Within a few hours after Fourteen Grid fell into the hands of the Soviets, the airwaves over the Kokoterek Airport in Kazakhstan were frequent and explosive. As Fourteen Grid expected, the Ming army's frantically activated intelligence machine immediately
Just noticed this place.
The Tianshan camp received reports from several frontline listening stations in succession, and by this time the Kokoterek Airport had been locked. This place met the conditions perfectly: it was just to the west of the Altai Mountains, and the Ming army fighter jets that were tracking them finally
The confirmed route is pointing in this direction. And more importantly, this is the only Soviet airport within the range of the Ming army's liaison plane from Tolbao Lake. Although the liaison plane does not necessarily have to land at the airport,
There were Soviet troops stationed only at the airport, and since the renegade pilot had hijacked Fourteenth Gege and defected to the Soviet Union, he definitely didn't want to land in an uninhabited place, and he must have tried his best to find a place with Soviet troops to land.
In addition, this place is now in frequent contact with the outside world, and the suspicion is even greater. Usually this Soviet airport is also a regular listening target of the Ming Army's frontline listening station. Usually this airport does not have so many external contacts.
There is no direct evidence, but this is enough. Now we must make a prompt decision and arrange a rescue operation. The Soviets will definitely not let Shi Shigege stay in this place for a long time, and they will probably transport her within a few hours, or at most a day or two.
Go to Moscow. By then, there will be nothing you can do.
Sweat dripped from Xiang Xiaoqiang's forehead, he smoked fiercely, and stared at Wang Bingcan as he assigned tasks to the commandos. This mission can be said to be the most hastily prepared mission since the establishment of the Ming Army commando team. From the beginning of planning
There were only a few hours until the operation was launched. There was no internal response, no prior investigation, no site visits, no careful planning, and no repeated targeted drills.
But having said that, the Ming army was not prepared for this battle, and the Soviet army was not prepared either. The Fourteenth Grid fell into the hands of the Soviets for only a few hours. So far, the Soviet army should not have had time to massively increase its troops in that place, and that place should still be
There were only the original airport defenders. If the Ming army could move in time and no accidents occurred, the surprise attack would have a high chance of success.
Although this time it was hasty, the target of the surprise attack was much more convenient than Kanas Lake. All the common methods used by the commandos could be used to their fullest, including airborne landings. Moreover, there was a ready-made airport.
You can be picked up directly by plane after you're done.
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"Brothers, listen up," Wang Bingcan stood in front of the blackboard, drawing a schematic diagram on it, and said to a room full of commandos, "The operation time is set at one o'clock tonight. The delivery method is to land by glider.
The total force, three platoons, 96 people, that is, all of you here. You will take 12 gliders and silently enter the target area in the night sky. After entering the target area, land directly on the airport. It is estimated that the airport defenders
The force should be two to three times yours, but your firepower advantage is enough to suppress the opponent. After the mission is completed, 4 DC-3 transport planes will land on the runway to pick you and Her Royal Highness up.
"In addition to the Thompson submachine gun with a 50-round drum magazine, your weapons are also equipped with F-38 automatic rifles. This is the first time you have used this kind of gun in actual combat. However, you are already familiar with it in training.
It is. Your firepower is several times stronger than that of the Soviet defenders. Coupled with the suddenness, coupled with the huge disparity in combat effectiveness between you and the Soviet army, I believe that you will have no problem defeating them."
When he said this, a large room of commandos smiled and nodded confidently, and there was a "buzzing" sound in the room.
"Okay, next is the intelligence chief's speech."
After Wang Bingcan finished speaking, he took a step back. Deputy Director Zhang of Dongchang came forward, pressed an enlarged photo on the blackboard with a thumbtack, and said:
"Brothers, this is an aerial photo of Kokoterek Airport. It was taken by our reconnaissance aircraft some time ago. Well, the angle of the photo is not bad, just like looking at a map. Okay, everyone, please take a look..."
