Chapter 576 U.S. Missile Destroyer

"Boom...Boom..." With a scream, several shocking explosions on a gravel slope on the left side of the H9 highway to Garissa set up a smoke opportunity to block the sight of this road.

A Mi-24 helicopter gunship in the sky made a flexible turn after the outbreak, crossed the explosive gravel slope and then flew away briskly like a dragonfly.

Until the helicopter gradually disappeared like a black spot in the sky, and a few coughs and moans came from the faint smoke of the gravel slope.

Several injured Kenyan soldiers carefully walked out of their hiding place and looked for a few minutes in the direction of Hagadella in the east where the helicopter disappeared. The palpitations on their faces gradually eased.

"No, the enemy is back again... and the armored troops... we withdraw..." Suddenly, there was a cry of panic among the Kenyan soldiers scattered on the gravel slope, looking for dead or wounded comrades-in-arms.

More than a dozen soldiers looked up at the eastern sky at the same time. Several black spots were slowly magnifying, and the direction was this way. The soldiers who had just experienced life and death knew that the damn Somali helicopter was coming again. Under the black spot, soldiers with good eyesight can even see the dust caused by the vehicle driving at high speed, like a sandstorm, which is definitely not caused by several cars. Thinking of their task, the soldiers shivered at the same time, regardless of whether there were comrades-in-arms on the gravel slope, picking up their guns and running in the direction of Garissa.

It's 11:30 a.m. on the 7th. After an hour and a half of high-altitude march, the 7th Troopter, under the escort of the helicopter gunship formation, has crossed the eastern gateway of Garissa, the city of Hagadella, and is now attacking the destination, Garissa. Here, the road distance from Garissa City is also less than 35 kilometers. Based on the maximum highway speed of 100 kilometers per hour for infantry fighting vehicles, the raid troops can reach their destination before 12 noon.

Of course, this is only on the premise that there is no enemy on the road. In the first hour and a half since the 7th Regiment entered Kenya, they have broken through the four lines of defense arranged by the Kenyan regular army and militia. However, because the main force of the Eastern Kenya Military Region has entered Somalia, there are only a few second-line troops stationed in the defense zone of the Eastern Military Region. And these second-line troops are basically stationed near Soken's handover or around several larger cities. A small number of temporarily mobilized regular troops and militias could not stop the footsteps of the elite seventh regiment at all. Not to mention that the 7th Regiment also has an air escort composed of eight helicopters.

Sitting in a command car modified by the Lion King chariot, the expression on the face of Kamo, the commander of the seventh regiment, was not relaxed at all because of the proximity of the destination, but became more and more solemn.

In this modified command car, it can accommodate six passengers except the main and co-pilot. In addition to the head of Kamo, there is also an adjutant and a temporary intelligence officer.

Just news from the helicopter formation that there may be an unknown number of Kenyan ambushers on both sides of the road ahead. The helicopter formation has cleared three ambush points, but in order to prevent the helicopter from being shot down by the enemy, it may be difficult to clear the ambush composed of small groups of enemies by force in the air.

This news is not good news for Kamo. For him, the enemy did this for only one purpose, which was to delay time. Delay the arrival of the 7th Regiment in Garissa and prepare for Kenya to mobilize more troops to encircle and suppress the 7th Regiment. At the beginning, in order to stop the footsteps of the seventh regiment, Kenyan political axes recruited large-scale teams to set up defense lines in an attempt to block the seventh regiment. But the militia with only some rifles and rockets in their hands, in the face of an attack force composed of infantry fighting vehicles and armed helicopters, is simply pebbled and stone, which is of no use except to let the militia die. After crossing Hagadela, Kenya's countermeasures were changed to be dispersed by a small group of troops, like guerrillas, forming ambush circles on the road. These scattered 'guerrillas' all hold rocket launchers. Their purpose is to delay the pace of the seventh regiment as much as possible. If they can It's best to destroy one or two chariots. In this way, even if the 7th Regiment rushes through dozens of ambush circles, how much power is left when it reaches Garissa?

"Oh, there's a path here?" Kamo looked at the map in front of him, his eyes suddenly fixed, and he asked strangely.

This map has been in Camo's hands for more than ten hours. Although he can't remember everything marked on the map in his mind, it's impossible for him not to remember it like a deliberately marked road.

The temporary intelligence officer belonging to the Kenya area of the Ministry of Intelligence took a look at the map, noticed the path pointed by Kamo, and nodded and said, "This is a small dirt road, which has existed for more than ten years. The fork is just five kilometers ahead. This road leads to a tributary of the Tanner River, which is a seasonal river. Every year from December to May, this tributary will store some water due to rain. Many residents of nearby villages and towns fetch water there. At the end of the path is the largest water storage point of the tributary nearby.

