Question: How long does it take to overthrow a regime in a small African country?

The answer is: one week!

While the whole world was still shocked by the most brutal racist massacres after World War II in Rwanda, when the United Nations and governments around the world were busy with Simon Westero's personal military operations in Rwanda from April 20 to April 26, a series of military operations by Westero mercenaries in Rwanda once again shocked the whole world.

On the morning of April 20, local time in Rwanda, 3,000 Ukrainian mercenaries who had just arrived in this small African country in just one day were dispatched. Before the 10,000 regular troops sent by the Rwanda government arrived in the city of Gutalama between the capital Kigali and Westeros surrounding Lake Kivu, they took the lead in attacking the Rwandan government forces in the hilly areas about 20 kilometers outside the capital Kigali, which was expected by everyone.

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

When he learned that Westeros mercenaries rushed towards his side, the commander gave up the opportunity to withdraw from the capital Kigali and stationed on the spot, intending to engage in an encounter with Westeros mercenaries by relying on their number of people.

As a result of this, when 24 companies of Ukrainian mercenaries quickly completed the three-sided attack on 10,000 Rwandan government troops, only the first round of dense heavy firepower coverage of armored vehicles, helicopter rockets and hundreds of mortars directly led to the collapse of the Rwandan government troops who were caught off guard.

Africa is really poor.

Especially before the 21st century, the previous melee between African warlords was basically dominated by backward individual weapons in the Cold War era. The relatively high-end weapons were only tanks and individual missiles. As for more advanced fighter jets or armed helicopters, they could not afford them on the one hand, and on the other hand, even if they could afford them, African countries that still need to borrow the power of foreign military advisers for training in African countries that ordinary army still need to use 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 about flying planes, but also requires long-term and expensive training to achieve it.

Therefore, facing the heavy firepower coverage of Ukrainian mercenaries, the Rwandan government forces, who were the most dependent on, were destroyed by the anti-tank missiles of the Mi-24 helicopter before they could make any response. The government forces' small number of mortars and bazooka heavy weapons were unable to organize any effective counterattacks when the army quickly collapsed.

After only less than 15 minutes of persistence, the Rwandan government forces, which lost thousands of people in the first round of firepower coverage, began to flee towards the Kigali gap specially left by the Westeros mercenaries.

In order to prevent the government troops from scattering in all directions, Westeros mercenaries continued to steadily pursue the steadily under the cover of helicopters and armored vehicles. Finally, in the area less than 10 kilometers away from the capital Kigali, the last six mercenary companies responsible for encircling blocked the exit of the "pocket".

Simon gave the order before the operation that he needed an annihilation battle to eliminate the Rwandan government forces as much as possible.

This hint is already very obvious.

The fewer prisoners, the better.

Therefore, when Westeros mercenaries completed the encirclement of the Rwandan government forces and faced the remaining thousands of African soldiers who had completely collapsed, the mercenary regiment continued to maintain a fierce attack for half an hour before starting to shout for surrender.

After three hours of battle, 10,000 Rwandan government troops were left, and when they finally surrendered, there were less than 2,300 remaining soldiers.

However, due to Simon's order, the casualties of Westeros mercenaries exceeded expectations. With absolute advantage, 126 mercenaries were still killed and 379 were injured to varying degrees.

If the collapsed Rwandan government forces surrender after the Westeros mercenaries complete the encirclement, the 10,000 Rwandan government forces can survive at least 5,000, and the casualties of Westeros mercenaries can also be reduced by half.

Simon did not do that.

Because all he needed was a ruthless bloody shock, targeting the Rwandan government in Kigali, and countless spectators staring at this small African country.

Simon just wants to tell a lot of people.

That's right.

Simon Westeros who walked out of Watsonville Mental Hospital was still a lunatic at heart.

Never been better.

A total of 505 casualties accounted for one-sixth of the total Ukrainian mercenaries, and such war losses were already very serious.

