Chapter 187: The Open Noose!
"Two points in the direction, 600 meters, enemy armored vehicles, armored shell loading!"
"Reloaded!"
With the loud roar of the recoilless gun, six hundred meters away, a BRD armored vehicle that was strafing the mercenary position immediately stopped abruptly as if it had hit something, and the armor located in the turret position appeared in a large fragment, and even a hole was torn in the center.
Although the exterior of the car remained intact, it soon burst into flames like a torch as the ignited power compartment caught fire and the ammunition fuel exploded, and by the time the car burned to the ground, no one in the car escaped.
The anti-tank ammunition of 106 is no longer a gap between a strong man punching a kindergarten for this light vehicle, and the recoilless gun that is assigned to the battalion-level anti-tank firepower has to face main battle tanks such as T54 and T55, which are now used by Shepard to fight armored vehicles, and it can only be said that it is strange that there are crew members who survive, and the shattered armor can instantly turn the space in the car into a meat grinder.
After destroying the target, the recoilless gun squad immediately began to move position, and as soon as their front foot left the firing position, the rear foot shells and rockets fell, and the Cuban paratroopers in charge of the attack received additional firepower, not only a large number of bazookas, but also an additional 82 mm recoilless gun, which was lighter and more flexible than the Shadow Company's 106 mm recoilless gun, and skilled Cuban shooters could easily use this gun to destroy all improvised targets within 400 meters.
Therefore, the front line of the Shadow Company could not directly aim at the firing point for a day like before, but began to fight with each other, because both sides could destroy each other in effective range.
Such a change made the P's of the Shadow Company very uncomfortable, but the mercenaries who had been pressed and beaten before gradually mastered their own rhythm.
Because the level of equipment of mercenaries is uneven, they often use similar tactics in combat, and even many experienced mercenaries have designed false targets in their positions to lure Cuban soldiers to open fire, and then carry out counter-sniper operations.
After more than two hours of attacking, the Cuban army, having lost almost two squads and two vehicles, pushed back from the battlefield, but just when everyone thought that the end should at least give everyone some time to rest, another ferocious attack began from the east and south sides of the airport.
This time the Cuban army even directly began the armored assault, the BTR152 armored transport vehicle began to charge again under the cover of the BRD reconnaissance vehicle, and the artillery fire that was even more rapid than before was tilted to the defensive line again, so that the defenders on the defensive line were caught off guard, Hannibal urgently mobilized the reserves, and sent all the armored vehicles at hand to repel the attack of the Cuban army.
And then, the Cubans seemed to be crazy, and began to repeatedly attack from the four directions of the airport, southeast and northwest, relying on armored cover and artillery support, the Cubans did not suffer many casualties in the attack, and even they consciously used armored transport vehicles to reduce possible combat casualties, but such repeated and violent impacts still gave the defenders great pressure.
"Alright, that's enough!"
Major Garcia, who was standing on a high point and observing the battle, looked at the column of smoke rising on the distant horizon and lowered his binoculars, for him, the goal had been achieved, and there was no need to let his subordinates pay unnecessary casualties.
"Captain Malashenko, when do their transport planes usually carry out airdrops?"
"It's probably this time, I guess there will be more than ten minutes!"
"Well, I just calculated, they fired about eight hundred mortar shells in the defense, and if the transport planes don't come to replenish them today, their ammunition reserves will drop to a dangerous level!"
"And we attack again?"
"Of course, but not now!" z.br>
The two waited silently on the high ground, until ten minutes later, there was a loud whistling sound in the sky, and then, the transport plane full of new supplies landed in the airfield under the light of the setting sun
Because runways 1 and 2 are at a dangerous distance, the take-off and landing planes can only use runways 3 or 4, which means that the airport can only land two transport planes at a time, and if the materials are not emptied in time, the transport planes behind will not be able to land.
And just when everyone was in a hurry to carry supplies, the battle alarm sounded again, and the sweaty P and mercenaries quickly returned to their combat positions without even having time to put on their clothes.
"Let those two transport planes leave quickly, the things are not unloaded!"
Hannibal rushed back to the headquarters in a hurry, he had to quickly contact the subsequent transport planes to stop them from landing, while the two transport planes that had landed before immediately closed the hatch and took off urgently.
"See!"
"yes, the transport plane is really important to them!"
Major Garcia nodded in satisfaction.
"Then in less than two days, the airport will be ours!"
"Alright, that's the end of today!"
"And what if they let the transporter come back?"
"Don't worry, Captain, they don't dare bet!"
Garcia said confidently.
In terms of figuring out people's hearts, the Cuban commander is indeed more powerful than anyone in the Shadow Company at the moment, and he has already figured out Hannibal's temperament through the previous continuous attack temptation, the latter acts in a comprehensive manner, and strives not to have accidents, this character is also the reason why Shepard chose him as a tactical commander, but in actual combat, Hannibal is easy to target.
Because Hannibal was worried that there would be a problem with the landing of the transport plane, even though the Cubans only made another tentative feint, Hannibal, who tried not to make a mistake, still called off the follow-up reinforcements and let all the transport planes that took off return, and no one dared to bet at this moment that as long as the Cubans entered the airport runway within four kilometers, they could threaten the transport plane with mortars.
"The commander on the other side is very good, but unfortunately, he shouldn't choose this battlefield because there are so few options for them to play!"
Garcia made a gesture of holding the object with both hands, and then said.
"A strong fortress is good for defense, but it also makes them overly dependent on these things, so that the fortress becomes their cage, like a net for lobsters, trapping them in it! Then, hang them all!"