Chapter 278: Diamond Mine

"Stop moving forward, go backwards." Fahim shouted.

Just as it was about to engage the T-72, the Leopard 2 tank instead began to retreat.

Eight hundred meters is the range that the infrared headlights of the T-72 can shine on, and they have just been firing from 800 meters away, and they are equivalent to stealing in the dark, constantly killing those who use flashlights, it is too easy.

Now, just as the two sides were about to get closer, the Leopard 2 backed away.

Although the Leopard 2 has the ability to turn in the center, the two tracks can be reversed, and the T-72 needs to constantly move forward and backward to achieve it, even then, they did not steer, but directly hung in reverse gear!

The Leopard 2 has an advanced powertrain, and there are also two reverse gears, and when the reverse 2nd gear is engaged, the throttle is the end, and the tank is recoiling at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.

In this process, the strongest main armor still faces the most threatening place, and even in the process of retreating, the tank is still firing.

"Boom!" One by one, the armor-piercing shells tore the armor of the tank with infrared headlights on the opposite side, and the dispensing ammunition of the T-72 tank was all at the turntable position of the turret, almost as long as it was shot, it would cause the tank to detonate, and the guide tower and the body were separated.

Finally, when it was five kilometers backwards, those infrared headlights stopped moving forward.

The new T-72 tanks had been completely destroyed there, and the results were just a few Leopard 2 tank tanks, and the T-55 tanks that followed behind had no hope of winning, and they began to retreat.

Reverse, forward, reverse, forward. It took several times for the T-55 to turn, and in the process, darkness caused several of their tanks to collide with each other.

And just as they began to turn and retreat, the Leopard 2 tank advanced again.

The excellent liquid and gas suspension makes them even smooth on bumpy roads. No matter how the hull moved, the muzzle of the gun was still pointing at the target, and as one shell after another was stuffed into the chamber, the tanks on the opposite side were wiped out one after another, and the old T-55 could not withstand the armor-piercing fire of the 120mm smoothbore gun.

The armored soldiers of South Africa, who followed behind, looked at the battle in front with incredible eyes, what is this? It's just a complete abuse. Those tanks, in front of the Leopard 2, are simply papier-mâché.

Following the Leopard 2, Horn tanks, wheeled armored vehicles, and even off-road trucks rushed up one by one, the South African Army. The UNITA army is advancing rapidly.

Finally in the city!

At the street entrance of the urban area. The Leopard 2 tank stopped, allowing the South African armored corps behind to rush forward quickly, and they had completed their mission.

Unlike field battles, the Leopard 2 tank may be hit from the side and back during street fighting, and the RPG-7 still has the potential to tear through the weak armor parts of the Leopard 2. There is no need for them to take that risk.

The sky gradually brightened, and Major General Torian looked at the tanks that had been blown up outside the field, and he was extremely excited, so many tanks were killed by a tank company!

In modern warfare. The superiority of equipment is already a major factor in determining the war.

"Your Excellency Fahim, thank you very much for your help." Major General Torian said to Fahim.

"These are the things we should do." "Now, we need to retreat, we need to rest, and we need to replenish ammunition and fuel," Fahim said. ”

The 1500 horsepower engine is not only powerful, but also fuel-efficient, the same 1500 horsepower, the engine of the island country is two-stroke, and the fuel consumption is more than twice that of the German product.

"Regarding street fighting, I'll give you a Jianyì." "Use your armor, use grenades, and blow up buildings as soon as you see anyone resisting, so that there are minimal casualties," Fahim said. ”

It doesn't matter what kind of civilian he is, as long as there is resistance, then he will blow up together, and after a few bombs, those resistance forces will know what to do.

"Thank you." It dawned on Major General Torian that this was long overdue!

Twenty kilometers back, the Leopard 2 tank began to refuel. The engine of the Leopard 2 is most suitable for diesel, but when there is a shortage of logistics fuel, it can use gasoline, kerosene, alcohol and other fuels, and the need for logistics is minimized.

Fuel can be replenished with South African shells, however, the 120-mm shells consumed need to be replenished with specialized shells.

So, while slowly waiting for the shells, the South African army was still in the city fighting the SPLM and the Cuban army.

"Let's go." "According to the information we have received, there is a mine a hundred kilometers away from here, and we are going to capture it," Fahim said. Send a message to our supply helicopter to assemble there. ”

"Understood." The tankers responded with a bang, reloaded their tanks, and galloped across the field.

