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As the standard offensive method of the US army, when the engineers of the 4th Infantry Division began to erect boat bridges and pontoon bridges, US fighter jets carried out the first round of bombing of the northern part of Manhattan Island. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The bombing targets are all nodes of the underground pipe network, especially the large pipe network system.

In order to minimize civilian casualties, all bombing sites were on the main streets, more than 10 metres from the nearest building, and small-diameter ground-penetrating bombs were used throughout.

This time, the main force of the bombing was tactical fighters.

It is not that the US military has no bombers, but that strategic bombers must be dispatched, and a large number of unmanned reconnaissance planes carrying laser irradiators must be dispatched to guide the target, and in Robert's plan, most of the unmanned reconnaissance planes will be used to monitor the battlefield situation after the offensive begins, rather than to assist the bombers in combat. Because tactical fighters can carry attack pods, there is no need to send unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to cooperate, and military resources will not be occupied.

Compared to bombers, fighters can only enter in batches, and the bombing lasts longer.

This effect is not great, after all, the battle has already begun, the attackers already know that the American army has launched an attack, and the continuous bombardment can better damage the morale and confidence of the attackers, and can also cover the 4th Infantry Division that is preparing to land, so that the attackers cannot attack the troops crossing the river.

Half an hour after the bombardment began, the first armored unit of the 4th Infantry Division set off with the opening of the first boat bridge.

At this time, the bombing was also in its final stages.

With the exception of a few F-16 fighters operating to the south, there were only four A-10 attack planes of the Air Force over the battlefield, which were responsible for covering the vanguard of the landing on Manhattan Island.

It was also at this time that the U.S. military encountered the expected counterattack.

Not a direct counterattack, but an indirect counterattack.

When the shells from the south fell, the vanguard of the 4th Infantry Division was deploying at the bridgehead to consolidate the newly established defensive line.

The main force of this vanguard is a tank platoon and two mechanized infantry platoons.

The main armament is four M1A1 main battle tanks, eight M2A3 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as four Stryker wheeled armored vehicles.

The shelling came suddenly, not violently enough, but with exceptional accuracy.

The first four shells all hit the target accurately, and all hit the top armor of the M1A1, and then the four shells that fell hit the four M2A3 infantry fighting vehicles that had not had time to disperse. When the U.S. forces reacted, the shelling stopped abruptly.

Not even knowing where the enemy was, the 4th Infantry Division suffered heavy losses.

In place of the 4th Infantry Division, it was the A-10 attack aircraft that patrolled over the battlefield that launched a counterattack. Using the data provided by the artillery radar, the A-10 attack aircraft quickly found the artillery positions of the attackers. Because the attackers had placed their artillery positions on top of tall buildings, the A-10 did not use bombs or missiles, but only machine guns.

Such an air strike, which does not pose any threat to the attackers, has the only advantage of preventing the attackers from shelling again.

When the A-10 carried out an air strike, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division learned that the attackers were using mortars, and light mortars with a caliber of 82 mm.

Unusually, the attackers used guided shells, and certainly laser-guided ones.

It was Mobei Wolf and more than a dozen other reconstructed fighters who launched the attack, and they did use light mortars and guided shells bought from the international arms market.

There were only four mortars in total, barely enough for an artillery squad.

It is not difficult to get these four mortars, after all, the stock of 82-mm mortars is very huge, the United States alone produces hundreds of thousands, and the price of these mortars is very cheap in the international arms market. The difficulty is to get the latest laser-guided artillery shells, which are not only expensive, but also unstable. On the African continent, for example, few warlords can afford such expensive ammunition. Countries that can afford to buy laser-guided artillery shells, and not many people are willing to work for money. Without Batavia's help, through General Ali, a group of Pakistani special forces obtained ammunition captured from the Indian army, Mobei Wolf would not have been able to deal with the US tank and combat vehicles.

With anti-tank missiles?

With the US military in possession of air supremacy, even if the modified fighters occupy an advantageous position and are able to launch anti-tank missiles, they will expose their positions and be attacked by the US military from the air. Mortars were different, two rounds of shelling took just over ten seconds, and evacuation was rapid. By the time the US attack planes arrived, Mobei Wolf had already left the position with his men and hid in the building.

It didn't go well at the beginning, and it was a sign that the 4th Infantry Division would not be more fortunate than the Marines.

In order to prevent further shelling, the US military dispatched more attack planes, lowered the flight altitude, and issued new orders to the pilots to directly attack suspicious targets.

Because the attack planes flew too fast and could not fly too low, the 4th Infantry Division also recruited helicopter gunships.

After the increase in air power, the US military expanded the scope of the air blockade.

