Before the sound of the propellant exploding in the barrel could travel 3 kilometers away, a burst of 35x228mm programmable airburst rounds exploded one after another above the rocket artillery position.
"Boom boom boom boom"
Countless tungsten spheres easily tore through the directional tube as if piercing a human body, destroying the rockets that had already been loaded inside, and then exploded into a towering flame that illuminated most of the sky.
This is the combat effectiveness of a heavy infantry fighting vehicle with a unit price of nearly $10 million when facing long-range targets. The 35mm caliber means greater power and longer range than 30mm.
It can easily destroy lightly armored and personnel soft targets at medium and long ranges, a fact that has long been proven by the Red Jagdpanther with its gun barrel flat, but the single-barreled infantry fighting vehicle has better overall performance.
"The rocket artillery positions have all been destroyed, Elephant Shrews, charge!"
Benjamin shifted his gaze from the screen on the commander's screen and gave the order to driver Soren to charge.
"Buzz"
With a roar from its engine, the KF-41 lynx accelerated from a standstill, the heavy infantry fighting vehicle leaving a long trail of smoke as it sped along.
Apart from the artillery crew members who were killed immediately, the remaining Tuareg militants were completely stunned by what they saw.
In just a few dozen seconds, things developed beyond their comprehension. By the time someone realized they had been ambushed, the KF-41s, operating in the darkness without their headlights, had already closed to within 2 kilometers of their position.
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat now!"
The faster ones had already climbed onto the back of the pickup truck, while the slower ones panicked and instead of running towards the truck, they took off running into the endless desert.
"Knock knock knock"
Gunner Harald switched the ammunition supply and fired three high-explosive rounds at the pickup truck with the fastest reaction time.
"boom"
The exploding car bounced up amidst flames and smoke, scattering its torn pieces of varying sizes everywhere.
"Put-put-put"
As they advanced to the last kilometer, the main gun of the infantry fighting vehicle became unnecessary, and the three-barreled coaxial machine gun took over firing. Full-power rounds easily penetrated the unprotected pickup truck, killing the entire truck bed and the personnel inside.
"Knock knock knock"
Seeing that there was no way to escape, the machine gunner of an armed pickup truck providing cover for the rocket artillery position turned his gun around and began to return fire, firing a burst of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets at the KF-41 lynx illuminated by the flash of fire.
"call out"
The number 4 group, whose members got off the vehicle at some unknown time, fired an 80mm man-portable multi-purpose assault round with a flick of their wrists.
"boom"
The breaching tubes were also quite effective at shooting down small vehicles, and the heavy machine guns on the other side instantly fell silent.
"Attention, Group 4 members, disperse and track the fleeing individuals on foot. Do not leave any trace."
After saying this, team leader eins (01) put down the night vision goggles on his helmet and led the way to search in one direction.
The Tuareg militants who joined the Azawad Coordination Movement are all hardliners. Not only should no one be spared in their direction, but no one should be spared at the government army bases either.
The four armed pickup trucks that had gone ahead were still waiting outside the base for the attack signal when the rockets landed, but the distant explosions made the militants instinctively feel that something was wrong.
"Has there been an accident?"
Muttering to himself, the squad leader picked up his walkie-talkie, preparing to contact the artillery to see what was going on, but just then a six-axis drone took off from the base.
All of Jihuo Defense's MG-1S plant protection drones have been retired, reloaded into their original pesticide tanks, and donated to the experimental field project in Kongluga inland for pesticide application.
Although the newly commissioned hand-operated agricultural drones have been reduced from 8 shafts to 6 shafts, their payload capacity has also increased from the original 10 kg to 25 kg.
With the continuous iteration of technology, Xia Yu believes that it is not impossible to further increase the load capacity to fifty or sixty kilograms.
Now, 25 kg is enough. Six 82mm mortar shells can be loaded at once. If you switch to the 60mm small mortar that Xia Yu looks down on, the number will double to fifteen or sixteen.
The agricultural drone took off with six modified 82mm shells and was already overhead at the feet of four pickup trucks.
The best tactic to deal with this situation is not to rush out and fight the enemy, but to directly upgrade technology.
He aimed the thermal projection at one of the armed pickup trucks and pressed the throw button on the handle.
"Buzz"
What was that sound?
In the quiet night, the large agricultural machinery made quite a bit of noise. The armed personnel on board heard the sound of the rotors but couldn't see anything, only instinctively feeling panicked.
