Hamid asked in surprise, "Older brother, you know all this?"
Charlie wade gave a hmph and asked again, "Does the other side have any air firepower?"
"No." Hamid said, "The government forces only have a dozen or so broken Su-24s, and most of them are lying in the hangar, unable to fly, and those that can fly have to defend the capital and fight the terrorists occasionally. They can't spare the energy to fight me. And there's no point in the Su-24s coming, they're just dropping bombs."
Said. Hamid added: "As for the helicopter gunships, I'm not afraid of him coming, their helicopter gunships are not very good anyway, I have a lot of shoulder-fired missiles here, it's easy to hit the helicopters, I guess they don't spare the helicopters to come over to die."
Charlie wade let out a slight sigh of relief and said, "So it seems that the odds are that it will be a purely ground war, then you don't need to rush for the time being."
Said. Charlie wade added, "I suggest you can observe the other side's intention first, because the other side has a big advantage in numbers itself, if they want to attack strongly, they won't bring so many artillery pieces, so their strategic intention should be the same as the pattern of ground war between countries decades ago. Trying to play infantry and artillery synergy with you!"
Hamid was busy asking, "What is infantry and artillery synergy?"
Charlie wade said, "It is the synergy between infantry and artillery. To put it bluntly, it means that artillery bombardment is followed by infantry charge, and infantry charge is not followed by artillery bombardment. Using your current situation, the other side should intend to use artillery to cover you with artillery bombardment first, after blowing you to pieces, halving your personnel and decimating your combat strength, then use armored vehicles to cover the infantry charge."
Hamid said approvingly, "You're right, I think they must want to give me a heavy bombardment first!"
Charlie wade then said, "Bombing is not a fear, because you already have your anti-slope pit. Now it is time to get your most valuable personnel and supplies and equipment into the backslope, and then have your precious helicopter gunships taken away, the other side has a large number of people, these helicopters can not be too effective, it is better to drive hundreds of kilometres away and find a deserted valley or flat land on the hilltop to park. Otherwise, once the shelling starts, your helicopters will probably all be on their knees."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Hamid came back to his senses and immediately instructed the adjutant beside him, "Quickly get the helicopter pilots ready. Fly north and find a place to hide a hundred kilometres out!"
It was no wonder Hamid had panicked, although he had been fighting with the government forces for a long time. But there had never been a large-scale conflict.
So, his sense of the big picture, as a person, wasn't that strong, and was at best the calibre of a small guerrilla leader.
Now that the government forces had suddenly assembled such a powerful armed force to attack him, he was at a loss as to what to do, and was completely at a loss as to how to respond.
On the contrary, someone like Charlie wade, who had never fought before but was more comprehensive in his thinking, was able to remain 100% calm at such a time and carefully analyse the situation and give more reasonable advice.
Charlie wade said to him, "I have a certain impression of the terrain where you are, it's surrounded by hilly and rugged roads, so the other side won't advance too fast towards you, and you shouldn't be too anxious to let the helicopter leave immediately."
Saying that, Charlie wade also suggested, "You can let the helicopters help lift some precious heavy equipment to your counter-slope pit first now, at the same time you also have to let your front-line scouts keep a close eye on the other side's movement, when the other side stops marching and starts to deploy their artillery, when it's too late to let the helicopters leave."
"The other side has 30 or 40 towed artillery pieces, and these towed artillery pieces, it takes a long time to go from a state of towing to a complete stop, and then to fully deploy and calculate the coordinates, adjust the angle and prepare for the artillery attack, and you have enough time to react!"