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The U.S. National Guard assembled on the opposite side has long since fallen into the eyes of FOS fighters on the other side. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Liu Wei and Mobei Wolf split up to sweep the police station, Zhou Yulong led a squadron of FOS fighters to establish a defensive line near Central Park, Grayback Jackal led a small team of FOS fighters to attack the Empire State Building and establish a front-line command center, and Zhou Fen and his wife each led a squadron of FOS fighters to set up a surveillance system around the island, and by the way, let the frightened residents return to their apartments.

The biggest trouble is still on the side of Zhou Fen and his wife.

Although the loud explosions that exploded the bridges and tunnels warned all Manhattan residents, and most of the civilians were returning home when the convoy led by Mr. and Mrs. Zhou took to the streets, four million of the six million people who worked in Manhattan did not live on the island.

As a result, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou had to exert a lot of effort to get the people back to work.

Fortunately, the specially modified civilian Humvee was very deterrent, especially when the M2H heavy machine gun mounted on it was fired, even if some civilians were unwilling to obey the "command", and even some people threw stones and bricks at the convoy, it did not change the overall situation.

During this time, several skirmishes broke out.

It was mainly some off-duty policemen who were causing trouble, so that Zhou Fen and his wife had to kill chickens to show the monkeys, and defeated these armed personnel with a thunderous force.

When the U.S. military was preparing to "land," the two were deploying surveillance systems on the east and west sides of Manhattan.

This is the most important task for the two.

Due to the severe shortage of manpower, apart from setting up sentry posts on several high-rise buildings, the CCTV surveillance system can only be relied on to keep track of the surrounding situation. If this is not done before the U.S. military launches a counterattack, it will not be possible to prevent the U.S. military from landing on Manhattan Island.

If it is attacked by the US military, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At least for the first few hours, the U.S. military must be kept out.

Fortunately, Zhou Fen and his wife had enough manpower, and there were not many vehicles on the Ring Road, and the FOS fighters who carried out the mission were excellent.

When Brigadier General Copperfield organized his men to prepare for an assault, Zhou Fen happened to be near the Manhattan Bridge.

After discovering the abnormal movement of the US army, Zhou Fen immediately deployed the defensive line, and at the same time contacted Liu Wei and Mobei Wolf, who acted as a tactical mobile force.

Mobei Wolf happened to be near the Port Authority, so it rushed over first.

"How?"

"I'm afraid the Yankees will take a risk." Zhou Fen handed the infrared telescope in his hand to Mobei Wolf. By this time it was already dark, and although both of them had good eyesight, the river was several kilometers wide and could be seen more clearly with a telescope. "There are several helicopters, two of which are gunships, and two large transport helicopters with tandem twin-rotors, and several other transport helicopters that have landed before, probably two companies of troops."

Mobei Wolf looked at the binoculars for a while before saying, "If you go south, you must be going to Turret Park." ”

Zhou Fen focused and saw the helicopters that were flying towards the southern tip of the island. "That's right, only that side is more suitable for landing."

"I'll bring someone over, and you stay here."

"Don't need my help?"

"There's no need, after Liu Wei comes over, let him beware of the second round of impact from the US military."

Zhou Fen didn't say much, and watched the Mobei wolf leave.

At this time, Major Dennis was arranging assault missions for several officers in the company from the helicopter.

Although there are many new recruits in the company, the grassroots commanders are all veterans, and all of them have been on the battlefield, and two of them have also won the Purple Heart Battle Medal and the Silver Heart Battle Medal. Major Dennis was convinced that these veterans who had been on the battlefield would bring him good luck, as well as good luck to those recruits.

It's called Assault, but he doesn't even know where the enemy is, so when it comes to deploying the mission, Dennis says it in general terms.

It's not the problem that's troubling for Dennis, it's the fact that fighting on home soil, which makes many of the tactics used in Iraq and Afghanistan useless.

For example, according to the regular tactics of the US military, fire suppression must be carried out before the plane landing, and under normal circumstances, artillery and aviation units will take turns to provide it, and after clearing the enemy near the landing site, the assault force will land, and then deploy a circular defense line and wait for reinforcements.

Unfortunately, in Manhattan, this trick doesn't work.

Leaving aside for the time being whether there is enough open space on this island where every inch of land is at a premium for the assault force to land, the huge population density makes it impossible for the US military to fully exert itself. Turret Park isn't small, but it's close to the busiest part of Manhattan and is next to core neighborhoods like Wall Street.

Now that the terrorists have taken control of Manhattan Island, they will use the island's civilians as hostages.

Even if the terrorists are not in control, the civilians scattered on the island will become cannon fodder for the US military.

Obviously, Copperfield will not call for fire support and will not provide fire support to Dennis. The assault force could rely on two helicopter gunships with anti-tank missiles and rockets, and a 30-millimeter machine gun, as well as heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers on the transport helicopters.

