Chapter 1259: What if you find it
"Report to the command that a large number of Vietnamese troops suddenly arrived at the Shankou defense area on the southwestern border of Cam Ranh Bay from the direction of Panta, and are carrying out a strong attack on our brigade, in view of the critical situation at the moment, I request the command to immediately send reinforcements, otherwise the other side may break through the defense line and bring security risks to the urban area of Cam Ranh Bay." The brigade commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Mountain Light Infantry Division spoke in a very anxious tone.
Around the town where Cam Ranh Bay and Panta meet, there is an important pass of the mercenary army, which is the key point of the southwest defense line of Cam Ranh Bay, the terrain is very dangerous, there are mountains on both sides, there is only one road in the middle, and six kilometers to the northeast is the core area of Cam Ranh Bay.
Because of the geography here, the armored units of the Vietnamese army cannot carry out attacks, the roads are too narrow, and it is no problem to use them for transportation in peacetime, but the armored vehicles are fighting here, which is tired and crooked, with two bombs in the front and rear, all the armored troops will be blocked in the mountain road and slaughtered.
The congenital terrain advantage of having a husband and a wife in charge of the pass, coupled with the main force of the Vietnamese army, was carrying out large-scale attacks in the northeast and north of Cam Ranh Bay at the moment, and the headquarters did not arrange heavy troops to guard it, but only put an infantry brigade, or a mountain brigade without heavy weapons.
But today is different, just after dawn the defenders were surprised to find that the slopes and sides of the road near the defensive positions were actually covered with Vietnamese troops, there was only one checkpoint here, but there were also reinforced concrete fortifications, especially several permanent fire points, even if the 155 mm grenade hit directly, it would not collapse, and the Browning large-caliber machine guns in the fire points exerted a huge deterrent, and the fire network formed was simply insurmountable.
The mountain division did not have any heavy equipment such as main battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers, rocket artillery, and infantry fighting vehicles, but there was no shortage of guns, and the brigade had more than 200 40-mm grenade launchers, more than 200 7.62-mm machine guns, 12 12.7-mm heavy machine guns, 8 81-mm mortars, 12 60-mm mortars, 18 105-mm howitzers, and six Longbow Apache helicopter gunships.
Compared with the lineup of the main battlefield, it can only be a small thing, there are no aerial bombs like strategic bombers raining down, and there are no rockets flying in the sky with rocket artillery, but the dense gunfire is also very shocking.
The direct consequences of the backwardness of the Vietnamese army were manifested, the defensive units of the mercenary regiments did not play with them at all, pouring bullets and intermittent shells, suppressing them to the death, how to fight this battle if they could not get close?
However, the Vietnamese Army, which is proficient in mountain warfare, still relies on the complexity of the terrain to quickly find behind rocks or trees and grass as shelter, and gradually approaches the checkpoint, and the rockets that are constantly fired also bring great trouble to the mercenaries.
The firepower of the mercenary regiment also brought a flaw, that is, the consumption of ammunition was too large, and it was really dangerous for a long time, and in the face of more than ten times the enemy, the brigade commander had to order to save ammunition and wait for support.
"No wonder the boss made a special call to ask the command to pay attention to the southwest direction, and as expected, the US military spy satellite is really powerful enough to find a hole in our defense, so that you can stick to your position, the terrain is so complicated, and no matter how many Vietnamese troops there are, there will be no threat in a short period of time."
"I immediately ordered the helicopter gunships to carry out air strikes against the attacking Vietnamese troops, and the reinforcements seized the time to carry out the landing and also deliver ammunition and other supplies by the way. Don't be in a hurry, the steel torrent tactics on the battlefield in the DRC have achieved good results, we have taken full advantage, and there is time to clean them up. Lieutenant General Nelson, commander of the Second Army, said with a smile.
The Second Army is subordinate to the corps directly under the headquarters, and it is also the old foundation and starting unit of the mercenary corps, so the treatment during the founding of the country was one level higher than that of ordinary corps. The commander of an ordinary army group is a major general, while the commander of a corps group army directly under the headquarters is a lieutenant general.
"Commander, do you mean that we have reinforcements arriving soon?" The brigade commander was overjoyed to hear the news.
The combat effectiveness and spirit of the Vietnamese Army have also brought great pressure to the mercenary corps troops in Cam Ranh Bay, especially in mountain warfare, the mercenary corps has strong firepower, but often the gains are very small, and the Vietnamese soldiers are agile and tactically flexible, which shows that peacetime training is this kind of subject, so that it is described as a Vietnamese monkey.
"Nonsense, in the past, the reason why the boss did not move his troops was because he was afraid that the Vietnamese government would not take the bait, and he did not dare to easily increase troops to Cam Ranh Bay, for fear of scaring them to death, but now the fish has bitten the hook and has also started a war, thinking that the brother troops in Cam Ranh Bay have."
"The first to arrive are the 1st Mountain Light Infantry Division of the Gendarmerie and the 2nd Air Assault Division of the Federal Defense Forces. Commander Nelson said.
Wu Chen is a mortal, not an immortal, and he doesn't know about the US military's secret help to the Vietnamese army, but as a mature strategist and military strategist, his thinking and vision have reached a terrifying height.
The Russian government's act of providing weapons and equipment to the Vietnamese government reminds him that there is still a neglected enemy lurking, that is, the US government, since Russia has done it, there is no reason why the United States will not take action, and from the moment the intelligence is obtained, the defense deployment of Cam Ranh Bay will have to be reorganized.
The Vietnamese army does not have military spy satellites, this thing cannot be manufactured and launched by any country, and the Vietnamese army does not have sophisticated equipment such as Global Hawk drones, and reconnaissance planes do not dare to fly into the sky, for fear of being intercepted and killed by mercenary regiment air force fighters, which is an important fatal flaw in the war, and battlefield information is blocked.
However, for the US military, which stands at the pinnacle of military science and technology in the world, it is simply too easy to make up for this shortcoming of the Vietnamese army; as long as the pictures and analysis data taken by the spy satellite are given to the Vietnamese military high-level, the matter will be solved, and the generals of the Vietnamese army will not even be able to find a weak link in the defense.
Out of deep-seated strategic considerations, the US government absolutely cannot get into trouble with the mercenaries, and the two countries have joined hands to hack Japan and Western European countries, and these top-secret military operations are tantamount to tying the two families into grasshoppers on a rope.
As the country that knows the strength of the mercenary corps best, helping Vietnam fight with the Golden Triangle Federation is a stinky move, and it stinks, because the benefits obtained are far less than the pay, and this account is not cost-effective, so the US government resolutely does not sell advanced weapons and equipment to Vietnam, but intelligence cooperation is another matter.