Chapter 1417 Frontier

Major General Brenita of the Mexican Mixed First Division felt that he was a fucking dog, and the situation in front of him was really bad. The battle in the Yucatan Peninsula has already suffered from a lack of troops, not to mention the lack of offensive power, and now even the retreat is blocked.

The major general originally thought that this was the rebellion of Alfonso, the governor of Merida, and it could be easily resolved with one regiment. As a result, the regiment of more than a thousand people never returned, and they didn't even know how they were wiped out.

Thousands of people from the entire division were trapped on the front line of Valladolid, lacking food and drink, and had to rely on Mexico City to transport supplies by air. And now even the air transport is gone. The airport in Mexico City was hit by an air attack from an unknown source, and the air force's transport planes were all finished.

"Those bureaucrats in Mexico City are really idiots!" Major General Brenita unbuttoned his collar and stood in front of his division tent with a camouflage net hanging resentfully.

The successive situations made the whole battle situation more disturbing, and the strength of the opponent seemed to have just been revealed. Major General Brienita received the order: to abandon Valladolid and immediately turn back to attack the city of Merida.

"The person who issued this order is an idiot among idiots!" Major General Brenita felt that he was really unlucky. "If we turn around, what will happen to the troops of the Mo Jiezhen? They are poorly equipped, but their number is more than 20,000." .At that time, it will not be certain who will surround anyone.”

But even if he was furious with hatred, Major General Brenita could only lead the team to Merida. Because the city must be taken down before the entire division runs out of food, and now the supplies last at most two days. And once the food is cut off, the mixed first division will definitely collapse.

"General, you can rest assured. Mr. Suzano has sent two divisions to support us, one of which is still fully staffed as the main division. The support from the navy and air force will not be cut off." The staff officer of the division headquarters put The current situation looks more optimistic.

At present, the mixed first division has retreated from Valladolid to the outskirts of Merida. Since the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula is a savannah, there is basically no complex terrain to provide cover.

Arriving near the city of Merida, Major General Brienita's divisional reconnaissance troops found that the defensive positions in the city had advanced to the outskirts of the city for 10 to 20 kilometers. This distance means that the artillery in his hand cannot directly attack the city.

"Battle the town of 'Tikpo' for half an hour, and then let the tanks cover the infantry. This kind of town can't last long." Your Excellency the major general looked at the map. The town that stopped him was a small town, and it shouldn't be a big one. question.

The first mixed division has a divisional artillery battalion, equipped with 105mm light howitzers, and the artillerymen set up a stance ten kilometers away from the town of 'Tikpo' for shelling.

The deafening cannons rang out one after another quickly, and this earth-shattering momentum could greatly boost morale.

Major General Brenita's division headquarters was still a little away from the artillery battalion. He raised his binoculars outside the division headquarters to look in the direction of the position, and then in the direction of the town further away.

"How many of Alfonso's men are there on the opposite side of us?" The major general felt that there should not be many people hidden in a town, and after listening to the artillery battalion firing a round, he felt sorry for his shells, "It should be almost the same, let the tanks let's go."

The first regiment of the mixed first division is a mechanized regiment, the main force is thirty-six M60A3 tanks. Only ten minutes after the bombardment, a tank and an infantry battalion in infantry fighting vehicles rushed towards the city.

"Let the reconnaissance troops provide battlefield cover for the main force, and don't let the enemy's reconnaissance personnel approach us."

"Let the attacking tanks be faster, and the slow ones will only attract enemy shells."

"Pay attention to the enemy's unmanned reconnaissance drones, and shoot down those nasty things as much as possible."

In the past two days, Major General Brienita gathered a few broken soldiers from the third regiment scattered in the wilderness. These rout soldiers were bleak and bleak, very pitiful. From their mouths, we can know that Merida has a very powerful artillery force.

The major general was also afraid that the opponent's artillery was too fierce, so he had to be more careful. His tanks didn't even take the main road, and killed them from the field after shelling. Thinking about it, the distance is only about ten kilometers, and the opponent's artillery should not be able to react.

