General Ngoy Mukena sighed. War was never a pretty business, from the Congolese jungles to the sands of the Sahara. South Africa had been a symbol that all african nations could aspire to, and they'd thrown it away in a matter of months.
Now the combined nations of the SADC were mobilizing. The Democratic Republic of the Congo was probably the second-best military in southern Africa, but that was small comfort. Their allies were caught even more flat-footed than the DRC, and would not be quick to mobilize [M need to find out what the other nations have...]. Mukena was bringing a little over half the the DRC's military personnel; he doubted that the other nations would commit nearly so much.
Mukena had 3 divisions with him in Lubumbashi; a little over 60,000 men. Gathering them had been far simpler than such tasks in Mukena's youth, but the rail system was, for the most part, functional once again. But now the hard part began: crossing Zambia into Zimbabwe. He didn't dare airlift into Zimbabwe, for the F-16s at his disposal didn't have enough range to viably secure an air corridor to Bulawayo or Harare. So they'd have to cross Zambia's terrain over the next few weeks, letting the F-16s provide air support out of Lubumbashi [M I am getting way too good at spelling that correctly]. One division would make for Livingstone, while the other two would secure Harare, and then head for Bulawayo [M AFAIK Bulawayo is a province to itself, and therefore not part of the conquered territory].
Lieutenants were signalling that their regiments were ready. It was time to move out.
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[–] jidlaph [S] ago
That'd be great; should we start dumping their stats in here?