"Hudson, what exactly is your intelligence doing?"
"What's wrong? What happened? Is the tank repaired?"
"Forget the tanks, we have an artillery regiment here! They are bombarding us with heavy artillery!"
"How is that possible? My team told me you only have one armored company and a few infantry!"
"Then listen to what this is?"
Then, Hudson heard the dull sound of gunfire coming from the earphones.
This time, he couldn't sit still.
"I'll go confirm it again!"
"Better hurry up, our defenses outside the city are finished!"
Hannibal stood in front of the window and looked at the forest with thick smoke billowing in the distance. The corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously. They seemed to have really scared someone this time!
After the enemy started shelling, Hannibal issued an urgent retreat order. He thought that the withdrawal to the forest would be the end, but unexpectedly, the enemy's artillery shells seemed to be free of charge. After covering the previous ambush position outside, they advanced all the way along the forest. , in addition to using cannon fire, Hannibal's guard posts in the forest were also attacked by rocket launchers.
The 132 rockets fired by the famous Katyusha rocket launcher caused half of the forest to burn with just one salvo. The sentry in charge of the alert did not even hesitate at all. He chose to escape the moment the rockets fell. After leaving, the rear guard post was completely blown up, and several waves of rockets covered the minefields in the forest. It can be said that Hannibal's arrangements in the forests on both sides of the southeast were completely in vain. .
And this is just the beginning!
After the bombardment, before Hannibal could let his combat troops return to their combat positions, the MiG fighter jets dispatched in a four-plane formation came to Cardo again. With no threat from ground anti-aircraft fire, the MiG-21 fighter jets dropped the bombs as they pleased. Thrown into the city, the nearest bomb even fell outside Hannibal's headquarters, blowing away three unlucky sentries.
Although the mortar troops deployed in the city escaped quickly enough and were not discovered by fighter jets, the trucks they left outside the city to transport artillery were strafed by fighter jets. The 30mm cannon easily hit those trucks. Became smoking scrap metal.
After wreaking havoc as he pleased, the fighter jets walked away with satisfaction, leaving only a mess everywhere.
"Hurry up to treat the wounded and transport ammunition. The enemy may attack at any time. Pile those blast walls onto the road. Move quickly!"
Although they were stunned by the fierce firepower, thanks to Hannibal's timely retreat order, Shadow Company, which suffered almost no losses, rushed out of the bunker after the air raid and began to re-defense as much as possible. The last two pottery bombs Anti-tank missiles were deployed on the south side of the town, where there is a huge market. Behind the market is a row of three-story brick and stone buildings. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place, and the highway exit is just outside the market. Controlling the market meant controlling the south side of the town.
Hannibal simply gave up the defense plan outside the town. In the face of the enemy's artillery superiority, any field defense was a delusion. Those 130mm 6-cannons and rocket launchers could easily destroy any non-fortress defenses. They wanted to To defend Cardo, we can only rely on the masonry and cement buildings in the town. Although these buildings cannot withstand a few cannons, they are at least better than the wild.
Those ANFREX troops who had not been included in Hannibal's plan were also put to use at this moment. Civil engineering work requires a lot of manpower, especially those things like blast walls and barbed wire. It would be better to leave these jobs to Uncle Hei. There is no problem, and the black uncles are happy to do these jobs. After all, Shadow Company will generously give them some cans as payment.
Because time was so urgent, there wasn't much Hannibal could do. He placed recoilless rifles at high points, and also laid mines and explosives at traffic entrances. In addition, there were hundreds of black uncles holding hammers and hoes high, etc. Tools worked hard to open up the buildings on both sides of the street. A large number of various debris was piled on the street to serve as roadblocks. In order to complete as many tasks as possible, Hannibal even moved the headquarters from the underground bunker to the street. His men All the adjutants' duties were sent out.
Hannibal estimated that there might be a large-scale infantry attack in the future, so he also asked Shepard to send him as many artillery shells and anti-infantry mines as possible. The latter also mobilized all his troops, just to use the shortest possible time. It took Hannibal enough time to load all he needed.
However, the latest intelligence from Hudson made Hannibal want to pull those intelligence agents in front of him and kill them one by one, because the other party's bullshit intelligence was completely wrong. After Cardo, a hub that affects the transportation of transportation arteries, was lost , what Cuba mobilized was not an armored company, but an entire armored regiment!
"Three armored battalions, nine auxiliary companies!"
The moment he saw the battle report, Hannibal wanted to die. How unlucky was he to be thrown in front of such an enemy? According to the number of tanks of the opponent, even if they destroyed ten of the opponent's tanks, then The opponent can still have more than 80 vehicles, not to mention infantry fighting vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles and the like. In addition, there is an independent reinforced artillery regiment providing fire support to this armored regiment. They have a total of thirty-six 6-guns. Cannons and twelve B1 rocket launchers were the latest equipment to arrive in Angola, and Shadow Company unfortunately became the first unlucky guy to be used to sacrifice the flag. Chinese website
"So, should we defend or retreat?"
"There is no way to withdraw. The fighting on the eastern front is fierce. If you open an opening on the western front, the MPLA will repeat its previous offensive, and all the ANLF troops will be destroyed here!"
Hudson was a bit confused. How could he encounter such an opponent? In order to mobilize these troops, the Cuban Ministry of Interior worked hard to conduct strategic deception. Now it seems that their tactics are very successful. South Africa's intelligence personnel are completely Being kept in the dark, they worked very hard to find out the enemy's situation, but it was obvious that their efforts were completely useless. The Cuban Ministry of Interior only gave these guys the information they were allowed to know.
"Then how can my men hold on, relying on those dozen recoilless rifles or those two TAO? Why don't you come to the front and give me command, while I learn from the sidelines?"
"Hannibal, I'm already thinking of ways to send reinforcements. The first batch of people will arrive tonight at the latest, please!"
"There's nothing you can do about it, I'll check it out, but if something goes wrong, you know!"
Hannibal put down the radio and sighed, why did Big Brother's iron fist hit him on the head today?
