Chapter 770 Mutation
After defeating Kaso Sabi, Ka Kurtu, who had been reorganized, took advantage of the loss of the main force of the "Congo Defence People's Alliance" armed forces in South Kivu Province and North Kivu Province, and took the opportunity to lead the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade to head north, preparing to take down the entire Kivu area and completely annihilate this threat from the north.
Although the armed forces under the "Congo Defence People's Alliance" have more than 10,000 soldiers nominally, their equipment and quality of soldiers are far from the Tumomba Brigade and the Kaso Sabi Brigade, and are almost the same as before Ka Kurtu before he surrendered. Most of them were militia armed forces mainly light firepower equipment, so Ka Kurtu launched an attack this time as a staggering force, and soon captured the cities of Fitz, Baraka and other cities in South Kurtu, and were close to Bukavu in South Kurtu.
Just when Ka Kurtu was full of confidence and was about to take down Bukavu, the PLA Winglong drone, which provided air intelligence support to Ka Kurtu, suddenly sent back a large number of armed forces' intelligence on the border area in eastern Bukavu and Rwanda.
"Col. According to the information we have obtained, the number of troops crossing the border from Rwanda into Bukavu is now more than 7,000, at least two infantry brigades."
"Hey, the damn Rwandans actually sent troops." Ka Kurtu said angrily after seeing this information, "These damn Rwandans." Ka Kurtu couldn't help but curse, yes, as the victory fruit of South Kivu Province was about to be obtained, suddenly such a surprise soldier appeared to stir up Ka Kurtu's good game, no one could stand it. How could Ka Kurtu not be angry? However, now he didn't know that the armed forces that suddenly appeared in Bukavu were not only Rwandans, but also Ugandans.
"Col. Kurtu, I think you should report to your government immediately to condemn these invaders who came into surrender." Cai Zhongxiao heard unexpected foreign forces appear and suggested to Ka. Kurtu, after all, Ka. Kurtu is now under the banner of government forces.
"It's useless, Lieutenant Colonel Cai and those guys in Kinshasa will not care about these things." Ka Kurtu shook his head and said, "For decades, the northeastern border of the Kyrgyzstan has almost been useless. Ugandans, Rwandans or Sudanese, Burundians come whenever they want to come, ignoring the sovereignty of the Kyrgyzstan.
"Whether it is useful or not, we have to try it. At least we can stand on the moral commanding heights," Cai Zhongxiao insisted, "Now we not only want to occupy territory, but also gain political initiative." Obviously, after internal political advisers raised points, Cai Zhongxiao is now not only a military adviser, but also begins to exert influence on Ka Kortu in politics.
"Only with political initiative, you can get more support, whether economically or military." Cai Zhongxiao knew that Ka Kurtu, an indigenous person, actually had political literacy basically equal to zero, so he used his interests to induce the truth.
"Okay, I think this can be done by Esta Ruatu," Ka Kurtu was moved when he heard that it was beneficial.
"But now, there are suddenly two regular troops in front of us. Look, they not only have heavy firepower like artillery, but also tanks! This is not comparable to those scattered soldiers and raiders in the "Congo Defence People's Alliance". What should we do now?" Although very angry with the Rwandans, Ka Kurtu still has a clear judgment on the current situation and knows that the Rwandans in these two brigades are a tough bone for him.
Because in terms of military strength or military equipment, it is even better than Ka Courto's troops. In Ka Courto's heart, the idea of withdrawing troops even arises.
Cai Zhongxiao did not answer, but carefully studied the information sent back by the Wingshode drone. "Col. Kurtu, although the Rwandans who suddenly appeared are well equipped, look at their marching and cooperation, the training level looks average and will not be stronger than your troops." Cai Zhongxiao said after studying the picture information of the Wingshode drone. "If it were only these troops, I personally think there may not be no chance of winning."
Cai Zhongxiao dared to say this, of course it was not because of how strong Ka Kurtu's troops suddenly became after training. In fact, in such a short time, the combat effectiveness of Ka Kurtu's troops was more obvious with the improvement of weapons and equipment, but the most important thing was that Ka Kurtu's artillery troops are still the elite leaders of the People's Liberation Army and the regular Tanzanian army.
There is no way, the training of artillery cannot be achieved quickly overnight. Considering the particularity of the situation, after obtaining the consent of the General Staff, Colonel Song Jihong, the commander-in-chief of the Tanzanian garrison, selected a group of elite artillery soldiers from the 86th Aircraft Infantry Brigade and the Tanzanian Army to wear the uniforms of the Kartu troops, becoming the main force of his artillery, and fighting with Kagurtu soldiers. In this way, in cooperation with the accurate air intelligence of the UAV of the People's Liberation Army, Kagurtu's attack seemed so sharp, and soon broke through the defense line of the "Congo Defence People's Alliance" in South Kivu Province, approaching its main city Bukavu.
