The number of Cuban soldiers attacking from the north was not large, only two platoons of more than 60 people, but their attacking formation was more scattered. The distance between the squads was even tens of meters, and the distance between each person was also About ten meters.
Moreover, there were several BRD reconnaissance vehicles interspersed between the squads, their guns pointed firmly at the defensive position on the north side of the airport.
"Reconnaissance by fire!"
"I guess their mortars have been set up!"
"Then don't rush to let everyone open fire. Leave the infantry to the snipers and let the No. 3 car come over. It has 20 guns!"
Soon an A60 armored vehicle with the spade logo on the side drove over before it even dried. In addition to the 60mm mortar used as the main gun, this armored vehicle also carried an additional coaxial 20mm French machine gun. Although the gun does not have a dedicated armor-piercing belt, ordinary 20mm ammunition is enough to pose a threat to those Soviet reconnaissance vehicles at long distances.
Although Hannibal's military maneuvers were not very secretive, they were not made with much fanfare, but they were still keenly noticed by the Cuban commander. Then, the attacking paratroopers immediately stopped and began to retreat, while the BRD reconnaissance vehicles He stayed where he was, released the vehicle-mounted smoke bomb, and then slowly reversed into the smoke and left.
"this!"
Shepard was immediately dumbfounded, because the offensive and defensive sides were so similar. The Cuban paratroopers wanted to test the firepower point, so Hannibal did not expose the original firepower point, and instead mobilized new reinforcements to prepare them to deal with the firepower test, and the Cuban paratroopers wanted to test the firepower point. After the commander noticed this, he knew that his fire test was useless, so he simply gave up the test.
The two sides are like boxers in the ring. They made some fake moves to try to deceive their opponent, but in the end they discovered that they had made the same fake move.
Although the paratroopers withdrew from the battlefield without firing a shot, everyone knew that this was just the beginning!
Soon more Cuban paratroopers arrived, and large numbers of soldiers jumped out of the vehicles carrying AK rifles. They were not riding in various trucks that were randomly put together, but armored personnel carriers such as BTR152. In addition, there were Towed heavy mortars, armored reconnaissance vehicles, command vehicles, etc., and Shepard even saw a very Soviet-style field cooking truck. This kind of field mobile kitchen towed behind a military vehicle has existed in the Soviet Union since the Tsarist Russia. The unique scenery in the army can provide soldiers with enough hot food anytime and anywhere.
Cuban soldiers traveling around the world naturally require a lot of energy.
Shepard even felt that he had smelled the aroma of beef soup, so the Commander's chocolate that Parker specially ordered for him from Europe in his hand was no longer so sweet at the moment.
"The hot broth, toasted bread and stew, damn, as expected of the Cubans, they gave us a kick as soon as they came in!"
"But isn't the food we usually eat better? A lobster that is less than two feet long is not qualified to be on the dining table!"
"That's normal!"
Shepard swallowed the chocolate whole as if chewing wax, and then threw the telescope to Plomri aside.
"You keep staring, I'm going to take a nap!"
"That's right. If we fight again, we might not have time to sleep!"
Plumlee's words came true. When Shepard was sleeping soundly in his sleeping bag, he suddenly felt the world spinning. When he woke up, he found that he had rolled from the cot to the ground.
"Shelling?"
"They started an all-out attack!"
Hearing the intensive explosions coming from outside the house, Shepard immediately put on his equipment and walked along the hangar underground passage to the runway. Looking up, there were flames everywhere. The Cuban paratroopers carried almost a dozen Two heavy mortars, plus other light mortars, a total of more than thirty artillery pieces were pouring bullets towards the defensive positions around the airport.
These artillery pieces are accurate and fast. In the previous battle, Malashenko's artillerymen had already calculated the shooting data to 7788. Now the artillery was handed over to the unified command of the Cuban artillery. These elites who had studied in Soviet academies immediately Use what they learned on their opponents.
Although before the bombardment, whether it was dark
The film company's agents and mercenaries all hid in bunkers in time, but most of their positions and firepower points were destroyed by the fierce shelling. Those sandbag fortifications were able to withstand medium-caliber bullets, but they were powerless against artillery shells.
Shadow Company's millimeter mortars have a limited range, and it is simply unrealistic to use them to counterattack 120mm mortars. Not only are they inferior in quality and quantity, but even the quality of the artillery is not as good as the opponent's. Therefore, Hannibal gave the artillery team the The order was to give priority to killing infantry. Chinese website
Under the rapid bombardment, almost four platoons of Cuban paratroopers, under the cover of six BRD armored reconnaissance vehicles, began a double-team attack from the north and south.
As before, the Cuban paratroopers advance quickly and rarely stay in one place for too long. They will use the terrain to cover their tactical movements and try to find suitable bunkers for themselves. The defenders were under tremendous pressure.
"Command, Captain Li asked if we are entering a defensive position!"
"Don't worry, they will have another round of artillery attacks later. 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 transom window at the top.
When they were still more than a thousand meters away from the defensive position, the Cubans stopped shelling. Generally speaking, this distance is still within the safe range of shelling. The Cuban artillery should continue to fire until its own troops are close to 400 meters before stopping, so Han Nibal estimated that his opponent was going to make a nasty move.
And his judgment was also very correct. It took less than five minutes after the previous round of shelling stopped. After the Cuban soldiers advanced less than 200 meters, the second round of shelling fell again, leaving the joint mercenary group defending the west side vulnerable. After a frustrating loss, Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Martel let his men enter the position prematurely. When the artillery fire fell, the mercenaries were repairing their defensive positions, and then the artillery shells exploded on their heads.
More than twenty mercenaries were killed or injured in the explosion, and the mercenaries even lost two machine guns. These losses were not a small number for Charlie Matt. He beat his chest in anger, but he could do nothing about the tragedy that had happened.
The mercenaries had no time to mourn their dead comrades, or even to dispose of their bodies, because the Cuban soldiers had already approached less than 500 meters from the position. This distance had already entered the effective killing range of supporting firepower.
"Mortar, fire!"
