Chapter 384 Destroying the Garissa Troop
With the 25 Russian first- and second-generation portable anti-aircraft missiles brought by Michael, Li Mo has a lot of confidence in this 'Sokan Border' war to confuse the situation in Somalia. At least in the face of the possible air force in Kenya, the Mingzhu Army has a low-altitude defense capability.
However, the anti-aircraft missile brought by Michael is still at sea, and it will not arrive at the port of Kiyangboni until tomorrow morning at the earliest. So before tomorrow, Mingzhu's defense ability in the air is almost zero.
After Michael went to rest, Li Mo called the mouse and told him to ensure that the anti-aircraft missiles could be in his hands tomorrow morning to ensure the safety of the missiles. And he was told to send some stones to the Soken border as soon as he got the missile. After all, the war at the Soken border is where these weapons are most needed at present.
As soon as he ordered the matter of this batch of missiles, Li Mo got the news from the border.
The war has been won!
The 700 Kenyan 'infantry' led by Musila were caught off guard by the tank battalion that suddenly killed in the back in the weathered rock belt of the big valley. In the face of the siege of the tank battalion and the first regiment, although Musila strongly ordered the troops to break through, he still did not escape even one Kenyan soldier. This is also related to the topography of weathered rock. In the valley, the direction that can be left is the exits at both ends of the valley. But these places are all controlled by the Mingzhu Army. The Kenyan army, which was destroyed by the murderous tank troops, finally collapsed after Musila was killed by a sniper hidden in the Mingzhu army. Finally, under the leadership of intelligence officers in the Kenyan army, he surrendered to the Ming cooking army.
In this battle, a total of 367 people were killed in the 700 troops of Kenya, 356 people were wounded and captured, a total of 733 Kenyan troops, and 10 people were still missing.
On the other hand, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, the loss was not small in the battle in the Great Valley. After all, most of the Kenyan army are the elite of the Garissa infantry regiment; under the desperate counterattack, it also caused the death of 73 people in the first regiment, and the number of injuries was about the same. It can be said that there is only one regiment of 450 infantry today, and one-third of it has been lost in this station. It can be said to be extremely tragic.
But neither Li Mo nor Stone, the top commander of the Soakin Border War, are not too annoyed by this loss. After all, the growth of an army cannot be done without experiencing war. And the more tragic the war, the more it can sharpen the will of a force. Although it is not to say that building an iron-like ace force, we must sacrifice the lives of many people. But looking at the ace troops at home and abroad, which one has not been created after countless tests of war?
After the annihilation of Musila's headquarters, Kenya had only one mountain camp in the Somali border. As the center of the outbreak of the war, the town of Ilcabelle is now left with only a few garrison soldiers and small town militias. Kenya wants to 'retaliate' again, which is impossible in a short time. Because the demise of the Garissa Army will certainly correct Kenya from its contempt for the Ming cooking army. Re-empt the new armed force in southern Somalia. If you want to 'tend to the monkeys' with military force again, unless Kenya sends more elite soldiers. For example, the first armored brigade guarding the capital.
At 5:00 p.m. on the 16th, the former Mingzhu Army Border Defense Station in Fara Yamaguchi was set up again. A platoon of soldiers guarded the Somali border post again.
This scene was naturally found by the remnants of the Kenyan border camp left behind in Ilcabelle. At present, these Kenyan soldiers ran back to the town of Ilcabelle if they wanted to. Soon, the information was transmitted to the headquarters of the Eastern Military Region of Garissa through the only phone call in the town.
And the intelligence personnel of various forces wandering in the border area also got the results of the war one after another. All kinds of wireless signals are transmitted from the Soken border to all over the world. Many people who paid attention to the strength of the war soon got the news. The moment these people got the news, they all looked stunned and incredible.
... "The Sokken Border War ended temporarily, and the Paraming Cook Army won the advantage!"
"Paraming's cooking army slapped Kenya's political axe in the face..."
When the media reporters who went to Ilcabelle despite the danger sent the results of the war back to the headquarters, the world's major evening newspapers and the homepages of Internet portals reported the amazing news for the first time. The Paramin Cooking Army, a Somali local armed group that has never been favored, won the Soken Border War. The Garissa infantry of Kenya's elite troops disappeared.
