As usual, the sound of gunfire and explosions continued intermittently throughout the night, reaching its peak before dawn. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Within fifteen minutes, the twenty-four PLZ-45 howitzers deployed on the outskirts dropped thousands of shells, focusing on the urban areas that were swept during the day.

After intensive fire preparation, the shelling did not end.

Relying on the information provided by drones and scouts, Saudi artillery began to bombard buildings entrenched by the enemy using guided shells imported from China.

Intensifying artillery strikes and allowing artillery to take on the main close-range fire support tasks is exactly the tactic that the Saudi Army learned from its military advisers.

Until then, the Saudi army had been dominated by air strikes.

Although the Saudi Air Force has hundreds of advanced fighter jets and has long since seized absolute air supremacy on the battlefield, the Air Force's fighter jets are not always on call, usually only a few fighters are on standby near the battlefield, and the bombs and missiles carried can only carry out a few strike missions at most.

In order to compensate for the shortcomings of the air strike force, Saudi Arabia used helicopter gunships to carry out close support missions.

Helicopter gunships are more agile and carry anti-tank missiles, rockets and machine guns that are better suited to counter the scattered Houthis.

It's just that helicopter gunships are also more vulnerable.

During the siege of Sarah, the Saudis lost three AH-64Ds, one of which crashed due to engine failure, and the other two were shot down by ground-based anti-aircraft weapons.

Because the beheading of the captured pilot made the Saudi authorities extremely angry, the range of helicopter gunships was severely restricted.

By the end of the battle of Sarah, the Saudi military had taken the advice of its military advisers and committed more artillery.

During the siege of the last Houthi strongholds, artillery played a crucial role, and the value of the PLZ-45 howitzer was fully proven.

Next, during the assault on Zamar, the PLZ-45 once again proved the strength of the "God of War".

Because of the outstanding performance of the PLZ-45 howitzer on the battlefield, Prince Mohammed personally contacted the Ministry of Defense of Huaxia, and then sent a military procurement team to Huaxia to negotiate with Huaxia on the purchase of new self-propelled howitzers, and spent a huge amount of money to introduce a batch of guided artillery shells from Huaxia that can be fired by PLZ-45.

In order to allow the troops to use the guided artillery shells as soon as possible, the Saudi Air Force dispatched transport planes to carry out airlifts.

Then in Ibb, it took only three days of intense artillery shelling by the Saudi army to get the Houthis to abandon the city north of Taiz.

With the previous victory, the Saudi Army adjusted its tactics and let the artillery follow the attacking forces.

At any given time, at the front of the battlefield there was at least one artillery battalion armed with twenty-four PLZ-45s, as well as a reconnaissance company dedicated to assisting in artillery operations.

The main means of reconnaissance is not to let scouts go behind enemy lines, but unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, also from China.

The tactics are simple, the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft monitors the battlefield, obtains the enemy's situation, then guides the artillery to fire, and finally screens the effect of the shelling.

Battlefield information is provided by front-line troops only at the time of a ground offensive.

From Sara to Zamar to Ib and Taiz, artillery has become the backbone of the Gulf coalition forces, and ammunition consumption is staggering.

Although a batch of guided artillery shells has been urgently procured from Huaxia, the Saudi authorities are already considering the introduction of production lines.

If all goes well, in a few months, Saudi Arabia will sign a multibillion-dollar contract with Huaxia to import a production line of guided artillery shells from Huaxia.

And, of course, there are patent licensing and production licenses.

The shelling is still going on and, in accordance with the tactics taught by the military advisers, will continue until the ground forces carrying out the mopping mission are ready for combat.

In the center of the city, a five-person team is advancing towards the center of the city.

Leading the way in front are Xie Chuyue and Said, Wang Dong and Wang Haotian are in the center, and Aziz is behind.

Before the assault on Taiz, the Saudi air force bombarded the city and destroyed all the buildings, so the Houthis have long since withdrawn.

The commercial building is still there, riddled with holes, and it seems that it could collapse at any moment.

After climbing to the top of the building, Wang Haotian immediately started assembling the drone, Xie Chuyue and Wang Dong began to choose a sniper position, and Said and Aziz stayed on the next floor.

To the southwest, the ground forces responsible for the sweep have been assembled.

There is a battalion of troops, and it is a mechanized infantry battalion, led by four M1A2 main battle tanks and six M2A3 infantry fighting vehicles.

In the distance, there are also four heavily armed AH-64D helicopter gunships.

District C20 is the key area guarded by the Houthis in Taiz, and it is also the place where civilians are concentrated, and it is enough to capture the entire city.

The Houthis will definitely hold out, and the Gulf coalition will definitely attack.

After the last round of shelling, there was silence, but only for a moment.

A few minutes later, the ground forces began to advance.

It is undeniable that after the training of military advisers, the Saudi army has basically mastered the essentials of urban warfare, at least the infantry and Tan coordination have done a good job.

Four M1A2s split into two teams and advanced along two parallel streets.

The M2A3 infantry fighting vehicle followed closely behind, and the machine guns were always aimed at the houses on both sides of the street, effectively compensating for the dead end of the tank's main guns.

Instead of following tanks and chariots, the infantry on foot were on both sides of the street, sheltered by houses.

The advance is not very fast, as you have to clear the houses along the way one by one, eliminating the enemies who are hiding inside the houses and ready to attack.

The Houthis did not sit still, and the counterattack soon began.

It's a pity, just to die.

When the Houthis counterattacked, the Saudi army immediately halted its advance and opened fire on tanks and tanks to neutralize and eliminate any enemy who tried to get close.

Immediately afterward, the Saudi army called for artillery strikes.

Obviously, the Saudi army has no intention of entanglement with the enemy, let alone capture the enemy alive, and artillery bombardment is the most effective means of killing the enemy.

In the face of tanks and tanks, the Houthi counterattack appeared inadequate.

Although the Houthis have a number of bazookas, and even some anti-tank missiles, none of them can penetrate the frontal armor of the main battle tank, and the range of anti-tank missiles in urban areas is extremely limited.

In less than an hour, the Saudi army advanced about five hundred meters.

In the city, this is already very fast.

What's more, the Saudi army did not suffer many casualties, but the Houthis paid the terrible price of hundreds of dead men.

However, after penetrating deep into the area guarded by the Houthis, the advance of the Saudi army has slowed down significantly.

It's not that the Saudi officers and soldiers are afraid of death, but after the battle line is lengthened, the flanks become wider, and the rapid advance is easy to be attacked by the enemy.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the Saudi army threw in a second infantry company to strengthen the flank defenses.

During this time, the Saudi army launched an air strike.

Four AH-64Ds demolished dozens of buildings for ground forces with dozens of Hellfire missiles, and eight EF2000s flew from King Fahd Military City and dropped dozens of bombs, creating a no-man's land more than 200 meters wide in front of the battle line.

In fact, the real war is yet to come.