Chapter 283: Ploughing the Court and Sweeping the Cave
Returning to Nassau, the AC-130U transport plane had subdued the Bunker Hill with just a dozen shells. After some radio contact, dozens of speedboats belonging to the 'Aurora Legion' appeared on the sea level, rushing towards the port of Nassau at a high speed of more than 30 knots.
Under the surveillance of the gunboat aircraft, more than a dozen ships, including the tank landing ship 'Bunker Hill', surrendered to the speedboat crew, and the crew members all became prisoners.
However, the war was not completely over, and after a temporary panic in Nassau, thousands of Cuban fighters remained loyal to Santos Sr., who were entrenched in Nassau's port and airport.
In particular, after the elder Santos learned the news at Guantanamo, he hurriedly returned to the house to confirm the situation again by radio. After confirming that the fleet was all over and that the enemy was landing from the harbor, he immediately ordered the troops near the harbor to drive the men of the 'Aurora Legion' out to sea.
In fact, it was not necessary for the elder Santos to order, when Rohm of the 'Aurora Regiment' ordered a platoon to land and try to control the entire port, it was immediately blocked by the Cubans. The docks of the harbor were soon filled with bullets and blood.
Old Santos was still standing in front of the radio and muttering, "There is still hope, there is hope, I have a few thousand people in Nassau, as long as the port and the airport are guarded, there is still a glimmer of hope." ”
I have to say that the Cubans in Nassau are still quite tenacious, and they have done a lot of bad things in the past two or three months. Everyone knew that if they were defeated, they would have no way to survive and would have to put up fierce resistance.
"Shoot the double-barreled 57mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun over and blast it at the dock."
"Don't be afraid of these Yankees, they just have some speedboats. We have much more firepower than theirs. ”
"Occupy buildings, build barricades, and take those Bahamians as human shields."
An eight-wheeled self-propelled anti-aircraft gun really drove over, and aiming at the pier where the landing was a bombardment. High-powered anti-aircraft artillery shells blasted craters out of the ground, and the craters were soon surrounded by shattered corpses.
The soldiers who had just washed ashore immediately scattered and fled, and some who could not escape shouted, 'Don't fire, we are Cubans too'. It's just that no one on the battlefield cares about this shout, but old Santos, who listens to the battle on the radio, is excited again.
"Great, it's not a loss to the elite I trained. They played pretty well. ”
"It's just to beat these Yankees with hatred, as long as they can't get ashore, it's not a big deal."
"When the time comes, I will organize another fleet to relieve the siege, and this war will not end."
In just a few minutes, a platoon that went ashore was all killed on the dock, and the scene was stained with blood and corpses everywhere, which was shocking.
And at this moment in the air, on the AC-130U, which had just finished circling the attack, Rohm, as the battlefield commander, watched as a mercenary platoon under his command was wiped out. He was accustomed to life and death, and he had no mood swings, but simply ordered the next platoon to get ready, and at the same time asked the AC-130U to lean over and knock out the enemy's barricades and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.
As the gunboat approached, the low hum was a muffled sound. The Cubans stationed in the port also did not know whether they would be able to resist the attacks of the Americans with the help of port buildings and some Bahamian hostages. The double-barreled 57 anti-aircraft gun that attacked the dock came out again and fired into the sky with the naked eye.
And this time, the Cuban anti-aircraft artillery had just opened fire, and the gunboats in the sky immediately returned fire. The 105-mm howitzer was slow-firing, so the 40-mm Bofors rapid-fire gun took on the main force of the attack.
The sustained high rate of fire of hundreds of rounds per minute brings an astonishing lethality, and the impact point can be visually adjusted, and more than a dozen shells are fired in just a few seconds. With the sound of tom-tom shelling, a line of death formed by a projectile quickly extended from the sea to the shore, and immediately touched the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun parked on the dock.
As soon as the rapid-fire guns on the AC-130U fired, the gunners on the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns cried out in horror. They slapped the roof of the cab and demanded to evacuate the battlefield. But before the eight wheels could spin, the shells had already caught up with them.
Forty-millimeter shells pierced through the target without hindrance, dismantling the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in less than a second. The turret, the hull, and the wheels were all flying around, and the gunner was dead in an instant.
The shelling did not stop there, and the line of bullets continued to stretch, once again touching a concrete building by the harbor. The wall several inches later failed to withstand the shells, and the entire building collapsed completely within half a minute, and the Cuban armed men on it either fled for their lives.
The AC-130U continues to approach, carrying out a centripetal attack on the ground in the sky without any dead ends. Within a kilometer, the 105-millimeter howitzer can hit very accurately, and the Cubans who try to hide and resist will be fully fired.
The battle line that could still be held collapsed immediately, and Rohm ordered the follow-up personnel to land and land immediately, occupy the entire dock, and wait for follow-up support.
And the soldiers who listened to their painstaking training were beaten by the gunboats, and the old Santos who was guarding the radio station immediately turned old and teens. After choking up, he grabbed the radio microphone and ordered, "Everyone retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the people of the 'Aurora Army'." The personnel stationed at the airfield immediately blew up the oil depot, and we could not leave any supplies for the enemy. ”
A resolute order would be tantamount to cutting off all Cuban armed personnel in Nassau, and would also cause great trouble to the Aurora Legion. But just after the old Santos gave the order, a burst of exclamations came from the radio, sounding like there was a riot in the direction of the airport.
"What's going on? Don't panic, go and blow up the oil depot immediately, fuel is the most important thing, it must be blown up! Old Santos shouted on the radio for a long time before someone answered him in a panic, "General, several transport planes have forcibly landed on the airport, and the special forces of the 'Aurora Legion' have come in." ”
Old Santos angrily scolded: "What about the airport guard? I laid out anti-aircraft guns at the airfield. ”
"The gunboat planes smashed the anti-aircraft gun positions, and we couldn't suppress the opponent's fire at all." The panicked voice explained a few words, and then there was no reply. But all kinds of gunfire and cannon sounds kept coming.
At the airport, Katerina personally led the team to launch a surprise attack with the fire support of gunboat aircraft, and directly descended from the sky with hundreds of people. They even drove out several light wheeled armored vehicles and quickly broke the will of the airport guards to resist.
However, there were too many important buildings in the airport, especially the key points such as the oil depot were inconvenient to use heavy firepower, and a few Cubans who tried to blow up the oil depot used a few heavy machine guns to suppress the soldiers of the 'Aurora Army'.
At this time, it is necessary for the Valkyrie-like Caterina to stand up and show her majesty!
So everyone saw that their commander was like a whirlwind attacking the enemy. Caterina was twice as fast as the average person, and within two or three seconds of the enemy's reloading box, she ran a distance of thirty or forty meters, kicked and killed a machine gunner in a coquettish shout, and broke through the enemy's defenses with lightning speed.
"If you don't have a chance, send me to hell." Catalina relied on her high speed to stab the Cuban who planted explosives in the oil depot with just a dagger, "I don't believe that you can be as fast as that pervert of Victor!" (To be continued.) )