Chapter 3: Chaotic D-DAY (1)
Zhao Yi was the first in the crew to wake up, and the observation hole above his head shone brightly, and in his experience, it was either morning or evening. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Is everyone alright? Is everyone alright? Zhao Yi shouted loudly.
"The loader is in place."
"The gunner is in position."
"The driver is in place."
"Turn on the device and check the device." After hearing that all the crew members were safe and sound, Zhao Yi gave the order in an orderly manner.
Soon the commander's independent thermal imager in front of Zhao Yi worked normally. There was a fog outside the car, very thick fog, and it should be morning at this time. The instrument showed that the temperature outside the car was 12 degrees Celsius, no wonder Zhao Yi felt a little cold, and he involuntarily tightened his clothes.
Although the fog is very large, it is not a problem for the M1A2, which is equipped with a tall upper sighting device. Soon, Zhao Yi confirmed that there was no large heat source nearby, that is, there was no activity of people and vehicles nearby.
"Report the vehicle." An order was given to the crew.
"The driver's equipment is fine."
"The gunner's equipment is normal."
"The loader equipment is fine."
It seems that the crossing did not cause damage to the electronics on the tank. Zhao Yi had speculated that this kind of time-traveling activity would not cause any by-products such as electromagnetic storms and cause damage to the sophisticated electronic instruments in the tank. If that happens, the steel beast's combat power will be halved. Fortunately, the envisaged worst scenario did not materialize.
"Yu Yun, start the engine." The tank's battery could not provide power to these electronic instruments for a long time, so Zhao Yi asked the driver to start the M1A2's 1,500-horsepower gas turbine.
With the roar, the high-horsepower gas turbine began to work, and the entire nearly 70-ton body trembled slightly. The engine drives the generator built into the tank, and the power supply of the tank is very sufficient.
Zhao Yi turned on the radio and tried to contact the other traversers. According to his assumptions, the first batch of traversers was 365 people, which was about the strength of a battalion of the American army. There should be at least one major rank among those travelers. Then the next action will not bother him, they will just act according to orders, and the sky will fall and the tall one will carry it.
Zhao Yi fiddled with the radio station while manipulating the turret in circles, cautiously observing the surroundings. At this time, it is very unwise to go out and observe. After turning around, no danger was detected. This is the radio station responding.
"This is the communications platoon, we have reached the green paint zone, calling the various combat units."
A girl's voice came over the radio, a thick Chinese accent of English. He realized that the other side of the radio station was not a "U.S. military" clone, and for the first time in six months, Zhao Yi had made contact with a non-clone other than the crew. It seems that it has really crossed over, Zhao Yi thought to himself.
"This is the Little Prince No. 1, repeat, this is the Little Prince No. 1." One of Zhao responded to the call from the communications team.
Before the crossing, Zhao Yi and his crew received new tanks. It was a brand new M1A2SEPV2 without the logo of the US military, with a "1" painted on the body and the logo of a small crown. The clone "U.S. Army" armored command center gave them the code name "Little Prince 1". What Zhao Yi didn't expect was that this little crown icon and the code name of this "Little Prince No. 1" made him have a more wonderful experience in this already magical journey through time.
"This is the communication platoon in the green paint area, Little Prince No. 1, please explain your current situation."
"Captain Zhao Yiyi and three crew members have brought a M1A2SEPV2 main battle tank, please instruct." Zhao Yi replied.
"Sir, you're the highest-ranking combatant currently responding to calls."
Rub, Zhao Yi scolded in his heart. The small abacus that was originally going to wait to act on orders was crushed by the other party's reply. The meaning of the other party's words could not be more obvious, you have the largest military rank, and you take over the command.
The news made Zhao Yi upset. First of all, as we mentioned earlier, 365 people is the establishment of a battalion, and the top commander of a battalion should not be him, the captain. The question arises, why didn't the man in command show up. Radio damage, death, and even worst of all capture, all sorts of eventualities raced through his mind.
Another reason that made him uneasy was that Zhao Yi had no confidence in his military command ability at all. He was an accelerated captain in the armored corps, six months, from private to captain, and there was no one left. He commanded at most one tank platoon, four or two tanks. Now tell him that if the traverser with the rank of major and above does not appear, according to the regulations of the US military, he will take over the command of these 300 people. In one sentence, he described his mood as "the concubine can't do it".
"Report on the green paint zone." There was no way to avoid it, so Zhao Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet.
"Yes, sir. At present, there are 25 communication platoons, 30 engineer platoons, 5 fire brigades, 2 pilots, and 3 airport ground crews in the green paint area, a total of 65 people. We are regained consciousness in the green paint zone. ”
"What facilities are in the green paint area, and are there any fortifications?"
"There is a 500-meter-long airstrip, a large hangar, an underground oil depot, a small hospital, a deep well waterworks. No fortifications have been erected in the green paint area. There is a large amount of supplies in the large hangar, which is currently being inventoried. ”
Rub, this time Zhao Yi couldn't help but scold. A front-line airfield, a warehouse stockpiled with a large amount of supplies, no fortifications were built, and 65 people defended these facilities.
"At present, a circular warning ring has been built based on vehicles, and the engineer platoon is building an explosion-proof wall." The radio continued to report.
"How many warfighters have been contacted?" Zhao Yi continued to figure out the situation.
