The seven hundred and seventieth chapter bloody Baraka (2)
Dar es Salaam, the General Command of the People's Liberation Army in Tanzania.
"Old Tan, Lao Zheng, Cai Zhongxiao's life is not easy," Colonel Song Jihong said to Tan Qiliang, deputy commander of the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade, and Zheng Quan, chief of staff, "The Ugandans are crazy, and they have all taken all the Air Force's assets. Ka. Courtois now only has FN-16 portable air defense missiles, and they can't do anything to the F-16 fighter. This battle is not easy to fight."
Two regular military brigades, a Rwandan infantry brigade and a Ugandan brigade, had already put great pressure on Kakartu. Originally, under the guidance of the PLA's Winglong drone, Kakartu's troops could still have the advantage of heavy firepower and precise strikes, but with the Ugandan F-16 fighter jets joining the battle group, Kakartu was no match for it at all.
The power of air-ground coordinated combat is simply a disaster for an infantry unit that basically has no air defense capabilities. Song Jihong, Tan Qiliang and Zheng are all very clear that if they cannot deal with the Ugandan air force, the outcome of this war is basically decided.
"Or what, we can seize the opportunity and kill these Ugandanian F-16s at one time!" Tan Qiliang's eyes flashed and said fiercely, "At least two teams of J-10C can solve this air threat at one time."
"But the General Staff strictly ordered us not to cross border wars without authorization. After all, cross border wars will bring great political passivity to the country." Zheng Quan shook his head and said, "We secretly support Katou. It is one thing, and it is another thing to go barefoot. You must know that in Kenya, there are still US troops eyeing it. Although there is no direct evidence to show the relationship between this war and the Americans, the two small countries, Uganda and Rwanda alone, obviously do not have the courage to compete with us."
Although Zheng Quan did not say that, Song Jihong and Tan Qiliang both knew what he meant, because they were worried that the Americans would take the opportunity to start a war. After all, the PLA now has only 86th aircraft infantry and a flying regiment in Africa. Compared with the US military that has been operating for a long time, the strength gap is relatively large. It is obviously not the best strategy to start a war at this time. The PLA rashly participates in the war, which is equivalent to giving people a handle.
"But if we do nothing, Ka Kortu can't resist it anymore," Song Jihong frowned and said, "If we lose Ka Kortu, we will have endless troubles on the western frontier of Tanzania."
"I have an idea," Zheng Quan thought for a while, "Baraka City is a mountain city. If the Rwandans and Ugandans can be dragged into street battles, the Ugandan Air Force will naturally lose its place of use. Moreover, we are now in the operation. If something happens to Baraka, I think we will have a chance. How can we get the icing on the cake help you in time..."
Song Jihong and Tan Qiliang were stunned. Lao Zheng's idea seemed to have a unique taste. What else can happen if the Congolese and Rwandans fight in street battles? I don't ask, but Lao Zheng's idea seemed too poisonous?
"Other people's children will die," Tan Qiliang said with a smile, "Old Zheng's idea is good, but it's not enough. This time I heard that Cai Zhongxiao was ambushing and asked someone to use FN-16 to kill two F-16s. I think we will strengthen them in terms of air defense. Maybe there will be gains. If you don't force the Ugandans in a hurry, they will probably not kill them."
The deputy brigade commander Tan Qiliang looked harmless on weekdays, but he didn't expect that he would be the first to jump out to agree with Chief Zheng Quan's vicious plan.
After hearing the words of these two deputy, Colonel Song Jihong's eyes were flashing in his eyes. He was obviously weighing the pros and cons. After a while, he finally made up his mind. "Immediately draw three FM-90B air defense missile vehicles from Mpanda Air Defense Battalion to transport them to Cai Zhongxiao. We will teach the Ugandans and Rwandans in Baraka a profound lesson. In addition, let the reconnaissance battalion send a vanguard company to put on the Ka. The uniforms of the Kurtu troops will cooperate with Cai Zhongxiao to fight this battle."
The reconnaissance battalions of the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade are almost all elite soldiers, and their individual combat capabilities are almost the same as those of the elites of the land combat brigade. It is very suitable for street combat such as an environment that requires extremely high individual combat capabilities. Although the danger coefficient on this battlefield is also very high, it is also an excellent battlefield for tempering soldiers. The Ugandan soldiers and Rwandan soldiers we are facing now are relatively weaker than those of the People's Liberation Army, and it is just right for training soldiers.
In a mountain city like Baraka, Song Jihong was not worried that the veterans of the reconnaissance camp would suffer.
