Although the US military's African offensive operations were soon transmitted to the PLA Headquarters in Tanzania and the General Staff Operational Command Center through radio waves, the General Staff Department is now too busy in the Asian theater, and there is nothing there is to do in the African theater to help, so it can only rely on the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and two flight regiments stationed in Tanzania, as well as more than 40,000 Tanzanian defense forces.

In the face of the aggressive offensive of the US military and the Triple Alliance, the PLA Headquarters in Tanzania and the Tanzanian military set up a joint command headquarters to unify the command of the PLA and the Tanzanian National Defense Forces in Tanzania, with Tanzanian Commander-in-Chief and Army General Karajan as the commander-in-chief, PLA Senior Colonel Song Jihong as the deputy commander-in-chief, and the operational command center set up at the Tanzanian Army Command in the suburbs of Dodoma.

"Since yesterday, the U.S. military and Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya have formed a three-country coalition of East African troops on two routes, with the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the Armored Brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the U.S. Army as the main force, and the Kenyan 3rd Infantry Brigade crossed the Kentan border and captured Arusha along the A104 road; The western route is dominated by the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army, which has invaded along Highway B3 in coordination with 3 Ugandan infantry brigades and 2 Rwandan infantry brigades, and the forward has already occupied our Uyanu. Lieutenant General Nko, Chief of Staff of the Tanzanian Army, pointed to the huge electronic map of Tanzania and briefed the generals of the China-Tanzanian Joint Command on the latest combat situation.

"According to the intelligence taken by drone reconnaissance, the reason why the infantry brigades of the three coalition forces in East Africa are marching so fast this time is because they have now all achieved motorized mobility, and they have recruited thousands of trucks as a means of transportation for infantry, so that their mobility can keep up with the actions of the mechanized infantry of the US military and be consistent with the main force of the US army." Lieutenant General Nko was showing a large number of pictures taken by the front-line Pterodactyl drone high-altitude shooting and reconnaissance teams using Jingwei drones.

From the perspective of Uganda and Rwanda, two countries that are poorer than Tanzania, it is a bit unexpected to collect so many trucks this time, but when everyone sees the various trucks of the Rwanda and Ukrainian armies in the picture, they are relieved.

"Judging by the current offensive route of the U.S. military, their troops are divided into two routes, and their goals should be directed at Dotoma." After a brief introduction to the current situation, Lieutenant General Enke turned to Senior Colonel Song Jihong and said, "Senior Colonel Song, in your opinion, how should we deal with it now?" ”

The U.S. offensive was quite rapid, and in one day it advanced 100 kilometers on both the eastern and western fronts, which was a large force of more than 40,000 people, and along the way they also defeated the three infantry regiments of the Tanzanian National Defense Force's Northern Military Region deployed on these two defensive lines.

Although the top brass of the Tanzanian military has not yet lost confidence, in the face of the powerful attack capability of the US military, from the commander-in-chief of the Tanzanian Defense Forces, Army General Karajan, to the ordinary soldiers below, there is actually a fear mentality, after all, the two sides are not at the same level in terms of equipment and training level, so the three infantry regiments deployed on the border of the Northern Military Region are almost immediately crushed in the face of the US attack.

"Your Excellency General Karajan, Your Excellency General Enko," Senior Colonel Song Jihong, who had been prepared for this, faced the expectant eyes of the two bigwigs of the Tanzanian military, and expressed his views very calmly, he knew that at this critical moment in front of him, he must not show the slightest fear, otherwise it is very likely that the Tanzanian military, which is not very strong, will to fight will give birth to the idea of surrendering, although this battle is the most difficult battle in his life, but it is not completely without a chance.

"The U.S. military and the East African three-country coalition forces divided their forces to attack, in fact, it gave us a good opportunity to break through" Senior Colonel Song Jihong gave the Tanzanian military these two bigwigs a reassurance as soon as he opened his mouth, "You see, the place where the U.S. military passes through is the northern mountainous areas such as the Bare Mountains and the Usambala Mountains that are crisscrossed by ravines, and the transportation is quite inconvenient, although this does not have a big impact on the combat effectiveness of the U.S. mechanized troops, but such terrain is very difficult for their logistics supply." ”

"We all know that the U.S. military is a highly mechanized force, and now the three coalition forces in East Africa have also used a large number of trucks to achieve motorization, which seems to be a lot more mobile, but relatively, their dependence on logistics supply has also increased a lot, trucks, tanks, and helicopters all need a lot of fuel to support them, so our opportunity for this operation is to attack and cut off their logistics supply lines after dragging them head-on."

"Relatively speaking, the strength of the U.S. forces on the Western Front is much weaker, therefore, I propose to concentrate superior forces to take the lead in solving the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on the Western Front, concentrate the main forces of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Wehrmacht, establish a western defense line in the Kaham, Nzega and Isaac areas, and use the air firepower superiority of our destroyer UAVs to find the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the auxiliary units of the U.S. Army that will be annihilated first;

At the same time, with the main force of the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the People's Liberation Army, the northern defense line was established in the area from Babati to Condoa to resist the attack of the Second Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Armored Brigade of the Third Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army, as well as the auxiliary troops, and waited for the end of the fighting on the Western Front to concentrate the main forces of the First Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Second Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Wehrmacht to encircle and annihilate the US troops on the Eastern Front. ”

After listening to Song Jihong's battle plan, General Karajan and Lieutenant General Nko couldn't help but perk up, the first mechanized infantry brigade and the second mechanized infantry brigade of the Tanzanian National Defense Force are equipped in accordance with the standards of the main mechanized infantry brigade of the PLA, and the main combat force of the whole brigade is composed of two 99A2 tank battalions and three Type 05 infantry fighting vehicle infantry battalions, plus one 152-mm self-propelled howitzer battalion, one 100-mm self-propelled mortar, one Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile battalion, and one midge-90M anti-aircraft missile battalion to form heavy fire support and anti-aircraft anti-tank forces.

