Volume 14 Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 106 Smoke of Gunpowder on the Mainland
The battle on the battlefield can be said to be the epitome of the great power game. 【】“。
In the two years leading up to the war, the Republic's military commitment to the West African theater was very limited. Due to conditions, the Navy of the Republic sent only a few attack submarines to the West African region, and the main task of these submarines was not to disrupt sea traffic, but to monitor ships entering and leaving the main ports of the West African region. Master the laws of the activities of the US Navy in the region. Because they do not have effective intelligence support and logistical support, the significance of these attack submarines in carrying out the task of breaking diplomatic relations is not very great. In general, in the first years of the war, the Navy of the Republic did not contribute much in the West African region. Relatively speaking, the role of the Republican Army on the battlefields of West Africa was not much better. Because the land communication arteries were not completed, the plan of the Republic Army to send the main force to the West African theater was repeatedly postponed. According to the records of the Republican Army, during the first two years of the war, the total number of troops sent to the West African theater was less than enough. Person. Moreover, it is mainly special forces, and most of them carry out non-frontal combat missions. Compared to combat units. On the contrary, it was the military advisers and instructors sent by the Army of the Republic who played a more significant role. It has provided help to Nigeria and other ** teams within their ability.
In fact, even at the beginning of the year, the situation has not completely changed.
The "Central African Trunk Line" was completed in mid-March of the year of the Field, and the first combat unit sent by the Republican Army to the West African theater reached N'Djamena at the end of the month. That is, it took half a year to send the first combat unit. Obviously, this is the exact opposite of what is actually happening in the Army of the Republic.
Even though the basic conditions in Central Africa are extremely harsh, and in particular Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, is one of the poorest countries in the world, with the mobility of the Republican Army, it only takes a few days to cross the entire African continent from Port Sudan. If you take into account the support capabilities of the aviation forces, in the case of a one-way flight. Vertical take-off and landing transports can transport troops up to 4,000 meters away, enough to cross the continent, and the Republican Army's combat units are capable of advancing into the West African theater. One could even say. Even the combat units of the army of the republics of the "Central African Trunk Line" can go to the West African theater to fight, and their combat effectiveness will not be greatly affected.
The Army's procrastination only shows that the authorities of the Republic are not enthusiastic about the West African battlefield.
To be precise, the West African battlefield has not yet reached the most critical moment.
In the year of the field, on the battlefield of Africa, except in the area of the sub-Saharan region. The most important battlefields are not in West Africa, but in the southern African states of Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It can be said that the struggle on this battlefield is not only related to victory or defeat on the battlefield in West Africa, but also related to the future of the African continent as a whole. On the surface, though, the battle for the battlefields in southern Africa is also focused on resources, particularly the rare metal deposits of Namibia and Botswana
According to the proven reserves, Namibia and Botswana are second only to Nigeria and Sudan in Africa, and they are also the eighth and tenth in the world. What's more. Namibia is the main resource provider of the United States in the African continent, that is, Namibia's rare metal deposits are mainly supplied to the United States, and account for about the help of the United States' imports, if you count imports from Botswana and Angola and other countries, it accounts for the United States' import power, but in essence, the focus of this war has little to do with the African continent, but determines who dominates the South Atlantic, and then has a profound impact on the entire Atlantic theater. What's more, the Southern African region also has a regional power that can speak.
The situation of the war in Southern Africa, influenced by South Africa, was very complicated. Although it appears that the Angolan army, which is mainly backed by the United States, is attacking southward, trying to control Namibia and Botswana. Zambia and Zimbabwe, which have close ties to the Republic, are attacking westward, hoping to gain greater benefits by controlling Botswana and Namibia, such as exporting more rare metal deposits to the Republic. However, in essence, whether it is the United States, which openly supports Angola, or the republics of Zambia and Zimbabwe, they all want to use the war between Namibia and Botswana to make South Africa strategically assert. For the United States, it is at least hoped that South Africa's navy will not be able to send more combat ships to the South Atlantic, so that it will not be able to threaten the United States' naval supremacy, so that the American-backed Rondolon can achieve greater victories in the West African theater and ensure the safety of the Atlantic shipping lanes. For the republic. There is only one purpose. Let South Africa recognize the reality and make an informed choice, so as to gain a springboard into the South Atlantic and lay the foundation for the start of an Atlantic war. In order to achieve their goals, both the United States and the Republic had to strive for a substantial victory in the war in southern Africa.
