645 Comparison of military power with great disparity
"General, why are you here in person?" As soon as Xie Kai got off the plane, he saw Kovarubi, a little incredible.
This product seems to be very positive.
Kovarrubi looked at Xie Kai, his dark face showed white and reflective white teeth, "Xie, did you bring anything?"
"It's all in the hold. One battle, enough. Xie Kai said with a smile.
The old man was not to welcome himself, but to welcome the anti-armor missiles and anti-tank armor-piercing shells he had brought with him.
"President Bagaza is waiting for you. As long as the contract is signed, our mercenary group will be able to dispatch, and this is a legal action......" Kovarubi believed Xie Kai.
If Xie Kai couldn't get these things, they wouldn't know where to get them.
The 359 tank was upgraded from the 59 main battle tank, but the barrel caliber was much larger than the 59 main battle tank.
Every year, Tanzania arranges for international students to go to China to learn how to drive and command armored vehicles, and equips an armored force that is not small in Africa, and even Gaddafi in Libya has been overturned by them.
But in the whole of Africa, few countries are equipped with armor-piercing bullets.
After all, old and second-hand tanks from decades ago simply do not need special armor-piercing shells to clean up.
"I don't even know the specifics of the contract here. Xie Kai said with a frown.
He's not polite, it's factual.
The mercenaries have not been here for a long time, and he does not know what their combat capabilities are or what the level of the place is.
Although Ibrahim told him that Liao Dong was more positive than anyone else, Xie Kai did not think that was the case.
Liao Dong did not have any news to China.
"Liao Dong is also waiting for you here. "Mr. President, we have given special approval to provide any heavy equipment that the mercenary group needs." ”
Xie Kai looked at him, not knowing what to say.
Kovarrubi and Mwini, this is using the military strength of the whole of Tanzania to their own advantage?
Tan Lin and Fang Qiang and the others saw Xie Kai chatting so speculatively with a black general, and their thoughts were complicated.
When they came here before, the old side didn't have such a reception standard, and the Il-76 flew directly to the station of the river crab mercenary group.
After greetings, the welcoming convoy set off, and it was still the villa area where Xie Kai and the others were here.
Liao Dong was waiting for Xie Kai in the villa.
"What do you think about the situation on the Burundi side? On the Bagaza side, you have come into contact with Burundi's military strength, and how can the mercenary group take it?" Xie Kai asked a series of questions when he saw Liao Dong.
He didn't understand military affairs, and he wasn't good at fighting.
But he knows better than anyone that Burundi has hundreds of American-made and French-made tanks that are more advanced than the Type 59, as well as hundreds of armored vehicles that are more advanced than the Type 63, and this battle is not easy to fight.
Liao Dong looked at Xie Kai and smiled bitterly, "This is the battle for our mercenary group to gain a foothold in Africa. ”
In a word, there is too much information to be included.
"So, we don't have any advantage?" Xie Kai frowned.
When Ibrahim looked for him, he felt that Liao Dong was not such a person.
Liao Dong was only a scout before, and he was not good at armored combat at all.
At present, the mercenary group does not have any construction in terms of armored units and air forces, but only recruits some retired personnel and air force fighter pilots with rich experience from China.
Not even a single exercise of air-ground coordinated operations was conducted.
"How many anti-tank missiles did you bring?" Liao Dong did not answer, but asked Xie Kai bitterly, "Whether it is Ibrahim or Kovarubi, they all want to win this order." 60 million US dollars, which can support the entire mercenary group to recruit more personnel. ”
"If you have money, you have to spend your life!" Xie Kai said dissatisfiedly, "You are my spokesperson here, and we hold the largest equity in our hands." ”
Although it is not an absolute controlling stake, Xie Kai is the largest shareholder.
Up to now, the river crab mercenary group still has Liao Dong and others as the backbone.
"The gold mines in northwestern Burundi, the other mines in their country, the infrastructure, etc., are all needed by domestic units to come out. Liao Dong looked at Xie Kai with a serious expression, "Although Burundi has a lot of armored vehicles, its combat effectiveness is really not good. Moreover, hundreds of tanks were concentrated around Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, and the rebellion was quelled after the capital was taken. ”
"Isn't it too easy to think about?" Xie Kai frowned and asked, "Brothers come out, it's no longer for honor, once sacrificed, wrapped in the national flag, they may not be able to do it." ”
Xie Kai's expression was full of seriousness.
