Chapter 167: A Hundred Battles in Yellow Sand

【Faction Mission: Ankra】

Defeat the invading Shawute Stan government army and force the other side to sign a peace treaty and recognize the legitimacy of the Ankra Independent Government. (Mission completion reward: 5 Plot Points and 200 reputation points.)

Ankra border, facing the Shawute army that was constantly assembling troops, the Ankra Independent Government also began to fully assemble the Independent Army and drew some militia from various places to supplement the strength.

According to intelligence, the Shawute army's military operation this time could be said to have a taste of national mobilization.

In addition to the main field troops that had just been hit hard and rebuilt, many garrison troops from various places were also drawn.

The number of troops was more than the last time, with nearly 13,000 infantry.

There were also many weapons and equipment just purchased from the Eagle, with a wide variety of new and old tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and AS.

It was just that Li Boyong was not scared at all. In the previous battle, the number of AS and tank operators lost by the Shawute army was not small. The combat effectiveness that the troops trained in a short time could exert was actually very limited.

Moreover, the Shawute army generally had low morale, and the soldiers' will to fight was not high.

After all, it was modern warfare; it was no longer an era where victory or defeat could be decided by numbers alone.

Although the Independent Army only assembled less than 2,000 troops, after this period of development, the army's equipment had been greatly improved.

Especially the number of AS, which was basically on par with the Shawute army. Plus the training of operators and the improvement of the operating system by Shihe during these days, Li Boyong was very much looking forward to the combat power that the AS troops could exert.

Of course, relying on this alone could not easily defeat the Shawute army.

Inside the temporary march command post, Li Boyong deployed the combat missions for each team.

It was still the guerrilla warfare that the Independent Army was good at, just with some other arrangements this time.

"Yufang, Yulan, I'm very happy you could come to help," Li Boyong handed a combat data file to the Xia sisters, "Your mission this time is inside."

"Understood."

Yufang took the data, browsed it roughly, and nodded to indicate understanding.

A very straightforward style, so few words that the Independent Army members on the side couldn't help but doubt whether she could understand the tactical content.

Especially the poker-faced appearance of the two, which made it impossible to see their emotions, and naturally impossible to judge anything.

But Li Boyong was not worried at all. The Xia sisters had been rolling on the battlefield since they were young, and their combat experience was richer than many Independent Army members.

Moreover, he had acted with the Xia sisters and knew the other party's ability, so he specially spent a lot of money to hire the Xia sisters this time.

Yes, this time Li Boyong hired the Xia sisters and some armed troops under her through Leonard as mercenaries to participate in this battle.

It was to let them lead a detachment to sneak into Shawute Stan and carry out sabotage operations on the Shawute army's supply lines.

According to the Shawute army's current economic situation, the supply situation of an army of more than 10,000 people was probably bad enough already. If the supply was hit again, the troops would soon collapse.

He only needed to drag the opponent's troops with guerrilla tactics before that. After cutting off the Shawute army's supply for a period of time, he could boldly launch a counterattack.

By then, it would be another crushing defeat for the Shawute army.

"Meeting adjourned. Each team start combat preparations. This time, we must let that group of Shawute guys know that this land is not a place they can step on."

Finally, Li Boyong briefly boosted morale.

"Well said!"

"Let them see our power!"

"Shawute guys go home!"

The Independent Army subordinates were easily incited, not because his rhetoric was good, but because they had confidence in Li Boyong.

Had confidence in the Tiger of Ankra.

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The Shawute army's invasion began, tearing up the armistice agreement without any notice and invading the Ankra region.

After the Independent Government issued a verbal protest from afar, the Independent Army began to engage.

It was still the same guerrilla tactics, hit and run. The Shawute army still hadn't found a good way to counter this kind of fighting style.

In addition to the unfamiliarity with the terrain, it was also related to the mobility of the guerrillas now.

In order to increase the mobility of the guerrillas, he bought many combat vehicles, allowing the guerrillas to better hit and run.

Anyway, Ankra itself produced oil, so it didn't matter if the guerrillas ran to their heart's content; anyway, the other side had no land aviation troops.

One week into the war, the rhythm was completely under Li Boyong's control.

The Shawute army paid a considerable price, but the distance of advancement was far lower than the Shawute army's expectations. The terrain of the Ankra region was flat in the hinterland and rugged in the surroundings.

Before reaching the hinterland, no matter which route the Shawute army took, it had to pass through rugged terrain.

On rugged terrain, the mobility of AS far exceeded that of tank troops.

Facing the Independent Army's AS troops, the Shawute army could only dispatch the same AS troops to engage.

It was just that the Independent Army was obviously at an advantage in the AS confrontation.

The AS team led by Shihe broke into the Shawute army's vulnerable parts several times and lured the Shawute army's AS troops that came to support into an ambush, causing considerable losses to the other side, and then successfully disengaged before the Shawute army's main force surrounded them.

However, the Shawute army's AS troops still caused considerable trouble for the Independent Army, making the attack operation unable to exert the best effect.

For this reason, Li Boyong carefully designed a valley ambush battle.

The deliberate mistakes of a small unit lured the Shawute army's main AS force, and then the Independent Army in ambush killed them all together.

A great battle broke out between the AS troops on both sides. Li Boyong and Shihe both participated in this battle.

Led by two super aces, the Independent Army AS troops broke the Shawute army AS troops.

The two M6s piloted by Li Boyong and Shihe, using molecular saw-chain longswords, became the nightmare of the Shawute army.

After successfully ambushing the Shawute army AS team, Li Boyong let the Independent Army AS team temporarily slow down the rhythm of harassment.

At the same time, the mercenary team led by the Xia sisters within Shawute Stan started to attack the Shawute army's supply teams non-stop.

The supply line was cut, the AS troops were destroyed, and the Shawute army's already low morale was on the verge of collapse.

Three days after the Shawute army fell into supply difficulties, Li Boyong led the Independent Army to start a major counterattack.

The Shawute army had a numerical advantage but could not exert corresponding combat effectiveness. Many times, as soon as the two sides made contact, the Shawute army collapsed. The Independent Army took the opportunity to launch continuous fierce attacks, finally triggering the Shawute army's major collapse.

During the battle, Li Boyong was also lucky enough to capture the Shawute army's supreme commander, adding a lot of chips to the post-war negotiations.

About a month of war ended with the Shawute army's comprehensive defeat.

Defeated again, Shawute Stan experienced turmoil domestically, and civil strife even occurred in some areas.

Wang Liumei took the opportunity to propose peace negotiations, promising non-aggression and returning prisoners, but demanding that Shawute Stan formally recognize the legitimacy of the Ankra Independent Government.

Facing the situation of being besieged internally and externally, the Shawute Stan government had to express compromise to Wang Liumei and signed relevant treaties.

At this point, the Ankra region was formally independent.

The Independent Government became a legitimate government.

A country named Ankra Stan was born. ===== CHAPTER 168 =====