Chapter 321: Crisp and Clean
"Take a bite?"
Looking at the black liquid in the other party's crockpot, Captain Li, who was wearing a Benny hat and touching oil paint on his head, squirmed his throat and said.
"What is this, your specialty witchcraft tea?"
"It's coffee!"
The old man stared at each other with idiotic eyes, and then took a big sip of his own.
"Although Africa is a backward place, at least there are some things that we will still use!"
"I'm sorry!"
Captain Lee kicked the adjutant behind him, because he was snickering when he was just scolded. Completely forgot about the bet he made with the other party.
Then the adjutant could only grin and take out a few crumpled bills from his pocket and stuff them to the other party.
The C.I.A. also knew that its case was not well exposed, so several mining areas were located in the middle of nowhere, either deep in river valleys or between deserts and rainforests, with miasma or a sea of mosquitoes, but it was precisely because of their remoteness that they could not be brought under the jurisdiction of the Mozambican government, let alone explored and mined.
When Rob was still occupying the area, mining was all done by plundering child laborers and other unfortunate bastards, who had to work here day and night, either digging or digging in the river, and each of them worked an average of fourteen hours a day.
Although these unlucky people worked long hours, they also had poor food, and the lack of vitamins caused many people to suffer from various diseases, such as tooth loss and night blindness, and in the Mozambican army's sweep, Rob even took the living to the jungle to exterminate the mouth.
Later, Rob's men also suffered heavy losses in the liquidation of government forces, which can be regarded as an alternative retribution!
Led by the old hunter, the reconnaissance team traveled north along the edge of the rainforest and spent three days walking about 50 kilometers to complete the preliminary exploration of the mining area codenamed No. 1.
It was a river valley, along the river flowing downstream, there would often be some gold grains and gold sand, the production was stable, and some people even found dog's head gold in the river, but that was all during the Portuguese colonial period, that was the valley of the black uncle was even more miserable, a full sixteen hours a day to soak in the water, and all the gold mined had to be handed over, and private storage was a dead end.
Today, the area is deserted, but civilians still venture into it in an attempt to grab a piece of their fortune.
In addition to facing the harsh natural environment, these civilians must also bypass the surveillance of the government army, because it is illegal for them to mine privately.
To this end, government forces have set up several poles in this area
The strongholds are monitored, and many of the soldiers in these strongholds are veterans of the Revolutionary War, who have been taught by the mysterious forces of the East, and are also proficient in standard techniques and tactics, which is why Robb's men have been defeated, and he has no advantage in numbers or equipment.
Under the guidance of the old hunter, the reconnaissance detachment did not alarm anyone all the way, and went around to the government stronghold, which was located on a ridge and connected by a makeshift road, where the garrison stationed an infantry company and a police force to monitor the entire area.
The No. 1 mining area is naturally among them, and the garrison will inspect it every half a month, and will also inspect nearby villages and houses to look for possible armed forces.
However, the government forces are not too close to the border area, they only control these routes and border crossings, because Mozambique and South Africa do not have good relations, so most of the border area is used by the Mozambican military as a conflict separation zone.
This may have some ideas to avoid war and protect people, but in fact, it is not surprising that Mozambique chose this approach, during the Rhodesian War and civil war, elite troops such as white airborne troops and special forces relied on helicopter transport planes to rob and kill black guerrillas on the border, and even fought an ultra-high exchange ratio of 150 people to annihilate 1,000 people, the Mozambican government army knows the advantages and disadvantages of each other, because the terrain in the south is harsh, and the deployment of a large number of troops is cut off logistics, which is a dead end, so, They don't want to have a heavy presence here.
The 10,000-strong government army has most of its troops in the capital, Maputo, and further south, the heart of Mozambique, which is densely populated and industrially dense, so it is enough to rest easy.
This has greatly reduced the pressure on Captain Lee, and the Mozambican garrison needs to be on alert to South Africa, so it is definitely impossible to draw a large force to fight, so he can quickly pull out the government strongholds in the southern region.
Doing so can make the government army lose effective control of the southern region, give the *** armed forces a little living space, and even if Shepard can find a way to contact the South African army to make a feint, even the Mozambican government army does not even have time to take care of the *** armed forces!
Therefore, after completing the reconnaissance of the government camp, Captain Li immediately returned with the reconnaissance detachment, and then summoned the squad commanders and the leaders of the firepower teams of the whole detachment to discuss the combat plan.
"We must simply defeat the enemy, whether it is killed or captured, we must strive to be fast, not let the enemy have a chance to sound the alarm, and cut off all their chances of survival!"
"Then choose to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night!"
The adjutant looked at the map and immediately gave his own advice.
The alpha detachment has an advantage in firepower and equipment, so it should be carried forward, although the night vision device has an average of three people, but the Mozambican army on the opposite side has nothing, and their alert will be minimized at night, and the raid will be very smooth!
"And what about the rules of engagement?"
"Under normal circumstances, an armed enemy can be killed, but there must be no violation in the face of those who have lost the will to resist!"
Captain Li looked at his subordinates and emphatically said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time that we have conducted an independent combat operation outside of the tactical command, and our opponents are currently just ordinary regular army units, but it is not ruled out that there will be Soviet troops in the future, so no matter what, I hope you can show the level we deserve!"
Seeing that the subordinates nodded solemnly, Captain Li immediately smiled with satisfaction, and then instructed the gang to make Vietnamese rice noodles and eat tonight, and then send it to the headquarters!
"Then, let's continue to discuss the battle plan, and I'll have them deliver it for dinner!"
So the crowd, who had just been serious, began to cry again.