The problem is that South Africa is too far away from both tiers of power.
From Guangzhou in the Republic to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe are all landlocked countries, and the nearest large port to the two countries is the capital of Tanzania. Kilometer. The sea route from New Orleans in the United States to Namibe, Angola, is also long. Kilometer. What's more, the main battlefield of the war in southern Africa was in Botswana, that is, in the interior of the country, hundreds of kilometers from the coastline. Hundreds of kilometres of ground communication are nothing in other places, but in southern Africa, where the infrastructure is extremely harsh, it's a big problem. Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola are among the poorest countries in the world. The region is also the most backward in the world. In a sense, unless a staggering number of VTOL transport planes are deployed and several large air stations are built, the hundreds of kilometers of ground lines of communication in the region will be twice as difficult as in the Middle East, or twice as difficult as in Russia's Europe. In fact, even the United States and the Republic have no shortage of vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. Due to the limitations of the site and the quality of the soldiers, it is impossible to provide too much advanced equipment to the warring parties. In the case of the Angolan army, the illiteracy rate in a country with a high illiteracy rate is certainly higher, because the vast majority of Angolan soldiers regard serving in the army as the only way to support their families or to make a living. And intellectuals and other talented people. There is no heart for a woman to join the army. Of course, the situation of the Zambian and Zimbabwean armies is not much better. Botswana and Namibia are sparsely populated countries, not only are their armies small, but Namibia doesn't even have a decent city. As a result of these factors, the war in southern Africa was not only extremely brutal, but also very slow. It was precisely because of these factors that neither the Republic nor the United States sent regular troops to this battlefield until the year of the force.
Of course, the republic did not immediately get involved in the war in South Africa with the United States, and also had a lot to do with South Africa.
In any case, South Africa is a typical regional power, and even a quasi-power like Russia is vulnerable to a class power. Not to mention regional powers. But in a world war, the existence of a great power before the war cannot be ignored. Taking South Africa as an example, after the outbreak of war in southern Africa, South Africa, in its capacity as the leader of the Southern African Union and the African Union, intervened in the hope that the warring parties would stop the military conflict and resolve the conflict through negotiations. Although South Africa's mediation efforts have not yielded substantive results and the war continues, the warring parties still have some scruples after the South African authorities have made their position clear. In the middle of the year, four months after the outbreak of the war in southern Africa, South Africa signed peacekeeping agreements with Namibia and Botswana, and then sent peacekeeping troops to these two countries, took control of the rare metal deposits located in the border area between the two countries, and established refugee camps in the area to provide shelter for war refugees.
In other words, shortly after the outbreak of the war in southern Africa, South Africa intervened.
No doubt. This action of South Africa made the United States very dissatisfied, but it was recognized by the republic. Of course, this can be regarded as a clever move by the South African authorities. You must know that not long before the dispatch of troops, the South African authorities announced that they would facilitate the defense of the country in the event of a major war, and the direct beneficiary of this move was the United States, and the biggest victim was the Republic. It can be seen that at this time, South Africa sent troops to control the rare metal deposits that the United States wanted most, and controlled the scale of the conflict by setting up refugee camps, which had a negative impact on the United States far more than the republic, and even many Americans believed that this was South Africa's move to join the republic.
In fact, at the time of the South African army. In the middle of the year, South Africa had no reason to turn to the Republic.
