Chapter 588 There Is No Solution to This Problem

Landing ashore five kilometers west of Geisale and then immediately attacking Geisale was a very risky decision, because five kilometers was not a safe enough distance.

The British have tanks. For tanks and armored vehicles, the five-kilometer journey can be reached in ten minutes. If they discover the movements of the Skeleton Gang, they will launch an attack with tanks and armored vehicles before the Skeleton Gang completes the landing. Gao Yang They will be in a very uncomfortable situation.

The large-scale mobilization of the Skeleton Gang cannot be hidden from those who are interested. Gao Yang only hopes that Justin has not sold the news that the Skeleton Gang has been dispatched to the British. He also hopes that even if the British have obtained the information, they cannot prevent him from landing.

Arriving at the predetermined location, the bare beach was in full view, and after confirming that there was no trace of anyone on the beach, the landing began.

The fishing boat was not a landing ship and could not directly seize the beach. The Satan mercenary group arrived at the shore in a speedboat. When Gao Yang was the first to jump into the knee-deep sea water, he immediately shouted: "Go forward five hundred meters and establish Observation post!”

The battle officially kicked off.

According to the formation set in advance, the Satan mercenary group immediately rushed out, with the two assault groups in front, the support group and Bruce behind, and the three combat groups in the right triangle formation formed a large inverted triangle formation at the back. , advancing a distance of five hundred meters deep into the land.

After confirming that there was no one nearby, Gao Yang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly on the intercom: "The teaching company has landed to establish a defensive position, and other personnel are ready."

Speedboats began to transport personnel from the fishing boats to the coast. Each squad of the teaching company carried a set of anti-tank missile systems and a spare missile. after they land. Anti-tank missiles were quickly set up.

After the teaching company set up a defensive position with a width of two kilometers. The large-scale landing finally began. The fishing boats tried to get as close to the coast as possible, and the towed speedboats and sampans began to move towards the land.

Gao Yang knelt on the sand and stared at the east. When the earphone received reports from the commanders of the first and sixth companies, confirming that the three companies serving as the vanguard had all completed the landing and deployed, Gao Yang immediately said: "Artillery landing."

The artillery landing was a little more troublesome, so Gao Yang checked his watch from time to time. Finally, after forty minutes, news came from Zhou Zhou that the artillery had completed the landing and had been deployed.

By this time, the Skeleton Gang's troops ashore could be said to have stood their ground. With artillery support, even if the British suddenly attacked, they would not be driven into the sea.

Gao Yang stood up, waved his hand eastward, and said: "Go forward!"

The Satan mercenary group began to advance.

The teaching company was right behind them, maintaining a distance of three hundred meters. The first and sixth companies also started to advance, and the first and sixth companies escorted the ashore artillery in the middle, followed the teaching company, and began to move eastward.

Gao Yang didn't even wait for all the people to land, because he didn't know whether the British were ready and waiting for them, or whether they didn't know they had arrived.

If the British are already prepared, there will be no point in seeking speed, but if the British don't know, then attacking at full speed will make sense.

The British did not take advantage of the Skeleton Gang's landing to launch an attack. On this basis, Gao Yang concluded that the British did not know that they had arrived, so he took the risk and launched an attack immediately before the personnel had fully landed.

Gao Yang and the others moved forward quickly. It took half an hour to advance almost two kilometers. This speed was already very fast as long as they could not lose touch with the artillery.

Suddenly, Li Jinfang, who was walking at the front, raised his arm, and the Satan mercenary group stopped immediately. After the Satan mercenary group stopped, the ones behind them also stopped one after another.

Li Jinfang said loudly: "An enemy tank was found ahead, on the small sand dune."

Gao Yang raised the telescope. At a distance of almost 1,500 meters in front of them, a small patch of green appeared in the flat yellow sand. It was a gentle sand dune that was only less than four or five meters higher than the ground. The sand dune There were some short shrubs growing on it, and four tanks were parked on both sides of the dune.

The tank camp should be further back. Seeing the tanks appearing here, Gao Yang immediately understood that the British were not unprepared. On the contrary, they were already prepared, but they did not counter-landing.

Attacking during the landing is a good choice for the anti-landing party. Since the British did not take the opportunity to attack, the reason is not difficult to guess. If the Skeleton Gang is attacked when landing, then the Skeleton Gang can only give up the landing, and then Leave by boat.

The British did not want to push back the Skeleton Gang. They wanted to annihilate all the Skeleton Gang's strength. Therefore, they gave up the half-crossing attack and chose to wait for the Skeleton Gang to attack, because after arriving on land, the Skeleton Gang wanted to return to the ship. Escape is difficult. As for escaping on land, the Skeleton Gang can only escape into the desert. The British only need to hold on to places with water sources and wait for them to die of thirst.

The tank's muzzle was already turning, and Gao Yang shouted on the intercom: "The enemy is ready, everyone, spread out and hide, artillery, focus fire!"

