Chapter 349 This is called the spirit of the Ranger
The battle at the second crash site has long ended. The armed militiamen who had besieged Long Zhan and his party have all gathered at the first crash site.
In addition, the location is not part of the city center, and there is no stronghold for armed militia.
Company C's convoy of two tanks and a dozen armored vehicles did not encounter many obstacles along the way, and it only took more than 10 minutes to reach the second crash site.
The purpose of running here was to collect the corpses. Even if they were burned, they still had to take some remains back with them.
At this time, General Garrison issued a special order because of what he said at the airport at the beginning of the operation: "Never abandon anyone."
The convoy arrived at the crash site on Markham Street. A group of soldiers from Company C of the 10th Mountain Division were deeply shocked by the scene in front of them as soon as they got off the armored vehicle.
What kind of crash site is this? This is a bloody battlefield comparable to hell.
The mountains of bullet casings, the densely packed bullet holes all over the surrounding walls, soaked and stained red with blood, the ground that was sticky when you stepped on the soles of your shoes, and the remains of various limbs and pieces of meat could be seen everywhere...
Even the veterans of Company C, who have been serving as soldiers for the longest time and are used to seeing war scenes, can't help but feel chills running down their spines.
Through everything they saw in front of them, they could completely imagine in their minds how terrible the enemy's attack was endured by the emergency response team trapped here at that time.
At the same time, he couldn't understand or imagine how the emergency response team stationed here managed to survive.
Those guys...
Are they really human?
This exaggerated and incomprehensible combat power has far exceeded the cognition of the veterans.
At the same time, it also makes these soldiers from the Mountain Division, the Rangers who have just come out of the Somali encirclement and suppression, even more eager to join the legendary ace unit——
SEAL Team Six and Delta!
The veterans were all shocked by the scene in front of them, not to mention the other soldiers in C Company with little combat experience, who completely regarded what they saw as a miracle.
Even Captain Steele, who endured the enemy's fierce attack all night and finally held on until rescue arrived, finally let go of his grudges and dissatisfaction at this moment.
Just 6 people guarding here can do something that more than 20 of their rangers can't do at all.
No matter how reluctant he was with his mouth, he had already admitted it sincerely in his heart.
These cowboys who are unruly and arrogant in the base and don't take the Rangers seriously at all do have the capital to be arrogant.
Fully qualified to enjoy "privileges"!
Shocked by the second crash site, the soldiers of Company C were convinced and admired, and their hands and feet became more agile in their working movements.
Entered the helicopter wreckage to clean up and collected some charred remains of corpses.
The C Company convoy did not stay too long and set off again to rush to the first crash site and join the large force that was clearing the first crash site there.
On the road, I came across the second lieutenant and his party who had made an emergency retreat from a blown-up armored vehicle.
The armored vehicle had very limited space and was already filled with the Rangers' lightly and seriously wounded soldiers. In order to carry the four wounded and one corpse among the second lieutenant's party.
The convoy can only allow people who can walk to get out of the car to make room for loading the wounded and corpses.
1 hour 38 minutes.
C Company's convoy made its way to the first crash point and merged with A Company's convoy to form a complete unit.
There are too many wounded Rangers, and most of them are seriously wounded. They cannot sit in the armored vehicle and can only lie on chairs or on the vehicle floor.
In addition, two armored vehicles were destroyed in an accident. Not counting the two missing vehicles, there were about 10 more people who needed a ride.
As a result, all the Rangers who were originally able to get on the bus suddenly found that nearly 20 more people were unable to get on the bus because the carrying capacity of the convoy was far insufficient.
The Mountain Division soldiers of Company A and Company C were originally preparing to get off their vehicles to make room.
But McKnight rejected it.
Rangers are pioneers, which is a slogan and a motto that symbolizes the soul of the military.
It means that the Rangers are always at the forefront.
Let other troops cover the retreat. This is for McKnight, for the Ranger troops, and for every Ranger warrior here.
This is an unacceptable humiliation!
Lieutenant Colonel McKnight didn't need to say anything. No matter how badly they were injured, as long as they could still walk, even the Rangers who were hopping on one leg, they all stepped back from the car and gave their place to the wounded.
The Delta team led by Sergeant Major Sanderson was also infected by the Ranger spirit and brought the Delta members down to run with them.
1:45.
The tank and armored convoy officially began its return journey. Under the cover of the armored vehicles, the Rangers and Delta Warriors helped each other and followed the convoy to evacuate.
Along the way, tanks and artillery fire roared non-stop, and armored vehicle machine gun shells were thrown like rain. The Rangers were unable to cooperate in the fight.
On this one-mile road away from the city center, he had to cut a bloody road on foot with the cooperation of everyone. This road he walked with the help of the Rangers, who was lame, was called "Mogadishu" by everyone.
One mile".
3:15.
Under the cover of a convoy of tanks and armored vehicles, the survivors finally escaped from the den and arrived at the Pakistan Stadium.
Casualty data were quickly compiled.
The US military suffered 14 casualties and 84 minor or serious casualties. The Malaysian army suffered 1 casualty and 7 casualties, and 2 Pakistani soldiers were injured.
The casualties of the Somalis were only replaced by the word "unknown".
On the one hand, it has completely fallen out with the Somalis and there is no way to negotiate with the other party for detailed statistics. On the other hand, the US military does not want to do statistics.
On the second day after the operation ended, media outlets from all over the world came out and criticized the US military overwhelmingly.
Basically, it was a peacekeeping force, but it carried out large-scale military operations in the capital of Somalia, causing a large number of Somali civilian casualties.
Criticizing the US military for going beyond the scope of its humanitarian mission and adding obstacles to the reconciliation process in Somalia, etc.
In this atmosphere of global public opinion, if General Garrison really takes the time to count Somali casualties, the consequences will become even more troublesome.
You must know the total number of casualties caused by more than 100 people, not to mention the Rangers.
Just talking about the damage caused by high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and drones to Long Zhan and his group at the second crash site and the engineering college building, these two battlefields.
A rough estimate is that more than 500 people were killed and at least 1,000 were injured.
Not to mention the bombs and grenades used, more than 15,000 rounds of bullets were consumed, of which Guanglong Zhan alone used more than 5,000 rounds.
If you count the targets killed by the Rangers, the amount of ammunition poured into Mogadishu.
It will be a terrifying number!
If this forecast data is released, it is estimated that the world's media will explode. There is no need to doubt it at all. It will definitely be labeled as "massacre".
Even the US military sacrificed more than 10 people for this, and the total number of minor and serious casualties was nearly 100.
Does anyone care?
No one will care at all!
Creating more eye-catching topics is the pursuit of news media.
And in this situation where everyone was against the enemy, luckily, Long Zhan and his team performed a miracle and captured Aidid alive to support the situation.
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The U.S. government used the incident of the killing of 24 Pakistani peacekeepers as a point and the love you caught as evidence to declare the justice of this operation.
The United Nations also saved the face of the massacre of its peacekeepers by catching the culprit.
Choose to side with the US government.
Long Zhan, who was seriously injured while leading the team during this mission, also made a name for himself in this battle, and was rewarded with the privilege of being sent back home on a special plane.