No matter what country they are in, paratroopers are out-and-out elites, especially in a small country like Portugal, not to mention, because paratroopers are not like army soldiers who can just find a rope and go around the village. You can draw a large number of them, and then you can send them to the war zone to fill in the lines without training on the starting gun.
The selection of each paratrooper is very strict, because their combat method is to parachute, and there are a lot of prerequisites, such as not being afraid of heights, not being airsick, and not being red-green blind, because they need to see the indicator lights.
After selecting the paratroopers, these qualified candidates must undergo various land combat training. After the land combat training, there is also parachute training, and this is the bulk of the expenses. Transport aircraft and parachutes are said to be worth gold to pilots. The paratroopers who came out were actually not bad, it was just a matter of quantity and quantity.
The same is true for the paratroopers of the Portuguese army. Compared with their army colleagues, these paratroopers can be said to be model workers, because no matter what the situation, they are the first to go out!
While the Army was still driving to the combat area in vehicles, the paratroopers had already dropped from the sky and started fighting. Therefore, the garrison commander was full of confidence in the reinforced paratroopers. After all, these sturdy young men wearing berets could tell at a glance. He can fight ten times or even nine times better than his useless subordinates.
In this case, his previous battle plan can be slightly changed. The cost of hundreds of people running hundreds of kilometers is not small, so he decided to cut the infantry company that was originally going to be dispatched in half, and even the towed artillery Not with them. After all, in the commander's view, it was pointless to use artillery with the meager firepower of the guerrillas.
Since you don't need to bring cannons, you don't need to bring many medical soldiers and medical supplies. This raid must be an easy armed parade. The village is like a dilapidated house. You only need to kick it lightly. It will turn into ruins!
This is not because the commander underestimated the enemy. In fact, he did a lot of homework on Zabi. He even caught a few unlucky guerrillas who had gone missing before. These unlucky guys who couldn't even tell the difference between east, west and north had natural words in their mouths. You won't get much useful stuff, but it doesn't matter. After all, intelligence is about summarizing the information you have collected.
Therefore, after doing enough research on Zabi's team, the garrison commander was convinced that the opponent was just a smart bastard. He might not be able to defeat the opponent if he was playing dirty tricks, but if he tried hard, he would lose!
After everything was prepared, the garrison commander immediately and confidently led his men to kill Zabi's hometown in a mighty manner.
Zeyo is a large village that is rare in Angola, because the land here is fertile and can support a large population, and the village is on the edge of the forest. The construction of the village is also much better, with few thatched houses, and the main body of the village is mostly made of soil. A large block-style house mixed with wood. It can be said that if there was no war, it would be possible for this place to develop into a resort in the future.
Before the Portuguese army raided, Zabi carried out a forced evacuation of the entire village in accordance with Shepard's order. Everyone was moved to other places. At first, the young people in the village wanted to stay and help the guerrillas, but They were also forcibly relocated. Shepard was not confident that he could hold on to the village, so in order to prevent civilians from suffering unnecessary disasters, it was better to keep them as far away as possible.
After the villagers left, the guerrillas led by Zabi entered the village. If the Portuguese army did not start the propaganda offensive with great fanfare, but directly raided the village, then they might still have a successful raid to hit Zabi. prestige, but now, the multi-day publicity has given Zabi more time to stock up on ammunition.
As the sun rose, a clearing team of a paratrooper company and an infantry company also arrived at the outskirts of Zeyo and began preparations for battle.
Although the Portuguese army is not a European power, the regular army naturally has its own regulations. The garrison commander handed over the responsibility of the attack to the most elite paratroopers, asking them to launch the attack from the south side of the village near the forest, while his infantry was on the other side. There were solid defenses in three directions. Among them, the commander deliberately left a gap several hundred meters wide on the west side of the village, which has the flattest terrain.
This is a typical encirclement tactic, which is perfect for clearing out the guerrillas. Because of close firefights, the guerrillas are no match for the paratroopers. They are often squeezed out bit by bit by the elite paratroopers. Defend the area, and then be forced into the deliberately left gap, and then the infantry troops ambushing outside can kill the unlucky ones without cover like turkeys.
The paratrooper commander did not have the slightest objection to this. After all, this is what they were here to do. After accepting the order, he divided the village according to size, and it was like cakes being dropped from left to right and from top to bottom. The order is divided into four parts.
Then he divided his four platoons into two groups, with each two platoons responsible for an area. One platoon mainly attacked and the other platoon cleared. After conquering and sweeping the two areas AB, these two platoons It will rotate, and then start attacking the CD two areas.
According to the intelligence gathered before the war, the paratrooper commander was confident that his men could resolve the battle within two hours. After all, the intelligence also said that more than half of the opponent's people were recruits, and there were very few veterans who could be used.
So the paratrooper commander even said jokingly to his platoon leader.
"If we move fast, we might even make it in time for lunch at the base. I can't wait for a cold beer!"
The platoon leaders also looked optimistic. They had experienced countless battles. In their view, this was just another boring repetition.
Then the time came to 0940. After a simple breakfast, these paratroopers wearing camouflage uniforms and berets began the attack as planned.
Although they were extremely optimistic about the battle situation, the Portuguese paratroopers did not slack off in their attack. They followed strict team tactics and worked closely together, and soon approached the south side of the village.
The leader of the squad stopped at the edge of the forest, and then he hid in the shadow of the trees and scanned the quiet village vigilantly. He was sure that there were enemies in front of him, but wherever he looked, he could see the same khaki mud wall. There was no sign of anyone at all.
"Am I feeling wrong?"
The squad leader hesitated for a few seconds and then gave the order to move forward. Then a soldier hunched over him and was about to move forward when a gunshot came from the village.
