Ennedi Province, as the handover zone between the two countries, is naturally a place where heavy troops are stored. The Libyan army has an entire tank regiment and two semi-mechanized and semi-motorized infantry battalions here.
The reason why they are called semi-mechanical and semi-motorcycle is because these two infantry battalions have half tracked infantry fighting vehicles and half wheeled armored transport vehicles. Although they look half-baked, they are still not a little bit better than the Chadian army next door.
Because the Chadian army has not even fully adopted mules and horses at this time, the elite troops also have trucks, and ordinary infantry donkey carts, horse carts, and ox carts. The more miserable troops can only ride bicycles or walk.
However, the Chadian army has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers. The Libyan army only has 1,200 people, while the Chadian army has 4,000 people, and there is even a detachment of PCs as support.
But the commander of the Libyan army obviously did not pay attention to this gap. After receiving the order from his superiors, the Libyan army broke through the warning of the Chadian border guards like a broken bamboo.
Just like its performance during the last war, the Libyan army once again demonstrated its own training results. The armored spearhead broke through, the infantry covered and followed, the air fixed-point support, and the Chadian army was stunned by a set of combination punches.
In just one day, the Libyan army has penetrated 60 kilometers into Chad, and is only a dozen kilometers away from the Fada area, the capital of Ennedi.
"My department is unobstructed, unimpeded!"
The commander of the armored regiment looked at the crooked road sign in front of him and immediately reported proudly to the rear.
As the first wave of troops entering Chad, their troops encountered almost no obstacles. The only resistance they encountered was small arms fire and mortar attacks when they rushed across the border.
The unknown red mark on the track of the T55 tank under the tank commander's seat was the unlucky guy who blocked his progress. The gun and the man were crushed together.
After a brief rest, the commander received an order from the rear. The Libyan army was determined to continue to expand its results. The army would continue to advance and prepare a beautiful left hook to surround the Chadian army in the north and annihilate them all.
As an important transportation hub in Ennedi Province, Fada is naturally the main target of the armored regiment.
After completing the rendezvous with the infantry in the rear, the Libyan army then began to charge towards the city.
It was only a dozen kilometers away. At this moment, Fada was already in chaos. The army and police in the city randomly set up roadblocks on the streets, and the civilians leaving the city pulled out a long line on the simple road.
Under the city of Fada, the Libyan armored forces encountered truly large-scale resistance. About two companies of Chadian infantry built simple fortifications on the high ground outside the city, and then continued to attack the advancing armored forces with mortars. In addition, they laid mines on the road and successfully disabled two unlucky T55 tanks.
Subsequently, the Chadian infantry ambushing on the high ground fired more than a dozen rockets at the tanks at the front. The armor of the T55 tank was somewhat unable to cope with the 85mm super-caliber hollow-charge armor-piercing projectiles launched by the 69-type 40 rocket launcher, especially Side armor.
After being repeatedly hit by the metal jets of rockets several times, the tank began to catch fire and made the crackling sound of machine guns exploding.
Fortunately, the armored troops had already escaped in advance, so the losses were still within the acceptable range. The tank troops would have extra reserve vehicles, so the combat effectiveness would not be affected.
On the contrary, at this time, the Libyan infantry troops had already outflanked them. The BP infantry fighting vehicles transporting the infantry stopped very close to the Chadian position, and then covered the Libyan soldiers and launched the charge.
The Chadians were outnumbered. Facing enemies from the front, left and right, they could only abandon their positions and flee.
But the two-legged Chadians couldn't outrun the Libyans at all. Those armored vehicles stopped on the high ground like hunting turkeys, and then used machine guns to shoot at the Chadian soldiers who were fleeing in embarrassment.
Less than half of the two companies of Chadian infantry were able to run back in the end!
And those wounded who were lucky enough not to die were not much better off. The Libyan army did not prepare prisoner of war camps, or
The reporter said that they were not ready to establish a prisoner of war camp, so these wounded were ruthlessly shot and died in the wasteland outside the city.
Looking at the tragedy outside the city, Captain Li, the commander of the alpha unit who was in charge of the defense, had no trace of emotion.
He felt no discomfort at all. Those soldiers were used by him as bait to attract the enemy. This was indeed cruel, but it was necessary for victory.
"Get out of the way and don't affect the advancement of those tanks! Our target is the infantry!"
Captain Li stood high in the city and watched the tanks advance, and immediately added a few more orders.
There are not many high-rise buildings in the urban area of Fada, but the building groups are relatively dense. Many of these houses have a history of more than a hundred years and have experienced constant increase and decrease. It can be said that it is connected in all directions and is complicated. The only main road is extremely narrow. Although it is no problem for tanks to pass through, It was impossible to turn around, so once inside the city, the Libyan armored forces could only continue to move forward.
In fact, if there is no infantry cover, Captain Li will definitely greet those tanks in the city. After all, the massive rocket launchers purchased by Chad are prepared for this moment. However, the two infantry battalions are very close, and there are still many in the rear. More Libyan troops are on the way.
Therefore, it was impossible to recruit tank troops in the city. Captain Li left it to the Chadian army outside the city. They were equipped with pickup trucks and anti-tank missiles and could handle them more easily than the infantry in the city.
Soon, the Libyans entered the city from three directions, and the one in the middle was the Libyan armored force. They were cautious at first, but they were almost in the center of the city and could not see any enemies. Even the roads were smooth and there were no enemies. Therefore, the commander of the armored forces decided to continue advancing without waiting for the infantry on both sides to reach the flank positions to cover.
The infantry commander also cursed after learning that the armored troops had abandoned them. In his opinion, the enemy must have set up a trap waiting for the tank to crash into it.
But in fact, as soon as they entered the city, a large number of Chadian soldiers appeared from all directions, using intensive firepower to block the two infantry battalions.
"What the hell, these guys aren't going to fight tanks? Are they coming to find us?"
"Maybe they think we are soft persimmons!"
The two infantry battalions could only rush into the battle and urged the tank troops to come over as soon as possible for support. But strangely, the tank troops they called did not respond at all.
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