Battlefield Contract Worker

Airborne plan

"But if it is only by sending ground rangers to destroy the communication lines and material reserve bases of the Tuareg armed forces.

The first is too risky, and the second is whether it can effectively destroy the enemy's material warehouse, the effect is doubtful! "Fried is still a little bit skilled in military affairs, and he immediately saw the problem from Lin Rui's suggestion.

After listening to Ferid's doubts, Lin Rui immediately laughed, nodded and said: "The general is right! But I think this problem can be solved!

Even with our current limited number of bombers and **** fighters, I have a way to get good results! "

"Oh? Then you might as well talk about it! Do you have any good ways to solve this problem?"

"On the surface, whether it's aerial bombing or ground raids, it's really difficult to be effective unilaterally, but has the general thought about combining the two, and if this is the case, won't all problems be solved?" Lin Rui said to Ferid with a smile.

Ferid's eyes lit up immediately... Ferid pulled Lin Rui and chatted in his office for a long time. This kind of situation is very rare, because of Ferid's current status, he is very busy, often flying around, constantly coordinating the relationship between all parties, and need to constantly formulate various plans and supervise the implementation of the plan.

So his time is usually counted in minutes, even on the plane, he can't relax, which is really difficult for a sixty-year-old man.

Although he usually likes to go to the grassroots of the army to inspect and communicate with the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level to understand the situation of the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, he never thought about talking with a mercenary for such a long time like today.

Even when it was time to eat, Ferid did not let Lin Rui go. Instead, he ordered the food for the two of them to be delivered directly to his office, and continued to chat with Lin Rui while eating.

It was already midnight when Ferid let Lin Rui go with satisfaction, and even when Lin Rui left, Ferid personally sent Lin Rui outside his office door, which surprised Ferid's guards and staff even more.

"Very good! You are one of the most intelligent soldiers I have ever seen! I am very happy to meet you and Mr. Masakishi as helpers! So I decided to completely follow the command of the two! Hope you can do more things in the future!

You stay with me first, I still need to discuss our new plan with you in the next two days, you can take a rest first, after our plan is made, it is not too late for you to leave here! "

Lin Rui and the actuary visited the shore for several days and worked out a complete raid plan. And put it into practice as quickly as possible.

Of course, all these plans were made under top secret circumstances. The senior officials of the Mali Army did not know the details.

When the planned day came, following Lin Rui's order, the first batch of departure personnel walked towards the transport plane that had started its engine, and boarded the plane one file at a time.

This time, according to the plan, the Mali Air Force dispatched a total of 2 old transport planes for their airborne operations. Rather than saying that they are two transport planes, these two transport planes are actually just modified versions of civilian transport planes, and the changes are not very big.

Because Mali was caught off guard and drawn into the splitting war, the demand for various weapons increased sharply for a while, and enough weapons and equipment could not be produced for a while.

Therefore, this type of aircraft, which was used as a civilian airliner or transport aircraft before the war, was requisitioned in large numbers and put into the war. This is why the Malian Air Force used this modified transport aircraft.

However, the changes of the two are limited, the use is not affected much, the maintenance is basically the same, and the performance has no special changes, so this military transport aircraft is actually a civilian version.

Each of these transport planes can transport 20 to 30 members, plus some airdrops, two to three hundred people. In fact, seven are enough, but there are only two in Mali. The others were recruited by Trident. Considering that individual planes might encounter mechanical failures before takeoff, an extra plane was assigned to them as a backup.

But even so, two engines of these planes failed before takeoff, so Lin Rui had no choice but to stuff these people into six planes.

At any rate, the transport plane is relatively solid. Although the rated capacity is 20 to 30 people, during the war, due to the needs of the war, it is often overcrowded for flight. What's more, at this time, you don't pay attention to the issue of comfort and discomfort. If you don't have enough planes and don't carry a lot of supplies, just to transport people, sometimes the transport plane will even be stuffed with forty or fifty soldiers. As long as it is not seriously overweight, this guy can still take off safely.

So even though the engines of two planes temporarily lost their chains and failed, these hundreds of people were still easily stuffed into the stomachs of the remaining six planes. Even if three planes fail today, so many people will be stuffed into five planes and still take off.

When they took off, it was already early in the morning. At this time, because the Tuareg armed forces lacked night fighters, when the US military often carried out airborne operations, they would choose to take off at night, arrive at the airborne site before dawn, and carry out airborne operations after dawn.

This is safer. Even if the Tuareg armed forces find Mali's transport planes at dawn, they will not be able to expel them.

What's more, for the success of their airborne operation this time, the whole plan was kept secret, so basically there is no need to worry about any problems before the airborne. Although something went wrong when taking off, the remaining six transport planes took off smoothly, turned on the navigation lights in the air and began to organize and merge into a fleet. After continuing to circle for a while, they changed their course and flew towards the not far Niger River Valley.

The fleet quickly flew over the firefighting zone, because the area north of the Niger Valley is actually still a firefighting zone.

Entered the sky over the Niger River Valley. Although the Niger River Valley was occupied by the Eighth Tuareg Armed Regiment, these Tuareg armed forces were scattered into the Niger River Valley. At most, only a few Tuareg armed forces could be distributed per square kilometer. This is a wild land with very few aborigines.

It is also difficult for the Tuareg armed forces to find their traces. In order to ensure the confidentiality and safety of the mission, after take-off, the plane climbed to an altitude of more than 4,000 meters before flying into the sky over the Niger Valley. In this case, it was difficult for the Tuareg armed forces on the ground to hear the sound of the plane's engine and find the navigation lights on the plane.

