Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 432: Model iteration, three-party cooperation (asking for monthly tickets!)

Before the sound of the propellant exploding in the barrel could spread to 3 kilometers away, a burst of 35×228mm programmable air-blast bombs exploded one after another above the rocket launcher position.

"Boom~boom~boom~~"

Countless tungsten balls tore through the directional tube as easily as penetrating a human body, destroying the rockets that had already been loaded inside, and then exploded into a ball of fire that shot up into the sky, illuminating most of the sky.

This is the combat effectiveness of a heavy infantry fighting vehicle with a unit price of nearly 1000 million US dollars when facing long-range targets. The 35mm caliber means greater power and longer range than 30mm.

It can easily eliminate light armor and personnel soft targets at medium and long distances. This has long been proven by the Red Cheetah with its muzzle flat, but the single-barreled infantry fighting vehicle has better overall performance.

"All rocket launcher positions have been destroyed. Let's charge!"

Taking his eyes off the captain's peripheral vision screen, Benjamin gave the driver Soren the order to charge.

"Om~~"

Amid the roar of its engine, the KF-41 Lynx accelerated from a standstill, and the heavy infantry fighting vehicle left a long trail of smoke as it sped along.

Except for the artillery crew members who died immediately, the remaining Tuareg armed personnel were stunned when they saw this scene.

In just a few tens of seconds, the development of the situation was beyond their comprehension. By the time someone realized that they were ambushed, the KF-41, without its lights on in the dark, had approached to within 2 kilometers of the position.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

The fast ones had already climbed onto the back of the pickup truck, while the slow ones panicked and did not run towards the car, but instead ran towards the endless desert.

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

Gunner Harald switched the ammunition supply route and fired three high-explosive bombs directly at the pickup truck with the fastest reaction speed.

"Boom~~"

The car that exploded took off in the fire and smoke, scattering the torn pieces of various sizes everywhere.

"Sudden~sudden~sudden~~"

When advancing to the last kilometer, the main gun of the infantry fighting vehicle was no longer needed, and the three-barrel coaxial machine gun took over firing. The full-power bullets easily penetrated the unprotected pickup truck, killing all the people in the truck bed and the inside.

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

An armed pickup truck that was providing security for the rocket launcher position saw that it could not escape, so the machine gunner turned the muzzle and began to fight back, firing a burst of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets at the KF-41 Lynx illuminated by the fire.

"Hey~~"

I don't know when group 4 got off the vehicle, but the rocket launcher shooter fired an 80mm single-soldier multi-purpose assault bomb.

"Boom~~"

The obstacle-breaking barrel is also very effective in shooting down small vehicles, and the heavy machine gun on the opposite side instantly went silent.

"Team 4 members, please spread out and chase the target who is escaping on foot. Don't leave any traces."

After saying this, team leader Eins (01) put down the night vision goggles on his helmet and led the search in one direction.

The Tuareg armed forces who joined the Coordination of Azawad Movement are all die-hard elements. Not only do we not need to spare any lives from them, but we also don't need to show mercy to the government army base.

The four armed pickup trucks that had gone ahead were still outside the base waiting for the attack signal from the rocket launchers, but the explosions in the distance made the militants instinctively feel that something was wrong.

"There wasn't an accident?"

Muttering to himself, the little leader picked up the walkie-talkie and prepared to contact the artillery to see what was going on, but at this moment a six-axis drone took off from the base.

All of Jihuo Defense's MG-1S plant protection machines have been retired, put back into the medicine boxes and restored to their original use, and donated to the experimental field project in the inland area of ​​Kongluga for spraying pesticides.

Although the number of axes of this new batch of hand-operated agricultural drones has been reduced from 8 to 6, the load capacity has also been increased from the original 10 kg to 25 kg.

With the continuous iteration of technology, Xia Yu believes that it is not impossible to further increase the load capacity to 50 or 60 kilograms.

Now, 25 kilograms is enough. Six 82mm mortar shells can be loaded at a time. If you change to the 6mm small smash cannon that Xia Yu despises, the number will double to fifteen or sixteen.

The agricultural drone took off with six 6mm shells with modified fuses and flew over the heads of four pickup trucks.

The best tactic to deal with this situation is not to rush out and fight the opponent, but to use technology directly.

Aiming at the thermal projection of one of the armed pickup trucks, he pressed the throw button on the controller.

"Om~~"

"what sound?"

In the quiet night, the large agricultural machinery was still a little loud. The armed men on the vehicle heard the sound of the rotor, but could not see anything. They only felt panicked instinctively.

