Chapter 194: The Battle Gets Out of Control
"Onward! Davarich!"
With the roaring engine sound and the huge friction sound of the tracks spinning, the 32-ton body of the T3485 tank immediately and ruthlessly ran over the still burning jeep, and the flames licked the tank's armor, but only a few black marks were left, but the jeep was directly crushed into a discus.
Bright red blood seeped out of the parade and was immediately crushed into the soil by the tracks.
The retreat of the Cuban army was naturally not untargeted, because the armored forces were already on the way, and there was no point in fighting for the airport with human lives.
This time, not only did they bring more troops, but also a full eighteen T3485 tanks, which is close to the number of two companies, in addition to more trucks, armored vehicles, and a considerable number of 76mm towed guns.
Despite his bruised nose and swollen face at the airport defenders, Major Garcia regained his self-confidence as an elite unit in the combat units deployed by the SPLF around Luanda.
Although the FLN troops began to build fortifications as soon as they arrived in their respective defensive areas, they were faced with Cuban paratroopers with armor bonuses, and a platoon of soldiers deployed by the SLA commander at a checkpoint on the road outside the city was completely annihilated by the Cuban paratroopers in less than three minutes, and the jeeps and trucks they were in were reduced to a mass of burning scrap metal.
The bodies of the slain SPLF soldiers lay strewn down the road and in the trenches on both sides, while a steady stream of SPLM soldiers followed the tanks marching in columns, marching with their heads held high.
Although the T3485 tank is an old and obsolete model, it still plays an important role as an armor spearhead in those small countries, especially in places like Angola, where the T3485 tank can be called a giant.
The SPLF soldiers had no weapons in their hands to penetrate its front, because the Americans had not issued them anti-tank weapons at all, so the SLA soldiers could only fire indiscriminately at the front armor of the tank, and then the latter's 85mm guns evaporated on the spot.
The SPLF forces that arrived in Luanda consisted of two battalions, one to take over the defence of the airport and the capital city, the other to defend the perimeter, and the eliminated infantry platoon belonged to the 107th Infantry Battalion of the perimeter.
After receiving the news of the enemy's attack, the commander of the 107th Infantry Battalion, who was full of enthusiasm and had nowhere to release, immediately ran to the front line in a jeep.
Then, the battalion commander who arrived at the front saw the tanks wreaking havoc on his position, his infantry battalion was armed with a few old mortars, but this thing was okay against the infantry, and for the tanks, it was a bit of a joke.
Driven by Cuban tank crews, the T3485 tanks ran mercilessly through trenches and foxholes as if they were in a no-man's land, and the machine guns and main guns knocked the helpless infantry to the ground as if they were cutting wheat.
When encountering some guys hiding in the trench and not coming out, the Cuban tank crew immediately controlled the tank to swing from side to side in place, and then buried these guys alive in the soil squeezed out by the tracks. Chinese Net
In less than twenty minutes, another infantry company was killed by these tanks, and the hapless battalion commander was bombarded by the tanks as he drove away.
Then, the SLF troops, who had lost their command, began to wreak havoc like headless flies, and the survivors who had seen the power of the tanks spread panic while running away, and at first the SPLM sent a small force of tank troops, and within a while, the news became that the Soviets had sent an armored army.
Of course, it was not only those SLF soldiers who were flustered, but also the mercenaries and p-men at the airport, especially Shepard, who was directly in first place at the moment to board the plane, but everyone had no opinion, after all, as the owner of a military contractor, Shepard had done enough!
"Agent Hudson, think of a way!"
"I'm communicating with the above!"
Hudson was also helpless, he didn't understand why the situation was like this, he didn't even know where those tanks came from, satellite reconnaissance and intelligence didn't mention these at all.
"The airport is still guarded!"
"You can hold it, there's a tank on the other side!"
"I think I've heard the tracks!"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"That's an illusion, don't panic! The enemy is still a little distance away from us!"
"When will the transport plane arrive?"
At the airport, when everyone was worried and felt that they were about to be bombarded by Soviet tanks in the next second, there was finally good news coming.
After breaking the SPLF defenses, the SPLM troops did not go straight to the airport, but first killed the capital Luanda, and now those Soviet tanks are chasing the SPLF soldiers in the city!
"I'm relieved!"
Shepard touched the cold sweat on his head, and then let out a sigh, the city of Luanda is quite large, and the SPLM troops will definitely not be able to get out without a day or two of effort!
"Still, you'll have to get on your first flight!"
"Of course, the greatest strength of me is that I never do anything!"
Looking at the solemn eyes of Hannibal and the other commanders, Shepard nodded affirmatively, and then continued to line up in front of the wounded.
Then, Agent Hudson also received the latest notice from his superiors that the SPLF troops armed by the CIA had been in a lot of trouble in the past two days, and none of them could fight.
The territory controlled by the SPLF has been lost in less than a day, and the territory around Luanda has all fallen, so it can be said that now, there is no need to defend Luanda at all!
"Retreat?"
"Retreat!"
"Oh my God!"
Hudson gritted his teeth and snapped out the last thing he wanted to say.
"Well, I want to say, in this situation at the airport, I'm afraid a plane won't be able to sit down!"
Shepard, who also heard the news of the retreat, pointed to the runway of the airport, at this moment, there were not only hundreds of mercenaries, but also many SPLF troops and local CIA collaborators, and there was also a steady stream of people rushing towards the airport!
A 130 transport plane is a hundred people crammed in, and the airport is now almost 800 people!