Chapter 233
“”Retreat!”
Faced with such a huge gap, the commander of the 4th Armored Division of Venezuela almost vomited blood. Fortunately, the deputy commander urgently ordered the entire army to retreat.
At this time, it was impossible to escape.
The only way was to retreat to the city and fight street battles.
As for field battles, don’t joke.
There are plains all around, which is completely suicide, especially now that the tanks and armor are all scrapped.
Fighting street battles in the city can still hold out for a while
“rush!”
“Kill”
“Kill them! Go, go.”
After destroying the enemy’s T72 tank army, hundreds of Leopard 2 tanks killed the fleeing enemies.
Seeing this scene from the rear, Veron urgently ordered:”Order them to withdraw immediately. It is nonsense to use tanks to fight street battles. Don’t you know that the enemy has anti-tank guns? Let them withdraw immediately.”
Although the Leopard 2 tank has strong armor protection capabilities, it also has weak points.
Especially on the roof, tie a few grenades and throw them from the roof to the roof cover, and the Leopard 2 will immediately become a pile of scrap metal. The
Leopard 2 tank army, which was running wildly, had to stop after receiving the order, and then turn around and evacuate.
“General Veron, judging from the situation now, the enemy wants to fight us in a street fight.”
The commander of the 6th Army, Novman, put down his binoculars and said
“It seems so.”Veron looked solemn.
There is no doubt that fighting in the streets is the most troublesome. No one wants to fight.
“What should we do now?”
Veron narrowed his eyes, pondered for a while, and said,”General, I plan to have you take the 36th and 37th Heavy Armored Brigades and the 47th Light Armored Brigade and the 58th Infantry Brigade to continue south to attack the two cities of Ojeda and Cabimas.”
“Maracaibo Bay, I’ll take care of it.”
Maracaibo Bay is the second largest city in Venezuela, an important economic center and oil industry production base in Venezuela, and the capital of Zulia State.
The entire Zulia State is an important oil production base in Venezuela, and a large amount of oil is spread underground in the entire bay area.
Maracaibo Bay is the capital of Zulia State, and half of the country’s important oil refineries are concentrated here. It is of great significance, and this city must be conquered.
But he did not want to slow down the battle plan, so he planned to let Rafman lead two heavy armored brigades, one light armored brigade and one infantry brigade to continue southward to completely capture Zulia State, and he and the three infantry brigades and one light armored brigade left behind to encircle and suppress the enemy in the city.
“How about I come to encircle and suppress them, and you continue to move south?” Novman said.
The two heavy armored brigades belonged to the 7th Army, and he thought that it would be more appropriate for Veron to command.
Hearing this, Veron also thought of this problem.
After a slight hesitation, he nodded:”Okay, I will lead the 7th Army south, and I will leave this to you.”
Novman smiled slightly, and said:”Don’t worry, he is just a turtle shell, I have to break it and then swallow it.”
Veron smiled when he heard it, raised his hand and patted Novman on the shoulder, turned around and left without saying anything more.
After resting for more than half an hour, the army was divided into two and continued to move south.
After watching Veron leave, Novman looked back at the Bay of Maracaibo not far away, squinted his eyes, returned to the temporary command post, and gave orders to the adjutant beside him:”Order the brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders of the four brigades to come to the meeting”
“Yes!”
Compared to the difficulties encountered by the 1st and 2nd Route Armies, the 3rd and 4th Route Armies were unstoppable and collapsed at the first touch.
Especially the 3rd Route Army, which consisted of 5 heavy armored brigades, 2 light armored brigades and 2 infantry brigades, pushed forward directly.
By 10 o’clock in the morning, it had captured more than 10 towns and 2 cities, and pointed its spearhead directly at the city of Barinas in the northwest, penetrating more than 170 kilometers into the territory of Venezuela.
It defeated tens of thousands of people including the 3rd Infantry Division of Venezuela and the 3rd Brigade of the Border Guard.
Nearly 4,000 people were killed, and more than 5,000 prisoners were captured alone.
The casualties of the 3rd Route Army were minimal, less than 100 people. Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Underground fortress command post. In order to prevent air raids by Colombia, the combat command room was moved underground
“What’s the situation now? Have you contacted the troops on the front line?”
Carlos Rodriguez asked.
His brows were full of worry.
Compared with the previous few days, he looked a little older.
“We have contacted the 2nd Infantry Division in Valencia and the 5th Rainforest Division in Guiana City. The situation is not good.”
“According to the news sent by the 5th Rainforest Division, their front-line troops suffered heavy losses from the Colombian army’s artillery and air strikes, and a large number of heavy weapons were damaged. Later, they were attacked by enemy armed helicopter clusters and armored aircraft groups. They have now retreated to Miraflores.”
