There are thousands of armed militias throughout Mogadishu, plus civilians who have been encouraged to take up arms, and the combined forces need to face tens of thousands of potential enemies.
It is no exaggeration to describe the city as full of enemies.
As the fighting continues, if the incoming armed militiamen are allowed to continue to gather, it will be impossible for ground troops alone to withstand the impact.
The Gatling operators on the Black Hawk need to continuously provide suppressive firepower.
And Aidid's militiamen are not stupid. They know that the helicopter firepower in the sky is fierce, and they will find bunkers as much as possible to avoid them.
Thus.
Although the Black Hawk helicopter's firepower is fierce, the actual damage caused is very limited.
The biggest function is fire suppression, which prevents the armed militia from quickly gathering at the target building for 4 weeks to facilitate safe evacuation after completing the mission.
It can be regarded as a "guarantee", which greatly slowed down the speed of the militiamen's arrival.
Clay and Brian had a great time playing Gatling, and Sonny also used the mk46 to deal with the violent damage below, perfectly interpreting what it means to be in a hail of bullets.
The helicopter carried a large amount of ammunition, and what Sonny consumed was not what he carried.
You can do it with confidence.
Long Zhan was carrying 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and his eyes kept wandering around Hawadi Street, but he did not join in the fierce battle.
"Where is Aidid hiding?"
This is the only thought in Long Zhan's mind now, and it is also the only thing he is doing.
Through the prophet of the subsequent events of Black Hawk Down, Long Zhan can confirm 100% that Aidid is hiding in this so-called "Black Sea area".
But in which nook and corner is he hiding? Long Zhan has no clue at all.
In order to complete the next big plan, Long Zhan needs to find Aidid's location through on-site observation and analysis, and at least touch some traces.
While continuing to observe the Aidid militia group, Long Zhan's headset kept ringing.
Among them is Evansman's Call.
"Juliet 64, this is Team 25. Someone fell out of the helicopter and was seriously injured. We have to get him out quickly."
Juliet 64 is the code name of Captain Steele, and Squad 25 is the code name of the fourth squad.
"Juliet 64 received it. I didn't hear it clearly. Please repeat it completely."
Captain Steele's tone was filled with surprise. He couldn't believe that falling from the rappel would happen. This kind of low-level accident rarely happened in training.
I thought I heard it wrong.
It was Evansman's first time as a leader, and he was very anxious and annoyed when such a low-level accident happened.
In order to allow the superior to hear clearly, he slowed down his speaking speed as much as possible to make his spoken language clearer and repeated it again.
Captain Steele finally understood and was so speechless that he didn't know what to say.
We could only immediately report this "weird" situation to the ground force commander, Lieutenant Colonel Harrell, and ask him for help.
Long Zhan didn't know how Lieutenant Colonel Harrel would react when he heard that the "first injury" in the operation was caused by him falling.
What Long Zhan could see was that Super 62 flew past very quickly.
Two Delta members, all dressed in black and whose identities were easily distinguishable, slid down the rappelling rope neatly, landed and headed straight for the injured who were being transferred to the back of the abandoned vehicle.
Long Zhan himself is also a professional medical officer. Through the weapons and equipment of the two Delta members and the time they appeared, Gu
It was confirmed that both of them were medical officers.
The Delta Medical Officer's personal ability in battlefield first aid is definitely far superior to that of the Ranger Medical Officer, and he is more likely to bring Blackburn back from the brink of death.
Through the triple sight on the gun, Long Zhan could clearly see the operation of the Delta Medical Officer.
With the assistance of "Junior Medical Officer" Schneider, the two of them performed emergency medical treatment on Blackburn using operations that were so proficient that they were almost muscle memory.
The breathing tube was inserted, the intravenous injection was inserted, a cardiac injection was administered, the infusion bag was hung up, and the patient was carefully lifted onto the unfolded folding stretcher.
Then, after the three people collaborated and communicated together, they carried Blackburn and rushed outside the gate of the target building.
Inside the Joint Operations Command Center.
General Garrison, the commander-in-chief of the joint operations, General Beers, the top person in charge of the Mogadishu Military Airport, and Lieutenant Colonel Cribbs, the operational staff officer, all heard the radio communication indicating the first casualty.
Casualties occur during operations, which is a very sensitive matter in itself.
In addition, on the large display screen of the command center, the enemy's firepower was getting fiercer and fiercer in the battle scenes captured by drones.
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In footage captured by high-altitude cameras, all urban roads in Mogadishu are covered with roadblocks that prevent entry.
The billowing black smoke from burning tires rose like evil black dragons in every corner of the city.
The group of helicopters hovering in the sky seemed to have become a beacon guiding the Somalis, completely exposing the location of the battle.
Attracting an endless stream of Somalis, it seems to be where the helicopter is.
Especially the north side of Al-Bakhara Market, the base camp of the Aidid militia.
Aidid's militia took to the streets to call out, and brainwashed civilians continued to walk out of their homes and join Aidid's militia.
As a result, the armed groups became larger and larger, ignoring the black eagles in the sky and heading straight to the fighting site.
Pulling civilians into your own armed group becomes the most effective natural bunker, so that the Black Hawk helicopters in the sky do not dare to carry out strafing operations.
No matter how fierce the firepower of the Black Hawk helicopters in the sky is, even if the rocket nest of the Little Bird helicopter can reach a street first, there is nothing that can be done against the incoming crowd.
This counter-attack is indeed very good.
It can be seen that among Aidid's personnel, there are people who specialize in studying the rules of engagement of the peacekeeping forces and counterattacking according to the rules.
further away.
Cars full of armed personnel were rushing towards them, roaring with the accelerator pedal pressed to the bottom.
The largest number of people have gathered from the north. The northwest corner where Evansman's fourth team is located, and the second team which is rappelled in the northeast corner are about to face the greatest pressure.
The officers in the command operations center looked at the scenes before their eyes.
Everyone became nervous and anxious.
Even General Garrison, who was very confident at the beginning, had a vague feeling that he had stung a hornet's nest, and everything began to go in an uncontrollable direction.
But no matter how bad he felt in his heart, once the action was launched, it was like an arrow being shot, and there was no way to turn back.
As the man who shot the bow and arrow, Garrison could only smoke his cigar.
My eyes were focused on the situation on the battlefield, my ears were listening to various communications from various channels, and I secretly prayed for the young men in my heart.
Although he knew that praying to God was of no use on the battlefield.