Chapter 224: Spear and Shield!
"Defending the city? Of course, you have to guard it, but I don't plan to put all the people in the city, you just stay inside, and leave the outside to us!"
Hannibal's bold answer made the American advisers a little confused, why is this situation a little wrong, there are bunkers in the city, it must be safer than outside the city, if other mercenaries are there, they will definitely choose to let them defend the city and kick the SPTL troops outside the city, but here in the Shadow Company, how is it the other way around?
The same question was not only asked by the advisers, but also by the commanders of the two detachments who had newly joined the command hierarchy, but after all, there were outsiders there, and they did not speak, and it was only after the American advisers and the local unit commanders left that the two curiously asked about Hannibal's intentions.
"You see, you all know that mercenaries defend cities, but what about our enemies?"
"They also use common sense to judge that we are in the city, so, I see!"
The two squad leaders immediately admired Hannibal's brain, no wonder the boss kept praising the latter for being insidious and cunning, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name!
"Understand, let's go, follow me around!"
Hannibal knows what his capital is, although under his command, the Shadow Company has indeed won a lot, but he will not be arrogant because of this, but more and more sober, because every victory, is inseparable from careful planning and preparation, in any case, it is not harmful to think a little more, in case it can press the enemy's actions, it will be of great help to the victory or defeat, therefore, the field survey of the battlefield is not only the task of the command of the Shadow Company, down to each combat group, but also must be carried out accordingly.
The armored company of the Cuban Volunteers is retreating from the eastern front of Benguela, because the road network is in their hands, so it will be about a day and a half to arrive, but it will take at least five days for reinforcements from the SLF to arrive here, and the Shadow Company must fight for three and a half days, so Hannibal does not plan to defend the trenches honestly, he has to play some tricks!
The whole town of Kado is on a hillside more than two hundred meters high, the east and south sides of the town are continuous forests for several kilometers, and the west side is a long downhill, so to speak, the town is riding on the ridge, but the slope of this ridge is very gentle, and the north side of the town is the plain, and the important road passes through the forest on the south side, less than a kilometer away from the town, and the road can be blocked by setting up a cannon in the town.
Therefore, this town, the SPLM must be recaptured, but the problem is that the west and north sides are under the control of the SPLF, and the SPLM can only come from the road on the south side, especially the armored forces, they cannot deploy in the forest, they can only attack from the forked road, so the forests on both sides of the southeast are very important, and the scattered troops of the SPLM are entrenched in the forest at the moment, and they are ordered to hold the forest at any cost, cover the flank of the armored forces, and wait for the opportunity to cooperate with the armored forces to launch a counterattack. Chinese Net
After surveying the terrain, Hannibal was in no hurry to do anything, the helicopter detachment was airlifting the butter detachment, and the remaining three detachments were rushing here by land, he only had 80 people in his hands, although there were about 300 SPL troops in the city, but Hannibal did not trust their combat effectiveness, so what he wanted to do, he had to wait for his own people to arrive.
It wasn't until the evening that the newly formed teams of Duff and Edward arrived in the town, and then Hannibal began to assign tasks to the commanders of the various detachments.
Duff and Edward's two squads were sent by Hannibal to clear the forests on the southeast side, and the mortar detachment was reinforced to them, but Hannibal's orders were not to resolutely drive the enemy out, but to take the attitude of resolutely driving the enemy out and exchange fire with the enemy in the forest.
"Does that mean let's feint?"
"It's a feint!"
Hannibal emphasized.
Duff and the members of Edward's team are not strangers to the forest, they used to deal with the elusive Charlie in it, but now, it is Uncle Black who deals with them, and although these veterans of the team are often beaten by Charlie, but over time, everyone has learned a lot, and now, they and Uncle Black have switched places.
Relying on the effect of night vision devices, the spearheads sent by the two detachments of Duff and Edward were easily killed in the forest
The SPLM sentinels on alert, and then, the main forces of the two detachments swarmed up, and began to launch a fierce attack on the SPLM troops resting in the forest, and the new heavy mortars and the original mortars that arrived in the town were all taken out by Hannibal, and then began to bombard the positions of the SPLM troops in the forest.
Such a ferocious posture almost crushed the Black Uncles, and they did not expect the enemy to dare to attack the forest at night, so the SPLM commander could only hurriedly gather the troops scattered in the forest and enter the battle, relying on the superiority in numbers, they finally stabilized the crumbling defense.
And when the battle was hot in the forest, Charlie's detachment quietly got on the helicopter, and then landed on the plain behind the forest, they did not cooperate with their teammates in front of them, and attacked the forest in front and rear, but silently began to dig bunkers on the plain, and they were thrown into the rear of the forest, as well as four pottery tank missile launchers, and twelve launchers, yes, this is Hannibal's plan.
The focus of holding the town was on the spearhead of the Cuban armored forces, and Hannibal was ready to jump straight into the subject and break the spears of the opposing side, so that the SPLM would not be able to break their shields.
It would be a good idea to set up Dow anti-tank missiles in the forest to attack, but if SPLM forces were to be expelled, the Cuban armoured forces would certainly give priority to clearing the forest when attacking.
But to do so is to fight with the enemy, he used two detachments to attack as a cover, on the one hand, to cover up the sound of helicopter take-off and landing, on the other hand, to give the opponent a false impression, the enemy tried to clear the forest, but failed, the forest is still under their control, so that the road from the rear to the forest is safe.
Then, the Cuban armored forces will then walk into the ambush circle of Charlie's detachment in an undefended and arrogant marching posture, twelve Tao anti-tank missiles, if they hit accurately, it is enough to kill twelve tanks, this number is not something that the People's Movement will be able to make up for a while!
Moreover, this is only the beginning of Hannibal's serial plan, and the two detachments that Hannibal is most familiar with are on standby, and they will not be put into battle until after Charlie's detachment is over!