What is the real name of the mission in the movie "Black Hawk Down"?

The 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down" was based on the October 3, 1993 incident in which U.S. special forces were ambushed in Somalia, but the script of the movie was based on Philadelphia News reporter Mark .Adapted from Boughton's documentary literature of the same name. The $95 million film claims to be more accurate and informative than any reports. However, the film inevitably beautifies the US military to a certain extent and incorporates its own emotional factors.

※ Operation process ※

Just like the SAS report, due to insufficient intelligence, the Ranger task force failed in several operations and even arrested the wrong United Nations staff. On September 9, a group of militiamen, protected by a large number of civilians (including women and children), once again attacked American and Pakistani patrols of the United Nations rescue organization. The AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter gunships that came to the rescue opened fire on the crowd. Kill at least 100 people. There were some tribal elders who originally opposed Aidid's opposition to the United Nations, but now they all sided with Aidid, so the US military is now against the entire city.

Since Aidid could not be caught, the US military began to shift its targets to Aidid’s right-hand man. At the end of September, it successfully arrested Aidid’s crony, god of wealth and weapons supplier Osman Ato. It's the big fat guy caught at the beginning of the movie. In addition, in view of the changes in the situation in Somalia, the US on-site commander requested the dispatch of 4 additional M1 tanks, 14 Bradley fighting vehicles, some heavy artillery, and even requested the dispatch of AC-130 aerial gunships (an AC-130 was dispatched once on June 13 , attack on Aidid Manor). However, most officials in the United States believed that the build-up of large-scale military forces would send a signal that the United States had other agendas, and therefore rejected the above request. In the movie, the needs and concerns of the US military stationed in Somalia at that time were expressed through the mouths of the actors.

On October 3, a local CIA intelligence officer reported that Aidid's senior aides were meeting at a house near the Olympic Hotel. The Olympic Hotel is located in the area where Aidid's power is strongest. As described in the movie, the Bakra Market next to it is Aidid's arms warehouse. General Garrison made some arrangements and decided to capture them.

Mogadishu map. The airport where the action force departs is about 3 miles away from the target building. The thick red line in the picture is the route of the second batch of rescue forces. The end point is the open-air stadium. The Somali streets can be seen in the picture. Complex, and the two crash sites are located in different directions from the target building.

The entire operation involved 19 aircraft and 12 vehicles, and 160 people participated. The combat deployment was as follows:

4 MH-6s carried 16 people The Delta team assaulted the target building and arrested the target person. Another 2 MH-60s transported supporting Delta team members and ground command units; 4 MH-60s transported 4 Chalk (the basic combat unit of the Rangers, which is a 12-man infantry squad) ) rappelled down to the ground at 4 corners of the target building to establish strongholds to protect the assault team from successfully performing their mission; 4 AH-6 "Little Birds" were responsible for air cover, 2 were responsible for cover during the attack, and 2 were responsible for cover during the retreat.

The ground escort convoy consists of 7 armed Humvees, 2 truck-type Humvees and 3 5-ton trucks. The convoy members include Rangers, Delta and SEAL Team 6, responsible for transporting captured prisoners back. base.

Other supporting units include: 1 Navy P-3 reconnaissance aircraft used high-magnification cameras to film the mission process at high altitude, and 3 Army OH-58D helicopters used infrared cameras to transmit the mission scene conditions back to the ground in real time In the command center (the live battle scene seen on the monitor by the ground command center in the movie was transmitted by these 3 OH-58Ds), a combat search and rescue helicopter carrying an airborne rescue team is on standby at any time, and there is also an MH- 60 Command Helicopter, code-named "C2" (that is, the two C's for Command and Control, such calls can often be heard in movies). There are two commanders on board. The air commander is Tom Matthews. ) Lieutenant, the ground commander is Lieutenant Gary Harrell, the two fat men we see in the movie who are giving orders from above.

In addition, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (not originally part of the Ranger Task Force) remains at the airport as a mobile force to deal with emergencies. The 10th Mountain Division is the U.S. Army's only rapid-reaction maneuver force that performs mountain combat missions. This division is stationed at Fort Drum, New York, and is affiliated with the Army's 18th Airborne Corps. It is a combined force with infantry as the main body and including air assault force. In 1993, three companies of the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment were stationed in Mogadishu, but the original book and the movie described very little about the 10th Mountain Division.

In order to confuse the Somalis, the helicopter group took off and flew along the seaside before suddenly turning towards the target building.

The Mogadishu Airport, the starting point of the special forces, is about 3 miles away from the target building. In order to confuse the enemy, the fleet first flew along the seaside after taking off, and then suddenly flew towards the target building. Although the Somalis near the airport knew that a large force was dispatched, they did not know where the target was, so they burned tires everywhere and mobilized the entire city against the Americans.

Except for the helicopter transporting Chalk-4, which was slightly late, all helicopters dropped off the Delta members and Rangers at the scheduled time and place. The picture below illustrates the deployment during the operation: MH-6 and MH-60 transported the Delta team members directly to the target building. Chalk-1, led by Ranger commanders Capt. Mike Steele and Lt. Larry Perino, took up the southeast corner of the target building; Chalk-2, led by Tom Ditoma Led by Lieutenant Tom DiTomasso, at the northeast corner of the target building; Chalk-3, led by Staff Sergeant Sean Watson, at the southwest corner of the target building; Chalk-4, led by Matt Ellisman Eversmann, it was originally planned to be at the northwest corner of the target building, but the final location was moved one block to the north. The convoy was parked a block southwest of the target building, waiting for the Delta team's signal to move.

A schematic diagram of the action plan. The Delta team took a helicopter and landed directly in front of the target building. Four Ranger Chalks were deployed at the four corners of the target building. The escort convoy was parked next to the Olympic Hotel. Since the movie did not explain Qing Dynasty, after watching the movie, some people mistakenly thought that the target building was the Olympic Hotel, but it was actually a residence diagonally opposite the Olympic Hotel.

Matt Elisman in real life, the picture on the left is a photo of him in Somalia in 1993, and the picture on the right is a photo of him after he gained weight recently. Even in 1993, he is not necessarily the same. As handsome as Josh Hartnett in the movie. Matt Ellisman is one of the protagonists in the movie, but in the original book he only appears in the beginning.

The picture below is a cut shot from a released version. This set of shots of assaulting the target building truly reproduces the description in the original book: due to the dust kicked up by the helicopter, the person responsible for assaulting the target building The Delta team initially stormed into the wrong house, but when they re-entered the real target building and arrested the target, Chalk-2 mistook them for Somali militiamen and shot at them. The results of the actors' CQB training at Fort Bragg are all shown in this sequence. In the released version, you can see that a Delta team member always carries an unused shotgun. In fact, it was used in this sequence. Come to break down the door. Maybe the actors and their CQB coach were unhappy that this clip was cut. The director explained that the reason for cutting was that these scenes made the content too long, were neither fun nor good, and the transition to the next scene seemed too confusing. In short, it was all for artistic reasons. I don’t think so. I understand film art, but from the perspective of a military fan, it is a pity that this 3 minutes and 14 seconds of wonderful footage was cut.