After coming ashore, Lei Zhenting did not act immediately, but patiently observed the surrounding environment, and at the same time equipped the combat pistol with a muffler.

A team of 13 special forces, but only 6 people are responsible for bomb disposal.

The other 7, all of which are responsible for cover.

According to Thunderbolt's arrangement, the seven special forces of the first squad led by him landed on the north bank of the Euphrates River and were responsible for eradicating the enemy who was defending the northern bridgehead. Seven special forces of the 3rd squad went ashore to the south to deal with the enemy at the southern bridgehead. The seven special forces of the second squad stayed behind as substitutes, and waited until the two teams in front took control of the bridgehead before going ashore on the north side to monitor the Iraqi army camp on the north bank of the bridge.

Once the bridge is in control, three teams of Demomen will drive the jet ski close to the piers.

In fact, Thunder has not performed a similar mission in several years.

In the Military Intelligence Bureau, the main work is to guard key personnel, and occasionally they are sent to assist spy personnel, and they are also mainly engaged in rescue assistance.

Now such combat missions are rare.

However, this is Lei Zhenting's old business.

After examining the pistol, Thunderbolt pressed down the binocular low-light night vision device fixed to the helmet.

This thing is the secret weapon of the special forces, and he got it from the Military Intelligence Agency.

In fact, it is also stained with the light of army aviation.

In fact, it is the army aviation unit that has funded the development of low-light night vision equipment for individual soldiers, and in short, it is actually used to enhance the night combat capability of armed helicopters.

Although the night vision equipment carried by the helicopter can also fly at night, it is very inconvenient to operate and use, and the flight altitude must not be less than 150 meters to avoid obstacles on the ground. The reason is simple, the pilot stared at the lower display screen and simply could not detect the obstacle ahead in time.

With wearable night vision devices, you don't have to stare at the display screen and allow the pilot to control the helicopter as if it were flying during the day.

It is for this reason that the Army Airlines has invested in the development of night vision devices that can be worn by pilots.

The point is, in fact, small enough.

That is, because it is small enough to be installed on the pilot's helmet, and the total mass is less than 2 kg, it was favored by the Military Intelligence Agency.

After a slight improvement, it was given to the special forces for trial.

Compared to the Army Airlines, the low-light night vision devices of the special forces are a little lighter. The weight of the wearing part is only 1.5 kg, but it is powered by batteries, so it lasts less than 2 hours, and if you need to be active at night for a long time, you need to carry a few extra batteries.

However, the low-light night vision device makes the special forces more comfortable at night.

After adjusting the night vision goggles, Lei Zhenting gestured to the six special forces behind him in battle sign language.

Actually, it's a matter of half a minute.

Thunder walked in the front, next to 3 assaulters who also used combat pistols, while the 3 shooters in charge of cover were all behind.

In order to stay hidden and avoid disturbing nearby enemies, Thunderbolt and his team used not only mufflers, but also reduced charge cartridges specially issued for silencing weapons.

In fact, this kind of ammunition is mainly used by the spy personnel of the Military Intelligence Agency, and is also mainly used for assassination operations.

The biggest advantage of the reduced ammunition is that the noise fired is extremely weak.

The principle is also very simple, the muzzle velocity of the projectile is 330 meters per second, that is, below the speed of sound.

Because of its weak power, reduced-charge ammunition is not suitable for combat.

To put it simply, even if you hit the enemy, you may not be able to kill the enemy. In the heat of battle, there may not be a second chance to fire.

In fact, this is also the reason why special forces prefer high-powered combat pistols.

Even if the movement when firing is huge, in close combat, the high-powered pistol can kill the enemy with a single shot, at least to make the enemy injured and combat.

Although a few years ago, the Eastern Bloc had chosen 9mm Barbitt ammunition as the standard pistol cartridge, and the Imperial Army subsequently declared the SZ-9A pistol that fired 9mm ammunition as its own weapon, and purchased more than 1 million units at a time to equip all combat personnel, but all special forces, including the Tiger Battalion, still retained the SZ-6D combat pistol that fired 11mm high-power bullets.

The reason is that the special forces feel that the power of 9mm bullets is weak.

In head-to-head combat, 11mm high-powered bullets can incapacitate the enemy with just one shot, and no longer pose a threat.

In the case of a 9mm bullet, it takes 2 or 3 consecutive hits to have a similar effect.

When dealing with protected personnel, the gap between the two is even more obvious.

