The SPLM's frenzied offensive, day and night, was also a severe test for UNITA on the south bank, and Savimbi, on the advice of his South African advisers, simply deployed his three battalions on the front line, trying to preserve the combat effectiveness of the troops through constant rotation, and in this way to wear down the enemy and win the final victory.

However, the South African advisers did not take into account the determination of the SPLM side, and the three infantry battalions deployed by Savimbi on the front line were lost in just one and a half days, and the artillery and rocket artillery of the SPLM continued to bombard their positions as if they did not stop, and the more accurate firepower posed a huge threat to the UNITA army, and many people were bombed into the sky by shells before they even saw the enemy's position. Look at the book

The battle lasted only three days, and four infantry battalions of UNITA lost their combat effectiveness and were rotated by friendly forces, and in addition to the loss of personnel, the loss of technical weapons was not small, and the fixed artillery placed in the pillboxes had been almost destroyed, and without the threat of these direct-aim artillery, the SPLM tanks could drive directly to the river bank as a fixed fire point to provide fire support to friendly forces.

And Savimbi is not without tanks in his hands, the Centurion tanks of the South African army are also involved in the defense, but the artillery of the SPLM army firmly holds the dominant position, and those curved large-caliber howitzers are also a huge threat to the tanks, not to mention that after the T3485 tank is almost lost, all the tanks put into the front line by the SPLM have become all T55.

Although the centurion and the T55 have their own merits in terms of attributes, at a distance of four or five hundred meters, both sides are the same, and they can both be destroyed by each other's firepower.

And the Centurion tanks that did not fight in the front line, but were on standby in the rear, were no better, because they also had to face rocket artillery bombardment, and a third of the tank losses of the South African army were caused by these devastating things.

After a 132 mm rocket hits the tank, although it will not destroy the tank, it can cause serious damage to the tank's equipment, such as sighting equipment, tracks, and power systems.

In the whole defensive battle, the best performers were the white mercenaries, who caused most of the losses of the SPLM troops, and under the cover of SPLM artillery fire, these mercenaries were able to better protect themselves.

Therefore, from the beginning of the foothold of the SPLM army at the bridgehead, Savimbi continued to fill the front line with mercenaries to help his army defend.

And this is exactly what the SPLM command wants!

Although it was the Cuban volunteers who made a big splash in Angola, in fact, the Soviet Union also sent a lot of personnel to Angola, even more exaggerated than the Cuban volunteers.

Because the commander of the Cuban Volunteer Army was only a major general, and the person in charge sent by the Soviet Union was a lieutenant general.

And the composition of the delegation was no less exaggerated, the number of officers was the largest, even several times more than that of non-commissioned officers, and they came from all branches of the Soviet army, including armored forces, missile forces, air force, navy.

In addition to the officers responsible for the training, the National Security Council sent a small special forces to Angola, initially to protect the advisory group and the Soviet surface-to-air missile forces assisting Angola, but as the tide of the war grew, the special forces were also engaged in front-line operations.

In the assault on the UNITA headquarters, the Soviet special forces were given the most important and dangerous task, they had to disguise themselves as mercenaries to enter New Lizhber from the rear, and then find the detonation controller and destroy it!

The danger of this task is self-evident, but it was also carried out only by Soviet special forces, since the members of the Cuban special forces did not look like white either.

Before the battle began, the Soviet special forces had been dropped behind the line by helicopter landing, and each of these highly trained special forces members could speak fluent English, and with the Western weapons in their hands, it could be said that there was no flaw in disguise as mercenaries.

And after the battle began, UNITA's rear was also chaotic

In the regiment, a large number of wounded had to be withdrawn, and ammunition and replenishment had to be brought into the city, which led to easy mistakes in identification.

secretly ambushed a group of mercenaries reinforcing the front line, and the Soviet special forces who got the identity certificate of the other party turned into a British mercenary, and the UNITA gendarmerie units responsible for checking their identities did not pay attention to whether there was any problem with the other party's certificate, they simply saw that the other party's certificate had a seal, and immediately did not do any inspection, and put the Soviet special forces into the city.

And when the Soviet special forces who entered the city were still thinking about how to blend into the front line without showing a trace, they just in time for the liaison officers of UNITA to allocate combat troops to the front line.

So, after the commander said impassionedly that we were going to the most dangerous place, the UNITA liaison officer immediately waved his hand and sent this brave British mercenary unit to the place where the fighting was fiercest, that is, in the direction of the bridgehead.

Of course, the salary here is also the highest, and mercenaries who carry out combat missions here receive two hundred dollars every day, and they are still paid on a daily basis!

Although they didn't come for the paycheck at all, the special forces soldiers still did not politely put their daily salary into their pockets, and then, under the leadership of the signal corps, they entered a defensive position as bad as the surface of the moon.

The other mercenary unit waiting for them to rotate couldn't help but take their salaries and left the front line during the ceasefire, and before leaving, the mercenary commander also pointed out to the soldiers of the special forces the anti-artillery bunkers that his people had repaired.

"Good luck with this one who can save your life!"

"Thank you!"

The commander of the special forces could only accept the other party's kindness with a wry smile, although they did not need it at all, because after entering the position, the special forces contacted the friendly forces on the opposite bank and confirmed their position.

So next, all the shells of the SPLM were called on the nearby defensive positions, and where the Soviet special forces were staying, not to mention the shells, not a single bullet fell.

And then, it's time for them to figure out how to solve the problem of explosives on the bridge!