Seven Hundred and Forty-Three: Stand Firm

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743 Stand firm

The soldiers were even ordered to fire as little fire as possible. Defense relied entirely on machine gun towers and electricity, but surprisingly there was no trouble. They only needed to fire up their guns occasionally.

Yesterday and today, heaven and earth are simply two extremes.

Careful observation shows that the attack intensity of the ant colony today is no worse than yesterday, and has even increased. However, after all, the giant ants are only flesh and blood, and they are not enough to stand up to the steel defense lines of humans.

Thomas, the Djiboutian conductor, was satisfied, and a rare smile appeared on his face.

James smiled and said: "General, our defense line is very strong, and only a few soldiers are needed to hold it."

Thomas stopped smiling: "Don't be too happy, my friend, have you forgotten the support of the Chinese fleet?"

"Of course not." James shook his head quickly, and then quickly added, "Our fleet can also do it."

"Yes, our fleet can do it," Thomas agreed, "but they've never done it."

James realized something: "General, what do you mean..."

Thomas tilted his head: "Let the Pentagon send a fleet of warships over. Africa must be dominated by us, regardless of the land or the sky, do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood, I'll do it." James nodded heavily.

One step at a time, since the formation of the space fleet, the Beiyuezhou fleet has always been ahead of the international fleet. The heavy-loss Battle of Jupiter has earned Beidu a good reputation.

Now the main force of the international fleet has been blocking Europa in the asteroid belt, but no matter how hard the international fleet tries, it is impossible to earn back the impression points so quickly.

Public opinion has never stopped doubting the U.S. military, and the pressure on Washington has never eased. If the African issue lets Beijing take the limelight again, the domestic media will inevitably explode.

Besides, no matter how huge the interception campaign in the asteroid belt is, can it be done in Africa at home? Even if it's just for show, the international fleet should make a good appearance.

Thomas's request was sent back to the Pentagon, and Washington made arrangements. The International Fleet immediately dispatched three warships to support the African battlefield.

But far away water cannot quench near thirst,

Support from the moon will not arrive until tomorrow evening at the earliest, and fire support today and tomorrow will have to rely on the Beiyuezhou Fleet.

The mobilization of the space fleet could not be hidden from anyone. Those warships had just left the port. Bei Yuezhou obtained the mission information of these warships and reported the situation back to Beidu.

The Beidou didn't care about this. As long as the interests of the Beidou in Africa could be guaranteed, the Americans could do whatever they wanted, so that the Beidou only gave the Djibouti base an order to stand still without any extra explanation.

The battle ended in the evening, and the multinational forces in the forward base once again devoted themselves to the construction of the base and continued to consolidate the base's defense facilities.

On the afternoon of the next day, the battle broke out again. The defense system of the forward base could support the battle independently. However, the ammunition was consumed too quickly, and special personnel had to be arranged to replenish it in time. Moreover, it still couldn't do without the support of the space fleet.

Although the transport aircraft fleet was working day and night to transport supplies, the base was established in such a short time that the US military base in Djibouti did not have time to deliver heavy weapons to the forward base.

At midnight that day, three warships belonging to the International Fleet flew into the African space. After friendly consultations between the two sides, the fire support task was taken over by the International Fleet. The three warships on the other side changed their orbits to a higher orbit and did not fly until they reached geosynchronous orbit. Stop and stand by.

At this point, the coalition forces had finally gained a foothold in Moloda, but Thomas did not rush into action, but ordered the troops to continue to consolidate the base.

On the fourth day after arriving in Moloda, the first batch of 120mm self-propelled mortars arrived at the forward base, and multinational forces began to try to use ground artillery fire to replace space-based firepower to perform support tasks.

However, early heavy mortars are more than enough to guard the forward base, but it does not mean that the space fleet can withdraw. After all, high-altitude warships parked in place can provide fire support to most of Africa, which is convenient and fast. If it is replaced by ground firepower, every A unit must carry at least three to five self-propelled mortars.

For this alone, the size of the fleet will more than double, and corresponding maintenance and supplies will also need to be carried out in a timely manner, making the already tight transportation capacity even worse.

After two days of trial operation, the heavy mortar performed well in combat and won unanimous praise from the soldiers.

The forward base finally gained a foothold seven days after arriving in Moloda. For a week, fighting every afternoon has become a routine. The US military must count the number of ant balls in detail every day, roughly count the number of giant ants, and also use satellites to calculate the number of giant ants. Monitor the movements of the ant colony to understand the situation around the base.

Observation found that from the beginning of the establishment of the base, the giant ants near Moloda have been gathering in the direction of the airport. In the first few days, they were just giant ants near Moloda. A few days later, the giant ants attacking the airport were already from several countries. Ant colonies ten kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers away.

The soldiers in the base didn't care where the giant ants came from, but experts at the rear analyzed the data and believed that all the giant ants attacking the base came from the same ant colony. This ant colony occupies at least 10,000 square kilometers of virgin forest. This is the only way. , can explain the succession of giant ants.

In addition, statistical data found that the scale of the ant colony's attack is getting smaller and smaller, and the number of attacking giant ants is also getting smaller and smaller. There are already signs of weakness in the follow-up.

For this reason, the US military promptly revised the combat plan, postponed the departure time of the troops again, ordered the troops to continue hiding in the base, and relied on the defense system to consume the effective strength of the ant colony as much as possible.

Giant ants do not appear out of thin air. They also need to hatch and grow, and the growth of each giant ant takes time, not just how many. The effective force of destroying the ant colony in large numbers is conducive to the next action.

In this way, the multinational troops stayed in the base for more than a week. The giant ants no longer cleaned the battlefield. After the daily battle, the soldiers had to use armored engineering vehicles to clear away the ant corpses.

The situation gradually improved, and the multinational troops stationed at the base welcomed Christmas for the 26th year with the sound of gunfire.

For this day, the US military specially set aside a transport plane, transported a batch of quick-frozen turkeys to the forward base, and carefully roasted a batch of "extra large bites" so that the frontline officers and soldiers had a fairly sumptuous battlefield Christmas.

The intensity of the giant ants' attack continued to decrease. On the afternoon of the 30th, the heavy rain came as promised. The soldiers were ready, but the ant colony failed for the first time. Until the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, not a single giant ant came into the sight of the soldiers.

The cautious Thomas did not rush into action, but waited for another two days and used these two days to send a large amount of supplies to the base.

The time is ripe for action.