Chapter 3288: Tunnel combat

Lin Rui looked at the two CIA agents and asked, "What evidence do you have that the target will hide in underground fortifications?"
Turner nodded, "First of all, we can prove that there are underground fortifications in this village. In fact, our surveillance of them has not diminished at all for so many years. The one-eyed lone wolf Bel Motal planned the Mali capital Bama Koli After the Sheng Hotel tragedy, we hunted down this terrorist several times. Through some channels, we learned that this village was originally a stronghold when he smuggled cigarettes in Africa.
So we found an accomplice who had participated in cigarette smuggling with him. This person personally proved that there was a small-scale underground fortification in the underground of this village, which was originally the place where they stocked smuggled goods. Belmotar, the one-eyed lone wolf, decorated it like his underground palace. He also lived there with his accomplices.
This person also provided us with a schematic diagram of the underground passage. But because the authenticity of the map cannot be verified, I did not include this information in the official information formally provided to you. But there is no doubt that such an underground fortification does exist in Nermuri Village. And our target person is likely to hide in it. "
Crazy Horse shook his head and said, "I hate this. If there is nothing wrong with the sword and the gun. But this kind of tunnel warfare is too beneficial for the defending side. The US military used this kind of tunnel warfare in Vietnam before. It's a big loss. We are not a tunnel rat army."
The tunnel rat army that Crazy Horse said also has a lot of background.
During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong guerrillas used the village’s authentic guerrilla tactics to cause heavy casualties to American troops who believed they were safe in the rear. These large underground tunnel networks can be connected to nearby villages, can store ammunition supplies, conceal the troops that launch a sneak attack, and even have a size that can even hold a tank. For the American troops who are trying to send a large number of infantry to encircle the village, this has become a nightmare.
They have built large underground tunnels under each village, which extend in all directions and have complete functions. They have everything from command posts, barracks, hospitals, kitchens, and storage rooms. They are completely unexploded underground fortresses. Even tanks can be hidden underground. Once needed, the guerrillas can launch a sneak attack on the US at any time. During the Vietnam War, the United States did not have today's ground penetrating missiles, and the indiscriminate bombing of aircraft was completely ineffective.
The U.S. Army established a special force: the Tunnel Rat Force. Their mission is simple and clear: fight poison with poison, drill into every dark tunnel, find out the location of the enemy command post, and then use T4 explosives to blow up the tunnel.
It's easy to say, but hard to do. Most of the underground tunnels in Vietnam are narrow tunnels that can only accommodate one person. The short and flexible Vietnamese are no problem, but the American soldiers who are tall and large are difficult to move. Not to mention, crawling alone in dark and dangerous tunnels. Overcome the inherent claustrophobic fear of human beings.
The number of "tunnel rats" is small, mainly from the engineers of the US First Infantry Division, as well as some soldiers from Australia and New Zealand. They are all selected thin and nervous soldiers who volunteer to become a crawling in the dark. mouse. And their equipment is simpler, usually pistols plus flashlights, at most with tactical knives, narrow terrain, and other weapons with too many belts are useless. Throwing grenades in the tunnel means losing both sides and burying yourself alive.
The U.S. tunnel rat force is a special force that will die for a lifetime. They suffered heavy casualties under the counterattack of the Vietnamese. After the Vietnam War, almost all of this force died. The remaining few tunnel mice survived. Heroic existence.
Calder explained, "The situation will not be so complicated, and you will not encounter the dangers of the Vietnam War. The one-eyed lone wolf Belmore has fought in Afghanistan, and in fact his set was based on fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan. I learned it. One of the main difficulties faced by the Soviet Union during the invasion was to drive the jihadists out of the cave. We encountered the same problem in Afghanistan.
At the time, the upper echelons of the Department of Defense believed that no one could withstand the advanced American war machine. As long as the Air Force is dispatched, it can easily win. In just a few months of operations, 85,000 fighters were dispatched and 30,750 ammunition weighing more than 9,650 tons were thrown. The various light and heavy ammunition expended in the past 17 years is estimated to kill all people on the planet ten times, and all the available high-tech has been used. However, tens of thousands of jihadists are still launching counterattacks.
Now the one-eyed lone wolf Bel Motar wants to learn from Afghanistan, but I'm sorry, it doesn't work. Because most mountainous areas in Afghanistan are natural caves, only a small amount of manual excavation is required. But in their village, they can only dig underground, and his personnel and equipment cannot maintain such a large project. Even if he used the old burrows where smuggled goods were hidden, he would not be able to dig underground fortifications and tunnels on a large scale like Afghanistan. From another perspective, he wanted to avoid us, but in the end he trapped himself underground and couldn't go anywhere. "
"How much do you know about the tunnels in that village?" Lin Rui asked
"We have a topographic map, plus drone surveillance aerial data from the previous few months. The location of the tunnel entrance can be determined, but the internal situation has not yet been fully ascertained." Calder replied.
"We can sneak into this village, control the tunnel entrance without disturbing the outer guards, and then use tear gas to force them out." Crazy Horse nodded.
"This is also a way. But if there are other ventilation equipment in the tunnel, or if they have a gas mask, this method may not work." Lin Rui nodded.
"Then what to do, can we only use a pistol to go into the hole to find someone?" Sergey frowned.
"Don't forget, we have an authentic topographic map of the village. We can sneak into the village silently, and then go into the hole to find them." Turner said to Lin Rui. "And we have this." He put something on the table, which looked like a kettle.
"What is this?" Lin Rui frowned and looked at the kettle in his hand.
"The specially made anesthetic gas, although it is an oily substance, can continue to evaporate and has no obvious irritation. We can pour it down in an authentic vent, and then wait for ten to twenty minutes, and the people below will All fainted. We only need to go down to find the one-eyed lone wolf Bel Motar, and then kill him, and then we can retreat. The whole process will not alarm the guards and other terrorists outside." Turner looked at Lin Rui.