Chapter 774: Bloody Battle of Baraka (4)
Nick. Zieland, of course, was aware of Lieutenant General Reilly's concerns, and he had been deeply involved in that plan. "General, we are not going to fight the PLA immediately, but to operate in Kenya after taking off." Zieland smiled secretly and said, "In this way, when the PLA discovers our F-15, this flying regiment of the PLA will definitely not dare to move lightly, we are only operating in Kenya, according to the PLA's code of conduct, they do not dare to cross the border at all, but they will be worried that we will cross the border at any time to strike." ”
"In this way, we will be able to contain the PLA's J-10C fighters and create opportunities for Ugandans to annihilate the PLA's J-7 UAVs." Nick. "At the same time, the general can secretly mobilize the F-35 squadron to come, and when the PLA finds out that we are just a suspicious tactic, we have already assembled the F-15 and F-35 squadrons, and then we can choose to suddenly cross the border and destroy the PLA air force in Tanzania in one fell swoop." At the same time, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade was dispatched to cooperate with the Ugandans and Rwandans to completely solve the problem of Ka. Kurtu Armed Forces. ”
I have to say, Nick. In addition to being politically unjustifiable, Zieland's plan is militarily feasible. In his view, in the face of the joint attack of the Rwandans and Ugandans, the US military in Tanzania has been replaced, and the troops have already been sent to South Kivu Province to defeat the Rwandian-Ukrainian coalition army.
However, the PLA lacks this kind of confidence, and can only wait for the opportunity of the Balaka tragedy, and only dare to send troops after obtaining the permission of the DRC government to send troops through political means. The Kurtu forces suffered heavy losses.
It can be said that at this point, Nick. Zieland saw the PLA very accurately.
Lieutenant General Reilly hesitated, threatening the PLA's air force not to let go of attacking Uganda's F-16 fighters, and the F-15 squadron's fighters must be very close to the battlefield, and it is best to form a horn with the Ugandan F-16 fighters and enter the attack state at any time, so that Lieutenant General Reilly has to order the F-15 squadron to enter Burundi's airspace, which is very close to Baraka.
Although the Burundian authorities will not react much to the entry of the US Air Force, in case the PLA Air Force suddenly launches an attack, the F-15 squadron can only choose to meet the battle, after the results of the two air battles in Diaoyutai proved that neither the F-15J nor the F-15E/F are the opponents of the PLA J-10C, coupled with the numerical inferiority, Lieutenant General Reilly is afraid that the F-15 squadron will be completely wiped out if the Chinese suddenly desperately enter Burundian airspace to fight.
"Don't worry, the Chinese don't have this confidence yet." Nick. Zieland is not worried, "Their so-called Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence have completely limited themselves, and their people have not yet learned how to behave in the way of great powers." You see, when in the past, when I took the initiative to start a battle, I was forced to fight back only when I was forced to do so. More often than not, even if someone finds him, he does not dare to use the force in his hand. ”
Lieutenant General Reilly thought about it, it seems that this is indeed the case, not to mention the earlier Sino-Indian war and the Sino-Vietnamese war, even Nansha only talked about it in the face of several small countries, and it was not until the year before last that he really couldn't want to exploit oil that he finally took it back.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Reilly is Nick. Ziland persuaded him, and he ordered the F-15 squadron stationed at the Nairobi air base to take off and go to Burundi's airspace near Baraka to carry out a deterrent mission, and at the same time urgently coordinated the mobilization of the F-35 squadron stationed at the Saudi air base to help, and if the conditions were right, Lieutenant General Reilly did not mind taking the initiative to launch an attack to give the PLA Air Force a fatal blow.
As long as the PLA J-10C flying regiment is knocked out, the remaining PLA ground forces will have nothing to fear.
"Old Song, the Yankees are really good at picking time, so it will be very difficult for our air force." Looking at the radar map on the large curtain wall of the command headquarters on the information of the US F-15 squadron dispatch, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai Qiliang frowned, although he had estimated in advance the sudden movement of the US military fighters, but in terms of dealing with it, everyone has not come up with a good solution.
The General Staff Department strictly ordered that the PLA should not cross the border to fight without authorization, and this limited the options for the PLA to take the initiative to attack, so that if the US F-15 squadron stayed in Burundi or Kenya, Song Jihong and they would not be able to attack, but no one knew that the US fighters that were close at hand would not suddenly launch an attack.
