Chapter 351: Heavy Equipment in Place
After all 12 trucks are full, they will drive back to the airport without any pause along the way.
Before dawn, the two transport helicopters at the airport flew back and forth more than a dozen times, and all the soldiers of the 2oo reconnaissance companies who remained at the airport were airlifted, and each time they went back, they took some gold with them by the way, thus reducing the transportation pressure on the convoy.
In Chen Xu's original plan, only more than 1oo scouts and 8o agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau were dispatched, a total of 18o people were enough to get things done. After all, it's just a hollowing out of an ancient temple, theoretically a dozen people are enough, who knew that now there is such a big moth, and the strength of 18o people is not stable.
Fortunately, the distance between the airport and the ancient temple is not far, only more than 1oo kilometers, and it takes two or three hours for the truck to walk on the bad road, but the helicopter can fly to it in ten minutes, but it is very convenient to replenish.
The mornings in Kerala are very crisp and cool, and the humid sea breeze from the Indian Ocean is filtered by the air and becomes very warm, blowing on the face like silk.
The red sun slowly rose from below the horizon, the darkness was like a black tablecloth that had been pulled away in an instant, and the world suddenly brightened, and from the sleeping town came the crowing of a rooster and a few dog barks.
Looking at the smoke rising from the roof, Chen Xu turned his head to a dozen military intelligence agents wearing Indian police uniforms and ordered: "You go to the temple gate to be on duty, if someone comes to worship, find an excuse to drive people away, if you insist on coming in, let them in, knock them out and throw them aside, in short, you can't let the residents of the small city show the problem in the temple." ”
There are too many belongings in the six secret rooms in the ancient temple, and they can all be moved at least before noon, so Allen asked the airport to send more than a dozen sets of Indian police clothes and military uniforms, and then asked agents from the Military Intelligence Agency to be on duty outside the temple, disguised as police, to block believers who want to enter the temple to worship, telling them that something was lost in the temple, and the police are investigating the scene, and they will not be able to enter until the afternoon.
Although there are many flaws in this method, it is no problem to fool ordinary town residents, at least for the time being, and conflicts can be avoided.
"Alan, do you have a machine gun at the airport?" Chen Xu looked at his watch, it was already more than nine o'clock, the six secret rooms had been emptied for four and a half, and the remaining one and a half secret rooms were expected to be emptied in an hour, and there was no accident outside the temple.
"There are a lot of machine guns, and this airport is the most important arms transit point in China to support the militias in Central Asia to resist Lao Maozi, but most of the original stored equipment has been sent to the Pakistani armed militia, and only a small amount of old and unusable equipment remains." Alan had sweet grass roots in his mouth, lying on a stone slab, his hands resting on the back of his head comfortably basking in the sun, and said indifferently.
"We only have light weapons in our hands, and we won't be able to form suppressive fire when we fight the enemy later, so if we can, we can airlift a few machine guns from the airport, and if we have mortars, it's even better!" As a firepower winner, Chen Xu believed that any enemy would be wiped out under the powerful firepower, so he asked Alan to carry the heavy weapon.
"I remember that there was a batch of Type 54 127mm anti-aircraft machine guns in the warehouse at the airport, which was the most heavily armed heavy machine gun in the army, and it was still the most important squad and company support firepower of the army before the first war against Vietnam. At present, all the troops are equipped with American-style equipment, and the troops will screen the equipment that has been retired from the whole army, package all the equipment that is well maintained, and sell it all over the world as second-hand weapons. As for the heavy machine guns, which consume too much ammunition, the guerrilla team is very weak to equip with such weapons, so they have been kept in the warehouse. Alan spit out the chewed sweet grass root in his mouth, sat up and said loudly.
"Type 54 heavy machine gun? That's changed with an anti-aircraft machine gun! The firepower is very high, but it is too bulky to move, and it is necessary to get some light machine guns as a supplement. Chen Xu pondered for a while before continuing: "It's enough to get two or three Type 54 heavy machine guns, and the same number of mortars, as for how many light machine guns are sent, the more the merrier." ”
Now Chen Xu's troops around the ancient temple have four hundred and twenty people, in addition to the 3oo soldiers of the special reconnaissance company brought over from here, there are also 12o intelligence officers from the Military Intelligence Bureau. The soldiers of the reconnaissance company were armed with only an AK-47 and a few grenades, while the intelligence officers were basically only a pistol, and the only heavy weapons were two Bird gunships parked in a dry field not far away.
Later, you may have to face the Indian army and the KGB, and the firepower on your side is enough, but not strong enough, so it is necessary to prepare heavy weapons in advance.
After Alan got the order, he immediately took out his mobile phone and called the airport, asking them to immediately bring some heavy weapons in the warehouse.
Half an hour after Allen made the call, the transport helicopter roared in, and at this time, it didn't care about any impact, and stopped directly outside the backyard of the ancient temple.