"Most brothers, they want to fight this battle. Whether it is our reputation or dignity, we do not depend on the charity of others. Liao Dong looked at Xie Kai with a firm expression, "In battle, it is normal to have sacrifices." Bagaza is waiting for you to sign the contract. ”
"Has the Angolan contingent been sent out?" Xie Kai asked suddenly.
Liao Dong looked at Xie Kai and was a little stunned for a while, "It hasn't been long since it was dispatched." Why, do you doubt it?"
The teams sent to Angola are mainly guerrillas from Kabila, special soldiers of the Iraqi Presidential Guard, and experienced mercenaries from the River Crab Mercenary Group, almost all of whom serve as consultants.
Even Tanzania did not send many people.
All of this was also thought of by Xie Kai on the plane.
Coincidental?
It's possible.
But more likely is that the CIA wants to do something to the river crab mercenary group.
In the Angolan civil war, it was the CIA and the South African government that supported both the SLF and UNITA.
Kabila's guerrillas were directly aimed at Mobutu's most elite 4th and 7th infantry battalions, which had no advantage.
"Do you suspect that it has something to do with Mobutu in Zaire?" Liao Dong frowned and looked at Xie Kai, "I don't think it's very likely." ”
Xie Kai couldn't explain it to Liao Dong.
Some things have to be experienced to know.
Mobutu had always wanted to exterminate Kabila's guerrillas.
However, Kabila's guerrillas had previously overthrown Amin with Ugandan forces, and then had been operating in the mountains of southern Burundi near the Tanzanian border, and had occasionally attacked the gold mines of Mobutu near Lake Tanganyika.
More than 20 tons of gold!
How long does it take to mine?
"If that happens, the C.I.A. will most likely hire retired white armored soldiers to help Burundi...... "That's what Xie Kai is most worried about. "On the battlefield in Angola, the SPLF and UNITA were supported by white pilots. ”
The possibility is too great.
"Once this happens, it will be difficult for the river crab mercenary group to gain a foothold in Africa. Xie Kai also became serious.
Liao Dong's original position was too low, and he didn't know the real situation on the African side.
The Angolan Civil War was originally a war between the two camps represented by the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States, South Africa.
As a result, the river crab mercenary group got involved.
"If that's the case, it's going to be a tough one. Liao Dong's face became gloomy. "There's no way the Americans are going to get mixed up in this, are they?"
Xie Kai didn't know what to say.
This part of Africa, from the beginning of the slave trade, continued to develop almost a few decades later.
It was only when Chinese companies came here that they sincerely helped African countries develop their economies that there was a little improvement, but in the end, the Americans could not see China's development, supported agents, and overthrew the regime that had good relations with China......
These places are actually the wrestling fields of the great powers.
Kabila's frenzied purchase of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles from China, as well as more than 20 combat aircraft, how can he make Mobutu feel at ease?
ONCE TRAINED, THESE TROOPS INVADED THE REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE, AND MOBUTU, THE LAST TYRANT IN AFRICA, WAS GAMEOVER.
"Even so, so what? The CIA couldn't let all tanks and armored vehicles use the white soldiers they recruited. Liao Dong thought for a while and said, "The armored vehicle instructors we recruit from China can form a sharp knife company, and then cooperate with anti-tank missiles......"
"You've decided?" Xie Kai looked at Liao Dong.
"We can't give up because of the disparity in strength. As long as one tank of the Sharp Knife Company kills two or three of them, and our infantry will work together with the tanks, twenty anti-tank missiles will only work......" Liao Dong gritted his teeth and said.
There was a hint of fierceness in his tone.
Liao Dong didn't say anything more.
Xie Kai's lips moved, and finally he didn't say anything.
Looking at the young president of Burundi in front of him, who also came to power by virtue of a military coup and had brown skin, Xie Kai sighed for a while.
At the age of 40, how many people would have thought that he had been the president of Burundi for ten years?
Unlike the average black man, he is slightly chubby and has an unusually high forehead.
It's a bit like an ape-man who hasn't evolved yet.
