Chapter 103: Thick and Long

In the office, Kikwete looked at the map in front of him, looking at the entire western and northern regions of Tanzania, densely packed with red forks, and the whole person couldn't help but sigh.

Since that night, when two deputy ministers of defense died and one defected, the whole of Tanzania has been locked in a three-point situation.

The western region, where General Badok's tribe and roots were located, was inclined toward the United States, and his troops, instigated by the American spy Davis, became the second group of troops to attack the arsenal that night, and in the continuous fighting, they were completely annihilated by the besieging capital defense forces.

After the mission failure was revealed, Cai's spy Davis had already absconded according to the secret route he had previously formulated, and by the time the General's security forces went to block the door, the building was already empty, and General Baduk committed suicide in fear.

With his suicide, the most powerful of his sons declared himself a nation in the western region where his hometown was located.

After declaring their independence as a state, their official forces in the eastern part of the territory and Tanzania were in a state of fighting but indecisive fighting, and in the northern region, they began to strengthen their control over the Ugandan region and contain the passage areas between Tanzania and Uganda.

After all, Uganda is located right in the northwest of Tanzania.

And the absconding General Lokaha, he was originally inclined to the Soviet Union, after sending troops to raid the arsenal, he had actually retreated, if the raid was successful, then naturally there was nothing to say, no one could blame him if he dealt with his hands and feet, and if he failed, he also left a way to retreat, so as not to stay in the capital and be captured.

So, he managed to run away, ran back to his hometown in the northern region, and at the same time declared himself to establish a country.

But after he ran back and announced the establishment of the country, he found a very important problem, that is, his hometown area has no access to the sea, and it is completely impossible to receive all kinds of material and arms support from the Soviet Union from the sea!

After all, Tanzania is a country with one side by the sea, and only the southeast has a coastal area and a better port, which is an area controlled by all official troops, and if you take land transportation from the north, it will be slow, and you must pass through Kenya, there are too many variables.

In this situation, General Lokaha could only frantically attack the southeast in his northern territory, trying to seize part of the coastline and have a port, so that he could receive support from the Soviet Union.

It is precisely because of this situation that the battle on the front in western Tanzania, that is, General Baduk's hometown, is not particularly fierce, it is obvious that they have the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and the Tanzanian troops cannot make a strong attack, so it is temporarily shelved.

So at present, in the whole of Tanzania, the most fierce fighting is in the northeast region, Tanzania's Northern Army against General Lokaha's troops, and the ultimate strategic goal is to fight for ports.

The next most intense place is in the northwest of Tanzania, which borders Uganda.

A few years ago, Uganda launched a war against Tanzania at the instigation of Libya's Kadazzo, but I didn't expect Tanzania to be a hard bone, even if Libya sent military support, it was not defeated.

Subsequently, it was also occupied by the Tanzanian counteroffensive, and the garrison maintained law and order, and this part of the garrison also became the biggest hidden danger.

The west belongs to General Baduk, the east belongs to General Lokaha, and the Tanzanian official troops in the middle are surrounded, and at the same time at the junction of Uganda and Tanzania, the transportation channel is constantly being squeezed and encroached by both sides, and it is obvious that the two sides have a tacit understanding that they will first take Uganda, eat the official troops here, and then decide the direction of the follow-up war.

So the theme of the war in the northwest is that the official forces have to maintain the transport lanes, and the two sides are frantically encircled from both flanks.

"What should I do? If it's my Huaxia Zhanzhi teacher, sit in my place. ”

"What kind of decisions will they make?"

In the office, Kikwete stared at the map in front of him, and the bustle in his mind made him uneasy, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then the office door was pushed open, and the guard walked in and said:

"General, the minister has returned from the presidential palace, please come over for a meeting."

Hearing this, Kikwete felt a chuckle in his heart, then nodded and said:

"I'll go!"

After the guard left, he took out a candy from the drawer and put it in his mouth, and after rattling and swallowing, he wiped his mouth and put on his coat, leaving the office and coming to the conference room.

In the conference room, as Kikwete walked in, he sat down, and there were only five people in total.

At the head of the head is the general who is the minister of defense, and the remaining two people are generals who have recently been promoted, but they are not yet deputy ministers, and the deputy ministers are General Kellyon in addition to Kikwete, and he is the one who obeys the orders of the general and Mr. President.

"Bad news for everyone."

"Just now, Mr. President received a reply from the Soviet side."

"They refused to continue selling any weapons to us without giving any reason, and the United States said a week ago that they could not sell weapons to us for the time being."