Ka Kurtu still attaches great importance to Cai Zhongxiao's suggestions, because since Cai Zhongxiao served as his military adviser, Ka Kurtu has finally felt how the regular army should conduct battle planning. "Okay, Lieutenant Colonel Cai, since you think you can try it, let's try it first." Ka Kurtu said readily. Although Ka Kurtu's military literacy is quite limited, he really has some talent in leadership talent, at least at critical moments, Ka Kurtu's decision-making has never been dragged on.
In this way, facing the coalition forces of Rwanda and Uganda, Ka Kurtu asked Esta Ruatu to report the Rwandans' "invasion" to Kinshasa, and expressed his righteousness to resolutely fight the aggression. At the suggestion of Cai Zhongxiao, he opened fire at the "invaders" without hesitation.
The commanders of the Rwandan and Ugandan coalition forces did not expect Ka Kortu to take the initiative to fight when he was weak. For a moment, the two battalions of the vanguard were eaten directly by Ka Kortu's troops. Although one of them was the Ugandan mechanized armored battalion, equipped with nearly 20 tanks, under the 105 howitzer, these old-fashioned tanks were quickly killed by Ka Kortu like paper. The Courtois artillery battalion was beaten into piles of scrap iron.
After suffering a great loss in the first battle, the Rwandans and Ugandans finally woke up. The opponents they faced were completely different than the previous local warlords of the KMT.
Therefore, in the subsequent battle, the Ugandans suddenly dispatched their F-16C/D fighter jets. When the radar network in Tanzania discovered that the Ugandan fighter jets were rushing towards Bukavu, the People's Liberation Army Tanzania Garage Command hurriedly transferred this important information to Cai Zhongxiao.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that the Ugandans would also participate," Ka Kurtu heard the news, although there was no change in color on his dark face, the slightly trembling facial muscles also revealed a trace of timidity in his heart.
"Col. Kurtu, I think we should consider retreating now." Cai Zhongxiao was no longer lucky this time. "The Ugandans dispatched six F-16 fighter jets from Masaka, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Bukavu at most half an hour. We have no ability to deal with such fighter jets now."
Although Ka Kurtu's troops were equipped with a portable missile air defense company, these portable air defense missiles were basically useless for third-generation fighter jets such as the F-16, as long as the pilots were not stupid enough to carry out low-altitude bombing, they were basically useless, because portable missiles with a height of only more than 3 kilometers, as long as the F-16 stayed above a height of 4,000 meters, it would be fine.
At this height, the precisely guided bombs carried by the F-16 can accurately land on the artillery position, quickly smoothing out the little artillery of Ka Kurtu.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!" Ka Kurtu heard that Cai Zhongxiao had the same idea and quickly agreed.
"However, even if we retreat, we cannot retreat in a hurry. If we do, we may retreat, which will turn into a siege." Cai Zhongxiao said, "Let's do this, the artillery will launch a fierce attack now, and then retreat the front line troops while the artillery attacks the enemy's positions. The artillery will retreat first after providing a round of fierce artillery attacks. The remaining troops will scatter the retreat in balaca in units of battalions. During the retreat, some elite guerrillas are left in the jungles on both sides of the road, and they will retreat while fighting."
Although it is only a little over 200 kilometers away from Bukavu to Baraka, except for a rugged mountain road No. 5, it is at least twice as long to bypass the 2nd kilometers of the Kyrgyzstan. As for the dilapidated mountain road in the Kyrgyzstan, it is good that cars can reach a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. Now both sides are mainly infantry infantry, and these more than 200 kilometers of mountain roads are an excellent opportunity for Ka Kurtu to fight guerrillas.
After dispersing the troops, even facing the Ugandan Air Force, they can dodge at any time, leaving them with no use. In the complex mountainous terrain in the eastern part of the Congo, a team of three or four hundred people can find a good place to hide. Ka Kurtu's African indigenous people are very good at crossing mountains and ridges, so Cai Zhongxiao would not worry about any major problems in scattered retreats.
Ka Kurtu had no objection to Cai Zhongxiao's suggestion. He quickly selected more than a hundred indigenous soldiers who had crossed mountains and ridges and assigned them to some designated areas to carry out harassment guerrilla operations. The remaining troops ordered them to retreat in sequence according to the deployment.
Chapter completed!