This time, the bad debts between Chad and Libya have to start with the ownership of Ozu. After the last ceasefire, Gaddafi was resentful about losing a large area of Chad-controlled areas, but in fact, he is still Earning it, to put it bluntly, if he was more shameless and continued to occupy Aozu, then there would be nothing Chad could do.
Not long ago, the International Arbitration Tribunal had awarded the ownership of Ozu to Chad. Therefore, Gaddafi has no moral rights at all in legal terms. However, Libya has good relations with France and the Soviet Union, and he must pay every year. I don’t know how many arms orders the two sides contributed. Therefore, even if Gaddafi continues to occupy the Auzou area, Chad will have no way to take it back.
But Gaddafi is not satisfied with having Chad. He wants to regain what he lost in the last war. Otherwise, he, Africa's first brother, really has no standing.
Because in the last war, the Libyan army ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat. It can be said that Gaddafi worked hard in the following year. He unceremoniously kicked out a group of old generals and boldly appointed new ones. At the same time, it continued to increase arms purchases and purchased a large amount of equipment from France, from artillery to AX30 tanks, as well as trucks and armored vehicles. While buying and selling in the French fire market, Gaddafi did not forget the big brother of the Soviet Union.
A large number of newly shipped T55 and BP infantry fighting vehicles greatly enriched the Libyan army. Soon, all the equipment lost in the past was replenished by Libya in a short period of time.
As for Chad, due to financial problems, although the size of the Chadian army has also been expanded, it has not expanded much. Deby cannot currently support a large-scale armored force.
This is not only a financial issue, but also personnel training. As a land tiger, tanks are full of ferocity, but they also need to have enough food to eat, that is, sufficient logistical support. With the help and step-by-step guidance of the Soviet Union, Libya A modern army was established.
But in Chad, the assistance given by the Americans and the French to Chad is only funds and weapons. In terms of personnel training, it is not even as good as Shadow Company. The elite armored troops under Deby only have one battalion, and the equipment is not uniform. They are all second-hand or even third-hand. Hand junk.
A tank battalion contains Italian OF40s, Soviet T55s, French AX30s, American 47s and 48s, and even two Sherman tanks that somehow got here from Egypt.
Deby regarded these things as treasures and deployed them in Ennedi, which was the front line of the confrontation between Chad and Libya. Deby regarded them as a steel line of defense against Libyan invasion.
In addition to these, the Chadian army does not exceed the Libyan army in terms of quality or quantity. The Chadians have about 200 howitzers and cannons from various sources. The Libyans have ten times as many. The Chadians have four AH1s from Shadow Company. Raider attack aircraft and several old Mustang fighter jets serve as the air force, while the Libyans have Su-17, Su-22, and MiG-21, no matter which kind they pick out, they will kill Chad at will.
The only thing the Chadian army can rely on is their numerical and infantry advantages on the front line!
After Shadow Company supported Deby to come to power, it analyzed the current situation in Chad. If Chad, which is still in its infancy of economic development, wants to rely on heavy equipment, it is simply incomparable to Libya, which has all the oil resources. The economic benefits brought by it are far beyond what Chad can match. Chad can buy one tank, and Libyans can buy ten.
Therefore, instead of continuing this arms race, it is better to use your own advantages!
In Chad's more than ten years of civil war, it can be regarded as training a group of relatively elite veterans among the various factions. After Deby came to power, he reorganized this unit and incorporated it into the national army system. In order to ensure In terms of combat effectiveness, he did not make any changes in the personnel of these units. They were still the same people. He even added personnel to the units that were not satisfied with the establishment.
Although doing this will cultivate mountains within the army, it is not surprising that there are mountains in a place like Chad. On the contrary, Deby's move has greatly eased the conflict between the factional armed forces, and at the same time, it has made himself more vulnerable in front of these armed forces. Having the right to speak can ensure that they obey the unified command.
These veterans are also the training targets of Shadow Company. As for the content of the training, it is still those in Afghanistan.
These, and the weapons and equipment are those in Afghanistan!
Shepard bought these infantry a large number of 40 rocket launchers and 107 rocket launchers, and even the per capita holdings reached an astonishing three to one. In other words, a squad of infantry had at least four rocket launchers. With this trick, This can be regarded as offsetting the Libyans' armor advantage to some extent.
In addition, the current president of Chad, Deby, has often complained about poverty everywhere under the advice of think tanks, especially France and the United States. One is the former suzerain country, and the other is the current suzerain country. They talked about the friendship between the two countries in the past, and when they came to the United States, they talked about their future.
This trick worked quite well. The U.S. Congress approved an export quota of about 500 sets of TOW anti-tank missiles to Chad, and also sold Chad seven second-hand UH1 Huey helicopters. Three of these helicopters will be used Modified into an armed model, that is, a model that mounts a turret and anti-tank missiles.
The French have also sold hundreds of sets of Milan anti-tank missiles. In addition to anti-tank missiles, the French have also sponsored about 400 Hilux pickup trucks produced by Toyota in Chad. .
These pickup trucks, plus the more than 200 trucks purchased by Chad himself, constitute the core force of Chad's army, which is what Shepard privately nicknamed the Pickup Truck Brigade.
These pickup trucks have undergone a large number of modifications, including adding fuel tanks, adding armor and weapons, etc. A considerable number of pickup trucks even serve as trailers. In addition to the machine guns, artillery, missiles, and rocket launchers welded in the truck body, they also A 107mm rocket launcher will be hung on the back of the vehicle.
These equipment look funny and ridiculous, but for the Libyan army, they are really a force that cannot be underestimated. Those anti-tank missiles alone are enough for the Libyans to have a good drink!
Therefore, Shepard knew that sooner or later Gaddafi would start a war with Chad again, but he did not expect that the other party would be so eager to start a war, because historically, the Pica war between Libya and Chad only started in 1987, but now, it is only 1985. Shepard could only attribute this to the butterfly effect brought about by Deby's early arrival.
And less than a month and a half after Shadow Company transferred most of its combat forces back to Chad, the war broke out!
