Chapter 639: The Heavenly Soldiers Are Beaten, I Hand Over the Gun
Of course, it is impossible to expect the French to win the war, because the French troops in Africa are still moving to Chad, and it is unrealistic to expect a French camp on the front line to defeat several regiments of Libyan troops on the opposite side.
So, the Chadians are also preparing for defense according to their predetermined plan.
Idris ordered to clear the walls and clear the population of the villages and towns in front of him to the rear, which may be a difficult task for the civilians in other areas.
However, for the Chadians, this order is not very difficult to implement, because the Chadian side does not have to think too much about the resettlement of civilians, only the distribution of kilograms of bread as rations to each family, and what kind of accommodation, medical care, sanitation, etc., is not considered.
The reason why you can still make a big pie is mainly due to the suggestion of the think tank of the Shadow Company, in the conclusion drawn after profoundly summarizing the unique national conditions of Africa, the black uncles are actually very easy to satisfy, as long as you make sure that most people can't go hungry, then unless there is a big brother who wants to mess with you, there will generally be no extraordinarily big public opinion, after all, the people everywhere are the same, as long as they can survive, no one will be willing to rebel with their heads.
So, as long as it is guaranteed that the black uncles have at least a stutter, then even if Idris is a little more inhuman, the country will not have any big problems!
And most importantly, Chadian civilians in the border areas may not be as good as relying on the government to distribute free flatbread in terms of food!
Temporarily relocating these fellow villagers to a safe area behind the front line can prevent the emergence of spies and the like on the one hand, and on the other hand, the international perspective is also excellent.
The black uncles who were forced to leave their homes were obviously escorted by the army, but they took a few photos and said that the civilians were not safe, they were displaced, and the children were crying and did not want to leave, and they took pictures and said that it was a child who had lost his parents crying.
However, Shepard's current position still likes this set, after all, they don't take pictures, how can they get the attention of European masters!
In fact, the Libyan army did not intend to do anything terrible, and in the initial invasion, they also deliberately avoided civilians fighting, but they could not stop the bad and artificially created a humanitarian disaster.
As a result, the Libyan flesh has not eaten a few bites, but the sanctions have been beaten with an iron fist.
So, the Libyans are also angry, we don't fight, you want to sanction us, we fight, you have to sanction, I have to fight!
On the orders of Gaddafi, a large number of fighters were transferred to front-line airfields, and the Libyans were determined to use their superiority in equipment to bring the Chadians back to the negotiating table, and then forcibly demand that the Chadian government cede land.
Then, at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, the Libyan soldiers, having finished their prayers, returned to their positions and quietly awaited the time to attack.
At a quarter past eight o'clock, the Libyans concentrated three artillery regiments, as well as several aviation squadrons, and carried out a heavy bombardment of the forward minefields of the Chadian army, which had been detected earlier.
After the outbreak of the war, the French urgently came to support, the number of tens of thousands, the Chadians sprinkled these mines on the control line of fire between the two sides, and built a minefield that was almost 12 kilometers long and 200 meters wide, including infantry mines, jumping mines, anti-tank mines, etc., because the time was tight and the task was heavy, the Chadian army did not even bother to dig holes for those mines and bury them, so they simply disarmed the fuse, and then dropped the mines on the ground.
Anyway, there is a lot of wind and sand here, and the wind and sand blown by the strong wind for a few days are enough to bury those mines.
It's just that this perfunctory approach is still very effective, after all, even if you know that the mines are there, it is unrealistic for a large army to want to cross over.
In addition to mine arrays, the Chadians have learned from Israel in digging several anti-tank trenches and pulling up a large amount of barbed wire in the Suez Canal defense line, and they have also adapted to local conditions to make use of Chad's newly exploited oil resources.
Large quantities of viscous crude oil were transported to the front lines, which would be dumped in preparation when the Libyans attacked
The ignition of an anti-tank trench, although it may not hurt the Libyan army, but it can hinder their movement, it is already a major success!
These are the targets of the Libyans' bombing, and their attacks are not very aimless, but very focused on selecting a few of the most suitable places for attack.
Countless shells and bombs fell, making Hannibal, dozens of kilometers away, feel the tremors of the earth.
In the course of more than an hour of artillery preparation, the Chadian lines were smashed to pieces as if they were muddy, minefields were cleared, trenches were blown flat, and barbed wire was even melted into molten iron.
The surface of the earth is full of holes like the moon.
The Libyans used not only conventional artillery, but also Soviet-made long-range rocket launchers, which were so powerful that a single gun could clear a large area.
Subsequently, after clearing the obstacles, the artillery of the Libyan army began to extend.
And the first to be hit by artillery was the French mechanized infantry battalion at the forefront with a vote of Chadian troops ready to fight.
"Damn, these guys really want me dead!"
Major Duvalier only felt a rush of urgency, not that he was afraid of fighting, in fact, Major Duvalier very much wanted to participate in the battle to gain military merits, but he wanted the battlefield to be different from now, his side had a full set of fire support, personnel and equipment superiority, and the opponent was better the kind of monkey who had just come out of the tree.
His infantry battalion has 22 VAB armored vehicles, twelve Milan anti-tank missiles, as well as more than two dozen AX10P infantry fighting vehicles, 120-mm mortars, anti-aircraft missiles, etc., these equipment looks sufficient, but the opponent's tanks are dozens of times better than his own missiles, and the tide of battle is too unfavorable for him!
Therefore, the major's own tactic is to prepare to retreat step by step, carry out elastic defense, so as to consume the other party little by little, but the vote of Western reporters somehow came to the front line, in front of the camera, the gradual retreat tactics expected by the major are easily understood as defeat and retreat, in order to prevent himself from becoming a big news in the newspaper, the major decided that he should hold on for a while, hold on until the reporter leaves, and then he can retreat and run away, and hand over the mess to the Air Force to deal with!