Chapter 807: The Wind Rises in Africa

After an infantry brigade from Rwanda invaded Tanzania and was annihilated, under the organization of the US military, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya formed a coalition to go south, preparing to overthrow the current Tanzanian regime by force.

For Uganda and Rwanda, they have long been blind to their close neighbors, especially after China put forward the grand strategy of developing Africa, Tanzania has a sense of rapid change, and in East Africa is a bit of a standout, behind which there are people who support to go to Tanzania to salvage, of course they can't ask for it.

As far as Kenya is concerned, they are the most industrially developed countries in East Africa, and they very much hope to merge Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda into a unified federal state with the advantage of leading economic development, and they will lead the development of a large East African Community, so that they can form a large country with a population of hundreds of millions, rich resources, and a decisive role in Africa, and have the opportunity to sit on an equal footing with Egypt, South Africa and other African countries.

Both Tanzania and Uganda are rich in mineral resources, which can provide cheap and sufficient raw materials for the development of Kenya's manufacturing industry. So this is a very good opportunity for Kenya, in a dozen years they have enthusiastically promoted the construction of the so-called East African Community, and historically, Kenya and Tanzania have been ruled by the British, so it can be said that they have deep historical roots, and even now everyone is one of the native languages of English composition.

However, now that Tanzania has reached a close semi-alliance with China, the Kenyan side has found that its dream of a greater East African Community is getting farther and farther away, so when the United States proposed to change the current regime in Tanzania by force, the Kenyan top leaders were moved, and they hoped to realize their original dream in one fell swoop through this military operation, and even if Uganda could not be integrated into the East African Community, it would be an important step forward to realize the integration of Kenya and Tanzania first.

Therefore, under the covert operation of the United States, the three governments signed an agreement on joint military dispatch together, of course, their public demand is to expel the PLA from Africa and make Africa the Africa of Africans, of course, at this time, they automatically forget that there is still the existence of the US military on their own soil.

The coalition forces of the three countries cobbled together 30,000 troops, but the command fell into the hands of the US African Command, because in this war against the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the People's Liberation Army in Tanzania and the two newly formed Mechanized Infantry Brigades in Tanzania, the main force had to be the Third Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army in Africa, and the Triple Alliance of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya was just a fig leaf for provoking war.

Nairobi, U.S. Forces Africa Command.

"Tommy, Michelle, the PLA's air-ground integrated attack is extremely sharp, in the Ataq region of Pakistan, our 10th Mountain Division helicopter gunship attack battalion suffered very heavy losses when attacked by the Pakistani army's destroyer drones, these unmanned fighters modified from the PLA J-7 fighters are very flexible, and they are simply the natural enemies of our helicopter gunships and armor. In Africa, the PLA is armed with 60 of these unmanned attack aircraft, so your most important task is to ensure that the armored forces and air defense forces are together, and do not give the PLA UAVs any chance. ”

Lieutenant General Reilly, commander of the U.S. African Command, was playing the latest battlefield documentary from the headquarters, while telling the commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, Tommy Brown. Maj. Gen. Frick and Chief of Staff Mitchell. Brigadier General Moseley said.

Because Major General Flick and Brigadier General Moseley were about to attack with the main force of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, in order to prevent them from repeating the mistakes of the past, Lieutenant General Reilly specially asked for the latest battlefield documentary from the headquarters, the tragic situation of the 10th Mountain Division is the biggest setback suffered by the US military in nearly half a century, among which there are certainly places where the US military has improper command and coordination, but more importantly, the US military now does not have much opportunity and experience in facing an evenly matched opponent, resulting in a very lack of combat experience in this regard, Therefore, it is particularly necessary to learn from the lessons learned, and on the Korean battlefield, the US military adopted a completely new strategy and achieved good results.

However, Vice Admiral Reilly could not replicate this tactic in Africa, because Vice Admiral Reilly would not have an Army ground-to-surface tactical missile battalion or a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile to assist him, and he would only be able to rely on the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division and an F-35 squadron at his disposal, as well as several old-fashioned infantry brigades from countries such as Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.

Looking at the picture of the longbow Apache being shot down one after another by the dive attack of the Pakistani destroyer drone, Major General Flick and Brigadier General Moseley both looked solemn, in the face of such an attack, in addition to using anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down enemy planes in advance, they could not think of a better way.

"General, in Africa, can't our air force completely master air supremacy?" Major General Frick asked a little confused, he knew that the best tactic to deal with these drones was to send the air force to shoot them down in advance, obviously the US military has always relied on the leading is the navy and air force, there are two squadrons of air force fighters in Kenya, and there are more US fighters in the Gulf area farther away, Major General Flick does not understand why Lieutenant General Reilly does not arrange the air force to deal with these drones, but instead hands over the combat mission to his third division air defense combat unit.