"Boom~~"

There is no need to reach a certain speed or spin a certain number of times before unlocking the shell. The shell explodes as soon as it hits the ground, and the shock wave and fragments instantly engulf the entire pickup truck.

The 25-meter killing radius of the shell also included a pickup truck next to it. The machine gunner and deputy machine gunner in the rear were hit by several shrapnel before they could react, and they immediately lost their combat capability.

"run!"

These pickup trucks had not been turned off to begin with. When they were suddenly attacked, they immediately shifted into gear and stepped on the accelerator, almost throwing their companions in the back bucket out.

But the question is, can a pickup truck outrun a crop protection machine?

The answer is yes. Drones are very fast, and FPV drones are even faster, but the flight speed of crop protection drones is generally only 10m/s, or 36km/h.

This is not as fast as a pickup truck, but at the same time.

"Woo~~"

Another Wu-2 took off from the base and flew towards the direction of the agricultural drone at a speed of over 80km/h.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

After firing the remaining five shells, Xia Yu destroyed two other armed pickup trucks, only one of which he failed to catch up with.

Fortunately, Wu 2 arrived first and rammed the desperately fleeing pickup truck with its DIY combat unit.

"Boom~~"

The final explosion marked the end of the 10th pickup truck and the complete annihilation of this subordinate armed group of the Coordination of Azawad Movement.

The two expensive helicopters were the best bait, and the Tuareg who took the bait were still living seven years ago when they fled from Libya. They failed to keep up with the times like the extremist organizations.

"If we can equip the drone with a night vision module, the cost can be further reduced. However, there are Chinese people who will pay for it, so it is totally unnecessary to save this little money."

After controlling the plant protection drone to return home with one click, Xia Yu handed the remote control handle to Johnny beside him. "Without the relay station, the remote control distance of the drone is still a little short. If we didn't leave the zokor team outside, if we encountered a large-caliber rocket launcher, the situation would be very passive."

Johnny, who is in charge of the consumer drones of Focus Defense, pointed out the shortcomings of drones.

"Ocelot, you are right. So we also need cruise missiles that can fly 20 kilometers, or we can directly let the reconnaissance and strike drones fly with bombs."

Xia Yu agreed with Johnny's statement.

On the one hand, small cruise missiles with a combat radius of less than 10 kilometers are not economical, and the biggest problem is that they overlap with the ecological niche of consumer-grade drones.

Therefore, Xia Yu had to use medium-sized cruise missiles with a strike range of about 20 kilometers. This is also the fastest means of counterattack when encountering long-range attacks.

…………

"Bang~bang~bang~~"

AUG fired a short burst of shots and knocked down the last target who was fleeing on foot. Team 4 completed the clearing mission perfectly.

Only then did Walu drive out of the camp and clean up the battlefield with his men.

Paulus took out his camera and left behind some video footage, which would serve as evidence for settling accounts with the hairy people later.

From the perspective of infantry fighting vehicles, we have to give a thumbs up to Rheinmetall. The KF-41 Lynx will officially participate in the Saatli Defense Exhibition in Bali in June this year.

The actual combat footage shot in multiple terrains, from rainforests to deserts, will win a better reputation for this German tank.

As for Xia Yu, he has not yet decided whether to participate in the exhibition this year. He just hopes to get Kidar done before June.

Only by taking over this important northern town can the boss Xia Yu withdraw from the front line, otherwise the trip to Pyros will be delayed.

By daybreak, Walu had dealt with two battle scenes, and the Azawad Coordination Movement in Kidar region also received news that its lower-level armed forces had not returned.

They will not make any response until the cause of the incident is clear. After all, they are separatist armed forces and are not as extreme as extremist organizations.

They were just using each other to cause trouble in the beginning, and after messing up Mary, they went their separate ways.

On the other hand, Xia Yu believes that once the Tuaregs are driven out of the Sahel region, they will immediately switch from spending money to attack the Coordination of Azawad to funding the Tuaregs to continue fighting.

After all, there are many precedents showing that the risks of funding extremist organizations are too high, and it is more appropriate to support separatist armed forces that are shallow in their thinking and only want to cede territory and establish their own country.

Therefore, the concentrated fire defense must be hammered harder this time to consume as many diehard elements in Azawad as possible to avoid trouble in subsequent fighting.

As for the Hairy people that Xia Yu was talking about, it was not until three days later that 500 people were transferred from the territory of Nizhir.

