Major General Brenita of the Mexican Mixed First Division felt that he was really screwed, and the situation in front of him was really terrible. The battle in the Yucatan Peninsula had already suffered from a lack of troops, not to mention the weak attack, and now there was no way to retreat.
They were all blocked.
The major general originally thought that this was the rebellion of Merida Governor Alfonso, and that it could be easily solved with one regiment. As a result, the regiment of more than a thousand people never returned, and he did not even know how he was wiped out.
Thousands of people in the division were trapped on the front line in Valladolid, lacking food and water. They had to rely on transport planes from Mexico City to transport supplies by air. But now even the air transport is gone - the airport in Mexico City was hit by an air strike from an unknown source, and the Air Force
The transport plane was completely destroyed.
"Those bureaucrats in Mexico City are really idiots!" Major General Brenita unbuttoned his collar and stood angrily in front of his division headquarters tent hung with camouflage nets.
The successive situations made the entire battle situation more and more disturbing, and the opponent's strength seemed to have just emerged. Major General Brenita received an order: abandon Valladolid and immediately turn back to attack the city of Merida.
"The person who issued this order is a fool among fools!" Major General Blenita felt that he was really unlucky. "If we turn back, what will happen to the Mexican troops? They have poor equipment, but their number is more than 20,000.
.When the time comes, it will no longer be certain who will surround whom."
But even though he was furious with hatred, Major General Blenita could only lead his troops to attack the city of Merida. This was because he had to capture the city before the entire division ran out of food, and now the supplies could last only two days. And once the food ran out, the gang would
The first division will definitely collapse.
"General, you can rest assured. Mr. Suzano has sent two divisions to support us, one of which is the main division with full strength. The support from the navy and air force will not be cut off." The division staff officer said
The current situation looks relatively optimistic.
At present, the Mixed First Division has retreated from Valladolid to the outskirts of Merida. Since the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula is a savanna, there is basically no complex terrain to provide cover.
Arriving near the city of Merida, Major General Brenita's divisional reconnaissance force discovered that the defensive positions in the city had advanced to 10 or 20 kilometers outside the city. This distance meant that the artillery in his hands could not directly attack the city.
"Bombard the town of 'Tikpo' for half an hour, and then let the tanks cover the infantry. This kind of town won't be able to withstand it for long." The Major General looked at the map. What stopped him was a very small town. It shouldn't be a big one.
question.
The 1st Mixed Division has a divisional artillery battalion equipped with 105mm light howitzers. The artillerymen set up a posture for artillery fire ten kilometers away from the town of 'Tikpo'.
Deafening artillery sounds soon followed one after another, and this earth-shattering momentum could greatly boost morale. Major General Brenita's division headquarters was still a little far away from the artillery battalion. He raised his telescope outside the division headquarters and looked in the direction of the position.
Look in the direction of the town further away.
"How many of Alfonso's men are there across from us?" The major general felt that there shouldn't be many people hidden in a town. After hearing a round of fire in the direction of the artillery battalion, he felt a little distressed about his own artillery shells. "It should be almost there. Let the tanks
let's go."
The first regiment of the mixed first division was a mechanized regiment, with thirty-six M60A3 tanks as its main force. Only ten minutes after the bombardment, a tank company and an infantry battalion riding an infantry fighting vehicle rushed towards the city.
"Let the reconnaissance troops provide battlefield cover for the main force, and don't let the enemy's reconnaissance personnel get close to us."
"Let the attacking tanks go faster. Slow ones will only attract enemy artillery shells."
"Pay attention to the enemy's unmanned reconnaissance drones and shoot down those nasty things as much as possible."
In the past two days, Major General Brenita has collected a few broken troops of the Third Regiment scattered in the wilderness. These broken soldiers are all desolate and miserable. From their mouths, it can be learned that the city of Merida has a quite powerful artillery unit.
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The major general was also afraid that the opponent's artillery was too fierce, so he had to be more vigilant. His tank company did not go along the main road, and fought through the fields after the bombardment. Considering that the distance was only about ten kilometers, the opponent's artillery should not be able to react.