At that time, South Africa's biggest purpose was to reduce the impact of the war on its own country. Although Namibia and Botswana are both small countries with small populations, with a combined population of less than 10,000 people, Zimbabwe, another warring country bordering South Africa, has more than 30,000 people. Moreover, the combined strength of the alliance between Zambia and Zimbabwe is simply not comparable to that of Angola. In other words, the South African authorities believe that sooner or later the flames of war will reach Zimbabwe, and that a large number of war refugees will surely be produced by then. While it is theoretically possible that Zimbabwe's war refugees would first flow north to Tanzania, which has close ties to the Republic, or eastward to sparsely populated Mozambique, there is no guarantee that there will be no influx of refugees into South Africa. In fact, judging from the actual situation later, the choice of destination for Zimbabwean refugees was South Africa, because the influx of South Africa was the key, so it was necessary for the South African authorities to intervene in the war in advance and set up refugee camps outside the national border.
It can be said that South Africa's move was very prescient.
At the beginning of the year, the Angolan army, which had received a large number of US-made arms, under the command of the US affairs adviser, had entered Kenya all the way, and at the end of the first quarter of that year, the flames of war were burned to the vicinity of Zimbabwe. Affected by this, start with the strength of the crocodile. A large number of war refugees from Botswana and Namibia flocked to South Africa by the middle of the year. South Africa's refugee camps south of the Kalahadi Desert hosted Yowan war refugees. And this number is still increasing every month. Suffice it to say, if it weren't for the fact that the South African authorities had been prepared. Millions of war refugees will cause unimaginable disasters to South African society and may even force the South African authorities to make bad strategic decisions.
The problem is that there is a limit to any POW camp, and South Africa is not very powerful.
Although South Africa's status as a regional power has long been recognized by the international community, and in the African continent, especially in southern Africa, South Africa's comprehensive national strength is indeed the most powerful, but among many regional powers, South Africa's national strength is indeed weak, not only not comparable to Brazil, Argentina, Iran, Australia and other countries, even Egypt is not comparable, only slightly higher than Sudan. It can be said that as a country in a corner of the country. In the absence of major powers around it, South Africa does not need too strong national strength, or whether it is strong or not does not have much impact on South Africa's position in the region. The problem is that on a global scale, especially during the Great War, the problem of South Africa's weak national strength became particularly prominent, and it became an important factor restricting South Africa's strategic choice.
Take, for example, the case of hosting refugees.
At the time of the camps, South African authorities estimated that 1 in 10 Namibians and Botswana were refugees, a somewhat low percentage, but both countries are vast and sparsely populated. There are not many settlements, and most of the people live a primitive nomadic life, so they are not very affected by the war, and the possibility of becoming war refugees is not very high, while Zimbabwe's mushy citizens have become war refugees, half of whom have flocked south to South Africa. In this way, only about 10,000 war refugees need to be accommodated. The reality is that by the end of the year, South Africa will be receiving nearly 10,000 war refugees. What's worse is that it was affected by the war in Angola decades ago. South Africa did not make an accurate assessment of the offensive level of the Angolan army, and the construction of the camp lagged behind. According to the South African authorities, by the end of the year, the camps could only accommodate about the Jinwan war refugees. In other words, South Africa's refugee camps outside the country have been seriously "loaded".
Relatively speaking, there is a lack of placement sites, and there are different body clams in the fine notches
In any case, South Africa hosts refugees from the poorest countries in the world, and what matters most to these refugees is not whether they can sleep in bed or have enough clothing. For the vast majority of war refugees, there is only one thing they need most: food.
What's the point? , South Africa did not prepare enough food.
As mentioned earlier, the South African authorities are preparing to take in Jinwan refugees by the end of the year, and by this time the refugees have already been accommodated. What's more, South Africa is not a big food producer, at least in the world. At best, South Africa is a country that can guarantee food self-sufficiency. It is very difficult to feed the refugees, let alone fill the stomachs of the refugees. In the past, the South African authorities would have used forceful measures to keep refugees out of the country's borders, and then let other countries that wanted to make a difference in the region, especially the two tiers of power, would have stepped in to solve the problem. The problem is that in the context of the great war, neither of the two major powers has the heart to pay attention to the southern African battlefield, how can they still be in the mood to save millions of refugees? What's more, if South Africa builds a courtyard wall at this time. It is not the great powers that are offended. Rather, it is a brotherly country in Africa. In other words, if South Africa wants to play a major role in the post-war African continent, it must not be too ruthless, and even take the initiative to make a good life for millions of war refugees. On the other hand, South Africa's actions up to this point, especially between the two tiers of great powers, were all about creating the basis for a greater role in the post-war period. As a result, South Africa is even less likely to abandon refugees who have no one to rely on.
