It can be said that although there are many jokes in later generations that ridicule the combat effectiveness of the French *** team, such as a brand-new French rifle, which is only thrown to the ground once, or the armpits of French soldiers are easy to tan, etc.

But in reality, these are very subjective stereotypes, and in fact, the French have always been very combative in Africa.

Major Duvalier's team was also an elite division, and the French withdrew to safety early when the Libyans' artillery fire extended, so the Libyan shelling did not hit anything, and the destroyed fortifications did not matter, and the French did not intend to fight on those fortifications.

The French relied on their VAB armored vehicles and AX10P infantry fighting vehicles.

Because there is no heavy equipment such as the AX30B2 tank, Major Duvalier's battalion mainly relies on anti-tank missiles for anti-armor missions, whether it is a VAB or an AX10P infantry fighting vehicle, it can be equipped with Milan anti-tank missile weapon stations, plus the vehicle's own 20mm rapid-fire automatic gun heavy machine gun and other equipment, it is not a problem to deal with some ordinary African rebels.

And even in the face of the Libyan army, it still has a good combat power, the maximum range of those Milan missiles is two thousand meters, and the armored forces of the Libyans can generally only complete the enemy fire at about 1,500 meters to 1,200 meters, and if you want to shoot accurately, you have to get close to a thousand meters.

Therefore, after the end of the artillery preparation, the French only had to drive the car back to the preset position and then prepare it for firing.

The Libyan troops began to move at this moment, about 30 tanks and a larger number of infantry fighting vehicles carrying infantry began to attack from the breach, and the Libyan troops attacking seemed to have received detailed Soviet-style training, and the offensive formation was in an orderly manner, and the tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and infantry covered each other and coordinated with each other, and were tightly organized and did not interfere with each other, as if they had taken out a 100 percent serious attitude.

Of course, the side of the defenders was not bad, and in addition to the French, there were about two infantry regiments of Chadian soldiers who held their positions along the defensive line.

Because the Chadians lacked fire support, they prepared a large number of 107 rocket artillery on the defensive line, and a considerable part of the rocket artillery was still vehicle-mounted.

And seeing the appearance of the Libyans, the rocket artillery of the Chadians did not hesitate to start a round of salvos.

The 107 rocket launcher quickly exploded in the Libyan offensive ranks, and several infantry vehicles were hit by shrapnel on the spot and could not move, and the Libyan soldiers in the vehicles immediately jumped out of the car in a hurry, because the stopped infantry combat vehicle was a live target, f

Sure enough, the second round of rockets from the Chadians was staring at the stopped chariots, and dozens of rockets fell densely around the chariots, setting two chariots on fire at once.

The members of the car were still using automatic cannons to constantly strafe the high ground in the distance, but now when they saw the infantry chariot on fire, they ran out in fright, but before they could run a few steps, the dense rockets that fell again sent several people into the sky.

The Libyan attacking forces bombarded by the rockets quickly adjusted after they began to fall into a slight panic, and not only did the formation spread out, but even the speed increased a little.

Soon, the Libyans were within the effective range of anti-tank missiles.

"Free Fire!"

The French Milan missiles were assigned their targets early, and after confirming the order to fire, the shooters pressed the launch button.

Like the Tao missile, the Milan also uses visual aiming, infrared semi-automatic tracking, and wire transmission command guidance.

Although the range is only two thousand meters, which is not as far as the Tao style, Milan's armor-piercing depth is higher, and the two can be regarded as having their own merits.

One missile after another was ignited and launched, and when the missile body flew out, it still dragged a slender wire, and the shooter's aiming command was transmitted to the missile through the wire, so that the missile constantly adjusted its attitude during the flight, and then hit the target.

The Libyan tankers lost nine tanks in the first salvo, and the missiles went straight into the turret, then exploded, piercing the metal jet into the armor, and after penetrating the armor, the metal jet began to move around the hull

Splashing, will be inside the parts, personnel damage killed.

Of the nine tanks that were hit, only six people escaped alive, and the others either died on the spot or were incapacitated from their injuries in the tanks.

But now there is no way to save the tank crews who are still alive, and can only pray that they will survive until the end of the battle, and the tanks will not be attacked again and will not be ignited.

Nine tanks were blown up in one go, and the Libyan commander almost jumped out of his seat, and he immediately roared and ordered the infantry to go around from both sides on the radio and begin to suppress the fire in the direction of the frontal missiles. And to the rear to request artillery support.

The roaring automatic cannon then fired 30 mm ammunition into the distant high ground, intending to suppress the opponent's anti-tank fire, but the Milan anti-tank missiles were installed on the vehicle-mounted weapon station, and the members were all operating in the vehicle, so the barrage could not hit the French at all because of the angle.

Instead, the French fired back with the guns and missiles of the AX10P infantry tank, and sent the aggressive infantry tank back.

However, the French line was then subjected to another round of artillery fire, and although the commander's astute command did not cause any damage, it succeeded in getting the Libyans into a position where they could return fire.

To make matters worse, just as the ground units were in the middle of a fierce battle, several fast-moving black dots suddenly appeared in the sky.

"MiGs!"

"Anti-aircraft missile ready!"

The French soldiers, who had observed what the little black dot was, shouted warning, and even the cannon of the infantry chariot changed direction and began to fire into the air.

But at this moment, the Libyans' Su-17 attack aircraft have entered the attack route, and they choose to enter the battlefield from the direction of the nine points of the defensive line, which can cover the defender's position to the greatest extent, but will also expose them to the anti-aircraft fire on the ground for a longer time.

However, the Libyan pilots probably felt that the Chadians did not have many anti-aircraft missiles in their hands, so they chose to cut in this direction.

So, when he saw the eye-catching smoke and dust rising from the ground, the Libyan pilot was a little frightened, but looking at the plane that he had begun to slow down, the pilot quickly became resolute, he knew that he had consumed energy and could not avoid the individual air defense missile, so he chose to shoot all the rockets towards the position where the smoke and dust rose, and after his fighter plane was hit, he tried his best to lean in that direction, and then, before falling to the ground, dropped the two 500kg bombs on board.