Chapter 1238: Returning with a Feather

The defenders of Grenada also seemed to be cooperating with the American commanders, they did not fire anti-aircraft missiles, and even scattered anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were fired indiscriminately over the airport. They did this just to indicate that the airport was still guarded, as if they were afraid of disturbing the uninvited guests in the sky.

Hearing the words of the airborne commander, the American soldiers in the cabin all laughed softly.

One said lightly: "If my little John hadn't reached his girlfriend's palace, I wouldn't think the two of us had completed the intimacy, at most we could only have walked around." Hehe......"

"Haha......" several soldiers laughed unscrupulously.

The speed of the plane is very fast, fifty kilometers is only ten minutes away.

When the airborne commander gave the order for the last three minutes to prepare, the soldiers began to tense up a little and shut their mouths one by one.

As the plane continued to move forward, they became more and more uneasy, and each soldier was silently checking the airborne equipment that had been checked countless times, and there was always a little unease in their hearts, as if they were learning to parachute for the first time.

What they don't know is that only death awaits them.

At this time, the commander of the fighter received information that "the ground fire clearance has been completed, and the defenders have only sporadic resistance", and the airborne commander immediately made a decision and ordered: "Descend to an altitude of 800 feet!" The paratroopers are ready for the last thirty seconds! ”

While the American paratroopers in the sky were nervously preparing to parachute, the ground defense forces were closely watching the movement in the sky.

It can be said that all the people here, whether it is Grenada soldiers, Cuban soldiers, or Iranian soldiers, even the lieutenant officers, including Ouyang Zhijian, have never felt or seen such a fierce artillery fire.

One by one, the officers and men who saw this scene were stunned and frightened. It's just that some people control their strength well, and they don't show too much fear. But many officers and men trembled their legs, their lips trembled, and their hands trembled in disobedience.

"My God, that's how the war is fought?" Those Grenadian soldiers who had never been on the battlefield looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and their eyes are full of panic.

As if they didn't want money, the Americans threw aerial bombs, rockets, and large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets down one by one, plowed the ground almost several times, and in just 10 minutes of fire preparation, a layer of metal had already fallen on the ground. Brass-colored warheads, shiny eggshells, jet-black shrapnel ....... In the air.

The protrusions on the ground, or just a little bit higher up around the terrain, whether it's trees, houses or vehicles, are not blown away by huge aerial bombs. The huge wave of air stirred up by the bomb was blown away, and it was flattened by shrapnel.

The entire Pearl Airport was like a hell on earth, in ruins.

If it had not been for the construction of strong fortresses and solid underground bunkers in advance, and if it had not been for the fact that most of the troops and weapons had been hidden in these places according to the orders of the lieutenant, I am afraid that most of the troops and weapons would have been lost in this heavy blow, and I do not know how far the morale would have fallen. It is likely that there will be a situation of fleeing without a fight.

Looking at the lively companions around them and the intact weapons in front of them, the officers and soldiers who stayed in the air-raid tunnels and safe bunkers were still nervous and afraid. But their hearts were full of gratitude to the Chinese, not only grateful to the Chinese commander for letting them hide here, not to have to carry the bombing of the US army on the battlefield according to the orders of the Cuban commander, but also grateful to China for helping them build such familiar bunkers and tunnels.

These bunkers and tunnels were built in secret by themselves. The high-quality cement, high-quality steel bars and high-quality steel plates sent from China are used. At the time of construction, some people thought that it would be a waste to build the bunker so thick. Is it that the Chinese want to use these materials to make more money, after all, these materials are not free, they are purchased by the Grenada government with money, even if they cannot come up with cash for the time being, they are guaranteed by Cuba on credit, and they are all Grenadan silver.

But now it seems that it is very necessary to build it like this, and if it is not built in this way, not only will it not become a shelter for officers and soldiers, but it will probably become a grave for officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers will be buried here very alive, and become a corpse that no one knows.

"Attention officers and men, the US transport plane is coming, and it will parachute down immediately. The first sniper soldiers are ready to go out. At this time, the voice of a man with little strength came from the loudspeaker in the tunnel, giving people a soft feeling.

But then it was replaced by another person with a somewhat strange voice, whose voice was categorical: "Repeat, the American army will parachute in soon, and I order the first batch of soldiers to snipe paratroopers to attack!" ”

Hearing this voice, which was obviously not a local person, the hearts of all the officers and soldiers were quieted down a lot. Because they heard that this strong-willed man was Chinese, his words gave the soldiers a lot of confidence.

The officers and men who were called to attack quickly rushed out of their bunkers under the command of their respective commanders, while those officers and men who had no task for the time being sat silently in place. Although they are still nervous and scared, they are much better than before.

