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Text 581 Wilderness Encounter

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    In the three years before the outbreak of the massacre, the government controlled by Rwanda's Hutu extremist forces carried out a lot of preparations for ethnic cleansing.  For example, a radio station with an official background and controlled by extreme racial forces propagated naked racism for a long time, saying that the Tutsi should be exterminated.  This is considered to be a warm-up for the public opinion that the massacre will eventually become as large as it is.

    In addition, the massacre was not just a spontaneous action by some rioters instigated by the government. Two extremist militia organizations were directly and unshirkably responsible for organizing the massacre. These two organizations were Tvraam and ImnumumbI, which respectively meant "Standing."  People who are together¡± and ¡°people who have the same goals¡±.  With the promotion of the Hutu government, the extremist militia organizations were trained and educated, and it was very easy to obtain weapons. After the massacre, these two militia organizations, which had relatively many weapons, acted as the vanguard of the massacre.

    Even shortly before the massacre, French transport planes provided the Rwandan government with a large number of weapons, including three boxes of 6mm Belgian mortars and a considerable number of automatic weapons from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, the United Kingdom and Egypt.  These weapons eventually became tools for massacres by the Rwandan government and extremist militia groups. Although several participating countries were condemned to a certain extent afterwards, the scope was very small.

    In contrast to another aspect of the Darfur crisis, China's legal supply of weapons to Sudan before the war was severely attacked by Western media such as the EC, which claims to be a bellwether for humanitarianism. It also had a wide impact, even leading to the collapse of the Sudan  Pierberg's refusal to direct the 6th Olympic Games shows the extent of the double standards of the West itself.  The casualties caused by the Darfur crisis are estimated to be less than a fraction of the entire Rwanda genocide. However, if they are both "weapons providers", some people can let go easily, while others become accomplices in the massacre.

    In this dimension, China's strong intervention in the Rwanda genocide has produced certain cascading reactions. If this honor of rescuing people in distress is won exclusively by China, it will obviously make other countries very unhappy. After several weighings, several Western countries decided to look at the situation.  Sending a limited number of troops into Rwanda.  Among them, the French army, which has the most extensive interests in Africa, is the main one.

    After China announced the start of humanitarian relief operations in Rwanda, it sent a total of more than 406 soldiers to Rwanda within six hours, and it is expected that all 1,360 soldiers will be deployed and launch rescue operations within 11 hours.  This powerful force projection capability and complete contingency plan mechanism have forced all countries to conduct a new assessment of China's military capabilities.  In particular, this military operation is on the African continent five to six thousand kilometers away from China, which shows that China's strategic force projection capability is very strong.

    Naturally, some sour analysts pointed out that this time the opponents are a group of ragtag and backward small African countries. They have no ability to stop the Chinese army. If it is a country with a little bit of defense capabilities, China will definitely not be able to do this.  Theoretically speaking, what these people say is not wrong, but there are some nitpicks that others won't pay much attention to.

    The Chinese airborne troops stationed in Africa and Su Tian's Dragon Breath Team, who arrived earlier, immediately went into mobile operations after taking a break.  In the past, the Chinese army had very fast and powerful maneuverability due to its complete mechanization. However, except for a small number of paratrooper tanks and military jeeps dropped by air, most of these airborne troops fought on the soles of their feet.

    ??This should be considered in the armies of other countries. If they heard that they were asked to lead their troops on foot, they would spit on the ground and immediately stop acting.  However, the Chinese soldiers in Rwanda, even though they have the world's first-class weapons and equipment today, they have not given up the fine tradition of hard work in the era of millet and rifle.

    Without motorization and mechanization, they are still warriors who will not surrender. In the vast African wilderness, even if they use the soles of their feet, they still have to forge a path to complete the instructions of their superiors.

    It is basically a company-sized infantry, surrounded by a multi-functional infantry vehicle. The vehicle cannot drive too fast, and the speed of the infantry must be taken into account. They take turns to rest. One group of soldiers rushes for a while, and then enters the infantry.  The car rests and then is replaced by the next group of soldiers, always keeping the troops' physical strength relatively sufficient.

    Three hours after they drove out of the forward base town of the temporary combat command post, the Dragon Breath Team led by Su Tian and a special force consisting of two platoons of airborne troops and a tank encountered an armed Hutu extremist militia organization.  , the opponent has a large number of people, close to 20, but the discipline is relatively poor. There are many pickup trucks, in addition to Toyota, some are even made in China. The infantry does not have a so-called marching battle formation, it is just scattered in a chaotic manner.

    The Chinese troops dispatched to Rwanda actually had some difficulties with intelligence. Qi Yiming mobilized multiple spy satellites to support them with space-based intelligence. At the same time, the air force stationed in Sudan also launched multiple Wing Loong drones to provide ground troops with intelligence.  Provide intelligence, but the coverage of this intelligence is still a little bit poor, so Su Tian and others did not receive any warning when they encountered the Hutu militia.??.