It can be said that the ground attack power of the Tanzanian mechanized infantry brigade is not much inferior to that of the U.S. mechanized infantry brigade, and the gap between the two is relatively large is the air firepower, the third mechanized infantry division of the U.S. military has 36 AH-64E attack helicopters, 8 AH-1 attack helicopters, and 24 UH-60 multi-purpose helicopters, and 18 AH-64E attack helicopters and 12 UH-60 multi-purpose helicopters assigned to the Western Front troops this time. These 30 US military helicopters are all carrying US Haierfa (Hellfire) heavy anti-tank missiles, and according to the internal combat effectiveness assessment of the US military, the combat power of this helicopter attack team is at least equivalent to that of more than 200 M1A2 tanks.

The Tanzanian Infantry Brigade does not have any air attack capability except for a few Pterodactyl UAVs and more than a dozen Jingwei UAVs for aerial reconnaissance. Therefore, if a one-on-one frontal battle, a Tanzanian mechanized infantry brigade will definitely not be an opponent of a U.S. mechanized infantry brigade.

However, specific to the special battlefield in the mountainous northeast of Tanzania, with the advantage of local combat and the support of the Destroyer UAV sent by the PLA, if the impact of the US attack helicopters can be effectively neutralized, the two Tanzanian infantry brigades can form an overwhelming advantage over one US infantry brigade.

"Colonel Song, although the combat strength of the Rwandan and Ugandan troops is average, they are basically the same equipment as the ordinary infantry brigades of our Tanzanian Defense Force, and the troops of nearly 20,000 people in these five infantry brigades are still a force to be reckoned with. Lieutenant General Nko said worriedly.

"Your Excellency General Enko, according to my estimate, these auxiliary units of the East African Three-Power Coalition Army should not be put into attack by the US military, but mainly used to maintain the US military's transportation lines, because the equipment of these troops is too far from the US military, and in addition, there was no joint combat exercise with the US military before the war, so it is difficult to coordinate and identify friend or foe during the attack, and engaging in an attack together will not only fail to enhance combat strength, but may become a burden on the US military." In response to Lieutenant General Enke's concerns, Song Jihong explained.

"Of course, we are not completely sitting idly by and ignoring these troops, and I suggest that after the main force of the US military enters our designated combat area and lengthens the logistics supply communication line, the rest of the Wehrmacht's Northern Military Region, the Wehrmacht's Third Infantry Brigade, the Wehrmacht's Special Brigade, and other units with battalions and companies as combat units, will be dispatched in an all-out manner to attack and harass the three-nation coalition forces in East Africa to attract their attention, and on the other hand to attack and sabotage the US military's logistics supply communication line. In this way, we only need to invest about 10,000 troops, and it is possible to drag these 30,000 coalition troops. ”

"If the U.S. military wants to maintain a transportation line of about 500 kilometers on the east and west lines, these 30,000 coalition troops will definitely leave us with a lot of opportunities."

For guerrilla warfare and traffic sabotage warfare, these are the traditional strengths of the PLA, and Senior Colonel Song Jihong is confident that he will give the US military another "surprise." However, due to the lack of experience of the Tanzanian Defense Forces in this area, and the fact that the 1st and 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigades of the Tanzanian Defense Forces have been in operation for a short time, Senior Colonel Song Jihong is also very worried about whether his commanders will be able to withstand the pressure of such a strong enemy as the US military.

When Senior Colonel Song Jihong euphemistically raised this concern, General Karajan decisively decided to hand over the command of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces to the PLA commanders and fighters assigned by Song Jihong to unify the command. It does not reflect the integrated combat power of the PLA active infantry brigade at all.

Under these circumstances, Senior Colonel Song Jihong sent Colonel Zheng Quan, chief of staff, to temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front Command of the Tanzanian Defense Forces, and Colonel Lazaro as the deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade to cooperate with Colonel Zheng Quan's command, and at the same time transferred Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Dacheng, commander of the 1st Armored Battalion of the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, to serve as the deputy commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Tanzanian National Defense Force, temporarily commanding its two 99A2 tank battalions.

The main force of the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade went north under the command of Deputy Brigade Commander Colonel Dai Qiliang, preparing to resist the US offensive on the Eastern Front in the area from Babati to Condoa, and create conditions for the annihilation of the US First Brigade on the Western Front.

In the air, the Chinese J-10C and J-21 flight regiments have already fought with the US F-15E/F and F-35 squadrons many times, and in the face of invading US fighters, the PLA Air Force has relied on the perfect land-based radar early warning system established in Tanzania to have a slight upper hand in air combat, effectively creating good conditions for the dispatch of destroyer drones.

In the Tanzanian battlefield in Africa, with the Tanzanian military luring the enemy deep and the US army continuing to deepen, it will soon enter the final decisive stage.