If the town of 'Tikpo' can be easily captured, the major general will immediately order the entire division to carry out a surprise operation, using his mechanized and motorized characteristics to directly attack the city of Merida. As long as you enter the urban area, half of the battle is won.

In the town of 'Tikpo', the Merida security forces stationed here all stayed in bunkers. Since the town faced the enemy from Valladolid, Qin Weidong, who commanded the battle, sent the only mechanized barracks in his hand to build fortifications.

The town has been completely fortified, and five circular defensive circles have been dug in front, back, left, and right. There are deep trenches in each defensive circle, as well as anti-blasting holes covered with two or three meters thick wood and soil.

When the cannon sounded, all the battalions stationed here hid in the anti-bomb hole. Waiting for the enemy's hundreds of shells to fall, at most it will blow up a small number of trenches, and it will have no effect on the entire fortification group.

The sentinel in charge observed the outside world through the artillery mirror, and soon heard his report on the radio, "Company commander, the enemy tanks are coming up."

"Are you fucking stupid? According to the regulations, you should report your identity, location, enemy equipment, quantity and distance." The grassroots commander's reprimand immediately came from the radio. At least a rookie who just joined the army.

The sentinel who reported was very nervous, and his speech was trembling and unclear. The officer who had no choice but to come out to confirm by himself, and soon began to issue more detailed orders, "The rocket battery is ready, and the enemy tanks are coming up. The position is five kilometers in front of the right side of our position."

One after another, Type 63 107mm rocket launchers began to be launched under the anti-battery holes of the position. A gun has twelve barrels, and the firepower of a rocket launcher company is equivalent to that of an ordinary howitzer regiment.

At this moment, Major General Brienita's leading tank company spread out a battlefield width of at least 500 meters with a dozen tanks, followed by dozens of infantry vehicles and armored vehicles, extending a depth of one or two kilometers. According to common sense, such a large area is difficult to be covered by artillery fire.

M60A3 ran very happily on the grassland, and there was almost nothing in the field that could hinder their progress. The commander in the tank could already see the buildings in the town a few kilometers away, which seemed to have been dismantled into a piece of white ground.

"Our artillery is so powerful?" The officer of the tank company leading the team leaned out half of his body from the turret of his command vehicle. He felt the speed and ease of the armored combat vehicle galloping on the battlefield, and lamented the strength of his own firepower in his heart. "Then we should be left with boring occupations."

The tank company quickly advanced to a distance of one kilometer from the town. At this time, some human heads that appeared and disappeared in the opposite position could be clearly seen through the telescope. The M60A3's machine gun began to fire rattlingly, adding a bit of power.

And just when the impact of the tank company reached its peak, continuous tail flames suddenly appeared in the town's position, and one after another anti-tank missiles flew out of it.

This sudden change made the tank officer leading the team scream: "Release the smoke and interfere."

Bang bang bang smoke bombs came out on the battlefield, and a dozen M60A3s were shrouded in it. Some of the missiles launched from the town lost their targets and could only fly randomly, but more missiles flew towards the infantry vehicles behind the tanks.

The following infantry vehicles also quickly released smoke to cover them. The results of this first batch of anti-tank missiles have come to an end. A total of fifty missiles were fired, but only less than five enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

It's just that this wave of attacks scared the tank assault force of Major General Brienita enough. Losing five cars is also a loss, and no one wants to continue to lose like this. Almost without the commander saying much, the entire assault force immediately began to accelerate forward.

As a result, when they were about seven or eight hundred meters away from the town, an M60A3 suddenly exploded without warning. The tens of tons of tanks jumped several meters high, the track on one side collapsed, and the weight of the vehicle fell heavily, overturning.

"Anti-tank mines?" exclaimed the commander of the tank company from his turret. And just as he finished speaking, a large number of ballistic trajectories flew out of the town suddenly, and hundreds of rockets rushed out like a swarm.

Damn, why is the density of firepower in this place so high!

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