The laser irradiator will not have a range of more than five kilometers, and in the case of obstruction by buildings, the general irradiation distance will not exceed two kilometers. The U.S. military set the air blockade range at three kilometers, which was enough to ensure that the 4th Infantry Division would not be attacked when crossing the river.

It's been an hour since I was done.

By this time, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of the 4th Infantry Division had established a bridgehead, and the first main forces had landed on Manhattan Island.

It was only when the forces were insufficient and the enemy had artillery that the American troops did not rush to attack.

Going deep into enemy-controlled urban areas alone is definitely killing yourself.

Besides, Robert did not rush the 4th Infantry Division and did not care about the speed of advance.

By noon, the Fourth Infantry Division had landed on Manhattan Island with more than 10,000 officers and men, and the two National Guard divisions that were working together had also sent vanguards.

When everything was ready, the American army began to spread out to both flanks.

It was at this time that something happened that did not shock the US military: thousands of civilians poured out of the building, appeared on the streets, and headed for the US military positions.

The attackers repeated their old tricks, once again blocking the US military with civilians.

This time, the U.S. military has been prepared for a long time.

After the 4th Infantry Division took control of the perimeter defense, the National Guard took over the task of evacuating civilians, setting up checkpoints at more than a dozen intersections, allowing civilians who had been checked and confirmed to be unarmed to pass through the line and leave Manhattan in vehicles prepared by the U.S. military.

Although some unpleasant things happened during the evacuation, such as the reluctance of some civilians to hand over their weapons, and the hope that some civilians would be able to find their lost relatives, on the whole, the retreat did not cause much trouble under the control of the National Guard.

The problem is that more and more civilians are coming in, blocking all roads.

Although the 4th Infantry Division did not participate in the evacuation operation and had long been prepared for the offensive, it was simply unable to advance in a crowded situation.

As a last resort, Robert had to immediately commit to the 2nd National Guard Division to help clear the 4th Infantry Division.

In this way, the National Guard instead went ahead of the 4th Infantry Division.

Thankfully, the National Guard was not attacked when it came time to organize civilians out of the way and open a way for the 4th Infantry Division to advance.

It appears that the attackers did not aim their guns at civilians.

What's more, most of the civilians who flocked to the north came out of nearby buildings, so the 4th Infantry Division didn't have much to worry about when it came to advancing south.

As soon as it encounters the enemy, the 4th Infantry Division can directly call in air support and bomb the enemy's hideouts.

It is a pity that the 4th Infantry Division did not meet the imagined enemy.

Could it be that the attackers have already retreated to the south?

With this in mind, the officers and men of the Fourth Infantry Division advanced 500 meters in an hour, taking control of hundreds of buildings on both sides of more than 10 roads.

For the sake of safety, the US military did not rush to speed up the speed, but searched all the buildings one by one according to the plan.

No explosives were found, no explosives were found, no blasting devices were found, as if the attackers had never been there, let alone using the buildings as a barrier against the American troops.

It's not that Mobei Wolf doesn't want to do this, it's that there is no way to plant bombs in all buildings.

According to Liu Wei's plan, before the attack, only about 500 tons** were transported to Manhattan, and most of these ** were used in the defensive line deployed by Zhou Yulong, and the rest were all used by Zhou Fen. When Mobei Wolf took over the northern defense line from Zhou Yulong, there was no extra **.

Besides, there are thousands of buildings on Manhattan Island, including thousands of buildings that are more than 100 meters high.

If you want to blast these high-rise buildings, you need at least thousands of tons**, and it is impossible for Dian Bin to get so many ** in a short period of time.

In order to block the advance of the American army, Mobei Wolf had to follow Zhou Fen's example and drive civilians into the streets.

It's just that now it seems that this trick didn't work.

The U.S. military has suffered a loss once and will not be fooled again.

Through the monitoring system set up on the periphery of the defense line, Liu Wei also saw the advancing US troops, and knew that the team led by Mobei Wolf would soon retreat behind the first line of defense.

Time is running out for them, and the pace of action must be accelerated.

After letting the Grayback Jackal dispose of the equipment of the command system, Liu Wei returned to Central Park with his team. Zhou Fen had already rushed back, leaving only two remodeled fighters in the south to monitor the movements of the U.S. Marines. According to Liu Wei's arrangement, he will cover the right flank of Mobei Wolf. The defense of the left flank was in the charge of Bao Liuqing, and the squad she led had already entered the line of defense and was preparing for battle.

The busiest person is not Mobei Wolf and others, but Zhou Yulong.

If he could not blow up the "Future Soldier" experimental center before the arrival of the main force of the US army, Liu Wei would have to abandon the second goal of the operation and leave the island that had been devastated by the war with regret.

(To be continued)