Thanks to the powerful French air force, the Libyan army was unable to advance after advancing thirty kilometers. After all, the MiG aircraft and anti-aircraft missiles equipped by the Libyans were not of the first-class level, and the Mirage used to fight France was not enough.
In fact, in more than half a year since the war began, the Libyan army has lost hundreds of people, and dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and other vehicles have been destroyed. Almost all of them were caused by the French Air Force. In ground combat, the Libyan army also suffered almost all losses. It was caused by mercenary troops. The output of the Chadian National Army in the past six months was almost zero, but the damage it suffered was quite high. The National Army lost thousands of people, but most of them were factional armed forces, not Habré's direct troops. , Habré is quite good at killing people with a borrowed knife!
Of course, this is not to say that the National Army has no combat effectiveness at all. In fact, it still does. Since the beginning of the First Liberation Army, Habré’s officers have fought in the civil war for so many years, and they have still trained a group of people.
These officers and non-commissioned officers may not know much about advanced weapons and advanced tactical concepts, but they still have the qualities of tenacity, tenacity, bravery and flexibility. During the previous civil war, their performance was also very good, but the elites were all there. Habré holds it in his hand. After all, the army is the cornerstone of power here in Africa. As long as there are people, a captain would dare to carry out a coup, but if there is no one, even if you are the president, no one will care about what your father says.
But now, Habré can no longer hold on to his elite, because the French are coming!
Although the mobilization of large forces was slow, the Foreign Legion quickly sent the headquarters of the rapid reaction force to Chad. The French sent four battalions of troops, but the commander's rank was quite high, he was a major general.
After the latter arrived in N'Djamena, he immediately established a front-line headquarters. After many rounds of coordination, the French major general directly took over the command of all French and American military personnel. Even Habré's elite troops were dispatched to his command.
The French are still very anxious about the war in Chad. The expenditures of the modern army are huge. Once the war machine is started, the money is equivalent to pouring into the water.
Although these expenditures are nothing to France, the problem is that these expenditures cannot be repaid. If in the past, France could rely on Chad's resources to make up for the war expenses, but now these things are in the hands of the Americans, and they cannot be repaid. That is to say, the French have nothing in return, but Chad is a former colony of France, and it is also a link in maintaining France's influence in Africa, so he has to fight this battle. After all, in addition to Chad, there is another vote. The former colonial and independent countries are watching!
Therefore, the French's strategy is very simple. Since ground troops are about to be dispatched, they should speed up and defeat Libya's frontline troops in the shortest time, let Gaddafi understand this reality, and force the other party to return to the negotiating table.
Only in this way can they spend as little money as possible. After all, these days it is the suzerain country that sucks the blood of the colonies. When will it be the turn of the colonies to suck the blood of the suzerain country?
After establishing the coordination headquarters, the French major general immediately began to mobilize troops. He replaced all the vulnerable motley crews on the front line and turned them into Habré's elite troops. At the same time, he mobilized almost all mercenaries. Troops, let them infiltrate along the front. As for the work, it is still the same as before, but this time there is an additional task, which is to detect the movements of the Libyan army and then report it to the headquarters, who will then coordinate the air force to start the attack.
Although the theory of the omnipotence of the air force has been shattered in later generations, the military operations in Chad, especially in the desert, were completely opposite. It was because of the French's less precise and less frequent air strikes that the Libyans were unable to move forward.
Their tank troops can only march a few kilometers a day because they have to camouflage themselves to avoid air strikes. The Libyan tank troops work almost 24 hours a day. Apart from eating, drinking, sleeping, they spend the rest of the time digging tanks out of the sand. Or he's pretending.
This is also the reason why the Libyan tank troops shrank back during the attack, and why they still did not dare to stride forward even though the enemy was infantry.
Because air strikes are really painful, the bombs dropped by those Mirage fighter jets can easily destroy an entire armored convoy, and
Or the tank can be blown up and scrapped. The Libyan BP infantry fighting vehicle can even be restored to parts.
To be honest, the Libyan army was tenacious enough. Under Gaddafi's order, they pushed forward the front line despite the harassment above their heads.
With the mobilization of the Chadian coalition forces, the Libyan army's offensive immediately came to a standstill again, and even began to retreat in small steps, because the mercenaries harassed the logistics so fiercely!
Although the Libyans have learned their lesson and equipped their logistics forces with more combat personnel, modified many vehicles, and installed machine guns and other heavy firepower, the problem is that as long as the supplies are not sent to the front line, they have not been sent. Whether it's being held back on the road or being annihilated.
After the United States and the French increased their stakes, mercenaries also obtained a lot more anti-tank weapons. Although most of them were anti-tank mines, they were not effective. There were only so many roads in the desert. Dig a hole somewhere and bury a mine. As soon as the Libyan convoy passes by, it will rise to the sky.
Due to road problems, after the vehicle at the front of the convoy is destroyed, it will be difficult for the vehicle behind to get around. If you are not careful, it will fall into the sand. Once this happens, it will be difficult to escape, let alone continue to move forward.
The Libyan army also abandoned many vehicles that lacked accessories. However, for heavy equipment such as tanks, they still tried their best to ensure the supply of fuel and other accessories. They would rather leave the vehicle without fuel than drive the tank. go back.
Moreover, even if the equipment is abandoned, the Libyan army will also destroy the equipment, including not limited to destroying the engine or simply detonating it with explosives. This can prevent the enemy from using the equipment and avoid the phenomenon of collaborating with the enemy. However, this method is limited to Normally, if the battle situation does not go well, it will be too late to destroy those vehicles.
But in general, before the French heavenly troops arrived at the front line, the Libyan army still maintained its proper organization and did not show any disintegration, and they were able to ensure a certain degree of fierce counterattack in the face of mercenary harassment. , just like a hedgehog.