    The battle started at the junction of an open grassland and a forest. When several pickup trucks came out of the woods, they were observed by the driver of a multi-purpose infantry vehicle. Su Tian immediately declared that he was entering combat mode because this was a flat wilderness.  There was no cover, so all the paratroopers and special forces lay down on the spot, using the cover of tall grass to shoot directly at the opposite side.

    What we encountered here could never be Tutsi armed forces. Looking at the arrogance of these militiamen, they must have committed a murder and are looking for new targets.

    The weapons of these militiamen are not weak. They all ride a general-purpose machine gun on their pickup trucks. When fired together, the firepower is not weak. They even carry two 6mm mortars. Naturally, they just came from  Received from the French.

    If it were ordinary airborne combat equipment, these people would never be taken seriously. However, due to limited missions, the current PLA airborne troops cannot carry a large number of weapons into the battlefield. What they can rely on most is the 3mm machine  A multifunctional infantry vehicle with a cannon.

    The pLA army is equipped with multiple types of infantry fighting vehicles such as tracked, eight-wheeled, six-wheeled, and four-wheeled. Among them, the 09 Infantry Fighting Vehicle is the largest infantry fighting vehicle and is also the main force of the army's mechanized troops. Originally, the airborne troops and the Marine Corps each used EB03  Type 05 paratrooper fighting vehicle and Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle, but later after discussing and studying the requirements, they were equipped with some wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which are NIP multifunctional infantry vehicles, domestically nicknamed "Miff" fighting vehicles.  The multi-functional infantry combat is superior to the 09 infantry combat that emphasizes armor and mobility in terms of versatility, and has extremely strong mission modularity.  Moreover, its total weight is less than 2 tons, it can be directly airdropped, and it also has good performance in unprepared swimming ability, so it is not surprising that it can enter the airborne troops and Marine Corps in large numbers.  In particular, these wheeled infantry combat vehicles are much faster than tracked combat vehicles after entering flat roads, which is also one of the main factors why they are trusted.

    On a relatively weak battlefield, Miff Chariot showed that he was worthy of the trust of the soldiers.  A weapon station equipped with a 3mm automatic cannon accurately aimed at the opponent's pickup truck, which was a relatively large threat, and then opened fire directly.  The rapid-fire cannon used by the Miff tank is the same product as the Type 09 cannon, which can fire nearly two shells continuously and still work.

    Several rounds accurately hit a pickup truck and exploded the two pickup trucks. The other pickup trucks immediately focused their fire, but their 6mm caliber was extremely powerful and could not penetrate the armor of the multifunctional infantry vehicle. Although the NIP was very light, less than 2 tons.  , but its armor is well designed, can protect most parts of the wing body, and is made of composite materials. Generally, it is difficult for tanks to withstand 6mm caliber, but NIP is against 2.  When the mR spoon has a large diameter, it also has certain defensive capabilities.

    Although the number of Chinese airborne troops was small, and the terrain was a little worse than that of their opponents, with the help of a core combat vehicle, the Miff tank, they quickly defeated this wave of militiamen who had no formal military training.  This group of Hutu militiamen themselves had not heard of the intervention of foreign troops, so they were very confused when they first met the Chinese.  The Chinese soldiers started the war without saying hello, which also caught them off guard.

    They left about fifty corpses behind, several pickup trucks were all destroyed, and the rest fled into the forest. Su Tian did not order his people to enter the forest to pursue them.

    "Prepare the weapons that can still be used. We don't have much ammunition and weapons for this operation. We will use them sparingly and seize as many as we can." Su Tian explained.

    They put away a lot of AK47 rifles that were still usable, but the ammunition was limited. In the end, Su Tian decided to carry guns based on the ammunition base and discard the excess guns.  Compared with the Short Assault 21 used by the airborne troops, the AK4 is still slightly heavier. Especially since this batch of airborne troops basically joined the army after the PLA became wealthy, and they have basically never used old weapons. For those who use AK4,  Still not quite used to it.

    After a short correction, Su Tian's Rangers set off again. Their destination was a Catholic church named Naube. According to the records in Qi Yiming's database, a serious concentration in the entire massacre would occur there.  Massacre incident.  The mission of Su Tian's Rangers is to prevent this massacre from happening and save the Tutsi refugees and Hutu moderates there.

    Because there are not many documented records, Su Tian doesn't know exactly how many enemies there are, but they are not alone. There are many units around them that can cover them. If assistance is needed, they can all come to support. In addition, the forward bases  An army aviation airport will be established soon, and the army aviation troops coming from Sudan will also provide assistance to friendly forces on the ground.
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