Even though Xia Yu disliked the 5.56x45mm caliber, a burst of SS109 standard rounds easily penetrated the bumper, entered the engine, and shut down the car.
"Da da da"
Augustine's index finger did not move, and the slightly raised muzzle fired three or five bullets at the driver's seat. The Masina member selected to carry out the mission collapsed onto the steering wheel, and his right hand limply released, the detonation button that had been pressed earlier returning to its original position.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar erupted, flames and smoke billowed up, and countless fragments, accompanied by shockwaves, transformed an area 80 meters long and 30 meters wide into a death zone.
Lying prone behind the sandbags, feeling the crackling sound of them being hit, Thomas and Augustine's world was instantly filled only with the buzzing of bees.
Are they dead?
Although their minds were racing, the two were fortunate enough to intercept each other from a considerable distance.
However, while they could dodge the shrapnel from the explosion, they couldn't escape the sound. They all suffered perforated eardrums, effectively becoming "deaf."
"Warning! Warning! We've been attacked by a car bomb!"
Inside the two VBCI infantry fighting vehicles, everyone was either horrified or frightened, but without exception, they all entered combat mode.
"Thomas, Augustine, please respond! Please respond!"
As the squad leader called to the two men outside the vehicle, the TMV-25 Dragon single-man turret turned its 25mm main guns in unison toward the direction the SUV had come from; however, they overlooked another direction.
"Buzz"
Taking a deep breath, the driver of the other SUV shifted gears and accelerated, then spun around the corner and sped out from behind.
What a brilliant feint!
The Germans had accumulated a lot of experience patrolling and setting up checkpoints, making it too difficult to succeed in one strike. So they used two vehicles to attack twice.
The first car is used to attract the opponent's attention, and the second car is used to deal damage.
"Oh no, it's from behind! They're attacking from behind!"
The other engine was inaudible inside the car, but the footage from the rear camera was very clear on the screen.
Even if the turret can't rotate in time, the Galix multi-purpose smoke grenade/grenades launcher embedded in the side of the turret still provides some defensive capability.
"Bang bang"
The tank commander used the same launcher as the Leclerc and fired without hesitation an 80mm anti-personnel grenade and a smoke grenade.
"boom"
The grenade exploded in mid-air, with 10% of the fragments hitting the SUV. However, the vehicle had been fitted with bulletproof glass and had its engine compartment reinforced with steel plates. It was not something that a personnel-killing grenade could easily destroy.
"Buzz"
The SUV, now stained with gunpowder and riddled with dents, burst through the rising smoke and continued its charge toward the two VBCI vehicles that were still maneuvering.
"pearl…"
"Knock knock knock"
"Boom!"
Before the slogans could even be finished, the turret finally turned around, and the 25mm steel needle pierced through the steel plate welded behind the bumper, drilled through the four-cylinder engine, and made a bowl-sized hole in the driver's chest cavity during the rollover.
The 2.2-meter-long Mk82 bomb in the rear seat was detonated directly by the modified detonator. This version of the Mk82, which used nearly 90 kilograms of H6 explosive, exploded with a roar, tearing the 140-kilogram standard forged steel casing into 3,000 natural fragments ranging from 0.2 grams to 20 grams. These fragments, combined with the more than two-ton vehicle body, swept away everything around it.
Hamadun had intended to get the 1,000-pound MK83, but that was much rarer than the 500-pound MK82, and the projectile was over 3 meters long.
That needs to be transported in a box truck, but all trucks will be under close scrutiny.
After careful consideration, he chose the mk82, and it proved to be the right decision.
Maintaining a relatively light vehicle body, it finally managed to break within 25 meters before the Germans could retaliate, and the flames of the explosion engulfed both VBCI vehicles.
The matter did not end there. As the smoke dissipated, the wrecked bodies of two wheeled infantry fighting vehicles were revealed.
The sights integrated on the turret were all rendered useless. The main gun looked okay, but the FNMAG was now just a fire poker. The titanium alloy add-on armor, which was fixed by the locating pin, was like a house damaged by a typhoon, with all the "tiles" blown off, revealing the basic armor underneath.
The worst hit were the 395/90r22 low-pressure bulletproof tires on the side facing the explosion. Two of each vehicle blew out as it started moving, and the rear hydropneumatic suspension was also destroyed by the shrapnel.
The wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, worth nearly four million euros, was beyond saving, but the people inside were still alive.
This is the purpose of armored vehicles: if a vehicle full of people is killed, the compensation will be far more than four million euros.
