There was no suspense in the next battle.
Under the cover of armored vehicles, Celestial Trade's infantry advanced from the four main roads to the center of Turbo. Because of the presence of kinetic skeletons and Hummingbird drones, the UA soldiers were inferior in terms of individual firepower. Now with the cooperation of armored vehicles, the outcome of the war was no longer suspense.
The defeated rangers continued to retreat and finally established the last line of defense in the port area, waiting for the command center to rescue them.
On the other side, on the road west of Mount Palamillo, 30 kilometers away from the port of Turbo.
The 34th Mechanized Brigade that came from the southeast was ambushed by Celestial Trade's Fifth Armored Brigade on the Chigorodo road. The Tiger IIs lying in ambush in the jungle opened fire in unison. The bombs that flew over from afar made the 34th Mechanized Brigade, which was driving on the mountain road, dizzy.
Whether it was the M1A2 main battle tank or the M2A3 infantry fighting vehicle, none of them could withstand the direct fire of the five-kilogram bombs accelerated to multiple times the speed of sound. If the bombs hit the tracks, even the load-bearing wheels were knocked askew. If the bombs hit the vehicle, even the external armor and the depleted uranium armor inside were penetrated.
More than 20 tanks broke down on the road. Under the cover of the smoke belt, the 34th Mechanized Brigade hastily fired back at the mountains on the side while retreating from the battlefield. Three Apache helicopter formations took off from the NATO operation base on the outskirts of Medellin and surrounded the Celestial Trade's Fifth Armored Brigade on the mountain.
However, halfway through their flight, the three unlucky helicopter formations collided with the Aurora-20s that were returning from the Caribbean Sea.
When a helicopter went up against a fighter jet, it was a tragic scene, not to mention the Apache that was on its way to perform an anti-tank mission with its bullet nest full of anti-ground missiles.
A barrage of machine guns came from afar, and without even a chance to throw heat decoys, the three Apache flying formations were pinned to the ground by the Aurora-20s' firepower and crashed on the mountainside of Mount Palamillo.
The two Aurora-20s formations glanced at the 34th Mechanized Brigade on the ground from a distance, but they didn't pay any attention to it and continued to return to the military base in the Tumaco District. The UA soldiers on the ground all breathed a sigh of relief. If these planes didn't let them go, with the protection of the anti-aircraft vehicles, only a few tanks could return alive.
However, they didn't know that the reason why these Aurora-20s let them go was that they had used up most of their ammunition. If they knew that these planes just returned from the Caribbean Sea, their expressions would be no better than when they were ambushed …
The support rockets launched from the outskirts of Medellin arrived on the battlefield, and the overwhelming rockets covered the foothills. However, the ambushed Celestial Trade Fifth Armored Brigade had already dug a tank bunker two days ago. NATO's rocket support was dropped on the mountain. Other than one Tiger II that was accidentally blown off, there wasn't even a splash.
Under the cover of the rockets, the 34th Mechanized Brigade finally had the opportunity to continue to retreat. As for the 27th Infantry Brigade and the 75th Ranger Regiment that fought in the port of Turbo, except for a small number that retreated to Monteria, most of them were disarmed by the besieged Celestial Trade soldiers.
…
The silence in the command center was terrifying.
Just two hours ago, they were still discussing where Celestial Trade, which had been disconnected since the beginning of the war, went. They didn't expect Celestial Trade to bypass the main force of the NATO Coalition Force, pass through more than 300 kilometers of tropical rainforest, and directly attack Bolto on their flank coastline.
No wonder they haven't appeared for more than a week, they went into the tropical rainforest!
Because of the harsh climate, neither early warning aircraft nor observation satellites discovered this situation. What's more, the battle for the two strategic towns of Medellin and Bucaramanga was at a critical moment. The attention of the NATO Coalition Force was all focused on South Colombia, and they didn't expect Celestial Trade to suddenly play this trick.
"Immediately blow up the road from Bolto to Monteria, and transfer a mechanized division from the front line to Monteria!" General Felton, the commander of the NATO Coalition Force, was the first to break the silence in the command center.
"But North Colombia …" Deputy Commander Belleden frowned.
"If Celestial Trade cuts off our supply line, 170,000 NATO soldiers and 200,000 North Colombian soldiers will be in danger! I'll explain to Vargas. Now immediately send engineers to blow up the road before Celestial Trade marches into Monteria! Be quick! "
The officer standing next to him hesitated, glanced at Deputy Commander Belleden, and finally gritted his teeth, saluted, and trotted out of the command center.
"Roger!"
After a pause, Felton then looked at the correspondent sitting in front of the computer and ordered.
"Immediately contact the Ford Aircraft Carrier Battle Group and ask them to send F-16s to investigate the situation in the port of Bolto. I need to know how many people are there, how many armored vehicles, and how many tanks. Let them investigate it!"
"Understood … Damn it, I can't get in touch. There's no response."
When Felton heard this sentence, he was obviously taken aback and frowned.
"Can't get in touch?"
It was too abnormal.
According to the combat order issued by the top military command, in order to effectively support the Colombian battlefield, all combat units of the Ford Aircraft Carrier Battle Group should be on standby 24 hours a day. Even if this was not the case, not being able to get in touch should never happen.
Could it be EMP?
Felton quickly ruled out this possibility.
Large-scale equipment such as aircraft carriers and destroyers had been designed with the impact of electromagnetic pulses in mind. Moreover, it was confirmed in the last Colombian Civil War that EMP weapons had little impact on aircraft carrier battle groups.
Just then, the satellite phone in Felton's pocket suddenly rang.
The number on this phone could only be from one place. Without any hesitation, Felton pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?"
"…"
The command room became quiet.
From General Felton's gradually gloomy face, the officers standing in the command center had already faintly noticed something was wrong.
About five minutes later, the call finally ended.
From beginning to end, Felton didn't say a few words. Other than responses such as "Mhmm" and "Yes", the rest was only silence that was more depressing than his face.
"It's from the top military command." Felton broke the silence, put the satellite phone back into his pocket, took a deep breath, and slowly said, "… Bad news."
"What happened?" Belleden frowned.
"Our Ford aircraft carrier battle group …" Ferton said word by word. Facing the pairs of eyes that were looking at him with shocked and uncertain expressions, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the last half of the sentence with difficulty, "… was sunk."
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