Chapter 258: This Is ...... Missile?

However, a battalion of the Angolan Confederate Army led by Weisberg did not know that the Tribal army not far away had opened up a pocket formation for them, so they reconnoitred and advanced to the southeast in battle formation.

In normal times, the Angolan coalition army, with South African officers as the backbone, would not carry out such a large-scale forward reconnaissance, but would have retreated into the existing front and held on to the tribal army in the north.

I thought that this stalemate would continue until the end of the year, and when both sides had accumulated strength, they would have several large-scale battles after the rainy season next year.

When the two sides have exhausted their accumulated strength, they will resume a ceasefire on their respective fronts and enter a new round of stalemate.

In this way, from the early 70s to the present, the routine of civil war in Angola has been like this, and it has almost become a common rule on both sides.

But this battlefield rule, which has lasted for nearly a decade, was broken last week by the Angolan tribal army led by Soviet military advisers.

They did not wait for next year, directly in the middle of the year, when this dry season was coming to an end, and suddenly launched an offensive from the Western Front.

I have to say that the Soviet Union's theory of large-depth operations is really powerful, and in just one week, the tribal army used tanks and artillery to forcibly tear a hole along the Angolan coastline from the western front of the Union Army.

Immediately, he rushed forward more than 400 kilometers, and after destroying several supply ports established by South Africa in the south, he began to move his army eastward and directly penetrate the rear of the Eastern Front of the Allied Army.

At the same time, the troops of the Eastern Front of the Horde Army, which had not moved, began to attack the Union army.

For a time, the Western Front of the Union Army was eroded, and the Eastern Front was also in danger of being encircled.

When the situation was reported back to South Africa, the top brass was alarmed, and on the one hand, they ordered the Allied Army reserves in Namibia to move north, in an attempt to break the encirclement of the tribal army, and on the other hand, they prepared for the troops on the eastern front to retreat to Angola's eastern neighbor, Zambia.

South Africa's response was not unfast, but this time the tribal army, which was given various bonuses by Soviet advisers, reacted even faster, and the reserve of the coalition army from Namibia to the north was dumpled by the armored assault group composed of Soviet T-62 and T-55 tanks as soon as it crossed the national border, and the border between Angola and Namibia was completely blocked.

It then marched north along the straight border between Angola and Zambia, preparing to completely trap the coalition army's eastern front group in a narrow strip of land 120 kilometers wide from east to west and 260 kilometers long from north to south.

As soon as the news came out, the whole of Africa was no less than an eight-magnitude earthquake, and the Angolan civil war, which had been fought for more than ten years, ended in this way?

This question is on the minds of politicians in all African countries.

Wiesberg doesn't care what African politicians think, and he now wonders if there is a hole in the long border between Angola and Zambia.

Originally, this was supposed to be the work of aerial reconnaissance, but the day before yesterday, South African aerial reconnaissance planes were shot down one after another by Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles, and the Angolan coalition army, which had no aerial reconnaissance, became blind in an instant.

In order to keep the coalition army, a heavy army group, so that it can make a comeback in the future, the commander of the eastern front of the coalition army has no choice but to draw a small number of elite forces in his hands to form a fire reconnaissance battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Wiesberg, to go to the border between Angola and Zambia to conduct reconnaissance.

"Once you find a gap, immediately occupy it and hold it, and I will immediately lead the main force to support you until the large army retreats into Zambia!"

This was an order given to him by the commander of the Eastern Front of the Allied Army before Westberg set off, for which Westberg led this fire reconnaissance battalion to break through to the east for 80 kilometers, and engaged the tribal army that was gradually closing the encirclement several times, but never found a hole that could be torn open.

But he was in danger, but Weisberg seemed unaware, because he was ready to take a big gamble with his fire reconnaissance battalion.

"Really, Lieutenant Colonel, I think you're crazy, even the craziest General Sharon in our IDF, not as crazy as you, knowing that there will be a danger of being surrounded by a heavy military group, and still going to break in, Lieutenant Colonel, it's really not like you fighting. ”

After listening to Wiesberg's plan, the head of Major Barak, an IDF military observer leaning next to Wiesberg, shook his head like a rattle in the "Badger" armored car.

And the General Sharon in his mouth is a famous general who led his troops to sweep the Sinai Peninsula and raid the rear of Egypt in the Fourth Middle East War.

As for why there is a shadow of Israeli soldiers in South Africa's sphere of influence, it is very simple, the two countries had a good relationship in the seventies and eighties, and they almost wore a pair of pants, especially in the military field, because Israel has a small territory and cannot develop a lot of equipment and tactics, so it often pulls troops to South Africa for training.

It is even rumored that Israeli mushroom eggs were tested on a small island in South Africa.

Therefore, although the Israeli soldiers in the coalition army are in the name of military observers, they are actually doing the work of military advisers, and there is no way, neither the South African officers nor the Angolan natives have the Israelis who have experienced a hundred battles, so it is too normal to find some foreign aid who is familiar with Soviet tactics.

If this had been done before, Wiesberg would have probably heard it, first, because Barak had rich combat experience, and second, the current situation was really dangerous, not only was the troops exposed, but the enemy also had an absolute advantage, and no matter how you looked at it, there was no certainty of victory.

But today, Weisberg, who used to be as good as a stream, was surprisingly stubborn, shook his head as if he had taken the wrong medicine, and asked Barak instead: "Do you think I am inferior to General Sharon!"

"Judging from your current performance, you have his madness, but without his wisdom, General Sharon's raid on the rear of the Egyptian army is very risky, but the troops and weapons in his hands are no worse than those of the Egyptian army, and the army's combat quality is also very high, but what about you? In addition to the eight 'Badger' armored vehicles, it is the 32 Toyota pickup trucks, and there are not even anti-tank missiles, how can you fight with the tank cluster of the tribal army? Use the rifle in your hand?"

Barak was not polite, he said bluntly, but Weisberg smiled, and was about to open his mouth to explain, when he heard an explosion of "boom~~", the earth began to tremble, and then he heard the soldiers outside shouting: "We were attacked~~Oh~~ Oh my God, it's a tank ......"

Wiesberg immediately pulled to the observation window, looked out, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see his left and right flanks, dozens of tanks firing while pressing towards here.

"Keep yourself away from the tank!"

At the sound of an order, the rear of the fire reconnaissance battalion of the Union Army changed to the front team, and taking advantage of the high mobility of the pickup trucks, they quickly threw off a large section of the Union tanks that were preparing to close the circle.

As soon as the words fell, the fire reconnaissance battalion that had originally gathered into a large group immediately scattered across the vast prairie like a goddess scattering flowers, and the tank cluster that was chasing closely behind suddenly hesitated a little when it saw this, and at this stall, Weisberg suddenly ordered: "Stop and prepare." ”

The moving "Badger" armored car stopped in the bushes with a sharp brake, and Weisberg immediately jumped out of the car, and a canvas-wrapped thing was removed from a freshly stopped pickup truck, which quickly formed a strange triangular shape after opening.

Wiesberg turned on the remote control in his hand, and the strange-looking triangular aircraft was also activated by another South African officer, and then threw it into the air in the form of a throw, and then plunged directly into the approaching tank group, and the next moment the jumping triangular aircraft dived and hit the top cover of a moving T-55 tank vertically, only to hear a "boom~~" explosion, and the turret of the tank was thrown directly into the air.

Seeing this, Barak, who didn't know what to do, immediately widened his eyes and was surprised for a long time before asking, "Is this ...... Missiles?"