Chapter 1231 The Battle of the Old City Begins

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In the Old City of Jerusalem, three hours after the start of the ground war, all the prepared artillery fire around them burst into intensive roars at the same time. Bayi Novel Network ≯＞ ≯ ﹤﹤＜

Countless shells fell on the old city from the semicircle of Jerusalem, and every artillery piece was a large-caliber howitzer.

All the artillery units preset outside the city add up to more than 500 pieces of various artillery pieces, of which 300 pieces belong to the Red Police Corps, and the remaining 200 pieces come from the Jordanian and Saudi artillery.

Most of them are self-propelled artillery, with a caliber of at least 155 mm, and the dense shells are all poured on this highland of fifteen square kilometers.

Intensive explosions covered the old city in an instant, and violent explosions and waves agitated in the old city.

The entire shelling seemed to have no intention of stopping at all. In just half an hour, more than 50,000 shells were tilted down.

On 15 million square meters of land, every 30 square meters, an average of every 30 square meters, has a shell falling.

And the killing range of each shell is at least several hundred square meters.

After half an hour of quick shelling, the shells still didn't stop falling, and all the artillery was still firing, but the speed slowed down a bit.

At this time, the rocket launcher unit, which was also ready, once again passed the old city that had been turned into ruins, like a plow.

Thousands of rockets fell, but the shelling still did not stop. Even after the rockets, four huge bombers appeared above the old city in the sky, and countless aerial bombs fell again.

The dense shells fell and exploded, igniting the entire old city. The sky was filled with explosion smoke, and the sky was completely shrouded in smoke.

A large number of concrete floors were blasted, large areas of houses collapsed, and the dust and smoke of the explosion covered the entire old city and a large number of surrounding areas.

But the bombardment was still not over, the five hundred artillery pieces were still pouring out their artillery fire, although there were only about four or five shells in a minute, there were almost two thousand shells falling in a minute.

Under such an attack, the whole of Jerusalem could feel the explosion and vibration from the old city.

The smoke of the explosion is covering the entire city.

Many journalists in Jerusalem also filmed the shelling of the old city.

In modern warfare, it is difficult to see such intensive shelling. In this era of precision strikes, it is important not to waste unnecessary firepower, and to control the attack and effect in a reasonable proportion as much as possible.

Excessive artillery strikes will not only fail to destroy the enemy, but the overflowing attack damage is completely a waste.

But one thing I have to say is that the deterrent effect of artillery fire is also a war pressure that cannot be ignored.

Especially for the Israeli soldiers within the bombardment range, although they hid in the cellar like mice to avoid the damage of the artillery fire, the constant explosions and violent vibrations were a huge psychological pressure.

If it is an army without faith, it will soon collapse under such artillery fire. Unfortunately, the Israel Defense Forces is an army of faith.

Most of them joined the army not for promotion and wealth, nor for getting ahead, but more for dedicating themselves to their missions, and such an army has the most tenacious will to fight.

Of course, the Red Police Corps did not expect such artillery fire to destroy the opponent's will to fight. Although they belong to different camps and some are now life-and-death enemies, the Red Police Corps still admires the Israeli army. Perhaps it is more correct to say that they are sympathetic.

For such an enemy, the Red Police Corps will also give enough respect.

The show of respect is that the shelling lasted for three full hours, and the smoke of the explosion has enveloped the whole of Jerusalem.

What the explosion lifted was no longer the wreckage of the building, but more mud was splashed out from the crater of the explosion.

The shelling stopped for a full three hours, with 150,000 artillery shells, tens of thousands of aerial bombs, and tens of thousands of rockets.

The density of artillery fire in this short period of three hours is far greater than any war in the past, and it has once again made the world see the strength and endurance of the Red Police Corps in terms of firepower preparation.

When the dust and smoke from the explosion began to dissipate from the old city, what everyone saw was a hill that was almost in ruins.

At the top of the old city at an altitude of 341 meters, all the buildings have collapsed, and only a few buildings and one or two-story buildings exist.

And even on the other side of the mountain facing away from the artillery fire, under the proofreading of the artillery drone, most of the buildings were destroyed.

In Jerusalem, the original neat urban buildings, like a head-like urban architectural pattern, suddenly have a Mediterranean Sea, a bare piece, which looks particularly eye-catching.

The old city, which was originally only 341 meters above sea level, suddenly increased by several meters, which is the height of the piled up debris of collapsed buildings.

One artillery preparation turned the entire city into ruins, and there were hardly any living people in the ruins.

At the T-shaped intersection where the attack started, the Tiger Battalion, still serving as an offensive knife, formally launched an attack towards the ruins under the darkness of night.

This mountain city battle has also turned into a mountain city ruin battle.

The attacking troops approached the front of the ruins, and before they entered the ruins, they encountered fierce attacks on the periphery of the ruins.

On the edge of the ruins, among a large number of building wreckages, a large number of Israeli soldiers appeared. These soldiers were all disheveled, and the dust and gunpowder smoke had covered the camouflage colors on their faces.

However, gunpowder smoke and dust could not cover their stubborn eyes. Although many defenses were destroyed, all the soldiers hiding in the cellar were still alive.

After the shelling stopped, all these hidden soldiers got out of the cellar immediately, ready to fight the attacking enemy.

On the outskirts of the old city, the high-rise buildings became their best defensive position, and many walls were reinforced.

Being able to resist the penetration of heavy machine guns, a large number of snipers have also become active.

But this time, in front of the Israeli troops, a large number of field force snipers from the Marin Division had long been waiting for them.

Another close-range fight unfolded, and the sound of dense guns resounded over the old city.

During the exchange of fire, the stopped artillery fire rang out again. This time, the targets of the shelling were all aimed at the outskirts of the old city, with standard infantry coordination. (To be continued.)