For South Africa, there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to turn to the major powers for help.
Of course, the South African authorities do not need to take a position on this. As long as humanitarianism is presented, it will be possible to make two major powers do something.
In fact, in the middle of this year, South Africa sent a note to the Republic and the United States, hoping that the two major powers would fully consider the impact of the war on the people of the African states and provide help to the best of their ability. To that end, the South African authorities have also drawn up a very detailed list of humanitarian supplies, the most important of which are food and medicine. In the months that followed, the South African authorities also adjusted the list several times in response to changing circumstances and urged the two major powers that had already made it clear that they had promised to provide humanitarian assistance to honour their commitments.
The question is now in the hands of the Republic and the United States.
Affected by the basic national conditions, the positions of the two major powers on this issue are not completely identical.
Although, theoretically, the United States has the initiative. In any case, the United States is the largest food surplus and has been providing food aid to its allies, and the United States is also the closest to southern Africa, and the Atlantic route is not threatened by the submarines of the Republic's Navy, but there is one thing that the United States does not have, and that is the large number of transport ships. You know, before the following year, because Russia was not defeated, and the unfavorable war situation in the Pacific, most of the transport ships of the United States were used on the North Atlantic route and the Pacific route. What's even worse is that even if there are several fleets operating on the African route, their main task is to deliver military supplies to the allied forces in the West African theater and the southern African theater. Arguably. Before Russia's defeat, it would be impossible to send millions of tons of grain to South Africa, even if a few small transport ships were dispatched. At that time, the shortfall in U.S. shipping capacity was as high as 14,000 dwt, and it was impossible to use valuable maritime transportation forces for humanitarian aid operations.
As a result, humanitarian aid became a bargaining chip between the Republic and South Africa.
This is quite understandable, and in the absence of the United States to help, South Africa can only pin its hopes on the republic. Although, judging by the situation at the time. The South African authorities can make requests to European countries, and it is very likely that countries such as France, Germany, and Italy will provide food and medicine to South Africa for their own interests. But for their own safety. In particular, the Republic won the naval battle of the Maldives. Having swept the Indian Ocean and at one time sent troops to Mozambique, South Africa will certainly not make overtures to Europe at this time. In a sense, if South Africa were to join forces with Europe in the second half of the year, it would be possible for the Republic to conquer South Africa by war at the end of the year or at the beginning of the year, rather than negotiate with South Africa on the price of entering the war on the issue of humanitarian relief.
It is precisely for this reason that in the second half of this year, South Africa will release the humanitarian aid fleet to Nigeria.
Because by the end of the fourth year, the defeat of Russia was a foregone conclusion, and it would certainly be at the beginning, the republic did not drag on this issue any longer. At the end of the year, an agreement was reached with South Africa to provide 10,000 tons of food, 10,000 tons of medicine, 10,000 tons of old living fuel, and enough tents and mobile houses to house the refugees trapped in the Kalahakan Desert. As early as the middle of the year, that is, after the South African note, the Republic began to make preparations, so that within the day after the agreement was reached, the first convoy carrying humanitarian relief supplies arrived in South Africa, and the merchant ships entered Durban and Port Elizabeth respectively. In the early part of the year, humanitarian relief supplies provided by the Republic were delivered to the refugees. For security reasons, South Africa has not received a humanitarian mission from the Republic.
It is from this time, so to speak, that it begins. The republic has gained strength on the battlefield in southern Africa.
