The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1076 Heavy losses
What’s even worse is that the road is so narrow that the US troops cannot turn around and retreat even if they want to.

The M1 main battle tanks and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles could not turn around and withdraw on such a narrow road.

"Damn it, how can they conduct reconnaissance? They didn't even detect the guerrillas ambushing here!" John cursed the aerial reconnaissance in his heart.

Before this, he had already sent out reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance in order to avoid attacks by guerrillas.

As a result, no guerrillas were discovered through aerial reconnaissance.

John was relieved.

Who would have thought that the guerrillas chose to ambush the coalition forces here.

Moreover, the terrain is so favorable to the guerrillas.

The first to arrive were two F16 fighter jets. The guided bombs mounted on the inner wing racks of the F16 fighter jets flew towards the guerrilla positions under the control of the pilots.

"Boom~~"

"Boom~~"

After dropping the guided bombs, the two F16 fighter jets left.

The suppressed guerrilla firepower started again after the two F16 fighter jets flew away.

But as four Black Hawk helicopters arrived at the battlefield to provide air fire support, the guerrillas' firepower was suppressed again.

"Boom~~"

A guerrilla carrying an anti-aircraft missile aims at a Black Hawk helicopter firing rockets in the air.

The anti-aircraft missile flew out and headed towards the Black Hawk helicopter.

The Black Hawk helicopter pilot operated, fired guided missiles, and performed aerial maneuvers to escape the anti-aircraft missiles.

However, the missile was not interfered with and directly hit the Black Hawk helicopter. The helicopter emitted white smoke and crashed upside down into the mountain below, exploding.

The other three helicopters immediately turned around and left, increasing their altitude.

This type of air defense missile poses such a huge threat to helicopters that it is often called a "helicopter killer" on the battlefield!
When John saw this scene, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

This Black Hawk helicopter was destroyed and all the people on board died. This is a huge loss.

He wished he could wipe out all the guerrillas!

That evening, night fell.

The guerrillas evacuated their defensive positions under cover of darkness.

When daybreak came, John saw that the gunfire had stopped and discovered that the guerrillas had fled.

By noon, the loss statistics had come out.

No guerrillas were found in the defensive positions, nor were any bodies found, and the extent of the guerrillas' losses was unknown.

But their losses were heavy. The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force suffered 232 deaths and 256 injuries, with only 12 people intact. Among them, 50 of the injured were transported to the field hospital for treatment by "Black Hawk" helicopters, and the other 206 were bandaged.

日本陆上自卫队损失10辆74式主战坦克、20辆五十铃73式运输军用卡车以及50辆三菱73式吉普车、55辆川崎KLX250军用摩托车、

1000 government troops were wiped out, some killed by guerrillas and some by American soldiers. 100 military transport trucks were lost.

On the US side, a Black Hawk helicopter was lost, including three pilots, four American soldiers were killed, and 3 were injured. John was very angry, and he ordered the Air Force to strengthen aerial reconnaissance and send scouts to scout both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

He ordered all the corpses blocking the road to be thrown into the river, and the scrapped military transport vehicles, motorcycles, jeeps, and tanks were all pushed directly into the river.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to march.

When Johnf led his troops to Dehra Ward, they fought a street battle in Dehra Ward and it took six days to take control of Dehra Ward.

During the street fighting, 39 American soldiers were killed and 76 were injured.

When reporting to the coalition headquarters, John suggested sending further reinforcements. He believed that under the current circumstances, the coalition ground forces were not enough to control all cities in Afghanistan.

He also believed that the government troops were not worthy of being used and not only could not play a role on the battlefield, but had a counterproductive effect.

In fact, not only John, but also the coalition forces in other places suffered a lot of losses.

Therefore, the coalition headquarters is also asking the Pentagon for help, hoping to send additional reinforcements.

Afghanistan is mountainous and has many plateaus; even county towns and provincial capitals are located in the mountains.

The guerrillas were elusive and constantly ambushed the transportation lines, and the roads were extremely bad, which forced the coalition forces to allocate part of their forces to protect the transportation lines, and even had to use a large number of military transport aircraft for air transportation or airdrops.

After more than three months of fighting, the coalition forces had destroyed the guerrillas' air power, and the guerrillas had completely lost air superiority. As for the air, the coalition forces' air power losses were not great.

But the number of planes lost in guerrilla attacks was much greater.

In more than three months, more than 120 aircraft were lost in the attacks, including more than helicopters.

The coalition forces did send out air forces to bomb the guerrillas in the mountains, but the results were not obvious. It seemed that the guerrillas could not be killed no matter how hard they bombed them.

Therefore, in order to fight better, capture Afghan cities, and cut off the guerrillas' supply of materials and manpower, the coalition headquarters has sent a request for assistance to the Pentagon.

Only now, the United States is negotiating with its allies to send more troops.

Liu Tao only learned about the attack in Uruzgan Province the next day.

First, through reconnaissance satellites, it was discovered that a battle was going on here, and then the intelligence system collected intelligence.

Seeing that the Japanese suffered such heavy losses, Liu Tao was in a good mood and ate an extra bowl of white rice.

This time, the Japanese actively responded to the call of the United States and sent three warships to escort the United States. Then, they sent 5000 Ground Self-Defense Forces so far. The ground forces sent are second only to those of the United Kingdom. It can be said that they have shown their loyalty to the United States.

This time, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force suffered such heavy losses, which is good news.

Liu Tao was thinking that even if it was to encourage the guerrillas to kill more Japanese devils, it was also reasonable to find weapons and ammunition left by the Soviet Union in trees or caves.

To be honest, Liu Tao knew very well why the Japanese were so active in sending troops and spending money. They simply hoped that the Americans would loosen the leash around the Japanese necks and become a normal country like Germany.

Although Japan's military expenditure is not low, its weapons and equipment are very advanced, and it has a large number of Self-Defense Forces, it is actually subject to restrictions in many aspects. There are many things that Japan cannot research and can only buy from Americans. There are even many weapons and equipment that Japan cannot buy even if it has money.

After being cheated by the Americans in the Plaza Accord and the real estate bubble burst in the early 90s, the Japanese economy lost a decade. Not only did it fail to develop, but it also went backwards, with negative economic growth for ten consecutive years.

This also made the Japanese realize many realities. As long as the Americans do not loosen up their restrictions on the Japanese, no matter how much the Japanese develop their economy, they will continue to be sucked dry by the Americans.

Moreover, the Japanese were bullied by American soldiers, but they could not judge them. They could only watch the American soldiers return to the US mainland triumphantly. They were constantly humiliated.

But it is not easy for the Japanese to achieve normalization, at least what they are doing now is far from enough.

(End of this chapter)