This time, Adam Rowell, the commander of the Central and South African EO company in Westeros, was hired by the Angolan government forces in 1992 to participate in a military operation against the anti-government forces. The EO battalion he led at that time was 300 people, and cooperated with the government forces to fight with the Angolan opposition for three months. It directly hit Sarabi, the leader of the opposition armed forces with 60,000 troops, who took the initiative to seek peace talks. The battalion led by Rowell eventually only killed 19 people. The entire EO company suffered only a few hundred casualties in those months.

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

As for the Rwandan government forces, their strength is comparable to that of Angola Sara, and they are all at the same low level.

However, rabbits will bite people if they are anxious.

There are not many casualties between 3,000 and 10,000 and 505 people, but not many.

In fact, it is mainly because the battle was entirely handled by Ukrainian mercenaries, and there was no cooperation between the Angolan government forces like EO.

Although he lost one-sixth of his troops directly and ended the first battle, the Westeros mercenaries did not return to the camp to rest. They handed over the wounded and sick and prisoners of war to the South African EO mercenary team. After completing the logistics supply, the remaining 2,500 Ukrainian mercenaries who still maintained their combat effectiveness directly entered Kigali and were in the outskirts of the Rwanda capital.

In just half a day, 10,000 regular troops were destroyed. Even though the capital Kigali still retained 12,000 regular troops and more than 10,000 militias, the Rwandan government was still shocked. On the one hand, it urgently called on the international community to intervene and demanded the stop of the "absurd" of Westeros mercenaries in Rwanda. On the other hand, it began to actively prepare for war and tried to incite the millions of civilians in Kigali to join the ranks of Westeros mercenaries in fighting Westeros.

But both are destined to be futile.

The United Nations, which was also briefly confused by the unexpected and swift military operations of Westeros mercenaries, could only issue official clichés calling for restraint on both sides for a routine.

As for the incitement of civilians by the Rwandan government forces against civilians, the effect is almost gone.

While doing military operations, the Westeros system was also in a public opinion war that was later praised and even imitated by many people.

The Rwandan government's radio network was cleared one day in advance, but another high-power broadcasting facility was set up in the Westeros refugee camp to publicize the purpose of the Westeros mercenaries' operation to Rwanda. Before the war broke out on the morning of April 20, six helicopters that South African EO company did not participate in the war flew to Rwanda, throwing millions of flyers printed in English, French and other languages.

Through broadcasts and leaflets, Westeros mercenaries unilaterally declared that Rwanda was in martial law, requiring all civilians to stay at home as much as possible or to stay away from war areas as possible. All civilians who appeared in public places, all thugs who continued to participate in the riots, and all unidentified persons close to Westeros mercenaries, will be shot and killed indiscriminately as militants.

Not only to shock, but to soothe people's hearts, the Westeros mercenaries also made promises.

First, after the current government is overthrown, the new government will not retaliate against the Hutu people in the country in any form, except for the crime of unforgivable massacre, the top government, the state army and a small number of civilians.

Secondly, Westeros mercenaries announced that Rwanda's original racially distinctive household registration system will be abolished from now on, and population registration will be re-entered after the war and racial division will no longer be carried out.

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

The nature of most ordinary people is to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Faced with the large-scale propaganda of Westeros mercenaries through radio and flyers, especially after the spread of news that 10,000 government troops were annihilated by Westeros mercenaries in just a few hours, Rwandan civilians were basically kept in a close relationship.

In the end, the Rwandan government's attempt to incite Kigali people to fight against Westeros mercenaries was not responded.

When Westeros mercenaries arrived in Kigali, they destroyed the city's power system as soon as possible. The broadcast network was completely paralyzed a day earlier. The tweeters that were barely set up were often removed by the long-range firepower of Westeros mercenaries as soon as they rang.

On the contrary, Westeros mercenaries hired the public opinion offensive of its own radio stations and massive flyers, and also set up a sound amplification system outside Kigali City, and continued to promote and speak out to urban residents.

Under the dual force of military oppression and public opinion offensive, except for a small number of civilians who were worried about the war and escape from Kigali, most of them stayed at home as honestly as quails.

After the Rwandan government, which was trapped in a state of beast, used all the methods of seeking peace with Westeros but were invalid, on April 22, Rwandan President Theodore issued an order requiring the 8,000 government troops stationed in Biwenba City, northern Rwanda to confront the Tutsi opposition, retreating, intending to gather all forces to give it a try.