"According to them, I hope we can deal with our domestic problems calmly."

"And arms exports will exacerbate the conflict in our country."

"What a ridiculous and sad reason!"

As soon as Kikwete sat down, the great general sitting there said this, and in an instant General Kellyon, who was sitting next to him, said with a cold face:

"It's not a surprise, they want to subvert us."

"At the beginning, we thought that those people would rebel, and the United States and the Soviet Union would still maintain our old relations."

"But I didn't expect that their ambition and appetite are so amazing, and they are actually trying to completely subvert us and completely control the whole of Tanzania through their agents!"

"This is delusional, we will definitely not fail!"

The old general nodded in approval of General Kellyon's statement, and at the same time coughed lightly and said:

"But the situation is really serious."

"With the statements of the United States and the Soviet Union, I think the probability that we will purchase weapons from the vast majority of countries is no longer possible."

"The only possible thing should be Huaxia."

"They are one of the few countries in the world that does not have a clear side and has the strength to manufacture weapons."

"So Huaxia is also our last hope, if we can't buy weapons from Huaxia, our remaining weapons and ammunition can only last for three months at most, even if we find a way to buy small quantities from other small countries and the black market, it will be useless."

At that moment, Kikwete, who was sitting there, suddenly felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness and sadness, and for a country that did not have the ability to make an independent military industrial capability, it did not even have the ability to give it a go.

Because if foreign countries do not sell weapons, they can only rush up with their bare hands, and then be harvested by machine guns!

"But no matter what, even if you can buy weapons from Huaxia."

"It also needs to be transported by sea, and in this cycle, we must withstand the pressure, otherwise the great Tanzania will cease to exist, and this land will once again be controlled by those colonizers and agents!"

"This is a situation that I can't accept even if I die, we have fought for so many years to gain freedom and independence!"

The whole conference room fell silent with the sound of the general's low roar, and finally the general looked at Kikwete, and then asked:

"Kikwete, the batch of supplies that I bought from Huaxia before."

"It should be almost there, right?"

To this question, Kikwete quickly nodded and said:

"Yes! Just recently. ”

Then the general nodded and said:

"If they arrive, start producing them right away and turn them into weapon status."

"The pressure on the Northern Army has been too great lately, and if the passage is cut off, we will lose Uganda and the garrison there, but they can still conduct guerrilla warfare in Uganda itself."

"But if the Northern Army is defeated or even surrenders to the enemy."

"Then we will lose the port, and even be pushed all the way by the rebels to the outskirts of Dodoma!"

"At that point, we're dead!"

In this part of Africa, many people recognize tribes much more than the state, so even if Tanzania is already a country, if a legion cannot defeat the enemy, or if the sacrifice loss is too great, the possibility of surrender is very large.

"But I have to say, this heavy mortar is really useful."

"It's a pity that we bought too little for the first time, and now we have used it all up, otherwise the battle situation would definitely not be so anxious."

"The only drawback is that the range is too short."

At this moment, General Kellyon, who was sitting there, couldn't help but sigh and said.

However, just as he finished speaking.

"Tuk Tuk!"

With a knock on the door, I saw a staff member push the door open, and then gasped and said to the five people present:

"Generals, Huaxia's cargo has arrived!"

"Unloading is underway, and it can be delivered to the arsenal in the evening!"

As soon as these words came out, a touch of surprise appeared on the faces of the five people present in an instant, they really wanted to come to something, and in any case, as long as they had this batch of materials, then the temporary situation could at least be stabilized, and then wait for the procurement of weapons from Huaxia, and then carry out a counterattack, in order to move forward.

"Kikwete, you're in charge of this!"

"I just don't know, what is the mysterious product in this batch of materials?"

"Recently, there has been a lot of news, it is said that the Red Star Machinery Factory appeared at the Canton Fair in China, and the products sold include the kind of heavy mortars that were sold to us before."

"There were even rockets and planes!"

"Hey, it's a pity that we couldn't go because of the war."

With this good news, the atmosphere in the conference room eased slightly, the general frowned and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, while Kikwete smiled helplessly and said:

"My friend didn't contact me, maybe because he was too 'considerate.'"

"Before the second batch of supplies and the mysterious product were tried, he kept enough restraint on us and did not continue to promote his products, perhaps for fear of arousing our disgust, and I understand this."

"But maybe he would have been rougher and more direct, and it would have been better!"

"I have to say that the new products they sold at the Canton Fair sound shocking, especially those grenade launchers."

