Chapter 826: The Flames of War Ignited
Considering the overall situation, Ling Liang said it very reasonably, and Li Lan himself agrees with it, but everyone has selfish intentions, let alone between countries.
This is also the reason why Li Lan has thoughts about Ukraine, Russia wants to slow down, he can't accept it, otherwise the pressure on the entire NATO will be borne by him, and the situation in Ukraine must be kept at a constant temperature, which is in the interests of Somalia.
The previous air strikes on Yemen have put Somalia under tremendous international pressure, and the United States is borrowing international forces to exert pressure on Somalia.
Although Li Lan satirized the United Nations at the UN General Assembly, he could not turn a blind eye to the attitude of the United Nations, and the United States accused Somalia of being a peacebreaker and an invasive, and if it sends troops to Kenya again, the United States will inevitably take the opportunity to force the United Nations to take measures, or simply bypass the United Nations and provide direct military support to Kenya.
However, Kenya must also fight, whether it is to resist NATO's military strategic blockade or for the sake of base missions, and some things are full of difficulties, dangers and thorns in the future, and it must also take strong steps.
"Order the Southern Military Region and the Southwest Military Region to keep the plan unchanged." After lingering in the mood for a long time, Li Lan's thoughts gradually became firmer, and he ordered: "After the start of the war in Kenya, the 'dark incense' operation will also be launched immediately. β
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The night of the Tajiwa Plateau in northern Kenya came very late, and the arrival of the rainy season, thunderstorms and other strong convective weather, made the entire plateau completely bid farewell to the scorching heat that lasted for half a year. The torrential rain lasted for a day and did not stop until the night slowly closed.
The rainstorm is coming. It brought fresh air and a sense of coolness, but it could not dispel the heat in the hearts of every Kenyan soldier.
Guarding this plateau that connects with southern Somalia. Every Kenyan soldier needs great courage and perseverance.
It's a whole barren land, almost uninhabited, with an arid surface and limestone geology, leaving the plateau with little crop and no rivers. For generations, it has been known for being barren and almost isolated.
The Kenya Defence Force's 24th Mountain Division, which defends this plateau, is almost the only human living on this plateau. Except for comrades-in-arms. It is also difficult for the soldiers here to see outsiders once a year.
Previously, there were only two battalions here, which already reassured everyone. Now that a mountain division has been stationed, the result is completely opposite, and no one can feel at ease.
On the border, on the top of the highest mountain, smoke rises from the cooking smoke of the outpost, alerting the patrolling team outside that it is time to eat.
Stay in the trenches that have long been filled with stagnant water. It has already made most soldiers consume too many calories and bodies, and a steaming meal has become the expectation of most people.
However, it is only an expectation. All the soldiers who come here are very aware of their own value, and it is good that the war does not break out. When war breaks out, they are outcasts.
"Paradise before. Now hell, the Tajiwa Plateau. How do you tell me to love you now. β
Major General Lines, commander of the 24th Mountain Division, held an infrared telescope and looked at the Somali border guard post opposite, and his heart was full of all kinds of helplessness.
On the side, Brigadier General Kabuqi, chief of staff of the mountain division, said: "Weak Somalia, this is our broad road into Somalia, and we are weak, but it is a high-speed passage for Somalia to wave its troops south. Those damn politicians, can't they just open their eyes and see that a powerful Somalia can crush us lightly. What we can resist, we don't need many troops, a Somali infantry regiment, we can easily crush us. β
Kenya, which has no strategic depth, is everywhere within the combat radius of Somali fighters, missile strikes do not even take five minutes, the network is paralyzed, electronic equipment is suppressed, and most of the Kenyan military personnel are in despair.
When Lines heard this, he sighed in his heart, and did not blame his staff officer for saying such demoralizing words.
