Chapter 278 Diamond Mine
"Stop moving forward, backward." Fashim shouted.
Just when they were about to fight with the t-72, the Leopard 2 tank began to retreat.
Eight hundred meters is the range that the infrared headlight of the T-72 can reach. Just now, they have been firing at 800 meters away, and they are equivalent to being invisible in the darkness and constantly killing those who fire flashlights. It's so easy.
Now, just as both sides were approaching, Leopard 2 retreated.
Although Leopard 2 has the ability to turn centeredly, the two tracks can turn in place by reversing, and t-72 needs to be continuously achieved through advancement and regression. Even so, they did not turn, but directly switched in reverse!
Leopard 2 has an advanced power system and two reverse gears. When it is mounted in reverse gear, the accelerator is at the end and the tank is retreating at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
In this process, the strongest main armor still faces the most threatening place, and while the backwards, the tanks are still firing.
"Boom!" Armor-piercing bombs tear apart the armor of the tanks with infrared headlights on the opposite side. The t-72 tank's disassembled ammunition was in the turntable position of the turret. Almost as long as the bomb was shot, it would cause the tank to explode, resulting in the separation of the turret and the body.
Finally, when they retreated five kilometers, the infrared headlights stopped moving forward.
The new T-72 tanks have been completely destroyed there. The results were only created by a mere Leopard 2 tank tank company. The T-55 tanks following behind had no hope of winning, and they began to retreat.
Reversing, moving forward, moving forward. The t-55 takes several times to complete the steering, and in this process, the darkness caused several of their tanks to collide, making a banging sound.
And just as they began to turn back, the Leopard 2 tank advanced again.
The excellent liquid suspension makes them feel like walking on flat ground on bumpy roads. No matter how the vehicle body moves, the muzzle is still pointing at the target. As one shell after another is stuffed into the barrel, the tanks on the opposite side are wiped out one after another, and the old T-55 cannot withstand the shooting of the 120mm smoothbore gun's armor-piercing projectiles.
The South African armored soldiers following behind looked at the battle ahead with incredible eyes. What is this? This is simply a complete abuse. Those tanks, in front of Leopard 2, were like paper.
Following the Leopard 2, horn tanks, wheeled armored vehicles, and even off-road trucks rushed up one by one, and the South African Army and the Angolan army followed and advanced rapidly.
Finally entered the city!
At the street entrance of the city, the Leopard 2 tank stopped and allowed the South African armored soldiers to advance quickly, and they had completed the mission.
Street combat is different from field combat. During street combat, Leopard 2 tanks may be hit on the side and back, and RPG-7 may still tear apart the weak armored part of Leopard 2. There is no need to take this risk.
The sky gradually became brighter. Major General Torian was extremely excited to look at the bombed tanks outside the field. So many tanks were killed by a tank company!
In modern warfare, the advantage of equipment has become a major factor in determining war.
"His Excellency Fashim, thank you very much for your help." Major General Torian said to Fashim.
“Those are what we should do,” Fahim said. “Now, we need to retreat, rest, and ammunition and fuel need to be replenished.”
The 1500-horsepower engine is not only high horsepower, but another feature is that it is fuel-efficient. At the same time, 1500 horsepower, the engine of the island country has a two-stroke, and the fuel consumption is more than twice that of Germany.
"I will give you a suggestion about street fighting." Fashim said: "Use your armored power and use grenades. Whenever someone is found to resist, blow up the buildings together, so that the casualties are minimal."
No matter what kind of civilians he is, as long as there is resistance, they will blow them together. After a few of them, the rebellious forces will know what to do.
"Thank you." Major General Torian suddenly realized that he should have done this long ago!
After retreating for twenty kilometers, the Leopard 2 tank began to replenish fuel. The Leopard 2 engine is the most suitable diesel, but when the logistics fuel is short, it can use gasoline, kerosene, and alcohol to minimize the logistics needs.
Fuel can be supplemented by South Africa, but the 120 mm shell consumed requires special shells to supplement.
So, while slowly waiting for the shells, the South African army was still fighting fiercely with Anrenyun and Cuban troops in the city.
"Let's go." Fashim said: "According to the news we have received, there is a mine a hundred kilometers away here, and we will conquer it. Send our supply helicopters and gather there."
