Chapter 1076 Heavy losses

What's even more terrible is that the road is so narrow that the US military cannot turn around even if it wants to retreat.

The M1 main battle tank and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle were unable to turn around and retreat on such a narrow road.

"Damn, what kind of reconnaissance is this? We didn't even detect the ambush of the guerrillas here!" Johnov cursed the aerial reconnaissance in his heart.

Before that, he had sent out reconnaissance planes for reconnaissance to avoid being attacked by guerrillas.

As a result, no guerrillas were found through aerial reconnaissance.

John was relieved.

Who would have thought that the guerrillas would choose to ambush the coalition forces here.

And the terrain is so conducive to the guerrillas.

The first to arrive were two F16 fighter jets. The guided bombs mounted on the inner pylons of the wings of the F16 fighter jets flew towards the guerrilla positions as the pilots operated.

"Boom~~"

"Boom~~"

After throwing the guided bombs, the two F16 fighter jets left.

The suppressed guerrilla firepower started again after the two F16 fighter jets flew away.

However, as four Black Hawk helicopters arrived on the battlefield to provide aerial fire support, the guerrillas' firepower was suppressed again.

"Boom~~"

A guerrilla carried an anti-aircraft missile and aimed it at a Black Hawk helicopter that was launching rockets in the air.

The anti-aircraft missile flew out and flew towards the Black Hawk helicopter.

The pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter took control, launched guided bombs, and performed air maneuvers to get rid of the anti-aircraft missiles.

However, the missile was not disturbed and directly hit the Black Hawk helicopter. The helicopter emitted white smoke and crashed into the mountain below before exploding.

The other three helicopters immediately turned around and left, gaining altitude.

This kind of anti-aircraft missile is too great a threat to helicopters, and is often called a "helicopter killer" on the battlefield!

When John saw this scene, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

This 'Black Hawk' helicopter was destroyed and there were two people killed. The loss was huge.

He couldn't wait to wipe out all the guerrillas!

That night, night fell.

The guerrillas took advantage of the darkness to evacuate their defensive positions.

When daylight came, John saw that the gunfire had stopped, and then discovered that the guerrillas had run away.

By noon, the damage statistics were out.

No guerrillas were found in the defensive positions, and no bodies were found. The extent of the guerrilla losses is unknown.

But their losses were huge. 232 people of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and 256 were injured. Only 12 people were intact. Among them, 50 injured people were transported to field hospitals for treatment by Black Hawk helicopters. The others 206 people received bandages.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force lost 10 Type 74 main battle tanks, 20 Isuzu Type 73 transport military trucks, 50 Mitsubishi Type 73 jeeps, 55 Kawasaki KLX250 military motorcycles,

All 1,000 government troops were wiped out. Some were killed by guerrillas and some by American soldiers. 100 transport military trucks were lost.

On the U.S. side, a Black Hawk helicopter including three pilots was lost, four U.S. soldiers were killed, and 10 were injured.

John was very angry. He ordered the Air Force to strengthen aerial reconnaissance and sent scouts to conduct reconnaissance on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The corpses blocking the road were all thrown into the river on his orders. Scrapped military transport vehicles, motorcycles, jeeps, and tanks were all pushed directly into the river.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to march at all.

When Johnoff led his troops to Dehraward, they fought a street battle in Dehraward. It took six days to control Dehraward.

During the street fighting, the US military killed 39 people and injured 76 others.

When Johnoff reported to the coalition headquarters, he suggested that further reinforcements be sent. He believed that under the current situation, the coalition ground forces were not enough to control all cities in Afghanistan.

Moreover, he believes that the government troops cannot be reused, and not only do they fail to play a role on the battlefield, but they are counterproductive.

In fact, not only John, but also the coalition forces elsewhere suffered a lot of losses.

Therefore, the coalition headquarters is also asking for help from the Pentagon, hoping to send additional reinforcements.

Afghanistan has many mountains and plateaus, and even county and provincial capital cities are in the mountains.

The guerrillas were elusive and constantly ambushed the transportation lines, and the roads were extremely poor. This forced the coalition forces to allocate part of their forces to protect the transportation lines, and even used a large number of military transport aircraft to transport or drop by air.

After more than three months of fighting, the coalition forces have eliminated the guerrillas' air power, and the guerrillas have completely lost air supremacy. As for the air, the coalition's air power losses are not significant.

However, the majority of aircraft were lost to guerrilla attacks.

In more than three months, more than 100 aircraft were lost to attacks, including more than 120 helicopters.

It is true that the coalition forces did not send air forces to bomb the guerrillas in the mountains, but the results were not obvious. It seemed that the guerrillas could not be killed no matter how much they were bombed.

Therefore, in order to fight better, seize Afghan cities, and cut off the guerrillas' material and troop supplies, the coalition headquarters has sent a request for assistance to the Pentagon.

Only now, the United States is negotiating with its allies to ask them to send more troops.

Liu Tao only learned about the attack in Uruzgan Province the next day.

First, through the reconnaissance satellite, it was discovered that there was a battle going on here, and then the intelligence system collected intelligence.

Seeing that the little devils suffered such a heavy loss, Liu Tao was in a good mood and ate an extra bowl of white rice.

This time, the Japanese actively responded to the call of the United States and sent three warships to escort the United States. Then, 5,000 ground self-defense forces were sent so far. The ground forces sent were second only to the United Kingdom. It can be said that they were loyal to the United States.

This time, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force suffered such a heavy loss, which was good news.

Liu Tao was thinking that even if it was to encourage the guerrillas to kill more little devils, it was reasonable to find weapons in the trees or weapons and ammunition left by the Soviet Union in the caves.

To be honest, Liu Tao knew very well what the purpose of the Japanese being so active in sending troops and money was. It was nothing more than hoping that the Americans would loosen the dog rope around the necks of the Japanese and become a normal country like Germany.

Although Japan's military expenditure is not low, its weapons and equipment are very advanced, and its Self-Defense Forces are not small, it is actually subject to restrictions in all aspects. Many of them are beyond Japan's research and can only be purchased from the Americans. Even many weapons and equipment cannot be purchased by Japan even if it has money.

Since the Plaza Accord was cheated by the Americans, and the real estate bubble burst in the early 1990s, the Japanese economy has lost ten years. Not only has it not developed, but it has also retreated, and the economy has been negative for ten consecutive years.

This also made the Japanese realize many realities. As long as the Americans do not loosen the shackles on the Japanese, no matter how much the Japanese develop their economy, they will continue to be sucked blood by the Americans.

Moreover, the Japanese are bullied by American soldiers, and they cannot judge American soldiers. They can only watch American soldiers return to the United States with pride, which is a constant humiliation.

However, it is not so easy for the Japanese to achieve normalization, at least what they are doing now is far from enough.