Less than a month after the supply of relief supplies for the Shidaoist Doctrine. The first combat unit of the Republican Army reached Dar es Sarama and entered Zambia along the Tanzan Railway. At the end of the day, the unit recaptured Mangu, a key town in western Zambia occupied by the Angolan army, and pursued the fleeing Angolan army. Assault to the west nearly four thousand meters. The flames of war were brought to the territory of Angola.
After stabilizing the front, the republican ** team did not rush forward, but transformed into an engineering corps and began to strengthen the construction of positions.
By the end of the fourth year, the Republican Army had four combat units fighting in the southern African theater, and the number of troops was more than 10,000. Most of the combat units were formed according to the standard of 30,000 men. It can be said that this force is enough to give rise to a strategic offensive in the heart of any Xun Xun Shu Shu Xiao Xiao Xun Not only can it crush the Angolan army. "The knife easily captured the whole of Angola. The question is. Up to this time, the Republican Army had done most on the battlefield in southern Africa by building infrastructure rather than attacking westward.
After the war, many believed that the main purpose of the republic's move was to lay the foundation for post-war control of southern Africa, especially Namibia and Botswana, which had only a good infrastructure. In order for the military presence of the Republic to be meaningful, otherwise there would be no reason for the Republic to send troops to occupy the poorest and backward regions of the world. The problem is that the main purpose of the Republic's control of Namibia and Botswana is supposed to be the rare metal deposits of these two countries, but as long as the Republic can win the Third World War, it will have enough rare metal deposits to last for many years. There was absolutely no reason to go to southern Africa to engage in construction during the war. It can even be said that the authorities of the republic could have landed in Namibia from another direction, the Atlantic direction, after the war. All in all, given the circumstances at the time, it is certainly not out of long-term considerations that the authorities of the Republic did not allow the army to attack.
The only plausible explanation is that the Republic had a secret agreement with South Africa.
Judging by the situation at that time, it was not the United States, but South Africa, that least wanted the republic to show its strength on the battlefield in southern Africa. To put it bluntly, if the war in southern Africa turns into a war of the republic, all other countries will have to stand aside, and even if South Africa takes refuge in the republic, it will not be able to gain much from it. For South Africa. The best way to end the war in southern Africa would certainly be for South Africa to intervene and allow the warring parties to end the war by negotiation. The problem was that negotiations took time, and there was plenty of time, so the South African authorities must have entered into a secret agreement with the authorities of the Republic, in exchange for time for the recognition of the Republic's global hegemony and the facilitation of the Republic during the war. One might say that, in such a situation, there is little value for the Republic to send four combat units to the Southern African theater, and it is better to put these troops on the West African theater. If the result is what South Africa envisions, these 4 combat units will definitely be wasted. The problem is that it is not South Africa that is dominating the war.
Looking back at the deployment of the Republican Army, it is not difficult to see that the war in South Africa could never have ended in a negotiated manner. Looking at it from another angle, if it is really what South Africa envisions. The two belligerents withdrew from the war without incident, even if not the status of the republic, but also the impact on the entire African theater. Considering the overall situation of the war, the authorities of the Republic did not rush to exert their forces on the battlefield in West Africa, but focused their forces on the battlefield in southern Africa, hoping to achieve a more significant victory here.
At the beginning of the year, after the Angolan authorities rejected the olive branch extended by South Africa on several occasions, the South African authorities had to admit that the reality was that negotiations could not solve the problem.
At the beginning of the Eastern Langchu, the Republic Army launched a combat operation codenamed "African Panther".
To put it mildly, using the old 10,000-strong army of the four combat units of the Republic Army to deal with Angola is simply a killing of chickens with a knife, coupled with solid preparations in the early stage, even without the support provided by the Navy and the Space Army, within hours of the start of the offensive, the Republic Army Aviation seized air supremacy, and at that time the Army Aviation was also equipped with a lot of logic, solving the air supremacy problem caused by the lack of heavy fighters, and bombing most of the strategic targets in Angola. Anyway. Angola is a very backward country. There weren't many important targets for fighters to bomb either. In the same way, the ground transportation in Angola is not ideal, so the ground forces of the Republic Army rely mainly on air mobility in the offensive, and only carry out ground operations when it is necessary to attack the fortifications.