After the group removed the green wooden boxes containing the weapons from the cabin, the helicopter's cabin was quickly stuffed with travel bags filled with gold jewels, and after only twenty minutes, it restarted, rising into the sky and becoming smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
The arrival of heavy weapons gave the soldiers a lot of confidence!
Under Chen Xu's arrangement, four people were responsible for each of the three Type 54 anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, because it took four people to carry this gun, and the machine gun bullets were carried by other soldiers.
In addition, there are three Type 71 1oomm mortars, which were designed and finalized in 1971 and equipped with a Type 62 scope, which belongs to the regimental support firepower and fights very fiercely. This mortar was not replaced by the new Type 89 mortar until 89, and it is an old hero who has been in service for 2o years.
The shells of the 1oomm mortar were large and heavy, and the helicopter only brought 6o, packed in five large wooden boxes, each weighing nearly 200 pounds, and it took two or three people to lift it.
According to Chen Xu's request, the airport also sent 16 Type 58 machine guns, which use 762 mm bullets and can be used with magazines and stocks. In order to ensure the firepower of these machine guns, the airfield side allocated seven ammunition strands for each machine gun, which was enough to fight a small battle.
By eleven o'clock, the last chamber had been cleaned up, and in order to make sure that nothing was missed, the careful warriors also swept the corners of each chamber, knocking on the walls of the chamber by the way, in case there were still hidden chambers that had not been revealed.
After doing all this, twelve large trucks were escorted by more than thirty soldiers to Chao Fei back to the airport, no matter what the situation was on Chen Xu's side. When you arrive at the airport, you have to immediately load all your belongings on the transport plane and take off to return home.
"So far so good!" Watching the last truck disappear at the end of the woods, Alan nodded with satisfaction.
"Half ninety miles of travel, these gold jewels can't be concluded until they are sent back to China! How far are Lao Maozi's people from us? Chen Xu stood beside him with his hands behind his back and interjected coldly.
"Why are you walking silently, it scares me!" Alan patted his chest, raised his hand to look at his watch, squinted at the sun that had risen in mid-air, and said indifferently: "According to Lao Maozi's previous progress, I estimate that there are only twenty minutes left before we are here." ”
"How many are there?" Chen Xu asked rhetorically
"Not much, only more than 8o people, more than half of them are local Indian hooligans recruited by the KGB, and there are only more than 2o Soviet soldiers who have received strict military training! They were on their way in 15 cars. Alan then responded.
"There are only more than eighty people, and our number is more than four times that of them, and we are completely tossing ourselves with so many heavy weapons!" As soon as he heard that there were so few people on Lao Maozi's side, Chen Xu suddenly relaxed, and he even felt that it was completely redundant to be equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars, and it was enough to use AK47 to clean up these guys.
"We can't be so careless, we can't win a war because we have a large number of people, even if we have an advantage in numbers, but if the other side has a smarter command, we can only win miserably. With the existence of heavy weapons, we can suppress the enemy with absolute firepower, and no matter how elite Lao Maozi is, he will only be pressed and beaten by us! "Eren is also experienced in a hundred battles, he never despises any enemy, even if his own side has a superiority in strength, he will still do his best to deal with it, in his experience, only the fastest way to shoot the enemy to death can reduce the casualties of his own people, so the intensity of firepower is the most important factor in winning the victory.
"Battalion Commander Song, I'm not good at marching and arranging formations, you are also a battalion-level officer, these small-scale encounters of hundreds of people should be able to command it!" Chen Xu glanced at Song Zi, who had been standing next to him and had been silent, and asked.
"No problem!" Song Zi nodded and responded simply.
Allen stepped forward and added: "Lao Maozi's strength is between 8o and 9o people, there is no heavy equipment, only light weapons such as submachine guns and pistols, and the possibility of grenades cannot be ruled out." They'll be coming from the road on the west side of the town, and if they're going to set up an ambush, they'd better start now! ”
After hearing Allen's information, Song Zi thought briefly for a while, then decisively turned around and ordered: "The reconnaissance company is all in formation, the first and second squads set up ambushes on both sides of the road, find a vantage point and arrange three heavy machine guns, lock the enemy on the road with a fire net, the third squad is responsible for supporting as a reserve, and the mortars are arranged behind the position to suppress the enemy's artillery fire." ”
"We still have two helicopter gunships, how do you arrange them?" Alan reminded the two bird helicopters parked in the field in the distance.
"We're here to train the troops this time, it's foolproof to have heavy machine guns and artillery, the helicopter gunship is too powerful, and if you shoot a few times from the air, Lao Maozi won't have a few people alive. This kind of training opportunity is very rare, and I hope that the brothers can shoot and kill a few enemies, so that they will not be too nervous when facing Lao Maozi's regular army in the future. Song Zi shook his head and refused the assistance of the helicopter gunship, he was ready to use the infantry to clean up those old hairies.