Chapter 607: The Battle between the North and the South III
The troops of the three Turkish brigades cautiously rushed into the positions of the Greek army and the Cypriot National Guard, but then they were dumbfounded, and the defense line several kilometers long outside the city now looked empty, and there was not a single person or car, and there was a vacuum. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But the forward force did not know that three kilometers from here, Greece had gathered two mechanized brigades and two infantry brigades, as well as six infantry battalions of the Cyprus National Guard, in a semicircular encirclement.
Facing the Turkish forces head-on were the mercenary Iron-Blooded Armored Division, as well as an infantry brigade of the Lightning Air Assault Division as a backup, and this time the purpose was simple, to eat the enemy who entered the encirclement in one bite.
There are three hundred and forty-eight MIA2 Abrams main battle tanks with depleted uranium armor, two hundred and sixteen M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, three hundred and eight M113 armored transporters, more than one hundred launchers armed with Tao and Kornet anti-tank missiles, and one hundred and sixty-seven tracked armored command vehicles.
In the helicopter camp, there are thirty-six AH-64 Longbow Apache gunships, eight AH-1 gunships, twenty-four UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, six UH-1 Huey medium utility helicopters, forty-four OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters, and three EH-60 Black Hawk electronic warfare helicopters.
This is the standard equipment of the iron-blooded armored division, the entire US Army establishment and active weapons, and more than ten kilometers away, there are seventy-two M109 155 mm self-propelled guns, which is the establishment of three battalions, 27 M270 227 mm multiple rocket launchers, claimed that one gun can clear an area of one square kilometer, this is the establishment of a battalion.
There are 120 F-16 fighters in five squadrons, 48 F-15 fighters in two squadrons, and 24 Tu-22M3 strategic bombers in two squadrons parked on the field airfield, all of which are already loaded with missiles and bombs and ready to strike at the enemy.
More than a dozen tents were erected in the woods under a hillside, where the forward command was located, surrounded by two Pantsir radar vehicles, a Hunting Bow 1 anti-aircraft missile battalion and two Sam 10 anti-aircraft missile battalions, in addition to the division headquarters and direct detachments of the Lightning Air Assault Division, and an infantry brigade.
"Report to Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff, according to the images transmitted by the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and the Predator drone, a mechanized infantry brigade of the Turkish army, under the cover of two armored brigades, entered the defense zone of the former Cyprus National Guard, has entered our firing range, has begun to attack?" The commander of the Iron and Blood Armored Division asked.
In order to win this war, the mercenary corps also spared no expense, and even sent out the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and Predator drones, which flew in the sky for a long time, and could record the enemy's every move.
As the world's most high-end unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, the Global Hawk is being manufactured in large quantities by the secret scientific research base of the mercenary corps, and according to Wu Chen's plan, it is necessary to form an African squadron, a Southeast Asian squadron, a Western European squadron, a Northern European squadron, an Eastern European squadron, a South American squadron, a Central Asian squadron, an East Asian squadron, a West Asian squadron, a North American squadron and a South Asian squadron, and 12 squadrons need 48 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
"Don't worry, since these three brigades have entered the ambush circle, don't think about retreating anymore, carefully prepare a table of big dishes, and don't let the guests taste enough, isn't it a waste? When we retreated, we planted a number of anti-tank mines around the perimeter of the position, all of which were American goods, and they were most effective against stupid things like main battle tanks and armored transport vehicles. ”
"When the other side is in a mess, helicopter gunships and strategic bombers begin to attack, fighter jets enforce air alert, and when the first round is over, rocket artillery and howitzers bombard. The rhythm of the various units must be mastered, and this may be our only large-scale war of annihilation. Hunter said with a smile.
"Chief of the General Staff, I don't understand your words a little, the war has just begun, how do you know that there will be no big war in the future? Even if these three brigades are eaten, at most there are more than 12,000 people, and the other side still has more than 30,000 troops, it will not be so easy to surrender, Turkey is also a military power. The division commander said with a frown.
"I knew you would say that, at that time, Commander Thompson, I, Ward, and Denis made a plan that was also this tactical idea, but it was criticized by the instructor, he said, this way of thinking is too conventional and too stupid, it will cause serious casualties to the mercenary corps, and it should not be at the level of mastering the head of 300,000 mercenaries." Hunter said with a wry smile.
The people present were all senior leaders of the mercenary corps, and if they were to be established according to the regular army, the worst would be brigadier generals such as brigade commanders and deputy division commanders, or major generals such as division commanders, and even lieutenant generals and generals, and they were all elites who had experienced a hundred battles.
Since the establishment of the mercenary corps, almost every battle must be won, everyone is very admired and recognized by Hunter, the chief of the general staff, every combat plan is just right, such an outstanding performance was scolded by the instructor, what is going on?
"Our air force can block the air routes of Cyprus and cut off the air transport channel, and our aircraft carrier battle group can block the sea around Turkey and cut off the sea transport channel. This has become a lone army of more than 50,000 Turkish troops, and the mercenary corps can eat as much as they want, and fight as much as they want, occupying the right time and place, is it worth our desperate efforts? ”
"The previous wars of the mercenary corps have been exchanged for the greatest benefits at the lowest cost, this is our principle of action, and you don't want to think about what strategic materials are most lacking in Beisai now, which is fresh water! Because of the perennial drought, Beisai has to transport water from Turkey all year round to meet the most basic physiological needs, it doesn't matter if you eat two meals less, without water, can these troops stand it? ”
"Sea transportation is interrupted, Turkey is impossible to transport water by plane, we send special forces to destroy the water source of the Turkish army, blow up the other party's material warehouse, and then just wait to watch the show, the army has no water, it is bound to compete with the local people for water, the people will definitely not agree, once the internal contradictions detonate, this war will be over, where are so many ways to attack and defend, where are so many calculations?"
"Look, this is called strategy, this is called forward-looking strategic planning, this is the real commander, our set of conventional tactical methods, compared with the instructor's way, is simply scum!" After Hunter relayed Wu Chen's words, his face was bitter.
Everyone present was dumbfounded, this is the case, everyone still thought that they were going to fight hard with Turkey, a military power, and were even ready to fight to the death and suffer heavy casualties, who would have wanted to be killed by the boss in one move, it was so simple that it was dumbfounded.
The current situation is that the mercenaries do not have to participate in direct battles at all, the positions are in front of the Greek army and the Cypriot National Guard, they only need to block the sea and sky near Cyprus, use long-range strike weapons on the ground, and maybe even end a big war with no more than ten casualties.