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Just as the United Nations peacekeeping forces are often restrained in Africa because of concerns about civilian casualties, Simon does not want to be accused of causing a large number of civilian casualties because of the attack on Kigali.The task of attacking the capital and seizing power will only be left to the Rwandan opposition itself in the future.

Dan Rubil obviously expected Simon to have such an attitude, and said: "So, Simon, we have only one choice now." The former U.S. military lieutenant colonel said, pointing to a village called Gutarama in western Rwanda. Cities: "Fight a sniper war before the Rwandan government forces enter Gutarama."

Rwanda's territory is only about 150 kilometers from east to west and from north to south in depth, which is about two or three hours' drive.

The capital Kigali is located in the center of Rwanda, about 70 kilometers from the Westeros refugee camp on the shore of Lake Kivu in the west.The city of Gutarama pointed out by Dan Rubiel is exactly in the middle of Kigali and the refugee camps in Westeros.

Simon couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly when he heard what Dan Rubiel said, waiting for the other party to continue.

Dan Rubier began to explain his intentions: "Based on my experience in participating in peacekeeping operations in Africa, the Rwandan government is likely to send about 5000 to 10000 regular troops to Gutarama to confront us. If we don't To stop the Rwandan government’s layout, then, once stationed in Gutarama, according to the usual practice, the Rwandan government army will definitely set up military camps in the city and integrate with civilians. This is the most common method used by African warlords to deal with peacekeeping forces. Because they all know that peacekeeping troops dare not attack civilians easily, but they have no such scruples. Not only that, the government forces will try their best to destroy all bridges and road facilities from Lake Kivu to Kigali, and in the traffic A large area of ​​minefields is buried on the main road. Most of Rwanda is hilly. Although it is not dangerous, it will be very difficult for thousands of troops to avoid the main road and march among the mountains and hills. They may also encounter familiar terrain. The guerrilla warfare harassment by the Rwandan government forces. The final result is likely to be that no matter how elite our army is, we can only honestly confront the Rwandan government forces, unless we completely disregard the casualties of ourselves and civilians to wipe out the government forces. The price no one can afford.”

Simon silently added in his heart.

Then, there was the intervention of the United Nations, and the parties started peace talks and reached a peace agreement.And then, when everyone didn't pay attention, the war broke out again.

This is a classic cycle of civil wars in many African countries that have lasted for many years.

Fight if you can, and call the United Nations to come in for peace talks if you can't. If the result fails to satisfy all parties, continue to fight.If one side is crushed too hard, it will conduct guerrilla warfare, wandering around in the vast virgin forests of Africa, recuperating and continuing to fight.

During the half century that African countries have been freed from colonial rule, many countries are basically in this state.

The last thing Simon likes is muddling.

When Dan Rubiel finished speaking and looked at himself, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, very satisfied with the military advisor he had hired with a high salary.Glancing at the other people in the office, and then at Dan Rubill in front of the projection screen, Simon said, "Dan, and everyone, if you don't mind, maybe you can stay with me tonight for a briefing."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and after a short period of doubt, they immediately realized something, but subconsciously felt that it was impossible.

There is a 7 hour time difference between Rwanda and the east coast of the United States.

It is now past six o'clock in the afternoon on the East Coast of the United States, and it is one o'clock in the morning in Rwanda. It will be dawn there in about four hours, and it is eleven o'clock in the middle of the night in New York.

What is Simon Westeros going to do after staying up all night?

Recalling Dan Rubier’s description just now, since the threat of the Westeros mercenaries has been felt, if the Rwandan government forces want to send troops to confront the Westeros mercenaries, it will definitely not take too long, perhaps in the last few days .

More likely, a few hours from Rwanda.

After all, the Assistant Military Affairs Office here is a newly recruited team. Neither Simon nor the top mercenaries in Westeros could be so stupid as to tell Celia Miller all information and related military plans without reservation. Dan Rubill these guys.

Perhaps, the high-level team in Rwanda also considered the situation just described by Dan Rubier and formulated the same countermeasure plan as Dan Rubier.

Fight a sniper battle.