"boom"
There's no need to reach a certain speed or spin a certain number of times after firing to unlock it; this shell explodes upon landing, and the shockwave and shrapnel instantly engulf the entire pickup truck.
The shell's 25-meter kill radius also included a pickup truck next to it. The machine gunners in the back were hit by several shrapnels before they could react, and were immediately rendered incapable of combat.
"run!"
These pickup trucks were not turned off, and when they were suddenly attacked, they were put into gear and revved up, almost throwing their companions in the back to the ground.
But the question is, can a pickup truck outrun an agricultural drone?
The answer is yes, drones are very fast, FPV racing drones are even faster, but agricultural drones generally only fly at 10m/s, or 36km/h.
This is something that can't catch up with the pickup truck, but at the same time.
"Woo"
Another Inspire 2 drone took off from the base and flew towards the location of the agricultural drone at a speed of over 80 km/h.
"Boom boom boom"
After firing the remaining 5 shells, Xia Yu destroyed two other armed pickup trucks, with only one failing to catch up.
Fortunately, Wu-2 arrived first, crashing head-on into the fleeing Pikachu with its DIY combat unit.
"boom"
The final explosion marked the end of the 10th pickup truck and the complete annihilation of this subordinate armed force of the Azawad Coordination Movement.
Two expensive helicopters were the best bait, and the Tuareg who took the bait were still living in the same mindset as seven years after their escape from Libya. They hadn't kept up with the times like the extremist groups.
"If we could equip the racing drone with a night vision module, the cost could be further reduced. However, since the Taiwanese are paying for it, saving this little bit of money is completely unnecessary."
Xia Yu controlled the plant protection drone to return to home with a single button press and handed the remote control to Johnny beside him.
"Without a relay station, the remote control range of the drone is still a bit short. If we don't leave the Mole Rats outside, we'll be in a very passive situation if we encounter large-caliber rocket artillery."
Johnny, who oversees consumer-grade drones for firefighting and defense, points out the shortcomings of drones.
“Leopard Cat, you’re absolutely right. So we also need loitering munitions that can fly 20 kilometers, or we can directly have armed reconnaissance drones carry munitions and fly.”
Xia Yu agreed with Johnny's statement.
The biggest problem is that small loitering munitions with an operational radius of less than 10 kilometers are not economical. The biggest problem is that they overlap with the niche of consumer drones.
Therefore, Xia Yu should deploy medium-sized loitering munitions with a strike range of about 20 kilometers, which is also the fastest means of counterattack when encountering long-range attacks.
…………
"Bang bang bang"
A short burst of fire from Aug took down the last fleeing target on foot, and Team Number 4 perfectly completed the cleanup mission.
Only then did Valu drive out of the camp, leading his men to clean up the battlefield.
Paulus took out his camera to record the images, which later served as evidence for the reimbursement of the expenses with the French.
We also need to give Rheinmetall a piece of the infantry fighting vehicle perspective; the KF-41 lynx will officially participate in the Satley Defence Exhibition in Bali this June.
The diverse terrain footage, from rainforests to deserts, will help this German tank gain a better reputation.
As for Xia Yu, he hasn't decided whether to participate in the exhibition this year. He just hopes to get things settled with Kidal before June.
Only by capturing this important northern town can Xia Yu, the boss, be able to withdraw from the front lines; otherwise, the trip to Oslo will have to be delayed.
By daybreak, Varu had dealt with the two battle sites, and the Azawad Coordination Movement in the Kydal region had received news that its subordinate armed forces had not returned.
They will not react until they understand the cause and course of events, after all, they are a separatist armed group, not as extreme as extremist organizations.
They initially got into trouble by using each other, and after messing things up with Mari, they went their separate ways and broke up.
Moreover, Xia Yu believed that once the French were driven out of the Sahel region, they would immediately shift from spending money to combat the Azawad Coordination Movement to funding the Tuareg to continue fighting.
After all, there are many precedents showing that funding extremist organizations is too risky. It is more appropriate to use separatist armed groups that do not have a deep understanding of the risks and only want to carve out territory and establish their own countries.
Therefore, the concentrated fire defense needs to strike harder this time, trying to wear down the die-hard elements in Azawad as much as possible, so as to avoid trouble later on.
As for the people from the country that Xia Yu had been talking about, it wasn't until three days later that 500 of them were transferred from Niger.
They only have 1,500 troops stationed in Niger, and this time one-third of them have been transferred, which shows how much importance they attach to it.
