Chapter 279: Fierce Battle in the Town
Before dawn, a large number of President Nzouba's troops rushed across the border under the cover of aircraft and artillery, in various vehicles, tanks and armored vehicles, towards the territory of neighboring countries.
The neighboring border town of Van Snar, a timber-rich town just over 30 kilometers from the border, is located at the intersection of two major highways, which is an important location.
Doppley, a biochemical warrior in the image of a native African, drove into this quiet town with an advance convoy of more than twenty trucks, jeeps, and pickup trucks after more than an hour of fighting.
As soon as the convoy entered the town, the windows of several houses facing the street were jerked open, several gunmen appeared, and a jeep hit the head by a flurry of KA fire, killing the driver and ramming the car into the house next to it. Several soldiers were killed on the spot.
"Fire! Fire! Doppley, who was standing in the pickup truck, shouted with a straight face, and at the same time turned the two Gao Pings in his hand to shoot hard at a window not far away with machine guns.
The 12.7 mm bullet immediately pierced the already thick wall, scattering debris near the second-floor window, sending earth and rocks flying and a terrible howl from inside the room.
The 60-round chain was quickly gone, the window he was aiming at was shattered, and the walls were sprayed with blood.
The soldiers carrying the eight-one bar jumped out of the car one after another, screaming and rushing into the town. A fierce shootout ensued.
Doppley let go of the heavy machine gun and let the secondary shooter reload. He leaned over and picked up the walkie-talkie next to him and put it to his mouth, shouting loudly, "One group, two groups, keep going!" Arrive at the next intersection and get off the bus. The rest of the groups spread out to the flanks and destroy on the spot if they encounter any resistance! ”
Soon, under the cover of hundreds of Bayi bars, the convoy continued to move forward to the next intersection. The cars in front stopped, and a dozen soldiers jumped out of the trucks. Several of them also carried several long rocket launch tubes on their backs. In the pickup truck in the middle, Doppley also got out of the car with several soldiers.
At that moment, a rocket with a long flame tail whizzed and hit the road in front of the convoy, causing a violent explosion. The sound of the explosion was accompanied by the screeching of brakes in the convoy, and for a time the entire dirt road was dusty.
"Damn it!" Doppley fell to the ground the moment of the explosion. "Didn't you say there wasn't any regular army here? How can the resistance be so strong? Doppley cursed the intelligence officer fiercely in his heart.
At this moment, the whole town was filled with dense gunfire, grenade explosions, and the roar of rockets. Many of the houses were on fire, standing out like torches in the darkness of the night.
Doppley grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Attention groups, attention to groups." Immediately and completely clear the enemy's fire points. With heavy weapons! ”
With Doppley's orders, Nzuba's army began to use the Type 69 rocket launcher as a cannon. For a while, rockets flew in the sky, and shrapnel flew sideways. Houses were destroyed one after another, and the town's inhabitants suffered heavy casualties.
It is true that there are no regular troops stationed in the town of Van Snar. But this is the largest black market ivory, gold mine and blood and tear diamond trading place in the vicinity, the people are fierce, every family has guns, boys start to run around with AKs when they are eight or nine years old, and confrontation with government forces is also a common thing.
Only this time they encountered the well-trained regular army of the neighboring country. The townspeople, who usually compete with each other for business, are fighting on their own. There's nothing to talk about supporting each other. There was not much resistance in the face of the well-trained regular army.
The convoy was moving again, the heavy machine guns on board roaring angrily, and the large-caliber bullets kept suppressing the armed men hiding in the houses on both sides of the street. Coupled with rocket and grenade attacks, the resistance in the town was quickly suppressed.
More than ten minutes later. The gunfire and explosions died down, and only sporadic resistance remained in the town.
By the light of the burning houses on the side of the road, Doppley took a cigarette in his mouth and sent a message to the artillery unit following behind him through the shortwave radio that the road was clear.
Look at the vast ruins that are caught in the fire. And the desperate howls of those who had lost their homes, Doppley shrugged his shoulders and rolled over and got into the pickup truck. Pick up the walkie-talkie. Shouting "Keep going!" ”
What happened in the small town of Van Snar was just a small microcosm of this attack. At the same time, the entire border was filled with the sound of fierce firefights and explosions, and blood and fire forged the beautiful music of this bloody night.
President Nzouba's neighbors never thought that Nzouba would dare to go to war with them! They basically didn't have any main forces on the border.
Within hours of the start of the war, several airfields in neighbouring countries close to the front line were suddenly attacked, and President Nzuba's night-fighting warplanes bombed them into flames. Neighboring countries have suffered heavy losses in air power. Before the official start of the air war, air supremacy was lost.
