Chapter 4184: Urban street fighting

"I am the commander-in-chief of this operation. Vitambol will soon become the main battlefield of this battle. If I don't stay here, but just organize a retreat, then I am an unqualified commander.
I must stay here, I believe my people will organize a retreat. And I want to fight this battle with my 2nd regiment. We don't have much time to argue. Instead of spending time arguing about these trivial matters, we should take action and be prepared. "General Edgar Rondo resolutely said. "I need to know the defense of Vitambol. "
Jian An was silent for a while, nodded and said, "We will deploy our troops on the left flank of Vitampol and concentrate all the anti-tank equipment. On the nearby high ground, we have deployed all the anti-tank guns.
Use the terrain of Vitambool to deploy anti-tank mines and roadside bombs. In order to delay the opponent's offensive. Buy enough time. If the enemy forces invade Vitambool, we must also insist on the withdrawal of other troops in Vitambool.
Vitambool is a fortified town, the terrain of the town area and a lot of shelter facilities, we can make use of it. Strive to drag the opponent into urban street fighting. The Moroccan armored forces use the French training method, and their tactical deployment in street fighting also follows the French.
Since it is an armored unit, tanks are a must. Control roads and occupy intersections, tanks can still play a strong role! Roadside lightning protection is very important. Today's armed organizations have used roadside bomb LEDs to their fullest, this cheap and easy-to-use thing! It is also our main method against them.
So they will use infantry to accompany armored vehicles to open the way, lightning protection in the front and fire protection in the back. Armored infantry fighting vehicles are an important support force for light infantry. On the road, tanks can gallop at will, but once street fighting really starts, it is difficult to say how much the tank can play.
A tank is covered by VBR armored vehicles on the front and back. These VBR armored vehicles have the super off-road capability of a jeep, and also have armor and machine gun firepower. When encountering an enemy, they can quickly form a combination of light and heavy firepower with the tank. Use the advantages of mobility and defense to quickly approach or get rid of the enemy.
Therefore, for this kind of urban street fighting, they are basically equipped with a team formation, which is a configuration of two off-road armored vehicles and one tank. "
"Well, I probably understand what you said. What I want to know is how we respond?" General Edgarlando asked with a frown.
Jiang An replied, "This is the first big difference between urban warfare and field warfare. As a large settlement with dense population and buildings, cities have narrow and closed spaces, undulating buildings and complex roads. This will cause the attacker to suffer. Extremely difficult.
Because the firepower of their main corps cannot be fully deployed, most of the infantry and tank units in the offensive march along a few main roads. Many viaducts and roads cannot bear the huge weight of tanks. The offensive must carefully plan the road to make the offensive The direction is basically predictable.
Under the cover of tanks, the infantry advanced towards a small-scale building group, and the tanks could only break through from the front of the road. As a result, it was easy to be fired by explosives and rifle guns that were waiting for them.
Because the main road in urban warfare is the only way for armored vehicles, there is no suddenness at all. This makes their actions easy to predict, we only need to hold a few key points. So the enemy's entire armored force was delayed.
When the enemy troops are marching, they are always under observation and surveillance of tall buildings in the city. At the same time, they are threatened by the fires of buildings on both sides of the forward direction. The troops have to fumble forward cautiously and be ready to attack tall buildings at any time. .
The enemy infantry must get out of the vehicle to cover the tank battle, and cannot make a breakthrough by vehicle. The speed advantage and assault advantage of the tank and armored vehicle unit cannot be brought into play. As the defensive side, we can only use one force to hold down the powerful offensive force and buy time to adjust the defense calmly.
The complex terrain and features restrict the movement of armored vehicles. Most of the deep penetration and detours in the offensive can only rely on infantry units. The infantry who shuttles in the alleys cannot get strong support from tanks, and the excessive dependence on tanks makes the troops unable Deviated from the main road and lost operational flexibility. We can take advantage of the complex terrain in the alleys, and then suddenly enter the side of the place to fight at close quarters.
Within a distance of 10-20 meters, anti-tank rocket launchers can easily destroy their tanks. As long as we are sudden enough, we can still hit them.
In addition, we must set up a large number of roadblocks restricting the passage of tanks in Vitambool. Not to hinder them from moving forward, but to restrict them from moving forward in the overall formation. Force the enemy's armored forces to advance in a ribbon. In the narrow city streets, offensive forces crowded into a line are often targeted.
Because of this, the offensive troops were stretched so long that they couldn't look at each other. The destruction of one or two tanks at the head and tail was enough to block the road so that the troops could not move, and were cut into several segments by the defending fire.
Moreover, such complex terrain makes obstacles and mines the most dangerous enemies. It is difficult for offensive troops to detect powerful roadside bombs and car bombs in a pile of broken bricks and tiles. We can make these Moroccans not The enemy suffered heavy losses when it was discovered. "
"But the opponent is a tank, and the tank can overwhelm everything." Because the officer hesitated.
"Tanks cannot overwhelm everything. This may be possible in field battles, but the city symbolizes street battles. Especially places like Vitambool were built as military fortresses. The buildings are tall and strong. We have natural Network of fortifications.
This is another big difference between urban warfare and field warfare. As far as the offensive is concerned, firepower is the best weapon for smashing defenses. The simple fortifications constructed in the general field environment are mostly civil structures with a few prefabricated parts, and a few are laid. There is a minefield. It is simply difficult to withstand the storm-like blows of large-caliber suppression artillery.
Assault weapons such as tanks can break through local defenses in multiple ways to develop in depth when the defending party is hit by fire before responding. In the danger of being cut off by the line of defense and being surrounded and annihilated, the defense forces generally choose to retreat.
But this is limited to field battles, not in urban battles. Row upon row of buildings in the town of Vitambool provide us with numerous strong defensive points of reinforced concrete structure, which can not only withstand the fierce attack of artillery and aviation, but also protect personnel and weapons and equipment under the firepower of the offensive side.
Even if the building is blown up, the damaged structure and collapsed bricks and tiles will immediately be transformed into natural obstacles, and the attacker cannot move forward without clearing the obstacles.
Therefore, the United States and Israel are equipped with installed bulldozers for their troops, and the large number of bulldozers equipped with Russian tanks also play a role, but the Moroccan army does not. In fact, their armored units are used for desert cross-country operations, and they have never considered using tanks for urban street fighting.
This actually delayed the enemy's offensive rhythm, and its effect was even no less than the tenacious resistance of several troops. Lin Rui explained in a low voice.