"Mr. President, $60 million, must be paid upfront. Xie Kai knew that Bagaza was also watching him. "Whether it's our pre-war preparations, or the mobilization of troops, we need money. ”
"It was negotiated before, and the advance payment was given first. Bagaza frowned at Ibrahim and Kovarrubi.
The two looked at the ceiling, the mercenary group can help introduce business and share dividends, but it is Xie Kai and the river crab mercenary group who really have the final say.
Xie Kai didn't speak.
The Burundian business is a severe test for the river crab mercenary group.
At the beginning, it was indeed said that the advance payment would be given first, but Xie Kai thought about it and planned to collect the full amount first.
"Aren't you still thinking about follow-up defense cooperation?" Xie Kai said calmly, "General Yobuya has hundreds of tanks and hundreds of armored vehicles in his hands. Such armored forces, in the whole of Africa, are not small. ”
"If you don't have the ability, we can find another security company. "Bagaza is clearly unwilling to pay the full amount.
I paid the full amount in advance, and when the time came, I didn't help myself regain power, and the money was given, and I had everything left.
"Then you can find another security company. There are quite a few mercenaries active in Africa! For example, the 32nd Battalion of South Africa, the United States, Blackwater, etc., ......" Xie Kai was noncommittal.
He didn't intend to back down on this.
There are only 20 anti-tank missiles, and even the newly developed tungsten core tail shelling and armor-piercing shell, he brought over the entire inventory of 404, but only 300 pieces.
Replace it with the armored corps of the PLA, let alone 300, even if it is only 200, it will be enough.
Counting on the Tanzanian armored troops, who can deviate in the direction of the forward route, will be able to hit every shot?
Forget it.
With the arrival of the second-hand 59 tanks they engaged in, the retired tank instructors in China went directly to the battlefield before they were trained, which is not appropriate to say.
The mercenaries assigned by Iraq and Pakistan are mainly army scouts.
In fact, it is the special operations forces.
For special operations forces, Xie Kai does not have much confidence that he can directly take out the opponent's armored forces.
Jobua learned armor warfare.
The journey from the garrison to Burundi was not short, and it could be regarded as a long run, and perhaps the Tanzanian armored troops would drive the tanks somewhere else.
"Thanks, we can provide armored forces. Kovarrubi also didn't expect that Xie Kai would suddenly change his conditions.
"This is not a condition for who supplies armored forces. President Bagaza offered generous conditions, but we cannot fail to take into account their armored forces. If there is air combat support......"
Their air force has only four old planes from World War II. Jobuah spent several years of his military spending on building up their armored forces. "There are a lot of them, but there's a lack of training. ”
"Yobuya and Kabila don't deal with each other, but Mobutu has always wanted to exterminate them, and Mobutu has always been very close to the CIA. Xie Kai said.
Jobua's coming to power, without the support of the CIA, no one believed it.
He got too many used tanks from the Americans.
Kabila's guerrillas have always been active in the mountains of southern Burundi and have good relations with Bagaza, and it is because of this that Burundi has not exterminated them.
"We have always learned from the People's Liberation Army that Burundi, even if there are some mercenaries from Europe and the United States, is not our opponent. Here, it's our Africa!" said Kovarrubi coldly.
In Burundi, Yobuya looked at several white men in front of him who were wearing no military ranks, and said with a smile, "Major Ananda, thank you for coming." I'm relieved to have you here. ”
"Your armored forces are really rubbish. A white man in his forties said. "Your Excellency, we hope that you will send a company of tanks to us, and your armored forces only need to cooperate with us. ”
"This ......," Jobuah hesitated.
"Your tank crew, it's hard to hit a target a thousand meters away when you stop there, you know, you're facing mercenaries from China!" Major Ananda said coldly, "In order to end the war as soon as possible, they will definitely use their men to form a sharp knife armored company......"
"But they also have armored troops from Tanzania, these armored soldiers, but these armored soldiers are trained by the Chinese!" Yobuya said worriedly, "I hope you can spread out to each tank, so that more tanks can play a stronger combat role." ”
"No! We refuse! It's not that we look down on you, your country's tank crews can't meet even the most basic requirements for armored combat. Another white man said. "As long as we hit the fire and solve the tank crews of the Chinese, those tank crews of Uganda, there is no need to think about it at all. ”