Chapter 543 543 Rescue Failure
Everyone would have thought that with the blessing of the three aircraft carrier battle groups, the US military would definitely be able to fight them quite miserably against the glorious road of weak forces; But no one would have thought that on the first day of the attack, the US military would lose two Hornet fighters worth tens of millions of dollars.
Inevitably, everyone knows that they can drive the government army into a desperate situation, and the militants of the Shining Road should not be underestimated, but it is really shocking to take down two US fighters on the first day.
Although the U.S. military solved the vast majority of the targets on the first day of the attack and achieved excellent results, the U.S. military not only struck at the main force of the Glorious Road, but also struck at the various communications facilities controlled by the Glorious Road, and its command system was seriously damaged as a result, and the various units could only fight on their own, giving the ground forces of the government army an excellent opportunity to break through and regain the lost territory.
That is to say, Wu Qixuan's department did not suffer any big blows, although the damage to the territory was quite high, but its main force was basically preserved. His forces are systematically hidden in the Andes, and it is unlikely that government forces will be able to regain lost territory. Wu Qixuan's strategy was to temporarily abandon some towns and carry out effective concealment, and when the limelight passed, they could immediately come out again and regain the lost territory, because the Americans could not stay in Peru for several years.
The downing of the two Hornets also made the Americans re-examine the Shining Path forces in southern Peru, and more importantly, the Americans tried to rescue the pilots of the two downed F-18 Hornets. However, the U.S. military has no ground presence in Peru, and the Peruvian government army is not enough to borrow weight, so the U.S. military has no choice but to send a Navy SEAL team in a Black Hawk helicopter into the area to conduct search and rescue operations.
Of course, what the Americans don't know is that the Hornet was ambushed, so there must have been an enemy at that time, after the pilot ejected, they didn't have much ability to resist, even if they had their own weapons, but according to normal norms, they would still surrender to the enemy who hunted them down, and it was unlikely that they would resist to the end, because the pilots themselves were quite valuable assets.
Therefore, the SEAL team sent by the U.S. military into Peru to conduct a search and rescue mission is unlikely to be very effective in itself. When a Black Hawk with eight members of the SEAL Team Six made its way through the coastal desert lowlands to the mountains of the Andes, they did not know that they were entering a dangerous pit of the dead.
"According to the intelligence, the two hornets should have lost contact around here."
"It's clear that there are still a few kilometers from the fall point, and we are about to land, why don't we get closer, it's really troublesome!"
"Idiot, there must be an enemy waiting for the rabbit at the fall point, do you want to be ambushed?"
Obviously, eight people would be quite nervous if they went deep behind enemy lines, in a war zone where there could be enemies everywhere. Although they are all good fighters who have been trained by the devil and have undergone a lot of actual combat tests, such a situation is guaranteed to be something that the vast majority of special combat personnel do not want to encounter.
"We will have fighter jets overhead for air cover, and if we encounter a difficult enemy, we can call in air support, it will not be a difficult task, all we need to do is find our brothers and bring them home." The captain is very good at stirring up the atmosphere, and such words often appear in various literary and artistic works, so that people admire the Americans for not giving up anyone's feelings and righteousness, but forget that they themselves are waging an unjust battle.
After the plane crash, the US military urgently mobilized satellites and sent reconnaissance planes to grasp the situation to a certain extent, but it was still not possible to determine the condition of the two pilots, and their liaison devices were not used, and it was very likely that they were captured. Therefore, there are voices against the rescue, but according to the tradition of the US military, even if the chances of knowing where they are still hiding are slim, they still have to send someone to rescue them, even if it is a pretense.
If it is the PLA pilot search and rescue after the crash, the situation may be better, because the PLA now uses the latest technology to implant a GPS positioning chip under the pilot's skin, which can grasp the pilot's location at any time, and also improve the success rate of search and rescue. It's just that the United States doesn't even have a GPS tracker for pilots now, so it's naturally more troublesome if something happens.
Eight U.S. Navy SEALs cautiously navigate the mountainous terrain of the Andes, where the climate and geography are covered with wild grass and the terrain is quite complex, with jagged rocks that obstruct the view and provide a good opportunity for enemy attacks.
"I'm looking aimlessly, when will I find it?" The impatient team member complained casually.
"No matter when we find it, we have to save our brother." The captain said in a deep voice.
"That's not an easy thing to do."
