Chapter 474: Assault on the Broadcasting Center
An hour after dozens of U.S. soldiers were trapped inside Mogadishu, the Tiger Division went into action.
The Air Assault Brigade under the Tiger Division and the Ghost Special Commando Team took the lead in military operations.
Under the cover of two helicopter gunships, the crew of the Ghost Special Commando team, in two Nighthawk helicopters, went directly over Mogadishu.
The formation of helicopters flying in the air from time to time attracted fire from armed men on the ground, but because the helicopters did not stop, the armed personnel in the city simply could not attack the helicopters flying at high speed with RPGs.
The helicopter formation quickly arrived at the radio building in Mogadishu, a five-storey building that had already been firmly controlled by the rebels, and was protected by a large number of armed men inside and outside the building.
When the helicopter formation arrived, the prepared fire support also arrived accurately, and several long-range rockets landed on the front of the broadcasting building, destroying the rebels' defense line with a violent explosion, and shattering the doors and windows of the building.
The two helicopter gunships that were the first to arrive also took advantage of the rockets to open fire on the rebels defending the roof of the broadcasting building.
Many of the armed men who had not yet reacted fell under the cannons of the helicopters, and the surviving rebels hurriedly fought back with their weapons.
A large number of bullets were fired at the gunship, but it was useless, the armor of the gunship, where the rifle was able to penetrate.
This resistance was only in vain, and the dense machine guns quickly destroyed all the resistance on the roof of the building.
The Nighthawk helicopter quickly descended over the building, and the members of the Ghost Special Commando Team landed on the roof of the Broadcasting Building by rappelling.
The armed men in the radio building also reacted, and seven or eight rebel soldiers rushed out of the staircase at the top of the building, and two others were carrying RPGs.
However, before they could shoot, the ghost special commandos who had completed the rappel were the first to shoot, but only a few crisp gunshots, and the rebel soldiers who had just run out of the staircase were shot in the head and fell to the ground.
"Assault group, forward." Lin Tianyi, the commander of the operation, waved his hand and led the assault team through the staircase and entered the interior of the broadcasting building.
On the rooftop, the sniper team began to set up sniper positions, preparing to block the support of the rebels.
Immediately inside, a dense burst of gunfire and explosions erupted in the building, and the rebels in the building occupied rooms and corridors to fend off the Ghost Special Commandos.
The ghost commandos who had just entered the highest floor were met with fierce resistance, and this floor was the broadcast room of the broadcasting building, where more than a dozen rebel soldiers controlled the door of the broadcast studio, with an unobstructed corridor in the middle.
As soon as you show your head, you will be subjected to heavy fire.
The ghost special commando team that was suppressed around the corner had no way to attack directly.
This situation is very common in street fighting, and the way to deal with it is very simple, no need for fire suppression, only a weapon that can be turned and aimed is enough.
A member of the ghost assault team, close to the corner of the corridor, folded the assault rifle in his hand at 90 degrees, and the muzzle of the gun and the body of the gun turned around the corner and aimed at the opposite side of the corridor.
Sensors on assault rifles transmit footage from the hallway to the team member's built-in helmet display, and the aiming system locks onto the target, simply pulling the trigger.
Four or five rebel soldiers who stood in the way at the gate had never seen anything like this, and before they could react, they were quickly killed.
The members of the ghost special commando team are equipped with a high degree of information integration, integrated helmet combat system, when fighting, soldiers do not need to aim, with the help of the aiming system and sensors, they can achieve the accuracy of the attack with 100 shots.
And corner shooting is just a very ordinary skill, it doesn't even need finger control, you can fix the weapon in a certain place, carry out remote control shooting, and can also be used on a sniper rifle.
The four or five armed men blocking the door were killed, and the fire naturally stopped, and another prepared commando team member threw a grenade out, and the assault crew quickly turned into the corridor, formed an offensive formation, and advanced towards the broadcast studio.
The grenade landed accurately at the door of the broadcast studio, and the armed personnel in the broadcast room saw that their companions were killed, and instinctively came to the door, just as the grenade fell, and the three armed soldiers near the gate were blown away by the exploding grenade.
The grenade that exploded at the door also blew up some people in the broadcasting room, and the ghost assault group that quickly rushed into the broadcasting room under the cover of the grenade, and the seven or eight armed soldiers in the broadcasting room were shot and fell to the ground one after another at the moment they met.
When it comes to the reaction ability of frontal assault, every crew member of the Ghost Special Commando has the ability to draw a gun and shoot twice in a row within 0.02 seconds, and has the reaction to aim and shoot head-on.
And these selected team members, even in the face of four armed men who pointed their guns at them, have the skill of instant counter-killing.
Not to mention such a frontal assault attack, almost the moment of encounter, the opponent can be solved.
In the broadcasting room, three or four broadcast staff members squatted in the corner of the wall and trembled, after confirming that all the armed personnel had been killed, Lin Tian ignored these staff members and came directly to the broadcasting equipment.
I turned on my Boeing equipment, turned on the function of playing the recording, and took out a cassette tape from my pocket and put it in the broadcaster.
Turn on the radio that can reach the whole of Mogadishu and broadcast the sounds that have already been recorded.
Immediately, the voice of Somali orthodox Mahmoud sounded on the radio in Mogadishu: "All citizens of Mogadishu, the Somali government army has sounded the clarion call to recover Mogadishu, and you are about to bid farewell to the high-pressure rule of the military junta, and I hope that all citizens of Mogadishu will stay quietly in their homes, do not go out on the streets, and do not be deceived and confused by the junta, we need a peaceful country, a stable country, not a homeland that is forever in turmoil......
Mahmoud's familiar voice caused millions of people in Mogadishu to stop what they were doing.
A large number of people who had gathered on the street looked left and right, and then returned to their homes.
Of course, this broadcast also made all the armed groups in Mogadishu agitated, and a large number of organizations sounded the alarm, and thousands of Somali military government militia and armed personnel hurriedly took up arms.