The Fourth Disaster Begins at the Dawn of the Millennium

After that, the ro-ro ship was able to continue sailing to East Timor. The Indonesian army stationed in Dili was ready to receive the new equipment. When the Indonesian military representatives returned to the "land of gentleness" again, they were drunk and dreaming.

When they died, the former Soviet soldiers in the cabin also listened to the mobilization of the Giant God Company representative:

"Our opponents are the Indonesian government forces, who have seized the company's huge interests in East Timor, and therefore must be completely expelled from East Timor. They have more than 20,000 armed forces in East Timor (including various militias), while the first force we can deploy is only more than 1,000, with a ratio of 20 to 1. But we have

We are not fighting alone. Thousands of local guerrillas and hundreds of thousands of East Timorese are our allies. Together we will push the Indonesian army out of the country.

Go to sea!

In addition, after controlling Dili and other areas, the company will

Continue to use all means to add reinforcements to us. And what support will Indonesia wait for? They can't wait for anything! Because soon, the financial tycoons of the United States will make Indonesia's economy scream! The Indonesian army

Will be at its weakest moment!"

The former Soviet soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms, holding AK74s, and wearing helmets or berets, looking at what they are wearing and holding in their hands, have already

The tanks and infantry fighting vehicles "ready to go" in the cabin made me feel deeply moved. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the soldiers who served the country received the worst equipment in the army, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation were all of inferior quality.

The good quality equipment was resold. By some strange coincidence, the best quality equipment was bought by Giant God Security to arm the "corporate warriors" who had retired from the army and signed contracts with the company.

"Hey, we're all back again..."

In 1998, the blow that was about to be dealt to the Suharto regime came from the financial giants of the United States and the military forces of the former Soviet Union. How could Suharto be served by these two "monsters" at the same time? But by chance in 1998, this double blow collided with each other so coincidentally.

Just after New Year's Day in 1998, the crisis that had accumulated for two months was violently released. The exchange rate of the Indonesian rupiah against the US dollar fell again and again, and the exchange rate of the Indonesian rupiah to the US dollar fell to 7310:1. Just after New Year's Day in 1998, the guerrillas in Mount Tatamailao went out in full force and launched a large-scale raid on the Indonesian armed forces in East Timor. As for the hundreds of combat players, they once again crossed the steep mountains and dense jungles and came to the city of Dili.

"Before the sun rises, we must sneak into the dock and prepare to welcome a large wave of friendly troops!"

Chapter 71 The Show Begins

At the port of Dili, the morning sun gradually appeared, and a faint red light appeared on the horizon. A huge ro-ro ship slowly sailed into the port of Dili, like a moving ship.

The castle was moving, and the hull was shining with the cold light of steel in the sun. The crew on the ship had already been busy, shuttling between the deck and the cabin, making the final preparations.

"Prepare to remove the locator and free the brackets and brake chains securing the vehicle!"

"One last check on the ammunition and fuel situation!"

"Don't open fire immediately when the hatch opens, wait for orders!" "Soldiers, the ship is about to dock, show your best!"

The door of the cabin slowly opened, making a low mechanical sound, and a huge articulated gangplank slowly extended from the cabin and leaned on the dock, paving the way for the personnel and vehicles in the cabin. As the gangplank was set up, bursts of roars came from the cabin, and then, infantry fighting vehicles and tanks came out one after another, and the tracks made a clacking sound on the gangplank, as if saying: "I've had enough of the dark life in the cabin, now I want to vent!"

However, even a "peaceful" landing can still lead to unexpected situations. Dili Port is not a port with very complete infrastructure. It does not have expensive things like breakwaters. As a result, the ro-ro ship will inevitably shake during the unloading process, and even infantry fighting vehicles may get stuck on the gangplank.

The soldiers also handled the traffic jam in a very "Slaughter" way. Sun ordered the infantry fighting vehicles behind to find the right time to speed up and rush through, clearing the jam.

The infantry fighting vehicle crashed into it.

To be honest, if it wasn't hit properly, it might have crashed the infantry fighting vehicle into the sea...

But judging from what they communicated on the radio, both the person who hit and the person who was hit seemed to be quite satisfied with this way of handling the situation, which was simple and efficient...

