Chapter 57: The Battle of Mtwara (1)
After the news that the African People's Army had crossed the Rambalia Mountains into Mtewara province, the British colonial army in Mtewara province was taken by surprise, and the governor of Mtewara province was called Kavino. He was a traditional Englishman who was sweating all over his body when he learned that the African People's Army had entered his own territory, and he was not as ignorant and arrogant as James. Upon learning the news, Cavino quickly picked up the phone and reported the distress to Governor K of ********. Peters.
K。 After listening to Kavino's report, Peters learned that the rebel group had entered Mtewara Province in two ways, but K. As a veteran of the First World War, Peters, who was already a general in the British Royal Army, hurriedly ordered the British defenders in Mtevala Province to rapidly shrink their forces. The British troops in Rwanda were ordered to quickly withdraw and assemble in the city of Masasi, the capital of Mtewala province, because the loss of Rwandan city was inevitable, rather than the loss of troops there. It's better to just give up.
Subsequently, K. Peters stared at the map and said, "Hey, it's not okay to hold on to Mtewara Province, it's too passive. The rebels are divided into two ways, but it is a taboo for soldiers. I can work this, concentrate superior forces and eat the opponent all the way first. In the end, each one is broken. ”K。 As a veteran, Peters quickly saw the weaknesses of the African People's Army and thought of ways to deal with it. He then ordered the province of Mtwara to send 10,000 men to block the army on the southern route for at least seven days, while Kavino personally led the main force of Mtwara province to surround the rebels on the northern route at Nangba. After trying to eat an army, he inflicted heavy losses on the South Road army.
K。 Peters's plan was very clever, and he immediately grasped the weakness of the African People's Army. Due to the steep terrain of the northern road, the armored forces of the northern road were stranded in the rear, so the number of people on the northern road was much smaller than that on the southern road, but what about K. At this time, Peters greatly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the African People's Army. At present, the decisive factor in winning a war is not the number of people, but the advanced degree of weaponry and the combat quality of the personnel, which are also factors that affect the outcome of the battle.
Kavino picks up K. After Peters gave the order, he ordered Major General St. Martin to lead 10,000 troops to block the rebels on the south road, and St. Martin was more steady. After receiving this order, he calculated that the weapons and cash of these rebels were not much worse than his own, and the strength was superior to his own. So there was no rash resistance. Instead, he retreated into Sangaba City, intending to rely on the walls of Sangaba City to fight the army on the southern route for three to four days.
However, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the African People's Army, the strength of an army is about 50,000, and he only has about 10,000 people, unless it is to adopt guerrilla warfare, sparrow warfare and other tactics may give Li Junhao a headache. But if you play positional warfare and defensive warfare with Lee Jun-ho's army, then you are doomed to suffer.
When the British army was carrying out its activities, the intelligence officers of the KPA who had laid it in Mtwara Province in advance quickly learned the combat intentions of the British army, and the commander of the Southern Front Army, Victor, quickly reacted after receiving the report of the intelligence officers, and immediately adjusted his deployment, changing the snail-style march of recent days, and directly bypassing the city of Sangaba and directly attacking the ambush place of the British army, so that he could flank the British army inside and outside with the army on the northern route, and completely annihilate the living force of the British army in Mtwara Province here.
Of course, Victor knew that it was impossible for the British army at Sangaba to let himself swagger past there, and he was indifferent, so he thought of a plan and ordered the main forces of the three armies to advance at full speed regardless of the British troops, leaving a regiment of troops to attack the British army following him, while the fourth division stopped near Camuli and set up a pocket formation.
The British army in Sangaba knew that these rebels did not come to attack the city they were stationing, but bypassed themselves and went straight to the place where the main British army was ambushed. At the beginning, Cavino was afraid of the other party's ambush, and advanced tentatively step by step, but as the number intensified and the journey became farther and farther, the enemy's blocking and harassment became weaker and weaker, knowing that the other party did not want to be too entangled with himself, but went north to rescue the rebels on the northern front. So he became emboldened, and followed the army of the southern front to Kamuli. After all, it is tactical obedience and strategy, and it is one of the most basic common sense that wartime officers know.
Kamuli is a place name not a city, it is a natural ambush site, flanked by mountains and rivers more than 100 meters high, the middle thick two ends of the entrance and exit are very thin, barely three people side by side. Add to that the mountains on both sides are densely wooded. Shaded by trees and without seeing light all year round, it looks unusually gloomy. But just as the British army was about to enter the canyon, there was a sparse sound of gunfire ahead. Carvino didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was another harassment tactic of the other party, and hurriedly ordered a group of British soldiers to clean up these flies, while he led the main force through the canyon with all his might.
Just after Cavino led the LinkedIn army into the canyon completely, fierce gunfire was heard in the mountains on both sides, and his own soldiers were knocked down by large swaths, and Cavino was surprised by the material, and he was ambushed by the other party. Cavino was frightened, but he was still afraid of ghosts, so he ordered the army to resist step by step in a company, waiting for an opportunity to break through, he carefully observed the surrounding situation, and wanted to find a weak area to rush out, but saw that his soldiers were slaughtered by the opponent's powerful firepower at this time, and the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and it would be cut into several sections at any time. The anxious Kavino knew that if he didn't break through quickly, his more than 10,000 people would have to be explained here.
Then he ordered his soldiers to rush up the hill behind, and then break east to open a gap, and then cover the whole army to rush out, but after receiving the order, the British army attacked, but it also rushed forward more than ten meters away, and was suppressed by the vitality of the African People's Army. Then the encirclement of the African People's Army (APA) became smaller, and gradually the APA appeared in front of them. Everything was over, and the remaining British troops chose to lay down their arms and surrender with Cavino's dejected orders. There is no resistance in doing nothing.
Victor, the commander of the three armies, who had no worries, only left a regiment of troops responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and guarding the prisoners. After taking the city of Sangaba, the supplies of the African People's Army can be continuously transported to the front line. Then go to reinforce the army on the northern route.