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Chapter 6228 Hard Trek

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    What¡¯s even more frightening is that the pilots of the Tuareg Air Transport Team suffered even more horrific losses. A total of twelve fighter pilots were killed and injured on the spot, with ten of them killed and wounded. The group was almost wiped out.

    After this battle, this transport flight team could almost cancel its designation and was completely destroyed.

    ?Almost all ancillary facilities such as the airport power plant, remote radio stations, oil depots, ammunition depots, maintenance workshops, control towers, fuel trucks, etc. were also destroyed.

    Among them, the power plant has been completely scrapped, and the boilers and generators have been blown back to the state of parts. Hundreds of tons of aviation gasoline stored in the oil depot have also been blown up. Even the splashing gasoline has destroyed an anti-aircraft gun position and several anti-aircraft guns.  It was also damaged during this attack.

    As for the airport ammunition depot, needless to say, the large amount of anti-aircraft ammunition stored in it, etc., were all burned to the ground.

    In addition, the number of people killed and injured at other airports is as high as nearly a hundred. All in all, this North Airport is completely destroyed. Except for the runway that can still be used, most of the ground ancillary facilities have been completely destroyed.

    If you want to restore this airport to its previous state, the workload is almost the same as rebuilding an airport. Except that there is no need to rebuild the runway, everything else needs to be demolished and rebuilt.

    Looking at such losses, the frontline command officer's face twitched. Holding this war report, his heart was bleeding.  If the death of some people is not a big deal, the loss of materials is beyond their ability to bear, hundreds of tons of gasoline!

    This is the amount of fuel that can be used by two airport transport aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft for a long time. God knows when it will be replenished depending on their poor transportation capabilities.

    "In addition, many oil depots cannot be rebuilt in a short time, not to mention there is an entire warehouse of ammunition and supplies, which also contains hundreds of tons of ammunition. Thinking about it makes him twitch with distress.

    Although the airport defense is not his responsibility and is under the direct control of the aviation force, it is now his defense line. If such a big thing happens, he, the frontline commander, cannot escape the blame.

    Now he had to believe the information reported to him by his subordinates. The enemy forces that attacked the airport were indeed very strong, at least more than a hundred people, and they could be judged to be a commando team jointly formed by the Malian army and mercenaries. Their combat effectiveness  Very powerful.

    A company under his command encountered this group of enemies and was completely defeated before they could hold out for even ten minutes. Instead of being able to stop this group of enemies, they were almost wiped out by them.

    So he believed that the fault of this battle was not that of the company that was sent, but that he underestimated the enemy's strength, which led to this tragic defeat, for which he himself bears unshirkable responsibility.

    Thinking of this, he immediately contacted the headquarters of the Tuareg Liberation Organization, reported the incident, and took the initiative to plead guilty, saying that he, the frontline commander, was responsible for the attack on the airport and failed to intercept the enemy group at the first time.  , he also bears an unshirkable responsibility.

    At the same time, he also compiled the enemy information he obtained and reported it to Azam.  At this time, Azzam had actually received news that Gao North Airport had been attacked by enemy forces, but he did not know the specific situation yet.

    After receiving the report from the frontline commander, Azam felt as if he had been hit in the head and almost fainted. Such a loss was so huge that even he, the commander-in-chief, felt it was unbearable.

    ¡°Who could be so bold as to venture through layers of blockades, reach the outskirts of Gao, and attack the airport there.  Moreover, the number of this enemy force is quite large. According to the report of the frontline commander, this enemy force has at least a hundred people.

    This is not a small team. They have heavy equipment, which the airport guard has emphasized, but how were they delivered?

    After they were delivered, how did they sneak to the outskirts of Gao quietly?  After they sneaked into Gao, why did they choose to attack the North Airport on the outskirts of Gao instead of the West Airport, which was easier to attack?

    How do they know that there is a large amount of fuel and ammunition stored at Gao North Airport?  How did they sneak into the airport quietly?