"I'm sorry, Tommy, according to the strength of our current air force, fighting in the skies over Tanzania, our air force can only ensure the needs of the PLA air force now, and cannot provide you with more support." Lieutenant General Reilly said with some bitterness, "The PLA's air force strength has grown rapidly, and now they are our real rivals, whether in Pakistan or on the Korean Peninsula, our air force has not been able to gain air supremacy to defeat the PLA Air Force." ”

"So on the African battlefield, there will be no new fighters in the air force in the short term, and now, we all have to learn to fight without air supremacy."

Major General Flick was stunned, obviously he didn't expect that the U.S. military in Africa could not control the sky, he knew that in this part of Africa, the PLA Air Force only had 2 flight regiments and more than 60 fighters, and now that Pakistan has entered a combat state, the PLA has no possibility of continuing to reinforce Africa at all, as for the 60 Destroyer drones, Major General Flick obviously did not see them as real fighters.

"General, our air force can't send another squadron to come, so that we can completely destroy the PLA air force, and can greatly reduce the resistance to the offensive of our ground forces," Brigadier General Moseley interjected, he saw that the tank unit of the 10th Mountain Division was completely defeated in the face of the tanks of the Pakistani army, and had an astonishing battle loss ratio, and if the armed attack helicopters on his side could not obtain safe airspace to enter the battle, there was no hope of breaking through the PLA tank defense line with ground armor alone.

"Michelle, there is a need for fighters everywhere now," Lieutenant General Reilly said with a wry smile, "If we hadn't started early enough, these two squadrons in our hands would have been sent to fight in Asia now, you must know that the two major battlefields in Asia are much more important than ours, as you know, now we have suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in Pakistan, and now the main force of the Indians has also been attracted to its northeastern region by the PLA, it can be said that they need the air force more urgently than us to open up this unfavorable situation." At present, at least 70 percent of the strength of our air force is invested in various theaters in Asia, and the air power left on the home and European sides has reached the lowest level in history. ”

Major General Frick and Brigadier General Moseley looked at each other, their eyes full of horror, although they knew that this strategy against China had invested a lot of resources in Asia, but they did not expect that they had now reached the limit of unsustainability, and it seemed that the Chinese were far more difficult than they imagined.

For the first time in his life, Major General Flick was a little worried about his future combat mission, although his opponent was only a PLA infantry brigade with only more than 6,000 people, which was far inferior to the main division of more than 20,000 people under his command. However, the tragic experience of the 10th Mountain Division shows that the PLA has been reborn in terms of equipment quality, and its armored strength has surpassed the main equipment of the US army in service.

Together with the two Tanzanian new infantry brigades, which are mainly equipped with similar equipment to the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Major General Frick has already regarded the future enemy as a lifelong enemy.

"Although we can't control the situation in the air, we will also be very likely to suppress the PLA's drone attack" Lieutenant General Reilly looked at the two generals under him a little low, and then cheered, "Not to mention that the third division itself has extremely strong air defense capabilities, as long as we pay attention to the coordinated operation of all arms in the attack, our strength will definitely be able to help us win." ”

Lieutenant General Reilly asked Frick and Moseley to watch this documentary today to raise their awareness of the difficulties of future battles, not to discourage their confidence, so the conversation changed.

"Yes, general, we have discovered the weakness of the PLA, although their new tanks are strong in combat capability, but if they are not equipped with unmanned fighters and tanks, they are obviously inferior in other aspects, whether it is armed helicopters or ground air defense capabilities, they are much stronger.

I think that when we are attacking, we should try our best to adopt air-ground coordination tactics, mainly using our superior armed helicopters to carry out long-range strikes against the PLA armored units, and then use tanks to attack their defense lines after defeating their armored forces, so that we can make the most of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and try to avoid tank battles with the PLA and finally achieve final victory. The real difficulty for us is how to provide reliable air defense protection for our helicopter gunships. Brigadier General Moseley deserves to be a staff officer, and after watching the war documentary, he quickly found the weakness of the PLA from the Pakistani army.

After listening to Brigadier General Moseley's words, Lieutenant General Reilly nodded with satisfaction, if he can make his subordinates realize the difficulty and not lose confidence, then the victory rate of this battle will be greatly enhanced, although the US military has suffered a major setback in Pakistan, but Lieutenant General Reilly does not think that this tragedy will be repeated in Africa, after all, he is ready to solve the PLA's nail in Africa in the way of a lion fighting a rabbit.