Aikin Zeta

Aikin Zeta

Iri	military operation (en)
Bangare na	Yaƙin mulkin mallaka na Portugal
Kwanan watan	6 –  11 ga Yuni, 1969
Wuri	Portuguese Mozambique (en)
Participant (en)	Estado Novo (en) FRELIMO

Operation Zeta wani aikin soja ne tsakanin sojojin Portugal da FRELIMO a lokacin yakin kasashen waje na Portugal . Ya faru ne daga 6 ga Yuni zuwa 11, 1969, a cikin tafkin Malambuage, wani yanki mai laushi a gefen kudu na Kogin Ruvuma, a lardin Cabo Delgado na yanzu.

Fiye da sojoji ɗari biyu sun yi tsalle a kan tafkin Malambuage, sun yi mamakin kuma sun mamaye sansanonin FRELIMO; Sun kashe 'yan tawaye da yawa a lokacin yaƙi mafi tsanani, sun kwace kayan yaƙi da yawa kuma sun kewaye duk Yankin sansani abokan gaba. Kwanaki uku, 'yan fashi sun karfafa matsayinsu na musamman, sun rufe ƙasa tsakanin kogin Ruvuma da tushe na Limpopo, a Balade, kudu da tafkin, sun bincika kuma sun ɗaga ma'adanai / tarkon FRELIMO kuma a ƙarshe, sun haɗa da ƙungiyoyin yaƙi na FRELIMO waɗanda suka kewaye yankin da ke da siffar buffer a kudu, gabas da yammacin kogin Ravuma. A cikin waɗannan kwanakin gwagwarmaya mai tsanani, wani kamfani na Commandos ya karɓi sansanin kayan aiki daga 'yan tawaye, kudu da tafkin. Kamfanonin Sojoji guda biyu, C. Cav. 2376 na Nangade ya shiga cikin dazuzzuka kusa da tafkin Lidede da kwarin kogin Nange kuma ya kai hari asibitin 'yan tawaye, ya tattara kayan yaki daban-daban, takardu da kuma kama abubuwan abokan gaba. Sauran Kamfanin Sojoji, C. Cav. 2375 daga Mocimboa na Rovuma, ya bugi ƙasar a yammacin tafkin kuma ya taimaka wa masu tsalle-tsalle su tattara kayan tsalle.

A lokacin dukan aikin, tallafin iska yana da mahimmanci, tare da Dornier Do 27 a cikin umarni na aiki, helikofta dauke da manyan bindigogi, Jirgin sama na T6 guda takwas don kai farmaki ga kungiyoyin abokan gaba da ke ƙoƙarin tserewa daga kewaye, jirgin sama mai fashewa na PV2, Nordatlas hudu da Dakotas uku a lokacin da aka kaddamar da paratroopers. Fashewar bama-bamai ga kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye da suka tsere sun taimaka wajen raunana karfin gwagwarmayarsu kuma sun yanke hanyoyin tserewa.

Saboda tattara bayanai da kyau, an gwada su a hankali, da kuma asirin da ya biyo baya a cikin shirin gajeren lokaci, Operation Zeta yana daya daga cikin muhimman ayyukan soja da aka gudanar a Mozambique. Sakamakon ya tabbatar da nasarar sojojin Fotigal, wanda hadin gwiwarsu ya wuce mafi kyawun fata, saboda rashin yiwuwar samun damar yankin da abokan gaba ke sarrafawa da kuma nesa daga kowane matsayi na tallafi ba tare da an sauka ba.

Kwamandan 32nd Parachute Hunter Battalion, wanda ke zaune a Nacala, yana da alhakin daidaita dukkan dakarun da ke aiki, musamman tallafin iska, sanya alama, hanyoyin tattara parachutes, dabaru don ginshiƙan mota waɗanda suka tattara ma'aikata da kayan da aka kwace. Sojojin da ke cikin ayyukan da suka ƙare a cikin wannan aikin sun kasance na BCP32 da BCP31. Babban motsi ya ba shi damar haifar da cin nasara a kan 'yan tawaye, yana rushe layin shiga daga sansanoni a Tanzania, wato umurnin da ke Nachingwea da ma'aikatan da ke fitowa daga cibiyar horo a Mtwara, ta hanyar hanyar daga Mahuta zuwa Newala, arewacin Kogin Ruvuma. Yawan ɓoyayyun hanyoyi, hanyoyi da wuraren ɓoyayyen da suka bazu a fadin wani yanki da ya fi filin kwallon kafa ashirin ya kasance mai ban sha'awa, mafi yawansu zuwa ga ƙetare kogi, zuwa hanyar da ta haɗa da cikin Tanzania.

Abubuwan da aka kwace

Ayyukan hadin gwiwa na kimanin mutane 680 da suka ƙuduri aniya, sama da jiragen sama da goma sha biyu da motoci goma sha huɗu sun isa don kayar da 'yan tawaye sama da ɗari biyu, suna lalata mafakarsu, suna rushe sansanonin tallafi, suna ƙone abinci da ɗakunan ajiya da kuma fitar da dabbobi cikin daji. Koyaya, wasu 'yan fashi masu ƙwarewa' suna gudanar da "gujewa" ganin shugabannin (ta hanyar kiyaye su a cikin camouflage da kuma a cikin jakunkunansu) kuma, a rana ta ƙarshe, suna gabatar da kaji da yawa don yin burodi; wato, bayan wannan koma baya da abokan gaba suka sha, babu wani abu da za su ji tsoro.

Baya ga takardun da suka dace game da kungiyar FRELIMO, an kwace fiye da kilo 7,600 na kayan yaki masu daraja, kekuna da sauran hanyoyin sufuri a fadin kogin Ruvuma. 

Daga cikin 'yan fashi

• 1723 82mm mortar grenades;
• 2 cikakkun 82mm mortars da sauran sassan;
• 182 Simonov bindigogi da 200,700 cartridges;
• 1 babban bindiga da 6 light machine guns;
• Garman hannu 63 da tarkon tafiya 21.
• Kayan aiki daban-daban.

Daga sojojin Sojoji C.Cav.2376 daga Nangade da C.Caf.2375 daga Mocimboa na Rovuma, musamman ta Commandos

• Manyan bindigogi 97 da mujallu 18,200;
• 8 PPSH bindigogi masu sarrafa kansa;
• 1 82mm mortar da 93 mortar grenades;
• 5 manyan bindigogi;
• Yawancin ma'adanai da tarkuna;
• Grenades masu yawa na karewa;
• Uniforms da kayan kamfen daban-daban.

Sauran hanyoyin aiki

• Jiragen sufuri guda bakwai (4 Nordatlas da 3 Dakotas);
• Jirgin yaki goma (8 T-6s mai sauƙi da 2 PV2s masu nauyi);
• A Dornier DO27, a cikin umurnin aiki;
• "Heli-cannon" tare da bindiga mai nauyi;
• Fiye da direbobin mota talatin.