Chapter eight hundred and thirteenth war in Africa
The harsh winter climate has made several battlefields such as the Korean Peninsula, northern Pakistan, southern Tibet, and other battlefields. Neither the China-Pakistan army nor the US-South Korea-Indian coalition forces can carry out large-scale military operations under heavy snow. In addition, both sides are carrying out a new round of dispatching troops, so they tacitly paused the war.
In addition to an upcoming undersea secret war in the Indian Ocean, the most intense war is Africa. Under the leadership of Deputy Brigade Colonel Dai Qiliang, the 86th Brigade headed north and took the lead in joining fire with the 2nd Marine Infantry Brigade and the Armored Brigade of the Third U.S. Army's Third Marine Infantry Division was fired in Babati. After all, the journey of the US military to the south was much shorter. In addition, the US military used its main armored brigade and the main force of the Apache attack helicopter battalion as an arrow. The Tanzanian Defense Forces line, composed of infantry and a small amount of armor, had no resistance at all. Instead, according to the arrangement of the China-Tankan Joint Command, it gave up front resistance and dispersed into small units of platoon-level units, scattered into the mountains and used guerrilla and destroyed the traffic lines to slag.
However, in the face of the modernized US military, it is difficult for these guerrillas of the Tanzanian Defense Forces Northern Army to seize any loopholes to achieve great results. They are more likely to harass the exhausted US military when they are camping with the help of a few cold guns in the dark.
Regarding the tactics of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces, the US military set up posts around the camp and used several M2 Bradley tanks to form a line of defense with cross-fire power. The US military in the camp ignored it at all. The US E-3C early warning aircraft, which patrols alternately in the air for 24 hours, made the entire northern Tanzania sky dead and made the People's Liberation Army Air Force inertia. Not to mention the second-generation fighter with obvious targets such as the Destroyer UAV, even the fourth-generation stealth fighter such as the J-21, it is actually difficult to break into the US military's 200-kilometer aviation warning area without being discovered.
Therefore, the Sino-Tanstan Joint Command did not think about any conspiracy to attack the US military at all. Instead, it took advantage of the relative advantage in air power and formulated a reasonable combat plan, preparing to use the J-10C and J-21 flight regiments as sky protection umbrellas for the Destroyer UAV to advance. Before the operation, it took the air to enter the northern Tanzanian air and was ready to intercept possible attacks from the US Air Force at any time.
At the same time, the tank troops on the ground and the Destroyer UAVs launched a concerted effort to launch attacks on the vanguard of the US Armored Brigade and the Longbow Apache Attack Helicopter Battalion. The combat targets of the ZTZ-99S Tank Battalion are the US Armored Forces and Air Defense Battalion, while the Destroyer UAVs are the US Longbow Apache Armed Helicopter.
Although the PLA's Flying Air Defense Missile Battalion can also pose a threat to the US longbow Apache, compared with the number of Avenger air defense missile systems owned by the US Third Mechanized Infantry Division, the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade has less than one-third of the opponent's. If it is a head-on battle, this Flying Air Defense Missile Battalion will be difficult to pose a fatal threat to the strong air force of the US helicopter attack battalion. After all, armed helicopters have extremely flexible attack methods. In mountain combat, the towed tanks such as Flying Air Defense Missiles have a good upper hand and can use a variety of tactics to attack.
Therefore, the primary goal of the China-Tanstan Joint Command is to solve the helicopter attack power owned by the US military, because if the US military's armed helicopters are destroyed, in the ground tank battle, although the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade has a much smaller number of main battle tanks than the US military, since it is difficult to deploy in the mountains, the quantity advantage is not as effective as the quality advantage.
With the excellent performance of the ZTZ-99S tank and the tactical system of the theater joint combat that completely possesses an overwhelming advantage, the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade cannot defeat the US military and armored brigade, but it is not a big problem to withstand two or three days.
With these days, the two newly-organized Tanzanian Defense Forces on the Western Front battlefield should be able to severely damage the US military's Western Front offensive forces and reinforce the Northern Front.
But although the plan is good, the US military is not a fool. When the US military advances to Babati, the US military begins to be careful and disperse its longbow Apache aircraft group in the valley, not far from the Avengers air defense missile battalion that has been following the Tank Pilot Battalion.
In this way, when the PLA tank battalion broke slightly, its longbow Apache quickly stepped forward to launch an attack. Once it succeeded, it retreated to the valley. Not only did the PLA fly air defense missiles not have time to react, but the PLA air defense radar system also made it difficult for the PLA air defense radar system to detect its specific location. The PLA's air defense radar system could not lock in these armed helicopters and let the Destroyer drone launch an attack.
