Chapter 151: The Grand Fireworks (1)
If the previous attack was just a small test for Shepard to create a split, then the next step is to deploy the regular combat force of the Shadow Company, which is to put a match in this tense powder keg.
What happened to the Angolans, Shepard didn't care, all he cared about was control of the central oil region, and if he wanted to get control, he had to do something!
The Huey fleet, which had begun preparations very early and had carefully studied and simulated the route, flew more than 200 kilometers in one breath with personnel and supplies and placed it elsewhere, and this kind of blatant invasion of other countries' airspace may require a few rounds of surface-to-air missiles, but the Portuguese Air Force has only about 150 combat planes in Angola, and the territory to be responsible for is the size of a Western Europe.
The mercenary who had been lurking in the target area had already marked the Great Plains, and when he radioed to the helicopter fleet and heard the rotors in the dark, he immediately ignited a huge guidance mark on the ground.
Several huge flaming arrows appeared on the grassland like galloping wild horses, and the huge signs even lit up half of the sky, but although the fire was raging, there was no risk of spreading, and the mercenaries had already cleared the barrier.
Under the guidance of the ground markings, the Huey fleet flying in a column quickly landed, and then a group of heavily armed people quickly jumped out of the cabin, and then unloaded the strapped supply boxes in the cabin.
In a few moments, the entire Apple detachment had completed the landing, and when the weapons and ammunition were unloaded, the helicopter fleet immediately climbed up and returned along the same road, while the Apple detachment quickly wiped out the traces and then quickly disappeared into the hilly area under the leadership of the mercenaries.
"Call the castle, a is already in place!"
"Did anything happen?"
"No, we're proceeding according to our scheduled plan, and we expect to be in the target area in an hour!"
"Then go ahead with the plan!"
As the first combat detachment established by the Shadow Company, the particularity of the Apple detachment is self-evident, just like a certain first legion, the first brigade, they have the best equipment in the company, and the ratio of snipers is also the highest in the company.
After running more than 20 kilometers overnight, the Apple detachment stopped at the edge of the forest after passing through a forest, and then the commander of the detachment picked up a telescope and looked into the distance.
On the other side of the horizon, there is a bright light, a simple railway station that connects to the central oil field, where heavy oil extracted from the ground is loaded onto trains and transported to the seaport.
Relying on the work of the black uncles day and night, as well as the advanced extraction equipment purchased from the United Kingdom, this seemingly small oil field can extract nearly 100 tons of crude oil every day, although it is not rich and expensive, but the profit is enough to make people lie down and eat for a lifetime.
It's a pity that now this golden rice bowl is gone!
Shepard was not prepared to attack the oil fields directly, that would destroy the extraction facilities, and if the oil wells were destroyed in the middle of the battle, it would be a lot of fun, he was going to destroy the channels. ….
The previous blow to the servant army was just an appetizer, and if you want the Portuguese and the servant army to fight on their own, you have to start from their common interests, after all, the brothers will fight to the death for three points, not to mention the two groups of people who are separated from Germany!
It's still early at the moment, the train has not yet entered the station, the train station is busy, and it is also those oil workers and servant soldiers, the Portuguese have set up two cordons around the railway station, the first is an ordinary iron fence, and a warning sign has been set up, but there are no patrol officers, after all, this kind of place, ordinary people do not dare to come.
The second cordon is a two-meter-high concrete fence with a watchtower, and there are searchlights on the watchtower, but these facilities are only decorations, because for so many years, no one has come to the idea of this railway station, so the guards in charge of guarding here have become accustomed to perfunctory, as long as the officer is not there, then everyone begins to fish, competing for the swing.
These are non-existent security facilities
It's like a false gate, you can defend against gentlemen, but you can't guard against villains, let alone military contractors with recoilless guns and anti-tank rocket launchers.
But the Apple detachment didn't have the courage to launch a decisive charge on the plains, taking ten minutes or more to rush through the uncovered two-kilometer flatland, and then fight the prepared Black Uncles in the dark.
No one would do this, the gun in the hand of a three-year-old child is as powerful as the gun in the hand of a thirty-year-old adult, although these servants seem to be the scum of war, but they are also a rare elite who can only defeat the enemy, although it is impossible to fight the contractor to the end, but a few shots are strong and worthy of the money given by the Portuguese.
What's more, the Black Uncles also have fortifications, and although no one is on duty at those watchtowers and shooting bunkers, the speed of the people in these positions is far faster than the speed of sprinting across the plains.
What's more, attacking fortifications has never been Shepard's choice, and a brutal flesh-and-mill-like engagement with the enemy is a nightmare for all commanders, not to mention that the leader is Captain Lee, who is from the Einsatzgruppen.
Unlike most Vietnamese troops, the South Vietnamese Einsatzgruppen is a rare firefighting team, with many brilliant results, but it is a pity that his teammates are too vegetable to take it at all, but after coming to Africa, Captain Li is like a fish in water, after all, the battle environment here is simply a paradise compared to Vietnam.
"These guys, if I can contact an artillery regiment and need to do this, I can get them all up in five minutes!"
"But we don't, why don't we try those two cannons?"
The squad commander on the side pointed to the two recoilless guns in the disassembled state, since the battle of the river valley, they can't put down this powerful big baby, so Shepard got a few more, in addition to the 106 high-explosive shells, he even made more than a dozen small yellow bullets used to hit tanks, which is commonly known as armor fragmentation bullets, but those ammunition has no chance to be used at present.
"I'm going to throw you with a slingshot!"
Captain Li slapped his deputy in the buttocks, knocked the beret off his head away, and then said angrily.
"Tell the squad leaders to come over for a meeting, we're ready to act!"
Then the deputy took the radio and began to call the detachments.
Ghosts never get lost