Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Battle of Mount Meru (1)

The time from the establishment of the African Air Force to participate in the battle is very short, every battle ended in victory, at this time also has a great reputation in the world, the African Air Force has become the trump card and famous brand in the African army. In addition, the aircraft equipped by the Air Force of the African People's Army have attracted the attention of the world, among which the Black Hawk bomber is the main warplane that every country in the world wants to know. Even the world's great powers are still suspecting that this African army already has a navy, of course, this is not a guess, because in several battles the British Navy warship sank mysteriously, these doubts all tell the world that Africa is a harmful bacteria, otherwise the British warship will sink if it is said to sink. The British Navy has long been aware of the frequent visits of the British Navy in those places, so the African Navy does not have surface warships, but there are still submarines, so everyone generally tends to have the problem of whether the African army has a navy, the army is strong, and the air force is also there. The Navy can't do without.

The question of interest in the African People's Army in the world is not the concern of Lee Jun-ho and his officers at the moment, but the question of how to destroy the British army entrenched in Mount Meru. With Mount Meru as the center, a new battle is about to begin.

Mount Meru is an active volcano located 70 km southwest of Mount Kilimanjaro. 4,567 meters above sea level. The eastern wall of the crater was damaged by a massive landslide and mudslide. The last eruption took place in 1910, and the sulphurous fumarole activity continues to this day. There are crater lakes and glacial remains. Important agricultural area. Crops such as coffee, bananas, corn, beans and other crops are grown at an altitude of 1,100-1,80 meters. Located only thirty-two kilometers from Arusha City, it is located in the north of ********, northeast of Arusha City, covering an area of 137 square kilometers, and is a rich habitat with grasslands, montane forests, Heath, soda ash, alpine, desert freshwater lakes.

In anticipation of the arrival of the African People's Army, the British ******** Governor K. Peters ordered his army to enter the mountain in advance, dividing the mountain into three sections, east, west, and center, and dividing them into three legions to defend them. Led by his henchman Louis, all the men and horses of the whole army, built a strong position according to the terrain of Mount Meru, and turned the large Meru Mountain into a militarized fortress.

During this period Governor K. Peters had come to inspect it once, and after he had inspected it, he decided that the fortifications built on Mount Meru would definitely withstand the attack of the African People's Army, and even if the African People's Army broke through here, it would have to pay a heavy price. Governor K. After reading it, Peters was very happy to call it the Maginot Line of the British army in Africa.

Of course, the fortifications built on Mount Meru did cause great trouble for the African People's Army, because the British concentrated all their ******** in the family. 36 brigades. 118 artillery pieces of various kinds. All kinds of open guns and hidden forts are built quite intensively. Once the British army was attacked, it could wait for its own army and inflict heavy casualties. Therefore, Jeriola believes that the battle fought at Mount Meru is definitely the most casualty of the battle fought by the African People's Army since its establishment. This annoyed Jeriola.

Of course, this is also the biggest crisis and challenge that Jeriola has faced since he was promoted to general. There is no room for Jeriola to be sloppy.

Jeriola is Lee Jun-ho's hardcore henchman. Since the army, he has been following Li Junhao in the southern and northern wars, and has made many achievements, so Jeriola is very arrogant, extremely cautious in doing things, and can't tolerate a little flaw in himself. At the same time, it was extremely harsh in governing the army or later governing the family. So before this battle Jeriola with Governor K. Peters has held several encounters to a draw. But that's a great shame for Jeriola. So Jeriola decided to definitely make his opponent look good and wash away his shame. So the reason why the British army was preparing for a night attack before and did not want prisoners of war after they were discovered.

Of course K. The same is true of Peters, who became very irritable after repeated defeats, and executed no less than 20 officers below the rank of brigade commander of the servant army in a month. Now he believes that the African People's Army controls ******** 55 per cent of the country's land area, and the army is already carrying a heavy burden. A large number of troops are burdened by housing problems in various cities, and the African People's Army (APA) now looks like more than 200,000 troops, but the number of veterans is less than 40 per cent, excluding those killed and wounded in battle, as well as those who have been stationed in various places. The rest of the army is just a new recruit. As long as he wins this battle, he will not only be able to keep his position, but the British army will be able to carry out a local counterattack.

That's it. With this in mind, Peters began to gather troops on a large scale, so there is a reason why the African People's Army went all the way north without encountering resistance.

However, his ideas and assumptions are quite correct, but he is facing an opponent with bugs and not playing according to the routine. However, the combat effectiveness of the 200,000 troops of the African People's Army has not weakened, but has been strengthened step by step. Second, because the African Air Force has carried out large-scale air damage to his troop buildup and delivery of supplies. Now the British Army has no air superiority, and the African Air Force is flying freely in the skies of North China. Large groups of British troops and vehicles that went out to patrol or deliver supplies were also frequently attacked from the air, and although all of the British ground forces under their command had strengthened their anti-aircraft weapons, the results were still not very significant for the sturdy African Air Force attack aircraft flying around.

Subsequently, in such a situation, K. Peters was forced to abandon the battle for the African People's Army (AGA) for one city and one place, and massively reduced his forces for focused defense, but it was still a failure. So then K. Peters simply withdrew his army on a large scale and built a construction time on Mount Meru. After half a month of construction, the defensive position of Mount Meru was erected. Of course, this was all built by black Africans. For this, black Africans suffered hundreds of casualties. After the completion of the construction of the fortifications of Mount Meru, K. Peters was in a much better mood, too.

As a result, this general battle related to the life and death of both sides was quickly matured, and Jeriola urgently transferred the 11th Division, the 19th Division, the 5th Tank Division, the 4th Heavy Artillery Division, and the 3rd Army, 5th Army, 6th Army, and 7th Army, which were originally stationed in the defense of the Zhongtiao Mountain area, a total of 16 divisions with a total of more than 250,000 troops, and marched violently to the hinterland of the Meilu Mountain. In the Meru Mountain area, there are 36 dissatisfied brigades stationed in the village of the British army, but the number is more than 110,000 people. The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.