"South Africa's armored vehicles are unexpectedly good!"

"Yes, after all, their military workers have also worked hard!"

On the way back, Shepard praised the big guy he was riding.

Although the honey badger they rode in was not as advanced as the armored vehicles of the major countries of the same period, it was a vehicle that was very suitable for the African terrain, although the tall body looked easy to target, but it was very suitable for the dense grasslands of the African region, and the previous ambush of the SPLM troops did not find anything abnormal, because the lush weeds blocked the body of the armored vehicle, and the turret was also camouflaged.

After the attack, the mercenaries who could see farther away from the grass had an advantage in the battle, and when the SPLM troops huddled in the grass were still struggling with where the bullets would come from, the mercenaries on the armored vehicles could already accurately use grenades to explode in the crowd.

Of course, the only problem is the lack of firepower, even armored vehicles with 90-mm guns cannot fight against tanks, although the firepower of both sides is equal, but protection is a big problem after all.

The South African army has tanks, whether old Centurions or brand new horns, but these tanks are few in number, and they are deployed elsewhere, such as the absolute defensive ring set up by South Africa near the northern border between Angola and ***, where the South African army is heavily stockpiled.

But because of the supply problem, there are not so many tanks on the front line, there was originally a South African armored regiment at the UNITA headquarters, but under the siege of the SPLM army, the tanks of this armored regiment have been lost, and even the regiment commander has died there.

However, even if there is a tank, it is estimated that Shepard will not be able to use it, because even the improved Horn main battle tank still cannot compare with the mobility of armored vehicles.

It only took a day to run more than 300 kilometers from ***, and this speed can only be done by wheeled armored vehicles.

After returning to the defensive position, Shepard reported his results to Hudson, who was less than six kilometers away from him, and the latter was also happy to hear that they had also been in contact with the SPLM's reconnaissance force, but it was better to kill the guys who were driving than the guys running around the mountains, because their goals were bigger!

"Now those guys know we're around here!"

"Well, that's not right, that's what we're waiting for!"

"Then you have to be careful not to be beaten back by the other party, after fighting for so many years, our opponent is no longer what it used to be!"

"Aren't we, but you should worry about your side compared to me!"

Shepard kindly reminded.

Because of the importance of the valley, all the people in his hands are mercenaries, although everyone comes from different places, but there is absolutely no problem with combat power, although the number of troops on Hudson's side is three times that of Shepard, but whether it is the South African army or the UNITA army, their combat effectiveness is in the state of Schrödinger, that is, before the battle breaks out, you don't know whether you can fight or can't fight there.

"Don't worry, at least these guys can see the enemy retreat, and that's enough!"

After returning to the valley, less than two hours later, Shepard saw two Cuban fighter jets flying overhead, and they dropped incendiary bombs on Shepard's previous ambush position, which turned it into a sea of fire, which made Shepard have to congratulate himself on his decision to be so wise, if he hadn't changed the ambush position, then maybe he would have turned into a roast suckling pig!

And the bombing of the ambush by Cuban fighters means that the Cuban armored forces are not far from them.

By four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was already hanging weakly in the sky and waiting for the end of work, Shepard's long-awaited Cuban armored unit finally appeared at the mountain pass.

More than thirty tanks appeared in the setting sun and then spewed billowing black smoke from the other side of the valley in three columns.

The Cubans looked in a hurry, there were no scouts in the front of the tank units, not even the commander who was observing the situation outside

There weren't a few, all of them were walking with their heads covered.

Looking at the mighty Cuban armored forces, Shepard was also numb in his palms, a total of six 90 mm guns of Honey Badger armored vehicles in his hand, even if it was one cannon, it would have to shoot five rounds of shells per car, if Shepard had a big guy like 1A2Sep or T90 in his hand, then maybe he could do it, but those Honey Badger armored vehicles in his hand only had simple fire control, and even the rangefinder was also a fitting type, and the probability of wanting to shoot an enemy at a distance of two thousand meters was not as big as 30 million in his lottery ticket!

But he didn't have a choice, he couldn't beat the enemy if he got closer, and he had to destroy the enemy as much as possible from a long distance.

"Ready to start!"

Shepard, who put down the binoculars, immediately waved his hand to the radio soldier on the side, who immediately picked up the microphone to convey Shepard's order.

"Group A, you can get started!"

Shepard's valley was still very wide, and the distance between the two sides was four or five kilometers, and Shepard deployed all the 90-gun Honey Badger armored vehicles on the east side of the valley, because it was a gentle slope and had a wide field of vision, and he could condescendingly look down on the tank troops passing through the valley.

As for the group A that Shepard was talking about, it was a small detachment of three 20-gun honey badgers, who, like the mercenaries before them, were bait for luring the enemy.

After receiving Shepard's order, the three cars turned on their lights and swaggered across the valley.

The Cuban armored forces did not seem to expect the enemy to appear in the valley, and the first few tanks that saw the enemy's movement immediately stopped on the road, and then the tank commanders leaned out and picked up binoculars and began to observe the situation.

Because it was close to evening and the view was not good, it would be very difficult to distinguish people from a distance, and the Cuban armored forces were not sure whether the comers were friends or foes, so it took a lot of effort.

The A group sent by Shepard also spotted the enemy in time, and then the armored vehicles began to fire indiscriminately, and released smoke to reverse the vehicle, preparing to leave the valley.

The distance between the two sides was about 3,000 meters, and the Cuban tanks were not sure of killing them with one blow, so after confirming the target, they did not open fire, and the tank units continued to move forward, preparing to close the distance between the two sides and occupy the mountain pass.

The Cuban armored forces, attracted by the movement of Group A, did not notice at all, and behind a rolling hill in front of them on the left, several strange things poked their heads out of the edge of the hillside little by little.