Chapter 34: The Hammer Strikes the Egg
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When Liu Wei and the others arrived, the battle had already ended, and dozens of officers and soldiers were rescuing the wounded and cleaning up the battlefield. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The convoy belongs to the Afghan political axe, and it is mainly used to deliver various living and production materials to Zebak. Including the escorts, all of them were officers and soldiers of the political axe.
The convoy consisted of five large trucks and three military jeeps, as well as two TM170 wheeled armored vehicles.
These armored vehicles originally belonged to the German Army, and as the Germans replaced them with more advanced "dingo" wheeled armored vehicles, Germany donated these old equipment that had been used for 30 years to the Afghan political axe army. Compared to the American "Humvee", this real armored car is much stronger.
In the Afghan political axe army, the TM170 can be regarded as a high-end cargo.
It's a pity that the TM170 is still a light armored vehicle, and it can only withstand 7.62 mm machine gun bullets at most, let alone deal with RPGs, and even 12.7 mm heavy machine gun bullets.
Five large trucks and three military jeeps were all destroyed, and one TM170 was also destroyed.
It seems that the battle was fierce, and the losses of the political axe army were very heavy.
Seeing the arrival of the US troops, the officers and men of the political axe finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the attackers had already fled, in the middle of the night in the wilderness where there was no village in front of the village and no shop behind, and in the middle of the night, the officers and men of the political axe were still a little hairy.
The wounded were all hiding behind the vehicles, and several machine gunners watched warily on the western slope.
Seeing the approaching main battle tank, the commander of the political axe army immediately waved his hands and shouted loudly, as if to stop the tank.
Liu Wei did not stop, but let the tank continue to advance.
The commander of the Political Axe Army was startled and hurriedly flashed to the side of the road.
After rushing over, Liu Wei let the M1A2 turn in place, and the three M3s behind him also staggered, and the M1A2 at the back remained in front of the team.
The officers and men of the political axe were not suspicious, because this was a typical defensive tactic.
In any case, as soon as they enter the area of engagement, the American army must first deploy a defensive formation before the infantry is dismounted for battle.
This is not cowardice, as it does minimize casualties.
It's just that this time no one got off the tank.
When Liu Wei got into the turret, Kotone Takeuchi was looking at the instruments in front of him at a loss.
"Reload my shells!" Liu Wei unfastened the seat belt on Takeuchi Kotone's body before sitting in the position of the gun commander.
"Where's the shell?"
Liu Wei turned around and helped Takeuchi Kotone open the sliding door of the rear bomb bay, and more than a dozen shells were neatly placed in the cylindrical steel container in the bomb bay. Because he was worried that Takeuchi Kotone didn't know how to load, Liu Wei opened the bolt for her again. Now there is no need for Liu Wei to teach, Takeuchi Qinyin took out a cannonball, stuffed it into the barrel, and then locked the valve at the end of the cannon as Liu Wei began to open the bolt.
"Armor-piercing bullets?"
Takeuchi Kotone was stunned for a moment and said, "I just took one casually, and it was an armor-piercing bullet?" ”
Liu Wei nodded, didn't say anything more, pasted the rubber cover on the gun commander's sight, grabbed the turret control handle, and turned the gun muzzle to the TM170 armored car that had not been destroyed.
The gun commander's sighting device was coaxial with the gun, so there was no way to move freely.
It's just that using M829A3 depleted uranium alloy armor-piercing projectiles against the same papier-m170 is indeed a bit of a luxury.
This cannot be blamed on Kotone Takeuchi, because the two main combat munitions of the M256 tank gun, namely the M829 series armor-piercing projectile and the M830 armor-piercing projectile, are relatively similar in appearance. For the desired effect, the M830 armor-piercing projectile has a reverse ignition device at the front end, which is very similar to the sub-caliber core of the M829 armor-piercing projectile. Not to mention that Takeuchi Kotone, who had never seen these two types of ammunition, often made mistakes by American loaders in the heat of battle.
The tanks were furious, and the sound of shelling was deafening.
The distance was so close that the butt that wrapped the sub-caliber core didn't have time to get out of it, and the core hit the armored car.
The result was not much better, the core penetrated the armored car, and after flying more than a hundred meters, it hit the hillside.
The TM170's armor was so thin that it was below the minimum thickness for secondary effects, so the armor-piercing shell failed to destroy it.
It's just that Liu Wei is not the only one staring at this armored car.
Half a second later, the second shell hit the TM170, this time an armor-piercing shell. The shells were fired by the M1A2 in the back, and it was the Mobei Wolf who drove the tank.
"Damn, let the old wolf take a bargain." Liu Wei didn't plan to continue to use the powerful main gun, so he adjusted the fire control switch to the coaxial machine gun. "Kotone, do you know how to make a heavy machine gun?"
Kotone Takeuchi nodded, pushed open the hatch above his head, and climbed out.
When she got into the tank, she saw the M2H heavy machine gun. It doesn't work as a tank, and the use of machine guns is not a problem.
At this time, three "Bradleys" also opened fire.
The 25-mm Viper cannon was more effective than a tank gun because of its higher rate of fire and the need to manually reload shells.
At the same time, there were also coaxial machine guns on two main battle tanks.
Not long after, heavy machine guns on top of the tank turret also joined the battle.
In the face of the sudden blow, the officers and men of the political axe did not have any mental preparation, and no one fired back.