At this time, the Indonesian military representative who got off the ro-ro ship had already shaken hands with the commander of the Indonesian army stationed in East Timor in the office building at the dock and had a cordial conversation with him. They talked about the "gentleness" of Mao Mei and

The former Warsaw Pact countries have been waiting for their disintegration for so many years, and they are still waiting for buyers to buy them. If European and American countries are determined to sell their arms to Indonesia, then Indonesia can buy more Soviet-made weapons on the international market.

Weapons. As the saying goes, "If you don't sell them, there are plenty of people who will!"

"This batch of weapons arrived at the right time. The guerrillas in Mount Tatamailao may have heard something. In the past few days, the intensity of their attacks has increased sharply. However, the country's economy is in trouble now, and the help that Jakarta can provide us at this time is very limited.

In 1998, just a few days into the new year, Indonesia's economy began to "avalanche", unemployment soared, food and energy prices soared, and the surge in unemployment and soaring prices collided with each other, making life even worse for ordinary Indonesians. For many years, the Suharto regime used economic growth to allow the people to live a barely passable life in exchange for their obedience and ignoring the corruption of the dictatorship. Now, Indonesia's economy has begun to decline, and the only legitimacy of the Suharto regime - economic growth, has disappeared.

If it were ten years ago, Indonesia's situation would not be so critical, because the United States needed it as an anti-communist front, and Japan would export capital to Indonesia. But now that the Soviet Union is dead, Indonesia has lost its value as an anti-communist front; Japan has also ushered in an economic bubble, so how can it have the spare energy to export capital to Indonesia?

Indonesia wants to receive external capital assistance, especially large amounts of funding from organizations such as the IMF, but IMF money is not easy to get.

As early as the second half of 1997, Indonesia sought aid from the IMF, and the IMF took the opportunity to propose various rescue conditions. Indonesia was unwilling to give up its monopoly on the economic sector, so the IMF postponed the implementation of the rescue several times.

Indonesia remits aid.

By 1998, Indonesia's economy was collapsing, so much so that US President Clinton called the Indonesian Economic and Trade Commission directly, urging the Indonesian government to keep its promise, carry out thorough institutional reforms as soon as possible, and accept the IMF's package of reforms, including: cutting public spending, continuing to promote the privatization of state-owned enterprises, and allowing foreign investment.

Enter more industries, cancel the preferential plan for domestic automobiles, reduce import tariffs on chemicals, steel and fishery products, allow free import of agricultural products such as wheat, delegate investment approval power to the president and governors to facilitate foreign investment, etc.......

With internal and external difficulties, resentment towards Suharto in Indonesia is growing day by day, but Suharto still does not give up his plan to seek re-election. In order to stabilize the domestic situation, the Indonesian military must devote more energy, financial resources, manpower and material resources to domestic stability maintenance work. As for the situation in East Timor, Suharto only asked them to stabilize the current situation.

After talking about the situation at home and abroad, the commander of the Indonesian army stationed in East Timor suggested going to see the purchased "Soviet weapons". However, just after the officers in the office building walked out of the door and took a few steps, they suddenly heard gunshots.

"It must be the guerrillas who have sneaked into the city! Quickly notify the gendarmerie and suppress them immediately! It is better to kill the innocent than to let them go!"

The head of the Indonesian military trade who got off the ro-ro ship was quite surprised. He had not been to Dili for several years. He did not expect that the security in Dili had deteriorated to this point. The commander of the Indonesian army stationed in East Timor reluctantly introduced him to the guerrillas in Mount Tatamailao. These guerrillas had launched attacks on Dili many times, but they were only small forces after all. The Indonesian army still firmly guarded the various traffic arteries from Mount Tatamailao to Dili, and their large troops could not get through!

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the roar of artillery shells. The head of Indonesian military trade looked at the commander in surprise again, "Is this just a small force? I can't imagine what their large force would look like. Are they driving tanks and infantry fighting vehicles..."

Before the military trade director could finish his words, he saw a group of Indonesian soldiers fleeing in panic in front of him, shouting "Tanks! Armored vehicles..."

"What tank? Armored vehicle? Explain clearly!" the commander asked, grabbing a retreating officer.

"We are from the 2th Cavalry Battalion of the 8nd Infantry Division. We came to the dock to receive weapons and equipment, but... guerrillas sneaked into the dock. They disguised themselves as porters, pulled out guns from nowhere, and suddenly opened fire on us. The tanks and armored vehicles that came off the ship also opened fire on us. We were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses!"