If a large number of Rwandan military forces can be wiped out in the wild at one time, disrupting the potential layout of the opponent's attempt to maintain a long-term confrontation with the Westeros mercenaries, then the Rwandan Hutu government will completely lose the initiative.

only.

The Ukrainian mercenaries who plan to be the main force of the military operation just arrived in Africa yesterday.

Although most of these soldiers are elite special forces and scouts in the former Soviet Red Army, they have generally left the army for one to two years.

Even though relatively strict screening was carried out during the recruitment stage, this group of people has not fallen behind in terms of personal physical fitness or familiarity with weapons and equipment, but after all, they have not undergone any military training of a running-in nature, so they are directly pulled into the battlefield. Is it really suitable?

Chapter 637 One Week (Revised)

Question: How long will it take to overthrow the regime of a small African country?

The answer is: a week!

When the whole world is still shocked by the worst racist massacre in Rwanda after the Second World War, when the United Nations and governments around the world are in a hurry to send troops to Rwanda in the name of Simon Westeros At that time, from April 4th to April 20th, a series of military operations by Westeros mercenaries in Rwanda once again made the whole world dumbfounded.

On the morning of April 4th local time in Rwanda, the 20 Ukrainian mercenaries who had just arrived in this small African country for only one day were fully dispatched. The 3000 regular troops sent by the Rwandan government arrived at the area between the capital Kigali and the Westeros refugee camp on Lake Kivu. Before the city of Gutarama, it took the lead in attacking the Rwandan government forces in the hilly area about 10000 kilometers outside the capital Kigali, beyond everyone's expectations.

The commander of the Rwandan government army, who obviously underestimated the strength of the Westeros mercenaries, made a very stupid decision.

Knowing that the Westeros mercenaries were rushing towards his side, the commander gave up the opportunity to withdraw to the capital Kigali, and even stationed there, intending to use the advantage of numbers to engage in an encounter with the Westeros mercenaries.

As a result of this, when 24 companies of Ukrainian mercenaries quickly completed the three-sided attack on the 10000 Rwandan government forces, only the first round of armored vehicle artillery, helicopter rockets, and hundreds of mortars were densely covered by heavy firepower. It directly led to the collapse of the unprepared Rwandan government forces.

Africa is really poor.

Especially before the 21st century, the melee between African warlords in the past was basically based on the backward individual weapons of the Cold War era. Relatively high-end weapons were only tanks and individual missiles. As for more advanced fighter jets or armed helicopters, all On the one hand, it is unaffordable. On the other hand, even if they can afford it, for African countries where ordinary armies still need to borrow the power of foreign military advisers for training, these soldiers will not use them at all.

After all, if the air force wants to form combat effectiveness, it is definitely not just as simple as being able to fly an airplane, but also requires long-term and expensive training.

Therefore, in the face of the heavy fire coverage of Ukrainian mercenaries, the eight tanks that the Rwandan government army relied on most like treasures were destroyed by the anti-tank missiles of Mi-24 gunships before they could make any response.The government army's small amount of mortars and bazooka heavy weapons failed to organize any effective counterattack at all when the army quickly collapsed.

Only lasted for less than 15 minutes, because of the wrong layout of the dense battle formation before, the Rwandan government army, which lost thousands of people in the first round of fire coverage, began to move towards the gap in Kigali deliberately left by the Westeros mercenaries flight.

In order to prevent the government forces from collapsing in all directions, the Westeros mercenaries, under the cover of helicopters and armored vehicles, continued to pursue steadily with a three-sided pocket formation layout, and finally in an area less than 10 kilometers away from the capital Kigali. The last 6 mercenary companies blocked the 'pocket' exit.

The order Simon gave before the action was that he needed a war of annihilation to wipe out as much of the Rwandan government forces as possible.

This implication is already very obvious.

The fewer prisoners the better.

Therefore, when the Westeros mercenaries completed the encirclement of the Rwandan government forces, facing the remaining thousands of African soldiers who had completely collapsed, the mercenary group continued to maintain a fierce attack for half an hour before they began to call for surrender.

