"Our troops are flowing unimpeded, unimpeded!"
Shepard, who had returned to the battlefield again, was very proud. For the first time, he had such a solid and reliable support. In addition, he had countless subordinates at his disposal. However, the enemy was out of supplies and the organization was in chaos. The victory Isn’t it within easy reach?
With this idea in mind, the outflanking troops advanced at an extremely fast speed. Then, Shepard ran into the MPLA troops who were determined to stop them.
The black uncles blocked the road with a large number of burning vehicle wreckage, and then used mortars to continuously fire shells on the road. Shepard ordered the tank to drive down the road, and when he was about to pass through the wilderness, he discovered the right side of the road. The wilderness was full of mud, so the two Shermans got sadly stuck in the mire, and one car even stalled due to improper operation.
There is a hill on the left side of the road, and it is very steep. If you want to go up, you have to take a detour. Therefore, although the number of people and firepower are obviously superior, the people led by Shepard were beaten to shame. Uncle Black's mortars They kept falling around tanks and armored vehicles, and the fragments clanked against the armor.
The well-prepared black uncles have already dug fortifications on the roads and fields, and have also set up heavy machine guns. Shepard cannot let the DRC troops launch an attack. In the unprotected fields, Those infantrymen were live targets for machine guns.
That is to say, the black uncles don't have any anti-tank weapons. If they had an anti-tank gun, Shepard's tank troops would kill a lot of people.
After being blocked for half an hour, the entire team finally woke up from their stupor. The tanks stuck on the road stayed in place and continued to bombard the enemy positions, while those fragile armored vehicles were beaten by Shepard. Germany ordered to retreat further and use the 90mm artillery on the armored vehicle to carry out supporting strikes.
Then, Shepard let the Congolese troops pass through the mud that could submerge a person's thighs, and detoured back to Uncle Black's right wing. Under this operation, the MPLA troops guarding the position still fought tenaciously to the end, and even had a chance. The gunman tied himself to the machine gun with a rope, fired the last bullet and then used a grenade to kill the Congolese soldiers.
But in any case, this offensive force, which has a total of eighteen light and medium armors, and a larger number of trucks and supply vehicles, took a full four hours to open the road, while the MPLA troops on the front line were at this moment. It took these four hours to retreat a full 30 kilometers, and the depth of the entire Uige Province is only a hundred kilometers. It can be said that most of the legs of the MPLA have already crossed the encirclement.
The so-called chaos in military morale that Shepard expected did not actually occur. Most of these MPLA troops were reinforced by many Cuban instructors. After receiving a clear order to retreat, they quickly quelled the riot and commanded Lieutenant Colonel Marco, who was fighting, also announced to the entire army that he was in the rear troops and had not gone there. This operation immediately stabilized the morale of the MPLA troops. Then, Lieutenant Colonel Marco mobilized the elite forces he had on hand. All available fuel and vehicles were handed over to them, and this elite force was responsible for opening up the retreat route.
The commander of this unit was Major Garcia of the Cuban Paratroopers.
Although Shepard had asked Hannibal to do some tricks on the road, such as laying mines and changing road signs, the Cuban paratroopers were not in vain. They had accurate maps in their hands. Changing road signs and changing road signs had no effect at all. , and even the Cuban paratroopers replaced the new road signs with the tools at hand.
As for those landmines, because they were few in number, they were quickly cleared by Cuban paratroopers, and Major Garcia also set up an ambush. He knew that Hannibal would definitely have to interfere with the retreat of the large army, so he deliberately exposed flaws. When Hannibal entered the ambush circle, he gave him a hard blow, so the black uncles who were responsible for exploring the road in front were in bad luck. Six cars were destroyed. The black uncles in the car were not killed on the spot. To be beaten to death is to be captured alive. Fortunately, the drivers selected by Shepard were all good players. When faced with the ambush, these guys performed exceptionally well so that the mercenaries in the back of the team did not suffer any losses. .z.br>
Suffering such heavy losses, Hannibal did not dare to act rashly. After all, there were not many black uncles who could be used as scapegoats. More than half of them were killed by the Cubans in an ambush. If the remaining ones were dead, what would happen next?
Those who come to be beaten will have their turn!
Hannibal could only gather his men and prepare to meet up with Shepard at the junction of Uige and Bengo provinces further south. According to the progress of both parties, Shepard could arrive faster. As long as the armored troops arrived, this pocket They will be completely killed, and those MPLA troops who did not escape will also be completely annihilated.
Both parties knew that in this situation, the competition was to see who was faster, and they were all racing against time, but good luck no longer seemed to be favoring Shepard. After encountering Uncle Black's blockage, he was extremely unlucky to encounter a flash flood. Although the flood did not wash away the road, it turned the already weak road into a mud pond. Let alone tanks, ordinary people had to swim across like toads.
Unlike the Shadow Company, which was in various situations, the MPLA troops at this moment demonstrated the style and quality of a qualified army. They abandoned all burdens and only carried weapons and emergency rations, concentrating fuel for transporting the wounded. Vehicles were used, and uninjured people, both officers and soldiers, rushed on two legs.
Moreover, Colonel Marco even had the time to set up a few small ambush pockets, waiting for the ANLF troops commanded by Agent Wilson who were chasing after them to beat them up.
As for Hannibal, it was even more unlucky. He and all the combat troops on hand reluctantly used weapons sent by seaplanes to build a defense line in an attempt to intercept the retreating MPLA troops. However, this simple defense line was not like an airport. With such a permanent fortification, the Cuban paratroopers, under the cover of heavy mortars, launched a single charge and overwhelmed the defense designed by Hannibal. At that time, the T3485 tank was only three hundred meters away from Hannibal. The contractors Their equipment advantage could not be brought into play at all, and the situation of other troops was one after another. Therefore, the Shadow Company's P's once again used their excellent escape skills and completed the retreat before the Cuban tanks could drive into their faces.
So, next, the An People's Liberation Army's large group of troops completed the retreat easily. In the end, less than a hundred remnants of the soldiers were trapped in the encirclement.
