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"Bang...... Boom......" With a scream, several earth-shattering explosions exploded on a gravel slope on the left side of the H9 highway leading to Garissa, and smoke was used to block the view of the road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

A Mi-24 gunship in the sky made a sideways turn after the eruption, crossed the debris slope of the explosion, and then flew away like a dragonfly.

Until the helicopter faded into the sky like a black spot, and a few coughs and moans could be heard in the faint smoke of the gravel slope.

Several wounded Kenyan soldiers cautiously walked out of their hiding places, and immediately looked in the direction of Hagadeira in the east where the helicopter disappeared for a few minutes, and the palpitation on their faces gradually eased.

"Oh no, the enemy is back...... And armored forces...... Let's withdraw ......" Suddenly, a frightened cry was heard among the Kenyan soldiers who had gathered scattered on the gravel slope, searching for their dead or wounded comrades.

More than a dozen soldiers raised their heads at the same time and looked at the eastern sky, several black dots were slowly magnifying, and the direction was this way. The soldiers who have just experienced life and death know that the damned Somali helicopter is here again. And below the black dot, the soldiers with good vision can even see the dust stirred up by the vehicles at high speed, like a sandstorm, which is definitely not caused by a few vehicles. At the thought of their mission, the soldiers shuddered at the same time, and regardless of whether there were any comrades on the gravel slope, they picked up their guns and ran in the direction of Garissa.

It was now 11:30 a.m. on the 7th, and after an hour and a half of high-altitude marching, the 7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, escorted by a helicopter gunship formation, had crossed the city of Hagadeira, the eastern gateway of Garissa, and was now making a surprise attack on the destination city of Garissa. Here, the road distance from Garissa City is less than 35 kilometers, and the assault force can reach its destination by 12 noon based on the maximum highway speed of 100 kilometers per hour for infantry fighting vehicles.

Of course, this is only on the premise that there is no enemy in the way. In the hour and a half since the 7th Regiment entered Kenyan territory, they have broken through the four lines of defense set up by the Kenyan regular army and militia organizations. However, because the main force of Kenya's Eastern Military Region has entered Somalia, the Kenyan army stationed in the Eastern Military Region has only a few second-line troops. And these second-line troops are basically stationed near the Soken handover or around a few larger cities. The layers of defense composed of a small number of temporarily mobilized regular troops and militia could not stop the footsteps of the elite 7th Regiment at all. Not to mention that the 7th Regiment also has an air escort consisting of 8 helicopter gunships.

Sitting in a command vehicle converted from the Lion King Chariot, the expression on the face of the commander of the Seventh Regiment, Kamo, did not relax at all because of the approaching destination, but became more and more solemn.

In this modified command car, it can accommodate six passengers in addition to the main and co-pilot. In addition to the head of the Carmo regiment, there was an adjutant and an intelligence officer who was temporarily added.

The news from the helicopter formation just now that there may be an unknown number of Kenyan ambushers on both sides of the road ahead. The helicopter formation has cleared three ambush points, but in order to prevent the helicopter from being shot down by the enemy, it may be difficult to clear the ambush formed by a small group of enemies relying on air power.

This news is not good news for Camo. For him, the enemy did this for only one purpose, and that was to stall for time. The arrival of the 7th Regiment in Garissa was delayed in preparation for Kenya to mobilize more troops to encircle and suppress the 7th Regiment. At the beginning, in order to block the footsteps of the 7th Regiment, the Kenyan political axe recruited a larger team to set up a defensive line in an attempt to block the 7th Regiment. But a militia with only a few rifles and rockets in its hands is of no use to an attacking force of infantry fighting vehicles and helicopter gunships, which is nothing more than sending the militia to death. After crossing the Hagadeira, Kenya's countermeasures were changed accordingly, and they were dispersed by small forces, like guerrillas, forming ambush circles on the road, and these scattered 'guerrillas' were armed with bazookas, and their purpose was to delay the Seventh Regiment as much as possible, and it would be best if they could destroy one or two tanks. So that even if the 7th Regiment rushed through dozens of ambush circles, how much strength would be left when it reached Garissa?

"Hey, there's a path here?" Kamo looked at the map in front of him, his eyes suddenly froze, and he asked strangely.

This map has been in Camo's hands for more than ten hours, and although he can't remember every place marked on the map, it is impossible for him not to remember it like a deliberately marked road.

The intelligence officer who was temporarily added to the Kenya district of the Ministry of Intelligence glanced at the map, noticed the path pointed by Kamo, nodded and said, "This is a small dirt road, it has been around for more than ten years. The fork is just five kilometers ahead. The road leads to a tributary of the Tanner River, a seasonal river that stores some water from December to May because of the rains. Many of the residents of nearby villages and towns fetch water there. At the end of the trail is the largest water storage point in the vicinity of the tributary. ”

Kamo nodded, many parts of Africa are short of water, and the eastern part of Kenya is a place where water is scarce. It's good that the local residents have found such a water source. Water can be fetched here for at least five months in a year.

