No one in the world knows better than Shepard where all those rumors about the Boolean defense came about, after all, that's what he did.

The CIA pays 1,100 yuan a month, recruits thousands of mercenaries, plus all kinds of military aid, and a large number of regular troops from South Africa, such a force still cannot stop the progress of the SPLM.

In the past year, the Angolan People's Movement is not only recuperating and recuperating, but also constantly rearming and accumulating strength, and the current strength of the Angolan battlefield is even more incomparable, a year ago, everyone only used artillery armored vehicles and other equipment, and now, jet fighters, anti-aircraft missiles, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and other things have been common, such a fierce battle situation, the combat effectiveness of mercenaries is nothing.

Shepard was even preparing to get out of the Angolan civil war, and when UNITA lost the few big cities he currently held in his hands, he could replace the next boss.

In such a situation, if there is a strong example on the front, it will inevitably become a benchmark that UNITA will vigorously admire, just as the Soviet defenders in the Battle of Stalingrad should vigorously promote the example of soldiers who fought valiantly on the front line, which is a means of boosting morale.

Moreover, Bob Denard's mercenaries can be called such an example, because in terms of the efficiency and results of sorties, they are much more powerful than the Shadow Company, and one operation can be compared to Hannibal five times, and of course, the casualties can also be compared to five times!

Under Shepard's early instructions, the Shadow Company began to stop performing any ground combat missions a few months ago, and the combat detachment began to be responsible for training the UNITA troops, and those sorties were handed over to the helicopter detachment, and their results were nothing more than destroying a few pillboxes with cannons and a few suspicious targets with missiles.

And Bob himself also intends to take this opportunity to build his own mercenary kingdom, so the two sides belong to a cooperative relationship between one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer.

Savin's practice of buying horse bones has given the Boer Defense a wave of popularity, coupled with the fact that France is also secretly intervening in the Angolan Civil War, and Bob Denard and the French high-level also have an inexplicable relationship, so in less than a week, the number of Boer Defense personnel has doubled again, from more than 200 people before to more than 500.

And these people were all released by Savimbi to New Lizhber! In addition to the Boer defense, Savimbi also gathered more than 1,000 white mercenaries here, a South African mechanized infantry regiment, plus his own more than a dozen infantry battalions, a total of more than 5,000 people, which can be regarded as the largest number of troops gathered by both sides since the outbreak of the Angolan civil war.

For UNITA, the new Ligerber as the headquarters is resolutely unavoidable, because it is not only an important place, but also a spiritual symbol, without which UNITA is like a lost dog.

And the SPLM is also bound to win the new Lizhber, because this is the base camp of the hostile forces, and if they take this place, their battle for reunification will basically be decided!

Everyone understood the importance of this place, so they also put aside the fighting in other places and began to concentrate their forces, preparing to deal a fatal blow to their opponents in this place.

In order to prevent the attack of the South African Air Force, the Soviet Union also strengthened the anti-aircraft firepower of the attacking troops, they not only have self-propelled anti-aircraft guns such as the Shilka River, but also Arrow 10 anti-aircraft missile vehicles, which are cutting-edge weapons in the Soviet arsenal, and the Soviet Union itself has only begun to equip them, which is enough to show that they attach importance to this place.

An important reason why New Ligerber was chosen as the headquarters of UNITA was because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city was located on high ground, and there was a river to the north, because of the rainy season, the flow of this river soared, and it was impossible to swim across or build pontoon bridges.

The only way to cross the river was to build two steel bridges outside the city, which Savimbi himself had invited to design by European designers and engineering teams

And built, even steel, was shipped from Europe.

And now, both iron bridges have been planted with explosives, which are a last resort, and will be activated when all is hopeless.

Along the river, UNITA built a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications, laying hundreds of pillboxes to seal the bridge from all directions.

In the city, Savimbi prepared a large amount of ammunition and food, and even the civilians of the city were mobilized, and under the leadership of the UNITA army, he began to build fortifications.

"They won't pass!"

For this reason, Savimbi also held a mobilization meeting in the city square, as a qualified hero, his eloquence is very good, just a few words, to mobilize the morale of the army, and Savimbi this time also finally used his small treasury, for his army to distribute full wages and bonuses, and he also promised that once the victory, there will be more rewards!

The mercenaries who came to help participate in the defense of the city naturally got more salaries, and even Savimbi also issued a bounty system to the mercenaries, killing an ordinary Anrenyun soldier for ten yuan, a non-commissioned officer fifty yuan, and a lieutenant one hundred yuan, of course, the premise of the reward is that the opponent's military rank can be used as proof.

And this move made the mercenaries who defended the city even more excited, and they even couldn't wait for the army of the People's Republic of China to appear, so that they could kill and make a fortune.

In the anticipation of the mercenaries, the cannon fire of the SPLM army also got closer and closer, and finally, in the third month of the rainy season, the vanguard of the SPLM army successfully broke through the last line of defense of the defenders outside the city and came to the gate of the UNITA headquarters.

Before the war started, everyone smelled a strong smell of blood, and even the crows hovering in the sky increased, and Shepard, who was listening to the battle situation on the front line in the *** South African base, also shook his head, and then walked to the window with his coffee.

"Oh my God, it's going to change!"