Chapter 935: On the Island
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"Slow down, two cars forward one. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info{{}}" The bearded captain looked at the outline of the approaching island ahead and gave the command to the helmsman.
His steamer, which by this time had already scratched out its port, was requisitioned by the Iraqi Navy for this military operation.
The bearded captain was very proud of his warship, which was his honor to be able to carry Iraqi warriors.
When the commander of the Iraqi navy approached him, he agreed without hesitation that he would be willing to pay for it even if the navy did not provide any expenses, even if the fuel for the voyage was subsidized by himself.
In the past, wherever Iraqi ships went, they always felt inferior when they saw the ships of Western countries, especially American cargo ships, and only when the country was strong could they straighten their backs and behave as human beings, but now, their country is undergoing rapid changes, and they sail on the sea, and they also feel this deep sense of pride.
In particular, now that their navy is going to attack that place and take that place, their shipping lanes will be safer, and at this time, the Iraqi seafarers will definitely come to their aid.
The tarpaulins on the deck were removed, and helicopters and infantry fighting vehicles began to show their figures. {{}}
Since these helicopters are army-type Mi-24 helicopters, the rotors cannot be folded, so they will occupy a lot of area, and between the two rows of Mi-24s, there are interspersed with wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.
After removing the tarpaulin, the crew began to do one last inspection, before going out to sea yesterday. Their helicopter has already been loaded with ammunition and debugged, and today it is just a routine inspection.
While the helicopter was doing its final checks. The Desert Panther infantry fighting vehicle of the Marine Corps, which has begun the final preparation process.
"Put the hydraulic plate." Hades shouted.
With Hades's order, as if a white crane flashed its wings, the two sides of the huge freighter began to slowly rotate a steel plate weighing fifteen tons, these steel plates were twenty meters long, just the width of the widest part of the deck, and after letting go. An inclined plane of about 30 degrees will be formed. There are reinforcing ribs underneath the steel plates, and the best marine steel is used to ensure that it does not bend.
At this point, the speed of the ship is already slow.
"One shift at a time. {{}} The first car is first-come, pay attention to safety. Hades said.
Desert leopards can travel on water, and as marines, they are also trained in amphibious, but. It was the first time they had gone into the water from this slope.
"Boom, boom" The engine of the first Desert Leopard was launched, a 400-horsepower engine produced by the introduction of technology from Mercedes-Benz. The supercharger makes a whistling sound that can cross the desert. It can also enter the water with a dragon.
The driver hooked up first gear and released the handbrake. With an exhaust sound as the pneumatic brakes relaxed, the desert leopard slowly drove towards the slope.
The front wheels were on the steel plates, the middle two rows of wheels, and then the rear row, four rows of eight huge tires, all on the slope, and on the top turret, a soldier exposed his body, wearing an orange sè life vest, commanding.
"Drive forward, keep moving forward."
As the desert leopard drove forward, the steel plate began to slowly deform, and the hydraulic rod below was also under increasing pressure. {{}}
Finally, the front wheels have been flooded, the front wave protection plate has been shaken, and the driver knows that now is the most critical time.
As the body of the car enters the water, the roar inside gets louder and louder, and the noise gets louder and louder.
The hull of the car is still slowly entering the water, the first half of the section, has all entered the water, in the armored car, you can hear the sound of the two rows of wheels in front of it, idling, and then, the front hull, has floated.
The driver slowly retracted the throttle, and the entire body of the car slid lightly into the water, and then put on the water driving gear.
In order to have amphibious capabilities, the desert leopard has two propellers on the tail of the body, which can paddle forward on the water and gain speeds of more than eight knots per hour.
At this time, only the top of the hull and the turret are exposed to the water, and most of them are underwater.
Amphibious equipment, navigating on the water, there is a certain danger, for example, if the sea conditions are high, a wave down, maybe it will overturn, but now the sea is calm and calm, and it is very close to the beachhead, which is a sharp weapon for attack. {{}}
Following it, one after another desert leopard infantry fighting vehicles, like dumplings, drove off the cargo ship, on the water, lined up in battle formation, and headed for the coast.
As the infantry fighting vehicles drove away, the deck of the cargo ship began to become empty, and the Mi-24 helicopter was finally ready to take off.
