Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 433: Colonel's Gift, a Tough Battle (asking for monthly tickets!)

But this also made the United Nations very depressed. Those who knew the situation knew that they were here for peacekeeping, while those who didn’t know thought they were here to be beaten!
But without their efforts, there would be more humanitarian crises in Kidar.

In this operation to clear out the Azawad Coordination Movement, they must also establish smooth communication with the local Blue Helmets Stabilization Mission.

Similarly, people from the United Nations will also play a supervisory role to prevent incidents where your fellow villagers would use your head for personal use.

After all, the religion of the Tuareg people has been localized and modified, with men wearing veils and women being able to show their heads.

The only difference between militants and civilians is whether they hold guns or not; their clothes are equally scary.

Just as Xia Yu and Henry were talking, a group of Tuareg militants wearing turbans and veils gathered from Timbuktu towards Kidar.

The back of their pickup trucks was filled with wooden crates of various sizes, with Russian text printed on them indicating that they were all Soviet-made portable air defense missiles.

During the period when Colonel Ka was in power, the Libya arsenal had 2 portable air defense missiles on its books.

In addition to those used, 5000 of these missiles were tracked and destroyed after the fall of the regime, but a considerable number were also lost in the war.

The Tuareg mercenaries in Libya, in addition to the weapons and equipment issued by the army, were also fortunate to inherit a secret arsenal left by Gaddafi for his comeback.

They have 500 portable air defense missiles alone.

However, most of them are the old Arrow-2 series, and the total number of Needle-type and Needle-S is only more than 100.

The old antiques can't beat the hairy people, but they have no problem bullying the government army's basic training planes and helicopters.

Of course, you can also sell them to recover funds. It is no problem to sell the Arrow-2M for thirty to fifty thousand dollars after refurbishment, and the Needle series starts at one hundred thousand dollars.

But problems arose in Kidar, their old nest. They lost a number of men and equipment. What was more troublesome was that both the Mali rebels and the government forces had unusual movements, and the troops were gathering in the northeast of Mali.

This won’t do. They must summon their elite troops to come back for reinforcement and never let these invaders hinder them from establishing the Azawa Germany.

Based on this point alone, it is not an exaggeration to call the Tuareg Afika Kurds.

Looking back at history a few decades ago, the root cause was that the colonists did not properly divide the colonial land in order to lay mines when their rule could no longer be maintained.

This is why there are so many horizontal and vertical lines on the border of Mary on the map.

The Tuareg people's activity area was intentionally divided among several countries, and they went from being a tribe of some size to an absolute minority in each country.

The colonists have made a mistake, and few countries are willing to give up the land they have obtained. Let them go of what has passed!

The government forces have absolute strength, and the past is over. The problem is that they are so weak that people are not convinced!
So they just fought, and the situation gradually evolved into what it is now. The entire Sahel region is filled with not only separatist armed forces, but also extremist organizations and various armed groups. It has become a mess.

As the boss of a PMC company, Xia Yu's position is very firm. They earn rewards by maintaining regional peace, rather than being some high and mighty arbitrator who decides between justice and evil.

In the Middle East, is Lao Mei really standing up for the Kurds to uphold justice?
No, they just use each other and throw them away like toilet paper after use, and in the end they still have to hang around in Syria.

Only by defeating the Azawad Coordination Movement, appeasing the Tuareg civilians and clearing out the extremist groups and bandits in the country can Mary usher in real development, rather than temporary peace.

The British people certainly cannot do it, but with the weakening of all aspects of their homeland, it is still a question how many years the Crescent Dune Operation can be sustained. They will withdraw to Europe like the British people.

"We have found out the situation. The other party is a private military contractor called Jihuo Defense. They previously cooperated with the Maoist Army to defeat the Nasserist independence movement. This time they are targeting us."

In the city of Kidar, a tall and thin Tuareg youth walked into a low mud house in the corner and spoke to an elder who was drinking tea in the house.

"Pearl bless you, it turned out to be these people!"

Puzzled as to how the previous surprise attack had turned into a war of annihilation, the elder then realized that the other party was the ruthless company that had annihilated the Nasser al-Qaeda faction and the Ace faction.

He remembered very clearly what happened in the Oga Region and Nizhir, and was glad that they were not the target of the concentrated defense fire. Little did he know that they would become lambs to be slaughtered this year.

So should we withdraw from Kidar?
No, they will not retreat, even if the enemy is concentrating fire on their defense.