Using a steel-core bullet, an 11mm high-powered bullet can penetrate a standard helmet at a distance of 15 meters, while a 9mm bullet cannot penetrate even when it is close.

However, after the use of reduced-charge gun cartridges, the power of the 11-mm combat pistol was not comparable even to the SZ-9A.

It was precisely because of this that Thunder arranged for 3 shooters to provide cover in the rear.

All three shooters were armed with muffler-mounted combat rifles, or precision rifles. Compared with standard assault rifles, in addition to the use of lengthened and weighted barrels, the main thing is that the burst function is canceled, and high-precision bullets are mainly used when acting as sniper rifles.

The so-called high-precision bullets are actually selected bullets with the smallest tolerance from the machine gun bullets.

To put it simply, it is the use of a steel-core weighted warhead of machine gun bullets, and the tolerance is an order of magnitude lower, so that it has a higher distance.

Theoretically, the precision shooter rifle has an effective range of up to 800 meters.

It's just that after installing the muffler, the effective range will definitely not exceed 400 meters, and it will have enough lethality within 200 meters.

Of course, even with a range of only 200 meters, that is enough.

Of the four special forces in front of the assault, only two were assaulters, and the other two were machine gunners, all equipped with squad machine guns that fired small-caliber bullets.

Each special squad has 4 machine gunners and is equipped with 3 squad machine guns and 1 general purpose machine gun.

Equipped with so many machine guns, the main thing is to think about the battles in the back.

Although when receiving the mission, Lei Zhenting received personal assurances from Ding Zhennan that the air assault force could arrive within 15 minutes after they sent the signal, so they only had to hold on for 15 minutes, Lei Zhenting believed that the plan would never catch up with the change.

Besides, Ding Zhennan also mentioned that they must hold out until the air assault force arrives, not for a quarter of an hour.

If you have to fight alone, you definitely need a sufficiently powerful suppressive firepower.

If anything, it's not a bad thing.

After more than two months of air strikes, the Iraqi army has little main combat equipment left, not even heavy weapons.

The bridge was guarded by an infantry unit.

That is, after taking control of the bridge, Thunder will only have to deal with a large number of infantry.

Obviously, a machine gun for the squad was enough.

The key is that squad machine guns and assault rifles use 6mm small-caliber bullets, even if the machine gun uses heavy bullets with steel cores, but rifle cartridges and machine gun cartridges can be used universally, but the use of machine gun cartridges in rifles will cause rapid wear of the barrel, and there are differences in the outer trajectory, so the aiming base point must be calibrated.

In addition, the squad machine gun does not take up additional staffing.

There are three rubber motorboats, capable of carrying additional ammunition, so there is no need to worry about running out of ammunition.

Soon, Lei Zhenting and other 4 special forces touched the bridgehead.

After seeing several Iraqi soldiers on the bridgehead, Thunder stopped and at the same time made a gesture to stop advancing.

Then, he crept up again.

As mentioned in the intelligence, there was only one squad, in fact, 8 infantrymen, and all of them were exhausted, several of them were still dozing.

The point is, there is no movement on the side of the barracks.

Of course, it's also easy to understand.

It wasn't dawn yet, and it was about half an hour before it was time for breakfast, so except for the dining room and kitchen, the rest of the barracks were darkly lit.

While Lei Zhenting was observing the situation, three other assaulters touched him.

After confirming that the shooter behind him was ready, Thunder gave the signal for the start of the operation.

Although he was the first to fire, the other three assaulters didn't give him much of a chance.

These special forces, all from the Tiger Battalion, participated in combat operations against Iraq as early as July, and have since carried out several missions into Iraq. Besides, they are all younger than the Thunder, most of them are around 25 years old, and they are in their prime.

If it weren't for the stakes and the high reliance on the intelligence support of the Military Intelligence Agency, it would not have been Lei Zhenting's turn to call the shots.

Before and after, just a few seconds.

In the muffled sound of gunfire, all eight Iraqi soldiers were killed.

By the time the 3 shooters arrived, Thunderbolt had taken control of the position on the north side of the bridge, the machine-gun fortress on the north side of the road to be exact.

Probably the coalition forces were on the south bank, and the defenses on the north side of the bridge were very rudimentary.

There was only a sandbag-encased machine-gun fort and a wooden sentry post, but it was more like a pavilion to shelter from the sun.

As for weapons, apart from the AK rifle for each soldier, there is only one RPD machine gun.

