The appearance of the GRU sniper unit caught Captain Li off guard. In less than a week, two of his sniper team were killed and one wounded, and the weapons and equipment also fell into the hands of the GRU.
In fact, the loss of some equipment is not important at all. The main reason is the loss of skilled snipers, which made Captain Li feel a little distressed. Shepard had enough money to pay the pension for the other party, but no matter how much money he had, he could not exchange for a highly skilled sniper. A skilled sniper, Captain Li had no choice but to withdraw the sniper team together.
But this does not mean the end of the fighting between the two sides. In other words, it represents an escalation of the war.
After the sniper unit was withdrawn to the Shadow Company-controlled area, the government troops, who had been frustrated for many days, immediately began to counterattack. About a thousand combat troops advanced in three directions along a front almost thirty kilometers wide.
Captain Li only had his own men and less than fifty guerrilla remnants, so he still used the old methods, including blasting temporary roads and attacking government army logistics supply points.
Due to poor logistics support capabilities, the government forces can only rely on railways and roads to transport supplies to the front line. Once mines are blasted or mines are laid, unskilled engineers will have to spend days repairing or clearing mines, and the government forces on the front line You have to go hungry.
The commander of the government army was numb. He did not expect that the army's logistical support was so fragile. Within three days of the road accident, the frontline soldiers began to eat rice bran. Even the headquarters ran out of toilet paper for wiping their butts. He looked like a colonel. , squatting holes even have to be solved with leaves.
The most annoying thing is that the bombs and equipment used by the mercenaries to cause destruction are even snatched from the government troops. They rely on disguise to approach the target, and then use submachine guns to shoot at the sentries at a distance of more than ten meters. This tactic Let the government troops be defenseless.
As for the situation of the government troops, Baleleka naturally knows that a small number of government troops are no match for mercenaries, but a large-scale deployment will encounter such problems. As for the heavy troops to protect the logistics, there are heavy troops to protect the logistics, so what? Go to the front line to attack what?
At the request of the Soviet advisers, the government forces gave up the idea of continuing to advance. In the complex terrain environment, they simply could not assemble effective offensive methods. They might as well just dig trenches in the rear.
The 213th Company, which had finished resting, then moved in. Considering the terrain, Baleleka gave up the plan of letting his men fight in paratrooper tanks and prepared to let the airborne troops enter on foot.
The main attack direction of the 213th Company is a border town called Combomune, which is close to Zimbabwe and less than 400 kilometers from the border. It is a border hub under the control of government forces. The straight-line distance from the Shadow Company camp is only 100 kilometers. kilometers, and there is another main reason why Baleleka chose this direction.
This is a mountainous area!
After leaving the area controlled by government troops in a military truck, the 213th Company advanced all the way to the southwest. After entering the mountainous area for about a few kilometers, they abandoned the vehicle and walked.
Although mountains are completely unsuitable for airborne troops, in fact, the 213th Company is at home here. Their high-intensity mountain operations in Afghanistan have enabled these soldiers to master relevant knowledge and skills.
Moreover, the airborne troops also carried gp15 rifle grenades and rocket launchers to enhance their firepower.
Baleleka has been asking for things from Moscow a lot during this period, and even got a lot of rare items such as PBS silencers, which are in short supply.
After entering the mountainous area, the 213th Airborne Company was then broken into pieces and dispersed into several clusters of different sizes according to class size. The GRU sniper units were evenly distributed to these class clusters.
Then, these clusters spread out at distances ranging from several kilometers and moved forward in a Z-shaped pattern.
As for Shadow Company, through his indigenous friends, Captain Li also determined the whereabouts of the Soviet airborne troops, but he could still track them on the road, but once they entered the mountains, he was powerless.
In order to determine the opponent's specific position, he could only divide the few troops at hand into two groups again, and then conduct reconnaissance and search along the northeast direction.
The Soviet airborne troops also advanced in the southwest direction. The two sides were equivalent to advancing diagonally, but the distance was far different.
That’s all.
The reason for choosing this route is not because of a tacit understanding between the two parties, but simply because the mountainous areas are arid and lack water, so both parties will follow a small number of places with water collection points.
Due to the hot weather and the large amount of physical energy consumed by climbing, the attention and observation skills of both parties have declined. Therefore, when the leading soldiers of the alpha's A3 group and the leading group of the airborne troops simultaneously boarded a place with a good view and a cool place, While resting on the top of the mountain, each other's leading soldiers didn't notice each other.
It wasn't until the two sides were close to about a hundred meters that a Soviet airborne soldier saw that the guy in the distance was not one of his own.
"enemy!"
The rapid gunshots and warnings of AK74 sounded almost at the same time. The leading PC soldier walking in the front was caught off guard and fell down with several bullets on the spot. However, his companions behind him reacted in time and immediately raised their K14s and fired wildly.
The airborne troops who were retreating while firing were also shot and fell. The fully automatic weapons on both sides were very lethal within a hundred meters. Even if the PC soldiers were wearing body armor, it would be of no avail. The 5.45mm rifle bullets easily penetrated the body armor. Tearing his body apart.
The bullet even tore through his body, tore through the protection at the back, and then passed through. When the vanguard's teammates finished shooting the bullet and lay down to save others, they discovered that the unlucky guy had no life left.
Alarmed by the gunfire, the leading troops on both sides did not hesitate at all, and quickly moved forward. Then they saw each other almost at the same time, and then there was a fierce close combat.
"Call the headquarters, we are under attack, the Soviet airborne troops have advanced to area k, and our unit is involved in the battle!"
When the leader of the a3 team looked at the airborne troops, which were several times more than his own, swarming up the hill, he was almost stunned. There were only eight people in his team, and the friendly forces were still three kilometers behind. Once he was dragged, That's a dead end.
Before the team leader received a reply, the commander of the Soviet airborne troops had already discovered that the number of enemies was small. He immediately ordered his troops to attack on the left and right without any hesitation. He wanted to take advantage of the enemy's weakest moment to eliminate them. .
"Headquarters, we have to retreat!"
The team leader looked at the paratroopers who were outflanking them from the left and right, and immediately ordered everyone around him to retreat.
"Retreat, retreat, quickly!"
