Chapter 4264: Under the castle

On January 12, members of the jihadist group set out from many places and were incorporated into the Western Sahara Liberation League two days later to fight. The 9th, 13th and 101st regiments of the Liberation League arrived one after another.
Throughout January, the Allied Forces of the Liberation of Western Sahara continued to increase their troops on the Palimo battlefield by taking advantage of Qi's superiority in the surrounding areas, and finally formed a powerful attack group with a heavy army.
With the addition of the 3rd and 11th regiments that were invested in advance, by the beginning of January, the Western Sahara Liberation League troops had already invested 5 regiments and 1 mixed brigade on the battlefield, but there was actually no major progress.
In the direction to the north, the offensive of the League for the Liberation of Western Sahara has repeatedly failed. Although they are aggressive, the Moroccans are not easy people, and these terrorists have to pay great casualties every step forward.
Although the North made the Allied Liberation Army of Western Sahara so many casualties unable to advance, it cannot be said that the battlefield on the north side is safe. What worries the Moroccan military most is not the battlefield along the north side, but other directions, such as Palimo.
"Sir, a communication from General Palimo Quinn!" The intelligence department did not know when they had arrived behind Vice Minister Gilandu, who was standing by the window.
"Huh?" Gilandu frowned slightly and took the communicator he handed over.
"What's the current situation?" Gilandu pondered a little, and finally decided to ask.
"I'm afraid it's bad, Mr. Minister, we are working hard to organize and do the final defense work. But according to the news, the number of enemies is quite large this time."
"What are you really afraid of!" Gilandu sighed in a low voice. "Is the information sent by the mercenary's intelligence team accurate?" he asked.
General Quinn’s transfer to the militia commander was ordered by Vice Minister Gilandu himself, so Gilandu knew the reason for this.
Quinn was stationed on the border of Western Sahara for a long time as a fortress defense. Although the militia deployed this time is a member of the reserve service and has sufficient personnel, after all, they have not gone through a major battle, and some of the troops were originally adapted from local teams, so their combat effectiveness is extremely limited.
In order to strengthen the control and command of the ministry, Quinn was transferred to the top official of the ministry. All Quinn can also be regarded as confidants of Deputy Minister Gilandu.
"I'm afraid the information is true, and our people have confirmed it. The League for the Liberation of Western Sahara is rapidly gathering and mobilizing. The war is estimated to be about to start." General Quinn replied.
What worries Vice Minister Gilandou is that for many years, Algeria has been used as the defense target of the imaginary enemy. For several years, Morocco's main force has been developing defense on the eastern front line.
It was only recently that they had a new conflict with the People’s Front of Western Sahara in the ceasefire zone, and when the jihadist organization had made a lot of noise through the rise of the Western Sahara Liberation League, the Moroccan government discovered how prepared the anti-terrorist defense operations in the south were. important.
Even though Morocco, which has a clear understanding of the cannibalization strategy of the Liberation Organization of Western Sahara, immediately began its combat preparations from this time, there is not much time left for them.
The situation in Western Sahara is becoming increasingly tense. The jihadist organization under the cover of the Western Sahara Liberation Organization frequently confronts Moroccan subordinates in Western Sahara. Coupled with the intervention of the Olumi Federal Army in the name of anti-terrorism, the entire Western Sahara region is already full of gunpowder.
Under this circumstance, Morocco's comprehensive preparations, especially the preparations on the southern front line, have only begun to hold their feet.
Gilandu frowned, "I'm afraid we can't help you too much. Our troops are dragged down and cannot support you for the time being. We can only dispatch air support at most. And the number of times will not be too many. Now we can only rely on you and Those mercenaries."
"Understood, Mr. Rick also promised us that he will stand by Palimo." Quinn replied. "And they have done adequately in command and defense preparations."
Vice Minister Gilandu spoke a few more words before putting down the phone. Whether Palimo can hold on, he has no bottom in his heart. More importantly, Palimo can't fall. Because they initially regained Palimo to prove to the joint counter-terrorism force that Morocco can solve its own problems.
Once Palimo fell again, it was tantamount to admitting that the militia could not stop the terrorists, and it was tantamount to being beaten in public. The problem is that the Orumi Federal Army, as a joint counter-terrorism force, will attack again on this ground. Call for more involvement in Western Sahara affairs.
"Now we can only rely on the mercenaries and militia." Gilandu sighed heavily.
On the afternoon of the 14th, the reconnaissance force under Lin Rui found that the enemy was approaching the first line position, especially a part of its 16th regiment had infiltrated to the outskirts of Palimo, near the left side of Mugaya Town.
Lin Rui ordered General Quinn to send an infantry regiment to occupy nearby positions to cover Palimo's side and prevent the enemy from infiltrating. At the same time, he ordered several other troops to move south quickly. To enhance the defense of Mugaya town.
The town of Mugaya, because the Moroccan army has built a large number of trenches, bunkers and underground bunkers, and these defense fortifications are mainly distributed on both sides of the main road, so if they can rely on these fortifications to occupy favorable terrain, No. 402 is deadlocked. The highway can stalemate with the enemy for a period of time.
The infantry of the Jihadist Alliance, under the cover of artillery fire, launched one round after another assault.
The Moroccan militia used trenches, bunkers and underground bunkers for desperate resistance. Since the town of Mugaya is Palimo's gateway, if Mugaya loses, Palimo will be completely exposed to the enemy's edge, so gains and losses are crucial.
Therefore, fierce battles broke out in Mugaya town. Under successive violent shelling by the enemy forces, by the evening of December 17, Mugaya was in danger on the front line.
As Palimo has become a city under siege and is about to become a battlefield, martial law has been implemented in the city to prohibit citizens from entering and leaving, so the city is extremely quiet, only the outskirts of the cannons are more dense.
At this time, Lin Rui, actuary Jiang An and others understood that Mugaya could no longer hold them. But they successfully delayed the enemy's offensive through Mugaya, giving Palimo enough time to defend.
General Quinn’s militia forces have attacked from the south, fortifying the suburban highlands, occupying positions, and building fortifications. The preparation is finished in the evening, waiting for the counterattack at dawn.
On the other hand, the mercenary troops holding on to the flanks also mobilized their main forces and turned to Palimo, ready to attack the enemy's side to mitigate Palimo's threat.
Lin Rui gave orders with a grim expression. He understood very well that with the development of the situation, they needed to gather and control troops for the command to use.