Chapter 544: Father Save Me!
The far-reaching impact of Kameh's attack was far beyond the region, and even on the front line, although the commander-in-chief, Colonel Déby, was not in Kame because of the inspection of the troops, but one of his staff officers was sent into the sky by rockets.
Coupled with the destruction of communications equipment, the command and communication system of the National Army has become disjointed.
In addition, the Chadian National Army is equipped with a large number of civilian vehicles, such as pickup trucks, for the transportation of people and goods in the desert area, and these vehicles also require large quantities of fuel, but after the bombing of Kame's oil depot, there were problems with the supply of fuel at the front.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Libyan army seized the opportunity to launch an extremely swift and short-term offensive.
Two Libyan tank companies and about a battalion of infantry launched a advance on a 30-kilometer front, successfully opening a breakthrough at a time when the National Army was poorly commanded.
A regiment of the Nationalists at the front abandoned its position after less than an hour of slight resistance, and then the whole regiment went all the way south and managed to move into the rear, without even any loss of men, except for the consumption of about three hundred rounds of ammunition.
As for how the two sides fought during the hour, Chadian soldiers fired a few shots at Libyan tanks from their positions, and then the Libyans retreated and called in the air force and artillery to tilt fire on the Chadians' "strong" positions.
As a result, the empty position was bombed for more than an hour, and then the Libyan army began to advance as if it were in a no-man's land, and did not stop until it was bombed by French fighters who were taking off urgently.
Subsequently, Habré urgently contacted the liaison commissioner of the United States and France, asking the latter to provide help within his ability, because the combat effectiveness of the Chadian National Army was completely vulnerable.
In fact, Habré had about two regiments of elite combat units, armed with French artillery, anti-tank weapons, and American-style armored vehicles, but the troops of these two regiments were placed in N'Djamena to keep the other factions at bay, while the light infantry, with little anti-tank firepower and only a few mortars and machine guns, was deployed on the front line.
After assessing the current situation, the French reluctantly agreed to send a thousand-strong Foreign Legion, while the CIA continued to recruit more mercenaries on the one hand, and on the other hand, called Shepard, who had been paddling, and after promising more financial and material aid, Shepard also promised to put more fighters into it.
However, given the Libyans' superiority in equipment, Shepard demanded a little bit of perk, such as allowing the Shadow Company to use some experimental equipment.
Morgan then carefully inquired about the specific situation, and also chose to agree, but only if the cost of the loss of equipment was borne by Shepard himself.
Subsequently, a C5 Galaxy transport plane belonging to the U.S. Air Force was on its way to South Africa to deliver weapons, along with an entire team of GM engineers, who escorted two unidentified vehicles covered with tarps onto the plane.
After the transport aircraft unloaded the cargo at the military airfield in South Africa, another C130 transport plane with a black tank logo carried two vehicles to N'Djamena.
"Head!"
The vehicle was accompanied by Yandel's armoured team, which had been working for the National Cooperation Agency in South Africa, including training armourers.
But now, they've been called back by Shepard.
"This is Dr. Smith of General Motors!"
Shepard led Yandel to a thin, middle-aged, balding man, who was directing a large crane to lift the tarp-wrapped vehicle onto a prepared heavy truck.
"Mr. John!"
"Doctor, this is Captain Yandel, an armored soldier, your team, will be with him in the future!"
"Understand, speaking of which, I also want to thank you, without you, this project would not have been able to get to this point, it is not certain!"
"It's all a family, so you're welcome, the main thing is that there is a lot of money, and I'm very optimistic about your project, so I voted
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Shepard's boldness moved Dr. Smith to tears, after all, the big funder in front of him was the big funder of the project, he dared to throw millions of dollars in the early stage, and he helped get the grant from the military in the later stage, which can be said to be a great hero, let alone crying, even if Shepard asked him to kneel down and call his father, he could knock one!
It wasn't until the truck drove into the Shadow Company camp that the tarp was untied, and Captain Yandel, who had seen the relevant information before, was still seeing the real thing for the first time, couldn't help but complain.
"This tank is too flat!"
"This is done for the sake of protective performance, and the 80-degree upper armor can withstand 115 armor-piercing shells after adding additional armor, let alone the T55 against the Libyans!"
Dr. Smith patted the tank next to him, and his face was full of pride as his father introduced himself to the guests that he graduated from a prestigious university and was admitted to the civil service directly under the central government.
As for his side, it is naturally the HSL light tank that Shepard invested in a long time ago and is currently very favored by the Marine Corps.
These two cars have completed various tests in the United States, so Shepard is ready to have another combat test, after all, if they don't come out with some dry goods, the old men of the Marine Corps will not pay for it, they would rather pick up the garbage left over by the army, after all, the problem of funding has been bothering them.
And Chad is undoubtedly a very good demonstration field, although the Libyan army here has a large number of armored forces, but the tanks equipped are lagging behind the world's first-class level, it is a very good opponent, in addition, the land is sparsely populated, and there is air support from the French, so the stealth of the tank can be guaranteed, and the most important thing is that Shepard paid for it, he wants to see these two big babies fire in real time!
Another reason is that the results of the investigation into the Kamei incident have also come out, because the whereabouts of the Iron Fist are unknown, so the black cauldron of this matter was finally lost to the French and Chadians, after all, everyone thinks that it is the real Iron Fist mercenaries who do bad things, and the rocket artillery provided by the Shadow Company also played a disgraceful role during the period, so in order to block some gossip, the Shadow Company must have a little responsibility.
"So, how much time do we have?"
"It's sufficient, it's going to take at least a month to get there in France, you know, those guys are very inky about Chad, so you have a month to get familiar with this car!"