When the transport planes and helicopters in the sky flew away, and there were only a few umbrella flowers in the air, and the US fighters were about to fly again, the defenders, under the orders of the commander, began to retreat into bunkers, air-raid shelters, and tunnels in phases and batches, leaving only the snipers to pick up the lives of those poor American soldiers.

The U.S. troops on the ground did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and took this opportunity to quickly find a place to hide. Next, they had to dodge not only the shooting of the defenders, but also the bombardment from their own side from the sky.

It can be said that the blow they received was worse than that of the defenders, and they were really attacked on both sides.

Although they can radio their landmarks to the air force that has been released, because the place they control is too small, this will greatly embarrass the fighters in the air: in order to avoid accidental injury, it is necessary to widen the bombing distance from their own personnel on the ground as much as possible, but if the bombing distance is too wide, the survival rate of the defenders will be greatly increased, which will increase the risk for the later battles and greatly reduce the bombing effect. However, in order to increase the effect of the bombardment, in order to better destroy the defenders, it is necessary to increase the density of the bombing, and the increase in density becomes indiscriminate bombing, and one's companions will be blown to pieces. In the future, he may be tried by a military court.

What a dilemma.

You must know that a bomb dropped from a height of several hundred meters cannot be so high, and if it is to blow up point A, it will not blow up point B. Even precision-guided bombs sometimes lose their accuracy, not to mention the shrapnel and the air wave of the explosion, as well as the rocks, tiles and other objects with amazing lethality that the explosion will blow in all directions, which can also cause casualties to the soldiers of the second party. In addition, it is early in the morning, and the visibility is not high, but the smoke and fire on the ground have affected the accuracy.

It is clear that the plight of the American army is in line with the wishes of the defenders. What the US military is hoping for is precisely what the lieutenant officials headed by Ouyang Zhijian want, that is, they will not let the US military dare to let go of their big work, and they are unwilling, reluctant, and unwilling to let go. Forcing them to grind here and waste time here.

The longer the time drags on, the more face the United States will have, the more the US government will be annoyed and angry, and the scale of the war will be even bigger, the stronger the world's antipathy towards the United States, the greater the support for Grenada, the more blood the United States will bleed, and the more China will benefit.

This is the case at Pearl Airport. The same was true of the Sallins airfield on the southwestern tip of the island of Grenada, where the airborne American troops suffered equally heavy losses and the first phase of the battle ended in failure.

The defenders of Grenada repelled the first attack of the American troops.

In the previous life, the results of the Salins Airport were much better than the Pearl Airport. The U.S. forces attacking the Pearl airfield were easily occupied, creating a bridgehead for the U.S. forces to attack Grenada. It has destroyed the confidence of the military and civilians of Grenada. However, Sallins suffered a big loss when the American army, and the strong firepower of the ground defenders forced the American troops to suspend the airborne landing and turn to another large-scale bombardment, which made the defenders honest.

In this life, because of the preparation in advance, the reinforcement of troops, the construction of strong fortifications, and the abundance of weapons, the defenders naturally achieved greater results than in the previous life.

The U.S. offensive was thwarted in both locations. The purpose of the campaign could not be achieved.

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"How is that possible? Why is the resistance of the defenders so strong? In the command room of the USS Independence, the commander of the US front asked angrily to the commander of the air force.

The commander of the aviation forces replied calmly: "I think the defenders have built strong bunkers with strong dugouts. There are tunnels that extend underground to transport troops. Our bombardment in the early stage was too light for the enemy, and heavy bombs and ground-penetrating bombs were not used, so that the defenders did not suffer much damage. They hid in a safe place like rats, waiting for our bombardment to pass. And they came out. This responsibility has nothing to do with our aviation, it is a poorly considered battle plan. ”

Apparently, the commanders of the US military are not stupid either. It quickly came to mind the crux of the problem.

The front-line commander turned to the intelligence staff officer and asked, "Tell me about it." What's the problem? Why did we fail with so many troops in our first attack? ”

Ignoring the beads of sweat on his forehead, the intelligence staff officer replied: "Because Grenada is under a tight lockdown with the outside world, our agents cannot enter their core locations and cannot pass on the information obtained, so we can only speculate based on the photos taken by the satellite and the information we have before, which must be different from the facts." I also think that Grenada has built quite a few bunkers and air defense facilities during this time. It is likely that the cement and steel bars shipped from China were used in these facilities. ”

The front-line commander asked: "Are you saying that Grenada knew that we were going to attack them before we were ready to move, and that they were preparing for war before our battle plan was formulated, and they had even begun to import cement and steel bars from China?" ”

The intelligence officer wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Although it is a pity, I have to think so. Didn't they build this pearl airport to deal with us, the United States? They are certainly ready to stand up to us. It's just that there was no money before, and the USSR did not have much to support supplies, so it was not possible to build too many air defense facilities. Now they have received supplies from China, and the pace of all construction has suddenly accelerated.