"Quickly, all infantrymen who can still move, get out of the vehicle with me."
Hearing the squad leader's shout, Lance felt like he had a concussion. Damn it, he shouldn't have come to Afica. He wanted to go home.
"mouth area"
Lance vomited his breakfast cereal onto his comrade across from him; it was a side effect of his concussion, but at least he could still vomit.
Leaning on his gun, he opened the tail hatch and felt his squad leader's hand on his shoulder. He staggered as he jumped down.
At this point, the inside of the car only appeared safer than the outside. The attackers who deployed two car bombs were clearly well-prepared, and they definitely had a backup plan.
"call out"
Before the gun was even raised, less than 100 meters away, a masked militant fired his RPG. The PG-7V bullet, which was originally unable to penetrate the VBCI's titanium alloy add-on armor, went straight through the side of another VBCI vehicle.
"Bang"
"Concentrate, the Golden Oak people are right across from us."
The squad leader picked up his HK416F-C and fired a shot, knocking down the RPG shooter, before speaking to Lance.
"yes!"
"Bang bang bang"
Gunfire erupted in retaliation, putting Masina, who was trying to finish off the Germans, in a stalemate.
"Mumchi, our revenge has been achieved, let's retreat!"
After putting down his binoculars, Hamadun gave the order to retreat.
Masina's members are primarily trained in surprise attack tactics. Once the enemy reacts, their attack will be thwarted, not to mention that their reinforcements will arrive quickly.
"Yes, Chief."
As planned, the more than 30 people who were still alive in the city began to evacuate in an orderly manner, while Golden Oak, just one street away, arrived late.
The fire brigade was even slower, arriving at the scene 10 minutes later.
"This...this place has been bombed by aerial bombs."
Seeing the miserable state of the Germans, Xia Yu's face was filled with shock.
He usually bombs others with aerial bombs, and when he gets bombarded, he only gets hit by one or two OF-26 grenades. As long as they don't hit the observation and aiming points, it's just a minor scratch.
Before the army's own medic arrived, Liv got out of the car to help. The first person they carried over was a big, dark-skinned man. They checked his carotid artery and found that he had already passed away. They issued a death certificate on the spot.
His friend next to him was lucky; due to the angle, a VBCI car shielded him from most of the shrapnel damage, but he suffered a perforated eardrum and bleeding. Even with surgery, hearing loss was unavoidable.
First, treat the shrapnel on the arms and calves. Bulletproof vests and helmets are still useful, but a concussion is almost certain.
There was more than one injured person, and more than one dead person, a big black guy.
"Quickly, quickly, help carry the person out."
The VBCI's engine compartment was located at the front right of the vehicle. The RPG shot pierced directly through the driver's compartment on the left, and the metal jet killed the driver and then created a hole in the engine.
Fortunately, the fire suppression and explosion extinguishing device put out the fire, otherwise the whole vehicle would have burned down.
However, replacing the rocket launcher with an anti-tank missile should be able to take out the tank commander as well. If you're lucky, it's not impossible to take out the gunner in the turret basket in one go.
The RPG-7's power is a bit too low; when hitting tanks, there's a chance the ammunition will detonate, but it's easier to penetrate the armor of infantry fighting vehicles than to detonate it.
As for switching to concentrated fire defense and maintaining continuous drone surveillance, this feint attack tactic is unlikely to be effective.
The first unmodified self-destructing car was easily stopped by the Chinese themselves, but the second modified one was obviously abnormal from the air.
"Even a 1,000-pound aerial bomb, as long as the blast center can be controlled within 100 meters, will not cause much harm to the people inside the vehicle."
Kuhn said to Xia Yu.
Aerial bombs are primarily used to kill personnel and destroy buildings; to destroy an armored vehicle, the distance must be close enough.
"Yes, we could blow them up from 100 meters away, but it's a pity these guys don't have a single drone."
Xia Yu said with a pout.
It's difficult for soldiers to realize the benefits that consumer-grade drones can bring to squad and vehicle operations without experiencing some hardship. The MQ-9A is not going to provide services to a dozen or so people on patrol and search missions.
This is similar to how the US military in World War II would choose to buy their own pistols. If Congress cannot be relied upon, it is necessary for a vehicle crew or an infantry squad to pool their money to buy a drone in order to save their own lives.
Especially for those deployed in Afica, let's take out some of their special allowances!
Because he bought so much, Xia Yu essentially became a self-employed distributor in the Afica region of Xinjiang, where he could get goods directly at factory prices.
