Chapter 25: Iron Blooded Military Soul Five

  Jin Huan pulled Ma Ping to roll behind a tent. He carefully observed the dark fort, which was designed to be very cunning, with its back against the cliff and facing the valley, with almost no shooting dead angle. "White Fox, establish a defensive line on the spot."

  "Yes!"

  Under the cover of the strong firepower of the dark fort, the enemy gunner became complacent and bombarded the assault team with cannonballs one after another. The cannons were fired with precision, continuously exploding beside the team members.

  Lightning flashed before his eyes, he couldn't care less about the clothes being torn by vines and branches, nor the scorching pain of the branches whipping his face, he quickly rolled and crawled from the side rear of the artillery position to the valley, in a horizontal dash, the M60 machine gun in his hand spewed out a long flame.

  Three enemy gunners screamed and convulsed violently in the hail of bullets before dying, the mortar fire finally stopped completely, and the team members felt a sudden relief.

  The machine guns inside the dark fort suddenly fell silent, and Long Fei made a fake move towards the apron, immediately drawing a burst of heavy machine gun fire. As long as the team members remained still behind their cover, the dark fort's machine gunner would stop firing. The two sides were thus locked in a stalemate.

  "Jin Hao stared intently at the dark fortress, which used the entire mountain as cover. He was well aware that the enemy inside was stalling for time. Once the aircraft carrier anchored in the bay sent reinforcements, it would not only mean that this mission would end in failure, but also whether the team members could retreat safely was an unknown quantity. "Jackal, are there any single-soldier rocket launchers in the ammunition depot?"

  "No. Only 40mm grenades and a lot of C-4 explosives."

  Ma Ping's answer made Jin Huan's heart sink slightly, 40mm grenade for the dark fort relying on the mountain was no different from scratching an itch, C-4 must be close to the dark fort to use. What to do? Can't just stand by and watch the plane wreckage at arm's length without a solution?

  "We can try using a mortar." Long looked at the mortar position with eagerness.

  "No, the mortar is within machine gun range..." Jin Huan's words were cut off as Xu Mingliang's urgent voice suddenly came through the earpiece: "Cheetah Cheetah, enemy special forces squad active on the mountain slope, numbers and movements unknown. I'm searching!"

  Jin Huang took a deep breath, and an idea flashed through his mind: "The Dark Fortress has a direct exit to the mountain slope!" His brain racing with thoughts, he gave a decisive order: "Night Sparrow Team, move immediately to the valley entrance! Hawk cover!"

  "Understood!" Yang Xinxin immediately signaled Lin Ruolan and Mr. Mark to bow their heads and quickly ran towards the valley mouth at the foot of the mountain under the cover of dense trees and shrubs.

  "Hawks, Light Bulbs, don't get caught up in a firefight. Once Nightingale Squad arrives, you're to withdraw immediately."

  "Got it!" Chen Jianfeng kept his eyes on the three figures running in and out of sight in the dense forest through the scope, when suddenly a red dot flashed across Lin Ruolan's back. "Infrared scope!" His mind quickly reacted to the source of the red dot, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. The killing intent from the front was like a massive wave crashing towards him, and he searched for the hidden sniper in the scope.

  At the 2 o'clock position, 1000 meters in front of him, a cluster of shrubs caught his attention with a 5-centimeter fishing line. Next, a withered branch entered his field of vision, which was wrapped around the barrel of an ambush rifle. The enemy sniper wore a camouflage net, and the barrel moved with Lin Ruolan's running position, apparently looking for the best sniping opportunity.

  From Chen Jianfeng's position, only a section of the gun barrel could be seen. If he changed his sniping location, he would expose himself to the enemy special forces' gunfire. But if he didn't open fire to stop them, he couldn't bear to think of the consequences. Gritting his teeth, he spoke in a low voice into the intercom: "Night Sparrow, when I count to 3, immediately turn back and take down Lin Advisor and the guest. 1, 2, 3."

  Yang Xinxin didn't hesitate for a moment, and with a fierce pounce, she knocked Lin Ruolan and Mr. Mark to the ground at the same time. With a "whoosh" sound, a bullet grazed Yang Xinxin's helmet and flew past.

  Chen Jianfeng immediately sprang up, his toes touching the ground with the cushion of fallen leaves in the forest. His rapid running made almost no sound. After jumping over two bushes, he had already seen the enemy sniper's profile. "Bang!" "Bang!" He and the enemy sniper's guns fired almost simultaneously.

  As the gun fired, Chen Jianfeng suddenly fell backwards, and in the remaining light, he saw that the enemy sniper's head had been blown out with a big hole. He let out a breath of relief, "Cleared!"

