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The U.S. troops landed in the south first, which surprised Liu Wei and Zhou Fen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Withdraw, or do you want to take out the American troops in the south first?"

"Fighting the Marines?" Liu Wei glanced at Zhou Fen, then looked into the sky, and said, "The U.S. military will definitely not put the main force in the south, after all, there is nothing worth fighting for here." When the U.S. military discovers that we have blown up the drainage pipes, and 20,000 tons of highly toxic solution are about to flow into the bay, even if they invest more troops, they will first evacuate the people and block the drainage pipes, so that they cannot quickly move north. ”

"You can't give Manhattan to the U.S. military so easily, can you?" Zhou Fen also glanced at the sky and said, "Landing in Turret Park is just a prelude, the US army's air assault force is overhead, if we retreat now, it will only leave a gap." Shrinking the defensive circle will make it difficult for us to look at the end. ”

"Then take out the U.S. air assault force."

Zhou Fen nodded and said, "I'll go to the south to block the marines and make trouble for the U.S. military." Hurry up and don't delay too long. ”

"Be careful."

"Don't worry, we'll meet at the old jackal."

"Don't you want me to answer?"

"Is this necessary?" Zhou Fen smiled, gestured a few times to several re-transformation soldiers commanded by him, and said to Liu Wei, "No matter what, you have to leave alive, if you ......"

"Don't say if." Liu Wei knew what Zhou Fen was going to say, "I won't leave anyone behind." ”

Zhou Fen gritted his teeth, patted Liu Wei's shoulder, and followed the re-transformation fighters to the south.

Watching Zhou Fen walk away, Liu Wei let out a long breath and nodded at Takeuchi Kotone and the others, as well as several re-transformation fighters, and asked them to act according to the plan.

At this time, the smoke and dust that filled the sky over the Federal Reserve Bank were dispersing.

With the Marines successfully ashore, gaining a foothold in Turret Park, and establishing a bridgehead, Admiral Robert did not delay any longer, and immediately ordered the air assault troops circling over Lower Manhattan to capture the commanding heights near the road and cover the Marines' advance northward.

With this deployment completed, Robert turned his attention to the 4th Infantry Division, which was preparing to attack.

According to his plan, the frontal attack was delayed for about two hours, mainly because the feints had to hold off the attackers to the south.

At this time, the burden fell on the shoulders of the 101st Air Assault Division.

The so-called "commanding heights" are the high-rise buildings on both sides of the road.

Compared with the ground offensive, the battle to capture the high ground is the most complex and dangerous.

When making the plan, Robert considered a number of ways to avoid high-rise buildings, which were mostly confined to the island, as large numbers of civilians were trapped on the island. If a fierce battle is fought with the enemy inside a building, a large number of civilians will be harmed. What worries Robert even more is that the attackers are likely to use civilians as cover, or even hide in civilians, to attack the attacking US officers and soldiers.

If such a thing were to happen, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Unfortunately, Robert didn't find any other way.

Although it was suggested that the streets could be blocked by air strikes to prevent the attackers from moving between the buildings, and then the ground forces would occupy the buildings one by one, this method would not work at all, since the attackers would not necessarily need to move on the ground and would most likely be transferred through the underground pipe network, especially the subway lines. What's more, if the U.S. military strikes people on the streets, the attackers are likely to force civilians out of the building, making the situation even more chaotic and allowing the U.S. military to throw a mouseball during the bombing.

The real feasible way is to seize the commanding heights.

The first to enter was not a helicopter, but an A-10 attack aircraft of the US Air Force. These attack planes, armed with rockets and air-to-surface missiles, were under the direct command of the 101st Air Assault Division, which was designed to provide fire support to the air assault forces and suppress the enemy on the ground.

It is a pity that these attack aircraft did not find targets that could be hit.

The four A-10s split into two formations and circled twice over Lower Manhattan. In order to induce the attackers to open fire, the pilots also deliberately lowered the flight altitude and entered the range of individual anti-aircraft missiles. It just didn't make any sense to do that, and there was no movement on the ground when the helicopter entered.

When the transport helicopter arrived, the attack aircraft increased its flight altitude, but did not leave.

Although the 101st Air Assault Division dispatched several AH-64 gunships to provide close air support to transport helicopters, they were slower than attack aircraft and did not carry as much ammunition. In the event of a surprise attack, attack aircraft will still have to be relied upon.

To be sure, helicopter gunships arrive first at the landing site.

It was only after the helicopter gunship had made two circles in the air that the MH-60 transport helicopter slowly flew over.

The U.S. military learned the lessons of the last assault by not using bulky CH-47s and MH-53s, using all agile MH-60s, and equipping each helicopter with heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers. There is only one squad of US officers and men on each helicopter, and the plane can be landed within one minute.

