Chapter 182: The New Cannon Fodder
"The 500th Paratrooper Battalion!"
"Why do you seem so nostalgic?"
"That's my old rival too!"
Hudson raised his head and looked up at the ceiling at a forty-five degree angle with three points of emotion and seven points of nostalgia, and then said leisurely.
"Can you elaborate, Agent Hudson?"
"Bay of Pigs incident!"
"Got it!"
Shepard nodded, Hudson is also an old tool of the CIA, Cuba, Latin America, Vietnam, and Europe run everywhere, and it is normal to go to Cuba to match Castro on the line, but the result on the line is not so wishful.
Maybe Castro was destined to defeat the CIA, the Bay of Pigs operation did not go smoothly from the beginning, it cost an unknown amount of money, and the coup d'état that cost an unknown amount of manpower instead became the stage for Cuban *** Castro, who commanded the army to give the CIA a head-on blow, Hudson is estimated to be a member of the Cubans who will be pressed to the ground and rubbed wildly.
"So, on our side, the SPLM has sent Cuban paratroopers, and it's time for our NATO soldiers to appear, right?"
"I'm afraid not!"
Hannibal said as he played with the empty shell casing in his hand.
"Why, isn't NATO an international defense organization used to hoe the strong and help the weak?"
"Because the Soviet Union was too strong!"
Hannibal was accustomed to Shepard's yin and yang weirdness, but Hudson didn't know, and he thought Shepard really didn't understand, so he explained it to Shepard.
"Then this contract can't be done, Agent Hudson, the CIA paid us to guard the airport, not for us to be slaughtered by the regular Cuban army, my men have already suffered one-sixth casualties, and there are fourteen seriously wounded and thirty-three lightly wounded waiting for the transport plane to be evacuated, and twenty-eight corpses waiting to be returned to their families!"
"But this news hasn't been confirmed yet, hasn't it, if we had definite information, it should have been ......... a long time ago."
Before Hudson could finish his sentence, the signal corps, who was busy at the headquarters, hurried over.
"Boss, urgent news from Mr. Smith, and Agent Hudson's telegram!"
Hudson took the telegram and took a cursory look at it, and then his face changed dramatically.
"It seems that the news we both received should be about the same!"
Shepard shook the small note in his hand and said meaningfully.
"I'm going to get in touch!"
Hudson then walked into the radio room, while Shepard stayed outside and looked at each other with his henchmen.
"What if it's not right?"
"Then you'll have to run!"
Shepard said, pointing in the direction north of the airport.
"The airport is about twenty kilometers from the city of Luanda, where we can get enough vehicles to retreat, provided we don't get dumplings from the enemy!"
"I'm more concerned about the 500th Battalion than this, what are they doing in Angola?"
"Support fraternal countries, this paratrooper battalion came by boat, and arrived in Angola just a day ago!"
"That's good, at least we don't have to worry about them falling over our heads with parachutes on their backs!"
"Anyway, let the detachment commanders be prepared, especially if they do want to run away, the wounded must be given priority, Hannibal, remember what I said?"
"Never give up on a brother!"
Before the group could pass on the plan, Hudson walked out of the radio room with a relieved expression.
"The good news is that the Air Force 141 transport plane has sent another 200 people to Katanga, all of them are good hands, and we have also taken four A60 armored vehicles and twelve mortars from the Wehrmacht, and we will be there in the afternoon!"
"And what about our opponents, what do they have?"
"There are only about ten armored reconnaissance vehicles with heavy equipment, some large-caliber mortars, and maybe some BTR152 armored transport vehicles, and the 500th Airborne Battalion is not fully staffed.
There are only two companies, so our situation is not so critical!"
"And when will they arrive in Luanda?"
"Satellite reconnaissance is estimated to take another day! They are currently one hundred and thirty kilometers south of Luanda!"
"In addition, the Air Force has adjusted the schedule of the 163rd Flying Squadron, and in the future, as long as the runway is not lost, we can get airlift supplies every day!" Z.br>
Hudson's words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, sure enough, the most anxious people at this moment are the people above, the Shadow Company runs away or something, if Luanda is lost, it will be those guys from the Pentagon and the CIA who are peeling off the skin!
"Speaking of which, I'm more concerned, you found more than 200 wronged people from there to come to this place?"
"You know, the last thing in Africa is mercenaries, especially from Europe!"
Hudson scratched his head in annoyance.
"So, Shepard, if something goes wrong, don't get too dark, okay?"
"Hudson, what do you mean by that, I have always respected the European masters, and you see, I am ready to hand over the most important part of the defense line to them!"
Shepard pointed to the defense line on the north side of the airport on the map and said, that place is the focus of 120mm mortar bombardment!
"That's what I mean!"
Hudson had a look on his face that I guessed it was.
"But you know, I'm a dead person, and the pension is all paid by you!"
"Then I'm okay with that!"
Because considering that Malashenko still had an anti-aircraft gun in his hand, this time before the transport plane landed, Hannibal sent out two 0 armored vehicles, let the two cars drive out of the airport, and directly put on a swaggering offensive posture on the road on the east and west sides, which made Malashenko's original plan to let the anti-aircraft artillery block the enemy's possible landing transport plane immediately failed, and the anti-aircraft gun mounted on the flatbed truck was inconvenient to move and was easily attacked by heavy machine guns at a long distance.
He could only ask his men to withdraw the anti-aircraft guns to the inside of the defensive line in case of a possible enemy counterattack, after all, if they were really counterattacked by the Shadow Company, the anti-aircraft guns that could flatten the attack could easily harvest the death of the infantry at a distance of three kilometers.
As a result, the transport convoy loaded with weapons, ammunition, and reinforcements landed on runway No. 3 and No. 4 on the north side without danger.
Then, a large group of colorful mercenaries pushed each other and walked out of the cabin.
"Looks okay, I just hope these guys can really fight a little!"
Hannibal stood on the hangar and commented at the messy crowd below.
"It doesn't matter if you can't fight, as long as you can attract firepower, in this place, if we really have to rely on them, then there will be a big problem!"
Shepard stood beside him and added silently.