Chapter 566 North-South Front

"In the duel between two and one, who wins and who loses?" This is the report of neutral countries and the media on the sudden outbreak of the East African war in the middle of the night.

"The war against terrorism - the war of freedom broke out!" This is the report of some Western media as well as Kenya and Somaliland media.

"Is it hatred or interest that leads to killing each other?" This is a report of the sudden outbreak of war between the three countries by the media that sympathizes with Somalia or sees something wrong.

In addition, all kinds of comments soon filled the front page headlines of the Internet and the media, and the eyes of the whole world suddenly looked at East Africa again and the Somali Peninsula.

The outbreak of the war was sudden, and it broke out unexpectedly in many countries without any psychological preparation.

At 2:00 a.m. on April 7, when the Somali army crossed the dividing line to launch an attack on the Somali garrison, the conflict broke out again in the border area between southern Somalia and Kenya, the Farah Pass, the place where the first Sokken border conflict occurred.

The long-prepared Kenyan army was led by a tank regiment, supplemented by a number of infantry regiments launched a fierce attack on the Somali border troops opposite the Farah Pass.

A shell of artillery shells crossed the artillery position on the Kenyan side of the Farah Pass and exploded on the position of the Somali army's defense line. The direct rocket battalion of Somalia's first infantry brigade also immediately launched a counterattack on the Kenyan side. 105 grenades and 107 rockets passed by the air above the valley and flew to the other side's position with the roar of death. With a loud noise, only the splashed limbs and the smoke of death were brought.

Brigadier General Aka, the commander of the first aircraft brigade, was constantly receiving reports from the troops in the headquarters. The first line of defense closest to Farah Pass was defended by an infantry company, but under such fierce artillery fire from the enemy, the infantry company was very damaged, and all the calls for help were made to the brigade headquarters.

Aka touched his bald head and was covered with a layer of sweat. After a little consideration, he ordered the adjutant, "Let the 131st Company withdraw and retreat to the back of the valley. The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. We suffered a lot from the enemy's bombardment in this regard. Let all the troops retreat ten kilometers to defend and let the enemy in." The Somali Defence Force has no reading artillery brigade, and only a few troops are equipped with 107 rockets. And most of them strengthen the firepower and long-range strike capabilities of infantry brigades. Aircraft brigades like them are only equipped with 24 artillery battalions and 12 rocket launchers, which are enough to suppress the enemy's infantry and even armored forces, but compared with the enemy's howitzers, the power is still insufficient. In addition, the enemy's artillery positions are relatively scattered, and the role of this covered weapon is greatly reduced. Aka feels that it is better to retreat a distance, so that it will take time for the other party to arrange artillery positions, and the Somali side is almost flat. It is very difficult to hide the artillery positions. At that time, it will be given I have the opportunity to take advantage of it.

The adjutant's lips moved when he heard the words, but he still didn't say anything. He saluted and ordered to go out.

Aka knew what the adjutant wanted to say. He just retreated as soon as he started the fight. The impression to the outside world was that the first machine-step brigade was nominal. It didn't work before a few people died, and it was difficult for the superiors to explain. But Aka also has his own considerations. First of all, it's not a big deal to lose part of the territory. As long as it defeats Kenya's attack, it is not difficult to recover the territory or even enter Kenyan territory. Now the most important thing is to avoid its edge. When the Kenyan army loses its spirit, there are many opportunities to deal with them.

Kenya's land area is similar to that of Somalia, but the number of troops is only one-third of that of Somalia. One-third of the Kenyan army was used to attack Somalia this time. This is almost the largest army that Kenya can take out. After all, there are still troops stationed in Kenya. In Somalia, there are three infantry brigades and one infantry brigade in the Southern Military Region alone. Although modern warfare no longer values the number of people and scale, it is in the case of great disparity in the level of technical weapons. When the quality and weapons and equipment of the two countries are similar, the size of the army is also very important for the victory or defeat of the war.

At Masabub Air Force Base, four F-5E fighters painted in desert camouflage are making final preparations before takeoff.

With the order of the command tower, four fighters took off from the runway one by one and formed a formation at an altitude of 6,000 meters to hide in the dark. They will bomb the southern Somali defense line as the first air strike force tonight.

