629: Chapter 622: Catching Turtles in a Jar, Easy Capture at Hand.
629: Chapter 622: Catching Turtles in a Jar, Easy Capture at Hand.
A Tank Landing Ship anchored in shallow water, about a hundred meters from the shore.
As the bow doors opened, it was as if a gigantic beast were gaping its maw.
Landing craft loaded with tanks emerged from the gaping mouth of the Tank Landing Ship – the first to come out seemed to be a tank, indeed.
After the landing craft hit the beach, a tank powered up and drove straight onto the land from the craft.
One tank came ashore, followed closely by personnel.
Over twenty people reached land and quickly dispersed around the landing zone, taking up a defensive stance.
“Enemy landing point at sector four of the beach, tank ashore, position N2W4.
Enemy personnel scattered, a portion in front of No.
2 Mole Burrow.”
To avoid detection by the enemy’s small thermal imagers, Gao Yang and Cui Bo established an observation and sniper post 1,100 meters from the coast.
A semi-circular barrier piled up with sand was capable of blocking most infrared signals.
Gao Yang used an artillery periscope for observation.
The bright moonlight was enough for him to see far off.
If unable to distinguish targets, he would naturally lean out for a closer observation or even approach for a better view.
The enemy’s landing sequence was in disarray.
It began with a tank, followed by helicopters decoupling from the deck and taking off.
After flying a short distance, they landed on the beach, disjointed from the personnel forming a protective formation.
“One enemy helicopter landed, location N6E8, separated from the protection of enemy personnel.”
If the enemy made any movements, Gao Yang would promptly report, and the artillery in the rear would make preliminary adjustments based on the enemy’s coordinates.
The Israelis buried in the sand would also know where to strike first when they suddenly emerged from the ground.
After landing, the people from the helicopter left the aircraft.
Meanwhile, the tanks and cannons were still being unloaded from the ship—however, the order was truly chaotic, with tanks and artillery being piled up along the coast first.
Djo Malthael had made every effort to enable the Skull Gang to capture equipment belonging to the British as they came ashore, creating chaos.
The helicopter had landed, but its weapons and ammunition had not yet been mounted.
The first to come ashore was a tank, but the first ammunition brought to shore was not for tanks, but for the D30’s 122mm cannons.
As for the D30 howitzers, without deploying the guns and constructing the battery positions, having the ammunition did not allow them to fire.
Finally, as the last tank had just been brought ashore and all helicopters had landed and gathered in the same area, Gao Yang suppressed his excitement and whispered, “Fire!
Full force!”
At Gao Yang’s low command, the bombardment began.
Before the shells hit the ground, the whooshing sound of rocket flight and the whistling of mortar shells had already terrified the British.
At that moment, the beach held a gathering of roughly one hundred fifty people who, almost instantly, lay flat on the ground in unison.
A helicopter flew out from the sand dunes behind Gao Yang and others.
Compared to the mortars and rocket launchers firing at coordinates, the helicopter could visually attack the most densely crowded areas with rockets.
Of course, there was also a 23mm autocannon to sweep through at will.
Destin dug himself out of the sand; upon emerging, he tore off the cloth that prevented sand from getting into the rifle’s barrel and immediately began firing.
Their shooting was incredibly accurate, and their sand pits served as cover at that moment.
The attackers might have been few in numbers, but with fierce firepower, the first round of strikes initiated by Gao Yang and his team was devastating to the enemy.
Uriyangko piloted the helicopter above the four stationary AH-1s, opening fire with a 23mm autocannon, unleashing a series of tracer bullets near the helicopters as a warning.
Indeed, the helicopters remained motionless after the warning shots.
Not to mention shells, the tanks didn’t even have bullets for the machine guns.
Although the tanks came ashore, they were merely empty shells.
The British had brought anti-aircraft missiles, but they didn’t even get the chance to stand and fire.
Destin’s ambush position was a mere two hundred meters away, equipped with a full set of night-vision gear, machine gunners, snipers.
Even with assault rifles, they could swiftly take out any British attempting to launch anti-aircraft missiles.
The Skull Gang infantry launched an assault, shouting loudly as they charged at the dazed British.
Overall, it was a simple ambush with little else to be said.
As soon as the battle erupted, Gao Yang rushed out with his rifle, crawling and rolling several hundred meters before he felt he was close enough.
He set up the bipod on his rifle, lay down, and started shooting methodically.
Gao Yang wasn’t just shooting at anyone; he was searching for targets that posed a threat to the overall battle situation.
Helicopter pilots were Djo Malthael’s men and therefore off-limits.
But there was no need to shoot them anyway; the pilots had alighted from their helicopters, seemingly preparing to load ammunition.
In reality, it was just an excuse for not engaging in battle and an inability to escape.
There were drivers in the tanks, whom Gao couldn’t hit, but the tanks weren’t much of a threat.
The only attack mode for the tanks was to move over and crush people, but it seemed that the tanks had no intention of moving.
Next up were the missile operators.
However, after a long search, Gao only took aim and fired at a man who was getting up from the ground, not knowing whether the man was going to launch a missile or a rocket launcher.
More likely, he was just trying to escape.
But Gao Yang’s principle was never to allow a man to get up.
Although many shells were fired, not a single one landed on the sea.
The presence of a large ship so close by seemed to have been overlooked by everyone.
On the unprotected beach, the light infantry were utterly pinned down within a small area.
In such a situation, even if all those British soldiers were veterans retired from the SAS and SBS, it was to no avail.
Against overwhelming firepower, the capabilities of the flesh and blood were very limited.
They could do nothing but get hit.
Not to mention these British soldiers were just ordinary troops.
The intense shelling, unremitting from the start, ensured that even though the shells weren’t very powerful and the kill radius was limited, the sheer volume meant these factors were no problem.
Finally, the assault began and lasted only about three minutes before the British surrendered.
For the British, who weren’t particularly averse to surrendering, capitulation in an extremely unfavorable situation was a perfectly rational choice, especially since they weren’t regular forces.
When Gao Yang saw something that could be a towel or underwear being waved on a rifle, he shouted into the radio, “Cease fire!
The enemy has surrendered!” (To be continued.
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