After three hours of fighting, out of 10000 Rwandan government troops, there were less than 2300 remnants left when they finally surrendered.

However, because of Simon's order, the casualties of the Westeros mercenaries also exceeded expectations. Under the absolute advantage, 126 mercenaries were still killed in battle and 379 were injured to varying degrees.

If the collapsed Rwandan government forces were forced to surrender after the Westeros mercenaries completed the siege, at least 10000 of the 5000 Rwandan government troops would survive, and the casualties of the Westeros mercenaries could also be halved.

Simon didn't do that.

Because what he needs is a merciless bloody shock, aimed at the Rwandan government in Kigali, and countless spectators staring at this small African country.

Simon just wanted to tell a lot of people.

That's right.

The Simon Westeros who walked out of the Watsonville Mental Hospital was still a lunatic in his bones.

Never been better.

A total of 505 casualties, accounting for one-sixth of the total number of Ukrainian mercenaries, such battle damage is already very serious.

Adam Rowell, the commander of the South African EO company among the Westeros mercenaries, was hired by the Angolan government forces to participate in military operations against the rebels in 1992. At that time, he led a battalion of 300 people under EO to cooperate with the government forces. Fighting with the Angolan opposition for three months, directly hit the armed leader of the opposition with 6 troops, Sarabi, who took the initiative to seek peace talks, and the battalion led by Rowell only killed 19 people in the end.The entire EO company suffered only a few hundred casualties in those months.

The main source of troops for South African EO Company is the retired white elite soldiers from several countries in southern Africa, but the combat effectiveness is actually not as good as the former Soviet Red Army soldiers who generally have more than 10 years of service experience this time.

As for the Rwandan government army, its strength is comparable to that of the Angolan Sarabi rebels, both of which are of the same low level.

However, rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry.

3000 vs. 10000, 505 casualties are not small, but not many.

In fact, it was mainly because the Ukrainian mercenaries were responsible for this battle alone, and there was no cooperation from the Angolan government forces like EO.

Although directly losing one-sixth of its troops and ending the first battle, the Westeros mercenaries did not return to the camp to rest at all, and handed over the wounded and prisoners to the South African EO mercenary team. The remaining 2500 Ukrainian mercenaries marched directly into Kigali, on the outskirts of Rwanda's capital.

In just half a day, 1 regular troops were wiped out and 1 people were wiped out. Even though the capital Kigali still retains 1 regular troops and more than [-] militiamen, the Rwandan government is still shocked.On the one hand, they urgently appeal to the international community to intervene to stop the 'atrocities' committed by Westeros mercenaries in Rwanda; ranks.

It's just that both are doomed to be in vain.

The United Nations, which was also briefly stunned by the unexpected and swift military action of the Westeros mercenaries, could only routinely issue an official formula calling for restraint on both sides.

As for the incitement of civilians by the Rwandan government forces, the effect is almost nothing.

At the same time as the military operations, the Westeros system was also engaged in a public opinion war that was admired and even imitated by many people afterwards.

The radio station network of the Rwandan government was cleared one day in advance, but another set of high-power broadcasting facilities was set up in the Westeros refugee camp to publicize the purpose of the Westeros mercenary operation to the whole of Rwanda. Before the war broke out on the morning of April 4, six helicopters of the South African EO company that did not participate in the war flew to the whole of Rwanda and dropped millions of leaflets printed in English, French and other languages.

Through broadcasts and leaflets, the Westeros mercenaries unilaterally declared a state of martial law throughout Rwanda, requiring all civilians to stay at home as much as possible, or stay as far away from the war zone as possible.All civilians who recklessly appear in public, all thugs who continue to participate in creating riots, and all unidentified people who approach the Westeros mercenaries will be treated as militants and shot dead indiscriminately.

Not only to deter, but to appease people, the Westeros mercenaries also made promises.

First of all, the Westeros mercenaries guaranteed that after the current government was overthrown, the new government would not take any form of revenge against the Hutus in the country except for the unforgivable massacre committed by high-level government officials, the national army and a small number of civilians.