In addition, there were 2 boxes of machine-gun bullets, which, counting the chain of cartridges mounted on the machine guns, gave the gun a total of only 600 rounds.

The Iraqi army is indeed underestimated, or does not believe in attack.

When they deployed their defensive positions, 7 special forces from the second squad also touched up and went to monitor the enemy camp according to the plan.

A few minutes later, Thunder received a report from the third squad.

The bridgehead to the south of the bridge has also been controlled.

The enemy over there also had only one squad, but they were more vigilant, so it took some effort for the four assaulters in charge of the sneak attack to get closer.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly and did not surprise the snakes.

Because the enemy's barracks were north of the bridge and there was basically no enemy to the south, the third squad arranged for three special forces to come to the north bank after taking control of the position.

By the time the battle began, the main battlefield would definitely be north of the bridge.

At this point, Thunder sent the three squads of Demomen to defuse the bombs.

It's only an hour, strictly speaking, less than an hour.

It was already past 5 a.m., and in previous days, the changing of the guard infantry squad had appeared around 5:03.

The point is that the infantry who change the guard will not necessarily go to the canteen to eat, and will most likely come with breakfast.

In that case, the battle would have started at 5:03.

If the intelligence provided is correct, the enemy has installed a radio-controlled detonator, it must be found and dismantled before then.

It's better to take out all the explosives!

Thunder didn't feel anxious, or didn't think about it at all.

For him, the immediate task now is to build a defensive position.

Even if you can't build more forts, you have to set up a few fire points in advance.

If it is to be said, this kind of traditional positional warfare is not a combat style that special forces are good at.

If given a choice, Thunder would prefer to fight in the way that special forces are good at, such as attacking the enemy's barracks, or directing the enemy in other directions to leave the enemy to take care of themselves. It's a pity that there is no such option, so you can only stay here with dozens of special forces.

In order to complete the mission, and in order to be able to survive to the end of the battle, Thunder and Thunder did not waste even a second.

In less than half an hour, nine special forces took turns to dig dozens of foxholes on the north side of the highway and did simple reinforcement treatment.

Lei Zhenting didn't participate, not because he was lazy, but because he had more important things.

Within half an hour, he used a laser rangefinder to measure the distances of several reference objects and marked them in detail on the map.

It was a small-scale map of artillery.

Although a map of the battlefield has long been drawn by relying on the battlefield photos taken by reconnaissance aircraft, the accuracy is not high enough and it is not suitable for long-range artillery to carry out close support missions.

Of course, air support from aviation is also included.

If the battle starts early, or if the air assault force does not arrive in time, the only thing that can be counted on is the fire support provided by the rear.

For example, the infantry battalion advancing on the south bank had a separate artillery battery equipped with a dozen 120-millimeter mortars with a range of up to 16 kilometers.

Using a map with sufficient accuracy can reduce the suppression distance of fire support to 50 meters.

In some special cases, especially when the terrain is more favorable, it is possible to shorten the distance of artillery fire suppression to 20 meters, and fire directly at the enemy in front of the position.

If the accuracy of the map is not high enough, you need to expand the safety area to avoid accidentally injuring your own people.

Guiding long-range artillery and aviation to carry out fire strikes has always been the strong point of special forces.

Don't forget that special forces in the modern sense actually evolved from scouts, and the main task of scouts is to provide fire guidance.

In large-scale warfare, special forces are often sent to carry out reconnaissance missions at the campaign and theater level, and to provide guidance information for long-range firepower after high-value targets are discovered. If necessary, the results of the strike should also be screened after the strike is over.

Directly participating in the battle, that is, sabotaging behind enemy lines, is not so important.

No matter how powerful the special forces are, their destructive power is not as good as that of heavy weapons, and the risk of directly engaging the enemy is very large, and there is no effective cost ratio at all.

The Special Forces of the Imperial Army had long since stipulated that it was strictly forbidden to engage the enemy's regular troops in a covert operation unless it was unavoidable.

In fact, most of the time it is to search for the target and locate the target.

For example, at the beginning of the Poshawan War, it was the special forces that illuminated the target for the helicopter gunship and successfully destroyed the mobile deployment of the air defense radar. During that battle, the special forces were always outside the battlefield and did not clean up the battlefield until the strike was over.

Although Thunder doesn't want to have a scene that requires fire support, they have to be prepared.

If the unexpected happens, they will have to stay there until the air assault force arrives, or find a way to break out.