Chapter 127: Mines and Tunnels
The so-called asymmetric warfare refers to the fact that the two sides of the war are completely unequal, as in the case of the war in Afghanistan, where the United States and the local resistance forces are completely one adult and one child.
In such a war, it is naturally impossible for any big scene to break out between the two sides, and it is already rare for TLB to gather dozens or hundreds of people to launch an attack, and large-scale offensive battles only began after the withdrawal of US troops.
Therefore, Shepard did not expect the Angolan guerrillas to fight the Portuguese army in a regular battle, because that would be to send them to death, so the tactics of stealing chickens and dogs and dogs piecemeal were the most suitable for them.
In some respects, the Pearl Party guerrillas in Lebanon are the standard model of modern asymmetric warfare, because they have broken the steel seal of the invincible thinking of the Zionites in several Middle East wars in 2006 and taught the world a good lesson.
And Shepard also happens to know a little bit.
"So, we don't need to teach those people how to dig trenches, how to build bunkers, because it's useless, what they need is, how to make traps, how to make suggestion explosives, how to dig tunnels, in other words, how Charlie fights you in Vietnam, you teach them how to do it!"
"It always feels like the boss is scolding us!"
"After all, we're going to learn Charlie now!"
The PMCs, who were also wearing camouflage hoods, sat at the blackboard and listened to Shepard's plan like elementary school students.
These dozen or so people are all old men of the Shadow Company, most of them have served in SOG, and later had to retire from active service due to injuries and other factors, although their combat effectiveness is not as good as before, but their skills have never regressed, and even have a deeper degree of advancement in some aspects.
And what they are good at is nothing more than how to cause destruction, how to make the enemy tremble.
"So, that's all that's needed, teach them how to make a time bomb with the tools at hand, teach them how to dig tunnels, and that's enough!"
Shepard this is not nonsense, although the tunnel mine thing sounds very old, but in fact it is not outdated at all in terms of use, in the most painful defeat of the Zion people, they even dispatched armored brigades and paratroopers, close to the combat force of tens of thousands of people, but did not shake the position of the Pearl Party with only one hundred and fifty people stationed, but it was the continuous loss of their own troops that led to low morale, and the magic weapon of the Pearl Party was their tunnel network that extended in all directions.
The dozen or so trainees sent by Zabi were even dismissive of what they were going to learn, believing that what they were going to learn was how to command a hundred rifle-only guerrillas to crush a thousand Portuguese regulars armed with tanks and armored vehicles head-on.
"What's the use of all these things of yours?"
"Look, I'll just say these guys don't believe it!"
Plommri looked like he was watching a good show, and Zabi was a little embarrassed, after all, these were his own people, and he wanted to reprimand his own people fiercely, but was interrupted by Shepard.
"You don't think it's useful, do you?"
"Of course, we're going to learn something more powerful!"
A black uncle who also studied and drank foreign ink said proudly.
"That's easy, in that case, you don't mind letting us show you a demo, right?"
Shepard looked at Zabi on the side, and the latter's face immediately changed drastically, trying to stop Shepard's crazy thoughts.
"Mr. Price, there's no need for this, these guys don't learn, I'll change a batch of people who are willing to learn! It's dangerous on the Angolan side, and it's hard to be safe when you go! ”
"It's okay, the legs are on my own!"
Shepard's desire to win had been aroused, and since that was the case, he really didn't mind teaching these black uncles a good lesson.
"Captain McMillan, take your brothers with me!"
"Yes, Chief Price!"
Plumri is helpless, Shepard is a guy he can't control at all, on the contrary, every time he is taken by the other party to do all kinds of things, but what else can he say, he can only promise the other party.
So, a group of British volunteers from the so-called Task Force 141 crossed the border in canoes and arrived in Angola.
Here, however, Shepard experienced the plight of the guerrillas.
They lived in the hot and humid rainforest with mosquitoes, and their daily supplies could only be relied on hunting and fishing, and although there were seven or eight villages nearby, the guerrillas could not move an inch because of the high-handed policies of the Portuguese and the large number of spies who betrayed their intelligence.
But there are also advantages, Shepard doesn't even have to look for targets, because there are too many targets to choose from, and less than sixty kilometers away from him, there is a checkpoint of the Portuguese regular army, where a platoon of thirty regular troops and more than a hundred local militiamen are stationed.
This checkpoint controls tens of square kilometers of the surrounding area, and at the same time monitors the virtual national border, and giving them a hard blow is like giving someone a slap in the face in broad daylight.
"So, do you have any information about this place?"
"There are some, but not many!"
Zabi gave his own information, including the name of the garrison commander, where he was from, what he liked to do, and other basic information about the garrison.
"Their supplies are delivered every two weeks?"
"Yes, you want to do something to the supply convoy? But they will send armed jeeps and regular troops to protect them! ”
Zabi was a little surprised, they didn't use this trick before, but they couldn't beat the opponent at all, the Portuguese still had a radio, once they were attacked, the armored vehicles would come with a large group of men and horses to support, and they couldn't beat it at all!
"So why do you keep trying to destroy your opponents? With your strength, you can't do it at all, so why don't you set your goals low and embarrass your opponents? ”
"But?"
"It's nothing, Mr. Zabi, just let your people watch!"
Shepard was confident, but his men were confused, as they didn't have any bazookas or light machine guns, just a few bombs made from artillery shells and improvised mines made from tin cans.
"So, what's your plan, ambush the convoy? Then I suggest that the Apple detachment be transferred over, and we can annihilate the target in five minutes! ”
"Annihilate what, who said to annihilate the supply convoy?"
Shepard rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to do something to their big army!"
"What?"