Chapter 748: Paratrooper Raid One
The people in the conference room listened to the boss's words, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, just like the dark clouds dispersed, a round of sun shining on the earth, by no means so many rays of sunshine, the boss is the boss, it is the optimus pillar of the mercenary army and the Dinghai Divine Needle, no matter how difficult it is to meet Wu Chen, it is not a matter.
"Look, we have so many good cards, why are you worried about hurting the root of the mercenary army, it's a joke! Don't be in a hurry, the fight against the rebels can be carried out immediately, and the war with these countries should be carried out slowly, and the longer it drags on, the better. ”
"But you have to be fully mentally prepared, we will definitely pay a lot of casualties this time, the opponent is not a rabble, but a regular soldier who is strictly trained by a military power, and the Afrika Korps will encounter such an enemy at the beginning of its debut, and the cost is inevitable." After Wu Chen received Thompson's call, he directly told the senior executives attending the meeting his plan.
"Boss lady, should we mobilize the main force of the mercenary corps to go to the battlefield to reduce the pressure on the Afrika Korps and reduce the probability of casualties, we always have to give this new army some time, after all, they have not experienced actual combat." Thompson hesitated for a moment and offered his advice.
"You are now a general in charge of a million-strong army, not the leader of the mercenary team, I have always emphasized the role positioning, as the so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, how can there be immortals in war? The battlefield is the best classroom, the battle is the best teacher, and without such actual combat, they will never be able to become elite soldiers and strong generals who protect Africa! You have to believe that the brothers of the Afrika Korps are all excellent mercenaries, and they are also the future African Defense Forces, and the potential of the body will be fully stimulated under the great oppression, you all know this. ”
"From the very beginning, our training for the Afrika Korps is a high starting point, shooting, fighting, tracking, hiding, demining, blasting, swimming, landing and other subjects, daily learning of modern military knowledge, every quarter to carry out multi-arm combined confrontation, the purpose of all training is actual combat, how can I give up such a good opportunity?" Wu Chen believes that his subordinates have not yet found their place and always stay in the previous way of thinking, which is harmful to the future of the mercenary army.
The civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was originally a trivial matter, but now it has attracted the close attention of governments and the military, because everyone knows that the current situation is very strange, Nima, when will even African countries like Uganda and Rwanda be able to hire so many mercenaries?
And what's even more nonsense is, where in the world did so many mercenaries come from? Even if there are so many people, the equipment is not so strong that it can almost be compared to the army units of the mercenary regiment.
What is the standard equipment of mercenaries, which is assault rifles, sniper rifles, general-purpose machine guns, anti-tank missiles and portable anti-aircraft missiles, at most they are also equipped with some mortars and towed artillery, and the top mercenary companies, that is, armored vehicles and helicopter gunships!
Look at the mercenaries hired by these two countries, even road-based anti-aircraft missiles, self-propelled artillery and self-propelled rocket artillery, towed artillery and mortars belong to the standard configuration, the king of the army such as the main battle tank, actually dispatched hundreds of them, don't think that others are fools, they are obviously the regular armies of various countries!
Bunia, a large town in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the seat of the Ituri State Government of the Eastern Province, is located in the southwestern foothills of the Blue Mountains, about 50 kilometers from Lake Albert, with a population of about 20,000 people, and is the main town on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
With a loud roar, dozens of transport planes arrived in the vicinity, and the 1st Airborne Division of the Afrika Korps began the airdrop to Bunia, this time with two paratrooper brigades and more than 6,200 people, accompanied by 220 BMD-2 and BMD-3 paratrooper fighting vehicles each.
The paratrooper fighting vehicle is configured with a 30-mm cannon with an effective range of 4 thousand meters, and an anti-tank missile launcher on the top of the turret can fire AT-5 anti-tank missiles in the number of four, with a range of 4 kilometers. There is also a 7.62 mm parallel machine gun mounted on the left side of the gun, a 5.45 mm machine gun on the right side of the front of the car, and an AGS-17 30 mm automatic grenade launcher on the left side of the front of the car with a maximum range of 1,200 meters.
Each paratrooper brigade also has 24 Humvees equipped with the Avenger anti-aircraft missile system, 60 Pottery anti-tank missile systems, 36 Cornet anti-tank missile systems, 18 M198 155-mm howitzers, 18 60-mm mortars, 12 81-mm mortars, 8 Vulcan anti-aircraft guns, in addition to Humvees and transport trucks.
As soon as the paratroopers landed, they began to operate under the orders of the officers, and for the sake of comprehensive combat effectiveness, all the officers at and above the company level of the paratrooper brigade were senior veterans of the airborne division of the mercenary regiment, and they had rich combat experience and combat skills, and the whole operation was in good order, and they were not panicked at all, and they practiced these actions every day.
Some of them used firearms such as assault rifles and sniper rifles that they carried with them, and with the help of dirt slopes and bushes on the ground, they arranged a simple defensive circle, while others hurriedly found their equipment, activated paratrooper fighting vehicles and various vehicles, and the artillerymen aimed their guns at the target area, loaded and waited for the order to shoot.
"These guys have a good reaction, but unfortunately, they are all stragglers, and they can't have the effect of tempering! Our goal today is to occupy the airfield, open the transport channel for logistical support, order, the paratrooper tanks begin to sortie, destroy the incoming enemy, pay attention to the opposing party's bazookas and rocket-propelled grenades, and the paratrooper group follows the tanks! The brigade commander of the 1st Parachute Brigade said with a telescope.
The observation post at the airport spotted the paratroopers parachuting in the sky and quickly raised the alarm, and the rebels and the regular Ugandan army stationed nearby gathered an attack team of three or four hundred people and rushed over like a swarm, not knowing that the Afrika Korps paratroopers in front of them were fundamentally different from the government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There was no need for the soldiers to shoot at all, and the 30-millimeter cannon on the paratrooper chariot, with a maximum rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, was really not blown, but seeing the continuous flashing of fire from the muzzle of the cannon, the enemy on the opposite side was beaten by the shells, and the screams resounded throughout the wilderness, and in just a few minutes, the enemy lay on the ground. The soldiers who participated in the battle for the first time almost vomited when they saw this scene, and the battlefield is always incomparable to the training ground.
There was a gunshot shot, followed by several consecutive gunshots and angry scolding, and the brigade commander who was observing the airport suddenly frowned, he was an old paratrooper who had been on the battlefield many times, and of course he knew what was going on.
A paratrooper, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, went to help a wounded guy without vigilance, but was shot by the enemy, and was shot in the heart by too close a distance, and died on the spot, becoming the first member of the Afrika Korps to die. 10