Chapter 660 - Rocket Artillery Fights Fighters?
After all, they are two small countries, even if there is a full-scale war, it has nothing to do with the vast majority of those people who are in a peaceful and prosperous era, at most, that is, they have a few glimpses through the news, and then what should they do.
However, for those in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, this is not just a matter of a few glances, it is a matter of life and death.
The border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe is not short, and Mozambique, which had been prepared for a long time, had already established a defensive line on the border line before the declaration of war, and after the declaration of war, it gathered its forces to launch an offensive at one point.
This is the border between Tete Province of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which has been chaotic for many days.
The army drove by, and Tete City, which was originally chaotic and still a little unwilling to stop, quieted down in an instant. Although the training level of the Mozambican army is not high and the equipment is not very good, it is an army after all, and the deterrent effect is much higher than that of the Mozambican police, who want to maintain law and order but are not effective.
Zimbabwe is not unprepared, and President Joyce is no stranger to war when she was already informed in advance, and even took down a helicopter gunship with a rifle in the early years.
On the contrary, she prefers war to her years as a politician, which is her specialty.
The start of the war between the armies of the two countries instantly caused the two countries to burst into flames.
Although in the eyes of many people, this level of smoke is just a small fight, but those war correspondents are very concerned about this level of small fight.
ABC also has war correspondents, who were originally in the Middle East and didn't pay much attention to the chaos in Africa. This is because the Middle East region has money, fights are good-looking, and fighter bombing and other things often appear, but wars in Africa have always been short-handed and flesh-and-blood fought by conventional weapons such as rifles.
But the order from the top made these war correspondents, who were not afraid of death, rush to the scene where the fighting between Mozambique and Zimbabwe was the most fierce in the first place.
"Hello viewers, I'm ABC TV war correspondent Bond."
A reporter introduced himself to the camera, then pointed the camera at the battlefield where the gunfire was incessant.
He didn't have his own cameraman, so he had to carry his own camera, sometimes just a small video recorder at home, and then send it back to the TV station for profit after taking pictures that the audience would like to watch.
"On one side of the warring is the army units of the Central Military Region of the Mozambican Defence Forces. The Mozambican Defence Force has a total strength of 30,000 men, including the army, navy and air force, as well as logistics units. The actual strength consists of 7 infantry battalions, 3 special forces battalions, 2 engineer battalions, 1 transport battalion, 3 artillery battalions, 2 marine companies, and a small number of logistics, communications, and management personnel, with only 13,000 men in service. ”
"The 13,000 people are divided into three military districts, northern, central and southern. At present, the main task of Mozambique's Northern and Southern Military Regions is to defend the border and to transfer troops to the Central Military Region to concentrate attacks on Zimbabwe's borders. ”
After this introduction, war correspondent Bond couldn't help laughing, he really doubted, what is there to see about a war launched by a country of this magnitude?
The total number of troops counted in battalions is only 13,000, what can be a big deal? If you don't look good, the audience won't like to watch it, so wouldn't it be a risk to run around this time?
As for the air and navy of Mozambique...... Bond doesn't give an introduction at all.
But now that he has come and entered the battlefield, Bond also abides by his professional ethics and continues: "The defense is the Zimbabwe Defence Force, which was established in 1980 and is an army that has been honed in the War of Independence. ”
"Zimbabwe is located in the middle of the African continent and has no territorial waters, so there are only two branches of the army, the air force. The total strength is 40,000, but in reality, Zimbabwe has about 20,000 reserves. It is worth mentioning that Zimbabwe's air force has 5,000 people, but they don't even have a real fighter jet. ”
After this introduction, Bond suddenly knew why Mozambique, which was far inferior to Zimbabwe, dared to start a war against Zimbabwe?
The number of people is not good, Mozambique's air force has only 1,000 people, which is really much less than Zimbabwe.
However, Mozambique has real fighter jets, while Zimbabwe does not.
Cameras faithfully recorded the battle ahead, with both armies firing from behind bunkers, tanks and armoured vehicles coming out to take advantage.
At this moment, there was a sudden whistling sound, and Bond raised his head to look at the sky, and then immediately excitedly adjusted the lens of the camera.
"The Mozambican Air Force was dispatched, and their air force unit had a squadron of fighters, a squadron of transport aircraft, a squadron of trainers and a squadron of helicopters, as well as a company of surface-to-air missiles."
"Everyone, pay attention to the fact that the two fighters that flew just now are a supersonic fighter developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau of the former Soviet Union in the early 50s of the 20th century, and this fighter is the only fighter squadron with real combat effectiveness in the Mozambik Air Force."
"Mozambique claims that they have seven, but this has never been confirmed, and as it stands, they have at least two."
The MiG-21 is whizzing by, how can it be that it is here for sightseeing?
"Boom...... Boom ......"
With a deafening bang, Bond excitedly stood up and raised the camera in his hand.
In order to give his war a commanding foot, Mozambique welcomes journalists like Bond from the United States.
The Mozambican soldiers not far from Bond also showed relieved expressions, and after the bombing of the two fighters, their offensive pressure would be much less.
Although Bond subconsciously ignored the Mozambican Air Force before, after all, the Mozambique Air Force, which only has a few fighters, is really a scum in front of an American like him.
But when it came to the battlefield, especially when Zimbabwe, another belligerent country, did not have fighter jets, those fighters in Mozambique, which were looked down upon by the Americans, were really invincible.
Bond saw that the ground forces in Mozambique, after the fighter bombardment, began to advance in full force, and could not wait to follow.
"In fact, Zimbabwe used to have fighter jets, and the main fighter was the J-7 from Huaxia, but now it has been retired. Because of the poor economic situation in Zimbabwe, they did not purchase new fighter jets. ”
"The only aircraft in the Zimbabwean Air Force that has not been retired is the Chinese K-8 trainer aircraft, but this kind of trainer aircraft is not very useful on the battlefield, especially when the Mozambican Air Force has MiG-21 fighters."
With Bond's introduction, the Mozambican Defence Forces (NDF) have successfully completed a comprehensive breakthrough, and they have occupied Zimbabwean territory.
It was at this time that the whistling sound was heard again, and two MiG-21 fighters appeared again.
Bond didn't know if it was the other two MiG-21s or the previous two MiG-21s, he only knew that after the two fighters completed the high-altitude bombing again, the victory of this wave of battles would be sealed.
The MiG-21, which could be roaring, turned into two flames in the roar of shells.
Bond was dumbfounded, but the camera in his hand faithfully recorded the footage of two MiG-21s being hit and falling into flames.
The reason why he was stunned was not that Zimbabwe knocked out two MiG-21 fighters, but that the roaring artillery just now came, and he didn't even hear what kind of weapon it was?
This is unbelievable for a professional war correspondent, especially since he had previously made up Zimbabwe's military strength figures.
"Could it be Huaxia's Type 63 107mm light towed rocket launcher? PHZ89 Type 122 mm 40-barreled self-propelled rocket launcher? ”
"Isn't Zimbabwe the only one that can be considered a rocket launcher from China?"
"But can rocket artillery take down fighters?"
In this moment, Bond remembered the legend of the new Zimbabwean president, Joyce, a ruthless man who used a rifle to knock out a helicopter gunship.
But it's acceptable to knock out a gunship with a rifle, and a fighter with a rocket launcher?
I don't dare to make a movie like this.
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PS: Zimbabwe really only has the decommissioned J-7.Mozambique really has the MiG-21 as well.