Those modified "truck cannons" are even more elusive, firing a few shots and then running away. Though their accuracy is questionable, they keep the Kurdish soldiers in a constant state of tension, unable to truly rest.
Even more deadly is the aerial threat.
The 1515 Ard break up limited MANPADS and anti-aircraft machine guns and discreetly deploy them on the tops of key buildings, inside semi-collapsed houses, or even on moving trucks.
They are highly disciplined and never expose their position lightly; they only fire briefly when there is a high chance of success.
This greatly limits Alliance Army helicopter activity, sharply decreasing the efficiency of transporting supplies and evacuating the wounded, and makes aerial reconnaissance extrely cautious.
The casualty numbers of the Kurdish soldiers begin to escalate sharply, with morale visibly dropping.
Many soldiers' faces are filled with exhaustion and fear, and signs of avoiding battle passively start to erge.
Officers' scolding and even executing deserters can't stop this trend of collapse.
In contrast, Thunder Defense's rcenaries show a high level of professionalism.
Most of these rcenaries have served in US Army units. They occupy sturdy structures, construct crossfire points, and use accurate sniper rifles, anti-tank missiles, and mortars to inflict heavy casualties on attackers.
Their equipnt is more advanced; night vision and thermal imaging give them an absolute advantage in the dark. However, their numbers are limited, making them more like isolated nails embedded in the shaky Kurdish defensive line.
The fighting continued into the second night.
The 1515 Ard launched a dium-scale night raid.
Over six hundred militants, supported by a few pickups, quietly infiltrated deep into the Kurdish positions using the cover of darkness and familiar terrain.
Brutal close-combat erupt simultaneously across several blocks.
A battalion command post of the Kurds was attacked, with the battalion commander and main staff dying on the spot, causing chaos in the battalion, with part of it disbanding.
It was not until Thunder Defense's night combat team was urgently deployed, using thermal imaging to clear buildings one-by-one, that the infiltrators were barely repelled and the line stabilized, but at the cost of over eighty casualties on their end.
In the command center, Colonel Kote frowns at the screen showing casualty reports and the constantly retracting markers of the Kurdish defensive line.
Air superiority has not translated into decisive ground advantage; it's more like using an expensive drill to grind an endless expanse of sand.
anwhile, in the direction of Mosul.
The "eight-hour window" promised by Samir has long passed, but infiltration has not stopped.
The 1515 Ard's thod of infiltrating beyond the border into Illiguo becos more concealed—vehicles no longer move in large groups but are disguised as ordinary trucks transporting agricultural products, fuel, or construction materials, in groups of two or three, using loopholes in the "inspection schedule" provided by Samir's n, or simply bypassing through more remote desert paths.
Escorting ard personnel also wear civilian clothes, hiding weapons beneath the cargo.
Small groups of reinforcents, dozens to hundreds of people, carry rocket launchers, machine guns, and various anti-aircraft ammunition, pouring like small streams into the boiling blood pool of Titrick.
Most are directly thrown into the brutal urban combat, but so experienced veterans and technical equipnt strengthen Ahd's resistance at crucial monts.
By the third afternoon, the direction of Titrick is still in intense combat.
anwhile, in the direction of Bayji, there remains a scene of tranquility.
In the command room, Song Heping is closely monitoring this military action organized by Colonel Kote.
For the boss of a PMC company, this kind of campaign-level operation is the best model for military research.
If understood thoroughly, it not only offers an opportunity to study the common tactics and characteristics of the 1515 Ard but also provides deeper insight into the command routines of the US Army.
The opportunity is extrely rare, a once-in-a-lifeti chance from a learning perspective, which Song Heping certainly won't miss.
Finally, he rubbed his sore eyes, glanced at the situation map on the screen one last ti, and then began calmly recording into the voice recorder:
"Day Three. The intensity of Alliance Army's air strikes has not abated, but ground advance has nearly halted. 1515 Ard employ a typical elastic defense and attrition tactics, core points: one, use space to trade for ti, not worrying about gains and losses of frontline positions; two, with low-cost personnel and simple explosive devices, exhaust the patience of Alliance Army's high-cost ammunition and elite soldiers; three, exploit urban terrain to greatly weaken Alliance Army's technical advantage, especially the effectiveness of armored and air support."
He picked up so drone-taken images that had just been delivered to the table, the fras showing a street just strafed by an A-10, a few pickup wrecks still burning, but behind the nearby building windows, new figures soon begin moving.
"The key variable lies in the bearing limit of the Kurdish Ard. Their will to fight is rapidly decaying, organizational level declining. Once their defense line suffers structural collapse, Thunder Defense's flanks will be completely exposed, potentially reversing the campaign balance in an instant."
He pauses, his gaze sweeping over the distant western border region, which is the direction of Mosul.
"Moreover, continuous monitoring and reconnaissance indicate that 1515 Ard continue to transport personnel and materials, and if this continues, it will fundantally shake campaign consumption expectations..."
Simultaneously, in so extrely secretive safe house in Siria
Buckdadi sits behind a simple wooden chair, a military map of the Middle East spread out in front of him.
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