......I...... I even suspect that this is because of China's reminder, or because China took the initiative to support them, that is, to encourage Grenada to fight our American troops. Perhaps there is already a Chinese commander in command, otherwise how could Iran have sent a military goodwill exchange delegation here at this time? They are not only the sworn opponents of our United States, but also the sworn enemies of the Soviet Union, and without the Chinese in it, they will definitely not help Grenada, an ally of the Soviet Union. ”

"China? This damn China again? What the hell are they going to do? Do they really think that they will become world hegemons? Don't you know that we are now good to them in order to deal with the USSR? They just think they're amazing? The front-line commander said angrily, "Guys, now that Grenada has the intervention of the Chinese, what should we do next?" ”

Although the commander had not yet recognized or affirmed the presence of Chinese commanders in the Grenada army, he did confirm it in his words. After all, you have to find an excuse for the failure of this attack, and find a substitute for the dead to bear. It is difficult to find a substitute for the dead, so it is best to find an excuse for China to intervene, so that it can deal with criticism from all sides.

Everyone agreed with the behavior of their superiors making excuses. In particular, the commander of the air force was full of gratitude and rejoicing, so that his responsibility for the ineffectiveness of the airfield bombing was much lighter.

Even the intelligence staff officer breathed a sigh of relief, because there was a lieutenant in Grenada commanding this "intelligence" that he put forward, and he could relieve the siege for the commander, and he also fulfilled his duty of intelligence analysis, and he was not derelict in his duties, right?

For a time, all the officers were congratulating that they had no responsibility, so that no one answered the questions of the front-line commanders.

The commander of the front line glanced at the officers with dissatisfaction and asked, "Do you have no other idea than to continue bombing the airfield and carry out another round of carpet bombing of the airport?" Are you sure that after the next round of carpet bombing, we will be able to take the airfield along the way? ”

The commander of the aviation corps glanced at the commander of the Marine Corps, then turned to the commander of the front line and said: "I will build yì after the carpet bombing, and then there will be another surgical bombing, using heavy bombs and ground-penetrating bombs. After all, the lives of our soldiers are the most important. So far, we have lost more than 400 officers and soldiers, and the losses are too great! ”

The commander of the Marine Corps said: "If we use bombshells and ground-penetrating bombs, this airfield will be completely destroyed, and we will have little use in the future." Shall we build a new airport? Moreover, wherever we have ground-penetrating bombs now, we have to bring them from the country. ”

Because I thought it would be easy to take the airport, and I planned to use the airport quickly, I had no plan to use ground-penetrating bombs, and there were not even many precision-guided bombs, most of them were ordinary aerial bombs.

No matter how rich the US military is, it will still consider it if it has the initiative, but they don't know that they don't have the initiative.

Several officers nodded and shook their heads, and even putting aside the differences between the arms, everyone felt embarrassed as to whether the airport should be kept or destroyed. Once there are no airfields to use, the next offensive will be much slower, the role of the air force will be much smaller, and ground battles will be more dependent on the Marine Corps.

If it is really up to the Marines to engage in a ground battle with the defenders, fighting village by village, fighting position by position, not only will the Marines not be able to bear such large casualties, but they will not be able to afford time, and even if they win victory and occupy Grenada in the future, they will not boost morale, will not inspire the allies, and will not deter the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, but will think that the US military is weak and weak, and will actually exhaust a small Grenada, then the meaning of this war will be lost.

The national strength and military strength of the United States are incomparable to Grenada, and it should not take much effort to take it, and it should be easy. What kind of power is a disproportionately small country that has to exert all its strength for a long time to win?

Judging from the current situation, in order to easily take Grenada, it is necessary to attack the enemy's weaknesses with its own strengths, and the US military must give full play to the absolute superiority of the US military in the air force and navy, so that Grenada has no strength to fight back, and destroy their will with powerful firepower, how can they engage in a land war with them?

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