Many media use the word 'disappear' at the same time. Instead of annihilating. Even if this is related to the fair surname and serious surname of the newspaper itself, it will not describe a thing with a positive attitude until there is no definite evidence, for fear of misleading the reader. There are also some newspapers that have been influenced by reporters. They are all a group of people who can't believe that the Ming Cook Army can annihilate the Garissa Regiment.
After the news was sent back to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, it was immediately blocked. Kenyan President Mwaj, who was just about to get off work, had to urgently convene a meeting between cabinet members and members of the National Defense Commission.
At the meeting, both President Mwai's side, Vice President Moody's side, or the neutral side, and even the military military and military commanders who have always been detached, were stunned by the results of the Soken Border War. In the huge conference room, dozens of people did not make a sound. There was only a rough gasp.
President Mwai, who has always paid attention to appearance, pulled his tie away at some point, staring at everyone in the conference room with his dark eyes like a bull that was about to explode. It seems that everyone is his enemy.
Shame, it's a great shame! Kenya's elite troops were defeated by the third-rate local armed forces in Somalia, the bottom of Africa. Mwai felt ashamed to death. After this result is spread, how can he see people in the future?
Among the 19 powerhouses in Africa, Kenya is not as good as the top three countries, South Africa, Nepal and Egypt. But it is also a quasi-second-rate military power, much stronger than Somalia, a country that is not even third-rate. Not to mention that this war is only a local armed force in Somalia.
But the result was unexpected, and Kenya lost. It's so miserably defeated. An elite machine troupe was annihilated by the other party. What is the loss for the Kenyan National Defense Force, which has only 24,000 troops and six infantry regiments in total?
"Commander Oaks, is your military raising such a bunch of rice buckets?" Mwai stared at the army commander with red eyes and roared. In normal times, Mwai would never be angry with Oaks, the army commander of the Kikuyou, the largest tribe in Kenya. But the failure of the Soken border war undoubtedly made the president unable to bear the anger in his heart.
But fortunately, Kenya is not Rwanda. The hatred between the tribes and ethnic groups here is far from so immortal. In Rwanda, politics and military serve tribes. Therefore, in order to massacre the Tutsi, the second largest ethnic group, the Hutu who hold the political axe and the army can use the state machine to carry out a premeditated massacre. In Kenya, the conflict between tribes is due to the different political ideas of the political parties they represent. When the political contradictions are resolved, the contradictions between races and tribes are also resolved. So although Mvay is afraid of Oaks, he is not afraid of him.
The commanders of the air force and naval commanders who have been dissatisfied with most of Kenya's military spending being occupied by the army have gloating. The failure of this war has nothing to do with the army, the air force and the navy.
"Mr. President, I think this should be a problem of NSIS. If they hadn't provided wrong information, how could the Garissa Troop miss the anniper and be defeated by the Mingzhu Army?" As the commander of the Kenyan army, Oakes was not frightened by the president's questioning. Instead, he slowly shifted the responsibility to the Kenyan national security intelligence service NSIS, accusing the failure of the war because of the errors in the NSIS's collection, analysis and provision of intelligence to the army.
Everyone here disdained Oaks's 'quibble'. Who doesn't know that NSIS is just an intelligence management agency. It does not involve the investigation and collection of specific information. They only study and analyze according to the intelligence provided by the military and intelligence agencies to identify whether there is a threat to national security, and then sort out the report and submit it to the cabinet. The army itself is responsible for the intelligence collection of the Mingzhu Army this time. It's shameless for Oaks to shirk responsibility! Many people are so scolded.
"Mr. President, I think what we must consider now is how to resolve this crisis. The defeat of the war is inevitable. By tomorrow, the whole world will get the news. The most important thing is how to stick to the past under the ridicule of the outside world and the pressure of the domestic people. The responsibility must be held after the crisis!" Seeing Mwai questioning Oaks, Vice President Moody was overjoyed. Although Oakes has remained neutral in the political struggle, most of them still support the president. Now the two of them have a conflict because of the loss of the war, which is undoubtedly good news for him. At the moment, Moody's expressed his opinion seriously. Show goodwill to Oaks.