As a result, pre-landing fire support was very limited.

After taking off, Dennis spoke with the pilots of the helicopter gunships, asking the two helicopter gunships to extend the blockade as far as possible, to prevent terrorists from attacking the landing site when the assault force landed, and to provide direct fire support to the assault force when necessary.

Fortunately, the AH-64's precision strike capability is not bad, and the power of missiles, rockets and machine guns is powerful enough.

In this way, the assault operation becomes very simple.

Two AH-64s opened the way in front to prevent all personnel from entering the turret park, creating a landing field large enough for six transport helicopters to land, providing a safe area of more than 200 meters for the assault force. According to Brigadier General Copperfield's arrangement, the assault force was to set up a bridgehead in the turret park to meet reinforcements. Only after the force reaches a certain size will it advance to the city.

Dennis knew that Copperfield would not risk his officers and soldiers.

Urban warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan has proven that it is difficult for infantry without armor cover to open breakthroughs. The terrorists were able to blow up thirteen bridges and tunnels, and there must have been enough men to have established a defensive line in the city by the time American reinforcements arrived.

As a result, armored units must be sent to Manhattan as soon as possible.

It's not Dennis's business, it's Copperfield's.

As soon as the assault force established a bridgehead, Copperfield organized a transport force to deliver the tanks and fighting vehicles of the National Guard with landing craft from the Navy.

Only then will the offensive begin.

The problem is that the delivery of armored forces of a certain size requires not only sufficient transport forces, but also time.

Will the assault forces be able to gain a foothold on the island?

Dennis didn't think much about it, and none of these problems existed until he landed on Manhattan Island.

After assigning the task to his subordinates, Dennis asked the pilots to reduce their flight speed, and two CH-47s and four MH-60s were dispersed.

Another battalion of assault troops was on board the CH-47, which was to land first.

As the helicopter swarm dispersed, the CH-47 accelerated first and at the same time reduced the flight altitude, followed by four MH-60s, and those two AH-64s had already flown away.

When he saw Turret Park, Dennis pulled down the low-light night vision device from his helmet.

At this time, a red light came on in the helicopter cabin, alerting the commandos that the destination was ahead and that the assault was about to begin.

In fact, the assault has already begun.

The two AH-64s were the first to reach the top of the turret park, one in front of the other, and circled in two circles. Although the pilots and weapons crews of the helicopters discovered many "targets," the helicopter gunships did not dare to open fire lightly when the enemy situation was unknown.

With the arrival of the CH-47, two AH-64s flew out of the turret park and weaved between the high-rise buildings of Lower Manhattan.

That's the problem with urban warfare.

Lower Manhattan is full of buildings over 150 meters high, and if a helicopter flies too high, the view will be obstructed and it will not be able to detect the situation on the ground in time. The pilot had to lower his altitude and had to move from building to building. As a result, helicopters are vulnerable to ambushes.

That's exactly what happened.

When the CH-47 reached the top of Turret Park and began to lower its flight altitude in preparation for the commandos to land, two gunships were just over Waterstreet south of Wall Street, preparing to pass through Wall Street, turning left on Broadway and returning to Turret Park.

It was just as the two AH-64s were about to reach the skies over Wall Street that the ambush began.

Four individual anti-aircraft missiles were fired almost simultaneously from the corners on both sides of the street, followed by four more anti-aircraft missiles raised. The helicopter's missile warning device immediately buzzed, and the helicopter's pilot and weapon crew saw the missiles flying from the side.

Without the slightest hesitation, the two helicopters immediately dispersed.

The one in front began to climb and turned left as it entered Wall Street, trying to get around the back of the building and avoid the oncoming missiles. The one behind did not turn, but flew straight forward along Water Street to avoid colliding with the long plane in front of it, and at the same time left the ambush circle.

If you can avoid the ambush so easily, the Mobei wolf will not mix.

The first four missiles chased the AH-64 at the head. Of these missiles, two are "Starlight" of British production, and the other two are "Mistral" of French production. Compared with the first-generation Stinger and Sam-7 used by the Taliban, these two individual anti-aircraft missiles are much more advanced.

In order to get these missiles, Liu Wei thought of a lot of ways, and Dian Bin also put a lot of thought into it.

The second batch of four missiles was aimed at the AH-64 in the back, also two "Starlight" and two "Mistral".

In order to enhance the anti-aircraft firepower, Dian Bin also got a multi-mounted launcher. The "Starlight" is a quadruple set, and the "Mistral" is a twin set, and the missile launcher is placed on a fixed launcher, which is operated by one fighter and the other fighter is responsible for guiding the target and replenishing ammunition.

The regular battle also started at this time.

(To be continued)