Although the sea is very calm today, however, the cargo ship still has some bumps, taking off on the deck, for helicopter pilots, it is necessary to have special training, such as the pilots of the carrier-based helicopters on the Heden-class frigates, without professional one-year training, they cannot guarantee safe take-off and landing, and the rear deck of the battleship is too small, in comparison, the deck of the cargo ship is still relatively large, and it is not very difficult for excellent helicopter pilots.
Overhead, the engines of the helicopter began to roar, the propellers spun faster and faster, and the helicopter rose from the deck like a light sea harrier, and then, overtaking the infantry fighting vehicles that were still in the water, began to fly towards the islands of Lesser and Lesson and Geshm Islands.
It's almost like a drill without any suspense! Through the telescope, I saw that the only military target on Datongbu Island in the distance had been destroyed by warplanes, and all that was left for them was a huge landing operation. {{}}
Hades forced the regret in his heart, with his Xing character, this battle is not satisfying at all, what he needs is at least to take the entire province of Holmzigan, however, he has become mature, knowing that this is all President Qusay's order, he must have deeper strategic considerations, so he can't disobey the military order.
Overhead, he heard the sound of the plane, he raised his head, it was the Air Force transport plane that arrived, the Il-76 transport plane, this is the main transport plane of Iraq, they are all very familiar with it, those guys above, just need to jump down, you can catch up with them, which makes Hades even more depressed.
I hope that this time I will make a fool of those airborne troops, and when they land, it would be good if some of them fell into the water, so that I could rescue them.
Let those guys know that this kind of task, not what they should perform, landing operations, that's the strength of the Marine Corps!
"Attention, you are about to reach the target in front of you, prepare to skydive, good luck to you." The captain's voice came from inside the cabin.
This good luck naturally means that when they parachute, they pay attention to their landing zone and do not land on the sea, less than half of the airborne troops can swim.
Soon, umbrella flowers bloomed in the sky.
The area of Odoribu Island is only 10.3 square kilometers, and the land on the island is red sè soil. The island is inhabited by 400 people, mostly Arabs. Mainly fishing and grazing. At the southern end of the island there is a fresh water well, and the garrison here is only about thirty people.
The mighty fifteen wheeled infantry fighting vehicles advanced towards this island, in order not to compete with those airborne troops, in fact, Hades was very angry, and he himself led the team to attack, which was Datongbu Island.
After the helicopter gunship flew to Tongbu Island, it circled the island and found nothing unusual, and the fortifications on the edge of the island had become a pile of ruins.
In the rubble, the only remaining two defenders, after disembarking from the Marines in the cabin behind the Mi-24 helicopter, had chosen to surrender.
There was a vibration at the front end of the car, and the driver increased the throttle, but the car became slower and slower, and the driver knew that this was the front wheel, which had touched the ground.
The driver hung up a gear, the propeller and the wheels worked together, and then, the body continued to move forward, the body of the car was exposed, until the body was completely exposed to the water, the driver took off the water gear, and in the red soil, the desert leopard once again played an excellent off-road xing ability on land.
"Leave two chariots to guard the beach, and the rest, and I search the entire island." Hades said.
The island is not very large, and the desert leopard quickly made a round around the island, and finally drove into the village where the people on the island gathered.
The sound of gunfire had already shocked the people on the island, and in their surprise, they found that they had been surrounded.
Looking at the flags on those armored vehicles, you know that it is the Iraqi army that has come.
"Brothers, from today onwards, you are liberated." Hades said.
"You are the army of Qusay, the god of war?" An islander asked.
"Yes, the great Allah is above, and we are the army of the brave President Qusay." Hades said.
As he said this, a helicopter flew overhead, and they were patrolling the place.
"It's so good, I've been looking forward to seeing you here." Said one of the islanders.
They were all Arabs, and they had always been dissatisfied with being ruled by the former zhèngfu.
In November 1971, the Persians sent troops to occupy the island of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb islands near the Strait of Hormuz, which were originally under the British protectorate, and it has been more than ten years now, and the native Arabs on the island have no good feelings about British rule, and they also have no good feelings about the Persians.
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