The number of Cuban soldiers attacking from the north flank was not large, probably only two platoons of more than 60 people, but their offensive formation was more scattered, and the distance between the squads was even tens of meters, and the distance between each person was also about ten meters.

And between the squads, there were several BRD reconnaissance vehicles interspersed, and the muzzles of their guns were firmly pointed at the defensive positions on the north side of the airfield.

"Reconnaissance in the fire!"

"I guess their mortars are already set!"

"Then don't rush to let everyone fire, hand over the infantry to the sniper, let car three come over, it has 20 guns!"

Soon an A60 armored car with the spade logo on the side had not even dried out, in addition to the 60mm mortar used as the main gun, this armored car was also equipped with an additional coaxial 20mm cannon, although there was no special armor-piercing bullet chain, but the ordinary 20mm ammunition was enough to pose a threat to those Soviet-made reconnaissance vehicles at long distances.

Hannibal's military movements, though not very secretive, were not fanfare, but they were still keenly detected by the Cuban commanders, and then the attacking paratroopers immediately stopped and began to retreat, while the BRD vehicles stayed in place, released the on-board smoke grenades, and then slowly reversed into the smoke and left.

"This!"

Shepard suddenly cried and laughed, because the offensive and defensive sides were too similar, and the Cuban paratroopers wanted to test the firepower point, so Hannibal did not expose the original firepower point, but mobilized new reinforcements to prepare them to deal with the firepower test, and the Cuban commander noticed this, knowing that his firepower test was useless, and he simply gave up the test.

The two sides are like boxers in the ring, the two of them make a fake move to try to fool their opponent, but in the end they find out that they have made the same fake move.

Although the paratroopers withdrew from the battlefield without firing a shot, everyone knows that this is just the beginning!

Soon more Cuban paratroopers arrived, a large number of soldiers jumped from the car with AK rifles, they were not in a random patchwork of various trucks, but BTR152 armored transport vehicles, in addition, there are towed heavy mortars, armored reconnaissance vehicles, command vehicles, etc., and even Shepard also saw a very Soviet-style field cooking vehicle, this kind of field mobile kitchen dragged behind the military vehicle is the characteristic scenery of the Soviet Union since the time of Tsarist Russia, It can provide enough hot food to soldiers anytime, anywhere.

Cuban soldiers travel all over the world, and naturally they also need a lot of energy.

Shepard even felt like he could smell the beef broth, and the chocolate that Parker had ordered for him from Europe was no longer so sweet at the moment.

"The hot broth with toast and stew, damn it, worthy of Cuban, gave us a dismount as soon as it came up!"

"But don't we usually eat better? Lobsters aren't two feet long enough to serve on the table!"

"That's normal!"

Shepard chewed the chocolate as if it were wax, then tossed the telescope to Plumri.

"Keep staring, I'll go to sleep!"

"Also, if we fight again, maybe we won't have time to sleep!"

As Primari remarked, Shepard was sleeping in his sleeping bag when he suddenly felt the world spin, and when he woke up, he found that he had rolled from the camp bed to the ground.

"Shelling?"

"They're on the offensive in full swing!"

Hearing the sound of dense explosions outside the house, Shepard immediately put on his equipment and walked along the underground passage of the hangar to the runway, and when he looked up, there were flames everywhere he could see, and the Cuban paratroopers carried almost twelve heavy mortars, plus other light mortars, a total of more than thirty guns were tilting towards the defensive positions around the airport.

These guns were accurate and fast, and in the previous battles, Malashenko's artillery had already calculated the firing data, and now the artillery was handed over to the unified command of the Cuban artillery, and these elites who had studied in Soviet colleges and universities immediately applied what they had learned to their opponents.

Although before the shelling, both in the dark

The P and mercenaries of the film company all hid in the bunkers in time, but most of the positions and firing points they arranged were destroyed by heavy shelling, and those sandbag fortifications were okay against medium-caliber bullets, but they couldn't do anything about the shells.

The range of the millimeter mortars on the side of the Shadow Company is limited, and it is simply unrealistic to use them to counterattack the 120 mm mortars, not only the quality and quantity are not superior, but even the quality of the artillery is not as good as the other party, so Hannibal's order to the artillery group is to give priority to the anti-infantry and infantry. Chinese Net

And under the rapid shelling, almost four platoons of Cuban paratroopers, under the cover of six BRD armored reconnaissance vehicles, began to attack from the north and south.

As before, the Cuban paratroopers advanced quickly, hardly staying in one place for long, using the terrain to cover their tactical movements, finding as much cover as possible for themselves, and doing so smoothly that the defenders were already under tremendous pressure before they even fired.

"Commander, Captain Lee asked if we were entering a defensive position!"

"Don't worry, they will have another round of artillery bombardment later, and if we enter the defensive position too early, we will suffer a big loss!"

Hannibal stood on the elevated shelf in the hangar with sharp eyes, observing the battle situation outside through the small air window at the top.

When there were more than 1,000 meters left close to the defensive position, the Cubans stopped shelling, and in general, this distance was still within the safe range of shelling, and the Cuban artillery should continue to fire until their troops were close to 400 meters, so Hannibal estimated that the opponent would have a wave of gloom.

And his judgment was also very correct, the first round of shelling stopped less than five minutes, the Cuban soldiers advanced less than 200 meters, the second round of shelling fell again, so that the combined mercenary group on the west side of the defense suffered a loss, Lieutenant Colonel Charlematt let his men enter the position prematurely, when the shelling fell, the mercenaries were just repairing their defensive positions, and then, the shells exploded on their heads.

More than twenty mercenaries were killed and wounded in the explosion, and even the mercenaries lost two machine guns, which were not small numbers for Charlie Matt, who beat his chest in anger, but could not do anything about the tragedy that had occurred.

And the mercenaries did not have time to mourn their dead comrades, and did not even have time to dispose of their bodies, because the Cuban soldiers had already approached a position less than 500 meters from the position, which had already entered the effective killing distance of the supporting fire.

"Mortar, fire!"