It can be said that the Army of the Republic spent almost years preparing. It does have a special significance.
Of course. More importantly, the huge investment of the army aviation of the Republic determined that this was a very quick offensive operation. To know. At the beginning of the campaign, the Republic Army Air Corps deployed approximately four combat aircraft, including three vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft, which is equivalent to a bungeeping tactical transport aircraft for each combat unit. Although in actual combat operations, about two-thirds of the vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft are active in the rear, the main task is to transport the materials hoarded in Dar es Salaam to the front line, the Tanzan Railway was built in the 6o years of the blade century, the transportation capacity is very limited, it is impossible to become the main material delivery channel, only about the heart frame transport aircraft are active on the front line, with the ground forces to attack, but this proportion of investment is still very huge, plus nearly 1,000 low-altitude attack aircraft. It can be said that it was not the ground forces of the army that broke the Angolan army, but the army aviation.
Apparently, the Angolan army has not seen such an army either.
The battle, which was originally scheduled to take 3 months, only took a few days. With the low-altitude assault units of the Republic Army, they rushed thousands of miles to attack Luanda. Effortlessly occupied the Angolan presidential palace and captured the Angolan president, who was still asleep in his bed. This "massive. The offensive campaign was over.
I have to admit that the militaries of different countries are indeed very different from each other.
Although on the battlefield of southern Africa, to be exact. Before the republican ** team entered the war, the Angolan army showed first-class combat effectiveness, and once the Zambian and Zimbabwean armies were unable to fight back, and the armed forces of Botswana and Namibia did not even have a chance to play. But in front of the republican ** team. The Angolan army, which is still stuck in the last century, is like an antique in a museum, and it does not belong to this world at all.
In a sense, the crushing defeat of the Angolan army. It is also a wake-up call for South Africa.
Although the Angolan army is certainly no match for the South African Defence Forces, and several decades ago. The South African Defence Force has taught Angola with practical actions, but in the eyes of most South African soldiers, Angola, which has received help from the United States, can be regarded as a military power in southern Africa, at least much better than in the past, otherwise it would not have been possible to defeat Zambia and Zimbabwe, which had received the help of the Republic, in the war in southern Africa. Affected by this. Many South African soldiers believe that even if the Republic Army sends troops to fight, it will not be as easy as it is on the mainland and in the Middle East
From another point of view, the Republic Army's thunderous defeat of Angola is also a warning to South Africa.
It can be said that with the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army, as long as it can be fully supported, such as obtaining a nearby port that can allow large ships to dock, and shortening the length of the logistics support line, the four combat units will definitely be able to defeat the South African National Defense Force within three months, and even if the whole of South Africa is occupied, it will only need to increase the number of combat units, and dispatch about 10,000 ground troops. The Army of the Republic would then be able to dominate Southern Africa.
As a result, after the occupation of Luanda by the Republican **, there was a major change in the attitude of the South African authorities.
In a sense, South Africa's agreement with the Republic at the end of the year, that is, the opening of its ports to the Republic and the lease of about a knife acre of land in False Bay and the West Bank to the Republic are directly related to the phenomenal fighting power of the Republic's Army in the war in southern Africa. Although South Africa did not enter the war in the end, the great concessions it made, especially the provision of False Bay for the Republic's fleet and fleet, had a decisive impact on the war in general, and in the war in the Atlantic in particular. You know, between Trincomalee and Buenos Aires. False Bay, south of Cape Town, is the ideal stopover.
Of course, South Africa has more to offer than that.
All in all, the authorities of the republic attached great importance to the war in southern Africa, which was nothing more than a means of putting pressure on South Africa to make a strategic choice. Thus laying the foundation for the victory of the war in the whole of Africa.
It can be said that the war in West Africa was the most affected at that time.
