Neall "Nellis" Ellis: defeated an African rebel army out of spite: a brief thread
>Born 1949 in South Africa
>Fights in Rhodesian Bush War
>Joins SA Army
>Learns to fly attack helicopters
>Masters the MI-24 HIND
>Apartheid ends
>Can't serve in SAAF anymore because white devil
>Born 1949 in South Africa
>Fights in Rhodesian Bush War
>Joins SA Army
>Learns to fly attack helicopters
>Masters the MI-24 HIND
>Apartheid ends
>Can't serve in SAAF anymore because white devil
>Aquires a HIND of his own
>Becomes mercenary
>"Have gunship, will travel"
>Gattling-guns his way throughout the dark continent
>Almost all African communists and anti-western groups put a price on his head
>Fights in the Congo War
>Year 2000
>Hired by Sierra Leone
>Becomes mercenary
>"Have gunship, will travel"
>Gattling-guns his way throughout the dark continent
>Almost all African communists and anti-western groups put a price on his head
>Fights in the Congo War
>Year 2000
>Hired by Sierra Leone
>RUF rebel army surrounds SL's capital, Freetown
>It's nightfall so helicopters can't fly
>Sierra Leone army virtually overran
>Civil government prepares to capitulate
>Fall of Saigon tier chaos begins to erupt
>Ellis fires up his HIND, which was not equipped for night combat
>It's nightfall so helicopters can't fly
>Sierra Leone army virtually overran
>Civil government prepares to capitulate
>Fall of Saigon tier chaos begins to erupt
>Ellis fires up his HIND, which was not equipped for night combat
>Copilot refuses to fly with him in apparent suicide mission
>Single-handedly holds off rebel army throughout the night
>Helicopter breaks down
>Rebels finally take Freetown after losing 2,500 men to one helicopter
>Ellis gets his HIND repaired and narrowly escapes
>Single-handedly holds off rebel army throughout the night
>Helicopter breaks down
>Rebels finally take Freetown after losing 2,500 men to one helicopter
>Ellis gets his HIND repaired and narrowly escapes
>SL can't pay him anymore because they've basically lost the war
>Ellis stays in SL anyway, paying his own way, with goal of retaking Freetown out of spite
>Fights alone for 2 years
>Ellis stays in SL anyway, paying his own way, with goal of retaking Freetown out of spite
>Fights alone for 2 years
>Doesn't have much ammo for much of this period, resorts to knocking over RUF vehicles with his rotor wash and crushing rebel soldiers with the helicopter itself
>RUG sends him this message "if we ever catch you, we'll cut your heart out and eat it"
>RUG sends him this message "if we ever catch you, we'll cut your heart out and eat it"
>Ellis responds by flying over their encampments dropping leaflets that read:
>"RUF: This time we've dropped leaflets. Next time it will be half-inch Gatling machine gun, or 57 mm rockets, or 23 mm guns, or 30 mm grenades, or ALL OF THEM
>"RUF: This time we've dropped leaflets. Next time it will be half-inch Gatling machine gun, or 57 mm rockets, or 23 mm guns, or 30 mm grenades, or ALL OF THEM
>Their small arms can't penetrate his helicopter so he just hovers there, mocking them as they collect and read the leaflets
>Nevertheless, he does fear being shot down or forced to land by engine failure so he fills the troop bay of the HIND with guns, ammo and bush provisions
>Nevertheless, he does fear being shot down or forced to land by engine failure so he fills the troop bay of the HIND with guns, ammo and bush provisions
>Plans to fight one man guerrilla war of he loses the chopper
>Finds a reliable arms dealer to buy rockers and cannon ammo from, makes good on his promise to come back with real ordinance
>Kills so many rebels the British and SL governments offer him formal backing and troops
>Finds a reliable arms dealer to buy rockers and cannon ammo from, makes good on his promise to come back with real ordinance
>Kills so many rebels the British and SL governments offer him formal backing and troops
>Retakes Freetown and grinds the RUF into the dirt
>Fights for NATO during invasion of Iraq
>Rumored to have been fighting ISIS at the age of 67
>Claims of him and his HIND being seen everywhere from Damascus all to the Democratic Republic of Congo
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN was right
>Fights for NATO during invasion of Iraq
>Rumored to have been fighting ISIS at the age of 67
>Claims of him and his HIND being seen everywhere from Damascus all to the Democratic Republic of Congo
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN was right
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Hey @elonmusk, @TwitterSupport - how often does someone owe up to mass reporting an account into extinction? That's wild, I should know
Hey @elonmusk, @TwitterSupport - how often does someone owe up to mass reporting an account into extinction? That's wild, I should know
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