After the Boer defense passed, many people fled back safely one after another, but they also brought bad news. The pursuit of the People's Liberation Army was less than 20 kilometers behind them.
"Give him some saliva!"
Looking at the informant with chapped lips, Shepard motioned to the mercenary on the side to take out the water bottle. The latter drank the water in one gulp and thanked Shepard.
"Don't thank me yet, your people have to do me a favor!"
Shepard shook his head. This water is not for free. He is very particular about fair trade. If you take a sip of my water, it is equivalent to my kindness. Therefore, it is appropriate to repay the favor!
Afterwards, the unlucky mercenary leader and his men sat on the high slope of the mountain pass as if no one else was around. A dozen unlucky guys looked into the distance cursing, but no one dared to run.
Because they are bait!
Shepard was not sure if there were any friendly troops behind, but since the enemies were so close, the friendly troops must have been almost dead, so these few people were very precious! Read the book
He withdrew the mercenaries from the preset ambush position and moved five kilometers back. It was a plain away from the mountain pass, but it was also a place very conducive to armored vehicle maneuvers.
According to the intelligence, the MPLA troops chasing behind the mercenaries were not large in number, but they were widely dispersed from the larger troops. If they moved forward, they would inevitably engage in a firefight with the ambush position, but Shepard was here. In order to intercept the Cuban tanks, if the SPLM troops exposed their deployment in advance and put the opponent on guard, the carefully prepared ambush would be in vain.
Therefore, in order to lure away those MPLA troops, a qualified bait is essential.
The last few mercenaries were lying on the hillside pretending to be resting, while their commander, the guy who drank Shepard's water, was looking into the distance with a telescope with a bruised nose and face. , his men were helpless about the boss's greed, but in fact, when they got the supplies, each of these guys ate and drank better than the last one.
But since they had to run away later, no one dared to eat and drink desperately. They just replenished their food and rested in place.
After almost an hour, when everyone was drowsy, several modified gaz jeeps finally appeared on the other side of the valley. These jeeps were all painted with jungle camouflage, and each vehicle had a They were all equipped with machine guns, and the MPLA soldiers on the vehicles looked different from ordinary black soldiers. They were probably carefully trained reconnaissance troops.
After entering the valley, they did not rush in, but carefully conducted a reconnaissance. The defenders at the mountain pass were all withdrawn by Shepard, so they did not notice anything unusual.
After looking around, the MPLA troops saw the mercenaries resting on the hillside, and the latter also saw the MPLA troops approaching them.
"Run, run, run!"
After confirming that the other party had taken the bait, the commander dropped the telescope and led his men to sprint all the way. Not far away, Shepard left a jeep for them. A dozen people crowded into it like a stack of arhats, and then started running like crazy. .
The People's Liberation Army troops in the rear immediately accelerated their pursuit, and the two sides began racing at high speeds on the plains.
While cursing the ruthless Shepard, the Italians loudly urged the driver to hurry up. The MPLA troops were less than 1.5 kilometers behind them. If they were any closer, they would take bullets!
The driver could only step on the accelerator as hard as he could, and then rush past the preset ambush point.
At this time, the jeep that had been used for an unknown length of time finally exploded and plunged into the grass nest, emitting white smoke.
Seeing that something happened to the unlucky ones in front, the MPLA troops chasing behind them felt relieved. After all, could anyone really use this method to ambush?
What's more, the best ambush location has passed, how could anyone squat on the plain...
Before the smiles on everyone's faces solidified, a roar came from the distance. Immediately, the jeep at the rear of the convoy exploded, and the soldiers on it also disappeared without a trace.
No trace.
"What's going on? Did you step on a thunderstorm?"
Before the MPLA soldiers in the vehicle could realize what was happening, more than a thousand meters away, the gunner of another Honey Badger armored vehicle completed aiming, and then fired a round of 90mm heat ammunition.
Although this shell did not hit, it also told the MPLA what happened?
The commander sitting in the car picked up his binoculars and saw several tall wheeled armored vehicles emerging from the plain in the distance, their black muzzles pointed at him.
"Go, go, this is a trap. Send a message to the armored troops behind! Just say that we are under attack on the grassland and ask for support!"
The few remaining jeeps immediately started to run away without caring about anything, but before they drove far, another string of shells came like raindrops.
In the direction they were heading, several more armored vehicles appeared, but these armored vehicles were equipped with ordinary 20mm cannons.
"Why are there so many South African armored vehicles here?"
No one answered the MPLA commander's question. They were surrounded on the plain without shelter. As a last resort, the soldiers could only stop the car and then find a bunker in the grass nest to fight.
"Call for reinforcements!"
The MPLA commander who was holding the radio soldiers was shouting at the radio soldiers while organizing the soldiers to shoot.
They were equipped with rocket launchers, so they were enough to pose a fatal threat to the South African armored vehicles within one or two hundred meters. However, before the commander could let his rocket launchers disperse, the roaring mortar shells fell again. The crowd exploded.
The mercenaries operating the 120mm mortar shells quickly calibrated and began to fire effectively, directly using fierce artillery fire to suppress the enemy's head.
The South African armored vehicles immediately stopped three to four hundred meters away from the enemy and released the loaded mercenaries.
After getting out of the car, these mercenaries immediately used various weapons in their hands to fire at the surrounded MPLA troops while approaching. When they were still dozens of meters away from the opponent, the mercenaries began to fire grenades and The flamethrowers greeted the MPLA troops who were hit so hard that they could not even raise their heads. In less than twenty minutes, more than thirty MPLA soldiers were wiped out.
While cleaning the battlefield, Shepard looked happy when he looked at the radio station that was pricked by shell fragments. After all, if they ambush the opponent in their old place, their position would have been exposed!
"Clean the battlefield, let's go back to the valley!"