In terms of military strength, Angola is on a par with Romeroon. Although Romeroon has received much more U.S. aid than Angola and is much better equipped with equipment, Angola has a larger territory, a stronger comprehensive national strength, and a more favorable defensive terrain. Relatively speaking, in terms of resisting the offensive. The military power of the two countries is almost the same. Four combat units of the Army of the Republic were able to defeat the Angolan army in a matter of days, in all fairness. Even if you only put in 2 combat units. The Republican Army could also defeat Romero in a matter of months.
What's worse is that after the end of the war in the southern African states, the Republic Army can advance in two routes.
Of course, what cannot be ignored is that the Republic Navy can send its fleet to Luanda and use Luanda as a base to march north into the Gulf of Guinea to cut off the maritime connection between Oh Myron and the United States. One could even say. The Navy of the Republic does not need to send a fleet, as long as it sends additional attack submarines, it can deprive Lemeloon of the military assistance provided by the United States.
One goes from the other, and Romeron has no chance of winning.
It was in this way that at the beginning of the 2nd year, when the Republic sent its troops to Chad, it did not rush to launch a strategic offensive, but put the choice in the hands of Romelon.
At the end of April, under the mediation of South Africa, the Llomelonian authorities voluntarily admitted defeat.
Obviously, this is a great miracle in the history of warfare. To know. At the time of Llomelon's defeat, the Romeroonian army was still in control of the Mandala Hills and occupied northeastern Nigeria. Other words. The authorities in Lémeuon surrendered with military superiority. And didn't wait for the republican ** team to come in. Of course, it was not the good offices of South Africa that made the decision to surrender that made the decision to surrender of the Cameroonian authorities, but the conditions set by the authorities of the Republic to ensure the territorial integrity of Cameroon. and not to prosecute the leaders of the Government and army for war crimes, to ensure the safety of life and property of all personnel of the Romeroonian authorities, and to allow the personnel of the Romeroonian authorities to voluntarily choose whether or not to leave the country after the war has ended. All in all. The Republic offered extremely generous conditions, and the purpose of this was to reduce the casualties of the war. In any case, in the case of a safe win. There is no reason for the authorities of the republic to shed the blood of hundreds of soldiers for the sake of military victory. It can be said that the casualties caused by this war to the republican ** team are large enough, and even if it can save a soldier, it is necessary to make efforts.
Of course, the surrender of Romeroon does not mean that there is no fighting on the battlefield in West Africa.
To prevent the United States from intervening with troops, there was an amphibious fleet of the US Navy in the Gulf of Guinea at that time. There is at least one ground unit of the Marine Brigade above. After the surrender of the Romeroonian authorities was announced. The low-altitude assault units of the Republican Army reached Yaoundé, Douala, Bamenda, Nnetdere and other places, took control of these important towns, and took command of the local garrison. Overall, the assault lasted only a few hours, although there were a few skirmishes during the period. But none of the casualties were very large. By the time the U.S. authorities reacted, the Republican ** team had taken control of some of the canine military facilities in Romeroon and captured all the Americans operating in Romeroon. Under the influence of international law, after the end of the military operation, the Republic repatriated the staff of the United States Embassy in Romeroon through South Africa, detained only those military advisers who did not have the status of diplomats, and tried them for crimes against humanity and war crimes after the end of the war.
This is also understandable, in accordance with international law. Military advisers are mercenaries.
After successfully winning the war in West Africa, the Army of the Republic did not stop at the end of June of the year. The two combat units that arrived in Nigeria took turns advancing westward, and within the next six months. It took control of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, and by the end of the year had moved the front to Liberia, a country founded by the efforts of returning black Americans.
At this point in the war, the focus shifted from the ground to the sea.
Although the Republic Army still has a lot of room to maneuver on the ground battlefield, for example, it can march north from Liberia to Morocco, and join forces on the Atlantic coast with troops from the Middle East theater, but from the perspective of the overall battlefield situation. With the Republican Army in the Middle East theater holding back the main force of the US military, and Israel has been shaken, the Republic authorities should consider how to gain control of the Atlantic, that is, to enter the Atlantic.
For the Navy of the Republic, it was only at this time that the superior power was transformed into victory
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