Therefore, Lieutenant General James Reilly believes that the military defeat of the 86th aircraft in the People's Liberation Army's military insurgency is not a big problem. However, this action of the US military requires a reasonable excuse. Although there is constant conflict between China and the United States and tensions, after all, the two sides have not completely broken up and entered a state of declaration of war. Therefore, such a fierce "local conflict" is best to have a reasonable excuse to prevent China and the United States from falling into a state of war. Now the American economy has fallen into a serious crisis after China withdraws its foreign exchange reserves. As China continues to sell US bonds, US bond interest rates have begun to soar, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Americans with heavy debts.

If a full-scale conflict breaks out between China and the United States, it will inevitably make it worse. Although Americans believe that China will suffer a greater blow, compared with Chinese people who are famous for their endurance, Americans who are used to living a good life will definitely not accept it. Once they are frustrated on the battlefield, most Americans will show strong anti-war sentiment towards the war. Compared with most ordinary Americans, this is a completely inexplicable war.

So Lieutenant General James Reilly needs a very strong excuse for military intervention.

The proud Ka Kurtu soon discovered something was wrong. The local armed forces of the "National Defense People's Congress" and the "M23 Movement" of South Kivu Province, which had always been incompatible, began to be frequently mobilized, but there was no sign of a fire between the two. On the contrary, they both began to approach the areas bordering Tanganyika Province in a tacit understanding.

Although Ka Kurtu expanded his power to more than 3,000, before completing the unification of the Katanga region, Ka Kurtu was very wise to maintain the relationship between rivers and water without infringing on wells, because both the "National Defense People's Congress" and the "M23 Movement" in the north were stronger than Ka. Kurtu's current strength, the two troops in South Kivu and North Kivu provinces gathered more than 5,000 people, let alone united. So before annexing the entire Katanga region and expanding its strength again, Ka Kurtu would never tease these warlords in the north.

But now it seems that the situation is quite bad. Even if Ka Kurtu doesn't provoke them, he has a very intention to go south from the other side's movements. Ka Kurtu, who just tasted the taste of power, was very nervous for a moment. He put more than half of his elite forces into the defense of the northern line. Four full infantry battalions were placed in the small town of Rukengo, north of Karemi. This small town with only a few thousand people guarded Highway 5 from the north to Karemi and Highway 33 from the west to Karemi. It is the most important defense line in the north of Karemi.

In order to defend this strategic location, Ka Kurtu urgently asked Colonel Lazaro and military advisers for assistance, demanding increased military aid. In the face of the aggressive offensive situation in the northern Kurgo north, Colonel Song Jihong, the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade, who was responsible for military aid in Ka Kurtu, carefully studied the military intelligence collected by the drones sent, and judged that the northern warlords of the Congo had indeed had the intention to move south in large numbers. Judging from the forces that had been gathered, the armed forces under the "National Defense People's Congress" and the "M23 Movement" combined have more than 5,000 people. There is no doubt that for Ka Kurtu, this is an extremely powerful military force. If Ka Kurtu's military power is not enhanced, Ka Kurtu will definitely be defeated in this war.

After obtaining the firepower equipment information of these northern warlords from Ka Kurtu, Colonel Song Jihong added a firepower company to each infantry battalion based on the existing firepower of Ka Kurtu Infantry Battalion. The firepower company is equipped with three firepower platoons, one of which is a machine gun platoon, providing 6 squad light machine guns and 3 12.7mm heavy machine guns; one mortar heavy firepower platoon, providing 3 82mm mortars and 6 60mm mortars; and a bazooka motorized firepower platoon, providing 8 bazooka.

Although this firepower is much worse than the ordinary infantry battalion of the People's Liberation Army, it is close to the level of the current regular infantry battalion of Tanzania. Compared with the local warlords in the northern Kintoko, this firepower can be regarded as extremely powerful. It basically achieves firepower coverage from 5 kilometers to 1 kilometer. Among them, the effective killing radius of 60 mm mortar shells is 17.8 meters, and the killing radius of 82 mm mortar shells is 22 meters. In this country where there is almost no heavy artillery, this firepower is simply a killing weapon for dense infantry positions.

Rukengo was originally a mountain city, and no matter how many people there were, they could not be used. According to the 86th Infantry Corps, the three infantry battalions formed cross firepower, which was enough to form a 5-kilometer death zone around Highway 5 in the north of Rukengo! The only thing that is worrying now is the fighting will and combat literacy of the soldiers under Karkut. The use of mortars is by no means possible by just catching a person. Therefore, Karkut was also mixed after receiving this batch of emergency military aid.

What I am happy is that my troops have these heavy weapons, and their firepower is so powerful that only the elite government troops near Kinshasa can compare; what I am worried about is that I can't find so many suitable soldiers to operate after getting these heavy weapons at once.

Especially the 9 82mm mortars, which is the most powerful firepower in Ka Kurtu's hands. Ka Kurtu doesn't want to hit all the precious shells in the air due to the lack of training of his soldiers. The enemy is now struggling with a huge team of more than 5,000 people, and the troops guarding Lukengo are less than one-third of the enemy. These heavy weapons are the key to his victory.

When Ka Kortu was worried, one of his confidants remembered the special group of "Tanzan government elites" who fought side by side, so he suggested that Ka Kortu ask Colonel Lazaro to send some people to operate these heavy firepower, while his own people are responsible for the tasks of assisting and learning. For Ka Kortu, it is natural to ask for help from allies in the civil war, but he doesn't care whether the ally is from his own country or not.

So after hearing this suggestion from his subordinates, Ka Kurtu immediately contacted Colonel Lazaro. After discussion with Colonel Song Jihong, Colonel Lazaro agreed to Ka Kurtu's request. Colonel Song Jihong drew nine mortar operators from the 86th Infantry Brigade, mixed with the 30 elite Tanzania soldiers selected by Colonel Lazaro, and formed a Sino-Tans joint team without military uniforms. They secretly sent them to Rukengo with helicopters, changed into the uniforms of the KMT government army, and became a special force in the Colonel Lazaro's army.

This war in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is about to break out.
Chapter completed!