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In Awei's office, before Awei could finish listening to the radio, another soldier pushed the door in.

"Report, Minister, there is an urgent telegram from the Ethiopian military."

"Hurry up!" Awei, who already had a bad premonition in his heart, hurriedly spoke.

"According to the intelligence of the US military, an armored brigade-sized tank was driven from the target, accompanied by a large number of armored vehicles and Humvee-like armed vehicles, along with at least two battalions of self-propelled artillery units and two battalions of rocket artillery units. The scale is no less than that of the heavy divisions of the US army. Ethiopian military, inform us to be ready. ”

"How so, didn't you say it would take at least three years?" Aweel snatched the telegram, and after reading it, he couldn't help but growl.

He has not forgotten that he was told that he needed to build all the armed shili within three years, at least with a certain degree of modernization. But I didn't expect that in just a year, the enemy had already sent troops. Or fully equipped, a heavy armorer, tell him how to resist. Use flesh and blood to resist each other? Or count on those aging T-64 and T-72.

Awei Weishenme wanted to clear Bossaso in such a hurry, just to compete with Li Lan. Although he has regretted it countless times in his heart, he can only take the route of confrontation now. When Ethiopia began to support him, he knew that Li Lan's territory had a lot of advanced equipment.

Otherwise, the first thing Awei wanted to clear was not Bossaso, but Li Lan's territory. And Ethiopia gave him an estimate of three years, and Ethiopia will be in these three years. He was continuously supplied with numerous pieces of equipment, a large number of Ethiopian tanks and armored vehicles in service. will support him.

But these are all in place within three years. At that time, he will have a fully formed armored force, and now, the equipment that Ethiopia supports him, especially heavy land weapons, is only a third in place, and the two tank battalions, together there are only seventy or eighty tanks, and the armored vehicles are just over a hundred.

So, after he saw the contents of the telegram. Where can you still be calm.

"Send a telegram to the Ethiopian military immediately, I need them to send troops directly to support, and I will give the reason." Awel can only count on Ethiopia now.

It didn't take long for the Ethiopian side to reply: "If you want to send troops, you need at least a month to prepare." ”

Because the Ethiopian military was also unprepared, all this information was given to the Ethiopian military by the US African Command, and the Americans were not prepared for it at all. The three-year period is estimated by the US side. Ethiopia, on the other hand, simply conveyed the views of the United States.

Now, the U.S. side has begun to get busy, and the emergency response mechanism has been activated, with nearby drone airfields under the jurisdiction of Africa Command and Central Command. Two or three drones have already taken off and are ready to provide intelligence support to the Ethiopian authorities.

The United States has no intention of getting involved in the military conflict in Somalia today, of course. This is the result of the efforts that Russia and China have been working on. If there were no Russia and China, the U.S. military might have given Li Lan a taste of what an army is.

But. The United States does not intend to just sit on the table and provide intelligence support to its allies. This is the favorite thing the United States has done in recent years.

Ethiopia is also facing this great pressure these days. In the past, he was on the side of the Soviet Union, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he formed a way to fall into the NATO camp. Despite the fact that in the troops, there was a large amount of equipment from the Soviet period. But over the years, quite a few NATO weapons have also been added.

In particular, on the matter of supporting Bossaso's government army, the United States has simply claimed that it will support his land weapons and equipment worth $3.5 billion, which will be completed in three years, and the first year's $1 billion has already been received. Therefore, the Ethiopian army began to vigorously support Aweil.

However, Ethiopia did not expect that Li Lan would move so quickly, and the mobilization and deployment of troops were not prepared at all. It will take at least a month to get all the troops mobilized and successfully enter northeastern Somalia.

However, with the approval of the United States, Ethiopia promised Awei that, if necessary, it would provide him with air force support (Ethiopia has a dead B-52!). ）。 Only then did in the exchange of telegrams plug Awill's mouth.

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At the same time, Li Lan also began to strategize in the console. This military operation against Bossaso is the front-line headquarters, and through the radio and communication equipment carried by the troops, Li Lan can directly contact the infantry platoon-level units, as well as every tank on the front line.

Hoffman and Ahmed, on the other hand, walked up to the second floor of the base car with more than a dozen officers with command and staff skills. Those equipment that Li Lan couldn't understand, under the fiddle of these people, began to operate.

