Chapter 929: The Tragedy of Comoros
October 4.
French naval warships arrived in the Comoros waters, showing off their power.
A few days ago, a military coup took place in Comoros. The former head of the Comoros presidential guard, the head of the mercenaries, the Frenchman Denard, launched a military coup, imprisoned Johar, and set up a transitional government in Kaabi.
Comoros, whose full name is the Union of Comoros, is known as the Kingdom of the Moon and the Kingdom of Spice. It is an island country in the Indian Ocean in Africa. It is located at the northern entrance of the Mozambique Channel on the east side of Africa, about 300 kilometers east and west from Madagascar and Mozambique.
The Grand Comore Island, Anjouan Island, Moheli Island and Mayotte Island that make up Comoros are known as the four pearls in the western Indian Ocean. The land area is 2,236 square kilometers and the population is about 500,000.
Before the invasion of Western colonists, it was ruled by Arab sultans for a long time. In 1841, France invaded Mayotte Island. In 1912, the four Comoros Islands became a French colony. In 1946, it became a French "overseas territory". In 1961, it gained internal autonomy. It was not until 1975 that it gained independence and established the Republic of Comoros.
In Comoros, the French have huge interests and influence.
The coup in Comoros seriously affected the interests of the French. The French acted very quickly. In just a few days, a fleet with a destroyer, three frigates, five armed transport ships and two supply ships came to Comoros to capture Comoros.
Since the situation in Africa has been turbulent, the interests of the French have suffered great losses. In recent years, they have continuously strengthened their strength in Africa. It is really that Africa is too important to the French. Once Africa is lost, France will no longer be a world power, but only a European power. The economy will suffer great losses because France can no longer suck blood from Africa.
Even by then, even the French Black Legion may not be able to be maintained.
Although Comoros is not big, France cannot prevent Comoros from escaping from French control.
If France allows Comoros to escape from French control, it will cause a terrible chain reaction.
France wants to show off its military power.
In the four islands of Comoros, hidden in the woods, there are a number of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile launchers, and mercenaries are operating the launchers and aiming.
Denard showed a bloodthirsty sneer. Although he is French, it does not mean that he will show mercy.
In order to win this battle, he paid the price of Grand Comore Island and Moheli Island and hired mercenaries to fight. As long as he wins this battle, he will own Anjouan Island and Mayotte Island and can be the king himself.
The three helicopters in the sky are coming here, but they are conducting reconnaissance.
The mercenaries, holding the "Vanguard" individual air defense missiles, have aimed at the helicopters in the sky.
"Fight!"
The mercenary leader gave the order.
The launch vehicle immediately fired the Eagle Strike missile. To ensure that there was no chance of error, all the Eagle Strike missiles on the launch vehicle were fired.
At the same time, the mercenary carrying the Vanguard individual air defense missile pressed the button.
"Swish, swish, swish~~" One after another, the Vanguard air defense missiles streaked across the sky and flew towards the three helicopters in the air.
"Boom, boom, boom~~~"
On the sea, frigates and destroyers intercepted and fired jamming bombs.
But the distance of 10 miles was too close. In less than 10 seconds, it was impossible to intercept.
The Eagle Strike missile hit the warship, rumbling, and a huge hole was blown out of the entire warship.
The seawater rushed in frantically and sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The three helicopters in the air turned into three fireballs, emitting thick black smoke, and fell towards the ground and the sea.
In just a moment, this seemingly powerful fleet was completely wiped out.
The mercenaries drove to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water.
These were all hostages, forcing the French to agree to their conditions, and they could also get a considerable ransom.
In order to occupy Comoros, France sent thousands of people.
Under normal circumstances, this army was enough to wipe out the mercenaries in Comoros and quell the rebellion in Comoros.
But the French did not expect that Denard was so cruel and hired mercenaries. These mercenaries actually had anti-aircraft missiles and anti-ship missiles, so that the French suffered a great loss.
After a busy period, all the French soldiers who fell into the water were finally rescued. One by one, the French soldiers were dejected, holding their heads with both hands. They had lost their warships and weapons and equipment, and they could not deal with the fully armed mercenaries at all.
If they didn't want to die, they could only become prisoners.
Ships of prisoners were transported to the island and guarded separately. Machine guns were aimed at the prisoners. As long as the prisoners dared to move, they would be killed without mercy.
Several of the mercenary ships were left to salvage the spoils.
Although many weapons and equipment will sink with the sinking of the ship, there are still many weapons and equipment and supplies suspended on the water surface. These are all spoils of war and can be sold for money.
Seeing the great victory, Denard directly announced to the outside world that the French fleet was completely annihilated, 1 French destroyer, 3 frigates, 5 armed transport ships, 2 supply ships were sunk, and more than 1,500 French soldiers were captured.
As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked, and the world's eyes could not help but look at Comoros and France.
No one thought that such a big thing would happen in such an inconspicuous place.
Soon, the situation in Comoros and Denard's information were known.
A new round of milking France has begun!
There is no way, the French army's performance is too bad.
Although those destroyers and frigates are just backward warships, and the youngest warships are over 30 years old, destroyers are destroyers and frigates are frigates. Instead of destroying the mercenaries, they were destroyed by the mercenaries.
This reminds people of the performance of the French during World War II.
Denard even announced the establishment of the "Kingdom of Denard" and he himself served as king. And Denard also expressed his willingness to negotiate with France and would treat prisoners preferentially. If the French did not accept his conditions, he would execute these French prisoners and throw the bodies of the prisoners into the sea to feed the fish.
No one would doubt Denard's words. After all, Denard was the head of the mercenaries and was not a good person at all.
The news spread back to France and caused an uproar in France.
The families of the soldiers who went to the battlefield took to the streets to protest against the French government, which caused other French people to join in.
After all, more than 1,500 people were captured and more than 100 people died. No one knew whether the dead soldiers were their relatives or friends.
The French government was extremely worried about this. What seemed to be a piece of cake to the French government turned out to be such a big mess. This was even more unacceptable than France's defeat in Africa.
So many warships were sunk and so many people were captured. This was a major defeat, proving the incompetence of their current government.
Moreover, internal opposition forces were adding fuel to the flames and using this defeat to attack the ruling party.
The only good news was that the other party was willing to negotiate and would not execute prisoners at will.
As long as this matter could be handled properly, a lot of losses could still be recovered.