Therefore, in the outpost of Babati, the PLA dispatched a tank battalion and a Flying Air Defense Missile Company, plus a Destroyer UAV special battalion, and faced the ground forces of a tank battalion and an Avenger Air Defense Missile Battalion, as well as 12 longbows Apaches. The PLA suffered a loss, losing 6 tanks, ZTZ-99S and 2 Destroyer UAV drones, but only annihilated 8 M1A2SEP tanks and 2 Avenger air defense systems of the US military. None of the US armed helicopters wanted to solve them were caught.
Seeing that the PLA's joint combat system lost its power during mountainous operations, the Sino-Tank Joint Command made a quick decision and ordered the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade to retreat south to the Condoa area. The terrain here is not far from the Great Rift Valley in the North of Tanzania. Although it is not far from the Great Rift Valley in East Africa and has many cliffs, it is possible to choose a battlefield with a broader vision at any time along the A104 Highway. In this case, the PLA's joint combat system of the theater can play its greatest advantage.
The first battle was unfavorable and did not make the Sino-Tanstan Joint Command lose confidence. Instead, the US military showed an indecisive attitude in the face of the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade's retreat. Its vanguard troops waited for the main force to come up before steadily and slowly advance, allowing the Kenyan Infantry Brigade to come up together to form a heavy army group and crush it with the way of Mount Tai.
Although this proves the US military's cautious use of military forces and wants to use its superior forces to fight steadily, on the other hand, it also reveals that the US military is still very afraid of the PLA's ground forces. After several battles on the Korean battlefield and the Pakistani battlefield, the US military has realized that now, whether in the air or on the ground, it is no longer the era of Dugu Qiubai.
Therefore, although the Chinese-Tanstan coalition now seems to be at a disadvantage in terms of force, it is not without any chance. This opportunity is that on the Western Front battlefield, the First Aircraft Infantry Brigade and the Second Aircraft Infantry Brigade of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces can successfully damage or defeat the US military, Uganda and Rwandan coalitions, and then return to Condoa and the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade to defeat the main force of the US military.
The US military advanced in division of troops, which seemed to be huge. The total strength of the Western Front and Northern Fronts exceeded 20,000, respectively. However, the main force of the Western Front was actually only one aircraft and infantry brigade of the US military, and the remaining were the motorized infantry brigades of Uganda and Rwanda. The equipment and combat effectiveness were completely different from the US military. Some of them had to stay on the road to ensure the safety of the logistics and supplies routes. The new aircraft and infantry brigades of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces were not much different from that of the US military. With the cooperation of the Destroyer UAV, the two new aircraft and infantry brigades in Tanzania could form a local advantage.
More importantly, Tanzania is fighting at home, and it is much more convenient than the US military and the East African coalition in terms of logistics and marching confidentiality. For example, now, the two new aircraft brigades in Tanzania have secretly moved to the Nzega region, but among the intelligence obtained by the US military, the second elite new aircraft brigade of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces should still be guarding the capital Duoduoma.
After all, after the US military defeated the PLA and retreated to the Condoa area, it was close to the Tanzanian capital, Dodoma, only more than 150 kilometers away. The US military command did not believe that the main forces of the Tanzanian National Defense Forces were not in the capital to defend.
In order to make the US military believe this, the Tanzanian military even secretly mobilized an ordinary brigade to the camp of the original second aircraft brigade, impersonating the new second aircraft brigade to ensure that the secret will not be seen through by US reconnaissance aircraft and intelligence personnel.
Not long after the PLA retreated to Condoa, the main force of the US-African coalition's Western Front troops finally advanced to the vicinity of Enzega. Although it is more than 400 kilometers away from the capital of Tanzania, the terrain is wide, which is very conducive to the reconnaissance and three-dimensional attacks of the China-African coalition. Therefore, when the main force of the US-African coalition entered Enzega, the shadow drone in the high altitude quickly transmitted the distribution information of the US-African coalition back to the China-Tanzhan Joint Command.
Seeing the US military and Uganda and the troops of Rwanda countries were obviously divided into two parts. Colonel Song Jihong immediately saw the fighter jets. He ordered the Air Force fighter jets and the Destroyer UAV to take off immediately and rush straight to the Western Front. Under the cover of the Air Force fighter jets, the Destroyer UAV carrying the blockbuster bombs acted as a bomber this time, bypassing the air defense missile battalion of the US Air Force Infantry Brigade, and blowing the Ugandan and Rwandan infantry brigades behind the temple to the death. The infantry brigades with almost no air defense capabilities were their limited towing howitzers were first destroyed by the Destroyer UAV bombs. Then the dense trucks also became targets, turning into piles of scrap iron and parts under the bombshell attack.
Although not many of the troops were killed, after this round of attacks, the motorized infantry brigades of Uganda and Rwanda have now become infantry. In addition, the heavy artillery was destroyed and the two armies with only light firepower basically eliminated lethality to the Tanzanian National Defense Forces. More importantly, after this bombing, the Ugandan and Rwanda troops were scared and pulled out their teeth, causing them to completely lose their effect in the subsequent battle.
Chapter completed!