Although the helicopters were targeting the infantry fighting vehicles at the rear, the Libyans who were opening the way in front did not feel much better because there were still Chadian soldiers from the 7th Brigade harassing them.
Although the 7th Brigade had fired all the missiles in the previous battle, there were still enough bullets and the pickup truck had enough fuel.
Then, the 7th Brigade continued to use machine gun pickups as the core of the battle, conducting fire harassment and raids.
They would suddenly use pickup trucks to appear from the Libyans' flanks, and while approaching the convoy, they would begin to fire and suppress them with machine guns.
A distance of several hundred meters has no effect on a large-caliber machine gun. The Chadians all pressed the trigger to the end and fired the bullets at an angle as if they were free.
The Libyan trucks had no protection at all. They were hit by bullets and had big holes. Many trucks had to be abandoned on the roadside because their fuel tanks, water tanks, or other parts could not be moved because they were hit.
Not many Libyan soldiers who were hit survived with all their beards and tails intact. The lucky few were missing arms and legs.
The Libyans tried to drive away the Chadians with wheeled armored vehicles, but the effect was not good. Chadian soldiers knew the dirty tricks. When they saw the armored vehicles approaching, they immediately turned around and ran away. And those armored vehicles could not wait where they were, they also had to defend The flanks were evacuated together, so once the armored vehicles left or moved, those pickup trucks would pop up again.
A BRD armored vehicle did not believe in evil and chased the Chadians all the way. Relying on the 14.5mm heavy machine gun on the roof, this armored reconnaissance vehicle also successfully killed three pickup trucks and killed seven or eight Chadian soldiers.
But because it was chasing too far, the armored reconnaissance vehicle did not notice what was behind it, and was attacked by Chadian soldiers with rockets. The RPG7 rocket penetrated the soul and opened two eyes directly on the armored vehicle. Two Libyans in the vehicle were killed and two were injured. The wounded were also captured alive by the Chadians.
With this car's miserable example, the remaining armored vehicles did not dare to leave at will, and could only be beaten passively.
The Libyan commander on the command vehicle was also anxious. They brought too much baggage with them during the retreat, which greatly hindered the speed of the withdrawal. Now that he heard that the rearguard troops were being canned by the Chadians, he could only order the baggage to be discarded. Speed up evacuation.
At this moment, Chad's main force had already begun the pursuit. They crossed over the burning wreckage of the infantry fighting vehicle on the road and pounced on the Libyan rearguard like mad dogs.
At this moment, the Libyan rear guard still has several infantry fighting vehicles and many armored vehicles, which poses a great threat to the Chadians. However, to the Chadian army that has already taken the lead, these threats are nothing. A group of selected Chadian death squads The soldiers drove a pickup truck equipped with explosives and rushed towards the Libyan rearguard.
Although some pickup trucks continued to be blasted by machine guns and machine guns on the road, in the end a few pickup trucks broke through the fire blockade and then slammed into the unprepared infantry fighting vehicle.
Then, the death squads who had taken combat drugs (you know what they know) pressed the detonation button without hesitation, and then the explosion and flames engulfed everything around them.
The Chadians' desperate fighting style really scared the Libyans. Following those self-destructing pickup trucks, there were also some troop transport pickup trucks and machine gun pickup trucks. After they rushed up under the cover of the explosion, they began to rely on their flexible mobility. Circling around the Libyan infantry fighting vehicle, the latter's turret speed could not keep up with the flexible pickup truck. On the contrary, the Chadian soldiers in the pickup truck could take out their rocket launchers and fire freely in the blind spot of the infantry fighting vehicle.
With this move, the Libyan rearguard infantry fighting vehicles were almost wiped out, while the Chadians only paid a very slight price.
The armor of the rear guard was destroyed, causing the Libyans to completely panic. Everyone tried to speed up their escape, but the road was narrow and there were a large number of vehicles in front. Therefore, the rear guard could not escape at all.
This retreat also turned into a disaster, a devastating disaster for the Libyan rearguard.
After the Chadians caught up with the Libyans, they did not rush into the convoy and kill everyone. Instead, they continued to accelerate with the intention of overtaking in front of the rearguard.
Hannibal knows everything
It is definitely impossible to annihilate the Libyan troops, so instead of leaving them all to fight to the death with their own side, it is better to learn the wolf pack tactics and only pursue the old, weak, sick and disabled in the rear.
Focusing on the rearguard, according to Hannibal's understanding of the Libyan army, there is a high probability that they will not turn back to rescue, but will run faster. This is the same as two people racing against a bear. No need No matter how fast you run, you only need to run faster than another person. Although this may be suspected of betraying teammates, it is not unacceptable to pay a slight price in war. After all, the large army is the most important. !
The Libyan rear guards have been frightened by the combination of self-destruction missiles, and they will not stop to fight to the death. On the contrary, when they see the approaching pickup truck, they will even think that it is also a self-destruction truck, so they will only run away. faster.
Even in order to prevent the pickup trucks they thought were bombs from exploding, the Libyans did not even dare to shoot, but just covered their heads and drove away. If the pickup trucks were chasing too fast, the Libyans would even brake directly, jump out of the vehicle and run away.
Under the impact of Chadian vehicles, the queue of the Libyan rearguard troops quickly fell into pieces. When the Libyan army in front saw that the rearguard was in a hard fight, they speeded up and ran away without hesitation. They even left a dozen vehicles behind. Vehicles filled with supplies blocked the road.
The escape route of the rear guard was blocked, and these Libyan soldiers instantly lost their will to fight. Without waiting for orders from their superiors, many Libyan soldiers stopped their vehicles, dropped their weapons, and raised their hands to surrender.
Of course, there were some Libyan soldiers who resisted, but they were quickly met with concentrated fire from the Chadians. The Chadian soldiers even mounted a 23mm anti-aircraft gun on a pickup truck for horizontal fire.
These small-caliber rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns are the hardest hit by level fire. When one bullet is fired, the vehicle and the people on it are often turned into pieces, and those armored vehicles cannot stop the armor-piercing projectiles fired by the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns. It only takes a few shells. The car will turn into burning scrap metal.
The entire battlefield was like a chaotic mess, with Chadians and Libyans fighting together, but as more Chadian troops joined the battlefield, the resistance of the Libyans was suppressed bit by bit.
In less than three hours, more than half of the Libyans who suffered casualties chose to lay down their weapons and surrender.
