Chapter 261

However, the Angolan Union army of a battalion led by Weisberg did not know that the tribal army not far away had opened a pocket array for them, so they went to the southeast for reconnaissance in battle formation.

If it is normal, the Angolan Union army, with South African officers as the backbone, will not carry out such a large-scale forward reconnaissance. Instead, it will shrink into the existing front line and maintain a stalemate with the tribal army in the north.

I thought this stalemate would last until the end of the year. When the strength of both sides is well accumulated, we will have several large-scale battles after next year's rainy season.

When the two sides have exhausted their accumulated strength, they will cease fire again on their respective fronts and enter a new round of stalemate.

From the early 1970s to the present, the civil war in Angola has been a routine of both sides.

But such a battlefield rule, which lasted for nearly ten years, was broken by the Angolan tribal army led by the Soviet military adviser last week.

Instead of waiting for next year, they launched a sudden attack from the Western Front in the middle of the year, at the end of the dry season.

It has to be said that the Soviet Union's theory of great depth operations was really powerful. In just one week, the tribal army used tanks and artillery to forcibly tear a hole along the Angolan coastline from the western front of the coalition army.

After destroying several South African supply ports in the south, they began to move eastward to the rear of the eastern line of the Allied forces.

At the same time, the eastern front of the tribal army began to attack the coalition forces.

For a time, the western front of the allied army was eroded, and the eastern front was in danger of being surrounded.

When the situation came back to South Africa, the high-level officials were shocked. On the one hand, they ordered the reserve troops of the Union Army in Namibia to move northward in an attempt to break the siege of the tribal army; on the other hand, they made preparations for the eastern front troops to retreat to Zambia, Angola's eastern neighbor.

South Africa's response was not so quick, but this time the tribal army, which was given all kinds of bonus by Soviet advisers, responded more quickly. As soon as the reserve troops of the Union army went north from Namibia crossed the border line, they were wrapped in dumplings by the armored assault group composed of Soviet t-62 and t-55 tanks, which immediately completely sealed the border line between Angola and Namibia.

Then he went northward along the straight border between Angola and Zambia, preparing to completely trap the eastern line group of the coalition army in a narrow strip 120 kilometers wide from east to west and 260 kilometers long from south to north.

As soon as the news came out, there was no less than an earthquake of magnitude 8 in Africa. The civil war in Angola, which has been fighting for more than ten years, ended in this way?

All politicians in African countries have this question in mind.

Weissberg has no time to care about what African politicians think. Now he is thinking about whether there is a gap in the long border between Angola and Zambia.

Originally, this was supposed to be the work of aerial reconnaissance, but since the day before yesterday, South African aerial reconnaissance planes have been shot down by Soviet air defense missiles one after another. Without aerial reconnaissance, the Angolan Union army has become blind in an instant.

In order to keep the allied army as a heavy group and make a comeback in the future, the commander of the eastern front of the allied army had to deploy a few elite forces to form a firepower reconnaissance battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Weisberg to conduct reconnaissance on the border between Angola and Zambia.

"Once the gap is found, occupy it immediately and stick to it. I will immediately lead the main force to give you support until the army retreats into Zambia!"

This is the order given to him by the commander of the eastern front of the coalition army before Weisberg set out. Therefore, Weisberg led the fire reconnaissance battalion to March eastward for 80 kilometers and fought several times with the tribal army which gradually gathered the encirclement, but he never found a hole to tear.

But he was in danger, but Weissberg didn't seem to be aware of it, because he was ready to make a big bet with his firepower reconnaissance camp.

"Really, commander, I think you are crazy. Even the craziest general Ariel Sharon in our Israel Defense Forces is not as crazy as you. Knowing that there is a danger of being surrounded by heavy military groups, you have to break through. Commander, it's really not like you fight like this."

After listening to Weisberg's plan, major Barak, a military observer of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), leaned next to Weisberg in the badger armored vehicle, shook his head like a rattle.

General Sharon in his mouth was a famous general who led his troops to sweep the Sinai Peninsula and raid the Egyptian rear in the fourth Middle East war.

As for why there are Israeli soldiers in South Africa's sphere of influence, it's very simple. In the 1970s and 1980s, when the two countries had a good relationship, they had to wear a pair of trousers. Especially in the military field, because Israel's territory was small and many equipment and tactics could not be developed, so they often brought troops to South Africa for training.

There is even a rumor that Israel's mushroom eggs were tested on an island in South Africa.

Therefore, although the Israeli soldiers in the coalition army are military observers, they actually work as military advisers. There is no way. Neither the South African officers nor the indigenous Angolans have experienced many battles. Therefore, it is very normal to find some foreign aid familiar with the Soviet tactics.

If we put it in the past, wesberg would have listened to it. First, Barak has rich experience in combat; second, the current situation is really dangerous. The troops are not only exposed, but also the enemy has absolute superiority, so they are not sure of winning.Today, however, vesberg, who had been a good Samaritan in the past, was unusually stubborn. He shook his head like taking the wrong medicine. Instead, he asked Barak, "do you think I can't compare with general Sharon?"

"Judging from your current performance, you have his madness, but you don't have his wisdom. General Sharon's surprise attack on the rear of the Egyptian army is very risky, but his military strength and weapons are not inferior to those of the Egyptian army, and the combat literacy of the army is also very high, but what about you? Apart from eight badger armored vehicles, 32 Toyota pickup trucks and even no anti tank missiles. How can you compete with the tribal army's tanks? With the rifle in your hand? "

Barak was not polite. He was outspoken, but Weissberg laughed. Just as he was about to explain, he heard the "boom ~ ~" sound, and the earth began to vibrate. Then he heard the soldiers outside shouting: "we've been attacked ~ ~ oh ~ ~ my God, it's a tank..."

Weissberg immediately went to the observation window. When he looked out, he couldn't help taking a breath. He saw his left and right wings, dozens of tanks were firing and pressing here.

"Stay away from the tank!"

At the command, the rear team of the fire reconnaissance battalion of the coalition army changed into the front team. Taking advantage of the high mobility of the pickup truck, the rear team soon got rid of a large section of the alliance tanks that were ready to encircle. Seeing this, wesberg yelled on the radio: "divide into four teams, spread out!"

As soon as the words were heard, the fire reconnaissance battalion, which had originally gathered into a large group, immediately spread out like a woman in the sky on the vast prairie. The tank group that was chasing after him suddenly felt a little sluggish. At this stop, Weissberg suddenly ordered: "stop and get ready."

In the moving badger armored car, a sudden brake stopped in the bush. Weissberg immediately jumped out of the car. A canvas wrapped thing was removed from a stopped pickup truck, which quickly formed a triangle when it was opened.

Weissberg opened the remote control in his hand, and the strange looking triangular aircraft was also started by another South African officer. Then he threw it into the air in the form of throwing, and then directly attacked the approaching tanks. At the next moment, the leaping triangular aircraft dived into the top cover of a moving t-55 tank, and only heard the "boom ~ ~" sound The turret of the tank was thrown directly into the air.

Seeing this, Barak immediately opened his eyes and was surprised for a long time before he asked: "this is Missiles? "