Secondly, the Westeros mercenaries announced that Rwanda's originally racially differentiated household registration system will be abolished immediately, and population registration will be re-registered after the war, and racial division will no longer be carried out.

Finally, the Westeros mercenaries publicly promised that the death penalty would be abolished in Rwanda after the war.The subtext is that even civilians who participated in this riot will not be executed even if they are held accountable after the war.

After all, the nature of most ordinary people is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Facing the large-scale propaganda of Westeros mercenaries through radio and leaflets, especially after the news spread that 10000 government troops were annihilated by Westeros mercenaries in just a few hours, civilians in Rwanda basically They all stayed behind closed doors obediently.

In the end, the Rwandan government's attempts to incite the population of Kigali against the Westeros mercenaries went unanswered.

When the Westeros mercenaries arrived in Kigali, they immediately destroyed the city's power system. The radio network was completely paralyzed one day in advance. Long-range fire clearance.

Instead, the Westeros mercenaries, in addition to the public opinion offensive of their own radio station and massive leaflets, also set up a public address system outside Kigali City, and continued to publicize the city residents.

Under the dual force of military oppression and public opinion offensive, except for a small number of civilians who escaped from Kigali for fear of being affected by the war, most of them stayed at home obediently like quails.

After the Rwandan government, which was trapped in a state of beasts, tried all means of seeking peace from the Westeros mercenaries, on April 4, Rwandan President Theodore issued an order to be stationed in Biumba, northern Rwanda. The 22 government troops confronting the Tutsi opposition in the city retreated, intending to gather all the troops to give it a go.

This happens to play into the hands of the Westeros mercenaries.

As soon as the [-] Rwandan government troops withdrew from the city of Biwimba, a joint force composed of the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front and the Ugandan government troops entered the city and began to pursue the [-] government troops from tail to tail.

The Westeros mercenaries who got the news were even more decisive, and once again waged a devastating battle of annihilation in an area 15 kilometers north of Kigali.

8000 against 2500, still powerless to fight back.

Not only that, but the defeated Rwandan government forces also engulfed 3000 Rwandan opposition and Ugandan government forces in the process of fleeing northward, and they were not stopped by the main force of the joint forces of the opposition armed forces and Ugandan government forces until outside the city of Biwimba.

According to the post-war statistics, there are less than 8000 of the 2600 Rwandan government troops left, and only 3000 of the 1000 coalition forces that were engulfed in it. The joint forces, who were also terrified of the combat power of this mercenary, did not dare to pursue it at all, and could only announce that these soldiers died in battle with the Rwandan government forces.

In this battle, because the "pockets" were not blocked for relatively intense encirclement and suppression, the number of Ukrainian mercenaries killed in battle was reduced to 81, and another 263 were injured.

However, the 12 Mi-24 gunships of the Westeros mercenaries finally suffered losses in this battle. Two of them were shot down and crashed, and another tail was hit. All crew members survived after barely being forced to land. He himself lost his strength.

This loss was not caused by the rabble-rousing Rwandan government forces, but from the French advisory group hidden in the Rwandan government forces that had not had time to evacuate.

After the war, only 59 members of the 36-member French advisory group survived, and all French prisoners, including their bodies, were secretly escorted back to the Westeros refugee camp by Westeros mercenaries immediately.

Paul Kamega, the leader of the opposition armed forces who also knows what this incident means, raised objections, hoping that the coalition forces could accept these prisoners and make the incident public as evidence of French interference in Rwanda’s internal affairs and causing massacres. In the face of the absolute strength of the Westeros mercenaries, the protest is invalid.

Although there were some minor disagreements, after annihilating 2100 Rwandan government troops, the remaining 22000 Westeros mercenaries combined with a total of [-] Rwandan opposition and Ugandan government troops quickly approached Kigali and directly surrounded the Rwandan capital. .

On April 4, the coalition forces of the opposition began to enter the city to attack the Rwandan government forces. After four days of fierce street fighting, on April 23, the coalition forces broke through the Rwandan presidential palace. All the remaining government forces surrendered, and the Hutu regime that had been in charge of Rwanda for 4 years came to an end.

