Chapter 753: Support

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) thundered out, successfully rescued the hostages, and successfully resolved the crisis caused by the hostages by military success, and when this news spread, the world was immediately impressed by the strength of the PLA, knowing that this is not at the door of the Chinese's home, but thousands of miles away.

Compared with the Israeli commandos who rushed thousands of miles to rescue the hostages at the Emped Airport in Uganda, the PLA's actions are even better, because the battlefield is relatively farther, the combat environment is more complicated, and the information is more unclear, but all the hostages were rescued unharmed, and this achievement really has to be admired.

Under the deliberate propaganda of the official, Colonel Liu Cheng, who was in charge of the command, Wu Shugen of the assault battalion, and Dai Nan of the special brigade immediately became heroes praised by the whole country.

However, although the PLA has made such a high-profile international propaganda appearance, which has played a deterrent role, it still cannot completely solve the interference of those black hands around Tanzania in the development of African resources, because in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda, there are countless large and small tribal warlords, and many people will still take risks for the sake of profit.

Because from the capture of Betu. Among Banga's men, Liu Cheng and Colonel Lazaro already knew about Betu. The group of Banga hostages was instigated behind the scenes to kidnap Chinese hostages with a high reward of $10,000 per person. It is unclear who is behind the kidnapping and escape.

But in any case, before the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade arrives in Tanzania and undertakes the task of military protection and strike, the 164th Marine Brigade Assault Battalion and Special Brigade led by Liu Cheng will remain in Tanzania to stand by and closely protect the safety of the Chinese exploration team.

This is tolerable for exploration operations, but in the large-scale development after exploration, more Chinese will go to Tanzania to carry out various tasks, and if they are all so close, it is obvious that the military cannot afford it, and in the face of Tanzania's long border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other dangerous countries, thousands of people in the 86th Infantry Brigade alone seem to be a drop in the bucket, and it is simply impossible to effectively assist the Tanzanian military in maintaining the security of the western border.

Therefore, in order to maintain the security of Tanzania's western border, it is necessary to stabilize the surrounding Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Uganda, etc. In particular, if the Congolese side is still full of intricate warlords like it is now, and it cannot effectively guarantee the security of the western border of Tanzania, the Central African bloc will not dare to invest in Mpanda on a large scale.

Although from the point of view of government relations, the current leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a decent relationship with the Chinese side, and has even conducted military studies in the Chinese military academy, and can be regarded as a student of the Chinese side, his government has never effectively controlled the situation in the whole country, and the power and power in his hands can now barely control the relatively rich territory in the west, and he is really more than willing to do enough for the eastern part of the country, where tribal warlords and various countries are mixed, so it is quite unrealistic to expect the current regime to stabilize the eastern part of the DRC.

Therefore, to solve this problem, the General Staff and the foreign affairs departments can only find another way.

"Vice Chairman Liu, this is our latest plan" Major General Zhu Shaoguang, head of intelligence of the General Staff, handed a briefing on the plan to Vice Chairman Liu, "Our goal is to establish an agent in Tanganyika so that he can control the situation in Tanganyika strongly, so that together with the Tanzanian border guards, the biggest threat in the border area can be effectively addressed." ”

Major General Zhu Shaoguang's plan was based on Liu Cheng's operational report.

At the end of the battle to free the hostages, Ka. Kurtu to Jacques. Laigit, the agent of Colonel Lazzaro, revealed his intention to defect, and after the war, Jacques was born. Legit reports to Colonel Lazaro. Kurtu has a political tendency to defect, and when Zhu Shaoguang saw this combat report, he noticed this small detail, so when he later considered a plan to completely solve the border threat, Zhu Shaoguang took a look at the card. Kurtu was a little interested.

He let Liu Cheng and Colonel Lazaro know about Ka. After a more detailed investigation report by Kurtu, Zhu Shaoguang found this card. Kurtu still has some talent, otherwise he would not be the same as Betu. Banga has been fighting for so long, although only in the small place of Kalemie, but now Betu. The Banga forces were eradicated, and the Ka. Kourtu has a great opportunity to grow big.

First of all, the card. Kurtu's biggest enemy in Calemie has been defeated, and secondly, this time to defeat Betu. Gbarnga later seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, and also had the opportunity to seize Betu. Bangka left the turf so card. Kurtu's emergence as Calemie's new boss was almost a matter of course.

As the central city of Tanganyika Province and the main transportation route for controlling trade exchanges with the Tanzanian side, Kalemie is across the lake from the Tanzanian side of Kigoma, and if it can be the first to control it, the threat of Mpanda will be reduced by more than half.

