Chapter 4078: Car-step combined transport

"General, you mean... what we found was not just an enemy base, but the enemy's headquarters?" The Moroccan officer was surprised.
"The investigative report mentioned earlier that there are high-power wireless communication equipment there. The people of Western Sahara must have set up a communication base there. The headquarters must be responsible for coordinating and directing the overall situation, and it will almost certainly be with the communication base.
Coupled with so many anti-aircraft weapons, I think we hit the Grand Canal this time. Immediately report to the headquarters that we have lost one F16 fighter and damaged one.
But we suspected that we found the enemy’s command headquarters. Our army will push forward with all its strength and take down the enemy's command headquarters. Destroying their command center is bound to have a reversal effect on our army's operations on the southeast line. "The Moroccan commander immediately ordered.
Their troops set off toward the coordinate area detected by the Air Force. At the same time, at the Western Sahara base, Lin Rui and others are organizing an emergency evacuation.
"We wounded an F16, and the Sam-3 missile shot down another. But the pilot seems to have escaped by ejection. Do you want to order a search?" a Western Sahara officer asked.
"Leave these alone. According to our previous deployment, how long will it take for your troops to withdraw?" Lin Rui asked a Western Sahara officer.
"Evacuate now? We were still fighting before, and we didn't have any preparations at all. That is to say, we are starting to assemble urgently now, and it will take more than an hour to wait for a complete evacuation." The officer stunned.
"Within an hour, if I see that there is one person in your army, and a car stays here. You can just wait to be punished." The commander-in-chief of the Si Sahara army reprimanded sharply.
"Yes, sir." The officer stood up and saluted, then turned and ran away.
"Don't be too harsh on them, Chief Lantom. After all, they just won a small battle." Lin Rui lit a cigarette. "In fact, we still have enough time. As long as we don't waste time, the enemy can't catch up with us."
Commander Lantom nodded at him. This is a 50-year-old soldier with considerable qualifications in the military. This is also the reason why Ernest arranged for him to do this operation, the commander-in-chief.
Another reason is that this is an old-school soldier who is tough and stubborn, but has always been meticulous in executing orders. Although he was the commander-in-chief of this operation, in fact all orders were issued by Lin Rui's military advisory team.
This General Rantom did his best. Lin Rui and others were responsible for ordering, and he was responsible for supervising the execution. After several days of careful planning and planning, they finally shot down an enemy plane and wounded one. It has been proved that this general Lantom has a good command and does have a high execution ability. Lin Rui was also quite satisfied with this.
Since the evacuation route has been pre-determined in advance, most of the troops have also undergone a certain amount of preparation in advance, so it did not take too long for them to evacuate.
But even so, they spent more than an hour. During this period, Lin Rui has been receiving timely news from Kebain via satellite channels.
Cobain has been observing the movement of the Moroccan military through satellites, and timely reported their marching speed to Lin Rui.
"Now we have a problem, boss." Cobain replied in a low voice, "the enemy's marching speed is a bit faster than we expected. They are much faster than we had previously expected. I suspect they are marching in a hurry."
Although the armed forces of the People’s Front of Western Sahara also claim to have achieved mechanization. But in fact they just completed the motorization.
The so-called motorization means motorization and motorization, and specifically refers to motor vehicles that use internal combustion engines such as gasoline engines and diesel engines as their own power.
Compared with other countries, the Western Sahara People’s Front army is limited by its own conditions, and their motorization process appears to be very slow. It was not until 2000 that the semi-motorization was basically achieved, and the remaining half was still mule and horseization.
Mechanization is another matter. Unlike motorized equipment, mechanized equipment requires the following two major characteristics in addition to the above-mentioned per capita maneuvering power.
The first point is that the vehicle must have excellent off-road mobility.
Another major feature of mechanized equipment is that it needs to have a certain degree of protection. Although compared to tanks, the requirements for protection of mechanized infantry vehicles are not very high, but at least they must be able to withstand ordinary light weapons and shell fragments on the battlefield, which motorized equipment cannot do anyway. .
Because of the ability to transport troops at the forefront against the rain of bullets, the emergence of mechanized equipment has truly solved the problem of coordination between infantry and tank that has plagued people for decades.
The advance speed of the Moroccan army's mechanized units is of course far higher than the semi-motorized infantry units of the Western Sahara People’s Front.
Originally, Lin Rui and others had considered this issue, but they thought that the Moroccan army would not advance so fast.
Now it seems that the Moroccan army is advancing faster than they expected.
After thinking for a while, Lin Rui continued to ask, "Are you sure?"
"Very sure. We have been staring at them on the satellite, but judging from their current travel speed, it is faster than we expected." Cobain replied.
"Even the mechanized force cannot increase the speed so fast. Unless... they give up some of the materials they carry in order to increase the overall speed. It seems that our opponent is taking risks." The actuary Janggi reacted immediately.
Lin Rui also nodded, "It seems that our enemy has been fooled. They believe that we are the headquarters of the People's Front of Western Sahara. So they are pursuing us at all costs."
"But can we sustain their chase momentum?" Sausage asked in a low voice.
"They are still a long way away from us. Notify the troops, change to a comprehensive march, and open the distance between them at the maximum speed." Lin Rui ordered immediately.
Comprehensive march, also known as "mixed march". A combination of walking and riding. Semi-mechanized troops and non-mechanized troops are restricted by means of transportation or road conditions and can only be used when part of the force is marching in vehicles.
It can be implemented alternately on foot and by car; you can also walk partly and partly by car at the same time to achieve the highest travel speed.
The Western Sahara Army adopts combined vehicle and step transportation, that is, one part gets on the vehicle and the other part walks. If it is a long-distance march, the vehicles will be concentrated in one part and the other will walk.
If it is a short distance, one vehicle will first arrive at the combat area to build a position, the other will follow up on foot, and then the vehicle will turn back to pick up this one.
The major premise of this march is that the entire army's vehicles are under the unified command of the army headquarters, and before that, the vehicles are under the command of each department.
Lin Rui and others used the newly established communications and information headquarters to uniformly deploy all vehicles and personnel to maximize the speed of the troops in a short time.