Chapter 222: The War Escalates

A day after Hannibal withdrew to the base, the PBY seaplane that received Hudson also returned to the airport, and they flew almost 600 kilometers in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean in order to avoid the Cuban MiG fighters, that is, the seaplane had a long range before the pilot dared to do so, but from the information obtained by the South African Air Force, the operation of the seaplane was a bit redundant.

Because the Cubans didn't send any more fighters, Hudson's little kindness to the Cubans made Colonel Aquiles decide to release the water once, and the MiG-21 fighters that were supposed to pursue PBY attacked the coalition forces on the front line with bombs, blowing up the hapless black uncles.

There is no possibility of an escalation of the Angolan civil war at this moment, neither the Soviet Union nor Cuba will sit back and watch the SPLM be wiped out, and the United States and Europe, as well as a certain country in Asia, will not sit back and watch the Soviet Union cover the sky in Angola, so both sides have begun to increase the balance in the second round.

Although the CIA still has no intention of directly participating in the Angolan civil war, financial support and other help have been approved by Congress, and tens of millions of special funds have been allocated to support the SLLF.

And this is just a small beginning, because of the huge threat of the Cuban volunteers, the CIA began to recruit more mercenaries to join the war, and the Shadow Company is naturally among them, in order to restrain the technical weapon advantage of the Cuban volunteers, Shepard's list has a lot of good things that he can't touch before, including a full fifty Tao anti-tank missiles. Chinese Net

As for UNITA's side, South Africa invested even more, more armored troops and airborne troops crossed the border line with Angola and began to participate directly in the fighting between UNITA and SPLM, and even the South African Air Force began to send fighter jets to attack and bomb SPLM troops in response.

In less than a month, the volunteers sent by Cuba to Angola exceeded the 10,000 mark, and a considerable part of these volunteers were medical, logistical and other personnel, but even so, the number of combat troops was as high as 5,000, they not only brought a large amount of aid equipment and materials, but also more technical weapons, including fighter-bombers, tanks, armored vehicles, anti-tank guns, etc., and the Soviet freighter transported a full 50,000 automatic rifles for the Angolan people at one time.

In addition, the Soviet Union also undertook the task of logistical supply for the Cuban Volunteers and the SPLM, after all, it is difficult to expect Cuba and the SPLM to solve the food problem on their own, Cuba's national strength is limited, and coupled with the US blockade, the supplies that can be sent are pitiful, and they have not even had to choose.

For example, before the Soviet Union took over, the Cuban volunteers on the front line had eaten canned corn sausages for two months, eating this for breakfast, this for lunch, and supper for supper.

And after the intervention of the Soviet big brother, the life of the Cuban volunteers was better, not only did they have a variety of different canned meats, but they could even drink drinks such as kvass occasionally.

Of course, no matter how much they compare, their level is still not as good as Shepard's side, relying on the airport to transfer supplies at their own base, and the Shadow Company's food standard is the best in Angola, because any good things sent by the transport plane will be intercepted a little.

In addition to using power for personal gain, Shepard also successfully sold his explosion-proof wall, because this thing is so easy to use to build a temporary base!

With the participation of a large number of mercenaries, the SPLF successfully thwarted the attack of the Cuban volunteers on the front line, and led by hundreds of European mercenaries, the SPLF forces successfully pushed the battle line back for a full 80 kilometers.

After tearing through the enemy line, the Shadow Company P-S took a short leap of the helicopter to cut off the SPLM and Cuban troops, and successfully won the majority of the victory, while the mercenaries not only knew nothing about it, but even thanked the Shadow Company helicopter force for their efforts.

Then, when the two sides began to set up camp, Hannibal directly asked Huey helicopters to lift hundreds of sets of blast wall modules over.

Then, when the European mercenaries dug trenches with shovels and then built their own camps with dirt little by little, the Shadow Company directly showed them a live show.

As soon as the module reached the ground, the Shadow Company's P immediately began to operate the excavator to excavate the soil and then fill it into the unfolded module.

The mercenaries started work several hours earlier than the Shadow Company, but by the time they dug the trenches on the periphery of the camp, a two-meter-high wall had been lined up on the Shadow Company's side, relying on the excavator to fill the soil and lay the modules, and the Shadow Company only spent less than half the time of the mercenaries to build a small base with a field apron, and when the mercenaries were busy laying their tents, the completed Shadow Company P. had already begun to recharge in their warm sleeping bags.

And this kind of thing, the Shadow Company has not done less, the 10,000 sets of explosion-proof wall modules brought by Shepard have been used almost completely within a month, and Hannibal has even renovated several small strongholds that were simply built before with explosion-proof walls.

Relying on this display, the blast wall did impress many mercenaries, but at most they just drooled at those square, safe-looking bases, after all, they were just scattered mercenaries, and they didn't have much money to buy superfluous things.

Shepard's first customer is the SPLF, although the combat effectiveness is not good, but there are also a lot of people who understand the security front, and they naturally praise the explosion-proof wall, whether it is to build a field camp, or to set up a checkpoint, it is very convenient, and most importantly, it is also easy to recycle, and it is better than sandbags to use somewhere!

And many of the camps built by the Shadow Company before actually didn't use them much, at most they just took off and landed helicopters during the mission, most of these bases were received by the SPLF troops, of course, the cost was definitely not paid by the SLF, Uncle Black could have a few dollars, all of which were paid by the US government.