Chapter 41: Hero (4)

  "Report, battalion headquarters on the line. Our forward positions are under enemy artillery fire. Enemy troops have been spotted in our third sector. Battalion HQ orders us to eliminate them immediately. Over." said the communications soldier.

  "Counterattack order, execute immediately." Wu Minghui said. An hour ago, he received the news that the division headquarters was ambushed, and the division commander was unknown, now the overall command right has been exercised by the chief of staff. Half an hour later, the rapid unit of A Division's 3rd Regiment was attacked, losing one-fifth of its strength in ten minutes. Now another enemy force appeared in the area of the 3rd Regiment. Summing up all aspects of the situation, this is a reconnaissance force of the enemy side. If they are not cleared out, the consequences will be unthinkable.

  The convoy accelerated towards Area 3 and arrived in less than half an hour. However, upon arrival, Wu Minghui saw that his side had lost a whole platoon of men. After learning the direction of the enemy's escape, Wu Minghui immediately ordered a pursuit. Since the enemy had already entered the mountains, the troops could only proceed on foot.

  Xiao Lie was in the center of the team. Because he often ran in the base, he didn't feel tired for half a day, which surprised several old soldiers who thought the repair class wouldn't have good physical strength. Perhaps knowing that someone would pursue, they set up ambushes on the road, and two vanguards were thus eliminated. This forced the advancing team to be more careful.

  Half an hour later, the soldiers finally exchanged fire with the enemy, but due to the opponent's high position and good visibility, while those below not only had their vision blocked but also lacked any cover, several more people were lost in the ranks.

  Xiao Lie hid behind a rock, the soldiers in front had already taken down several under fire, while the opponent occupied the advantageous terrain, with a look of one man holding the pass, and ten thousand men could not open. He looked around and saw that there was a steep slope on the side that could be bypassed, but the road seemed to have grown a bit longer.

  "Platoon leader, the enemy's firepower is too strong now, let's call in a helicopter." said the platoon leader.

  "We've already wiped out one airborne brigade, and another is still far away from us. By the time they arrive, we'll have completely wiped them out."

  Along with Wu Minghui's words, the other side threw down two hand grenades again.

  "Commander, look!"

  Wu Minghui followed the direction of a row of pointing fingers and saw on the back mountain, a soldier was climbing the cliff with his bare hands.

  "Yang Xian, cover him, keep a close eye on him, can't let the Blue Army find out about him."

  "Yes."

  Xiao Lie took a step up, and at first, he didn't feel anything. But as he climbed higher, he started to get a little scared. He looked down and his heart skipped a beat. If he didn't hold on tight, he would slip and fall, and that would be the end of him. Now he could only go up, not down. Ever since his squad leader and comrades had fallen, Xiao Lie had a fire burning in his heart. That fire was to take down the Blue Army without mercy. Although he could have easily hidden in the rear and done nothing, as someone who valued relationships and emotions deeply, Xiao Lie would repay kindness with even greater kindness. When he found out that Wei Qidong and his comrades had been eliminated by the Blue Army, there was only one thing on his mind: to annihilate the Blue Army. He didn't think about whether he could find them or if he could take them down alone. To him, killing one would be enough, killing two would be a bonus, and killing three would be a fortune. Maybe he could even get rich off of it.

  A 20-meter-high overhanging wall is neither high nor short, and although it doesn't seem like much when viewed from the bottom up, only those who have experienced it personally will understand that it's not safe.

  Xiao Lie climbed up in three minutes, and as soon as his eyes saw the top of the mountain, a pair of military boots appeared in front of him. A soldier with a full face camouflage and body armor suddenly appeared in front of him. Xiao Lie saw that there was a hint of a smile on his mouth, a cold-blooded smile. He raised his gun and aimed at Xiao Lie.

  Wow!

  The soldier looked at him with an unbelievable gaze, he couldn't believe he had been hit. He immediately thought that the guy in front of him must have a sniper covering him.

  Yang Xian shot the blue soldier who appeared, and immediately continued to search around. At this time, he saw that his own man who had climbed up the mountain turned back, gave himself an OK gesture, and suddenly found that the person was Xiao Lie.

  Xiao Lie walked past the Blue Army player and said, "Sorry, I'll borrow your equipment for a bit."

  He didn't care whether others agreed or not, then took off the camouflage uniform he was wearing and put it on himself.

  The soldier didn't say anything from start to finish.

  Xiao Lie quietly snuck up behind the Blue Army, where there were only three of them. However, they had somehow managed to suppress two platoons' worth of firepower, which required immense courage and combat skills. But he didn't think about that now; he simply raised his gun and started firing. Since the enemy hadn't expected anyone to attack from behind, all three of their bodies were smoking in less than five seconds.

  Three people stared at each other in silence, unaware of when the soldier in front of them had appeared.