  The machine gunner covering the enemy sniper turned an M60 machine gun towards Chen Jianfeng, spewing out a long tongue of flame, and a string of bullets splashed the mud around him. Chen Jianfeng's sniper rifle was unable to suppress the firepower, so he had to roll continuously to avoid the machine gun bullets. His left thigh suddenly felt like a red-hot iron rod had been inserted, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

  "Hawk, to the left!" Xuming Liang rushed over to reinforce and fired a long burst of suppressive fire at the enemy plane's gunner. With a loud "ding", the enemy gunner's helmet jumped up, and a cluster of bloody flesh splattered out more than a meter away. Xuming Liang dove headfirst into the bushes, shouting loudly: "Clear!"

  Four-point direction enemy grenade hand jumped up, the gun grenade "day day" strange cry from Xu Mingliang's shoulder on both sides, he was covered in the grass and could not lift his head. Chen Jianfeng couldn't help but ignore the painful wound, found the position of the enemy grenade hand, suddenly stood up, rushed to the right, the sniper rifle held in his hand slightly shook, the enemy grenade hand who was transferring positions suddenly fell to the ground. Chen Jianfeng immediately quickly rolled and plunged into the bush.

  "Hawk, Lightbulb, fall back to the valley immediately, Jackal is ready to blow up the mountain top!" came Jin Huan's urgent command through the earpiece.

  Chen Jianfeng looked towards the valley and saw that Yang Xinxin had already safely led Lin Ruolan and Mr. Mark into the enemy's bunker at the mouth of the valley.

  Xu Mingliang climbed beside him, tore open a first-aid kit, and pulled out a tourniquet to professionally tie it around Chen Jianfeng's still bleeding leg. "Can you walk?"

  "It's okay, I can walk!" Chen Jianfeng was pale and trembling all over, but he didn't want to hold back his comrade, so he gritted his teeth and leaned on Xu Mingliang's shoulder, standing up with a crouch. As they alternately covered each other and ran towards the zip line, three loud explosions were heard from behind - Jin Huan had fired three grenade shots at the mountain top to cover their retreat. The two slid down the rope to the bottom of the valley, where Xu Mingliang took off his backpack and threw it aside without a word, then carried Chen Jianfeng on his back and ran to the defensive perimeter set up by Long Fei.

  Seeing his comrades escape danger, Jin Huan immediately ordered: "Jackal, detonate all the pre-buried explosives on the mountain top!"

  Ma Ping opened the remote detonator, pressed a set of remote detonation switches, "Boom, boom, boom!" The dozens of directional mines buried on the hillside exploded continuously, and the deafening explosion sound spread into the valley along the ground. As the explosion sounded, several extremely weak cries came from the hillside, it seemed that the enemy special forces squad did not expect the assault team to have this trick, and was completely unprepared and blown up.

  The explosion seemed to have startled the enemy inside the dark fort, and a faint **sound came from inside, and Lei Feng, who had been lying in wait at the cannon position less than 600 meters away, suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the mortar.

  Jin Hao was shocked and hastily shouted: "Smoke bomb cover!" Along with his shout, seven smoke bombs flew towards the dark fort, white smoke rose to block the shooting port. The enemy machine gunner realized the danger and started firing blindly. The team members were instantly pressed down by the flying bullets.

  Lei Meng had already rushed to the artillery position, pulling open the corpse on the artillery position, loading the shell, adjusting the gun's left and right up and down range. With a loud "hiss", the 60mm shell flew straight towards the dark fort. The mountain wall was hit by large and small rocks, like a waterfall falling to the ground. This shot was too high, the smoke slowly dispersed, and the dark fort remained as solid as a rock.

  The cannonball caused the heavy machine gun to pause, and Jin Huan immediately shouted: "All-out suppressive fire!" The team members immediately picked up their weapons to provide cover for Lei Meng.

  Lei Meng reloaded the ammunition again, and the machine gunner in the dark fort couldn't care about the hail of bullets swept by the team members, crazily pouring bullets towards the direction of the mortar.

  "Lei Gong, fall down!" Jin Huan's shout had not stopped, a 12.7mm bullet had already drilled into Lei Hong's right chest, his left hand holding the cannon body shook once, his body slowly fell onto the cannon body, his head heavily hit once and never moved again.

  "Lei Gong!" the team members shouted back, Lin Jie threw down his gun and tried to crawl towards Lei Ming, the enemy machine gunner in the dark fort was even more pleased, the sound of gunfire was deafening, the ground was covered with dense rain of bullets, mud and stones flying everywhere.

  Long Fei pressed down Lin Jie with one hand and shouted: "Can't pass! There's no cover from here to the artillery position!"

  Lin Jie struggled desperately and shouted: "We can't leave him there!"

