Chapter 130: Capture the Airport
PS: Many people are not interested in tanks participating in street battles? Said to be an act of death?
Since last night, Huali has been feeling dizzy and has a very uncomfortable throat, and today I went to check it, and my tonsils are inflamed, I took injections and medicines, and now I am still dizzy and dizzy, and I have been trying to sleep.
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Although the rocket artillery attack has stopped for a long time, the Bossaso government soldiers in the bunker still dare not come out and move, and the destroyed pillbox fortifications around it and the scattered corpses of their comrades seem to tell everyone that the enemy will not stop there.
Sure enough, not long after it had just stopped, the explosion sounded again, but compared to the rocket just now, although the explosion was smaller, it was much denser than the last time.
"Howitzer ......!" The government officers, who were familiar with the screams, shouted loudly to the soldiers inside and outside the bunker. Soon, however, their small voices were muffled by a massive dense blast, and they did not express the slightest intention of transmitting them.
Bossaso is all low-rise buildings that look like an enlarged version of a regular town. There are no tall buildings to block the shells, and there are very few dead spots for firing.
The artillery positions of the heavy artillery brigade finally took the turn to vent their anger unscrupulously, and the 155mm self-propelled howitzers raised their huge barrels one after another, and fired shells into Bossaso International Airport.
The ground shook and the mountains shook, and the stone chips splashed. The already unpeaceful land was once again subjected to the flames of war, and brick walls were thrown high. Then it fell down heavily, burying the enemy completely.
Use the building as a bunker. Communication with their superiors had long been cut off by heavy bombardment, and government soldiers huddled in the corners of several walls that had not yet been destroyed, praying in their hearts for the end of the shelling. The solid bunker had been shaken out of the walls by the incessant explosions, and the sand mixed with stone chips and the limbs of the dead government soldiers were falling from the top of their heads and slamming to the ground.
The earth trembled and tossed people up and down, and at the same time covered up the constant trembling of their bodies.
Finally, someone could no longer bear the constant death threats and rushed out of the building bunker screaming like crazy. And in the next second, the fierce artillery fire easily tore him to pieces. Seeing the corpses mixed with blood back into the trenches, the other government soldiers could no longer hide their fear, and desperately shrank their bodies into their arms.
The artillery fire suddenly stopped for no reason, just as he started for no reason, and the government soldiers in the trenches finally gradually faced this point, and the comrades around him began to clean up the dirt on their bodies, captains, majors, etc. He quietly counted the names of individuals.
Such a scene made everyone feel a kind of illusion in a trance, as if what they had just experienced was just a dream, but unfortunately, a gunshot suddenly rang out. Completely shattered everyone's beautiful assumptions.
"Enemy, pick up the enemy, everyone is ready to fight......" carefully holding the binoculars. The airfield commander was clinging to the infantry wall, watching carefully. But when he really realized what was in front of him, his face had changed to that of a dead corpse -- the telescope was filled with countless rapidly approaching tanks.
Contact with headquarters has long been lost. However, even if there was a connection, he was not sure that he would be able to fulfill the orders given by headquarters, especially when there were so many enemy tanks on the opposite side.
"Bang~!" Shots rang out here, though not good news for the Major.
On the opposite side, the enemy had apparently slowed down because of the gunshot, and just as everyone was rejoicing, countless machine-gun bullets with a chirping sound completely covered this position. The Red Guard soldiers showed their determination to attack with practical actions.
It seems that except for the terrible shelling just now, everything is very different from the war scenes that were previously conceived or seen in the movie, the continuous sound of machine guns does not sound so terrifying, and the occasional explosion, although frightening, seems to be far away from oneself, only from the telescope, the strange earthy yellow camouflage of the red police soldiers flashing from time to time, and the occasional flashing of various vehicles, it is difficult to imagine that we have now entered a state of war.
The wired telephone had been cut off, and it was impossible to hear it even when it picked up the handset, while the radio, on the contrary, was full of noise, and the correspondent could not get anything of value beyond this noise.
Some of the firing points were obviously hesitant to do anything, while others immediately made a counterattack, but unfortunately, whenever there was a counterattack, there were always shells that completely covered it.
Looking at the surroundings of the airport that was constantly emitting thick smoke, all the remaining government soldiers now had only two choices in their minds, dead or alive.
They vent their fears with RPGs in their hands, but in exchange for unscathed tanks and tank guns that send them to hell. When the tank has come to them, whether it is dead or alive is no longer in their own hands.