Kabuqi continued: "Now I can only hope that the decision above is right, why do you want to provoke the Somali madmen, wouldn't it be better to have such a friend and neighbor?" β
Lines began to be irritable again, looking at the stone monument on the border, his heart was a little more sad, and he said to himself: "The Nairobi bureaucrats are playing with fire, and the military has said more than once that the powerful rise of Somalia is no longer something Kenya can contend with, and it cannot become a friend, nor can it be an enemy, otherwise there will be a danger of losing the country." However, the bureaucrats in Nairobi have long been blinded by the US dollar, and the military's repeated advice has been directly ignored.
Now it is actually being used to provoke Somalia, which has begun to rage, it is really stupid to the extreme, with long eyes but not looking at the essence of things, and listening to both ears is never advice. Maybe I can't see it, when the Somali army swept through Kenya like a tsunami, the scene of Ethiopia will be repeated on this land. This time, Somalis will be even more determined to leave no one to survive in a corner. They will hit Nairobi, they will hit the border of Uganda, and they will shatter the dreams of those bureaucrats. β
Kabuqi on the side listened to the muttering of the division commander, his face was a little more unconvinced, and he retorted: "Division commander, you are too pessimistic, although I am also very unhappy with those guys in Nairobi, but we are not without combat effectiveness at all, how can those civilians in Ethiopia be compared with those of us who have all received formal military training, besides, the size of our troops has also expanded a lot, equipped with a lot of the latest American equipment, and the combat effectiveness has skyrocketed, Subsequently, many high-value weapons and equipment entered service with the troops. Moreover, the people are united in their will, and with the full support of Western countries. Even if the Somali army is covered in iron, how many nails can it grind. β
"All as one...... Full support for ......"
Lines's heart was full of bitterness, and he had seen a lot of ugly faces for these two words. I was even more helpless in my heart, and said, "Your ideas are still very naΓ―ve. There are many things that cannot be seen, and you have to experience them with your heart......
Thousands of years in Africa. That time it was not the lamb to the slaughter, the West happened to be a butcher's knife, they were mercenary, and credit was a constraint on equal relations, but for both the giver and the beneficial, it was only used to violate. If we can achieve victory and achieve the goals of the Western countries, then we have some benefits. But if we are defeated, it will be beyond the grasp of Western countries. Do you think a qiΔ is still possible? Ethiopia is a lesson in this, but why are there so many stupid people, and I now wish my country was only run by a bunch of pigs, at least smarter than that bunch of bureaucrats......"
The strong sense of powerlessness made him have no strength to continue, and Lines was indignant in his heart, why he was only a major general, why he was a soldier, and he could only accept the mercy of politicians.
Clenched fists, hoping to gather strength. But the powerlessness in his heart made him very depressed.
At this moment, the western sky, the last shred of light finally disappeared on the ridge plain. The border line was also plunged into complete darkness, and the cold wind brought coolness. It also brings boundless sorrow.
"Commander, maybe you're right. But as soldiers, we don't have a choice. I don't want to be a rebel, so I can only sacrifice my one qiΔ for this land, even though I know it's wrong, who made me a soldier. Kabuqi said with a resolute face.
Lines patted him on the shoulder, and his face was full of determination, and death in battle might be the best destination.
At the same time. In the territory of Somalia, which is connected to this plateau, in the night, missile launchers have torn off their camouflage, missiles have risen into the sky, rows of rocket launchers have raised rows of gun barrels under hydraulic pressure, self-propelled howitzers, field artillery, slowly raise their muzzles, and all kinds of shooting elements are transmitted in dense radio waves for confirmation.
Represents the final countdown to the attack, slowly clearing to zero in each level of command.
When the numbers finally zeroed out, the suffocating final moment came, and each commander gave the order at the same time: "Start." β
"Tweet ......"
Orange flares rose one after another, one after another, like lightning that stretched into the sky, spreading across the borderline.
Along with the signal flares were a dense array of missiles, one after another short-range or medium-range surface-to-ground missiles rose from the ground, emitting a piercing roar on the launch vehicle, milky white smoke sprayed out, blue-white tail flames lit up the entire night sky, and the huge missiles carried the wind and fire to get rid of the earth's gravity and roar wildly under the quiet night sky. The arcs that crossed the night sky were like the sickles of death cutting through the night sky, tearing through the darkness and rushing towards Kenya with death.