Their garrison in Nizhir totaled only 1500 people, and this time they transferred one-third of them, which shows how much importance they attach to it.

"You just came and killed 70 of them? And destroyed 10 pickup trucks and 4 multiple rocket launchers?"

After hearing about the previous achievements of the concentrated fire defense, the battalion commander of the hairy army asked in disbelief.

Without deploying any armed helicopters, the 20 or so people in front of them were able to achieve such results relying on a German heavy infantry fighting vehicle.

To be honest, he was really surprised.

"Yes, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the speed of iteration of war modes is very fast, at least in public security warfare. Traditional military equipment such as armed helicopters, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles are still important, but they cannot enable combat personnel to achieve faster response speeds."

As Xia Yu spoke, he looked at the hairy army soldiers stationed in the base. He saw drone-related equipment on several of them.

These things might have been sold by Jiehuo Defense and flowed into Nizhir from the Oga region.

The grassroots of the Tai army have learned to use consumer-grade drones for supplementary reconnaissance, but the version has obviously not yet been upgraded to use drones for bombing operations.

This is slower than the Focus Defense and the extremist organizations in the Middle East, but the next time there is a war of a certain scale, consumer-grade drones will definitely be widely used on the battlefield.

There is no other reason, the small-scale God's perspective plus instant attack is too unsolvable.

Similarly, dropping an 82mm shell can easily kill a T0-level special forces soldier and a conscripted soldier.

The elite-style Fire Defense is good at using drones, but is also afraid of being used by others using drones. This is why Xia Yu spent a lot of money to equip its ground forces with Red Cheetahs early on.

And one car is not enough, Xia Yu plans to try several other options, such as a configuration that can be airdropped by a transport helicopter.

"Mr. Sherlock, you are right. The Coordination of Azawad took advantage of this to confuse the Marri government forces. We couldn't disperse our forces, so they succeeded time and time again."

The lieutenant colonel named Henry very much agreed with the PMC company owner's opinion on response speed.

The Tuareg people would run away after fighting, they would never fight to the end, and even the Tuareg army would find it difficult to respond in the first time.

The good news is that they will play the main role this time, instead of being the passive attacker like before.

"There are nearly 5000 Azawad militants gathered in Kidar. The problem is that there are nearly 5 civilians in the city."

Xia Yu talked about the problems they are facing now.

The number of permanent residents in the city once exceeded 10, but years of war have caused a large outflow of population, and now there are only 5 people left, who keep Kidar running relatively normally.

To deal with 5 people hiding among the 5000, the number of manpower they have now is definitely not enough.

Therefore, in addition to Walu's company, the Mali Army will also send out two battalions of more than 1000 people to assist the concentrated fire defense and the hair army.

The combat effectiveness is uneven, but in terms of numbers it is 2000 against 5000. It seems to be more difficult than the battle of Syria, but as long as the style is not extreme, Xia Yu has the confidence to drive these 5000 people out of Kidar.

Yes, if they see that they cannot win, the Coordination of Azawad will really run away, instead of staying in the city and fighting until the last Tuareg.

This greatly reduces the combat risk. The only thing to pay attention to now is that their weapons and equipment exceed the scale of general separate armed forces.

"Whether it's rocket launchers or armed helicopters, they are used to launch offensive rather than defensive weapons. They are unlikely to be deployed in Kidar where there are many people and eyes."

Things cannot be tracked by drones only if they are not in the city, but as long as they are nearby, the concentrated fire of the defense, the Tibetans, and the government forces is like a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

Therefore, in addition to the main task of taking Kidar, they also have to simultaneously advance the side quest of luring Azawad into launching an attack.

"That's right. Most of these weapons were used by the enemy at the front line in Tinkebatu. Kidar is their base. They used them more frequently during the tug-of-war four years ago. Oh, they used hail to attack the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Kuwait last year."

Henry, who knew the local situation better than Xia Yu, added after him.

It is indeed an eyesore to have a blue helmet troop stationed in the base, but Azawad has caused double-digit casualties to the United Nations intentionally or unintentionally over the past few years but has not driven the blue helmets out of Kidar.

Not firing the first shot is a problem. Being "accidentally hit" by a rocket is even more troublesome. When I go back to them, no one will admit it and will say that I was attacking government forces or extremist organizations.

The Tuareg people are very smart in this regard, unlike the stupid opposition armed forces in China and the Philippines, who directly provided the Blue Helmets with all the prerequisites for forced intervention.

(End of this chapter)