroyed many tanks, artillery, shore-to-ship missiles, and other defensive positions in Iraq's forward positions, thus reducing the ground casualties of the multinational forces to the lowest possible level.
Then the ground operation officially began.
On the endless desert Gobi, the heat wave is rolling endlessly, and under the scorching sun, huge mechanized troops are rumbling deep into the war zone, hundreds of tanks are taking the lead, and artillery units are marching forward with their heads held high. Suddenly, there was a violent whistling sound in the sky, and the cluster of B-52 bombers had dropped a large number of bombs in front of them, and the roar was everywhere, and the flames bloomed at the end of the desert!
This is a frontal battlefield, and over the Gobi Desert, far from here, three Apache helicopter gunships are flying side by side.
The propeller rotates rapidly, and the red and white pattern automatically forms to complement the octagonal diagram on the hatch.
In the middle of the plane, the two pilots sat in the cabin one after the other, and the weapon operator in the rear looked into the distance and suddenly frowned.
"Look what that is. ā
The driver looked in the direction of the co-pilot's finger, and a yellow-colored stone building stood on the Gobi Desert, obviously no more than three meters high.
"This is Lone Wolf Eight, report, this is Lone Wolf Eight, we have found an Iraqi outpost, ask for permission to fire, repeat, ask for permission to fire. ā
"This is the giant, Lone Wolf Eight, allowed to fire. ā
"You hear me, man. ā
Rockets are launched at a rapid pace and hit the target!
"This is Lone Wolf Eight, the target hits, hits. ā
"Giants received, well done. ā
Radio communication ended, and the young soldiers who opened fire cheered with ease.
"Hey, Oldman, just pull the trigger, are you a rookie?"
"The target I found!"
While the main body of the ground forces was forging ahead courageously, the special detachment also began to divide its troops into the depths of the theater of operations and make efforts to reconnoiter the movements of the Iraqi army and destroy various outposts. There are many military satellites produced by Lockheed, and the Pentagon has specially deployed one to serve this batch of 30 Apache helicopters that have been dispatched en masse.
"Lone wolf three squad, this is a giant, Alpha One is under attack on the ground, go to support quickly. ā
The communication started again, the coordinates were sent, and the three Apacchi of the Lone Wolf Three Squad flew sideways and turned, and the horsepower suddenly increased, accelerating towards the target!
"See the target, see the target, what a fierce battlefield!"
From a distance, a helicopter could be seen burning on the ground, but it was by no means owned by the Umbrella Security Force. Using a Grizzly armored vehicle as a cover, the ground Alpha team is engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the enemy team, and the sniper has killed the big guy with precision.
Just when the three lone wolf squads arrived, Barrett's unique gunshot rang out again, and it could be seen from a distance of many meters, and the Iraqi soldier was directly pulp!
"Ahh
Lone Wolf 8 took the lead, and three rockets were fired at the Iraqi armored vehicles!
At the same time, the 12.7 caliber machine gun on the Grizzly armored car roared, and finally the jeep was successfully smashed to pieces, and several others followed in the same footsteps!
The radio then went off: "Thanks to the Lone Wolf Squad, this is Alpha One, uh...... But it seems that more troops are rushing over, can you handle it?"
Oldman saw clearly from the helicopter, the dusty Gobi Desert, a large Iraqi armored unit is heading here, is this to attack the army from the flank?
"This is Lone Wolf Eight, we have encountered a mechanical armored regiment! Oh special code, a lot of tanks and armored vehicles! Giant, please reply, I guess we can't handle it!"
"The giant received it, and Aquila II immediately came to support. ā
"Great, the baby that arrived yesterday is not necessary!"
Oldman wanted to laugh but couldn't, the task of the reconnaissance unit is to reconnoiter the movement of the enemy, yes, but a mechanical armored regiment on the front is definitely not something they are willing to do. But now that Alpha One is down there, can we still leave them alone?
"Rock 'n' roll!"
When the Iraqi artillery fire rang out in the distance, the three Apache had quickly opened up the distance between each other, and at the same time, a large number of rockets and anti-tank missiles were suddenly launched, rushing towards each other.
Whoever charged head-on was the second cargo, and the three Apaches, who were facing the enemy, immediately flew towards the flanks. At the same time, a large number of explosions were already roaring in the armored regiment, and at least seven or eight armored vehicles and three tanks were destroyed by a salvo from them!
However, the Lone Wolf Three Squad is not easy at all.
"Dodge, dodge, I feel a bullet down there!"
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"Kill that anti-aircraft gun first!"
Thousands of bullet belts flashing with golden light pounced towards the Lone Wolf Three Squad. The frontal charging mechanical armored regiment was killed by three helicopters with seven or eight armored vehicles and three or four tanks in just one face, which was a complete shame that the regiment had never experienced except for its establishment!
However, as the Apache who appeared for the first time in the Panama campaign the year before last, how could it be so easy to take down. Even if the first round of launches of the Lone Wolf Three Squad has poured out two-thirds of their remaining ammunition, as the saying goes, can't you run if you can't beat it? The guy who flies in the sky with wings doesn't want to fall down!
It is impossible for this encounter not to be known to outsiders, and I don't know when how many satellites have already taken aim at it, and the early warning aircraft soaring in the sky have also been assigned the task. In the combat command room, all the generals and generals can see the whole process of the battle clearly.
I saw that on the ground, the armored vehicles of the Alpha No. 1 team were rapidly withdrawing from the battlefield, leaving behind a Black Hawk, two armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers that were defeated by it, and there were zero casualties among themselves. In the distant Gobi, the Lone Wolf No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9 Apaches, with limited ammunition left, are maneuvering with a large number of armored troops with the master's exquisite stance, racing against time to retreat for their ground colleagues!
"Well done!"
"The three of them had a really good chance of shooting a volley, and they shot really accurately!"
"That's it! Aiming at the anti-aircraft gun! Haha, hit again! This machine gun is really slippery, who is the fireman!?"
"Hmm...... Pity...... That's not our soldier......"
Just as the last ammunition of the Lone Wolf Three Squad was about to run out, the colleagues on the ground were at full speed and had finally run away to a safe distance. At the same time, the Aquila 2, which had just arrived in the war zone yesterday, finally fell from the sky.
"105 caliber, fire, fire. ā
Rumbling and roaring, five or six thousand meters in the distance, an AC-130 with a red and white hexagonal pattern printed on its shell was slowly soaring in the sky. Facing the fuselage on the side of the ground army, the first hatch was emitting black smoke, and the second hatch was opening.
"40 calibers, fire, fire. ā
Bursts of rhythmic shelling rang out, and small 40-millimeter shells erupted at an extremely high rate of fire, tearing an armored vehicle to shreds with a single shot. The heavy artillery roared against the tanks, the light artillery sounded against the military vehicles, the third hatch was opened again, and the 20-caliber Vulcan cannon swept up a continuous belt of bullets, interweaving a dense fire network with the first two.
Suddenly, the Gobi Desert was full of flames and tremors, and many armored vehicles and tanks were brutally destroyed, and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were the first to be taken care of. It didn't take long for this Iraqi mechanized armored regiment, which had been taken care of by the Lone Wolf Three Squads, to be wiped out by the one who arrived immediately.
"Aquila II, mission complete, apply to return to base. ā
"This is the giant, ask for permission, quickly return to the base. ā
"Aquila II understood. ā
On the display from a bird's-eye view, the newly arrived AC-130 armed attack aircraft begins to return home.
In her seat, the girl drank a bottle of Coke from '91 and nodded in satisfaction.
"Well, who said that there is no good goods at a 20% discount, Lockheed's quality is trustworthy. ā