Chapter 636 (1/2)
As one of the least developed countries in the world, the number of television sets in Rwanda is almost negligible, but because the country is small enough, the broadcasting network is all over the country.
The racist massacre that broke out on April 7 was largely the result of the national incitement by the Rwandese government using radio stations. Not only did the Hutu army launch a clean-up, but also many civilians became thugs under the government's instigation, holding up butchers' knives to their Tutsi neighbors. In just ten days, hundreds of thousands of people were killed.
After the arrival of Ukrainian mercenaries, the first military operation was to clear the radio headquarters in the capital of Rwanda and the broadcasting stations in the surrounding four provinces.
This is not only a training exercise to test the strength of the pilot team recruited by Simon, but also can make the Rwandese government completely dumb, so as to avoid the other party's subsequent incitement of public hostility to the westero mercenaries through radio, and even lead the westero mercenaries to fall into the situation of the US Army in Somalia last year.
The operation was very successful.
All the 12 Mi-24 armed helicopters, divided into five teams, went to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, and the capitals of the four provinces. Without any preparation, the Rwandese government troops easily blew up all the radio equipment.
But there are also some problems.
Simon follows Celia Miller to a specially opened office on the west side of the villa, where five people are waiting.
Three men and two women.
The three men are Peter Mendelson, a 50 year old African expert, and two former U.S. military officers, major Dan rubir and major Martin Stillman, who have participated in peacekeeping operations in Africa. The latter two are now retired.
Two other young women, who wear ol suits like Celia Miller and are about 25 years old, act as interpreters and secretaries in Simon's personal military assistant office. Emily Joplin, a tall, slender girl with brown hair, is good at Russian and Ukrainian. Zoe hee, a young, curvy blonde, is no less than Celia Miller Lester, who is proficient in French and some native African languages, happens to have Rwandese in the list.
Six people, including Celia Miller, are Simon's team after the outbreak of the Rwanda massacre.
As long as the performance of these people in recent operations can satisfy Simon, this office will be maintained in the future to assist the long-term expansion and layout of westero system in Africa.
Since yesterday, this small team has been working to assist the local high-level mercenary team in Rwanda to conduct a preliminary assessment and rapid reorganization of 3000 Ukrainian soldiers through remote video contact. At present, 3000 Ukrainian mercenaries in Africa have been integrated according to the establishment of an enhanced regiment. According to the former arms of Ukrainian soldiers and the westero mercenary force, the team has been able to carry out a preliminary assessment and rapid reorganization Some weapons are equipped with combat units divided into 30 companies.
In addition, the office is equipped with state-of-the-art satellite communication equipment, and a wall mounted TV on the wall is also broadcasting live pictures of the westrow refugee camp on Lake Kivu. Just for the purpose of this webcast and long-distance communication, westero system expects to pay about $3 million a month for the rental of communication satellites.
After a brief greeting, Simon sat down at his desk and Celia Miller began to give a detailed introduction to the whole process of the targeted clearance operation on the afternoon of April 19 local time in Rwanda.
The 12 Mi-24 armed helicopters of vistro mercenaries were divided into five groups, four of which went to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, and the other eight of which were divided into four groups and flew to the capitals of four provinces of Rwanda respectively. The whole operation started at 2:30 p.m. local time and lasted for one and a half hours. At 4:00 p.m., all 12 armed helicopters completed their tasks and returned smoothly.
In the course of the mission, only four armed helicopters flying to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, were counterattacked during their retreat, which was quite threatening.
In the office, Celia Miller played a 30 second video shot by an airborne camera through a projector. In the video, eight individual air defense missiles successively attacked four helicopters. Through the projection screen, people could feel a strong sense of crisis. Fortunately, the pilots of the four helicopters were the most elite Air Force soldiers of the former Soviet Union who had retired for less than two years. The Mi-24 was thrown in time He sprinkled heat lures and made an emergency dive to avoid all attacks.
”This is the former Soviet Union's 9k32 individual air defense missile, which was equipped in the 1970s. Because of its low price and simple operation, it has always been the best-selling ultra short range air defense weapon of the former Soviet Union,” Celia Miller said after the video broadcast: ”according to the information we collected, the former president of Rwanda's plane was shot down by this missile. Fortunately, the pilots of this operation were all from the former Soviet air force. They were very familiar with the characteristics of 9k32, so they were not in danger. However, in our next military operation, we may have to consider the threat of this missile. We are not sure how many 9k32s the Rwandese government army still has, or whether it has other types of air defense weapons that are enough to pose a serious threat to armed helicopters. ”
Simon looked at the picture on the projection screen and asked, ”what about the forecast?”
Celia Miller shook her head and said, ”it's not possible. Maybe just this time, the Rwandese government army has exhausted all 9k32 reserves. Maybe the other party will continue to receive relevant military equipment assistance from the French army or the DRC army.”It is no secret that Hutu armed forces have been receiving assistance and training from the French army for more than ten years.
Moreover, the Hutu government has a very close relationship with neighboring DRC.
Although the Rwandese government forces used the Soviet made 9k32 man to man air defense missiles this time, it is difficult to say which side these weapons came from, or, frankly, the French are most likely to provide assistance. According to the intelligence collected by the local team in Rwanda, up to now, there may still be a small number of French advisory groups among the Rwandese government forces who have not had time to withdraw.
Simon knows better that this is true.
Many years after the end of the massacre, the Rwandese government continued to denounce France's contribution to the massacre in that year. Many investigations have shown that the plane of then Rwandese President juvenar was probably shot down by the French army and then planted by the Tutsi armed forces.
Because the French do not want the Rwandese government to negotiate peace with the Tutsi armed forces supported by Britain and the United States, which leads to the re infiltration of British and American forces into the Rwandese country which has been controlled by France. Even after the exposure of the massacre in Rwanda, which shocked the whole world, the French army quietly carried out small actions against the Tutsi armed forces in Rwanda.
Celia Miller didn't shy away from this in her words, because we all know the truth.
Of course, we can't say that in public.
For the peace loving French Republic in the civilized world, it is a very serious accusation to point out that the other side has behind the scenes supported an anti human government that committed the crime of genocide. Just because of a few criticisms from the then president of Rwanda, the French government immediately protested solemnly like a cat trampled on its tail and announced that it would withdraw from the Holocaust commemoration.
Since it is impossible to judge the number of anti-aircraft weapons held by the Rwandese government forces, Simon no longer asks questions, but continues to listen to Celia's introduction on the integration of Ukrainian mercenaries.
About 20 minutes later, Celia finished her introduction. Dan rubir, a former US military lieutenant colonel who had participated in peacekeeping operations in Angola and nabimia, first asked, ”Simon, I want to know if the westero mercenaries are going to really take military action against the Rwandese government forces, or just keep a deterrent and stop the genocide in Rwanda?”
Simon looked at rubir with a smile: ”is there a difference?”
Dan rubir said: ”if it's just deterrence, this goal has been achieved. As the world's eyes turn to Rwanda, the massacre will surely stop quickly in the next few days. The westero mercenaries can now consider withdrawing, and the UN peacekeeping forces will take over the next thing, which can also save a lot of military expenses.”