Mine!

In addition to the main diamond producing area in the eastern region of Angola, the main diamond producing area is in the province of Lunda Sul, where the Catoca project accounts for more than half of the country's diamond production, and the Catoca diamond mine is the largest open-pit diamond mine in Angola, in addition to these, in the whole of Angola, many places are illegally mined.

Nearby, there's an illegally mined diamond mine!

The Leopard 2 tanks roared and marched towards the diamond mines, and the main armed forces of South Africa were involved in the war, and no one cared about them, no one gave them orders, they were here to assist in the battle.

The Leopard 2 tank was advancing at the highest off-road speed, and when it rushed over a dirt slope, the entire tank was about to fly in the sky, and when the tank's tracks re-touched the ground, the liquid gas suspension shrank to the shortest, cushioning all the force, and the tank continued to speed forward.

In this way, after nearly two hours of galloping, the mining area has appeared in their sight, and at this time, a convoy of more than a dozen vehicles is driving out of the mining area.

"Intercept that convoy!" Fahim shouted.

Those were ordinary trucks, without off-road capabilities, moving at a speed of thirty or forty kilometers on the road, and when they saw the tanks, they immediately panicked.

Some people set up machine guns on trucks and tried to fire at the tanks, which were purely futile, and the tanks went around and surrounded them.

"Machine gun killing, let them know we're good." Fahim said.

The main armament of the Leopard 2 tank is the 120 mm 44 x caliber tank gun, and in addition to this, there is also a 7.62 mm caliber side-by-side machine gun.

When the side-by-side machine guns spat out tongues of fire, the armed men jumped out of the trucks one after another and fled for their lives.

However, they could not escape, the machine guns of the tanks, mercilessly shooting them, and in the end, all of them lay down on the ground.

"Let's see, what's good in this truck." Fahim said.

Getting out of the tank, Fahim climbed onto a car, revealing something shiny when the box was opened.

Diamond!

This mining area must have been mined by the subordinates of the People's Liberation Movement, and when they knew that the nearby city had been taken down, the people here began to retreat, and before retreating, they must have taken all the mined ore with them, and now, all of them have been intercepted by Fahim.

"Boom, boom." There was a roar in the sky, and two MH-53 helicopters, flying from a distance, found the armored unit.

In order to search and rescue the pilots in case they were shot down, and at the same time replenish the ammunition for the tank troops, Pakistan leased two MH53 helicopters from the United States, which came in handy at this time.

The tank shells on the helicopter were unloaded and loaded into the Leopard 2 tank, and the diamonds were transported to the helicopter and transported back to the Pakistan Air Base in Nolos, where they were loaded onto a transport plane and transported back home.

Pakistan sent its army to help South Africa fight the war, of course, it is not friendship, but naked interests, in Angola, there are many such small mines, Pakistan's army, the main thing is to search these mines, before the South African and UNITA troops arrive, loot the ore stored here, and transport it back to the country!

As for whether it will be discovered by the South Africans, even if it does, they should turn a blind eye, even if they protest, the great President Mhammad is completely unaware, they are all ghosts below, and they must be severely punished!

Historically, Cubans' buttocks were also unclean, and a Cuban major exchanged his hands for cane sugar for diamonds, and exchanged them according to their weight, one-to-one, and as a result, they were displeased by the Cuban high-level and shot by the Cuban Revolutionary Council.

A few hours later, a unit of the People's Liberation Army arrived here, and when they arrived, they saw only corpses and trucks everywhere, and rushed to the mining area, where there was nothing left.

The An People's Movement is a local, familiar with the situation here, they have taken control of this mine, as long as there is more labor, they can re-mine, as for the dead people outside, they did not pay much attention, maybe they were retreating, there was infighting.

And such incidents are happening more and more frequently.

Now, with the support of the Pakistan Air Force, another counterattack by the Cuban Air Force has been broken, and A-7 attack aircraft have also participated in the ground attack to help them advance the attack process, and with the support of Pakistan's Leopard 2 tanks, the armed forces of South Africa and the SPLM have advanced to the line of Cuito-Luena and have occupied half of Angola.

I remember that a few months ago, when they were still beaten and huddled in one place, now, South Africa and the SPLM are full of confidence in the war. (To be continued......)