Chapter 72 What? You were attacked by a Soviet army?

The T72 and BMP-2 tanks that rushed out of the dock quickly advanced towards the military zone, where the headquarters of the Indonesian army in East Timor was located, with a large amount of arms reserves. It can be said that as long as that place was taken, the logistics supply and command system of the entire Indonesian army in East Timor would fail. Jakarta would have to re-establish the command and supply center for more than armed forces, which was almost impossible when Indonesia itself was unstable.

The Indonesian soldiers, who only had light weapons, had no chance of fighting back against such a steel behemoth. After all, they had never dealt with the guerrillas' armored units before. Most of the anti-armor weapons were left in the warehouse. No one thought that they would be used in the military operations in East Timor. Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles led the way, and the gun barrels slowly turned, looking for possible enemies. The tracks rolled over the ground with a dull clicking sound, and the gravel and rubble on the ground were crushed to pieces. The infantrymen, holding AK74s, moved together with the armored vehicles.

"Although the battle has already begun, Vasily, I still find it hard to believe that we completed the landing operation so easily, and those Indonesians collapsed just like that..."

"Reality is so dramatic, Maxim, because our boss has created a brand new fraud tactic. The Indonesians never dreamed that the tanks they bought with their own money would be aimed at themselves after getting off the ship, and the bullets and shells would hit themselves."

"This reminds me of the story of Prague in 1968..."

"Vassili, Maxim, watch our right side, there looks like enemy infantry hiding there!"

The armored vehicles set out from the dock and had to pass through a section of the city to reach the Indonesian military zone in Dili. The number of buildings on the streets gradually increased. Various debris and destroyed Indonesian military vehicles piled up on the road, making the already narrow streets even more difficult to move. The T72 and infantry fighting vehicles slowed down their advancement, and in the buildings on both sides of the street, some Indonesian soldiers could be vaguely seen passing by.

"What do those Indonesians want?"

"I don't know, but I know the top and side armor of the BMP tank is not that strong..."

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire was heard from the window of a building on the side of the street. Several bullets grazed the armor of the infantry fighting vehicle, making a crisp metal collision sound. Lieutenant Oleg's order came over the radio immediately: "Everyone, pay attention, search for the target to shoot, and fire freely after finding the target!"

More bullets and projectiles came from the front and flanks. There were some brave Indonesian soldiers among them. In the absence of anti-tank weapons, they first counterattacked the infantry advancing with the armored vehicles. When the infantry covering the advance of the armored vehicles on the ground were attracted by the fire of the Indonesian soldiers in front and on the flanks, in the house behind them that they had neglected to pay attention to, several Indonesian soldiers and a 12.7mm caliber machine gun appeared in a second-floor window. This volley of fire could knock down at least several people.

The ammunition belt was loaded, and the crosshairs were locked on an infantry squad that was following the T72. A hail of bullets would be unleashed in the next second, but before the heavy machine gun opened fire, a rifle grenade fell into the window.

"boom--"

The machine gun was blown away, and blood quickly dyed the soil beneath the Indonesian soldiers red.

"Vassili! Maxim, check what's behind us immediately!"

Just as these former Soviet soldiers were attracted by the explosion on the building in the rear, another group of Giant God security (players) came into Lieutenant Oleg's headset: "We have cleared the trouble behind you. Now, our team is advancing from the buildings on both sides of the street. We will send a liaison officer into your convoy, who will guide your firepower to avoid accidental injuries..."

"Oh, thank you! Thank you very much......." "You're welcome, we are all colleagues..."

Although the combat qualities of these former Soviet soldiers are

They are all excellent, and they were retrained before departure. The coordination of Japanese operations is better than that of the Russian, Ukrainian and other countries.

A lot better. But probably because they were trained for the goal of "fighting world war" in the past, and had little experience in street fighting and public security warfare, these former Soviet soldiers actually walked in the middle of the road during street fighting.

The Russian army suffered losses in the first Chechen war, but it seems that they did not learn their lessons, or the Russian military top brass did not care about the losses in street fighting. If the top brass did not care about the losses of materials and personnel, then there was no way for the grassroots officers and soldiers who did not participate in the first Chechen war to learn lessons.