Because there were a lot of umbrella flowers in the sky, the US fighter planes flew into the distance in order to avoid accidental damage, and the explosion at the airport was much quieter.

The commander of the defending army held up his binoculars and watched the US paratroopers leap out of the belly of the plane, and silently thought to himself: "It would be nice if we fired an anti-aircraft missile at this time and killed this plane." It's a pity that the above doesn't allow it, saying that it is necessary to let the US army let more soldiers come down and force the US army to engage in ground warfare. ”

In the blink of an eye, several transport planes, including C130 and helicopters, are spitting out soldiers one by one, and helicopters are more direct than C130, they are all hovering in mid-air, one rope after another, one by one the soldiers are sliding down this rope, the movement is fast and chic.

Obviously, this group of soldiers came to take the lead, in order to eliminate and attract the remaining firepower on the ground, to provide protection for the paratroopers of the large army behind, and to facilitate the large transport aircraft to send all kinds of weapons, including tanks, artillery, rocket launchers, recoilless artillery and other heavy weapons.

The American soldiers thought that this battle was easy to fight, that they could win this war with lightness, and that they did not need any heavy weapons at all.

However, as commanders, they are still much more cautious, they must ensure that the firepower of the US military has absolute superiority, they must minimize the casualties of US officers and soldiers, and the delivery of heavy weapons is a must.

However, no matter how cunning the fox is, it cannot escape the guns of the old hunters. When the US troops were rapidly airborne according to the battle plan, thinking that this pearl airfield was about to be captured, the defenders hiding in the tunnels, air-raid shelters, and bunkers quickly rushed to the pre-arranged positions, and all kinds of light and heavy weapons were firmly aimed at the paratroopers who were in mid-air, at the US Marines who were following the ropes, and at the US troops who had already landed and were cutting the parachute lines or looking for firing positions......

With the firing of several artillery pieces, the Pearl Airport immediately resounded with fierce gunfire, cannon sounds, and skyrocketing fire, and countless shells and bullets poured down on the US parachute landing ground, and countless bullets shot into the umbrella flowers in the sky. There were also several shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles fired at helicopters hovering in the air.

Soon, as the umbrella flower broke and caught fire, one paratrooper screamed and fell from a great height, and a helicopter exploded in mid-air, turning the soldiers in its belly into fragments and fireballs......

Dozens of snipers from Iran calmly shot the American soldiers who had just landed on the ground and had not yet found a place to hide.

This is no longer a battle, but a one-sided slaughter.

At the beginning, the US commanders were not aware of the severity of the problem, and thought that this was a normal battle casualty, after all, it was impossible for any air strike to destroy the defensive forces on the clean ground, and even if the ground was ploughed several times, there would still be enemy troops who had escaped the blow, otherwise there would be no need to send ground troops to clear it.

However, when he received reports from his subordinate commanders that he had been shot accurately by the defenders, and the soldiers suffered a large number of casualties, Gen was unable to establish an effective defensive position, Gen could not gain a foothold, and could only be driven away by the defenders. And the defenders did not know where the bullets came from, almost the guns ate meat, although the gunfire was not intense, but the losses of the American troops were large.

In particular, as the combat units lost contact one after another, the US commanders were stunned and hurriedly asked their superiors for instructions on whether to suspend the parachute landing, make another fierce fire preparation, and carry out another or two carpet bombardments on the ground, so as to completely wipe out the other side and destroy the fighting spirit of the other side.

Although this commander himself has the power to stop the parachute landing, he really can't judge the losses below, and he can't know how long the defenders can hold out, whether the other side will be wiped out and the airfield will be occupied when there are more soldiers who have landed.

He didn't know how stupid he was to do that, he didn't know how much additional loss his hesitation, especially in handing over the problem to his subordinates.

After about two minutes, an order came from the communicator with the anger of his superiors: he was ordered to stop parachuting, and the troops who had landed on the ground were ordered to find positions on the spot and wait for air support.

In this short period of time, nearly 100 US troops were killed and wounded, another helicopter was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun and the driver fell to the ground, and a C130 transport plane was hit by a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile, but because it hit the bottom armor of the C130, and the C130 flight altitude was sufficient, the tragedy of the plane crash and death was avoided this time.

But the pilot was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly increased the plane and pulled it up so desperately that one of the paratroopers was thrown out of the cabin before he was ready, and smashed to the ground like a hammer and turned into meat sauce.

Although no one heard the sound of him landing, they could all imagine that the officers and soldiers in the cabin were silent one by one, their faces were pale, and they hurriedly grabbed the one they could catch, trying to stabilize themselves, but the violent shaking of the fuselage still made them roll into a ball.

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