If the town of 'Ticpo' can be easily captured, the major general will immediately order the entire division to conduct a surprise attack and use his mechanized and motorized characteristics to attack the city of Merida. As long as he enters the urban area, half of the battle will be won.
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In the town of Tiquepo, all the Merida security forces stationed here stayed in bunkers. Since this town faced the enemy from Valladolid, Qin Weidong, who was commanding the battle, sent the only mechanized engineering battalion in his hand.
Build fortifications.
The town has been completely fortified, and five annular defense circles have been dug in the front, rear, left and right. Each defense circle has deep trenches and anti-gun holes covered with two to three meters of wood and soil.
When the sound of artillery sounded, the whole battalion stationed here hid in the anti-gun cave. They waited for hundreds of enemy artillery shells to fall down. At most, they would collapse a few trenches and have little impact on the entire fortification group.
The sentry in charge of the lookout observed the outside movement through the artillery mirror, and soon heard his report on the radio, "Company commander, the enemy tanks are coming up."
"Are you so damn stupid? According to the regulations, you should report the identity, location, enemy equipment, quantity and distance." The command from the grassroots commander immediately came over the radio. At present, the quality of the soldiers of the security army varies from good to bad.
Shao is a rookie who has just joined the army.
The sentry who reported the report was very nervous, and his words were trembling and unclear. The helpless officer could only come out to confirm by himself, and soon more detailed orders began to be issued, "The rocket launcher company is ready, the enemy tanks are coming up. The position is at ours
Five kilometers to the right front of the position."
One after another, Type 63 107mm rocket launchers began to be launched from under the anti-gun holes of the position. Each gun had twelve barrels, and the firepower of a rocket launcher battery was equivalent to that of an ordinary howitzer regiment.
At this moment, Major General Brenita's leading tank company of more than a dozen tanks spread out to a battlefield width of at least 500 meters. They were also followed by dozens of infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles, opening up a depth of one or two kilometers. According to common sense, such a large area
It is difficult to be covered by artillery fire.
The M60A3 ran very happily on the grassland, and there was almost nothing in the wilderness that could hinder their progress. The commander in the tank could already see the buildings in the town a few kilometers away, which seemed to have been demolished into a white field.
"Our artillery is so powerful?" The tank company officer leading the team leaned half out of the turret of his command vehicle. He felt the speed and ease of the armored tank galloping across the battlefield, and sighed in his heart at the powerful firepower of his own side. "
From now on we should be left with nothing but boring occupation.”
The tank company quickly advanced to a distance of one kilometer from the town. At this time, the telescope could clearly see some human heads appearing and disappearing in the opposite position. The M60A3 machine gun began to fire, adding a bit of power.
Just when the tank company's attack reached its climax, a series of tail flames suddenly appeared in the town's position, and anti-tank missiles flew out one after another.
This sudden change caused the tank officer leading the team to scream: "Release smoke and interfere."
Bang bang smoke bombs emerged on the battlefield, and more than a dozen M60A3s were shrouded in them. Some of the missiles launched from the town lost their targets and could only fly randomly, but there were more missiles directed at the tanks following them.
The infantry fighting vehicle behind flew past.
The infantry fighting vehicle following behind also quickly released smoke to cover it up. The results of this first batch of anti-tank missiles were over. A total of fifty missiles were fired, but they only destroyed less than five enemy armored vehicles.
But this wave of attacks frightened the tank assault force of Major General Blenita. The loss of five vehicles was also a loss, and no one wanted to continue losing like this. The commander hardly needed to say anything, and the entire assault force immediately started
Accelerate and rush forward.
As a result, when they rushed about 700 to 800 meters away from the town, an M60A3 suddenly exploded without warning. The tank weighing dozens of tons jumped several meters high, the track on one side collapsed, and the vehicle fell heavily and overturned.
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"Anti-tank mines?" the commander of the tank company exclaimed in his turret. Just as he finished speaking, a large number of ballistic trajectories suddenly flew out in the town, and hundreds of rockets were fired like a swarm of bees.
It seemed to have jumped out.
Damn it, why is the density of firepower in this place so high!