Sure enough, Oakes gave Moody a soft look. You should know that before that, the two met, that is, nodding, Oaks always pretended to be indifferent to reject people thousands of miles away. Now it seems that what he just said made Oaks have a much better attitude towards him.
After Moody's finished speaking, several members of Moody's cabinet immediately followed, all echoing Moody's words. Even the members of the neutral cabinet kept nodding.
The defeat of the Soken border made everyone feel an unprecedented crisis. It is more serious than the last crisis caused by Mulengalu. Therefore, most people do not want to hold anyone accountable at this time, but resolve the crisis and get through it safely.
Mwai, who saw this scene, also knew that he had made a mistake in questioning Oaks just now, and he might lose a military ally because of this.
After discussion, the meeting had a plan on how to resolve the crisis. First, order Colbio's mountain battalion to rush to Ilcabere immediately to prevent Paramin's army from crossing the border. The First Armored Regiment of the Capital's First Armored Brigade then left and will also rush to the Soken border. At the same time, the Eastern Military Region will also send two infantry battalions to reinforce Ilkabere. Even the most advanced F-5E fighters in the Kenya Air Force at the capital Moi Air Force Base in Nairobi will be on standby at any time. This fighter with a maximum combat radius of 1,000 kilometers can take off from the capital Moi Air Force Base to support the battle at any point in Kenyan territory.
In addition to the navy, in order to deal with the Mingzhu Army this time, the Kenyan army and air forces will have little cooperation. It can be seen how much Kenya's political axe attaches to the Mingzhu Army and is determined to eliminate it.
As for the public doubts and external pressure caused by the defeat of the war, it was unanimously agreed at the cabinet meeting to push out Mulengaru, the person in charge of the Sokken border conflict. With Mulengalu's down, he gave the political axe a blow to the Ming cooking army in exchange for time.
And for the already prepared Mulengalu, after several border guard camp soldiers broke into the political axe building, they did not resist at all and let these soldiers authorized by the National Defense Commission take him away. Mulengaru did not know what his fate was, but he did not dare to escape; when he returned to the capital for investigation, he would step down at most. Neither the others nor the president will care too much about a Moulengaru who has step down. If he escapes, Kenyan political axe, who can't explain to the outside world, will even retaliate against his family.
The Ming cooking army held a celebration party at the station in the evening because of the victory of the war. Although everyone knows that there may be a more dangerous situation to face next, it is also a win for the time being. The soldiers who have made contributions must be rewarded before the next war comes. To ensure that the soldiers can have more courage and morale to cope with the following battles.
After the evening party, that is, after the commendation conference, Stone immediately called the senior officials of the Mingzhu Army to hold a meeting. The soldiers can take a break, but they can't rest. The tight heartstrings will last until the war is completely over.
"I just received an order from the boss that a batch of weapons will be shipped here at noon tomorrow. Xiang, you will meet the mouse at noon tomorrow. Be sure to pay attention to safety and confidentiality. This batch of weapons is very important for us to resist Kenya's retaliation next. It can't be sloppy at all!" At the beginning of the meeting, Stone threw a surprising news.
New weapons? Many people are confused. The senior management has a good understanding of the actual strength of the Star Organization. Where are the new weapons in the organization now? But the stone said it solemnly. If other people have doubts, they can only press down.
The senior management of Mingzhu Army dare not ask, which does not mean that others dare not ask. Luo Xiang is the same. He didn't know about it until Stone said it.
"Brother Stone, what kind of weapon is it? It's mysterious!"
Other people also looked at the stone with a curious face. The weapon that can play a key role in the next war is definitely a weapon that the organization did not have before. I don't know what it is.
"Hehe, it's a batch of anti-aircraft missiles. Do you think it's very important? With them, the threat of the Kenyan Air Force to us is much smaller. And the army, I believe that everyone has the confidence to defeat them and let them understand that the Mingzhu Army is not a soft persimmon, which can be kneaded at will. If you dare to offend us, you have to bear the serious consequences..."
(to be continued)