"If we have a lot of equipment, we can launch a counteroffensive and Armageddon."

"Those damned rebels are definitely no match for us!"

Regarding Kikwete's statement, the generals present nodded in agreement, because it has been a month since the Canton Fair, and the news has spread widely in Africa, and those weapons have also been rumored to be miraculous.

Even the weapons of the first batch of customers have been delivered, and the goods are floating on the sea, which is also the reason why Kikwete said that Wang Ye is not direct enough, if Wang Ye is direct enough, I am afraid that the weapons purchased by Kikwete are already floating on the sea, and it will not take long to arrive, becoming a powerful weapon in the hands of Tanzanian soldiers to protect their country, why make these five people present so anxious and uneasy?

The meeting then ended.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Kikwete's convoy set off for the suburban arsenal, and at this time, after arriving at the suburban arsenal, the goods transported from the port were basically there.

Half past five in the afternoon.

Kikwete finally arrived at the Arsenal, which is now a world apart from the former Arsenal, and the original rammed earth wall has become a high brick wall, with a power grid and watchtowers on it, and the overall defense is very strict.

At the gate of the arsenal, I saw many trucks unloading, one after another gas canisters were unloaded from the trucks, and Kikwete's originally tense face couldn't help but show a smile.

"How many have you unloaded?"

Kikwete got out of the car and asked the strong man with armpit incense, he was the head of security for the entire arsenal, and when he heard Kikwete's order, the strong man hurriedly said:

"Report to the general, more than five hundred have been unloaded."

"When all the goods are unloaded, I'm afraid it will be tonight or even early tomorrow morning!"

Kikwete was not surprised by this result, after all, this time he bought 10,000 gas canisters alone!

"By the way, do you see anything other than heavy mortar shells?"

Hearing Kikwete ask, the strong man shook his head, then pointed to the convoy lined up to unload and said:

"Didn't see it, maybe in the back?"

Kikwete nodded, looked at the long line of trucks waiting to be unloaded, and finally waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, go to the car behind and have a look!"

Then the strong man and the rest of his entourage, following Kikwete's pace, began to walk back along the parked convoy, only to see that the carts were loaded with gas canisters one by one, stacked neatly.

Finally, after walking for a while, Kikwete's eyes lit up!

Because he saw that on a truck in the back, in addition to the gas canister, there were actually log-colored crates!

"Quick! Be careful! Move it down for me, pry it open! ”

"I'm going to see what's inside!"

At that moment, Kikwete was sure that inside these crates must be the new products mentioned by Wang Ye, accompanied by the sound of several black strong men, and soon a crate was moved.

"Bang bang!"

Using a crowbar, soon the crate was opened, and the waterproof paper covered with it was ripped off, and at that moment Kikwete's face was full of ecstasy!

I saw that inside the crate, there were rockets smeared with anti-rust grease one after another, each with a diameter so cute, and the length was so charming, especially the rear tail, which was simply sexy!

At that moment, looking at the thick and long rockets inside the crate, Kikwete felt comfortable all over his body, and couldn't help but shout:

"Hahaha! Fast! Unloading starts from here! ”

"Find out if there is a manual in it, and immediately start production for me according to the steps prohibited by the manual! Be sure to use the plan marked in the manual, the most dangerous, the most strictly forbidden and the most terrifying! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

"When it's time to eat, I'm going to see the finished product! Fast! ”

With Kikwete's voice, a group of black people rushed up in an instant and began to unload the cargo.

I saw them carrying the crates and transporting them to the arsenal, and the chief engineer of the arsenal with glasses, Old Quay, found a manual from it, flipped through it for a few seconds, and then burst into a burst of obscene laughter, and began to get busy.

As Kikwete waited anxiously, the sky gradually darkened, until the final sunset disappeared into the sky, and the lights at the entrance to the arsenal were turned on, and the blacks were still busy unloading.

At this moment, I saw a black man running from the house in a hurry, shouting as he ran:

"Report to the General! Report General! Our rocket production is complete! ”

"Old Quill says it's time for testing!"

At that moment, Kikwete's heart that had been hanging finally let go.

After all, in Kikwete's view, rockets and gas canisters are still fundamentally different, the manufacturing level of rockets is obviously more complex, and the technical difficulty inside is also higher.

"My friend, you're a genius!"

Finally, Kikwete couldn't help but look at the eastern sky, sighed from the bottom of his heart, and then waved his hand and said to the black man:

"Ready for the test! Also prepare samples without charges, I'm going to bring them back to the Ministry of Defense! ”