Some political axe officers and soldiers even believe that the U.S. military is dealing with nearby enemies.
It is no wonder that the Afghan political axe army was originally a puppet army supported by the coalition forces, and it was almost a lackey of the coalition army. If the owner hits the dog, will the dog fight back?
It wasn't until the vehicles that were paralyzed on the road caught fire and exploded in a hail of bullets that the officers and men of the political axe reacted.
Instead of returning fire, they fled.
Although the officers and men of the political axe still could not understand why the US troops opened fire on them, in the face of five tanks and combat vehicles, the officers and men of the political axe, who only had light weapons in their hands, could only flee.
In the midst of the scuffle, several officers and soldiers of the political axe slid down the hillside on the east side of the road.
"Kotone, don't let them run!"
Hearing Liu Wei's greeting, Kotone Takeuchi immediately dropped the heavy machine gun, jumped out of the tank, pulled out the Toyo sword behind his back, and chased after the officers and soldiers of the political axe.
After a while, four other female fighters also chased out.
The five men quickly caught up with the fleeing political axe officers and soldiers, not with guns, but with knives.
This time, there was no need to strictly hide their identities, so Liu Wei allowed them to bring a handy Oriental knife. As for the "Hundred Ghosts Contending" that Liu Wei promised to help Takeuchi Qinyin get his hands on, he had long forgotten about it.
The battle lasted three minutes before five tanks ceased fire one after another.
Pulling out his pistol, Liu Wei left the "Abrams" and cleaned up the battlefield with the other four.
Captain Hughes shuddered and stepped out of the chariot, and when he saw the five men ruthlessly executing the officers and soldiers who were still struggling with the political axe, he immediately lost the courage to escape, let alone pick up the guns on the ground.
He thankfully didn't, because Kotone Takeuchi had already rushed back.
Seeing that Mobei Wolf was more active, Liu Wei picked up his pistol and walked to Hughes's side. "Captain, go and send a message, just say that the political axe army has a traitor and deceived you, the Taliban forces have attacked the relief forces, and they have also attacked the camp, and you have broken out of the encirclement and are retreating towards Barak."
"Raid...... Raided the camp? ”
Liu Wei glanced at his watch and said, "We have planted a time bomb in the camp and it has been detonated, so your report will not arouse suspicion." When you get to Barak, I'll let you go. ”
"Yes...... But ......"
"During the battle, you suffered heavy casualties and ran out of ammunition, so you have to go to Barak to replenish your ammunition, do you know what I mean?"
Hughes nodded, looking a little numb.
"Captain, think of your wife and children." Liu Wei patted him on the shoulder, "If you want to go back early, I can give you a shot and let you get on the flight back home as soon as possible." ”
"No...... Don't kill me......"
"I'm not going to kill you." Liu Wei smiled and asked Takeuchi Kotone to take the captain to send a message.
Five minutes later, the armored convoy set off again. It's just that this time there was only one "Bradley".
The M3 is a cavalry fighting vehicle, not an infantry fighting vehicle, and under normal circumstances, it can only carry three crew members and six crew members, while Liu Wei has ten people, and Captain Hughes has to be added. There was no choice but to tie the corpses of the American soldiers outside the car and let the four female soldiers squeeze into two seats.
Shortly after the convoy departed, the two Abrams and two Bradley that were left behind were blown into the sky.
After the main battle tank weighing more than 60 tons and the cavalry fighting vehicle weighing more than 20 tons were blown away by more than 10 meters, they fell to the hillside, scattered parts, and several huge craters on the road.
It looks like a remote-controlled bomb that has been planted a long time ago.
Liu Wei: The corpses of the American soldiers who left them in the tanks and combat vehicles were also turned into minced meat in the explosion, and then the fire ignited by the second explosion burned into charred meat.
No one doubts that this is not the work of the Taliban.
Before dawn, Bradley came about five kilometres east of the small town of Barak.
After the chariot stopped, Liu Wei took Captain Hughes down.
"I did what you said, don't kill me...... Please don't kill me......"
"I'm not going to kill you." Liu Wei raised his pistol and aimed it at the captain's thigh and pulled the trigger.
"Ahh
"Captain...... Captain ......" Liu Wei grabbed Captain Hughes and slapped him twice, "It didn't hurt the vital point." You find a place to hide, and Barak's garrison will soon find you, and you will be able to catch a flight home. Remember what I said to you on the road, and when you think of military duty and honor, think of your wife and children. I also hope that they can grow up happily in the company of their father, instead of realizing the cruelty of the real world too early, and I hope that she can grow old with you, instead of becoming someone else's wife. Captain...... See what I mean? ”
Captain Hughes gritted his teeth, swallowed the pain, and nodded vigorously.
"Good, remember my words. If you can't hold on, give yourself a shot. Liu Wei handed the captain a first-aid kit containing morphine.
Kotone Takeuchi walked over, took the captain's belt, and slung the M4 over his shoulder.
Liu Wei nodded at her, and Kotone Takeuchi and Miyuki Takahara walked towards the hillside next to the road, hiding him behind a pile of rubble.
On the road, the Mobei wolves unloaded the corpses of those American soldiers and made up a few shots each.
Bao Liuqing found the locator hidden in the cockpit, unloaded it and smashed it with the butt of the gun.
Ten minutes later, "Bradley" carried Liu Wei and others, left the road, and headed southwest.
(To be continued)