    You must know that around the Gao area, a large number of troops from the 10th Regiment under his command are distributed, and the main force of the 5th Regiment is basically stationed in the Gao area.

    And how could this group of enemies, with so many troops, such a large scale, and carrying so much heavy equipment, reach the North Airport without the entire fifth regiment being aware of it?

    Questions appeared in Azzam¡¯s mind, so he immediately called back to the frontline commander and ordered the frontline commander to investigate the matter thoroughly and find out how this group of enemy troops sneaked into the suburbs of Gao.

    &nbspThere are still a few broken helicopters remaining at the airport, but the number is too small and they can no longer provide aerial firepower. Their helicopters will be restricted from flying for a long time to come.

    In addition, the oil depot at the North Airport was bombed, and the West Airport was also in trouble. Although the West Airport also had an oil depot, its scale was much smaller than that at the North Airport, and its gasoline reserves were far less than those at the North Airport. Transport aircraft used to drink more fuel than helicopters, and now North Airport  The airport oil depot was bombed, leaving the remaining fuel at the West Airport far from enough.

    So for a long time in the future, helicopters at the North Airport will no longer be able to easily carry out missions due to lack of fuel. Moreover, the North Airport has complete facilities and has a large ammunition depot, which is also stored at the North Airport.  This time too, the situation at the North Airport was one of running out of oil and ammunition, and within a short period of time, it also lost its ability to fight.

    Therefore, the friendly forces were extremely angry about this. The frontline commander asked them to cooperate in the search for this group of enemies who attacked the North Airport. They immediately agreed without even giving a shit, and rationed a few dollars of the few remaining fuel at the North Airport.  A reconnaissance helicopter was set up, and the pilots were ordered to fully cooperate with the frontline commander to catch this damn enemy.

    The current situation of the mercenary detachment is indeed very bad. Although there are still more than thirty people in them, nearly half of them have minor injuries. Even the commander Lin Rui was shot in the leg.  He grinned and limped when he walked.

    And after the fierce battle, their ammunition consumption is now very high. Everyone's ammunition consumption is insufficient, especially those who use light machine guns and assault rifles. During the fierce battle, they consume more ammunition than others.

    Lin Rui himself only had two magazines of bullets and a few pistol magazines left, with less than a third of the ammunition left. Such ammunition reserves were no longer enough to conduct a medium-intensity assault operation.

    Currently, only the few light machine guns they carry are considered to have sufficient ammunition. Two of them were brought with them when they set out, and the other three were captured during the exchange of fire with the enemy. At the same time, they also took the opportunity to replenish many light machine guns.  Bullets and magazines used.

    In desperation, they had to abandon the two heavy machine guns and concentrate the remaining bullets on the remaining one, so as to meet the ammunition consumption of this heavy machine gun.

    In addition, after they retreated into the jungle, Lin Rui asked all members to redistribute bullets and replenish the ammunition of the assault group that consumed a lot of bullets, so that they could maintain a strong continuous combat capability.

    ¡°Now they only have grenades in abundance. In addition to the grenades they brought themselves, they also seized a batch of grenades equipped by the Tuareg Liberation Organization, plus a few rocket launchers.

    So now the mainstay of their firepower has been turned to enemy equipment. This is a weakness of modern light weapons and equipment. Although they are fun to shoot with a fast rate of fire, their combat effectiveness will also be weakened quickly without sufficient supplies.

    Therefore, their top priority is to escape the enemy's pursuit and interception as soon as possible, find a suitable location, and apply for airdrop supplies. Otherwise, they will not be able to complete the next mission at all.

    Lin Rui also expected this and had made a plan in advance. After escaping into the jungle, he did not immediately go west into the valley area. Instead, he immediately turned north and retreated towards the north side of the valley.

    But there are too many injured among them. Even those with leg injuries can only rely on their own strength to move forward, and cannot move very fast, which greatly limits their movement in the jungle.

    Lin Rui could only keep cheering these people up along the way, encouraging them to persevere, gritting his teeth and setting an example, insisting on walking in front and paving the way.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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