Chapter 116 The Battle of Wannan (Part 2)
The tide of human society is moving forward, spanning one thousand years after another!
Even a million words of historical monograph, facing the vast sea of history, most events are only covered by a few words. But in this few, it is extremely thrilling and heart-stirring for immersive participation...
On the night of January 5, Vannam, Saudi Arabia.
Hedhakham suddenly heard a faint whistling sound. He looked up and saw that the night sky was still dark, with no change except for a few flashes of starlight. He put down his telescope, but then looked up carefully. He was a careful soldier and a veteran who had experienced war. The sound of gunfire on the plains of Lorestein in Iran told him that caution is one of the best qualities of a soldier.
Hyde Hakham is a sergeant squad leader of the 9th Company of the 33rd Iraqi Mechanical Infantry Division. He and his squad had no casualties in the exchange of fire with the Saudi National Guard two hours ago. Moreover, their Viper Infantry Chariot bypassed the front of the Saudis and suddenly appeared from the side, teaching the Saudi National Guard a lesson. Hyde Hakham alone flirted with three Saudi soldiers. The American-made machine gun and three boxes of bullets that are now set up in the bunker high in the house are their spoils.
Wannan's encounter was outside the plan of the 33rd Mechanical Infantry Division. Due to the short and fierce battle, the Ninth Company did not realize that it had not reported the situation of the war until after the battle ended. So nearly two hours after the battle, the 33rd Mechanical Infantry Division Command received the battle report from the front.
At this time, Wannan was guarded by only one of the 9th Company's reinforced company and a platoon of the uprising Saudi troops. All the heavy firepower was the five T-battle tanks and less than ten infantry fighting vehicles. Although the power was weak, as the Iraqi army that had been experienced in many battles, this small company was not afraid, and they strengthened their defensive power as soon as possible.
Defensive facilities were built using Wannan's buildings, and anti-tank missile-launched positions and machine gun bunkers were set up at several high places. Tanks were hidden in houses with better traffic conditions and could be opened as self-propelled artillery at any time. In residential areas, gun positions were set up to suppress attacking infantry. The remaining soldiers were divided into groups to guard barricades, houses and use tanks to patrol.
Sergeant Hyde Hackham's outpost is the striker of this defensive system. This small outpost has a solid defensive bunker. It is a house made of stone and a circle of stone walls that are half a meter thick. Most of the Middle Eastern people built houses using clay, while the rich people used cement and new building materials. However, a house in Hyde Hackham's defense zone was built with big hard stones, which really made him overjoyed.
He immediately led his men to transform the house into a fortress that monitors the intersection of the city. He set up a captured Ronning heavy machine gun on the roof, equipped an anti-tank rocket team on the flank of the house, and built a sandbag bunker behind the stone wall to form a simple but very effective defense facility. In order to further strengthen this defense facility, he did not let his men go to dinner and rest, but instead supervised them to bury more than a dozen directional mines on the road ahead of the house.
Now that the work has finally come to an end, the soldiers have ended their hard work and fatigue after the battle, and have begun to stay in their own place to eat and drink, replenish their energy, or simply close their eyes and sleep, waiting for the arrival of their brothers.
Sergeant Hyde Hackham's class had a total of fifteen people, which was slightly larger than the normal class. He was the highest military commander. As an ordinary mechanic squad, their firepower was very strong. In addition to a moving rifle, they also had a strike rifle and a millimeter light machine gun.
The heavy weapons include two portable anti-tank rocket launchers, a stone "heavy machine gun imitated by the Nasirier Weapons Group and a captured Ronning heavy machine gun, and there is also sufficient ammunition. In addition, they also have a fast jeep and a Viper-wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, which carries a millimeter machine gun and 7 guns.
The ordinary infantry squad did not have such strong firepower, but Hyde Hackham did not believe that if the enemy attacked on a large scale, he could withstand these weapons. His biggest concern was the lack of effective anti-tank firearms. If he gave him two Dow heavy anti-tank missiles, he would feel much more at ease. However, they were just a maneuver-step company, and it was impossible for each squad to carry such a complete and sufficient weapon.
"Squad leader, have some porridge! We haven't eaten or drunk for most of the day, so I've soaked the compressed dry food in it!" Private Abdul's voice came. Hyde Hackham put down his telescope and looked back. Private Abdul smiled at himself with a lunch box, and a steaming steam came out of the lunch box.
"Hot rice? How do you make it?" Hyde Hackham asked in surprise. It was a very luxurious thing to be able to eat hot rice on the battlefield.
Cooking food is not allowed in front-line positions. Modern military technology has been very good. The enemy's infrared reconnaissance is very likely to see the heat source here. So these Iraqi soldiers have eaten compressed dry food and canned food these days. Today, due to the urgent situation, they had not eaten dinner before the war, but just ate a little compressed biscuits in a hurry. It has been 7 or 8 hours since the start of the battle. They are already hungry and are hungry, relying on the duties of the soldiers to support Hyde Hackham to continue working.
"There is a basement under this house, which contains a pot and a kerosene stove. We cooked a large pot of porridge with gasoline. You can eat it quickly... I don't know when the next meal will be hot!" said Abdull.
Hyde Hackham nodded, put down his telescope, and took the lunch box. Due to time constraints, the box of porridge was no longer hot, but became warm. He took a sip, and a hot current penetrated his throat, swallowing it and his whole stomach warmed up. "It's so comfortable-" Hyde Hackham sighed secretly, preparing to praise Private Abdull.
But at this moment, the faint roar suddenly sounded again, and it was clearer than before. Hyde Hackham's face changed, and he quickly put down his military lunch box, grabbed the telescope and looked at it again. He suddenly turned around and shouted: "All combat readiness-the enemy helicopter appears!"
That night, two two cobra armed attack helicopters of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment of the United States 6th Army approached Wannan Town. After wandering outside the town for a few minutes, they immediately flew towards the town. This attracted the attention of the Iraqi defenders, and the entire company of the Ninth Company entered a state of alert.
Sure enough, the two-stage cobra helicopters flew over the town without any politeness, and directly used a tube-space rocket launcher to pour overwhelming rockets at the Iraqis.
In an instant, the entire town was almost covered with artillery fire. The houses, streets, and the open space seemed to be planted with orange-red silver flowers. The violent explosion drowned out all the sounds. Iraqi soldiers were stinging in the bunker and no one spoke. The explosions of climbing mountains and seas made people feel like seasickness, and their bodies kept trembling in the violent shock waves.
After firing dozens of rockets, an American helicopter circled twice over the town with great might, and fired with a cannon. After seeing no resistance or reaction, he turned around and flew to the place.
"Squad leader, why don't we do it?" Abdul, who was lying in the corner, glanced at the heavy machine gun on the roof and asked in confusion.
"When we attacked just now, there were only one of them swaying here. It was luring the enemy. As long as we fire, the remaining one suddenly rushed out and fired. It is much easier to hit us from above than to attack from bottom to top!" Hyde Hackham spat out the dust from his outlet and whispered.
He opened his eyes and fell to the ground, which was blown up with a stainless steel lunch box, and couldn't help but curse: "Americans really dare to fight with us. In a while, you Allah's enemies will go to hell!" Then he jumped up and shouted at the large area of fire and dust behind him: "Brothers, all come out! It's time to deal with American pagans!"
One figure after another stood up among the rubble and dust that was collapsed by the explosion. They were covered in smoke and dust, and their clothes were ragged, but they all held the weapons in their hands tightly, and flames burned in their eyes!
They seemed to be the pagan demon who appeared in the fire of hell and looked down upon God!
Chapter completed!