"This is Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Martel, a former French Army Lieutenant Colonel, and the commander of those joint mercenaries!"
"Good day! Everyone!"
The French commander who appeared at the headquarters has a very delicate mustache. He is about forty to fifty years old. He is not tall, only 1.7 meters tall. He is also wearing a flat-topped military cap that French army officers usually wear. There is also hand-embroidered thread on the bottom of the hat. It seems that it is a military hat he customized himself.
"Welcome, Lieutenant Colonel!"
As the head of Shadow Company, Shepard naturally became the representative of how to deal with the situation. After the two briefly greeted and introduced the subordinates they had brought, they stopped talking and directly discussed the defense plan.
The next opponent we have to face is the elite paratroopers from Cuba. The plan of sticking to the airport runway can be completely discarded. We will have to fight with the elite paratroopers at a dangerous distance. Once there is a mistake, the defense line will be penetrated instantly. When the time comes, they will be the ones separated and surrounded at the airport!
And the most taboo thing about defense is to get together. In the cold weapon era, there will be arrow rain and counterweight trebuchets, let alone the hot weapon era. The happiest thing about a defensive position filled with people is naturally the opponent's artillery.
Hannibal redrawn his defense plan based on his experience of being besieged countless times in Vietnam.
He planned to extend the defense line. The west side of the airport was a plain, but there were many ravines that could be used to establish a blocking defense line. In addition, there were still high points in the oil tank area on the west side where sniper teams could be set up, and new reinforcements could be obtained. It is completely impossible for four A60 wheeled combat vehicles loaded with 60mm breech-loaded mortars to break through simply using light infantry!
As for the north side of the airport, there are still many areas under the control of the MPLA. Hannibal plans to wait for another counterattack at night to drive the enemy out completely. In this way, the defensive area of the airport will be doubled. Although This will also increase the difficulty of defense, but the advantage is that the Cubans will not threaten the flanks.
"Well, then why not let my people defend the west side!"
Charlie Matt looked at the map, thought for a few seconds, and then pointed at the two-kilometer defensive area starting from the end of the runway to the plain on the west side and said.
"Most of them are from regular field troops, and many of them have had combat experience in Algeria. It should be no problem to leave it to them here!"
"That's it. Agent Hudson, do you have any other opinions?"
"No, it doesn't matter to me who is defending what place. All I want is to ensure that the airport is not lost. So, everyone, if you want to get paid, please work diligently like your colleagues in Shadow Company. I am here I also shoulder the important responsibility of supervising you all!”
Hudson shook his head and emphasized something extra to the new mercenaries.
Charlie Matt was obviously dissatisfied with what Hudson said. He coughed and then said.
"Agent Hudson, please believe in the people I brought here. They are all professional soldiers and will not do anything that damages their honor. As for our colleagues, maybe our equipment is not as good as theirs, but compared to our fighting will, I I believe that my boys will not give in too much!"
"It better be so!"
"Then, next, I will take people to check the position!"
Charlie Matt nodded to a few people and was about to leave the temporary command center. But at this time, a tall man following Charlie stopped abruptly and looked at Shepard.
"Speaking of which, I have heard your name for a long time, Mr. John Shepard!"
"Really, how early?"
"I don't know the name Francois. Do you have any impression? He and I are old friends!"
The man did not answer, but instead mentioned a name that Shepard had forgotten.
"François, I don't remember!"
Shepard shook his head.
Hannibal pretended to remind Shepard, but actually said it very loudly.
"That's the mercenary leader who escaped and was shot to death randomly, and then we gave the body to United Mining!"
"Oh, so, I remembered
, his hands are raised so high! "
A look of anger flashed across the tall man's face, but he didn't get angry and said instead.
"Mr. Shepard, I just want to remind you that this matter will not end easily!"
"Then it's just that the ending is very difficult. It's okay. What I'm not afraid of the most is difficulties. Although I usually only like to deal with the people who create difficulties, rather than directly solving them!"
Shepard slowly crossed his legs, and the dozen or so Shadow Company commanders and squad commanders behind him also stood behind him with their chests crossed in unison.
Seeing this formation, the tall man stopped talking and just nodded slightly to everyone, then jogged a few steps and caught up with Charlie Matt who was leaving.
"The turtle grandson has a lot of friends!"
"It's okay, we have a lot of friends, right, Agent Hudson!"
"Don't blame us for the conflicts between your colleagues, right?"
Hudson was speechless. For the first time, he discovered that Shepard was also that kind of shameless guy.
"What kind of conflict among colleagues? What if it involves KGB spies or Stasi spies?"
Hudson looked at the ceiling speechlessly. He believed that as long as he nodded, a lot of relevant evidence would be found on that guy's luggage or body.
In order to prevent this from happening, he could only remind Shepard verbally.
"Well, don't go too far. After all, those mercenaries were brought in to help from above!"
"Where are you thinking? We are very particular about the spirit of contract, and we will definitely not cause trouble!" "
"Yes!"
Hannibal nodded with absolute certainty, and then cut off two of the six mortars that were originally scheduled to be distributed to the mercenaries.
"By the way, Agent Hudson, those mercenaries are not on the same team, right?"
"Well, they come from three groups. The largest group is led by Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Martel. Most of them are his old subordinates in the army. They are active in North Africa. The remaining people are divided in half. One group is Bob De There are also a group of people from Naar who come from Sweden. Z.br>
"Well, it's okay then!"
Shepard stretched, then stood up and walked to Hannibal. He saw that the latter had neatly made a duty schedule, and the most dangerous night security task was assigned to Charlie Matt. The second most dangerous afternoon security task was given to the Swedes. As for the morning security task, which was the safest and would not be attacked under normal circumstances, it was given to the tall man's team.
After all, under normal circumstances, there will be no armed troops attacking military airports. Now this is naturally the second situation, but these things are no longer important!
