#2 first thing I would do is lend them a battalion of seabees and start clearing that rubble from the ouside and work toward the middle. Start clearing out the damaged buildings and making open space the enemy can't hide in. Scrape it down to bare earth and start working relentlessly toward the remaining square kilometer.
Where are those guys getting their drinking water from? I would be looking at cutting that off too. People can't live for weeks on air, they have to be getting water from someplace.
I would be dumping CS down every storm drain and sewer in the place and just lobbing it generally into that area. Underground bunkers need to get air from someplace. Food can be stockpiled. Water and air are more difficult to stockpile.
In an urban siege like that, I can't see where more sophisticated weapons are going to do them a whole lot of good. They would just bounce the rubble a little higher. What they need is more sophisticated training and tactics. |