These devices on the second floor are auxiliary command organs, which can completely synchronize information with the control console, and decisions to deal with the battlefield will also be displayed in front of Li Lan's eyes as soon as possible.

After a six-hour march, the armored brigade and the mechanized infantry brigade were only thirty kilometers from the outskirts of Bossaso. In the rear, the heavy artillery brigade and two infantry regiments were separated from the armored forces in front, only a kilometer, and fifty kilometers in a straight line from the center of Bossaso city.

The departing troops stopped quietly here at this time, and along the way, the US military drones were swaying at high altitude. These drones did not dare to fly too low, and they could follow too closely, at least at an altitude of 8 to 9 thousand meters, in case the heavy divisions below did not look very easy to mess with from having anti-aircraft weapons.

Prepare the haode refueling truck in advance, start to refuel the tank unit, the scout unit has dispersed, the armored reconnaissance vehicle on the front began to do pre-battle zuihou reconnaissance, and the tank unit that is refueling is on alert.

The actions of Li Lan's troops made the officers and men of the drone squadron of the Central Command in the United States almost couldn't help laughing. What kind of military means is refueling only a few tens of kilometers from the front line. Not to mention the modern war, even in the late stage of World War II, it was not so bold.

"It's funny that these Somalis really think that with advanced weapons, they can be awesome."

Indeed, this practice is simply an act of seeking death. Just take a firepower cover, and they're going to be done with it. ”

In the combat training room of this drone squadron, more than a dozen monitors show these tanks that are refueling, and the staff of the remote-controlled drone below are talking with other personnel while changing the angle of shooting.

"Without any tactical concept, such an enemy, even if we give them our weapons, they are still a flock of sheep."

"Yes! If Bossaso's tank and artillery units had opened fire on them at this time, it would have been lively. ”

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However, they did not know that the Bossaso government army did not have long-range artillery, and even Ethiopia itself did not have several army weapons capable of attacking targets 30 kilometers away, including imported missiles.

Come on here, that was Li Lan's decision, he didn't take these into account, but he didn't care at all. At this time, the tank troops marching here, as well as most of the fuel tanks, most of the consumption along the way was provided by the auxiliary fuel tanks.

A simple rest, refueling, refueling, and letting go of the auxiliary fuel tanks, also let the artillery units in the rear get ready.

He was not worried that Bossaso's troops would pounce, and he very much hoped that Awei would be bold and directly order the army to kill. Because by the time his troops arrived, the Red Guard soldiers were ready.

In Li Lan's view, tactics have always been combined with reality, and over the past year or so, he has not missed classes in order to strengthen his command ability as soon as possible. And whether it's an assistant or Natasha, they are very good teachers. Although one is rigid, it is rich in teaching materials, and the other is very strong in teaching ability and outstanding ability.

The current Li Lan is not the Li Lan of a year ago, the battlefield has made him more mature, and the assistants and Natasha's teaching to him in turn has made his knowledge begin to improve.

The offensive tactics against Bossaso were all formulated by Li Lan alone, and this was a war related to the development of the base, and it was also an important battle to test Li Lan's command ability.

Commander, commander, what is a commander, the core of which is the word command, if Li Lan can't even command the troops, then he will be too a commander.

And as long as it is a battle under his personal command, the Red Alert soldiers will burst out with 100% combat effectiveness, and their morale will reach the highest level, and Ruhong's morale will inevitably bring about an increase in combat effectiveness. This is unmatched by any hero. Under the explanation of the assistant, in fact, Li Lan is the most qualified commander in the minds of all soldiers. A hero can help him command the army, but the existence of a hero can never replace Li Lan's position in the hearts of all soldiers.

The base is meant to serve the war, and from the moment these soldiers are drafted, combat is their core mission, and loyalty is their instinct. Only with such unity can the base have the value of existence.

"Half an hour later, the shelling began on time. At the end of the half-hour shelling, I want to see reports of tank units storming Bossaso. ”

Li Lan's order, conveyed through the base, instantly appeared on the radio stations of each platoon, and Li Lan's voice came from every tank, every armored vehicle, self-propelled artillery, and Humvee.

Whether it was the tank units or the artillery that began to be deployed in the rear, the preparations were instantly accelerated a lot.

The war began to enter the countdown, and this war that decided the fate of Li Lan's life was slowly coming. (To be continued......)