Cai Zhongxiao did not expect that the headquarters would actually send him these two support, and he couldn't help but feel excited. Of course, he was very familiar with the FM-90C air defense missile. This simple air defense missile system with integrated radar search and guidance installed on a jeep is completely incomparable to the FN-16 portable air defense missile. After many improvements, its radar's air target search distance is 30 kilometers, the tracking and guidance distance is 20 kilometers, and each missile vehicle is 4-mounted. The effective shooting height of the missile is between 15 meters and 6,500 meters, the effective range is between 700 meters and 18 kilometers, and the maximum speed of the missile is Mach 3.
For medium and low altitude aerial targets, the hit rate of this extremely maneuverable air defense missile is as high as more than 90%. It can be said to be a powerful weapon for the PLA brigade-level air defense. The 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade is equipped with an FM-90C air defense battalion. Although this air defense missile system is powerful, it has very maneuverability. The weight of the vehicle does not exceed 11 tons. It can be lifted with a Mi-26 helicopter without any effort.
Cai Zhongxiao was preparing to conduct a street battle for his opponent in Baraka. Ka Kurtu had no objection at all, because the People's Liberation Army not only added new equipment to him this time, but also sent more than 100 elite soldiers to help him defend Baraka. This shows that the Chinese still spared no effort to help him. Unlike Karemi, Baraka was just his newly occupied place, where Ka Kurtu did not have much direct interests, so he didn't care about turning this place into a ruin.
As long as the Ugandans and Rwandans can be killed, Ka Kurtu is not afraid of killing more people here. After so many years of civil war, life is in Ka Kurtu's eyes. It is more beneficial to his rule that the death of a group of local residents in Balaka is not his traditional territory. If you want to gain a foothold in these places as soon as possible, of course, it is the fastest shortcut to be able to step on the corpses of Ugandans and Rwandans.
More importantly, as long as the Ugandans and Rwandans are dragged into the street fighting quagmire, Ka Kortu's F-16, which is most worried about, will not be very useful. It is just an infantry competition. As a native, Ka Kortu obviously has the advantage of home fighting.
Therefore, after Cai Zhongxiao proposed the combat proposal, Ka Kurtu agreed immediately and transferred two infantry battalions of Fitz to defend together. In this way, in Barakaka Kurtu almost concentrated the strength of the two brigades, which was not far from the Luwu coalition forces in terms of number.
The next day, when the Luwu coalition ground troops endured countless cold guns along the way and lost nearly hundreds of lives, finally came to Baraka with Ugandan F-16 fighter jets, the intelligence sent back by the forward reconnaissance vanguard surprised their ground troops commanders because the reconnaissance vanguard reported that no defensive positions were found in front.
This abnormal situation surprised the commanders of the ground troops of the Rwandans and Ugandans. Could it be that Ka Kurtu had retreated without fighting and pulled his troops out of Baraka overnight?
Under confusion, they sent an infantry battalion into the city of Baraka. In the early days, everything was normal. There was no one on the quiet streets. Obviously, the local residents already knew that there was a war here and had already hidden. However, soon, the vanguard rescued the vanguard and suffered attacks from all directions in the city. In just a few minutes, the vanguard battalion suffered most of the casualties. After two infantry battalions with emergency reinforcements, they fled back.
This made the Rwandans and Ugandans angry. They began to use artillery fire to open the channel. The fighter jets that could not find the target in the air first hovered in search of combat targets. They kept at a height of 5,000 meters, and watched the FN-16 missiles flying out of the houses from time to time. They could not land when they flew to a height of more than 3,000 meters. Soon, Ugandan pilots figured out the performance of this missile. They deliberately flew the aircraft lowered a little further and suppressed the altitude to more than 4,000 meters to mock Ka. The people in Kurtu launched the FN-16 missile.
Cai Zhongxiao, who commanded the air defense company, continued to issue orders to launch missiles to the air defense company through S-Winet. Although Ka Kurtu's air defense company was very puzzled by this completely wasted ammunition, Ka Kurtu had already ordered them to follow Cai Zhongxiao's instructions, so they had to release the precious missiles in their hands like fireworks.
At this moment, the FM-90C missile vehicle hiding aside was quietly using radar to search for these air targets. The F-16C/D had no response to the intermittent scanning of the new radar of the People's Liberation Army. When the radar systems of these missile vehicles were familiar with the movement of air targets, under the command of Cai Zhongxiao, the three missile vehicles locked an F-16 fighter that was circling in the air at almost the same time. The three missiles immediately took off. It felt like the locked three F-16 fighter jets were not right and they started to pull up. It was too late. Three missiles opened the 3 F-16 F-16s in the air!
The remaining Ugandan F-16 fighter jets pulled the plane up like frightened rabbits. After climbing to a safe height, these angry pilots, regardless of whether there were civilians in the city, threw the cluster bombs carried by the fighter jets into the city of Baraka and carried out indiscriminate bombings. In this way, thousands of local residents in Baraka died tragically under the bombing of the Ugandans.
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