  "Are you out of your mind?!" Long Fei slapped him hard, "What are you doing? Are you going to die with him? Don't forget we still have a mission!"

  The machine gunner inside the dark fort proudly exposed his upper body, laughing loudly while operating the heavy machine gun to sweep the defensive line of the team members.

  Chen Jianfeng grabbed the M82A1 lying beside him, put the machine gunner's scope on it, and shouted "Stay behind!" He pulled the trigger hard. With a loud bang, the 12.7mm bullet blew off half of the enemy machine gunner's head as he was laughing loudly.

  The enemy's firepower weakened, Jin Huan grabbed the G3SG and suddenly jumped up to fire a shot, hitting the machine gunner in the middle position. Ma Ping and Cheng Xiaopeng's M60 machine guns fired simultaneously, providing cover for Jin Huan. The remaining two shooters were shocked, recklessly shrinking down to the shooting hole, frantically sweeping towards the team members' direction.

  "Boom!" A loud explosion, the recoilless rifle suddenly fired a shell at the dark fort, "Rumble!" After the explosive sound, fist-sized stones were blown into the air like dense rain, and fell heavily to the ground. Lei Meng's hand dropped powerlessly from the firing key, fainting away.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat", the smoke had not yet dispersed, the machine gunner in the bunker had been replaced, and the four machine guns continued to spew out tongues of fire incessantly.

  "Damn it!" Jin Hwang clenched his fist and pounded the ground heavily, roaring uncontrollably: "Hyena, make a bomb that can blow up the Dark Fortress right now!" Time was pressing, he decided to go all-in.

  Yang Xinxin, who had been watching the battle with bated breath, let out a startled cry of "Ah". She was well aware that using C-4 explosives to blow up the bunker required someone to hold the explosives and run close enough to throw them at the bunker.

  She looked at the position again, Ma Ping had already moved out a lot of C-4 from the ammunition depot and was making bombs. Jin Huan crouched behind the defensive circle and said in a low voice: "Brothers, cover me with all your firepower, if I don't come back, the next action will be commanded by Hunting Hawk!"

  Long Fei rushed up and pressed down Jin Huang tightly, "You are the commander, you should stay in command position, let me handle such a small matter of setting off a bomb!"

  "White Fox, let go! I order you to let go!" Jin Huan shouted loudly.

  Xu Mingliang shouted loudly: "I'll go!" He stood up and rushed to grab the bomb from Ma Ping's hand, he was fast, but someone was faster. A figure flashed at the entrance of the ammunition depot, Lin Jie held a large package of C-4 explosives in his left hand, and with his right hand, he threw out two smoke bombs towards the bunker, rushing towards it like a whirlwind, too fast for anyone to rush over and stop him.

  The white smoke did not block the view of the Dark Fortress shooter, and the machine gun was firing at Lin Jie with a rattling sound. The bullets seemed to be venomous snakes that were licking back and forth in front of and behind Lin Jie. Lin Jie hugged the bomb and rolled agilely towards the Dark Fortress. A sniper rifle barrel stretched out from the Dark Fortress, and Chen Jianfeng shouted: "Mountain Eagle, take cover! There's a sniper!"

  The sniper rifle barrel spat out a burst of white smoke, Lin Jie's rolling body suddenly shook violently, and he went limp on the ground, motionless!

  "Mountain Eagle!" Losing two comrades in a row had thoroughly enraged the team members. Xu Mingliang grabbed the bomb from Ma Ping's hand, but was pushed to the ground by Jin Huang with a slap, "No one is allowed to grab it, I'll go!" Jin Huang roared.

  Yang Xinxin suddenly turned her head and looked at Lin Ruolan: "He wants to be Dong Cunrui, Huang Jiguang, why aren't you afraid at all?"

  "Is being afraid useful?" Lin Ruolan looked at Jin Huang in the distance with a determined and firm gaze, calmly saying: "He is a soldier, since this is his choice, I will accept it. Anyway, if he dies, I won't be alive either."

  Yang Xinxin didn't say a word, she turned her head to look at a military jeep parked not far away, she had noticed that car for a long time, it was a vehicle transporting military ammunition.

  "Alright then." She suddenly smiled, her smile bright and open.

  Lin Ruo Lan suddenly had a dizzying illusion, it was the other's smile that made her feel dizzy, it was the frankness and ease after breaking out of the cocoon, it was the decisiveness of completely letting go, it was the breathtaking beauty of an exquisite gem that should not exist in the world, bursting into unparalleled splendor at the moment before shattering.

  "Yang Xinxin..." Before she could finish her words, Yang Xinxin had already leapt out of the bunker and was sprinting towards the jeep at lightning speed.