How to fight in street fighting? Actually, the players have not received scientific training, but they have found some routines in their years of gaming experience, that is, "the road is the wall, and the wall is the road". What does it mean? For example, if the road looks easy to walk on, we must not walk on it, because the enemy must be aiming their guns at it; and those roads blocked by walls are the roads we should take, because the enemy is not well prepared for these places. We only need to spend more explosives to blow up the wall to get a safe passage. Why not?

"Sixth floor at two o'clock, see where the sign is hanging on the corner of the fourth floor? Fire a high-explosive bomb! Blow up the wall!"

"Understood, one high-explosive shell loaded!"

"Loading complete!"

"Fire!"

The tank gun barrel was quickly adjusted and aimed in the direction of the enemy's shooting.

With a loud bang, the shell flew out of the gun and hit the wall of the building directly. The wall collapsed instantly in the explosion, and dust flew up.

Then there was a fierce burst of assault rifle fire and grenade explosions. Lieutenant Oleg looked at the contact person of the Giant God Company beside him with a changed look in his eyes. He asked quickly: "Brother, tell me quickly, how did you find those Indonesian soldiers hiding there!"

"I didn't see it, but my comrades marked it... Oh, Lieutenant Oleg, my comrades asked me to convey their

Thank you, Gang Gang Gang Na - the artillery fired very well, not only blasted the hole, but also collapsed part of the ceiling, directly killing many Indonesian soldiers

Soldier. My comrades have run out of explosives for demolition. Next, we need your tank gun to clear the way for them. "

"No, no, no, I should thank your comrades. It was your comrades who pulled out those Indonesians hiding in the corners one by one," Lieutenant Oleg said, "If there was a unit like yours in Grozny, many of our brothers would not have died tragically inexplicably..."

After gaining the support of a group of combat players who were keen on "brutal street fighting", the armored troops walking in the middle of the road were not attacked by fire from all directions, because the Indonesian troops who had been hastily ambushed on both sides of the street were killed one by one by the players. When encountering a large number of Indonesian troops, the players would not fight a group alone, but quietly mark the enemy. Then they would wait for the players who followed the armored troops to coordinate tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and use smoothbore guns and machine guns to "clear the field" for the players.

The player and the NPC worked together to clear the Indonesian troops along the way, and passed through this section of the city without any danger, and came to the area where the Indonesian military and government departments gathered. A random shot at these office buildings could kill several senior civil servants or school-level officers. Until this time, the command system of the Indonesian army stationed in Dili was still confused, especially the commander-in-chief here. He had no idea how many troops he could contact, the number of enemies, and where the enemies had advanced...

"boom--"

A high-explosive bomb landed in the parking lot at the entrance of the office building, blowing the commander-in-chief's car to pieces. He hurriedly stuck half of his head out of the window and used a telescope to look at the enemy approaching step by step. Oh, now he knew where the enemy had advanced to. The enemy had come to the door...

At this moment, the adjutant told him that they had successfully contacted President Suharto. The commander rushed to the phone and said in an urgent tone: "Your Excellency President, the situation in Dili is extremely urgent. We have been attacked by a Soviet mechanized force. Although I have tried my best to lead the Indonesian troops stationed in Dili to resist bravely, the enemy still attacked with overwhelming advantage to a place only a few hundred meters away from my headquarters. Your Excellency President, we need to move the headquarters immediately and re-..."

"What's wrong with your mind? What...what Soviet army? The Soviet Union has been disintegrated for several years..."

Chapter 73: Destroying with overwhelming force

Jakarta still doesn't know which force attacked Dili. The information available so far is that the Soviet weapons that attacked them were bought from Russia and Ukraine. Damn, these Slavs are so abominable. I spent money to buy your weapons, and you actually used the weapons I spent money to beat me? Is this fair?

The Indonesian commander-in-chief in East Timor did not have more time to report the situation to Suharto, because after the tanks and armored vehicles launched a tentative attack, they saw that the headquarters had almost no effective resistance (anti-tank weapons and armored forces could not arrive in a short time), so they directly switched from the tentative attack to a general offensive.

Seeing the enemy rushing over shouting "Ura", the guards, military police and even a group of civilians holding pistols guarding the headquarters were panicking and those with quick minds were thinking about surrendering. But...in such a chaotic battlefield, it is useless to shout "I want to surrender" to the enemy. Not to mention that the enemy may not be able to hear your voice, even if they hear it, will they understand your shouting "surrender" in Indonesian? They will think you are greeting the enemy's family when you are about to die...

