Chapter 696 - 697 Battle of Istanbul (Medium)
The Turkish army and U.S. military used violence to clear Turkish residents who were trying to leave Istanbul, resulting in a large number of deaths for Istanbul residents, with more than 5,000 civilians killed in the chaos alone, and several times as many Turks killed and wounded as a result of subsequent shelling by the SCO coalition as they were driven back into the city.
It is already obvious to all that war has caused great trauma to humanity, and although there have been countless so-called anti-war activists and pacifist activists who have mediated back and forth between countries, they have not received as much attention as in peacetime, and even the doors of government institutions have been completely closed to them. The SCO and NATO are determined to fight until the last moment, and in any case to pull each other into the abyss. Even ordinary residents of China and the United States have a considerable number of people who want to see the other side completely defeated and then enjoy world domination once and for all. Once the train of war is put in the fast lane, it is extremely difficult to brake again.
The actions of Turkey and the United States to prevent ordinary residents from leaving Istanbul and grabbing communication lines have really angered many Turks, and even some more radical Turks have declared that they would rather let the Chinese take Istanbul and destroy Turkey than continue to support this democratically elected government that treats human life as a mustard.
Of course, there are also many people who have a greater hatred for the Chinese and the SCO, and some are even preparing to turn into human bombers and bomb the SCO camp not far from Istanbul. However, these attacks were rarely successful, and in the highly modern mode of operation, coupled with the caution of the SCO front command, it was difficult for any unidentified vehicles and personnel to approach the SCO's military installations and strongholds, and the pervasive surveillance equipment also increased the security of the camp.
After several terrible shelling by the SCO coalition forces, the NATO side has come to a conclusion, that is, even the artillery battle is completely different from the artillery battle in their concept, and the use of large-scale precision multiple rocket launchers and electromagnetic guns, as well as the perfect fire control system and intelligence collection, have doubled the coverage and efficiency of the strike, which has directly caused the NATO side to be overwhelmed by the shelling alone, and there is no time to care about anything else.
Therefore, NATO made its own response, not allowing the Chinese and the SCO coalition forces to dump shells on Istanbul at will, and the NATO allies must fight out in order to constantly push the artillery positions of the SCO coalition forces back in order to complete the goal of protecting Istanbul.
To this end, the U.S. Marine Corps, in coordination with the Turkish Army, a total of four divisional and brigade-level heavy troops, advanced from the second line of defense in an attempt to regain the first line of defense that had been broken and occupied by the SCO coalition forces. Hundreds of mechs in attack aircraft mode fired a large number of small ground-to-ground weapons at the US and Turkish forces on the ground before the enemy could react.
Immediately afterwards, the heavy armored units of the Yugoslav People's Army were also dispatched, attacking the NATO allies from the left flank, and the Romanian army attacked from the right flank. 5:1, the ratio of armored vehicles to 4:1, and the SCO side also had an advantage in attack mechs and helicopter gunships, even though the SCO forces actually had fewer personnel, but still drove the NATO forces back to the second line of defense.
This situation makes NATO commanders very worried, it is true that the number of troops of Turkey, Greece and the United States is higher, and there are constantly Turkish soldiers crossing the strait to Istanbul, but the SCO coalition forces are significantly higher, and the US military naturally does not admit that the Chinese or Yugoslav armies are more elite than the US army, but the US military can excuse that the Turkish army is too low to keep up with the footsteps of the US army, and it has also dragged down the war.
In fact, the level of training and military quality of the Turkish army is not very poor, but in terms of weaponry and tactical concepts. There are even many of the first tanks of the late Cold War in Turkey's armored forces, and it is directly impossible to expect such things as M48 and M60 to be able to compete with China's Type 99, Type 01 or Apocalypse. The American-made M1 tank and the German-made Leopard 2 tank that can be compared with the Chinese VT tank, Turkey is not equipped much, they are used as the most elite troops, on average, the Turkish army is several times larger than the SCO coalition army, it cannot defeat them, and the SCO coalition army with equipment superiority can not say that it can destroy the Turkish army lightly, at least it is not a problem to take care of them.
Even the U.S. Marine Corps actually has some drumming against the SCO coalition forces, although the current Marine Corps weapons have been re-enriched and enhanced, but all American soldiers know one thing, the M1A3 can't penetrate the frontal armor of the 99A6 with one shot, and any model of the Type 99 can penetrate the frontal armor of the M1A3 with one shot. The non-combat losses of the Type 99 tanks lost on the battlefield in China were similar to the combat losses, because the U.S. military often needed to use very much effort to destroy one or two Chinese tanks.
Seeing that the NATO allies were not very honest, the SCO coalition forces once again deployed their artillery positions and selectively increased the intensity of fire strikes on some important targets, launching another artillery attack on Istanbul. A large number of shells were fired into the city, this historical and cultural city has basically been ruined after three rounds of terrible shelling by the SCO coalition forces, and the famous Sophia Cathedral was also destroyed by a third shelling, and the fire caused by the fire destroyed many cultural relics. Naturally, no one cares about what culture and cultural relics are protected anymore, and victory is the only hope.
In the process of shelling, the artillery of the 21st Army of the Chinese PLA was the main force, and they fired twice as many shells as the artillery of the other three coalition forces combined, not only that, but the long-range rocket artillery and electromagnetic guns fired on the periphery were all from the platforms of the Chinese artillery.
A Yugoslav artillery soldier said enviously to his Chinese counterpart: "I'm afraid that all these shells you have shot will be able to buy more than a dozen fighters, don't you really feel distressed at all?" ”
The Chinese artilleryman, who was a little sassy, patted his chest and said angrily: "Being rich is so capricious!" ”