Chapter 68: It's good not to come
Zhao Cheng They received the news that they were on standby at any time, but the camp on their side was too small, and if they wanted to fight, eighty percent would wait until the middle and late stages to start, in modern warfare, it was mainly the performance of the navy and the air force, of which the air force was crucial, and the navy casually launched some cruise ballistics to provide air cover. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The land area of Libya is not small, but most of the area is desert, and the places suitable for living are near the north, this "one" shaped strip is very easy to deal with for the air force, the original Iraq war, the offensive of the coalition forces was very fast, and the air raid three-plate axe knocked the Iraqi army unconscious and confused, and then when the ground troops appeared, it was basically over.
The French mercenaries had two helicopters, a Cougar transport helicopter and a Tiger gunship.
However, Agadez is more than 400 kilometers away from the Libyan border and more than 1,800 kilometers away from the capital Tripoli, which is beyond their combat radius, and the helicopter will definitely not be able to get there, unless the C130 Hercules transport plane comes to pick them up, otherwise they will not be able to go.
Lin Quan's heart is still a little worried, the security situation in North Africa is not particularly good, Libya is better, after all, this country has oil, and you can feed yourself by selling oil, so there is no need for everyone to take risks to do some more dangerous things, but Islam in Africa is spreading rapidly, it was originally a European colony, so Christianity also has roots here, and the two religions have always been very opposed, and even triggered four crusades in history.
And Islam everyone knows, when it comes to this religion, there is no reason for a fear in everyone's hearts, the whole world respects it, but this can not resist its expansion speed, the whole of North Africa is already an Islamic country at this time, which can be seen from the name of the country, and Islam has also crossed the Sahara Desert, rapidly spreading to the south, before in TSNY, there are many local Islamic believers, but there are also many Christians.
Islam mostly exists in the form of tribes, and the same is true of Libya, the war will destroy this structure, and be affected by the war, when the time comes, there will be a lot of people fleeing their homes, as a neighbor of Libya, although Niger is poorer, but it will definitely be affected by this, and these militants are not armies, they are relatively scattered, and there may be tribes on the Niger side that can take refuge, and after arriving here, it will bring a huge threat to this side.
Lin Quan felt a little urgent, so after going back, he immediately dug out the AK-47 that he had buried before, he was not very good at using a gun, although Zhao Cheng had taught him before, but now he had almost forgotten it, so he seriously checked some information on the Internet to understand the use and precautions of this gun.
AK-47 can be said to be the most famous rifle in the world, this firearm has a simple structure, durable, powerful, and very good maintenance, unlike the M14 and M4 rifles made in the United States, the accuracy of this firearm may be poor, the noise may be larger, but it is more popular with ordinary people, especially Africans, the black big brother likes this gun the most, the standard configuration in the hands of the militants is an AK plus an RPG bazooka, and then it is complete.
His AK looks relatively new, buried in the desert before, because there is no rain, and the desert is relatively arid, so it is not rusted or corrupted, but there are not many bullets, there are only more than forty bullets in his hand, as soon as the automatic rifle presses the trigger, it will automatically combo, a magazine of 30 bullets, in the blink of an eye, forty rounds is not much.
However, there is a black market in the local area, and he can search for news of the black market on the Internet, these guys actually sell guns and bullets openly on the Internet, there is no Internet police in Niger, and the police can't take care of illegal actions on the Internet, so although the government bans guns, in fact, this decree has no effect, and it is no secret that guns are rampant in the tribe.
The price of a bullet is 50 cents, and a hundred rounds are 50 US dollars, which is very expensive, in the real arms trade, the price of bullets is very cheap, 1000 rounds of ammunition are worth about 70-90 US dollars, but African countries generally lack industry, bullets and guns cannot be produced, so they need to be imported, which means that these things will go through several turnovers before they fall into the hands of Lin Quan, so it is not unusual for the price to be so expensive.
He didn't need much, so he placed an order for 200 rounds of ammunition, paid $10, and waited until the next time he went into the city.
However, after having bullets, it is necessary to practice marksmanship, the so-called sharpshooter, in addition to having excellent talent, diligent practice is also essential, to put it bluntly, it is to take bullets to feed.
Lin Quan is not going to be a sharpshooter, he doesn't have so many bullets, in fact, the recoil of the AK gun is very large, this kind of gun is not good for practicing marksmanship, the accuracy is relatively poor, and few armies rank this weapon as a standard weapon, of course, except for countries in the third world.
Lin Quan tried his best here to prepare for possible situations, but later events proved that he was indeed thinking too much.
The situation in Libya soon turned upside down, on March 10, the French drove the aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean, and sent Rafale fighter jets to block the airspace of Libya, the implementation of the air no-fly, nine days later, when the rebels began to be unable to resist, the French immediately began to launch air strikes on the Libyan army, the British were not to be outdone, and immediately sent troops to participate in the air strikes, the Americans dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group over, launched more than 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya, basically destroyed the Libyan air defense facilities, and then sent B-2 stealth bombers to carry out careful clearance。
Since March 19th, the coalition forces have basically carried out air strikes on Libya every day, the strength of the Libyan army is still strong in front of the rebels who only AK and RPG, a T-72 they can't move, but under the attack of the coalition's Tomahawk cruise missiles, Hellfire anti-tank missiles, Hamm anti-radiation missiles and other multiple means, they finally began to be unable to resist, the main force of the government army was basically blown up, the rebels began to reverse the situation, and then the government army collapsed and could not resist.
But after the Libyan people were affected by the war, they naturally chose to flee, but they did not want to flee south, this thousand miles of desert is not a joke, at this time the weather in North Africa has become hotter and hotter, if there is no full preparation before entering the desert, people are easily trapped in the desert and finally die in it, and after the desert, the countries in the south are also a group of poor countries, and they have become refugees, even if they want to be refugees, they are willing to cross the ocean to Western Europe in the north, which is depicted as a paradise, and the attraction to them is much greater than the desert in the south。
Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief, it's good if you don't come, you are worried about being afraid!