Therefore, they swaggered all the way into the sky over the Niger River Valley, and after less than an hour's flight, they arrived at the scheduled airborne location.

For this operation, Lin Rui chose three places for the airborne landing, one in the north of Gao, one in the northeast, and the other in the southeast. The combat company is also divided into three action groups, and the company is ranked as a unit. Each action group has more than 50 people, and they are airborne at three locations.

These three airborne points are all close to the important material storage or transfer places of the Tuareg armed forces. As long as they successfully land, they can quickly attack the nearby Tuareg armed material storage points.

Lin Rui personally led the communication team and a mercenary operation team to carry out airborne operations nearby, and established a temporary headquarters there to direct the operation.

Lincoln led an action team that parachuted nearby and was responsible for attacking the local material reserves of the Fifth Tuareg Armed Company.

Kuai Ma led an action team to the Bard area to attack the Tuareg armed material storage and transportation stronghold there.

According to Lin Rui's plan, for this operation, they will start from east to west in sequence, and the group of Kuaima in the east will start the operation first. Next, Lin Rui's group began to attack, and finally Lincoln's group attacked.

If the operation is successful, then this operation can severely hit the Eighth Regiment stationed in the Niger River Valley, destroy the large amount of combat supplies the Eighth Regiment has stored in the Niger River Valley, and break the Eighth Regiment's spine at once, so that they will not be able to replenish enough combat supplies, especially food and ammunition, for a long time to come.

Therefore, this move is very ruthless, and it can be described as a bottom line. Once successful, it will play a vital role in the future attack of the Mali Army on the Niger Valley, greatly reducing the resistance of the attack, and weakening the combat effectiveness of the Tuareg Eighth Regiment to the greatest extent.

The airborne operation was very successful. After entering the Niger Valley, the fleet began to disband. Two transport planes carried an operation group and flew to the scheduled airborne location.

When the daylight was bright, the two transport planes that Lin Rui and his group took had already arrived at a place about 20 kilometers northeast of Gao. Through the radio contact of the flight crew members, Lin Rui on the plane learned that the planes of the other two action groups had also arrived at the scheduled location smoothly.

Lin Rui let out a long sigh of relief. At least up to this moment, the initial operation was quite smooth.

At this time, the pilot shouted loudly to Lin Rui through the loudspeaker in the cabin: "We are almost at the airborne point, please prepare for the airborne! We will start to descend, and the countdown will be five minutes!"

"Understood! Countdown to five minutes! Everyone is ready to skydive!" Lin Rui turned his head and said to the people in the cabin packed like sardine cans.

Because not only a mercenary squad was stuffed into his two transport planes, but also a communication squad, so each plane was overcrowded by a few people, and it also carried more communication equipment and combat supplies than the other two groups.

Therefore, the two planes were packed to the brim, and the ground was filled with airdrop packages full of various combat materials. The members of the operation team were all crowded on the benches on both sides of the cabin, shivering with cold.

When they flew all the way, the flying altitude was more than 4,000 meters, and the temperature in the cabin was only a few degrees below zero, already below freezing point.

So even though they were wearing cotton shirts inside and military jackets outside, they were still shivering from the cold and huddled together to keep warm.

"Damn! I didn't expect it to be so cold on the plane! I didn't feel so cold during the training before. Besides, why is this ear so uncomfortable? I can't hear anything from the buzzing! It can't be deaf!" Several new members of the Mali Army huddled together, shivering and snotting their noses, and said loudly to each other.

And the old mercenary brothers who followed Lin Rui in the cabin all grinned badly. They had suffered such hardships before. Before boarding the plane this time, they all wore thick clothes and brought an extra military blanket. They wrapped themselves tightly when they got on the plane. They were not too cold at the moment, and they were waiting to see other people's jokes.

Seeing the newcomers, a material airdrop package, and the members of the operation team, they were all crowded on the benches on both sides of the cabin, shivering with cold.

When they flew all the way, the flying altitude was more than 4,000 meters, and the temperature in the cabin was only a few degrees below zero, already below freezing point.

Seeing the new guys, one or two frozen virtues, and several veteran mercenaries laughed at the thief. UU reading www.uukanshu.com said, "It's okay! The boss said, this is a high altitude reaction! It seems that ... what ... right, air pressure! The higher the air pressure! If you are not angry, your head will hurt! This is normal! Wait for landing! Now the ears are uncomfortable, it's okay! "

Another guy smiled meanly and said, "Of course it's cold! How high did the plane fly during training? The highest is five or six hundred meters! Now it's several thousand meters high! Can it not be cold? According to theory, every time you increase a kilometer, the temperature will drop several degrees under normal circumstances. The altitude just now can already freeze! No wonder it's not cold!"

Lin Rui himself was also well-armed, and he even shamelessly wore a US military flight jacket on the plane. Even though the temperature in the cabin was only a few degrees below zero, he didn't feel cold at all.

At this time, the plane had already started to descend, gradually descending to an airborne altitude of 250 meters, and the temperature in the cabin began to rise gradually. Lin Rui immediately took off his flight jacket, put it aside, and gave the order to prepare for skydiving.

Everyone got busy, put their parachute bags on their backs, and checked each other in case something went wrong.

At the same time, they tidied up their leg bags and hung them on their chests. Various weapons, ammunition, and portable equipment were checked for the final time.

(end of this chapter)