Logistics supply bases, warehouses, barracks, radars, missile positions, airfields, command structures, transportation hubs, and government offices have all been targeted. If you don't move, you will do, and if you move, you will inevitably destroy the world.
The remote sensing satellite in the sky clearly captured this raindrop-like firelight, and soon the flames representing death and destruction began to erupt and spread in Kenya, like a carpet bombardment, from north to south, many fires were like red neon lights lit up in turn. It's just that the neon sign is just pure beauty, and this flame brings boundless death.
The matter was far from over, and after the use of the firepower of three missile brigades and nearly 20 warships of the entire amphibious combat group, the ground forces, a destructive ground force that appeared for the first time in the eyes of the world, also began to burst out with astonishing destructive power.
A long-range strike force consisting of more than 400 shotgun long-range rocket artillery systems, together with all the rocket artillery units of the two military regions, began to roar like giants.
More than 500 long-range rocket artillery systems, 6,000 237-mm rocket launchers, with a maximum range of more than 300 kilometers, covering all the border cities in northern Kenya, all the barracks, outposts, armed departments, government departments, became the primary targets for destruction.
After the shotgun long-range rocket artillery systems side by side began to take over the bombing mission of the missiles, the whistling sound as if it was about to puncture the eardrums, with layers of heart palpitations and patches of spreading waves like rolling winds, countless fires appeared densely outside the border, and thousands of rocket launchers, in less than thirty seconds, dragged a brilliant tail flame into the night sky, crossed the distant sky, and scattered a meteor shower like the end of the world to the entire north-central Kenya.
The dense firelight once again shone on the land of Kenya, and the rolling flames and dust, the entire north-central Kenya seemed to have turned into a sea of fire, and a large number of cloud burst bombs and incendiary bombs made a qiΔ seem to begin to melt.
"Thirty seconds man." This is the evaluation of countless Red Police soldiers on the shotgun long-range rocket artillery, the firepower exerted in thirty seconds is enough for a man, but a man can only be majestic for thirty seconds, which is weak enough.
After the thirty-second man showed his heroism, the next thing was the time for all kinds of artillery units to play, self-propelled howitzers, field runners, and the second round of cruise missile strikes on the fleet to make up for the lack of firepower at this time.
Several large artillery clusters were behind the boundary line, and the high muzzle fire salvo was forcefully shot out of a steel rain, and countless shells formed an iron stream like a waterfall, and the wind was howling mixed with rain flowers, shining with dense firelight.
This is the third round of fire strikes, for the defenders on the border, this time the blow is the real rain of death, although the previous attacks were dense, but they were scattered, only flying towards high-value targets, and now these artillery, in order to tear a channel of money on the border, are really plowing.
And after the artillery fire, in the night sky, above the clouds, a dense group of bomber planes, brought a roar and even more than the sound of artillery, without any reservations, a whole lightning bomber air fleet, thirty-six lightning bombers, brought 1,620 tons of aerial bombs, once again ignited the flame of death.
The Lightning Bombers were accompanied by a large number of Intruder fighter-bombers to fill the bombing void brought by the Lightning Bombers.
In the midst of the strong firepower, a large torrent appeared on the border, powerful tank groups began to pour into Kenyan territory, and after the rumbling of tracks, a large number of armored vehicles advanced side by side, and in the sky, peacekeeping bombers stepped forward to clear the way for ground troops.
Shaking off the dust off his body, Lines got into the guard's jeep, and went to the rear with Kabuqi without saying a word, where he had already laid out a defensive net, and the moment the war broke out, he lost his mind for a moment, and now he had no second thoughts.
As the jeep walked down the plain, Lines turned his head to look at the land behind him, and the patches of thermal imaging signals that appeared on the distant horizon, and there was only a death will in his heart.
Kenya's door to hell is open. (To be continued......)