At least the whole white flag should be raised.

However, for these Indonesian soldiers, they were more likely to be equipped with anti-tank weapons than white flags. Which army would give grassroots soldiers something to surrender? At this moment, an Indonesian sharp-eyed officer discovered that there was a flag on the enemy's tank. The flag was mostly red, but at the bottom of the crooked flag, there was a little white...

"Isn't this just an Indonesian flag torn in the middle?" It must be said that those Slavic soldiers were quite particular about "sense of ceremony". They always felt that they should put a flag on their tanks and armored vehicles.

Something to make the battle more "epic" and "visual". However, Giant God Company did not allow them to fly the company's flag, and it was not appropriate to hang the flag of Russia or Ukraine. Some soldiers thought of the old

The Soviet red flag, but this thing was not easy to find in East Timor under Indonesian rule, so the soldiers thought, I'll have to settle for the next best thing and just get a red flag, a pure red one.

By chance, the Slavic soldiers found the Indonesian flag that had fallen on the ground, and after tearing off the white part, what was left was a red flag. So they quickly collected a group of Indonesian flags and tore them off with their bare hands. Before the general attack, they finally hung a pure red flag on the armored vehicles (some white parts at the bottom may not have been torn off completely)

The creativity of these Slavic soldiers inspired the Indonesians who wanted to surrender. They immediately found all the Indonesian flags, tore off the red part, and stuck the white part out of the window.

"Vassily, look at the window! What is the enemy holding out? A white flag? Are they surrendering?"

"It looks like this, Lieutenant Oleg. I see that there seems to be some red on the white flags that has not been torn off completely..."

"These guys are thinking the same thing as us, I have to say, the Indonesian flag is really useful..."

With the "fall" of Dili, the Indonesian troops stationed in East Timor will not be able to get sufficient supplies and effective command for a long time. It will take a long time for Jakarta to recover all this, but the "Giant Security" who have landed in Dili will not give them this time. The armored vehicles and tanks are heading towards Baucau, another city in the northeast of East Timor.

In order to drastically expand the "liberated area" in the shortest possible time, all the guerrillas of the Tongan Revolutionary Front were mobilized. Whether they were guerrillas in the Tatamailao Mountain area or other guerrillas that were able to get in touch with the Tongan Revolutionary Front headquarters, they all came out of their hidden strongholds and launched attacks on nearby Indonesian armed forces.

On the road leading to Baucau, there is a bridge across the river. The bridge itself may not be able to pass huge tanks, but it is OK for infantry fighting vehicles. However, whenever possible, it is best to capture the bridge and let the infantry fighting vehicles and infantry pass through here quickly, sweeping away the panicked Indonesian army as quickly as possible.

The bridge spans a turbulent river. The buildings on both ends of the bridge have become various ruins. The guerrillas who came down from Mount Tatamailao attacked the guards of the bridge before the sun rose.

The Indonesian troops in Liang were ordered to retake the bridge immediately.

After that, they had not received any more orders. They did not know that their superior headquarters and the officers who were enjoying a good life in Dili had been caught in one fell swoop...

At this time, the Indonesian army was still attacking the bridge. Although they did not have tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, their numbers were comparable to those of the guerrillas.

In addition, although they did not deploy infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, they had heavy machine guns mounted on Humvees and battalion-level equipment.

The firepower provided by weapons such as mortars and automatic grenade launchers is much stronger than that of guerrillas who are armed with only rifle grenades and light machine guns at most.

"Reinforcements will arrive in five minutes!"

The dense firepower suppressed the guerrillas so much that they could not even raise their heads. They could only hide behind the bunkers and shoot in the direction where the enemy might appear, and then quickly change positions. The guerrillas' shooting was more to scare the enemy than to kill them. At least they wanted to scare the Indonesians.

Soldiers, so that the enemy dare not take big strides forward. It is not surprising that the guerrillas fought so awkwardly, because this kind of head-on confrontation with the enemy is not easy.

It is what the guerrillas should do, but for the sake of the overall battle situation, these guerrillas who are only suitable for guerrilla warfare have to fight a positional battle.

The Indonesian army's firepower is overwhelming, not only can it suppress the guerrillas' bunkers with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, but also can

The firepower of the launcher could even directly destroy the bunkers, making it difficult for the guerrillas to resist. The sound of explosions and the whistling of bullets filled the entire area around the bridge.