Five minutes later, Li Lan, who was in the base car, received a report from the front line that the airfield had been successfully captured, and howitzer fire had begun to cover the interior of Bossaso City, focusing on the west of the city, and the attack formation had been reorganized.
A simple report on the battle of the airport, under the still artillery fire on the front line, has been reported to Li Lan here.
"Good, that's what you want." After reading the simple battle report, Li Lan did not hesitate to praise herself.
The attack on the airport was very rapid, and the simple artillery bombardment came, and the tanks of the two companies rushed straight over, and the armored vehicles of a machine infantry battalion coordinated, and in just ten minutes, the entire airport was swept away, and the airport, which was guarded by two or three thousand people, without any support, the vast majority of the government troops threw away all their honors under the tank tracks, and in order to save their lives, they dropped their weapons and surrendered to the Red Guard soldiers.
The most important thing about the capture of the airport is to be fast, because Bossaso Airport does not have much of a structure that can withstand heavy artillery, and its architectural structure is also dilapidated, and many of the soldiers who remain behind are still new recruits and have no decent combat experience at all.
When the tank group is accompanied by the charge of armored vehicles, the buildings in the airport cannot stop the rampage of the tanks at all, and the flesh and blood cannot stop it. The RPGs and other heavy firearms in the hands of the government army are also helpless with Rhino tanks, and there is no way to resist them.
Under the vigorous offensive, the military spirit of the government army collapsed in an instant, and when they faced the fear of death, the only way out was to surrender.
This was just an appetizer after the start of the war, and the official feast was still to come, so Li Lan's excitement was over.
"Natasha, do you think it will take a few days to capture Bossaso in its entirety this time?" Li Lan said.
"It's not difficult to take Bossaso, three days is enough. However, we want to prevent interference from foreign shili. After all, we now only have an army, and our anti-aircraft weapons are clearly insufficient to deal with high-altitude targets. Natasha said.
"As long as it's not a NATO country, there's nothing to be afraid of, in the current situation, can you really take Bossaso in three days?" Although NATO's existence has been controversial since the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, after all, this alliance still exists, and even if European countries want to get rid of US influence in Europe, it will not be done overnight.
NATO's liliang is still cohesive, and the nature of the alliance remains. And the third shijie country, to be honest, if it is only an African country, then except for Egypt, Li Lan does not have the slightest worry.
At present, every minute faster to win Bossaso, the more opportunities Li Landuo will occupy. There is a high probability that Ethiopia will get involved, and it is very likely that Puntland will intervene for the sake of Bossaso's port revenue. Therefore, Li Lan needs to quickly deal with Bossaso's government forces before he can meet the new challenge.
According to his estimates, five days is enough. It is not that Li Lan looks down on the 70,000 or 80,000 troops of the Bossaso government army, but that the Bossaso government army is really not very good, and in the face of such a high degree of mechanization, in the face of the same number and equipment of the US military units, under the same liliang posture and factors, Li Lan has the confidence to fight. And the so-called liliang posture and factors refer to the situation where everything belongs to the same and equal. Of course, such a situation will not occur, and such a metaphor only shows Li Lan's confidence in his army.
As far as the Army is concerned, Li Lan is really confident that he will fight with the US Army.
"Three days is enough, first of all, Bossaso is not very big, it is only a dozen kilometers long, and it is by no means a big city under the modern pattern, there are no high-rise buildings. Where the enemy can hide, that is, those ordinary houses. The houses in Bossaso are basically two or three floors, and there are not many dead spots for tanks and armored vehicles.
Secondly, our soldiers have undergone rigorous training, and in order to adapt to the overall pattern of warfare in the new era, urban street fighting has always been the main training direction. So, even if the enemy is three or four times larger than ours, we have an absolute advantage in the current general form of the entire Bossaso. Natasha said.
"Yes, there aren't many civilians left in Bossaso, except for a small area of the embassy, we can use our firepower advantage at will without any scruples." Li Lan nodded and said, "If we can capture Bossaso within three days, then we will have more time for strategic reaction." β
As soon as Li Lan's words fell, Hofmande's report came from the console: "Report to the commander, the Bossaso shelling has ended, and the tank unit has officially advanced towards the city." β
"Hmmm! Very good, tell all the platoons, don't rush forward, fight steadily, and eat away at the enemy one by one. At the same time, it is also necessary to pay close attention to the movements of the enemy's tank troops, and not to capsize in the gutter when the time comes. (To be continued......)