Chief of Staff Corsi said solemnly
“What about the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 9th Cavalry Divisions? Still can’t get in touch with them?” Carlos Rodriguez frowned.
Compared with the 5th Rainforest Division, he was more worried about the enemies in the direction of Maracaibo Bay and San Cristobal, which were important towns and major population gathering areas.
On the contrary, the area where the 5th Rainforest Division was located, although rich in resources, had a sparse population. Even if it was occupied, it would not matter and would not affect Venezuela’s military strength.
Corsi shook his head:”Still can’t get in touch with them! However, the US military has provided electronic communication equipment and has arranged for people to be sent to the front line.”
Hearing that the US military had provided electronic communication equipment, Carlos Rodriguez felt a little relieved.
Now he hoped that the front-line troops would send good news.
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“How is the war on the front line?”
Louis came to the combat command room and asked about the situation.
“Replying to the boss, we have entered the second phase of the ground force offensive. According to the news from the front line, the 1st Army has surrounded the Bay of Maracaibo. The enemy has hidden in the city and wants to fight street battles. It is estimated that it will take some time, but the 7th Army of the 1st Army continues to move south. The
2nd Army has successively conquered cities such as Ureña, San Antonio, Rubio, and Colon. It is currently encircling the important town of Santa Claristor in the northwest of Venezuela. It is estimated that there will be a tough battle to fight. The
3rd Army is progressing smoothly. It has successively conquered towns and 2 cities. It sent a message before that it is attacking Barinas and is expected to meet with the 7th Army in the city of Barquisimeto. The
4th Army defeated the main forces of the 2 brigades of the 5th Rainforest Division of Venezuela and a large number of border defense forces. It is progressing smoothly. It is expected that it will arrive in Guiana City in 2 days.”
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Hearing that the 6th Army was going to fight street battles, Luis frowned.
The Colombian Defense Force, except for the Special Service Regiment, is not very good at street fighting.
Street fighting is more suitable for special operations.
When attacking Guayaquil, an important coastal town in Eguar, hundreds of people were killed and injured.
“So, you contact Panama and transfer their Flying Tigers Special Forces, and add our own Iron Cavalry Special Forces and Shadow Special Forces as the main force to enter the Bay of Maracaibo, with the 6th Army as the auxiliary and the special forces as the spearhead.”
Luis planned to recreate the previous Colombian Unification War and the Bucaramanga War.
This would not only train the special forces’ combat capabilities, but also reduce casualties, which was the best of both worlds.[]
Gavin smiled and said,”It is indeed appropriate to send the special forces to fight street battles.”
Then he ran quickly to make contact.
Louis stood up and walked to the battle map, carefully studying the city of Saint Claristor that the 2nd Army needed to conquer. It has a population of nearly 500,000 and is considered a big city.
The city was built in a col and is surrounded by mountains, a bit like a basin.
Judging from the terrain, it is the type that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. A strong attack is expected to result in a lot of losses, unless artillery shells are used to wash the ground.
Artillery shells washing the ground should be able to reduce casualties.
Thinking of this, Louis thought of the A-10 Warthog ground attack aircraft. This attack aircraft is a good hand at ground support.
Especially against strongholds.
It is too costly to use fighter jets to attack ground strongholds, and there is a risk of being shot down.
Although armed helicopters are not bad, they have limited mounted weapons and cannot carry incendiary bombs.
And other powerful bombs
A-10 attack aircraft are not affected by terrain and can fight in all weather conditions.
They are also equipped with machine guns and are good at ground strikes.
Columbia was previously equipped with 5 aircraft.
Louis plans to expand the number to 20, as it is cost-effective.
An A-10 Warthog attack aircraft has a system price of 2.3 million US dollars.
15 aircraft means 34.5 million US dollars.
30 pilots were also purchased.
Louis opened a talent recruitment system to recruit 10,000 special forces soldiers.”
Louis decided to expand the number of special forces soldiers. Now, not counting the youth army, Columbia itself has only more than 1,000 people, which is a bit small.
“Ding, the purchase was successful, 50 million US dollars were deducted!”
“Ding, it is detected that there are items that have not been materialized. Do you want to materialize them immediately?”
Luis opened the system map and quickly found the city of Cucuta. After materializing its personnel and materials at the military base in Cucuta,
Luis exited the system and saw Gavin coming over.���Louis said to him:”You should ask Reynolds Rod to take people to the Cucuta military base immediately!”
Hearing this, Gavin was a little confused, but he didn’t think much about it.
Soon, Reynolds Rod received a call in the city of Cucuta.
Gavin quickly explained the situation.
After learning about the situation, Reynolds Rod rushed to the military base without stopping, and saw the A-10 attack aircraft parked on the airport apron. His eyes lit up instantly.
He said happily:”With this thing, we can completely crush and push it flat.” No matter how powerful the stronghold is, it is still a mantis arm to stop a chariot..