"Old Song, I always feel that this matter is not so simple," Chief of Staff Zheng Quan said with a solemn face, "Although the strength of this F-15E/F fighter does not seem to be as strong as our Air Force J-10C combat power, but the difference is not too far, if we only dispatch 10 fighters, once attacked by the US military, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck, I think it is necessary to take off all the fighters as soon as possible to escort the Baraka battle, so that once something happens, we can deal with it in time." ”
When Song Jihong heard Zheng Quan say this, he groaned for a while, and then ordered the air force to attack and respond, and this flight regiment newly stationed in Tanzania belongs to a fully reinforced regiment, with a total of more than 30 J-10C fighters, and after pouring out, the F-15 squadron of the US military has the upper hand.
After the 10 J-10Cs that took off in advance took off from the US F-15, Song Jihong ordered to stay in Tanzania for the time being, and the destroyer drones that were on duty were recalled to stay at the air base near Kigoma, on the one hand, replenish fuel and ammunition, and on the other hand, wait for the escort of J-10C fighters, without the escort of J-10C fighters, this UAV, which has almost no self-defense ability, is not the opponent of F-16 fighters at all.
Although this inevitably gave Ugandans and Rwandans a chance to breathe, the J-10C fighters from the Dar es Salaam base took nearly an hour to arrive, while the Ugandans' F-16 fighters and the Americans' F-15 fighters only needed about half an hour to reach the battlefield.
The plan to use helicopters to drop off the infantry battalion had to be postponed, and this sudden turn of events relieved the Rw-Ukrainian coalition forces who had been overwhelmed by the Destroyer drones in Baraka, and their commander had long been desperate for the battle after seeing a large number of warplanes flying from the opposite shore, so he took advantage of this opportunity to gather troops to retreat from the city of Baraka.
Although the Destroyer UAV only carried out a round of bombing and strike missions, it almost destroyed the heavy firepower positions in the Rwan-Ukrainian coalition army, and the Pterodactyl UAV, which had been carrying out battlefield reconnaissance missions one by one, transmitted every move of the Rw-Ukrainian coalition army back to the PLA command center.
Watching as the enemy begins to retreat, Ka. Kurtu was relieved, and to be honest, his troops had reached a limit in their fight so far, and after several days of sleepless fighting, almost all the elite forces were pressed against the cards of Baraka. Kurtu, if it weren't for the constant news that the PLA would join the battle to rescue him, he would have packed up his troops and retreated to Kalemie.
Not enough this time Cai Zhongxiao did not break his promise, the People's Liberation Army really fell from the sky at a critical moment, and the Air Force took the lead in delivering a fatal blow to the enemy, and finally became the last straw that overwhelmed the equally exhausted Lu-Ukrainian coalition army. But even if the enemy starts to retreat now, Ka. Kurtu also could not organize troops to pursue and now stopped fighting after many cards. The soldiers of Kurtu began to sleep directly on the battlefield.
Good thing this time card. After a series of propaganda, Kurtu successfully molded his troops into the main force to resist the invasion, coupled with strict orders not to harass the residents, so that these soldiers were more or less recognized by the local residents, and took the initiative to provide them with some food and water in the interval between battles. Kurtu simply can't provide so many supplies for these soldiers, just ammunition is enough to replenish the card. Kurtu is nerve-wracking.
It can be said that this bloody battle, card. Although almost half of Kurtu's troops were defeated, he won the hearts and minds of the inhabitants of South Kivu.
However, just in the card. When Kurtu thought that the bloody battle was coming to an end, he found that the Rw-Ukrainian coalition was retreating on its own. Zieland, however, through the top brass of the Luukian military, issued an order to the Luuki coalition not to retreat, and the battle was finally fought like this. Ziland also needs the Lu-Ukrainian coalition to act as a decoy to lure the PLA Air Force out, and then wait for the F-35 squadron to come and annihilate it in one fell swoop.
Under the stern orders of the top brass of the Luuk military, the remaining 10,000 Luuku coalition troops stopped the retreat operation, but began to reorganize the troops more than ten kilometers after exiting Baraka, and the news soon reached Ka. Kurtu's ear, almost crashing card. Kurtu, in addition to hurriedly collecting about two battalions to form a new street fighting defense line in the northern urban area of Baraka City, is constantly urging Cai Zhongxiao to let the PLA troops come from the other side as soon as possible, and now his troops can indeed no longer withstand a new round of high-intensity attacks after slackening.
(Thank you to the book friend QQG for the reward, thank you!) )