"You just arrived and took out 70 of them, along with 10 pickup trucks and 4 multiple rocket launchers."
Upon hearing about the previous achievements of the concentrated fire defense, the battalion commander of the hairy army asked incredulously.
Without deploying attack helicopters, the 20 or so men in front of them, relying on a German heavy infantry fighting vehicle, were able to achieve such results.
To be honest, he was genuinely surprised.
"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel, the pace of change in warfare is very fast, at least in counterinsurgency. Traditional military equipment such as attack helicopters, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles are still important, but they cannot enable combat personnel to respond more quickly."
As Xia Yu spoke, he looked at the soldiers who had moved into the base. He noticed drone-related equipment on several of them.
These things might have been sold by Jihuo Defense and flowed into Niger from the Oga region.
The grassroots troops have learned to use consumer-grade drones to supplement reconnaissance, but the version has obviously not yet been iterated to the point of using drones for bombing operations.
This is slower than concentrated fire defense and extremist groups in the Middle East, but in the next war of a certain scale, consumer drones will definitely be deployed on a large scale on the battlefield.
There's no other reason; a small-scale, God-like perspective combined with real-time attacks is simply too unsolvable.
Dropping an 82mm shell is just as easy as killing a T0-level special forces soldier or a conscripted lineman.
The elite-style Jihuo Defense Force is adept at using drones, but it is also afraid of being used by others with drones. This is why Xia Yu spent a lot of money to equip its ground forces with Red Cheetah drones early on.
Moreover, one vehicle is not enough, so Xia Yu plans to try other options, such as a configuration that can be deployed by transport helicopters.
“Mr. Sherlock, you are right. The Azawad Coordination Movement took advantage of this to keep the Mari government forces in disarray. We could not disperse our forces, so they succeeded time and time again.”
Lieutenant Colonel Henry completely agreed with the PMC company owner's view on response speed.
The Tuaregs fight and run; they never linger in battle, making it difficult even for the elite troops to respond immediately.
The good news is that this time they will be the offensive force, unlike before when they were always on the defensive.
"There are nearly 5,000 Azawad militants gathered in the city of Qadal, and the problem is that there are also nearly 50,000 civilians in the city."
Xia Yu talked about the problems they are currently facing.
The city once had more than 100,000 permanent residents, but years of war caused a large outflow of people, leaving only 50,000 people who keep Kedar running relatively normally.
They certainly don't have enough manpower to deal with 5,000 people hiding among 50,000.
Therefore, in addition to one company from Walu, the Mari Army will also send two battalions, totaling more than 1,000 men, to assist the concentrated fire defense and the hairdressing troops.
The fighting strength varies, but the numbers are 2,000 against 5,000. It seems even more difficult than the battle at Sultanahmet, but as long as the style is not extreme, Xia Yu is confident that he can drive these 5,000 people out of Kedar.
Yes, when they realize they can't win, the Azawad Coordination Movement will actually run away, instead of staying in the city and fighting to the last Tuareg.
This greatly reduces the risk of combat; the only thing to watch out for now is their weaponry, which exceeds the scale of typical separatist armed groups.
"Whether it's rocket artillery or attack helicopters, they are weapons used for offensive operations, not defense, and they are unlikely to be deployed in densely populated and conspicuous areas like Kedar."
The items cannot be tracked by drones only if they are not in the city, but as long as they are nearby, it's like having a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of the defense forces, the Chinese, and the government troops.
Therefore, in addition to the main mission of capturing Kydar, they also need to simultaneously advance the side mission of luring Azawad into launching an attack.
"That's right. Most of these weapons were used by the enemy on the front lines in Tinkbattu. Kidar is their stronghold. They were used more frequently during the protracted war four years ago. Oh, and last year they attacked the UN peacekeeping mission with hail."
Henry knew more about the local situation than Xia Yu, he added later.
Having a blue helmet unit stationed in their stronghold is indeed an eyesore, but Azawad, despite intentionally or unintentionally causing double-digit casualties among the UN over several years, has not been able to drive the blue helmets out of Qidar.
The trouble with not firing the first shot is this; being "accidentally" hit by a rocket is even more troublesome. When you go to them, they won't admit it and will say that you attacked government forces or extremist groups.
The Tuareg are quite shrewd in this regard, unlike the dim-witted opposition forces like Zhongfei, who directly provided the Blue Helmets with all the preconditions for forced intervention.
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