According to the original plan, in order to avoid accusations of civilian casualties, the Westeros mercenaries did not participate in the final battle, but only provided a small amount of air fire support. The war ended on April 4, and the Westeros mercenaries decisively withdrew to the Westeros refugee camp on the shore of Lake Kivu.

After urgent consultations, the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, Paul Kamega, who had just taken over the country, and the Westeros mercenaries jointly issued the "Rwanda Peace Statement". All the promises made by the new government will be fulfilled.

At the same time, the new government agreed to allocate 2000 acres of land near the Westeros refugee camp on Lake Kivu as a long-term military base for the Westeros mercenaries. The remnants of the Hutu armed forces, until the political situation in Rwanda is completely stable.

Also under the impetus of the high-level mercenaries in Westeros, in order to quickly stabilize the political situation in Rwanda and further alleviate the concerns of Hutu civilians in the country about the subsequent cleansing, Paul Kamega, the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front who was born in Tutsi, also voluntarily gave up. In the presidency, he only served as the vice president and the minister of defense. The new presidency of Rwanda was taken over by Pasteur Bizimung, a high-ranking Hutu within the Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Chapter 638 Closing (Revised)

The international community reacted differently to the turmoil in Rwanda in just one week.

The United Nations at this stage has not been completely reduced to a vase-like existence many years later, and there are many countermeasures against the unauthorized actions against the Westeros system.

It’s just that this time the Westeros mercenaries were upright, and the United Nations’ decision to withdraw the peacekeeping troops instead of stopping the atrocities in the early days of the massacre has been criticized by international public opinion during this period. After the army's first battle was completely defeated, the request for the United Nations to intervene was simply ignored by the top officials of the United Nations until the Hutu regime was overthrown on April 4.

Apart from the Rwandan government, it was France that reacted more violently.

After the Westeros mercenaries cleared the Rwandan broadcasting system on April 4th, the French media immediately publicized the casualties caused by this operation to Rwandan civilians, and then strongly condemned the Westeros mercenaries, demanding that Simon stop immediately Military operations in Rwanda.

After the war ended on April 4, the French government directly jumped out and asked the United Nations to impose sanctions on the Westeros system on the grounds that the Westeros mercenary attack on the Rwandan government forces was close to a massacre.

However, when the second battle ended on April 4, the French side was like a duck that was suddenly choked by someone, and the original clamor of condemnation came to an abrupt end.

It was indeed strangled by the neck.

Less than two hours after the end of the second battle, French President François Mitterrand personally made an emergency call to Simon's office, asking him to immediately release the French military advisory group secretly detained by Westeros mercenaries.

Simon didn't intend to publicize this matter. After all, the Westeros system will still do business in France in the future, and it is impossible to completely tear it apart.If this is really done, the Westeros system will be difficult to move forward in France in the future.

However, Simon would not be so stupid as to immediately hand over this big handle to the French government.

Once the bargaining chip in hand is exposed at this stage, under the pressure of strong public opinion, it is enough for a large number of senior military and political leaders in France and even President Mitterrand to take the blame and resign.

He didn't intend to lift the lid, and Simon wouldn't let the Frenchman go easily.

While secretly interrogating the soldiers of the French Army Advisory Group and the relevant high-level Rwandan government forces and collecting as much evidence as possible, Simon also strongly demanded that Mitterrand must compensate the Westeros mercenaries for the losses caused by the French army's intervention. .

Not only the three damaged Mi-24 helicopters, but also the pensions of the soldiers killed and wounded by the Westeros mercenaries in the two battles will be counted on the head of the French government.

This time, the Rwandan Hutu regime supported by the French government for a long time was overthrown, and the discord between the Westeros system and the French government has become irreconcilable.

Coexisting and maintaining cooperation in contradictions can be said to be the common state of existence among many countries, enterprises and even individuals in this world. Subjects with only friends but no enemies basically do not exist.The ever-expanding Westeros system is even less likely to be able to have both sides among all forces.

As long as they don't tear themselves apart publicly, it is enough for the Westeros system, which holds enough bargaining chips, to maintain the greatest degree of peace with the French government in the future.