"I understand." The tankers responded with a loud bang, got on the tank again, and started running in the field.
mine!
The eastern region of Angola is the main production area of diamonds. The main diamond production area is in the Southern Ronda Province. Among them, the Kataka project's diamond production accounts for more than half of the country. The Kataka Diamond Mine is the largest open-pit diamond mine in Angola. In addition to these, many places are illegally mined in Angola.
Near this place, there is an illegally mined diamond mine!
The Leopard 2 tanks rumbled and headed towards the Diamond Mining Area, while the main armed forces in South Africa were involved in the war. No one took care of them, and no one gave them orders. They were here to assist in the war.
The Leopard 2 tank is moving forward at the highest off-road speed. When it rushed over from a dirt slope, the entire tank was about to fly in the sky. When the tank's tracks touched the ground again, the liquid suspension shrank to the shortest, buffering all the force, and the tank continued to speed forward.
In this way, after nearly two hours of running, the mining area had already appeared in their sight. At this time, a convoy of more than a dozen cars was driving out of the mining area.
"Intercept that convoy!" Fashim shouted.
Those were ordinary trucks, without off-road functions, and were moving forward at a speed of thirty or forty kilometers on the road. When they saw the tanks, they were immediately panicked.
Some people set up machine guns on trucks and wanted to fire at the tanks, which was purely futile, and the tanks circled around them.
"Sweep the machine gun and let them know how powerful we are." Fashim said.
The main weapon of the Leopard 2 tank is a 120mm 44-caliber tank gun. In addition to this, there is also a 7.62mm caliber side-by-side machine gun.
When the parallel machine guns spit out flames, the armed personnel jumped out of the truck and fled.
However, they could not escape, the tank's machine guns shot them ruthlessly, and eventually, everyone lay down on the land.
"Let's see what's good about this truck," Fashim said.
Fashem climbed up a car from the tank, and when he opened the box above, something shiny was revealed.
diamond!
This mining area must have been mined by Anrenyun's subordinates. When they knew that the nearby city had been taken down, the people here began to retreat. Before retreating, they must have taken away all the mined ore, but now all have been intercepted by Fashim.
"Room, rumble." A roar came from the sky, and two MH-53 helicopters flew from a distance and found the armored troops.
In order to search and rescue the pilots in case of being shot down, and to replenish ammunition from the tank troops, Pakistan leased two MH53 helicopters from the United States. At this time, these helicopters came in handy.
The tank shells on the helicopter were unloaded and loaded into the Leopard 2 tank, while the diamonds were transported onto the helicopter and transported back to the Pakistan Air Force Base in Nolos, and then loaded onto the transport plane and transported back to the country.
Pakistan dispatched its army to help South Africa fight, which is not a friendship, but a naked interest. In Angola, there are many such small mines. The Pakistani army mainly searches these mines, and before the South African and UNITA troops arrived, they plundered all the stored ores here and transported them back to the country!
As for whether they will be discovered by the South Africans, even if they find out, they should turn a blind eye. Even if they protest, the great President Mhamad is completely unaware of it. They are all the people below who are making trouble and must be severely punished!
Historically, Cubans' butts were also unclean. A Cuban major went up and down to exchange for diamonds with sugar, and exchanged them for one-to-one based on weight. As a result, the Cuban high-level officials were unhappy and were shot dead by the Cuban Revolutionary Committee.
A few hours later, an army from Anrenyun arrived here. When they arrived, they only saw bodies and trucks everywhere and rushed to the mining area. There was nothing left in the mining area.
Anrenyun is all locals, familiar with everything here. They controlled the mine and could re-mine it as long as they had labor. As for the dead outside, they did not pay much attention to it. Maybe they had internal conflicts when they retreated.
And such events occur more and more frequently.
These small things will not be exposed to the South African top leaders. Now, with the support of the Pakistani Air Force, another counterattack of the Cuban Air Force has been broken, and the A-7 attack aircraft has also participated in the ground attack to help them advance the attack process. With the support of Pakistan's Leopard 2 tanks, South Africa and Anrenyun's armed forces have advanced to the Krato Luena line and have occupied half of Angola.
I remembered that I was beaten to the ground a few months ago. Now, South Africa and Anrenyun are full of confidence in the war. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!