Chapter 1467: Sunk
There is no suspense about the next battle.
Under the cover of armored vehicles, the infantry of Star Ring Trade advanced from the four main roads towards the center of Bortu. Originally, due to the existence of exoskeletons and Hummingbird drones, U.S. soldiers were more than a little inferior in individual firepower. Now with the cooperation of armored vehicles, the outcome of the war has lost its suspense.
The retreating Rangers continued to retreat, and finally established a final line of defense in the port area, waiting for rescue from the headquarters.
On the other side, on the western road of Mount Paramillo, thirty kilometers away from Porto Porto.
The 34th Mechanized Brigade, which came from the southeast for support, was ambushed by the 5th Armored Brigade of Star Circle Trading on the Chigorodo section. The Jagdtiger IIs lurking in the jungle opened fire in unison, and the mass bombs flying from a long distance stunned the U.S. 34th Mechanized Brigade driving on the mountain road.
Whether it is the M1A2 main battle tank or the M2A3 infantry fighting vehicle, none can withstand direct fire from a five-kilogram mass projectile accelerated to N times the speed of sound. The track was hit and even the road wheels were crooked. The hit on the car body directly penetrated the external armor on the outside and the depleted uranium armor on the inside.
More than 20 tanks broke down halfway. Under the cover of the vehicle-mounted smoke belt, the 34th Mechanized Brigade hurriedly fired back at the nearby mountains while retreating from the battlefield. Three Apache gunship flight formations scrambled off from the NATO operations base on the outskirts of Medellin and outflanked the 5th Armored Brigade of Star Circle Trading that was ambushing in the mountains.
However, only halfway through the flight, these three unlucky flight formations collided with the Aurora-20 returning from the Caribbean Sea.
The scene when a helicopter faced off against a fighter jet was simply tragic, not to mention the fact that the bomb nest was filled with ground-attack missiles and the Apache was on its way to perform an anti-tank mission.
A cannon shot came from a long way away, and without even a chance to throw heat decoys, the three Apache flight formations were pinned to the ground by the Aurora-20's firepower and crashed halfway up the Paramillo Mountain. superior.
After glancing at the US Army's 34th Mechanized Brigade on the ground from a distance, the two Aurora-20 flight formations ignored them and continued to return to the military base in the Tumako District. The American soldiers on the ground breathed a sigh of relief. If these planes bite them and won't let go, only a few tanks will be able to get back alive with the cover of a few anti-aircraft vehicles.
However, they didn't know that the reason why these Aurora-20s let them go was because they were almost out of ammunition. If they were told that these planes had just returned from the Caribbean, their faces would not look any better than when they were ambushed...
Support rockets launched from the outskirts of Medellin arrived on the battlefield, and overwhelming rockets covered the foothills. However, the ambushed 5th Armored Brigade of Star Ring Trading had dug tank bunkers two days ago. NATO rocket support was thrown on the mountain. Except for a Jagdtiger II that accidentally broke its tracks while trying to avoid it, there was no splash. No splashing.
Under the cover of rockets, the 34th Mechanized Brigade finally had the opportunity to continue its retreat. As for the 27th Infantry Brigade and the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, which were fighting in the Port of Porto, except for a small number, they withdrew towards the city of Monteria. Outside, most of the people were disarmed by the besieged Star Ring trade soldiers at the port.
…
The silence inside the headquarters was terrifying.
Just two hours ago, they were still discussing where the Star Ring trade, which had been semi-disconnected since the beginning of the war, went. Unexpectedly, they bypassed the main force of the NATO coalition and passed through more than 300 kilometers of tropical rainforest. , directly raided Bortu on their flank coastline.
No wonder they haven't appeared for more than a week. It turned out that they got into the tropical rain forest!
Because of the harsh climate, neither early warning aircraft nor observation satellites were able to detect this situation. What's more, the battle for the two strategic towns of Medellin and Bucaramanga is at a critical moment. The NATO coalition's attention is completely occupied by Southern Colombia, and they never expected that Star Circle Trade would suddenly pull this trick.
"Immediately blow up the road from Porto to Monteria, and dispatch a mechanized division from the front line to garrison in Monteria!" Admiral Felton, who was the commander of the NATO coalition forces, was the first to break the silence in the headquarters and made a prompt decision. , immediately ordered.
"But North Columbia..." Deputy Commander Beledon frowned.
"If the Star Ring trade cuts off our supply line, 170,000 NATO soldiers and 200,000 North Colombian soldiers will be in danger! I will explain to Vargas, and immediately send engineers to blow up the road, and rush to Before Star Ring Trade marches towards Monteria City! Move quickly!"
The officer standing nearby hesitated for a moment, glanced at Deputy Commander Beledon, finally gritted his teeth, stood at attention, performed a military salute, and trotted out of the headquarters.
"yes!"
After a pause, Felton then looked at the correspondent sitting in front of the computer and ordered.
"Immediately contact the USS Ford aircraft carrier battle group and ask them to send F-16s to investigate the situation in Porto Port. I need to know how many people, how many armored vehicles, and how many tanks are there, so they must investigate clearly!"
"Understood... Damn it, I can't contact you. There has been no response from the communication."
After hearing this, Felton was obviously stunned for a moment and frowned.
"could not be reached?"
It's so abnormal.
According to the combat order issued by the Pentagon, in order to effectively support the Colombian battlefield, all combat units of the Ford aircraft carrier battle group should be on 24-hour standby. Even if this is not the case, being unable to contact us should never happen.
Could it be EMP?
Felton quickly dismissed this possibility.
Large equipment such as aircraft carriers and destroyers have been designed with the impact of electromagnetic pulses in mind, and it was confirmed during the last Colombian civil war that EMP weapons had minimal impact on aircraft carrier battle groups.
At this moment, the satellite phone in Felton's pocket suddenly rang.
The number that could be called could only come from one place. Without any hesitation, Felton pressed the connect button and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?"
"..."
The command room fell silent.
From the gradually gloomy expression on General Felton's face, the officers standing in the command post had already faintly sensed something was wrong.
After about five minutes, the call was finally completed.
Felton didn't say a few words from beginning to end. Apart from responses such as "um" and "yes", the only thing left was a silence even more depressing than his face.
"It's the Pentagon," he said, breaking the silence. He put the hung-up satellite phone back into his pocket. Felton took a deep breath and said slowly, "...bad news."
"What happened?" Beledon frowned.
"Our USS Ford aircraft carrier battle group..." Every word was spoken. Facing the pairs of eyes that were looking at him with uncertain expressions, Felton almost gritted his teeth and squeezed out with difficulty. The last half of the sentence was, "... was sunk."