Kamo nodded when he heard the words. Many parts of Africa are short of water, and eastern Kenya is a place of water shortage. It's good for local residents to find such a water source. You can get water here for at least five months a year.

"What is the width and depth of this tributary?" Kamo then asked.

Why didn't the adjutant and the intelligence officer understand the commander's meaning at this time, that is, to plug through the path. According to the instructions on the map, it is nearly five kilometers from the path to the city of Garissa. However, only one side of the tributary of this path forms a dirt road. And about seven or eight kilometers near Garissa are not marked. Most importantly, this path is three or four kilometers away from the H9 highway, and there is no time to change the defense line deployed in Kenya ahead. Once the seventh regiment passes through the path and crosses the tributaries, it will appear in the suburbs of Garrisas. Although there is no road on the other side of the tributary, the terrain there is very gentle. A long time ago, the water flow of this tributary was very large, and an alluvial plain was formed around it. The establishment of Garissa City is also because of the surrounding flat river, and it is only seven or eight kilometers away from the tributary, which fully meets the natural conditions of human settlements.

Kamo calmly gave the order to attack Garissa through the path, and the adjutant seriously conveyed the commander's order to each chariot and the air assault battalion through the airborne communicator.

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"Kenya is just a clown, and behind it is a fierce crocodile." Li Mo nodded and said gently. The missile boat has been around for so long that it's time to dissipate. Somalia has now officially ordered four large missile boats from Ukraine through the political axe, and the first 'poison spider' improved missile boat will be delivered to the Somali Navy in two months.

The change of Li Mo's tone made Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang relax at the same time. The two were afraid that Li Mo would not let go of the missile boat, so they didn't know what to do. At the national level, there is no friendship, only interests. Of course, face is also very important. At the beginning, the refusal to sell the 022 missile boat to Somalia was because the high-level officials of China made a decision for the unity of the senior management of the political axe, which was in the interests of China at that time. Now for the benefit of Somalia, China has Lei Zhen and Ding Huiqiang to test Li Mo. For the benefit of Somalia and to compensate for the last missile ship, China's 'debt', this time they have the decision to secretly intervene in the Soken War. Interests are the most important thing at the national level!

"Brother Li, with the strength of the Somali Defense Forces, you don't have to worry too much about Kenya. But you should know that it's not that simple. Lei Zhen's eyes flashed and said. There is a different meaning in the words.

"Brother Lei, do you know anything?" Li Mo narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice. The United States is behind Kenya's declaration of war with Somalia, which can be seen by major countries in the world. Otherwise, with Kenya's strength, it will not openly declare war on Somalia and launch a military attack. And without the contribution of the United States, it is not so easy for Somaliland and Kenya to unite. You should know that Somaliland and Somalia come from the same source. Once Somaliland receives Somalia, Kenya will face greater pressure unless Kenya receives strong assurances and promises.

Lei Zhen suddenly said this sentence, which must have something else. However, Li Mo had no news about this, so Li Mo was shocked.

Is the United States going to intervene directly? Li Mo couldn't help frowning deeply.

"Two hours ago, a missile destroyer from the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain left the base. This missile destroyer belongs to the aircraft carrier Nimitz battle group and is the first generation Ali equipped with the Aegis system? The Burke-class missile destroyer is one of the most advanced missile destroyers in the United States. It has the ability to fight in an all-round way against sea, land, air and underwater. It is the 'representative work' of modern naval destroyers..." Lei Zhen immediately said some of the surname energy data of this missile destroyer, with a solemn face and a faint touch. The color of jealousy. As a Chinese, it must be uncomfortable for Americans to build such an advanced destroyer. But who makes Huaxia's scientific and technological strength in this regard not as good as that of the United States?

Seeing that Li Mo's expression did not change because of this missile destroyer, Lei Zhen nodded secretly and was also worried, "Li Mo, don't despise this matter. The missile destroyer currently has no combat mission at all. Based on past experience, she will stay at the Bahrain base for two weeks. But this sudden departure from Hong Kong is very likely to come for the Soken War. If the United States really intervenes in the Soken War, there is nothing this destroyer can do with the negligible strength of Somali sea, air and submarine. Moreover, because of the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan, some of the Tomahawk cruise missiles of this missile destroyer have been equipped with nuclear warheads!" Speaking of the last sentence, Lei Zhen's tone trembled for no reason.

Because of the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan, the U.S. military suffered a major blow. Not only more than 10,000 soldiers died, but the impact of the nuclear explosion was even worse. Before the impact of the nuclear explosion disappeared, all the strategic nuclear forces of the United States were on standby. If Somalia is really at a point of inexorable strife with the United States this time, the U.S. political axe may really attack Somalia to recover the impact of the nuclear explosion. To put it simply, the United States wants to kill chickens and monkeys.

(to be continued)