Chapter 139: Taibo's Battle (3)
Durabo had been holding back the fire for a long time, and at this time it was all directed towards the two division commanders who were attacking the Portuguese army. Then Du Labo, who hung up the phone, picked up the tea jar on the command table and drank water. After drinking the water, Durabo straightened his mind and prepared to launch a third attack.
"Commander-in-Chief, do you feel anything is wrong?" The chief of staff on the side waited for Rabo to finish firing and pointed in the direction of Taibo City.
"What do you mean?" Durabo asked with a frown, confused.
"Although we don't know much about the fighting qualities of the Portuguese, today it feels more difficult than the previous British." said the chief of staff.
"Their resistance is too stubborn today!" After the chief of staff finished speaking, Du Labo hurriedly said: "Chief of staff, your idea is not wrong at all, I have dealt with these Portuguese for so many days, and they cannot compare with the British army in terms of tactics or will, although it is not a touch of collapse, but it is absolutely impossible to fight such a stubborn battle." There's a problem with this, there's definitely a problem! ”
"Could it be that the British have been involved......" said Durabo, as if suddenly thinking of something, hesitated.
"Commander, I think we have won the jackpot," said the chief of staff, who suddenly reached out and patted Durabo on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "If the expectation is good, I am afraid that the army opposite us is not the Portuguese army at all, nor the British army, but the pure French." ”
"What about the evidence?" Durabo said with a little doubt:
"There is a French-made heavy artillery division here, if there are no French to operate it, as for the mystery of catching the heavy artillery division for a day, the 40,000 armed expatriates provided by the intelligence department are simply played by the French army." said the chief of staff.
This is indeed a jackpot, you must know that although the French army did not fight much in World War II, but the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the French army is still second only to the Germans, after Germany destroyed France, the Italian army wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, and everyone knows the result. But I never thought that I would encounter them on the battlefield of Mozambia today. I didn't expect that they would appear on the battlefield of Mozambia Tabo City today, still wearing the uniform of the Portuguese army. If it weren't for their overly strong combat effectiveness, I'm afraid that no one would know that they had come to the battlefield of Mozambia Tabo City until the end of the battle.
"Whether our guess is correct or not, I think now is the time to commit more troops," said Durabeau, after a moment's thought, "I have decided to transfer the last division of this corps to the west, and to carry out a strong attack on the west side of the city, and then to outflank this full French army from the left flank. I believe that as long as the enemy's army can be dragged here, the Fifth Army's interspersed operations will be much easier. As soon as this French army knew about the Fifth Army, it was in trouble. ”
The chief of staff did not make any new comments about the new style of play proposed by Durabo. Instead, he walked to a window of the headquarters and raised his binoculars to observe the situation in Tibo City. The walls of the city were not boxy, but were built according to the topography. The whole city looks crooked. You can block you from wherever you attack other firepoints. Let your lion gnaw the sky and have no way to eat.
In a sense, if such a city is defended by one army, then the attack must concentrate two armies to attack from four directions at the same time. In short, the terrain of this city will cause great problems for the attackers. However, such a city can also cause a lot of problems for the defender's defense.
At the moment, the most important thing is that the first-line positions on the periphery of the city must be taken, then it will make sense for the Fifth Army to intersperse, the first front cannot be taken, and once the Fifth Army is interspersed, it will be exposed. The enemy will quickly retreat. Then the interspersing of the Fifth Army will lose its meaning,
This is Durabo throwing away the pencil and saying: "Before it gets dark, let the air force plow the opponent's front-line positions again." ”
After Durabo finished speaking, the Air Force received Durabo's call again, and everyone was busy again. Fighter jets and bombers roared through the sky. Flew over Taibo City and dropped bombshells on the front-line positions of Taibo City. For a time, the entire defensive position of the Portuguese city of Tibo was on fire, and the earth was flying.
As soon as the bombardment was over, the artillery units of the African People's Army began to speak, firing grenades one after another, and most of the offensive built by the French in the front-line defensive positions was reduced to rubble.
Taking advantage of this time, the troops involved in the attack launched another attack on the Portuguese front-line positions under the cover of tanks, while Durabo himself kept a close eye with binoculars to closely monitor the AFA's attack on the front-line positions of the defense of the city of Taebo. Standing in his position, he could clearly see the red light shooting from the enemy trenches on the north bank of the river, and the dazzling arcs outlined by the bullets fired from the chamber of the gun, each of which was a death scythe that harvested human life.
At this time, the Fifth Army of the African People's Army also took the opportunity to launch a feint attack on the city of Taibo, and in the middle of the attack, it suddenly turned around and turned westward, drove dozens of kilometers, and then turned around and slammed into the south side of the city.
At the time of the Fifth Army's operation, the third attack of the African People's Army, night slowly fell, and the African People's Army Air Force at this time had no ability to fight at night and had to close before nightfall. The offensive operations of the African People's Army, which had attacked the front-line positions in the city of Taber, had become extremely difficult. Enemy artillery shells continued to fall and explode in the attacking ranks. The battle lasted more than an hour. In the end, Durabo saw that the attacking troops were already very tired, so he hastily withdrew his troops.
After the battle, Durabo learned that the three divisions that participated in the attack were red-eyed. The regimental commander's headquarters was located less than 600 meters from the enemy's position, and the division commander's headquarters was less than 1,000 meters. The battalion commander personally led the attack. After one battle, four of the battalion commanders of the African People's Army were killed. There are even more cadres at the company and platoon level, reaching almost 10 percent of the cadres at the company and platoon level.
When Durabo saw this data, he immediately took a breath of cold air, and his head only buzzed, and he thought to himself: "This French will definitely be a big problem for the African People's Army in the future," but there was also an impulse in his heart to compete with the French as soon as possible.
Later, Durabo prepared a telegram non-stop and sent it to Li Junhao, who was far away in the capital, and Li Junhao got the telegram and found that Dulabo was actually blocked by the Portuguese in Taibo City for a day, and he was surprised at first, but then read the telegram. I learned that there were actually Frenchmen who had been involved. It's as disgusting as eating fly droppings.