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The fight for college building goes on for several hours by now.
The attack is complicated by lots of militants and mutual fire coverage system.
A lot of militant firing points are situated in all of nearby buildings
which are used to fire upon the armoured vehicles and the attacking infantry units.
Several militant positions are spotted in a building to the left of the college.
One of the tanks departs to strike upon them from the rear.
Intelligence has reported that a group of militants creeps underground from the nearby house towards the tank
and has crept up close already. Their task is to blow up the tank apparently.
Tankmen get the target and fire upon the place where the terrorists are underground.
Explosive devices that are with the militants detonate and the tunnel is ruined completely.
Dust from the tunnel gets out through asphalt and even through the windows of the building where it starts.
The explosion is so powerful that the shockwave throws the gun to the side and turns the tank's turret.
The crew wasn't harmed fortunately and the terrorists were lucky to save upon their own burial.
Militants have started firing from teacher tower again.
They get greetings from artillery men as soon as they uncover themselves.
Artillery men don't forget to entertain the militants at the rear as well.
The fight goes on.
Al Qaeda has forbidden its field commanders to retreat.
And as soon as some terrorists are destroyed their place is taken by others.
The freed part of the college is under constant fire
and tankmen have to destroy militant firing points again and again.
Vehicles have to leave to reload ammunition and for service all the time.
Tankmen tighten up and repair caterpillars during the short rest time.
Tank mobility is mandatory for its combat capability.
A recovery vehicle is ready to go at any time just in case.
To the battle again.
Vasily Pavlov, Igor Nadyrshin, Yury Kutsenko, Victor Kuznetsov, Marat Musin. ANNA-News. Syria.