The British were prepared and had a plan for what to do in this situation. After Gao Yang gave the order, the teaching company immediately dispersed and the artillery began to deploy.

There was a sound of artillery, and the enemy opened fire first.

The high-explosive shells fired by the tank guns exploded on the teaching company's position, but no one would be stupid enough to gather together and take the bombardment. The distance between the soldiers was very far, and at this time, they were all lying on the ground, using engineer shovels to attack Dig a hole.

Gao Yang and the others also quickly fell to the ground, and then each of them took out an engineering shovel and began to dig a hole in the sand.

The reason why special forces are so powerful is that they are placed in a special environment to carry out special operations. There is no one in the world who is not afraid of artillery shells. No matter whether they are special forces or any other soldiers, when faced with direct fire from the enemy, they can only run away. Otherwise, the best way is to hide in a bunker.

Those who are infantry will not dig temporary bunkers and anti-cannon pits during battles. They are definitely unqualified. They deserve to be cannon fodder. Everyone in Gao Yang can dig pits, except Lucika.

Lucica is good at jungle warfare, and the jungle is her home field. When she comes to the desert, her strengths cannot be used, but her weaknesses are brought to the limit. Although she is lying on the ground digging holes, Lucica is slower than others. Even several times more.

The standing soldiers of the Skeleton Gang carry an engineer shovel. Among Gao Yang and the others, only Cui Bo originally carried one. However, after discovering that the engineer shovel is now the standard equipment of the Skeleton Gang, Gao Yang and the others also have one. This shovel is used in special operations. It wasn't of much use at the time, but now it comes in handy.

The hole in the sand was easy to dig. Although it was not very comfortable to dig a hole lying down, he dug a small hole with a few shovels. At this moment, he heard the sound of a rocket being launched.

The artillery opened fire. They only needed to turn the rocket launcher that was dragging it forward, and it would be launched soon.

Gao Yang specifically told the artillery that if they don't fire, it must be concentrated fire and a large-scale covering bombing. The artillery has brought all the rocket launchers, and it is just such a salvo, at least more than 200 rounds. rockets were fired.

Explosions sounded densely, and the rumbling sounds were endless. Although it was only the first round of salvos, when more than 80% of the rockets fell within the main range, Gao Yang looked up and saw that the small sand dune was blown up in an instant. The dust filled the sky, and there were continuous explosions near the enemy tanks. But this time, the enemy tank guns stopped firing.

Has Somalia seen such large-scale artillery fire in the past ten years? The answer is no, really not!

Even if the artillery can't destroy the enemy's tank, the smoke and dust raised by the explosion can completely block the enemy's tank's sight. Under this kind of firepower, it is impossible for the enemy's infantry to effectively counterattack.

Gao Yang yelled on the intercom: "Take advantage of the moment, teaching company! The third platoon seizes the time to complete the preparations for launching anti-tank missiles. The first platoon and the second platoon make a detour to the left. Be sure to destroy the enemy's tanks!"

The AT-14 anti-tank missile is very heavy. Although it can accompany infantry in combat, it needs to be disassembled every time it moves. Otherwise, one person cannot carry it, and reassembly takes time, especially during offensive operations. It seems very troublesome.

The concentrated fire bombing of the rocket launchers has just come to an end, and the mortars finally opened fire. Although the mortars do not have as high a rate of fire as the rocket launchers and can shoot out the shells in a short time, the firepower of the mortars is more sustainable. Much more. When dozens of mortars began to fire one after another and continued to suppress the enemy, Gao Yang took the time to continue digging his bunker.

"Report, three rows of anti-tank missiles are ready!"

Finally, while the artillery fire was effectively suppressing the enemy, the anti-tank missile was finally set up.

The distance was only about 1,500 meters, and within the optimal effective range of anti-tank missiles. Gao Yang immediately shouted: "Fire!"

While yelling, Gao Yang continued to dig his bunker, but after waiting for a while, he dug a small hole deep enough for him to squat in, but the anti-Tak missile still failed to be launched.

Before Gao Yang asked, he looked up and discovered what the problem was. Their artillery fire was too dense, causing the sand and dust around the tank to fly. The AT-14 anti-tank missile was semi-automatic laser guided. The dust concentration is too high, and the laser beam emitted by the laser irradiator cannot penetrate the dust and cannot lock the target.

Gao Yang felt dumbfounded for a moment. The Americans encountered the same problem when they fought in Iraq. Although laser guidance technology is now very mature, the ability of laser beams to penetrate smoke or clouds is much stronger than the first generation of guided lasers. It can penetrate It is still a bit difficult to penetrate sand and dust, especially when the dust concentration is very high, the guided laser beam is basically useless.

Gao Yang's artillery suppression successfully suppressed the enemy, but it also provided protection for the enemy's tanks. For Gao Yang and their existing equipment, this was an unsolvable problem. If they wanted to continue fighting tanks, they had no choice but to Pause artillery fire and wait until the dust concentration drops before using anti-tank missiles. (To be continued...)