His employees work part-time as salespeople, earning 6,000 euros per aircraft, with a 10% commission on each sale.
Before this incident, sales were not very good, but now that the two VBCIs have been brought back, business has suddenly picked up, and over a hundred have been sold in just a few days.
Several officers with business acumen even offered to act as agents, using their channels to sell to other bases.
Things that save lives are usually traded without military intervention or official investigation, and the repercussions of this attack are still unfolding.
I just don't know if it will end up in the hands of extremist organizations, which would certainly increase the intensity of the fighting in the region.
Soon, the casualty figures for this incident were tallied.
Two people died, two were seriously injured, and four were slightly injured. A total of 27 civilians were killed or injured in Oga. Not only were the flags lowered to half-mast at the camp, but the incident also made headlines in the country, and there were even calls for the withdrawal of troops.
Just listen to this; it's impossible for you to back out on your own unless you're kicked out.
And those people are truly out of touch with reality. Withdrawing troops meant losing most of Afica's interests; do they really want to retire at 65?
"That's how it is. The Nasser independence movement has claimed responsibility for the attack."
In Monier's office, Xia Yu was getting the latest news from him.
"If Nasser knew these guys were using his name like this, he'd probably jump out of his coffin."
Indeed, they've committed terrorist attacks; how can they have the audacity to call themselves Nassers?
"This organization was formed by the merger of the Blood Alliance and the West African Solidarity Jihad Movement, and they have committed many serious crimes."
Monier continued his explanation.
"I don't know much about the Blood Alliance, but I often hear the name of that West African Holy War in Godu."
Mergers and splits are common among extremist groups. Before joining the PMC industry, when Xia Yu was operating an excavator, he watched the news every day and saw that the West African Unity Jihad Movement was gaining points like crazy.
Later, I didn't hear about it much anymore. It turned out that it had merged with other organizations and put on Nasser's golden image.
"However, organizations that collaborate halfway through a project are probably not very united internally."
Xia Yu asked one more question.
“You’re right. They’re divided into two factions. One faction declares allegiance to Ace, while the other claims to be a subordinate of Al-Qaeda. The faction that took responsibility for this incident is Ace’s faction.”
To be honest, Hamadun, who had just retreated to Niger, was also confused. It was clearly their Masina who did this, but the organization suffered heavy losses and no one took responsibility for their actions.
He was worried about being discovered by the French when he evacuated, but he didn't expect Nasser Ace's faction to take the initiative to come forward.
"Sahara is an idiot. His organization has only survived this long because the Tuareg people are holding the front line."
Across from Hamadun, the person he was going to seek refuge with, the leader of Nasser's al-Qaeda faction, immediately began to curse his former partner.
"Looking at it from another angle, it's not so bad. At least the French are going to cause trouble for them next, and we are still safe here."
The same principle applies to Afika: "Better to die for your friend than for yourself."
…………
"So our next target is the Nasser Ace faction."
Xia Yu asked Monier.
"Yes, the Foreign Security Bureau has accelerated its intelligence gathering. This month, we will deliver a devastating blow to the enemy."
He didn't tell Xia Yu that this was something President Obama had personally arranged.
There are rumors that he won't run for office next year, but whoever cleans up this mess, at least he has to make it look good.
For example, if you get beaten up, you should retaliate; but during the period before you step down, you can't cause any more big news.
That's human nature. How could Xia Yu not understand this? He just doesn't say it. As long as they have a tacit understanding, that's enough.
What does concentrated fire defense entail?
Xia Yu asked directly.
Logically speaking, when it comes to saving face, it would be most appropriate to retaliate with one's own people, such as the Army Special Operations Command (FST), which was recently upgraded from an Army Special Operations Brigade.
Using military contractors, even those few PMC companies with German backgrounds, is still not quite up to par.
"The equipment we deploy in the Sahel region is all publicly available. If our adversaries are smart enough, they can analyze a lot of useful information by combining this intelligence with the actual situation of the base. Therefore, for this operation, we will use all the equipment from our partner PMC company."
Monier explained the reason.
Several companies pooled their firepower to equip themselves with the retired Super Hornet, along with the modified Hind, whose firepower sustainability was even better than the Tiger. This was arguably the best choice for this operation.
The advantage of having good equipment is now becoming apparent; you need to address your client's shortcomings, rather than trying to be uniform.
As one of the five great benefactors, the French have few weaknesses except for the lack of strategic airlift capability, and this time it was just a coincidence.
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