Rebirth in 1989: Creating the Chinese Technology Empire

Chapter 574 The confused US military: Somalia’s empty city strategy

Late at night, the battle officially started.

More than 200 aircraft from the three aircraft carriers took off, and more than 170 of them various fighter jets began to conduct crazy bombings on Mogadishu.

The total area of ​​Mogadishu is only more than 200 square kilometers. In the eyes of the US military, this is not even a small place.

However, the US military dispatched three aircraft carrier battle groups this time, which is a typical example of killing chickens to scare monkeys. The United States wants countries around the world to take a look and see what will happen if it provokes the United States.

More than a hundred aircraft took turns dropping bombs on Mogadishu in batches. The bomb was thrown down as if it was free of charge.

As for whether there are ordinary civilians in those targets, no one knows. And the US military doesn't care, they kill too many civilians.

There were only more than a hundred targets calibrated at the beginning, but these targets were attacked by missiles and precision-guided bombs, which was not enough at all.

Less than two hours after the bombing began, the U.S. military began to let itself go. The target changed from the original military target to a possible military target.

To put it simply, the United States felt that there might be targets for militants in these buildings, so the United States began bombing them.

The last time Aidid was arrested, the United States suffered a big loss because of these buildings.

Now, they use simple and crude methods. They directly carried out precision strikes on many buildings. They directly bombed any taller buildings that might become strongholds for street fighting.

The hotel where Aidid gave his speech received even more attention. One bomb after another started to be dropped as if it was free of charge.

Those who disobeyed and did not enter the dungeon suffered. I don’t even know where to hide, because there are too many planes in the sky. These planes are bombing at very high altitudes. More than a hundred fighter jets take turns to take off and land from the aircraft carrier, bombing an area of ​​more than 200 square kilometers. These planes are all We can't come together, otherwise we won't be able to squeeze in.

That night, the Somali people hiding in the underground city could not sleep all night.

The whole earth was shaking constantly, but despite the shaking, nothing happened to them hiding underground.

Now the entire underground of Mogadishu has been hollowed out a lot. Even the uppermost tunnel is five meters above the ground, and most of it has houses above it.

This is still an ordinary tunnel. For a place like this to hide people, the standard is high. Twenty-five meters below ground, and the soil above has been replaced. It's not ordinary sand at all, but concrete mixed with super concrete.

With this thickness, even future American super ground-penetrating bombs will have a hard time drilling through, let alone ordinary bombs. What's more, the United States currently does not have giant earth-penetrating bombs. The United States only started developing giant earth-penetrating bombs at the end of 2004.

So in the underground passage, no matter how busy it is, the people inside are fine.

And in those military hiding places scattered across various places, Somalia's armed forces are even sleeping peacefully. They are not worried about the US military coming in. They are eager for the US military to come in. How can they fight if the US military does not come in?

The Somali People's Army has long established a combat strategy. Once the United States attacks itself, their only way of fighting is street fighting.

Using the tunnel system and the ruins of the city's buildings to sneak attack the US military, engage in street fighting, and consume the US military. This is the only way to win the battle.

As for head-on confrontation, that won't work at all. Not to mention head-on confrontation, not even traditional street fighting. We have to fight urban guerrilla warfare.

When you see American soldiers, sneak into the tunnel immediately after a sneak attack, because if you are a little late, the American bombs will blow your hiding place into rubble.

It was lively, the fighting was lively outside, and everyone was talking lively underground.

At this moment, countries around the world also received news of the US military's attack, and news in many countries became lively for a while.

The fierce bombing continued all night until dawn, when the bombing temporarily stopped.

The United States also dispatched reconnaissance aircraft and reconnaissance satellites to conduct all-round reconnaissance of Mogadishu, as did other countries. Some brave reporters even rented helicopters to shoot at high altitudes.

Viewed from the air, many places throughout Mogadishu have been turned into ruins. The airport was destroyed, the port was destroyed, many large buildings were turned into ruins, and many places were still smoking and burning.

But this is not the most important thing, what makes them feel weird the most is. Now the entire Mogadishu is actually empty, with almost no one present.

Empty streets, empty cities, and destroyed buildings were left unattended, as if everything disappeared instantly in one night.

There were no crying crowds or any resistance.

The entire Mogadishu is like a dead city, eerily quiet. This scene not only confused the reporters, but also the NATO forces led by the United States.

"what's the situation?"

At the U.S. Central Command, Joseph was confused after seeing this situation.

Not only was he confused, but so was everyone else. Damn it, what's going on, what's Somalia doing? Why is there no one in the whole city?

Are everyone dead? This is impossible. There are more than one million people, how can they all die?

Did he escape under the cover of night? This is impossible. The United States has laid a dragnet around it, and it is impossible for the people inside to escape.

Since it's impossible, the only explanation is that these people are hiding.

As for where it is hidden, everyone can see it. There is no place for these people to hide except underground.

This situation made Joseph look ugly. It was not surprising that there were tunnels under Mogadishu.

But Joseph did not expect that the tunnels in Mogadishu would be so exaggerated. A tunnel that can hide more than a million people, what a huge underground system this is.

If Mogadishu really had such an exaggerated underground system, this would be terrible.

"General, what should we do next?"

A soldier looked at Joseph and asked, now that the bombing has been going on all night, should we continue the bombing or should the ground troops attack?

The most important thing is that you don’t know where to bomb now? Many targets had been bombed last night. They thought that Aidid's army would suffer heavy losses in one night's bombing.

But now it's not at all what they thought. One night of bombing seems to have made everyone lonely. Now that Mogadishu has launched an empty city strategy, the US military doesn't know what to do?

Should we continue bombing buildings? Or should we send ground troops in to take a look?

Joseph sat there, feeling entangled in his heart.

At this moment, Joseph was more confused than Sima Yi. An empty Mogadishu was right in front of him, with no one inside, but Joseph did not dare to give an order to let the ground troops enter.

Of course, the war cannot stop just like that. Now all countries around the world are watching, watching what the United States will do next.