Nine Humvees have been enhanced at an epic level, and the three trucks responsible for picking up the four Ranger airdrop teams have also received a makeover buff.
From a 5-ton truck with no bulletproof capabilities at all, it was upgraded to a Mark M915 military truck.
This is not an ordinary transport truck, but an armed truck that has been strengthened in various ways.
The protective armor that wraps the cab and the 1.5-meter high baffles on both sides of the vehicle body are all made of 150 cm welded sandwich galvanized steel.
With such thick armor defense, it is enough to withstand the attack of individual firearms.
In addition, there are shooting holes in the door and a shooting skylight on the roof. A Belgian m240b medium machine gun has been installed, equipped with a single-sided bulletproof shield.
It perfectly explains the essence of the word "armed" in the m915 armed transport vehicle.
In addition to the four helicopter teams and a search and rescue team of Ranger B Company, the remaining 40-odd Rangers will all set off in a Humvee convoy.
Lieutenant Colonel McKnight, commander of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, is responsible for personally commanding the Humvee convoy.
Total statistics.
A total of 19 aircraft, a total of 12 armed vehicles of various types, and a total of more than 170 people participated in the operation.
The three ace troops of the US military led the way together, with a huge number of nearly 200 people.
If we look at a single arrest operation, this scale can be regarded as the world's top, even more exaggerated than the arrest of Ben Beard.
Although it is not likened to using a cannon to kill mosquitoes, it can definitely be described as "killing a chicken with a bull's knife."
The Rangers and Delta soldiers are confident that this mission will definitely succeed, so they don't need to bring night combat equipment. They can get the answer from here.
In fact, if no accidents occur, Operation Erin can indeed be concluded within an hour at most.
Will accidents happen again?
Long Zhan didn't know and couldn't predict it. He could only be fully prepared.
After all, this is already in another time and space, and the timeline has been pushed back 20 years. No one can predict whether the plot will change.
If everything really develops according to the plot, it can only be said that everything is determined and cannot be shaken by external forces.
Long Zhan can also "retire with success" by the way.
It would be totally understandable if "Black Hawk Down" didn't end up happening.
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All personnel, aircraft, and convoys involved in the operation are ready and gathered at the designated starting point, ready to launch the operation at any time.
The joint operations center that issued the action order is now on standby.
The informant has completed communication with the command center and will stick a cross-shaped black tape on the roof of the car as a mark to guide the drone tracking.
At this time, the informant had already driven into Hawadi Street in the city center.
Slowly driving towards Bakara Bazaar.
This is already a stronghold of the Aidid militia. Gun-toting militiamen can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street. The most common ones on the street are various firearms stalls.
There is the old man ak47 from World War II, and there is the modern young man ak103.
There are various genuine guns that are currently popular, and there are also various replica guns that are less popular.
There are relatively small pistols and submachine guns, as well as super fierce rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.
All kinds, everything.
Just like what Long Zhan learned here, firearms are hard currency in Mogadishu. You can go without food and be hungry, but you must have a gun in your hand.
Entering a place like this where the streets are full of guns, I think the lady will feel guilty.
The informant felt even more guilty after becoming a mole.
Driving down the street full of Habjids, my heart was trembling as I thought about the misery of being exposed, and my face was covered with beads of sweat.
I even had thoughts of regret, as I shouldn't have done such a dangerous thing.
But in the next second, he was distracted by his greed for money, and he gritted his teeth and continued driving.
Entering Bakara Market, the informant's car slowly stopped on the roadside.
"Have we arrived at the location, or has the car broken down?"
General Garrison, who had been paying close attention to the drone surveillance footage and waited patiently, asked the command helicopter that had already set off via radio.
Lieutenant Colonel Matthews, flying 1,000 feet above Mogadishu, called over the radio: "Adi, can you hear me? Are you at the target location?"
Adi is the code name of the informant, and the radio with the headset has been given to the informant in advance.
The informant did not give an answer immediately because when he stopped the car, he did not arrive at his destination, but saw a pickup truck filled with armed militiamen driving towards his location at high speed.
The militiamen sitting in the car were like madmen, shouting and firing into the air from time to time.
The informant Adi did not dare to speak at all for fear of being overheard by this group of armed militiamen.
The weather in Mogadishu was very hot at noon, and the dilapidated 18-hand car had no air conditioning, and the windows were all closed for fear of being exposed.
The intense heat inside the cab was coupled with the overwhelming panic.
Adi's face was already covered with sweat beads. The sweat became larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally flowed down his face driven by gravity.
The whole thing is like taking a shower!
Unable to get a reply from the informant, the joint command center was also troubled.
Matthews called again and again.
"Can you hear me? Adi."
"Adi, please answer quickly. Is where you parked a target?"
"Adi, I need to know why you parked here."
When Matthews called for the third time, the armed pickup truck riding in the Matthews militiamen finally drove past the informant's car.
Although there was no intersection, at the moment when the two cars met, Adi was scared to death.
Instead, he lied and said: "On the right side of my car, on the second floor of the coffee shop."
"Let him make sure."
General Garrison heard the trembling sound and knew something was wrong.
Matthews continued the radio call: "Addy, I need you to be sure. Are you sure?"
"actually……"
A person with a guilty conscience will reveal his secrets as soon as he asks. Adi licked his severely dry lips, overturned himself and said again: "Actually, the target is two blocks away in front of me on the left. There are too many militiamen. If I get close, they may shoot. Beat me to death."
General Garrison needs to catch the people he needs before the meeting, so he doesn't have time to waste time here.
He said impatiently: "Ask him to park the car in front of the target building. If he can't do it accurately, he won't get the reward."
Matthews transferred the call and informed: "Adi, you must reach the target downstairs, otherwise you will not get any reward. You must do it."
Adi was originally desperate for money, but he became a little anxious after hearing Matthews' words.
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