After trekking two or three kilometers and getting very close to the landing site, the team members had to try to retrieve the black box of the bumblebee in order to understand what was going on, in addition to rescuing the pilot. When they reached a valley and turned to the place where the plane had fallen, they suddenly heard only the sound of gunfire, and then the two SEALs were immediately put down.
“Ambush! (Ambush)" the captain shouted, telling all the team members to find cover nearby, fortunately, there were more rocks in this place, and it was easy to hide, and several team members hunched their waists and laboriously dragged their comrades who were shot behind the rocks. An unlucky guy was shot through the neck by a bullet, blood spurting out of his neck, and he couldn't stop it, even though his comrades tried their best to press it, but they still quickly lost their breath.
"Son of a bitch!" The death of their comrades made the SEALs even angrier, but they were not in good shape, as the enemy was outnumbered and firepowered. One of the militants took out the RPG-7 and slammed it into their position.
“Incoming!”
Even though the rock used as shelter was hard hit, the shockwave still injured the two SEALs, who were not killed, but they were so shocked that they were bleeding from their mouths and noses, and they looked terrifying.
"Damn, we need support, we need support, where are the fighters, where are the other squads?" The captain shouted in a panic with a communicator, and the enemy was overwhelmed by a few general-purpose machine guns, this is not an anti-Japanese drama, a person can enter and exit seven times in a rain of bullets, and finally tear the enemy apart like a finger cake. Even the strongest seals are helpless in the face of such a dilemma.
The captain looked at the people around him, and there were only four people left who could continue to fight, and the other party was at least more than twenty people, and the rain of bullets alone made them unable to effectively fight back, so they could only sit under the rocks, holding the gun in their backhands, and shooting at the opposite side without showing their heads, but the effect was extremely limited.
If the number is about the same, the captain also has some strategies, such as calling a group of men to turn around, attacking the enemy from the flank, and then flanking the opponent from both sides. But now there is a huge disparity in numbers, and once they have finished their shots, they become lambs to the slaughter, and there is no possibility of success.
"Where do we need air support? The enemy fire was too fierce and we were surrounded! The captain continued to shout.
However, the air support they were waiting for did not arrive, but the opponent's 107 rockets, one of the world's three major conventional weapons, originated in China, appeared in large numbers in guerrilla warfare, and were rare heavy firepower for the guerrillas. Moreover, this thing can be fired without a gun carriage, and it is light and easy to carry, so Qi Yiming approved a lot of this thing for Wu Qixuan to use.
The appearance of 107 fire completely shattered the seals' hopes of a successful retreat, and sometimes two seals were shocked, including the captain, and finally the mentally broken team members chose to lay down their arms and surrender like these local militants.
It wasn't until 10 minutes later, when the five surviving SEALs were taken away, that a U.S. A-6 attack plane arrived late, but it couldn't find its target. There are so many places to hide in the Andes, and the militants are good at hiding and the terrain is familiar, so the attack aircraft will not be able to find his target.
Of course, the U.S. military did not only send this team, but another team of seals of the same size entered the theater to search and rescue pilots, but their fate was the same as that of their companions, either killed or wounded, and eventually the rest were captured and taken away by the militants.
At this point, the rescue mission of the US military failed completely, not only did it not rescue the pilot and snatch the black box, but also boarded two elite SEAL squads, which was almost a slap in the face, which made the Americans extremely mad.
Commander Ronin, the commander of the task force of the three aircraft carrier fleets, was extremely dissatisfied with this matter, he wanted to retaliate and rescue the captured American soldiers, but he couldn't do it, unlike the Peruvian Shining Road armed forces in other places, the militants in the southern region were obviously more well prepared, and they hid particularly well, after intelligence reconnaissance, they found that there were almost no important tactical targets suitable for air strikes in this area, unless the Americans completely destroyed the local infrastructure without limit, Make trouble for these guys who are hiding and hiding, otherwise it is unlikely that the US military will arrest them by air strikes alone.
However, Ronin was not without a little means, he immediately instructed the Peruvian government forces responsible for coordinating the offensive of the American army, and asked them to mobilize troops into the three southern provinces to seize the territory of the People's Commune of Macona, and at the same time enter the mountains to sweep out these pesky guerrillas and uproot them.
As a result, the ground battle of the People's Commune of Macona in the face of "US imperialism and the Peruvian puppet army" officially began, and the Peruvian government army sent two brigade-sized troops directly at Wu Qixuan's sphere of influence.