More than ten kilometers north of Queretaro, on the top of an unknown mountain.
Rafael and his platoon squatted on the top of the hill for two hours. The trenches had been dug, the bunkers had been built, and the camouflage net was fully draped. The entire platoon, with three squads and nine observation points, stayed quietly on the top of the hill.
Looking at the plateau channel several kilometers wide under the mountain.
With the assistance of Dr. Osborne, the weapons and equipment of the "Mexican United Front" are no worse than those of the Aurora Legion, and even far exceed them in some aspects. For example, the reconnaissance equipment mounted on various drones, helicopters, and even fighter jets are
It's much better. You can observe the battlefield from a few kilometers or even ten kilometers away.
On the side of the Aurora Legion, weapons that are too advanced cannot be considered ordinary items and must open a space-time gate before they can be transported.
Last time, Zhou Qingfeng got a large cargo ship to transport the equipment of the 'Artist', which consumed too much time to open the space-time gate, which made him timid in transporting cutting-edge weapons. The quality of the legion's troops was not high, so in the investigation
We are lagging behind in terms of equipment and air defense equipment.
Rafael could now see the huge gap caused by this backwardness. After the minefield in front of him was laid for the first time, the minelaying convoy quickly left, with only a small number of infantry personnel nearby to observe the enemy's situation.
It didn't take long for the rockets from the 'Mo United Front' to fly over. Even without satellite positioning, the distance and orientation could be accurately measured by map operation alone. When the overwhelming minesweeper rockets fell, the entire minefield rumbled.
The noise.
The kilometers-wide natural passage between the hills is like a carpet of explosive smoke and dust. Minesweeper rockets throw hundreds of submunitions and explode on the ground. Every small explosion will trigger a response of landmines on the ground.
There are tens of thousands of small anti-infantry mines in this area. They have spider web-like trip strings that will explode at the slightest touch.
The power of anti-personnel mines is limited. When they explode, they are no more than a small cloud of smoke. However, the anti-tank mines protected by them are terrifying. The Type 69 anti-tank mines are too old and are not resistant to explosions, secondary detonations, and anti-mine clearance.
Function, the high pressure caused by the explosion of mine clearance bombs can easily trigger it.
There are nearly 10,000 anti-tank mines in the minefield. When demining, detonating them all at once is like the continuous explosion of nearly 10,000 heavy artillery shells. The smoke generated by the explosion spread into the sky and soon enveloped the entire passage and surrounding hills.
Raphael was staying on the top of a hill not far from the minefield. The violent explosions shook the ground constantly. This natural disaster-like scene not only made him extremely uncomfortable physically as he lay in the trench, but also put him under great psychological pressure.
There were many recruits in the platoon, and no one had ever seen such a horrific thing. Many soldiers vented their fear by yelling in fear, and some simply jumped out of their bunkers and ran around in panic.
Lose your mind.
"Hold down the running soldiers, and if you can't hold them down, knock them unconscious." Raphael couldn't watch his platoon lose control, so he could only stand up and give orders. But the explosion under the hilltop made his shouting useless.
, he can only take the initiative to catch those soldiers who are running around.
The entire mine clearing process only took a few minutes. When the smoke and dust dissipated, Rafael's entire platoon was scattered in a mess within a few hundred meters of the ditch on the top of the mountain. Many people were breathing heavily, their chests heaving violently, and they were covered with dirt.
His face rose up, and the reaction from the outside world seemed like a world away.
"Go back to the position, go back to your bunker. You have to be lucky that these rockets are not coming towards us, otherwise we would all be dead." Raphael cursed for a while, he was exhausted and his legs were weak.
The soldiers in the platoon came back in despair one by one, and someone screamed: "Platoon leader, look at the position behind us."
Everyone turned their heads and suddenly took a breath of air.
The enemy's rocket launchers not only performed the task of clearing mines, but also launched a large number of rockets that attacked the legion positions behind the minefields. These positions were mainly trenches, bunkers, and semi-permanent fortifications. Although they were not perfect, in Raphael's opinion
It's already strong enough.
Now Raphael raised his telescope again, and what he saw was the ground churned by carpet bombardment. The trenches were flattened, the steel bunkers were crooked, and some even overturned and fell to the ground.
The spliced fortifications were blown to pieces.
Immediately after the shelling, a large number of people came out to repair the fortifications on the position. Rafael also saw one or two blackened arms or thighs emerging from the exploded soil from time to time, and there were many casualties.
"Platoon leader, look." Another soldier pointed to the minefield under the hill that had just been plowed by rockets. There were already many craters in the originally flat area, and the convoy that had just laid mines came again this time.
Already.
The minelaying rockets were fired again, and the white umbrella flowers covered the smoky minefield again. Anti-infantry mines were once again nested with anti-tank mines - it seemed that the minelaying convoy was well concealed just now, shit.
Nothing happened.
Just looking at the minefield once again filled with umbrella flowers, Raphael suddenly had an unpleasant feeling. He immediately shouted to his soldiers: "Go back to the bunker, and don't move until you are beaten to death this time."
Sure enough, this time the minefield had just been laid, and before the convoy could run far, another wave of rockets came down - there was another booming explosion, and Raphael himself could only hold his head and cover his ears.
Opening his mouth wide, he lay sideways in the bunker and suffered.
When the shaking on the ground stopped again, Raphael and his men poked their heads out of the bunker, only to see thousands more 'lunar craters' in front of them, big craters within small craters, one crater after another, and craters within craters.
It’s endless….
This was repeated several times, and the legion's position was ravaged several times. Every time after the bombardment, troops came out to lay mines again. Every time the position was destroyed, officers and soldiers came out to repair it.
Among them, the mine-laying convoy is considered the most dangerous. Their mine-laying rockets do not have enough range, so they have to drive to the front of the position to launch them every time. After each launch, you must run away quickly, otherwise you will be covered by the enemy's rockets if you are slower.
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During the third mine-laying operation, Rafael's platoon saw that the mine-laying convoy had broken down and blocked the road, so it simply abandoned several mine-laying vehicles. A group of people hurriedly piled into the vehicles that could still be driven and hurried away.
road,
Seeing the embarrassment of this troop, Raphael still wanted to laugh. But seeing that they were covered by enemy fire because they did not retreat in time, the whole platoon suddenly felt heartbroken. This kind of attitude of just being beaten without fighting back is very demoralizing.
This was such a shock that Raphael himself fell silent.
After the fourth large-scale shelling by the Mexican United Front, the mine-laying troops were unable to come out again. Only a dozen mine-laying vehicles that were burnt to pieces were left at the scene, proving that a unit had fought here.
.
well…….
A few days later, Rafael completed his garrison mission and led the team to evacuate for repairs. He happened to meet an officer who was laying rocket mines, and asked the other party if the casualties on the first day of the war were too heavy and they could not attack again?
"Ah..., you mean the hilly passage in the industrial area, right?"
"yes."
"That is the enemy's main attack direction, so it is natural to mine and block it. We suffered a lot of losses, but 20,000 to 30,000 anti-tank mines were dropped in that place. Each anti-tank mine has a charge equivalent to
A 155 caliber heavy artillery shell.
That place was covered by enemy and friendly fire three or four times. There were tens of thousands of large pits more than three meters tall in the passage just a few kilometers wide, and there were countless smaller pits. Even the tanks would have to sink in. Let's see.
In this situation, there is no need to lay mines anymore."
"Ah..., I thought you suffered too much loss, but it turns out you were lazy!"