With thousands of armed militias throughout Mogadishu, plus civilians who have been encouraged to take up arms, the coalition forces need to face tens of thousands of potential enemies.
It is no exaggeration to describe the city as full of enemies.
As the fighting continues, if the armed militiamen who come over are allowed to continue to gather, it will be impossible for ground troops alone to withstand the impact.
The Gatling operators on the Black Hawk need to continuously provide fire suppression.
And Aidid's militiamen are not stupid. They know that the helicopter firepower in the sky is fierce, and they will find bunkers as much as possible to avoid them.
Thus.
Although the Black Hawk helicopter's firepower is fierce, the actual damage caused is very limited.
The biggest function is fire suppression, which prevents the armed militia from quickly gathering at the target building for 4 weeks to facilitate safe evacuation after completing the mission.
It can be regarded as a "guarantee", which greatly slowed down the speed of the militiamen.
Clay and Brian had a great time playing Gatling, and Sonny also used the mk46 to deal with the violent damage below, perfectly interpreting what it means to be in a hail of bullets.
The helicopter carried a large amount of ammunition, and what Sonny consumed was not what he carried.
You can do it with confidence.
Long Zhan was carrying 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and his eyes kept wandering around Hawadi Street, but he did not join in the fierce battle.
"Where is Aidid hiding?"
This is the only thought in Long Zhan's mind now, and it is also the only thing he is doing.
Through the prophet of the subsequent events of Black Hawk Down, Long Zhan can confirm 100% that Aidid is hiding in this so-called "Black Sea area".
But in which corner he was hiding, Long Zhan had no clue at all.
In order to complete the next big plan, Long Zhan needs to find Aidid's location through on-site observation and analysis, and at least touch some traces.
While continuing to observe the Aidid militia group, Long Zhan's headset kept ringing.
Among them was Evansman's call.
"Juliet 64, this is Team 25. Someone fell out of the helicopter and was seriously injured. We have to get him out quickly."
Juliet 64 is the code name of Captain Steele, and Squad 25 is the code name of the fourth squad.
"Juliet 64 received it. I didn't hear it clearly. Please repeat it completely."
Captain Steele's tone was filled with surprise. He couldn't believe that falling off the rappel would happen. This kind of low-level accident rarely happened in training.
I thought I heard it wrong.
It was Evansman's first time as a leader, and he was anxious and annoyed when such a low-level accident happened.
In order to allow the superior to hear clearly, he slowed down his speaking speed as much as possible to make his spoken language clearer and repeated it again.
Captain Steele finally understood and was so speechless that he didn't know what to say.
We could only immediately report this "weird" situation to the ground force commander, Lieutenant Colonel Harrell, and ask him for help.
Long Zhan didn't know how Lieutenant Colonel Harrel would react when he heard that the "first injury" in the operation was caused by falling.
What Long Zhan could see was that Super 62 flew over very quickly.
Two Delta members, all dressed in black and whose identities were easily distinguishable, slid down the rappelling rope neatly, landed and headed straight for the wounded who were being transferred to the back of the abandoned vehicle.
Long Zhan himself is also a professional medical officer, through the weapons and equipment of the two Delta members, and the time they appear.
It was confirmed that both of them were medical officers.
The Delta Medical Officer's personal ability in battlefield first aid is definitely far superior to that of the Ranger Medical Officer, and he is more likely to bring Blackburn back from the brink of death.
Long Zhan could clearly see the operation of the Delta medical officer through the triple sight on the gun.
With the assistance of "Junior Medical Officer" Schneider, the two of them performed emergency medical treatment on Blackburn using operations that were so proficient that they were almost muscle memory.
The breathing tube was inserted, the intravenous injection was inserted, a cardiac injection was administered, the infusion bag was hung up, and the patient was carefully lifted onto the unfolded folding stretcher.
Then, after the three people collaborated and communicated together, they carried Blackburn and rushed outside the gate of the target building.
Inside the joint operations command center.
General Garrison, the commander-in-chief of the joint operations, General Beers, the top person in charge of the Mogadishu Military Airport, and Lieutenant Colonel Cribbs, the operational staff officer, all heard the radio communication indicating the first injury.
Casualties occur during operations, which is a very sensitive matter in itself.
In addition, on the large display screen of the command center, the enemy's firepower was getting fiercer and fiercer in the battle scenes captured by drones.
In the footage captured by high-altitude cameras, all urban roads in Mogadishu are already covered with digital roadblocks.
The billowing black smoke from burning tires rose like evil black dragons in every corner of the city.
The group of helicopters hovering in the sky seemed to have become a beacon guiding the Somalis, completely exposing the location of the battle.
Attracting an endless stream of Somalis, it seems to be where the helicopter is.
Especially the north side where Al-Bakhara Market, the base camp of the Aidid militia, is located.
Aidid's militia took to the streets to call out, and brainwashed civilians continued to walk out of their homes and join the ranks of Aidid's militia.
As a result, the armed groups became larger and larger, ignoring the black eagles in the sky and heading straight to the fighting site.
Pull civilians into your own armed group and become the most effective natural bunker, so that the Black Hawk helicopters in the sky dare not carry out strafing.
No matter how fierce the firepower of the Black Hawk helicopters in the sky is, even if the rocket nest of the Bird helicopter can reach a street first, there is nothing that can be done against the crowds coming towards them.
This counter-attack is indeed very good.
It can be seen that some of Aidid's personnel specialize in studying the rules of engagement of the peacekeeping forces and countermeasures against the rules.
further away.
Cars full of armed men were rushing in, roaring with the accelerator pressed to the bottom.
The largest number of people gathered from the north. The northwest corner where Evansman's fourth team was located, and the second team that rappelled in the northeast corner were about to face the greatest pressure.
The officers in the command operations center looked at the scenes before their eyes.
Everyone became nervous and anxious.
Even General Garrison, who was very confident at the beginning, had a vague feeling that he seemed to have stung a hornet's nest, and everything began to move in an uncontrollable direction.
But no matter how bad he felt in his heart, once the action started, it was like an arrow being shot, and there was no way to turn back.
As the man who shot the bow and arrow, Garrison could only puff on his cigar.
My eyes were focused on the situation on the battlefield, my ears were listening to various communications from various channels, and I secretly prayed for the young men in my heart.
Although he knew that praying to God was of no use on the battlefield.