It can be said that the US military is very well prepared.

Because during the SEAL raid, the attackers detonated a bomb planted in the Federal Reserve Bank, killing dozens of special forces at once, so the US military was more careful this time, not only equipped the helicopter with radio jamming equipment, but also added a bomb disposal expert to each squad, and let the signal corps carry small jamming equipment. After the assault force landed, the first task was to inspect the roof.

The problem is that if a bomb is planted on the roof of the building, the US military officers and soldiers simply do not have enough time to defuse the bomb.

This is indeed the case.

Liu Wei had no intention of entanglement with the U.S. military, and had plenty of time to deploy on the battlefield. What's more, there are not many offensive options available to the U.S. military, except for an attack on the ground by armored forces, and the only way to do it is to carry out an air assault and occupy the tall buildings lining the main streets.

The best way to deal with the US military is to plant bombs on the roof of the building and blow the US troops into the sky.

Liu Wei was prepared, and the U.S. military was also prepared.

In total, more than 30 MH-60s entered the skies over Lower Manhattan, and they did not enter together, but landed in batches, or even sorties.

By doing so, you can avoid being attacked at the same time.

If the attacker detonates the bomb, other U.S. forces can evade it or even fight back.

As the fifth MH-60 slowly approached the roof of the Hills Building, the US troops who had dropped the four helicopters in front of them were already on the rooftops of the nearby buildings, looking for possible explosives, Liu Wei did not hesitate any longer, and first detonated the bomb on the roof of the Hills Building.

In the next fifteen seconds, Liu Wei detonated bombs on the rooftops of four other buildings.

The bombs were not mounted on the roof surface, but on the ceiling of the top floor, and were all contained in load-bearing pillars.

It was not the bombs that killed the American troops, but the collapsed roofs of buildings.

Although the explosion was not very violent, it was very lethal and caused chaos.

After the explosion, the US military immediately stopped landing, and the helicopter gunships hovering nearby were the first to arrive and concentrate near the building where the explosion occurred. Immediately afterwards, the transport helicopters that had dropped their officers and men also turned back and joined the ranks of the helicopter gunships, preparing to fight the enemy.

The problem is that there are simply no targets that can be hit!

What made the US military even more troublesome was that after the explosion, the civilians in the building were frightened and rushed out of the building and poured into the street.

At this point, the U.S. military is a little overwhelmed.

Although Robert's battle order clearly mentioned that innocent civilians should not be harmed, the US military could not distinguish between civilians and armed personnel in the chaos just after being attacked and dozens of US officers and soldiers were killed.

You know, the US military officers and soldiers all know that the attackers are very likely to hide among the civilians and wait for the aircraft to launch the attack. To cover transport helicopters in the air, gunships fly very low and are vulnerable to attack. If there are a few attackers in the crowd on the street, a few rockets or even an anti-aircraft machine gun can shoot down a helicopter gunship.

At this time, the helicopter gunships of the US military were indeed attacked.

According to information disclosed after the war, at least two helicopter gunships were hit by fire from the ground, and one of the helicopters was also shot off by a gunshot.

After being attacked, the U.S. forces immediately returned fire, desperately firing at the likely enemy.

Seeing the gunships firing, the five transport helicopters that followed closely followed also joined the battle.

About two minutes later, A-10 attack planes hovering at high altitude also joined the fight, using rockets and machine guns. Although the A-10 did not carry bombs to avoid injuring civilians, except for rockets and machine guns, only a few small missiles, these weapons were absolutely lethal to those exposed to the streets.

There is no suspense in the air strike, because it is not the attackers who are hit, but unarmed civilians.

As for who fired the first shot, and whether Robert gave the order during the battle, I'm afraid no one knows. It was only at the post-war hearings that Robert, in front of hundreds of members of Congress, claimed that he had never given an order to open fire on civilians, and that it was expressly forbidden to point guns at civilians, but under the circumstances, no one could distinguish between the attacker and the civilian, and the army did not violate the rules of war by firing back when attacked.

Whether Robert is responsible or not, civilians become the biggest victims of this battle.

According to figures published by the US authorities, at least one and a half thousand innocent civilians were killed in the fighting near the Federal Reserve Bank.

Obviously, this number has been significantly reduced.

It's just the beginning of an offensive launched by the US military.

Because of the trouble in the air assault operation, it was impossible for the 101st Air Assault Division to continue to project troops to the front line in the chaotic situation, so in the south of the battlefield, the marines who had just established themselves had to make persistent efforts and advance north in advance when reinforcements did not arrive.

Rather than an air assault, a ground offensive gives the U.S. military the opportunity to engage the enemy head-on.

(To be continued)