Chapter 324: Strong Support
The buildings that had been overwhelmed around them were also crumbling one by one, but the good thing was that these buildings were no longer in shape, the stones and debris that fell were not large, and there were no people around, but there were no casualties on them.
At the same time, an exchange of fire began with infantry units. Due to the threat of the opponent's mortar positions, the Chinese troops did not dare to rush the streets, so they could only clear the buildings on both sides of the streets one by one, gain a firm foothold, and eat away at the defenders' range of activities little by little. But in this way, the two armies are equivalent to hand-to-hand combat, the danger becomes great, and the speed of advance becomes extremely slow.
If this continues, even if you are given another two hours, you may not be able to break through the second line of defense, and the remaining time will be to attack the defenders of the government building with the most defenders, and I don't know if there will be enough time.
The air force is also entangled with the defending air force, and neither fighter nor helicopter units can help the infantry units for the time being. The whole shape shì, the infantry is short-handed, but the number of their own side is larger, it seems to have an advantage, but the tank troops due to the target of the enemy's tanks and mortars, the casualties are relatively heavy, but the other party's life is not easy, part of the tanks in the front row, has also been destroyed by themselves, but the mortar position changed its position after eating a cannon, hidden behind the building, the tank troops have no vision, the shells can not hit there, under the enemy's gun, can only become a target.
The only people who can take out this mortar position are their own artillery units and air force. At that moment, the commander immediately began to call the base, asking for artillery fire and air support.
But artillery support did not come immediately. A series of attack commands such as activation, preparation, aiming, verification, launch, and flight all take time. And during these times, his own troops have been suffering losses, which makes the commander's face a little unpleasant. Air support also needs time to fly here, and it is impossible to call in support fire directly.
Since the buildings here are not too tall. The view is not so good. The Black Sabre squad abandoned the reconnaissance mission and inserted itself from the flank, following the flanks of the attacking troops to provide covering fire, slowly advancing room by room.
Relatively speaking. Their location is actually relatively safe. It's all small lanes and alleys. It's very hidden. Moreover, there is no threat of tanks and mortars, and a large number of friendly troops cooperate with them, so the security is naturally the highest.
But even so. This place is also full of bullets, some deliberately hit this way, and there are also stray bullets that inadvertently float here, especially stray bullets, which are impossible to prevent at all, and I don't know where they will fly from, and the threat is actually not much less than that of artillery shells.
But they don't know where to go either. Every part of this battlefield is not safe, and only here can they exert their combat effectiveness, and if they go to other places, they will only be mud cows into the sea, and they may not be able to hold out for even a second.
The only thing they could do was to seize some opportunities to make a surprise attack from the window or back door to the defender's flank, and to cooperate with the attacking troops and advance slowly.
In large-scale wars, in fact, the ability of the individual cannot be fully exerted in many cases. On such a battlefield, no one can say for sure when their lives will be lost, and a special operations squad like the Black Saber is actually just a few soldiers who are slightly more powerful than ordinary soldiers here.
But the surrounding terrain simply can't allow them to perform the tasks they are good at, and they can only do these things here, which is also what makes them very helpless.
Zhang Tianhai on the side of the room was moving, and suddenly he heard some strange sounds above his head. He looked back at the sky, and suddenly his face showed a happy color.
In the airspace behind the Chinese troops, a group of fighter planes formed a formation and were rapidly approaching the battlefield.
This is an air force unit that flew in from the base to support!
Zhang Tianhai roughly counted, this support army has at least more than 30 fighters!
The commander's radio here also came from the voice of the pilot: "The 4th Air Force Unit has arrived in the combat area, with sufficient weapons and in good condition, please instruct." ”
This news could not have been better for the commander. Immediately, he began to order: "Resist the fire of the enemy's air force, seize air supremacy, and allocate another part of the firepower to destroy the enemy's mortar positions and tank units." ”
"Roger, immediate mission."
"Bang!"
The flames from the tail engine of the fighter instantly turned blue and made a roar. Immediately afterward, the plane began to accelerate, and about a third of the fighters left the formation, the fuselage deflected, and dived down from the side, the nose of the plane aimed straight at the battlefield.
The other two-thirds of the fighters spread out in smaller formations and flew towards the enemy fighters.