Vice Chairman Liu looked at the plan provided by Zhu Shaoguang, "Shaoguang, I think the plan is feasible" Vice Chairman Liu said, "It's just this card. We can't draw conclusions about whether or not Kurtu can be lifted up, and whether it can be used for us after being lifted up, so we should be cautious in the early stage, and you should coordinate with the foreign affairs and Tanzanian sides, and in the early stage, it is better for us to support Colonel Lazaro in his personal name. ”

As soon as Zhu Shaoguang heard Vice Chairman Liu's suggestion, he immediately understood that he was very interested in the card. A local warlord like Kurtu, if Colonel Lazaro is allowed to intervene, if Ka. Kurtu is a dou who can't be supported, and if he says that he will abandon it in the middle, he will abandon it, and even if he unloads the mill and kills the donkey, he doesn't need to pay much political price.

With Vice Chairman Liu's approval and suggestion, Zhu Shaoguang quickly went down to coordinate and improve it, and soon formed a plan and began to hand it over to Colonel Liu Cheng and Lazaro at the front line to implement.

Card. Kurtu did not expect that his heart was moving and revealing the intention of taking refuge, which really attracted the attention of Colonel Lazaro, like pie falling from the sky, Colonel Lazaro agreed to cooperate with him in depth, and received Jacques. After coming to Git to deliver the message, the card. Kurtu personally crossed the border to consult with Colonel Lazaro on the details of cooperation.

In accordance with Zhu Shaoguang's plan, Lazaro will cooperate with Ka. Kurtu made a series of proposals and requests, including sending political and economic and military advisers to help Ka. Kurtu.

With the support of Colonel Lazaro, Ka. Kurtu reassured and boldly exploited the captured Betu. The weapons and ammunition of Banga's gang quickly expanded their strength to more than 1,000 people, although Colonel Saka tried his best to prevent this from happening, but after being killed by the assault battalion, Colonel Saka was already more than willing and insufficient, the Pickup Mobile Force was Colonel Saka's heavy firepower unit, and each pickup truck had a heavy machine gun, which was Colonel Saka's suppression of Betu before. Banga and Ka. Kurtu's biggest capital, but don't ruin it all now.

So, face the card. Kurtu was greatly expanded, and Colonel Saka was again asking for reinforcements from above, and he was also intimidating Ka. Kurtu, but none of them are of use and now the card . Kurtu has the support of Colonel Lazaro, and more importantly, there is an extremely powerful elite unit of the People's Liberation Army behind Colonel Lazaro. Kurtu certainly also knows that the day to settle Betu. Bangka and his gang are the People's Liberation Army.

So with this more than 1,000 troops, the card. Kurtu's strength completely surpassed the local government army garrison, becoming the strongest local warlord in Tanganyika Province. Kurtu began the process of swallowing the local warlords of Tanganyika Province, he now has the support of Colonel Lazaro, and there are no restrictions on the supply of weapons and ammunition, so he is very domineering in the face of other local warlords in Tanganyika Province, and uses threats and inducements to annex these local warlords, whether he is under the 'M23 Movement' or in the 'Congrès national pour la défense du peup' camp to which he has defected. Kurtu is all those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die.

In this chaotic place in eastern Congo, Ka. Kurtu's hard-line approach was quite effective, and he soon brought several nearby major cities under his command, while at the same time greatly expanding his military strength to more than 3,000 men—a force that was second to none in Tanganyika province, and in the four provinces that split off from the former Katanga region.

With this basis in mind, the political adviser sent by Colonel Lazaro suggested that the card. Kurtu was secretly negotiating with the top brass of the government army, and in the present situation, Kah. Kurtu can only rely on the government army to do things if he wants to go further, and with this great righteousness, he can rightfully control Tanganyika province.

The advice of the political adviser is just right, and for the government army, the card . Kurtu, a local warlord who automatically comes to the door, of course, can't ask for it, so although the card . Kurtu's demands were a little higher, and one by one he demanded to become the rightful military governor of Tanganyika province.

But the card. Kurtu is now the de facto owner of Tanganyika province, and if it can be nominally incorporated into the ranks of government forces, it will also be a political victory for government forces. So after a lot of fierce haggling, the card. Kurtu got his wish and became the supreme military governor of Tanganyika province. Colonel Kurtu this time was genuine, with a letter of appointment from the government army, not a self-appointed one.

Colonel Saka and his garrison were redeployed. Kurtu's troops were transformed into new government soldiers.

Zhu Shaoguang's plan has begun to bear fruit.

On the other hand, the actions of the US military in Persia also bear fruit, and the US military concentrated elite forces in both attacks were very sharp, completely attracting the Americans, who were the main force of the Persians, and took the opportunity to carry out a large-scale airborne landing at the Persian nuclear base, occupying the Persian nuclear base in one fell swoop, but the Americans underestimated the Persian fanaticism, and when occupying the nuclear base, let a Persian nuclear scientist desperately detonate a nuclear weapon that was close to the finished product, and a small nuclear explosion caused heavy losses to the US airborne assault force.

Therefore, although the U.S. military destroyed the Persian nuclear base as it wished, so that the Persians would no longer have the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons for at least ten years, the accidental nuclear explosion caused the U.S. airborne combat unit to be greatly damaged, and compared with the perfect rescue operation of the People's Liberation Army, the U.S. military was really terrible this time.