"What is the width and depth of this tributary?" Carmo then asked.

How could the adjutant and intelligence officers not understand what the regiment commander meant at this time, that is, to insert it from the path. Follow the directions on the map and walk the small road to Garissa City, which is almost five kilometers closer than the H9 road. However, only the tributary side of the trail forms a dirt road. And about seven or eight kilometers to the Garissa side is unmarked. On top of that, the trail was three or four kilometers away from the H9 road, and the Kenyan defensive line deployed in front of it simply did not have time to change, and once the 7th Regiment interspersed with the trail and crossed the tributaries, it would appear on the outskirts of Garissa. Although there are no roads on the other side of the tributary, the terrain there is very gentle, and a long time ago this tributary had a large flow of water, and an alluvial plain was formed around it, and the city of Garissa was also established because of the flat river around it, and the fact that it was only seven or eight kilometers from the tributary, was completely in line with the natural conditions of human settlements.

Camo calmly gave the order to attack Garissa through the path, and the adjutant very seriously conveyed the regimental commander's order to every combat vehicle and the air assault battalion through the on-board communicator.

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"Kenya is just a clown, and behind it is a fierce crocodile." Li Mo nodded and said with a soothing expression. After so much time has passed with missile boats, it's time to dissipate. Somalia has now officially ordered four large missile boats from Ukraine, and the first improved missile boat of the 'Poison Spider' will be delivered to the Somali Navy in two months.

The change in Li Mo's tone made Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang's hearts relax at the same time. The two of them were afraid that Li Mo would not let go of the missile boat, so the two of them didn't know what to do. At the national level, there is no friendship, there is only interest. Of course, face is also very important. The decision to refuse to sell Type 022 missile boats to Somalia at the beginning was made by the top Chinese leaders for the sake of the unity of the political axe leaders, which was in line with the interests of China at that time. Now for the sake of Somalia's interests, China will have Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang come to test Li Mo's matter, and for the sake of Somalia's interests and to compensate for the 'debt' of the Chinese side in the missile boat last time, this time it has decided to secretly intervene in the Soken War. Interests are the most important thing at the national level!

"Brother Lee, with the strength of the Somali Defense Force, there is no need to worry too much about Kenya. But you should know that it's not that simple. Lei Zhen's eyes flickered and said. There is a different meaning in the words.

"Brother Lei, do you know something?" Li Mo's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice. Kenya's declaration of war with Somalia this time is a fact that the United States is standing behind it, and all major countries in the world can see it. Otherwise, with Kenya's strength, it would not have declared war on Somalia and launched a military attack. And without the help of the United States, it would not be so easy for Somaliland and Kenya to unite. It is important to know that Somaliland and Somalia are from the same origin, and once Somaliland receives Somalia, Kenya will face even more pressure unless Kenya receives strong assurances and promises.

Lei Zhen suddenly said this, he must have meant something else. But Li Mo had no news about this, so Li Mo was shocked.

Is the United States going to intervene directly? Li Mo's brows couldn't help but furrow deeply.

"Two hours ago, a guided missile destroyer from the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain left the base, this missile destroyer is part of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier battle group, and is the first-generation Ali equipped with the Aegis system? The Burke-class missile destroyer is one of the most advanced missile destroyers in the United States, with the ability to fight all-round operations at sea, land, in the air and underwater, and is the 'masterpiece' of modern naval destroyers......" Lei Zhen immediately said some of the surname data of this missile destroyer, his face was very solemn, and there was a faint look of jealousy. As a Chinese, it is certainly uncomfortable for the Americans to be able to build such an advanced destroyer. But who makes Huaxia's scientific and technological strength in this area inferior to that of the United States?

Seeing that Li Mo's expression had not changed because of this missile destroyer, Lei Zhen nodded secretly and was also worried, "Li Mo, you must not take this matter lightly." The missile destroyer is currently on no combat duty at all, and based on previous experience, she will spend two weeks at the base in Bahrain. But this sudden departure from Hong Kong is very likely to be due to the Soken War. If the United States really intervenes in the Soken War, this destroyer alone will have no way to deal with her with the negligible strength of the Somali Sea, Air and Submarine. Moreover, because of the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan, some of the Tomahawk cruise missiles of this missile destroyer have been equipped with nuclear warheads! When he said the last sentence, Lei Zhen's tone trembled for no reason.

Because of the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan, the US military suffered a major blow, not only more than 10,000 GIs died, but the impact of the nuclear explosion was even worse. Until the effects of the nuclear explosion wear off, the U.S. strategic nuclear forces are on full standby. If Somalia really gets into trouble with the United States this time, the US political axe may really take advantage of Somalia to reverse the impact of the nuclear bombing. To put it simply, the United States wants to make an example of the chickens.

(To be continued)