Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Guards

"There are enemies on the coast, but there are not many of them, and they can be attacked!"

With a round of artillery fire from the East African Navy, a gap was blown up in the northern coastline of Maputo.

"Start landing."

It was completely different from the landing mode of Schwall's troops, and the Guards Division swaggered to storm the coastline with the cooperation of the navy, which is the best manifestation of its strength.

For this landing, the Navy and the Guards Division prepared a large number of ships, and hundreds of small boats, large and small, appeared on the sea, and machine guns were set up on the bows of the Guards Division, firing at the "suspected" coalition soldiers on the tidal flats.

The tongue of fire greedily devoured the lives of the coalition soldiers, and soon with the cooperation of the East African Navy and Army, the coalition forces that came to block them gave up resistance, gave up the entire coastline, and fled to the rear, and the officers and men of the Guards Division landed safely on Mozambican soil.

The coalition forces had already discovered the presence of East African troops in northern Mozambique, but now the coalition forces could not use many troops, and it was not known where the coalition forces would go ashore, so Mozambique's actions were doomed to be futile from the beginning.

With the completion of the landing of the Guards Division, the main fleet of the Navy did not leave and returned to East Africa, but continued to move south towards Maputo Bay, preparing to send another wave of "surprises" to the city of Maputo.

The Guards Division, on the other hand, quickly cleared the battlefield and at the same time built a defensive line ready to take root here, a scene that would only make Schwarn feel envious.

Schwar's troops are too small, so he can only flee in the rear of the coalition army, but fortunately, the rear of the coalition army is empty, and there are material supply lines to take advantage of the fire to loot, so now Schwal is still alive and well.

However, compared with the Guards Division, it is much worse than that, after the Guards Division lands, it directly takes root on the spot and builds positions, instead of hiding in Tibet, and the logistics are handled by the Guards Division's own subordinate naval departments or the Navy of the Ministry of Defense.

"It's less than thirty kilometers from Maputo, and I think the enemy forces in Maputo are aware of the fighting here, but I don't know if they have the courage to attack the city now." This was stated by the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Guards Division, Cristiano.

"They should be nervous about a new round of offensive by our navy now, not to go-for-tat with us here, so our task now is to quickly build a good position, as well as clean up the corpses left by the enemy, there have been waves that have swept many enemies into the Indian Ocean just now, and it is estimated that the fish have been fed now." The staff officer said coldly.

The joke of the staff officer made Cristiano break out in a cold sweat, this guy is really amazing, but for the battle-hardened Cristiano, he has to say that his words are right, and he has seen more of this kind of scene, so he must admit that he is telling the truth, but in the most sparse and ordinary tone.

"All in all, this place must be carefully sanitized, the most terrible thing in Africa is the plague caused by the war, and I don't want our soldiers to risk this against the coalition forces."

The military in East Africa has developed a good habit of cleaning up the battlefield quickly, and the temperature in East Africa is not too high, but the warm weather is also the most likely to become a breeding ground for viruses and mosquitoes.

If it weren't for the lack of time to find enough fuel, the enemy would have been cremated by the East African army by now, which is the optimal solution.

Compared with East Africa, the coalition forces also have similar operations, the only pity is that the coalition forces are mixed inside, so not every unit can firmly carry out the task, especially the lazy Indians, often add chaos to their own people, in order to save trouble they directly throw the corpse into the river, so as to save the history and time of digging pits.

As a result, the water source was polluted, which caused all kinds of unexpected illnesses to occur within the coalition forces, and this also caused great problems in East Africa, which had many casualties and a large demand for medicines because of the war.

Fighting against an army like the coalition army, which carries a large number of patients, makes the East African army even more uncomfortable, which may allow the enemy's disease to spread to their own camp, so in order to reduce this situation, various Chinese medicines are often boiled on the East African positions.

As a major producer of Chinese herbal medicines, although the varieties of traditional Chinese medicine in East Africa are not as abundant as those in the Far Eastern Empire, the scale of cultivation is not small, especially in the state of war, looking for "cheap" excellent medicines, so that Chinese medicinal materials are more widely popularized.

It is said to have the effect of improving the body's immunity, but there is no effective data feedback, these are the experience of Europe and the Far Eastern Empire, the Eurasian continent has been going on for thousands of years, so there are always various ways to deal with the sanitary environment in the war, and East Africa is a country that is very good at summarizing.

Let's not talk about whether this method is really curative, at least the strong smell of Chinese medicine can dilute the nervousness of East African soldiers about the war, and even become a "nightmare" for many soldiers.

The opposite enemy, in contrast to East Africa, uses large quantities of "unproven" chemicals, or simply uses drugs such as opium to numb the nerves.

As the war continued, there was also a shortage of enemy supplies, such as cigarettes and liquor became scarce, and East Africa was not bad in this regard, although it also faced the situation that some areas were too remote to deliver, but with the production in the rear, the machines were running at full power, and the production increased, which could still meet most of the needs of the troops.

Fighting close to the homeland, the greatest advantage in East Africa is also here, and even more so for troops like the Guards Division, and this landing operation was completed with logistical support.

Schwar's troops did not have this treatment, and all supplies needed to be obtained from the enemy, even weapons and ammunition, and if East Africa did not quickly open up the war situation around Cape Town, then Schwar's troops were likely to face a huge risk of running out of ammunition and food.

Therefore, the landing of the Guards Division was successful, and the last link of East Africa to Cape Town was also arranged, and at this time, only the northwest corner of the entire Cape Town was temporarily connected with the coalition forces, and the northwest corner was also at risk of being cut off by the Guards Division and the West East African Army.

This has become an immutable reality, unless there is a "miracle" in Cape Town, but it is difficult for someone who can create such a military miracle to appear in the coalition forces.

Because the British army, which is the main force of the coalition forces, and East Africa are actually following the same path, buying is to rely on systematic combat to win, and it is difficult for such an army to have any "particularly prominent" military talents.

This has to mention the German army, and the same is true of the German army in army construction, but the German army has emerged a large number of military geniuses according to the performance of the previous life, and this is the strength of the German army.

However, East Africa has a short development time, the external crisis is not too serious, and it has not encountered too thrilling wars, so it is difficult to appear "turning the tide" type of characters.

To a certain extent, this also shows the balance of the East African army, if there is no such balance, then East Africa will certainly be able to emerge a group of dazzling "military talents", but in the case of occupying the overall advantage, the generals of the East African Defense Forces will basically not make major mistakes, and can complete the tasks of the General Staff in a step-by-step manner, which has made Ernst feel very satisfied.

And this is also an advantage of the high level of education of the East African Army, which was born out of the Heixingen Military Academy and paid attention to military literacy training from the very beginning, so it was also more calm than the enemy during the war.

Of course, this is also related to the expansion of East Africa's territory inland, constantly replenishing combat experience, before the war with the British-led coalition forces, East Africa experienced an overall change from weak to strong.

(End of chapter)