He tapped the photo twice with a pole:
"This is the airport runway, this is the terminal building, and these big ones opposite are hangars. Here is the canteen. These buildings are unlikely to be used to detain important people. The only possibility is that here - the circled building
Building. This is a three-story small building. You see, there is about 500 meters between the airport runway and the terminal building to the north. This is the airport’s officer dormitory. Princess Liaoyang was probably imprisoned in this small building.
Inside the building. To the south of the officer's dormitory, that is, between the officer's dormitory and the airport terminal... Look at these long bungalows, two rows side by side, with four in each row, a total of eight bungalows. This should be the barracks of the airport.
We compared the sizes of these bungalows and inferred that each bungalow can accommodate a platoon of about twenty or thirty soldiers. Then these eight bungalows are eight platoons, with a troop strength of about two hundred and dozens of people.
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"On both sides of the runway at the airport, there are a total of 15 anti-aircraft guns and several searchlights. These anti-aircraft guns and searchlights are manned around the clock, and there are at least 8 37mm machine guns among them. You must be mentally prepared, maybe you are taxiing
You will be shot at. Of course, this is only possible. At one o'clock at night, the opponent's reaction may not be so fast, and even if the artillery is fired, it will not be very accurate. However, these artillerymen will be the first thing you have to fight with after jumping out of the glider.
There are 60-80 people in these artillery units, which almost equals your total number of people."
Wang Bingcan took it and smiled:
"We would rather have more artillery. Anyway, the total strength of the garrison is fixed. If there are more artillery, there will be less combat infantry. We young men cleaning up ordinary artillery are like cleaning our own beds."
After saying this, there was another buzzing sound in the big room, and a large group of tough young men nodded with satisfaction.
Xiang Xiaoqiang sat at the end, puffing out smoke and leaning back in his chair, feeling a little relieved. He knew that the Army Aviation Commando of the Ming Army was the special forces at this time, at least between the special forces and the rapid
Among the response forces, even if they cannot compare with the seals of later generations, they are at least at the level of the Delta.
However, Deputy Director Zhang's next words made his heart rise to his throat again.
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Deputy Director Zhang took over and said:
"The next thing to talk about is the most important thing, which is related to whether the mission can be successful and whether you can come back alive. Look, this small square is actually a watchtower. It should be made of wood and is about 30 meters long.
It was two or three stories high, with a searchlight and a machine gun set up on it. When our reconnaissance plane was taking pictures, it was also shot by the machine gun on the watchtower. As for what kind of machine gun it was, the pilot didn't see clearly. But it was set up as a lookout.
The thing on the tower is unlikely to be a Maxim heavy machine gun, but probably a Deggarev rotary light machine gun.
"Looking at the location of this observation tower, you can overlook most of the runway. Fortunately, its purpose is obviously to prevent agents from destroying the aircraft, not to prevent the aircraft from landing, so the overlooking direction mainly focuses on several hangars, not the runway. This
It also buys you time to jump off the glider and quickly approach the observation tower. But it will not be so cheap next time. A heavy machine gun is set up on the side of the runway and at the entrance of the terminal.
It is surrounded by sandbags. This heavy machine gun will pose the most serious threat to you. As for how to solve it, your commando team should be more expert."
Wang Bingcan said:
"It's really troublesome. We can use two or three automatic rifles to suppress it."
Deputy Director Zhang nodded and said with a smile:
"Well, then the intelligence aspect is this environment. It depends on you how to use the means in this environment to make the mission successful."
After some introductions, Xiang Xiaoqiang, who was sitting at the end, felt much more relaxed. According to his feeling, it was not very difficult. First of all, the enemy did not have many troops, and secondly, the environment was not complicated, and there was a ready-made airport. Rescue ten
There is still great hope for Si Ge Ge.
If this operation is successful, it will be an excellent rehearsal before the operation to kidnap Guangwu.
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"So, Deputy Director Zhang..." Wang Bingcan just said, "The code name of this operation should be..."