With an entire arsenal of weapons and equipment, even the Tibetans can't do anything to them, let alone a PMC company.

"Have those Arrow-2M air defense missiles been refurbished?"

The elder asked the deputy beside him.

It is true that they are nomads in the desert, but they have been engaged in a lucrative caravan trade for centuries, buying and selling gold, spices and slaves, and there are many smart young people in the tribe.

They sold their livestock to raise money to send them to college in North Africa. After graduation, some stayed to help run the business, while others returned to the tribe to contribute their wisdom and strength.

For equipment like rocket launchers and howitzers, which are more complicated to operate, they are responsible for everything from use to maintenance, and they even refurbish missiles themselves.

"There are 100 in total. All of them have had their thermal batteries, cold gas bottles, and propellants replaced, and are now in working order."

"Including the Needle and Needle-S, there are a total of 125 launchers and 150 missiles?"

The elder continued to ask.

Arrow-2M is disposable and cannot be reloaded. The higher-performance needle series only has 25 sets and 50 rounds of ammunition, which are used to make up for the loss after a saturation attack.

"Yes, the problem with the Nasser al-Qaeda faction is that they have too few portable anti-aircraft missiles and not enough anti-tank missiles."

The deputy said affirmatively, pointing out Belmukhtar’s mistake.

He looked down on these petty extremist organizations.

"That's definitely enough. If their helicopters dare to come to Kidar, they must be prepared to never return."

The elder heaved a sigh of relief and said confidently.

"There are also ground troops. The ones who destroyed our convoy were said to be the Germans' new infantry fighting vehicles, which are more powerful than their original Weasels."

The deputy added.

He specifically called his son in Europe and asked for relevant data, but those were the indicators of the KF-31 Lynx, and the KF-41 Lynx had not yet been made public!
"Our AT-3s won't be able to penetrate their tanks. Let's concentrate our firepower on their infantry fighting vehicles. Let our Hinds take care of the tanks!"

The elder said thoughtfully.

The weapons in the arsenal include relatively new models of portable air defense missiles, and a large number of AT-3 anti-tank missiles and a small number of Milan.

Two of the six Hinds could not be repaired and were dismantled to be used as spare parts for the other four.

There were 12 T-62 tanks in total, but they didn't use any of them, instead they fired half of them one after another.

Tanks in the desert are the prey of armed helicopters. They are sitting ducks once they are driven out. The Chinese Tiger missiles are useless, and the machine guns can tear open the scalp of the T-62.

Therefore, these tanks could only be sold to Libya, which was still fighting a civil war, but they could not use them themselves.

Similarly, their Hinds are also a great weapon for tanks that are concentrated in defense. As long as they use portable anti-aircraft missiles to destroy the enemy's Hinds and the Chinese Tigers first, their relatively backward Mi-25s can seize the opportunity to sweep their ground forces.

Well, the Mi-25 is also a Hind, or the export version of the Mi-24D.

Like the Mi-24V, it uses a machine gun turret. The anti-tank missiles that are used with it are not in the arsenal, but the aviation rockets equipped with four rocket pods and hollow charge warheads are the same, providing direct fire coverage.

Just like that, after the work at Nijiliya was done and Hans and his men were heading for Maree, the Azawad Coordination Movement formally discussed how to deal with the concentrated fire defense and the hairy people.

As for the government forces?
They didn't take it seriously at all. After all, hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of these blacks were sold to the Ottoman Empire as eunuchs.

Even today, their IQ is still not high, and I don’t know how many thousands of people have been killed over the years.

Being attacked from all sides by separatist armed forces, extremist organizations and armed groups, the casualty rate of the Mary Army, which is not very large in number, is quite ugly.

Thanks to the high birth rate and widespread hunger, there is a steady supply of troops, but they are also consumables.

The government army was arranged to cooperate with the hairy people and the two battalions and one company of concentrated fire defense. With a total of more than 1200 people, it was impossible for them to be responsible for the direction of the main attack. They just had to stay on the periphery to cooperate.

The real main force is still concentrated fire defense. The 18 VBCI infantry fighting vehicles of the Hai people will guard the two wings after entering the city.

Two platoons of the village protection team followed the regular employees, while the remaining two platoons and Busa's two artillery groups stayed behind to provide artillery support at any time.

There is no way. The attack helicopters’ endurance is still too short. They have to retreat after using up their ammunition, while the ground troops have to advance block by block.