This support army came very suddenly, and it was very fast, although the soldiers of the other side saw it, but they could not react so quickly, at this time it was too late to set up anti-aircraft fire, and those tank troops and mortar units could not leave as quickly as possible, under the eyes of the fighters, they had already become targets.
"Targeting."
One fighter after another locked onto their targets, and one report after another reached the ears of the commander.
The commander waved his hand without hesitation: "Attack!" ”
"Roger, Red Arrow Missile One, launch."
"Red Arrow Missile One, launch."
As a report came over the radio, one of the missiles mounted under the wings of each ground attack fighter ignited its tail and flew away from the fighter and flew towards its own target. At the same time, the fuselages of the fighters deviated, left the original course, raised the nose and began to climb.
There are only two kinds of missiles mounted under fighter jets, one is an air-to-air combat missile, and the other is an air-to-ground missile. The use of air-to-surface missiles in this place is a bit wasteful, but it can effectively reduce the pressure on the ground forces. And the later battles are disabled for the Air Force, so here, there is no need to use it in vain.
One by one, the air-to-surface missiles flew towards the target with a long tail flame, and in just a few seconds, the speed increased to supersonic speed, and within a few seconds, the missile came to the front of its target.
"Boom!"
A huge explosion suddenly filled the entire battlefield, and the flames formed by the explosion were no longer like fireballs, but overwhelming, forming pillars of fire that rose into the sky and connected with each other. The light of the fire formed by the explosion was also brighter than expected, like a huge flashbang, which sparkled the eyes of some people not far away. The ground was shaken by the explosion, as if there had been a magnitude three or four earthquake.
The blinding flames lasted only a few seconds before turning into huge smoke, and countless fragments flew out of the smoke, cutting a parabola and shooting in all directions, injuring many people. Smoke rose up, forming a small mushroom cloud at the site of the explosion, but then dissipated into a large cloud of dust and smoke.
Two missiles took care of the mortar position. In fact, there are not many mortars on the other side, and there are only about twenty or thirty of them. Two air-to-surface missiles bombarded here, covering all the mortars inside. The rest of the missiles fell on the tank troops. The huge explosion enveloped all the tanks in front of them.
Air-to-surface missiles are not like artillery shells or individual missiles, and their power is not the same. When an air-to-ground missile lands, it is impossible for a living person to live within a radius of at least 100 meters. Some of the defenders were a few stories away, with several walls in front of them, and they were lucky enough to save their lives, but the tanks could not dodge, and none of the tanks could survive in the range of the missiles, and the people inside could not die again.
A nearby high-rise building could not withstand the aftermath, and the load-bearing object was overwhelmed and broke from it, and the upper floors immediately smashed down, like a heavy hammer on the floor below, and the entire building collapsed with a bang, stirring up a large cloud of dust.
When the smoke and dust cleared, each missile left a huge crater in the ground, and the surrounding buildings could not escape the disaster, and some tenacious buildings could only leave a few walls or a dilapidated house of one or two floors, and it was impossible to find a relatively intact building nearby.
"The missile hits the target, ready for the next attack."
The fighter pilot who launched the missile had been observing his results. After the attack was over, they began to report it.
The commander quickly began to arrange: "Target, enemy heavy fire unit. All units should pay attention to the fact that after the end of the air force attack, they should rush forward with all their might, and all units should pay attention to cooperation to minimize casualties. ”
"Roger, target, enemy heavy fire unit." The pilot replied lightly, and the fighter in the air turned around in the sky, and the nose turned again.
The so-called heavy firepower units, in fact, are well understood, are the tank units and helicopter units of the defenders. Now that the enemy helicopters are pinned down by their own helicopter units, their target is the remaining tank troops.
As long as the opponent's tank troops are destroyed, then it is equivalent to liberating their own tank troops, even if they stand still and fight, the firepower is not something that the enemy defenders can resist.
"Targeting."
"Launch!"
"Red Arrow Missile No. 2, launch."
"Red Arrow Missile No. 2, launch."
"Bang!"
On the flanks of the fighter, the second missile ignited, left the fuselage and flew towards the target at great speed.
"Boom!"
Another round of indiscriminate bombardment, this time the fire of the explosion became much denser, basically in an area, the remaining enemy tank troops, a large part of which was shrouded in firelight, and even some tanks were directly blown up by the explosion, flew out of the firelight, and crashed into the road and the houses on both sides, causing a burst of chaos. (To be continued......)