Chapter 826: The Decisive Battle Breaks Out Five
Only a small number of troops can follow behind the armored vehicles to carry out the attack, and as the terrain steepens, the main battle tanks and armored vehicles advance up to two thousand meters, and they will stop and look at the mountains.
In the telescope, it can be seen that when there is still about a thousand meters away from the position, there is still no reaction from the other side, and the generals can't help frowning. No matter how heavy the bombardment, there should be so many remaining soldiers who come out to surrender or continue to fight?
When there were still 500 meters away, the entire position was revived almost instantly, and the Kurdish soldiers hidden in the tunnel fired dense bullets from the assault rifles and heavy machine guns in their hands, and the grenades flew all over the sky.
At the same time, the mortars of the second line of defense also fired a dense range of shells, anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers, and also launched a deadly attack on armored vehicles, portable anti-aircraft missiles, helicopter gunships with tails in tow, and the decisive battle between the two sides officially began.
But the dozens of artillery pieces of the third line of defense never made a sound, as if they didn't exist at all. Wu Chen knew that he couldn't take advantage of anything during the day, and the Turkish army was not a vegetarian, so he only waited for the night, using the cover of night to use long-range firepower to strike at the enemy.
However, the timing of the artillery fire must be chosen well, and the command structure of the Turkish army is now unable to reach the range of the artillery, and the firing can only play a certain supporting role, which will not help to reverse the overall situation, and it is necessary to be patient.
The military base of Talas in the south of Kayseri, at this time, was also fighting, at the beginning of the battle was very tense, the main force had just arrived in the mountains, and a large number of Kurdish troops suddenly poured out around the base, and immediately carried out a strong attack, without waiting for a second.
The mortar shells fired by the other side destroyed many buildings in the base and killed hundreds of people, and the outer wall was blown up by the enemy's rocket launchers and anti-tank missiles like a broken sieve, and there were holes everywhere, and the enemy attacked the base from these broken places, and the situation became very dangerous for a time.
Seeing that the situation was critical, even Mr. Minister of Defense, who was sitting in the town, hurriedly evacuated by plane, which is not difficult to understand, if the first dignified military person was captured alive by these local armed forces, then the Turkish military would become an international joke.
The commander of the base immediately commanded the troops to launch a counterattack, relying on his advanced weapons and equipment, the base's defense facilities were perfect, and the main battle tanks and armored vehicles were mobilized to forcibly force the enemy who broke into the base to retreat.
However, the commander of the base later discovered that the purpose of the Kurdish army was not only to dig tunnels on the high ground around the main main road in the southwest, but also to dig the road full of holes, which was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the base and the mountainous area, so that the logistics supply of the main force had a big problem.
Because the attack was too hasty, the troops did not carry enough ammunition and supplies, and it was less than thirty kilometers away from the attack site in the mountains, which could be replenished at any time, and the generals did not think that there was much of a problem.
The calculation was very good, but now it has become a mortal threat, no food and water is still second, if the 100,000 army in the mountains does not have ammunition, this consequence is unimaginable, it will turn into a one-sided massacre.
"This is troublesome, we must open this lifeline, otherwise the troops attacking in front will quickly run out of ammunition, and then all of us will go to court-martial!" The base commander said through gritted teeth.
"The Kurdish army is too cunning and too vicious, I see that the other side is setting up minefields and cutting roads, under such an attack from the enemy, even armored forces can hardly be effective in a short time!" said the chief of staff of the base.
Originally, they wanted to tear the encirclement and open up the road to the mountains, but unfortunately, those Kurdish troops were simply not afraid of death, risking great casualties and using anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers to block, but instead destroyed more than a dozen main battle tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, forcing the Turkish troops to withdraw to the base.
It is said that the Kurdish army is extremely fierce, and the Turkish army at the base this time has seen it with their own eyes, the two 12.7 mm machine guns of the T-90 main battle tank knocked the opponent to the ground in rows like a harvester cutting wheat, and the corpses are all over the field and the blood is flowing like a river, this is not a mountain but a plain, and there are few places on the ground that can provide cover.
The intensity of the attack did not stop the launch of anti-tank missiles, and one after the other came up and two died, aiming at the Turkish troops behind the tanks and armored vehicles and throwing grenades like rain, and the bullets were even more splashed like water, not so much that the Turkish troops were driven back to the base, but rather frightened back to the base by this scene.
The 12.7 mm machine guns of the main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, when a bullet hits a person, it either breaks an arm or a leg, and the other side would rather lie down behind the corpses of their comrades and continue to fire than take half a step back.
Eric, as the commander, fully understood the tactical requirements of the boss, and he only ordered a brigade of Kurdish armed forces to launch a feint attack on the vigilance troops on the periphery of the base, that is, acting, while the rest of the troops were blocked to build positions on the main communication roads.
The main purpose of this offensive was to cut off the ground connection between the base and the main force, but even such a small action cost more than 2,000 lives in just an hour, and hundreds of Turkish troops died.
The Kurdish army is too far behind the army of the mercenary regiment in terms of weapons and equipment, and the weapons in their hands are too backward, mainly relying on towed howitzers, mortars, anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers, and the rest are firearms, without the cover and support of the air force, and without the protection of armored troops, which is unimaginable if it is placed in the units of the mercenary regiment and the defense army.
Eric also has another purpose in doing this, he is also waiting for the night to come, when the power of the special forces will really be revealed, in the face of the enemy's eyes without obstruction of sight in broad daylight, the results of the battle will not be absent, but not too much, small harassment will not work.
The special forces attacked all the key points, such as the opponent's command system, communication system, weapons and ammunition depots, oil depots, material warehouses, etc., not the current frontal combat, it was a wasteful act of killing chickens with knives.
"Eric, I can still withstand it here, don't rush to launch an attack, one go, then decline, three and exhaustion, this is my basic principle for this battle, first consume the opponent's fighting spirit and spirit, and then launch a special war, I want you to seize this base and Kayseri City in one fell swoop, this will be an important bargaining chip for us to negotiate with the Turkish government!" Wu Chen said with a walkie-talkie.