  "Sorry, you're already defeated." Xiao Lie said, without looking back at the four people behind him, he gave a safe gesture to the people below the mountain before turning around.

  "Soldier, where did you come from?" a Blue Army soldier said.

  "From behind the mountain."

  That blue soldier looked at the other blue soldier who was just sniped with a very strange gaze.

  "I was just sniped by their sniper."

  "Good grief, capsized in a ditch!" said the blue-clad soldier.

  "What does it mean? The four of you blocked our two platoons and defeated the people in our two companies. Don't you still yield?" Wu Minghui said.

  The blue army did not speak, took off the camouflage uniform and threw it on the ground. Exposed his shoulder badge, was a lieutenant colonel, another two blue army also took off the camouflage uniform, exposed their shoulder badges were two captains, the first blue army to die in battle was a lieutenant, that is to say, the four officers who blocked the reconnaissance company.

  "Which unit are you from?" Wu Minghui had a faint guess in his heart which unit they were from.

  "Don't ask what shouldn't be asked." The lieutenant colonel said, then tore off his armband and handed it to Xiao Lie, saying: "Soldier, this is what you should have."

  Xiao Ran didn't say anything and took over the armband.

  "Was it you who beat up our class?" Xiao Lie asked.

  "Which class?"

  "We repair classes, destroy connected ones."

  "Not us." The major seemed to mutter to himself: "Now we know we're even more out of our depth."

  "No casualties, war is full of necessity and accident." Wu Minghui knew what Lieutenant Colonel meant.

  "Xiao Lie, you're not simple at all." Wu Minghui laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

  Xiao Lie stood there, holding four armbands in his hand, without a hint of excitement on his face, because he hadn't found the "culprit".

  Yang Xian looked at Xiao Lie from a distance, said nothing, and then followed the team to continue moving forward.

  Rumble!

  A loud explosion later, an off-road vehicle was "written off".

  "Quick! Quick! Quick!" The guard platoon leader shouted as he quickly arranged the guards into a defensive line.

  But it seems that the other side did not want them to get what they wanted, and the two guards had not even had time to fall to the ground before they were "finished off".

  "What's wrong?" Ouyang Yuanye asked.

  "Report, we've encountered enemy ambush, their attack is very accurate and fierce, we need to detour," said the squad leader of the guard.

  "Leave immediately." Ouyang Yuanye also knew the situation and didn't hesitate.

  But all this did not go as he had wished, it seemed that the other side knew they were going to do so, when the car turned back, the last car was also attacked. The forest seemed to have a devil, every shot could take a person's life, the guards had to rely on cover to fight back, some guards wanted to rush to the other side to rescue the guards on the other side, but no one could rush out of that line of fire. Although the soldiers were filled with anger, they had a feeling of helplessness.

  "Get off the bus." Ouyang Yuanye shouted.

  Under the cover of two guards, he jumped off the car, and the guard behind him suddenly emitted red smoke. Ouyang Yuanye saw this and immediately took over his 95 rifle and pistol.

  "Superior, we're organizing a raid, you leave first." The guard platoon leader said.

  "Listen, there's gunfire." Wu Minghui said: "It must be the Blue Army. Everyone advance at a run."

  The soldiers quickened their pace as soon as they heard the order.

  "What? The leader of the Red Army has been found?" Ning Chenhao, the commander of the AC Corps, heard the report.

  "The second squad has now ambushed a convoy. Judging from the configuration of the convoy, it should be the commander of A Division." The intelligence officer said.

  "Haha, teacher is long-winded, the three burrows of the cunning rabbit are what you taught me. Immediately contact the troops closest to the second squad and rush to reinforce, now that the war has just started for three days, modern warfare emphasizes speed and decisiveness." Ning Chenhao said confidently.

  "Captain, a group of Red Army troops are heading this way. Over." A Blue Army soldier reported through the throat mic, wearing a camouflage uniform and lying on the ground, blending in with the surroundings.

  "Fire, stop them, over."

  "Understood, over."

  As the sound of gunfire drew closer, the soldiers got closer too. In these few days, neither side had encountered anything like a traditional ambush; both sides were already suffering casualties without even seeing each other. Missiles and sneak attacks dominated the battlefield, leaving traditional infantry with a sense of detachment from the war. Many people didn't say it out loud, but deep down they felt a profound sense of confusion - unable to see the enemy or their equipment, perhaps the next moment would bring artillery shells or missiles raining down on them, or maybe a stray bullet would end their life while they were taking a stroll. Large-scale troop charges had no chance of being organized.

  Traditional tactics are no longer suitable for officers, and various electronic technologies and long-range precision strikes have achieved the effect of killing enemies thousands of miles away.

  Rumble!

  The vanguard has touched off the mine.