Chapter 149: Portugal Ends (1)

On August 15, 1937, the African People's Army (APA) Southern Regiment Aldrich annihilated the last Portuguese army in central Mozambia and then immediately moved south.

Soon on August 17, 1937, the ******** of the Higu Expo Division marked the successful completion of 80% of the total mission of the African People's Army (AHP) at the end of July.

After a brief military meeting held by the top brass of the African People's Army (APA) after the meeting, the APA Southern Corps moved forward again.

And the soldiers of the Portuguese army, who were thrown at Mozambia and insisted on fighting, did not know their governor Cristiano at this time? Ronaldo? Dos Santos? Aveiro gave the order to retreat, and while their tall Supreme Commander was directing them in a last-ditch fight with the African People's Army, the high-ranking officials and nobles had already boarded the ships with their families and retreated.

In the days that followed, the African People's Army changed its tactics and style of play, and there was no large-scale offensive like before, but the attack of the African People's Army was changed to a jumping tactic, and the city that found no one took it directly, and the city that had someone left a part to be responsible for the attack, and the large army continued to advance. Therefore, the entire front of the African People's Army (APA) was full of battles, and everywhere was filled with the roar of artillery, the sound of gunfire was incessant, and the smoke and flames of war filled the sky over southern Mozambia. The winds in Africa's rainy season climate are filled with the choking smell of gunsmoke, sulphur, and the pungent smell of blood and the disgusting smell of human flesh.

Although the air supremacy of Mozambia at this time did not fall into the hands of the African People's Army, fortunately, it rained seven out of ten days in Mozambia at this time, and the air force of the African People's Army was unable to participate in the war most of the time. So the damage inflicted by the APA Air Force on the soldiers of the Portuguese army dropped sharply. However, in recent days, the weather in Mozambia has not rained for a long time, and the frenzy of the African People's Army Air Force has reared its head again. As soon as your own soldiers assemble, those pesky flies will appear on top of your head.

At this time, the commander of the Southern Army of the African People's Army, Durabo, because he met with his deputy, and his army did not encounter any decent resistance, the speed of the army's march can be described as traveling thousands of miles in a day. So the mood is unusually good. This speed of march can lead to Maputo, the capital of Mosambia, the day after tomorrow. On the 20th, Mozambia was completely liberated.

Therefore, in the following time, the African People's Army can almost be described as the speed of the army, for example, in the morning the African People's Army was still in a certain city thousands of miles away, and in the afternoon it had entered the capital city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambia.

Then, on the afternoon of 18 August 1937, the African People's Army (APA) advanced into Moanba County, a subordinate county of the city of Maputo, where the APA had undergone a night of tactical adjustments, and the following morning. More than 50,000 men and horses of the Fifth Army, the ace army of the African People's Army (AHP), the ace army of the Southern Army, quickly broke through the town of Soute, the last line of defense of Portugal, under the cover of the fighters and artillery units of the Air Force. A temporary field airfield was quickly established here. Immediately after that, the Fifth Army, under the cover of the air force, rapidly expanded its achievements.

At this time, the coastal cities of Boane, Songte and Ayer in Maputo, Mozambia, were heavily bombarded by the AFA air force, and the Portuguese troops in the area were all severely damaged, as well as the servant forces of various strongholds and fortifications.

In particular, the town of Songte, the northern gate of Maputo, which was captured by the African People's Army, was almost completely destroyed by the Portuguese troops and fortifications built here. So when the African People's Army occupied this place, it was not attacked by a single shot.

At this time, the planes of the Portuguese army's air force had already been destroyed on the ground by the air force of the African People's Army, and the navy began to detour south to the Cape of Good Hope with the families of those noble officials and began to flee towards the mainland.

Although the Portuguese army stationed in Sonte resisted desperately, and the fighting enthusiasm that erupted was beyond the imagination of Durabo and others, but in the face of the steel torrent of the African People's Army, the Portuguese army that had little can was quickly defeated.

In order to stop the attack of the African People's Army, the Portuguese army armed a large number of black servant army cannon fodder, guarded the families of the cannon fodder, and let these cannon fodder carry explosive packs or grenades to launch a death-like attack on the African People's Army.

In order to avoid inflicting excessive casualties on his own troops, the commander of the Fifth Army ordered his troops to carry out indiscriminate attacks. Now it's not about human rights, it's just a matter of giving these black families a little financial compensation after the fighting.

Under the powerful air power and ground fire of the African People's Army, a very large number of black death squads were killed in droves.

Eventually, the black death squads began to become frightened by the indiscriminate attacks of the African People's Army, and the Portuguese Warlords continued to intimidate their families with detention to no avail. In the end, these overseers provoked these people, knowing that their families would suffer greatly if they were alive, so they pulled explosives bags in the Portuguese and Portuguese servant army one by one, and died with the Portuguese. This immediately disrupted the Portuguese position. The Portuguese ended up stealing the chickens and rice. The African People's Army (APA) took the opportunity to attack.

The number of Portuguese soldiers in the battle was already small, and many of those Portuguese were killed and wounded in the attack just now. The Portuguese were unable to control the situation in the end. Some of the people who had been undetermined and the soldiers of the servant army, who were unwilling to fight in the first place, chose to surrender.

After the Fifth Army quickly occupied the Portuguese blocking positions in the Sonte and other areas, the follow-up main force of the Southern Army of the African People's Army also arrived here.

The APA Army of the South then began to divide into more than a dozen teams to sweep back and forth through the Maputo city area, and at around 11 p.m. the APA captured Belavishta, the southern gate of Maputo, and Shanjalane, the western gate. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, a huge encirclement was completely formed.

The Chief of Staff led a division south to capture the southernmost county of Punta du Oulu near the British colony of South Africa. At this point, the African People's Army (APA) liberated all of the country, except for the city of Maputo.