"These Americans are so fast!"
Malashenko jumped off the truck and smiled disdainfully as he looked at the huge cement hangar that was raised from the ground three kilometers away, like a loaf of bread.
"So are we going to attack?"
A tall black officer in camouflage uniform stood beside him, looking into the distance with binoculars, and then asked.
"Of course, how can a mere one hundred mercenaries be able to block the attack of our three infantry companies!"
Malashenko put down the telescope in his hand, then raised his right hand and stuffed it into his mouth. After a whistle, the trucks parked behind him lowered their baffles, and then groups of heavily armed soldiers jumped out. Got the truck.
"Call all commanders to come to me. We will take down the airport within one day!"
Soon a dozen black officers and more Soviet and Cuban bus officers rushed over. They gathered in front of the simple military map hung on the side of the carriage, quietly waiting for Captain Malashenko's order. Chinese website
"I just went to take a look at a high place. The Portuguese airport is very large, so our opponents may not have enough people to guard here. Therefore, my plan is to have three companies, all of them, and we will attack them in one go. Once the enemy is driven out, as long as the airport is captured, the transport plane can send another infantry battalion over tonight!"
"Then, here's the plan!"
Captain Malashenko tapped the simple map and said.
"First Company, along the road south of the airport, maneuver to the left to launch an attack. Your mission is to seize Runway 1, Runway 2 and the hangar on the southwest side. After completing the mission, the whole company will continue to move forward and finally capture the runway. The three hangars on the north side, and then hold the defense line!"
"Second Company, you attack along the right side. The hangar on the southeast side and the hangar on the side of runway 3 and 4 are left to you. After taking the hangar of runway 3 and 4, you will advance the defense line to A hundred meters parallel to the defense line, don’t cross the runway!”
"Third Company, you go straight north along the road and go around to the east side of the airport. The buildings there are for you. After cleaning the buildings, you go along the north side of the third and fourth runways, take down the hangars there, and then hold on. , after the first and second companies have completed their missions, all personnel will press towards the next three hangars, do you understand?"
Captain Malashenko, as a carefully selected elite member of the Airborne Forces, did not bother to conduct any fire tests. He 100% believed in the intelligence from the KGB. Since his side had the advantage in personnel and firepower, he would attack with all his strength at one go. Take down the position with an attack that doesn't give the enemy a break!
After assigning the task, Captain Malashenko returned to the high ground. He could see a figure moving on the top of the hangar, and he was sure that the other party could also see him. Unfortunately, neither side had anything to say. Heavy firepower, so everyone can stand at a high place and observe each other unscrupulously. Otherwise, in less than a few minutes, the positions of both sides will be covered by heavy firepower.
After receiving the order, Captain Malashenko's men immediately started maneuvering. The first and second companies quickly broke away from the convoy and rushed to their attack point on foot under the cover of the terrain, while the third company returned to the truck. There are still several kilometers to go around the attack point. It is impossible to keep up with the progress of the first and second companies by walking!
Naturally, Hannibal noticed the movements of the ANLM. Because of his limited troops, he did not do any tricks. He directly asked the three combat units to use the hangar on the outside of the runway and the surrounding fortifications as the defense line. These more than ten meters High, with the outer wall even one meter behind, the heavy-duty cement hangars are very suitable to serve as defensive support points. There are even underground passages connecting each of them. It can be said that both sides' offense and defense are intended to use their own capabilities. The advantages.
"Come on, let's see who dies first today!"
At 1130 hours, Malashenko's three companies maneuvered to their offensive positions. After a radio report, a signal flare was raised from Malashenko's position, and then the three companies immediately began the attack.
The motorized company located southwest of the airport was the one that made the fastest progress, because their attack starting point was closest to the runway, less than 1,500 meters away.
After receiving the order to attack, the platoon as sharp knives took the lead, and the three
The infantry squads began to advance in turns on a front of two hundred meters. The distance between each squad was about a hundred meters. After each advance of one hundred meters, they would rotate in order, and on both sides of the row, , then the second and third rows. The entire motorized company's front line after unfolding is close to 700 meters, and this distance is enough to surround the three hangars in front of them.
"Attention everyone, save bullets as much as possible and shoot accurately!"
Captain Butter carefully poked half of his head on the roof of the hangar and looked outside. The position of his team's defense was not very good because of the terrain outside. There were many hiding places, but fortunately it was on the west side of the hangar. There were several tall oil tanks overlooking most of the battle zone, so he placed half of his unit's snipers there.
Everyone was holding their breath at this moment, quietly waiting for the first shot to be fired.
After the SPLM infantry approached about 500 meters outside the defense line, the Shadow Company snipers on the oil tanks immediately began to fire freely. With the support of tripods and high-power optical sights, the six snipers were in the first round. Three targets were knocked out in the shooting.
The sudden sound of gunfire shocked the attacking MPLA infantry. Then, everyone saw three companions falling down without a word. However, because they did not see the direction in which the bullets were coming, the MPLA soldiers Instead of blindly shooting, under the leadership of the Cuban instructors, they began to continuously use the surrounding terrain to maneuver and attract the sniper team on the oil tank to shoot.
And the snipers would not let go of those guys who showed up. At a distance of 600 to 700 meters, the snipers of the Shadow Company fired three rounds of shots and once again killed four slow-running Anren. Transport soldiers.
Then, the MPLA finally determined the location of the sniper.
"They're on the oil tank to the west!"
"Suppression shot!"
The machine gunners who served as fire support points in the squad immediately set up their RPD machine guns and began to tilt their firepower in the direction of the oil tanks. The remaining infantry took advantage of this and started maneuvering again, trying to rush to the edge of the airport in one go. .
When they were less than 200 meters away from the airport, several bangs suddenly sounded outside the airport.
"Grenade! Disperse!"
The Soviet instructor, who was very familiar with the sound, immediately shouted a warning again, but it was too late, and several blasts exploded in the attacking formation.