"We started calling by radio 20 minutes ago, and so far there are 35 members of the LAV-25 'Piranha' infantry tank detachment and nine members of the M2 'Bradley' infantry tank detachment."
Hearing the other party's answer, Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, maybe there were no casualties, captures and damage to the radio station, maybe it was just that the time for the traverser to regain consciousness was before and after.
"Sir, there is no satellite signal at the moment, we cannot use GPS, and we are not equipped with electronic maps and paper maps. There is no radio signal in this area except for us. We can only show you the direction of the green paint zone by radiolocation. ”
"Okay, I'll keep the signal."
Soon the communications platoon gave the approximate coordinates of their location, which was located 3 kilometers northeast of Zhao Yi.
"Da Zhuang, you poke your head out to see the situation." Zhao Yi assigned tasks to Hu Dazhuang.
The tall body of the M1A2 has caused many blind spots for the people inside the tank. When accompanied by infantry, these blind spots can be known through the infantry. Or multiple tanks acting together are in formation, observing each other's blind spots.
Hu Dazhuang cautiously poked his head out, and the erected hatch cover and the machine gun shield formed a relatively sealed annular protective ring.
After a while, the sun slowly emerged, and the fog slowly dissipated. Hu Dazhuang also clearly observed the surrounding situation.
The tank is in the middle of a low bush, and the low bush can only reach the side skirt of the tank. Less than 100 meters from the bush is a dirt road. The dirt road is not wide, and the body of the M1A2 with a width of up to 3.66 meters can almost block the road. As far as the eye can see, there are some narrow sections, and it is estimated that the tank has to step out of the road to pass.
This is not good news, this kind of tank has no room for maneuver on the road, and it is really one of the ideal places to ambush tanks, especially such lone tanks.
The shrubs are very sparse, and the current season should be late autumn, and the grass and trees are yellow, and it is easy to tell with the naked eye that there are no ditches and deep pits in the bushes that can trap the tank.
Soon the tank drove up the dirt road and headed in the direction of the green paint zone.
The road conditions along the way were very bad, with potholes. However, for a tank in the form of a track, this is not difficult. However, due to the lack of rain for many days, the dry road surface raised billowing yellow dust when the tank pressed over, giving Hu Dazhuang a nose of ash, even if he brought the goggles and pulled up the mask, he could not be spared.
There are no traces of wheels and tracks on it, but there are many hoof prints and small ruts. Hu Dazhuang, who was born in the countryside, said that it was the hoof prints left by cattle and horses. The rut was the mark of the wooden wheel of the cart, which was rare even in his small mountain village. That is, a few years ago, I started to run a farmhouse, and the village got one for people in the city to play.
The 3-kilometer journey was not far, and soon Zhao Yi and the others came across an LAV-25 "Piranha" infantry tank. They both opened a friend or foe identification system, and there was no misunderstanding. Immediately, under the leadership of the "Piranha", Zhao Yi and they came to the green paint area.
A 500-meter-long cement runway, on which a North American Mustang light attack aircraft is parked, and because it is too far away, Zhao Yi can't tell its model.
At the end of the runway is a large military hangar, large enough to fit a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
A heavy fire truck was parked in front of the hangar, and sappers were constantly pulling out the folded blast cage nets from the hangar with forklifts.
Not far away, other sappers were stretching the nets, small hooks filling the canvas bags in the nets with dirt. Soon canvas bags filled with dirt covered the wire cage nets, and the neatly arranged cage nets formed an explosion-proof wall. This is the famous JOESCOWall. A wall that has the ability to resist the blast wave of an explosion and limit the damage of an explosion to a certain range. The wide walls are filled with mud and can withstand even 12.7 mm anti-materiel large-caliber bullets.
A COV obstacle truck dug hard to create a foundation of about 1 meter for these blast-proof walls, and Zhao Yi knew that this was the standard for thickening explosion-proof walls.
The aforementioned "Piranha" Infantry Chariot Squad and the "Bradley" Infantry Chariot Squad obviously arrived before Zhao Yi. A total of 3 "Piranha" and 1 "Bradley" infantry tank.
The infantry vehicles spread out to form a ring around the base, and the infantry on the vehicles were loading sandbags to build fortifications.
To the shock of one of Zhao, a "Piranha" actually dragged a 120-mm M120 mortar. This big guy with a range of 7,200 meters is a big killer.
Then a convoy of Humvees arrived, a detachment of marines. Equipped with 2 Humvees, 2 M-ATVMAT mine-resistant anti-ambush vehicles, 3 M35 trucks, one M29 type 81-mm mortar, a total of 40 people.
Then there was a fleet of Stryker armored vehicles, including 1 M1128MGS mobile artillery vehicle, 1 M1127RV reconnaissance vehicle, 1 M1133MEV field ambulance, 5 M1126ICV basic personnel carriers; A total of 70 people.
At this time, the person with a higher military rank than him that Zhao Yi expected appeared. A female colonel stepped out from under the field ambulance armored vehicle.
Seeing the red cross armband on her right arm, Zhao Yijue felt that something was wrong.
This female major, Han Mei, is a surgeon, not a combatant. After saluting each other, the command of the base was given to Zhao Yi. Turned around and went to the small hospital with her medical team.
Now Zhao Yiyi's only hope for throwing the pot can only be pinned on the 142 people who have not yet responded to the call.
Rub, this messy day, Zhao Yi secretly complained.