On the ground, 92 63-type 107-millimeter 12-barreled rocket launchers shot more than 1,000 rockets into the sky like a raging storm, drawing countless dazzling arcs, smashing them on the ground like flying meteors, stirring up huge blast waves.
More than 200 heavy artillery pieces launched fierce artillery bombardments on enemy barracks, material storage points, command offices, radar stations, important transportation hubs, and other targets in accordance with the information obtained from reconnaissance before the war.
The rain of colorful bullets falling from the sky swept down, destroying the enemy's positions one by one with huge explosions, and the explosion of heavy shells provoked huge fireballs, and the bright flames lit up the dark sky.
Countries are monitoring this side, and passing satellites have captured the scene on the ground. The dense explosion points stunned everyone. Why did the fight start? Wasn't it still negotiating before?
What everyone didn't expect was that in addition to South Africa and Egypt, Africa still has such a powerful artillery force?
President Nzouba's neighbours were also frightened, and they, like most African countries, were dying poor. There are no advanced weapons at all, and the main thing to fight a war is to rely on a large number of people. Where have you encountered such a baptism of dense bullet rain?
President Nzouba's army broke through the border in a very short time. It's not a border, it's just patches of primeval forest, and there are no clear boundary markers.
A large number of troops under President Nzuba marched deeper into the battle line in various vehicles.
A few hours later, the news of the war between the two countries had spread throughout the world.
A White House spokesman held a press conference and said that he would pay close attention, and a large number of journalists and mediation envoys traveled to Africa together.
France expressed its strong indignation and condemnation and expressed its intention to impose sanctions on President Nzuba. A unit of the Foreign Legion quietly boarded the plane.
The factory said that mediation could be carried out, and called on both sides to remain calm and restrained, and not to continue to escalate the situation. Secretly, the delivery of various materials has been accelerated.
Gao Yang's intentions were clear, he didn't want to annex the country. His goal was to destroy its combat capability, disarm it, and eliminate the influence of its rivals, the French, in the region. Lower yourself the threat of numerous secret exposures here.
The war on the surface is in full swing, and all kinds of transactions, negotiations, and compromises are also going on rapidly.
The armies of the two countries fought for their lives on the battlefield, and did not hesitate to give everything to survive for a few more minutes. People are dying all the time.
In the eyes of these soldiers, themselves and their comrades are everything. However, in the eyes of the big people who really control the fate of this planet, they are just a bunch of unnourished numbers.
The bigwigs are concerned about what they can gain from this conflict. Expanding the scope of potential, gaining benefits, deepening influence, etc., these are the things they need to consider.
Washington, White House. Mr. President of the United States is listening to a briefing from a CIA officer on the war in Africa.
The Americans are well aware that President Nzuba has completely fallen into the world factory. In accordance with the usual practice of the United States, it is time to take a high-profile tough stance on this incident, and it is time to issue a simple warning.
However, Mr. Assistant for National Security Affairs objected. "Mr. President, this is a French thing! It was a proxy war between the French and the factories for de facto control of the region. There is absolutely no need for us in the United States to get involved, they don't like it on either side. ”
To put it bluntly, these two countries that fought to the death were just pawns in the game of the world's top powers. No matter how fiercely they fight, how much they devote themselves, and how loud they shout their slogans, they will not be able to change the fate of themselves and the country. This is the sorrow of a weak country.
"At present, it seems that the agents of the Shilu Realm Factory have a great advantage. Are we just watching them put their hands on the Atlantic? Mr. President, who was sitting in the Oval Office of the White House, asked in a deep voice, clasping his hands into fists.
"Mr. President, although the French have begun to collect the demands, they will not let it go easily. Moreover, now that the war has just begun, we don't need to be so anxious, and now is not the time to really take a stand. Mr. Security Assistant touched the thinning hair on his head and said.
"When will that be?" Mr. President asked.
The security assistant smiled and said, "Wait until the French come to us." ”
Paris, Elysée Palace. The French president, already preoccupied by the international and domestic situation, is convening an emergency national security meeting here.
The French president reached out and knocked on the table in front of him, attracting the eyes of all those who were still arguing fiercely, and then said in a deep voice with a blank face: "Gentlemen, let's not waste our precious time on meaningless nonsense. Now, tell me, how should the French Republic respond to the present dire situation? ”
Mr. President's deep words contained almost endless anger! Beneath the surface of calm lies an extremely complex set of emotions. The bloodshot redness in his eyes showed that he hadn't slept well in a long time. (To be continued......)