This happened to be the idea of ​​Westeros' mercenaries.

As soon as the eight thousand Rwandan government forces withdrew from Biwenba, the joint forces formed by the Tutsi Rwandan Patriot Front and Ugandan government forces entered the city and began to pursue the eight thousand government forces at the right end.

The Westeros mercenaries who received the news decisively set out and once again fought a devastating annihilation battle in the 15-kilometer area north of Kigali.

8000 vs 2500, there is still no power to fight back.

Not only that, the defeated Rwandan government forces fled northwards and 3,000 Rwandan opposition and Ugandan government forces were held in it until outside Biwenba City that they were stopped by the main force of the opposition armed forces and the Ugandan government forces.

According to the post-war results, there were less than 2,600 Rwandan government troops left, and only 1,000 of them were held in 3,000. As for how many of the 2,000 killed were "inadvertently injured" by Westeros mercenaries, the joint troops that were also scared of the combat power of this mercenary was afraid to pursue it at all. They could only announce that these soldiers were killed in the battle with the Rwandan government troops.

In this battle, because the "pocket" was no longer blocked and relatively fierce encirclement and annihilation, the number of Ukrainian mercenaries killed was reduced to 81, and another 263 were injured.

However, the 12 Mi-24 armed helicopters hired by Westeros finally suffered losses in this battle. Two of them were shot down and crashed, and one of them was hit. After barely forcibly landing, all crew members survived, but the helicopter itself lost its combat power.

This loss was not caused by the rammed Rwandan government forces, but from the French advisory group that was hidden among the Rwandan government forces and did not have time to evacuate.

After the war, only 36 French advisory group, a total of 59 people, survived, and all French prisoners and bodies were secretly taken back to Westeros refugee camp by Westeros mercenaries as soon as possible.

Paul Kamega, the armed opposition leader who was also very clear about what this incident meant, raised an objection, hoping that the joint forces would accept the captives and publicly use the matter as evidence of France's interference in Rwanda's internal affairs and causing the tragedy of the massacre. It was only in the face of the absolute strength of Westeros' mercenaries, that the protest was invalid.

Although some minor differences arose, after annihilation of the 8,000 Rwandan government forces, the remaining 2,100 Westero mercenaries jointly joined forces with a total of 22,000 Rwandan opposition and Ugandan government forces quickly approached Kigali and directly surrounded the Rwandan capital.

On April 23, the joint opposition forces began to enter the city to launch an attack on the Rwandan government forces. After four days of fierce street fighting, on April 26, the joint forces broke through the Rwandan Presidential Palace. Rwandan Acting President Theodore and several government officials were shot dead. All the remaining government forces surrendered, and the Hutu regime, which had been in charge of Rwanda for 20 years, was declared destroyed.

According to the initial 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 firepower support. On April 26, the Westeros mercenaries decisively withdrew the Westeros refugee camp on the shore of Lake Kivu.

After emergency consultations, Paul Kamega, the leader of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, who had just taken over the country, jointly issued the Rwanda Peace Statement with the Westeros mercenaries. The core of the statement was that all the promises made by the Westeros mercenaries through radio and flyers will be fulfilled.

At the same time, the new government agreed to allocate 2,000 acres of land near the Westeros refugee camp on Lake Kivu as a long-term military base for Westeros mercenaries. Westeros mercenaries will continue to station in Rwanda and assist in clearing the remaining Hutu armed forces in Rwanda until the political situation in Rwanda is completely stable.

Also under the promotion of the senior mercenaries in Westeros, in order to quickly stabilize the political situation in Rwanda and further alleviate the concerns of Hutu civilians in China about post-purchase purges, Paul Kamega, the leader of the Rwanda Patriot Front who was born in Tusi, also voluntarily gave up his presidency and served only as vice president and minister of national defense. The new presidential position in Rwanda was taken over by Pasteur Bizi Mongolia, a senior member of the Hutu tribe in Rwanda.
Chapter completed!