To be honest, it's only Afika. The adobe houses are only two stories high. In the complex street fighting environment of Seriya, it is impossible to rush in with concentrated fire defense.

"Om~~"

A long convoy appeared on the border, and the double-trailer heavy trucks were all configured with a heavy truck and a BTR-82S.

The two mechanized infantry platoons of the village protection team are mainly equipped with six large eight-wheeled vehicles, which do not have the technological sense and appearance of VBCI.

But with additional armor and grille armor, the second-line force is still very useful. The upgraded 20mm main gun can kill pickup trucks at a long distance like killing chickens, easy and enjoyable.

But the question now is how many armed pickup trucks do the Tuaregs have?

"About 200 to 300, that's the number in Kidar, and the entire Coordination of Azawad has about 1000 pickup trucks."

In the simple meeting room, Henry spoke first.

"He himself is making a lot of money. Afica's pickup trucks are more popular than tanks."

Xia Yu shook his head and sighed.

For every Toyota pickup truck he blew up, a newly "scrapped" one would be shipped to the port of Afika, and after passing through several hands, it would be blown up again in the hands of government forces and extremist organizations.

No wonder the prices of Japanese cars are so strong. Even if the sales of sedans are hit by new energy vehicles in the future, pickup trucks will not fall from the altar. There is real demand for pickup trucks in third world countries.

"Except for the poor protection, pickup trucks are undoubtedly the best means of transportation in Afica, especially in desert areas."

Henry followed up.

"I heard that the Tuareg would gather all their pickup trucks for a parade, but our drones and satellites have never captured such a scene."

"If you can capture it, you don't need to hire us. Wouldn't it be better to just carpet bomb it?"

Xia Yu said, already having a picture in his mind.

Given specific coordinates or an area of ​​roughly a few square kilometers, drones and WeChat focused reconnaissance are both very effective.

But the vast Sahara Desert is like a vast ocean, making it difficult to track any target.

"That's true. Our MQ-9 has been conducting reconnaissance over the city for several days. There are about 1000 motor vehicles in Kidar, and 8% of them are used to maintain the operation of the entire town."

Henry continued his introduction.

"So after the fighting begins, these motor vehicles will carry more than 1 civilians to evacuate immediately, and the rest will either leave Kidar on foot or go to the Blue Helmets to set up refugee camps."

The Tuareg people do not take hostages, but they cannot rule out the possibility that there will be civilians who are reluctant to give up their few mud houses and will not flee even when bombarded.

"Yes, we can only carry out precision bombing. Have your company's fighter jets been deployed?"

"They all arrived at Oga last night. We can start ground bombing in three days."

Xia Yu gave an affirmative answer.

Three fighters, two F-16s and one F-4K, each capable of carrying 12 GBU-12s, were used to bomb outside the range of portable air defense missiles.

The Chinese will also dispatch two Mirage 2000Ds equipped with eight GBU-8s to cooperate in combat.

Use your own fighter jets sparingly, and put others into beast mode directly. However, this round of 52 laser-guided bombs can specifically eliminate 52 mud houses in the city of Kidar.

If the bombing continued for a week, that would be 364 buildings, killing or injuring at least 500 to 1000 enemy soldiers.

As for compensation, a guided bomb costs tens of thousands of euros. No matter how stingy the Chinese are, they are still willing to pay a thousand dollars for each building.

If they just blew up all the tens of thousands of mud houses in Kidar without bringing in personnel, the entire budget for this clearing operation would not be enough to cover the cost.

So the bombing will last for a week at most, and then we will have to advance on the ground and drive out the Coordination of Azawad through street fighting.

"Don't worry, the official combat operation will be scheduled for a week later! Mark all the planned targets during this week."

Henry talked about the target marker.

The five fighter jets used for ground strikes are all equipped with laser targeting pods, so bombing can be carried out without guiding the team into the battlefield for real-time illumination.

However, it is necessary to mark the targets in advance on the combat briefing. Otherwise, like the Mirage 2000D that was shot down in Nizhil, it would be impossible to distinguish between friendly forces and targets, and it could only fly over the field at low altitude and high speed to scare people.

As a result, he was beaten down by Xingguang.

Mark and complete assignments ahead of time to be professional and efficient.

As for how to mark it in detail, that’s the job of the drone.

This time, the Chinese deployed two MQ-9 Reapers, which first marked the suspicious areas and then specified each bombing coordinate.

After a week of continuous work, the drone department completed the marking of 200 strike targets.

(End of this chapter)