The Northern Alliance has suffered unprecedented losses, these damn Taliban troops, I don't know if they inherited the experience and tactics of the last Afghan war, they actually buried a series of mines on the main road, and when one exploded, many of them exploded around, and what was even more vicious was that there were anti-infantry mines near the anti-tank mines, and there were almost no dead ends in this layout, so that more than 300 soldiers were killed in a short period of time, and more than 100 soldiers were crippled without arms and legs.

In order to reflect its own value, the alliance decided to continue to attack Mazar-i-Sharif, and the United States will dispatch Navy SEALs and the Army's 160th Army Aviation Combat Regiment, and the United Kingdom will dispatch special air service regiments to cooperate with the operation.

The city, which had been bombed only a few days earlier, was again attacked by the United States Strategic Bomber Wing, this time with a different target: the Taliban army positions outside the city, and the specific location was provided by intelligence officers from the Northern Alliance. The two sides are mortal enemies, and both have intelligence agents lurking in each other, and it is not a problem to figure this out.

Air raids are the most commonly used combat method in the United States, especially the Taliban army does not have air defense missiles, which is equivalent to losing air supremacy, and the B-52 strategic bomber group can hover over the city with impunity, dropping hundreds or thousands of tons of bombs, blowing up the ground everywhere with large craters, and also causing the Taliban army to suffer slight losses.

The reason why they escaped the bombing this time was because the Taliban troops defending Mazar-i-Sharif, under the command of the mercenary special forces, were lying in ambush on the communication arteries outside the city, preparing to ambush the incoming multinational coalition forces and the troops of the Northern Alliance, so there were not many people in the positions at all.

"The United States and NATO changed their tactics to special forces airborne operations, infiltrated the city, and then attacked the Taliban headquarters and defensive positions, but it's a pity that the current defense line is almost empty." Thompson couldn't help but smile as he looked at the images sent back by the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

If it is a frontal battle of the Taliban army, this tactic is indeed very effective, the surprise attack of the special forces will cause a devastating blow to the command system, the defensive position will be chaotic, and the combat effectiveness will be minimized, and then the northern alliance army that arrives can successfully capture the city.

But this time the opponent is the mercenary army, a modern army that has experienced a lot of battles, knows too well the way the American army fights, and has an absolute advantage in Afghanistan, every city has an outside line of intelligence agencies, and the families and relatives of the guerrilla fighters will also become the eyes and ears of the ubiquitous situation.

As soon as the special forces entered the city, someone had already begun to contact the intelligence officers, and with the phone calls one by one, the route and intention of the operation were also clearly displayed in front of the senior management of the mercenary corps, with high-tech means, Wu Chen could make adjustments to his deployment at any time.

"This is exactly the situation I want, if the American and British special forces think that the Taliban army has withdrawn and the city has no ability to resist, then this time it will not only be the Northern Alliance that will come to Mazar-i-Sharif, but the multinational coalition will also start to move out and occupy the first important city in Afghanistan, and our second ambush ring and the third ambush ring will work, which is a chain set." Wu Chen said with a smile.

"Most of the people in the old city of Kabul have been evacuated, and the Taliban army, under the command of military experts and instructors, is stepping up the digging of tunnels and shelters, full of fire and sniper points, and laying a large number of mines, the more time we buy, the more lethal the street fighting will be." Hunter said.

Street fighting, also known as urban offensive and defensive warfare, has two more significant characteristics, the first is that the combat distance between the two sides is relatively close, and there are often scenes of close combat, which is also a very cruel type of hand-to-hand tactics.

The weapons used are light weapons, such as assault rifles, sniper rifles, shotguns and general-purpose machine guns, as well as grenades and mines, as well as anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers, portable anti-aircraft missiles, etc.

The second is that the situation of street fighting is very chaotic and complicated, from a city to a street and an alley, or even a building and a courtyard. The fighters and bombers of the Air Force, as well as the heavy weapons of the Army, often do not exert their power in such an environment, and they get too close to each other, and a bomb falls, killing not only the enemy.

Street battles often use tanks and infantry to fight together, which is also testing the ability of countries to bear, an Abrams main battle tank costs six million dollars, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle costs two million dollars, but an anti-tank missile, the most powerful model made by cutting-edge technology, is only a hundred thousand dollars.

If we talk about helicopter gunships, an Apache helicopter gunship costs $70 or 80 million, and it is not impossible to sell it for hundreds of millions of dollars, but what about a portable air defense missile, it is cheaper than tens of thousands of dollars, and the price is only $200,000 or 300,000.

"According to the habits of the American army, bombing and heavy weapons will definitely be used for precision strikes when fighting street battles, and they have no psychological burden on harming civilians, and it is not a secret that the population of the old city of Kabul has been evacuated in large numbers, and hidden places and underground bomb shelters are very important links, and it is necessary to plan the course of action and be good at annihilating the enemy in the movement, and I will strive to delay it for 20 days to a month." Wu Chen said.

"Boss, it seems a little difficult to stop the opponent for so long! The combined forces of the United States and NATO have too many advantages in terms of weaponry and modern tactical means, the Taliban army and our guerrilla forces cannot resist it at all, and it is estimated that Kabul would have been occupied long ago after so many days, not to mention that there is also the Northern Alliance, which is familiar with the local situation in Afghanistan, as an accomplice, I think it should still be able to do it in ten days. Thompson said.

"First, the battle of Mazar-i-Sharif is now the sixth day, and in ten days, it will be a good result for them to capture the city. Second, there are two Taliban government-backed cities in the north, and the other is Kundutu, where there is a completely different concept of defense, where offense equals the best defense, and the Taliban army and guerrilla forces will constantly launch sneak attacks against the coalition forces occupying the cities, threatening the coalition army's logistical supply routes. ”

"Thirdly, before they can attack Kabul, the Northern Alliance will be devastated by us, which can delay them for three to five days. Fourth, from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul, there are other cities in between, Pulhumri and Charikaar, a month is really not much, I will say less. Wu Chen said lightly.