Chapter 144 Bombardment of Xi Moyo
Not long after the Portuguese planes were driven away, both tank and ordinary pontoon bridges built by the engineering units of the African People's Army were erected. Then the whole torrent of steel rolled forward again. Soon the entire army had crossed the Gebslar River.
Not long after the Portuguese plane flew back to its own air force airfield. Portuguese Viceroy Cristiano? Ronaldo? Dos Santos? Aveiro learned that half of the thirty planes he had dispatched had flown non-stop, and some were wounded. Immediately, his face turned green.
Immediately afterwards, it was received that the forward units of the African People's Army were already less than 30 kilometers away from the city of Shimoyo. Chimoyo is a large city in central Mozambia. An important hub city connecting the north and south of Mozambia. The city is also one of the key cities in Mozambia where the Grape people operate. Therefore, the walls were built very hard and strong. The defenders here numbered more than 30,000 people. The Portuguese army had less than 10,000 men, and the rest were servants. The servant army here are all black Africans of the hardcore rank who belong to Portugal. These men were much more effective than the other Black Servants. There is also the fact that the population of the city of Chimoyo is either Portuguese or non-adulterous relatives, and there is not a single ordinary black person living there.
Therefore, the intelligence officers of the African People's Army (AFA) have a lot of time to collect intelligence here, and the information they have learned is also incomplete. Or the gap is huge. For this reason, Shen Yan was not less angry at the intelligence person in charge here. But all to no avail.
At this time, Durabo, who was already in the city, did not rush to launch a blind attack, but made an important decision based on the intelligence of the intelligence officers, and his troops were already sleepy and tired after marching nearly 200 kilometers a day. Instead of letting the soldiers attack with their tired bodies in tow. It's better to let the artillery units work hard. A non-stop artillery strike on the city of Shimoyo that lasted all night. After completing the deployment, Durabo dropped his pencil and sat down and said, "I don't believe that you grapes can survive my saturation artillery attack. ”
"I can finally sleep." An ordinary Portuguese soldier took off his clothes and got into the bed to get ready for bed.
In the past, the Portuguese soldiers were stationed in Mozambia without training at all, and the officers were absent from the barracks for a long time, and they were nostalgic in various red-light areas. Hooking up with a Western woman to fall in love, since the African People's Army entered Mozambia, the governor strictly ordered the officers stationed in various places to stay in the barracks, and the soldiers must be trained strictly every day. So these soldiers are all as tired as dogs, and they have lost the romantic feelings of the past.
"Turn off the lights...... a Portuguese squad leader said to the soldier. Suddenly, there was a roar like thunder outside the house.
"It's not good, it's shelling." The squad leader's face changed dramatically and said:
The vast majority of the Portuguese soldiers were still well-trained. chose to roll out of bed and lie on the ground. The first shelling was all large-caliber artillery of the African People's Army. In particular, the 150-mm howitzer heavy artillery division was even more powerful.
"Boom" "Boom" ...... After a loud bang, huge craters appeared in the camp of the Portuguese army. Barracks were blown up one by one. Platoons of Portuguese soldiers were killed and wounded. Some of the surviving Portuguese soldiers were covered in blood and running around looking for cover to escape the shelling.
The reason why the artillery shelling of the African People's Army is so accurate is simply that the reconnaissance planes bred by the black technology products of the African People's Army provided the coordinates and positions of the Portuguese to the artillery units of the African People's Army under the cover of night. Therefore, the artillery unit of the African People's Army was able to accurately smash the shells on the heads of the Portuguese.
The position of the African People's Army has always been almost 20 kilometers away from the city of Shimoyo, and the artillery of the African People's Army may not be able to reach such a distance, and even if it does, it may not be able to hit accurately. Therefore, the Portuguese in the city thought that the African People's Army was sleepy because of the long journey, and was ready to rest for one night, and would only launch an attack on them the next day. They never imagined that the African People's Army would launch an artillery attack on themselves, let alone that the African People's Army's artillery could hit so far.
"Nana's, the Portuguese have also become cunning. actually learned to defend the city and not fight to the death. You think that this Lao Tzu will not be able to bear you. Hum Lao Tzu's cannon can kill you. Durabo sat in his office and thought to himself.
"Boom", "boom", "boom" Violent explosions and fires continued to be heard in the city of Ximoyo, because there were no ordinary people and innocent people in the city of Ximoyo. Basically, they are Portuguese and non-adulterous relatives. So the African People's Army did not have any concerns at all when it shelled. It's just a matter of reloading and shooting.
Before the advent of airplanes and missiles, artillery played the role of the king of war. The power of a heavy cannon is quite impressive. As long as it is used properly, any artillery is a general, so in ancient times, our country liked to give some artillery titles such as "invincible general artillery".
At this time, the Portuguese army in the city was completely unlucky, and the first round of shelling reduced their army by a third. At this time, the Portuguese commander sat in the underground headquarters with a decadent look on his face, and secretly cursed the African People's Army in his heart: "You black eggs with green balls, the weapons in your soldiers' hands are already more advanced than ours. There was also tank cover. You guys are still playing with this hand to bombard us, you are not fighting, you are really slaughtering us. ”
How can there be such a fight, this is a typical massacre. The grumpy man thought. He sighed helplessly.
Originally, he wanted to send people to attack the opponent's position and get rid of these artillery, but the dozens of good soldiers in the army sent out, and several of them came back with injuries, and Nima was even more aggrieved when he asked him. Those people were bitten to death by dogs. We fight, what do you dogs mix?
At this time, an officer said: "Commander, are we beaten like this?" ”
"Then what do you say, you also saw their shells raining down. Our soldiers, not to mention gathering, are just a little closer, and more than five people are ready to be bombed. I see they've been shelling for four or five hours. It is estimated that it will not be long, and their shells are not blowing in the wind. It is estimated that their officers will not be able to bear it if they continue to fight. Let's plan after their shelling is over. The commander said:
As a result, waiting, waiting, waiting, and waiting, after another two hours, I didn't see any intention of stopping the artillery of the African People's Army. The officer was also a little anxious and walked around the room.