The F-5E fighter, nicknamed 'Tiger', is a light tactical fighter developed by Northrop in the United States, and the F-5E is an improved version of the F-5 fighter. In the 1950s and 1960s, when jets just replaced propeller planes as the main fighters of various countries, Soviet fighters were still superior to Western fighters in general. The American political axe developed F-5 fighters in order to be able to fight against MiG-21 and Su-7 fighters. The F-5E combat target is the MiG-21, which makes its medium and low-altitude penetration surname close to the MiG-21, and also has a certain ground combat capability. Kenyan political axe purchased 10 F-5E and 2 F-5F fighters from the United States in the early 76 years. Later, an F-5E fighter plane crashed. Today, the main force of the Kenyan Air Force is nine F-5Es and two F-5Fs.

Masabub is only 100 kilometers away from the Soken border. At the speed of the F-5E fighter, it only takes 10 minutes to reach the battlefield and enter the war.

In this battle with Somalia, the Kenyan commander and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Joseph? Admiral Kibwana's intention was to open the way with artillery and air bombardment, tear apart the Somali defense line against Kenya, enter the depths of Somalia as soon as possible, and disrupt Somalia's military deployment. Then, with Kenya's secret weapons, the airborne regiment airborne in Mogadishu destroyed the Somali regime in one fell swoop and ended the war that should not have happened.

If you consider it from the perspective of Kenya itself, Corp. Kibwana will never use this tactic, because Kenya's military spending is not enough. Kenya can't afford such a consuming tactic of opening the way with ammunition. But this action is different. Kenya has paid for the cost of the war. The Kenyan political axe can not only get huge benefits from this war, but also hone the army with other people's money, which can be said to kill many birds with one stone.

When the news that the position of the first infantry brigade was bombed by the Kenyan Air Force was sent back to Mogadishu, it was shaken.

"Chief of Staff, what about our air force? Where's our fighter..." In the underground command post, a neutral committee member heard the bad news from the north and south fronts and almost broke down. He stood up and roared at Hussein with red eyes. Have they ever experienced a real war between countries? Once upon a time, we were both local Somali warlords, and everyone was side by side in the war. After the guns were fired randomly, whoever could not hold on to the fear of the war would be defeated first. But modern warfare is not like this. Somalia is now attacked by the enemy on both sides, and the enemy's attack is very fierce. The shells are fired for free, and it doesn't matter how many shells to kill an enemy. It is this upstart tactic that has made the Somali National Defense Force, which has never had this experience, lose its standard and almost retreated. The damage of the fifth infantry brigade on the northern front has reached one-sixth, which is the result of desperate support from the air force at the risk of being shot down by the other side's missiles. But even so, the fifth infantry brigade has lost all its defense lines and retreated 50 kilometers, and now it is only three and a half hours since the outbreak of war.

Yusuf, who had just finished the ministerial meeting, heard a wolf howling as soon as he entered the command post. He frowned, scolded a coward in his heart, and strode over.

Looking at the calm and nervous chief of staff in front of him, You Sufu's worries eased slightly.

"Chief of Staff, how is the situation in the south?"

"Mr. President, the situation in the south is still under our control. The size of the Kenyan Air Force is too small to bring a decisive change to the war of tens of thousands of people. And I have ordered to mobilize six MiG-23 fighters from the northern war zone to return to the south to meet the enemy. Hussein stood up and replied confidently. The overall situation is a little bad for Somalia, but it is still under control. This is mainly due to the lack of strength of the two enemies. The army of both Somaliland and Kenya is very small. This time, they actually united to eat Somalia, and they are not afraid of choked to death. Besides, he is not without a card.

"Oh? Isn't the pressure in the north even greater? Yusuf raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully. Although he didn't know it very well, he also knew that more than a dozen fighters of the Air Force played a key role in the battle in the north. Will cutting half of the air force on the northern front add more variables to the bad situation in the north?

"That is, Chief of Staff of Staff Hussein, the north is also the territory of Somalia. You can't transfer the air force to the south just because the south is where you started, right?" Committee member Hash, who had never spoken, suddenly said strangely. For the sake of life safety and power, he colluded with outsiders and didn't even care about the lives of the people in northern Somalia who belonged to his sphere of influence. In his subconscious, Hussein mobilized half of the fighters to the southern front in order to protect the nest of Paraming's army. So Commissioner Hash felt that this was another opportunity to hit Hussein.

Sure enough, as soon as Hash's words fell, several committee members looked at Hussein suspiciously. Is it true that, as Hash said, that Hussein just wanted to defend his nest from being occupied by Kenya? Some committee members did not think deeply, but jumped out to blame Hussein, scolding that Hussein was still selfish at this time, and his heart could be killed. These people were about to collapse because of the pressure of war. Everyone felt that failure was imminent. At this time, who still cared about Hussein's power, because they thought that Hussein would soon become a homeless dog like them.

(to be continued)