Chapter 23: The Calm Before the War

  After turning off the headset, Cheng Feng called Shang Lin Yi and Lao Li to walk together to the second row of the front line to inspect. When they arrived at the second row, the soldiers had already built temporary field fortifications, and directional mines were set up in each main position. In addition, laser alarm devices were installed in front of the directional mines according to design requirements. Don't underestimate this device, its role is great for the officers and men defending the position.

  This thing is especially at night, due to the small size of the device, it's just the size of a big thumb, and when installed, it's directly inserted into the ground, only exposing a little part. The exposed part will automatically trigger an invisible light beam. Multiple overlapping sensors placed in different positions will form a defense circle. Once something with a volume that is too large enters this area, it will trigger the alarm device to sound an alarm.

  Although there is now an enhanced infrared night vision system, the soldiers on duty will become tired after a long time, and their eyes will not be able to withstand staring at this thing for a long time. The infrared night vision system, together with this laser alarm device, forms an invisible, intangible but flawless defense line. The entire defensive area is divided into several small squares, and anyone or any large animal that touches these small squares will be immediately discovered by the sentry.

  Simultaneously, the alarm signal will be transmitted to the system carried by the relevant officers and soldiers. If it is an enemy, the sentry can trigger a directional mine or use other weapons to intercept. Once the sentry is not on duty or is killed by the enemy, the alarm signal of the system will automatically start the directional mine in 5 seconds if no timely response is received. The automatically started directional mine will also adjust its target direction angle according to the signal indication and fire tens of thousands of irregular steel balls at a specified location.

  The defensive position of the second platoon, Cheng Feng and others continued to move towards the area where the tank company was located. Today, in the afternoon battle, Cheng Feng had not yet had a good exchange with the tank company commander, which is also understandable, after all, the war situation was tense.

  "Hello, Luo Lianchang! Am I interrupting you?" Cheng Feng arrived at the tank company commander's location where he was discussing something with several tank soldiers. The tank company commander turned around to face Cheng Feng, Old Li and Lin Yi, and gave them a salute.

  "Hello, Zhang Lianchang, Li Lianchang, Lin Yitang," said Luo Lianchang as he extended his hand to shake hands with everyone.

  "How's everything going? Still smooth sailing?" Luo Lianchang asked.

  "It's okay, just a bit of casualties this afternoon," Luo Lianchang said, estimating that he was thinking of the miserable situation of car 160 being blown into two pieces, his eyes were a little red.

  "I know what you're thinking, comrades have made a heroic sacrifice. This is the battlefield, we can't control it, don't be sad, let's take revenge for our comrades in the next battle. Comrades fought very well today, artillery fire was accurate, if not for you, our casualties would have been even greater," Cheng Feng said, stretching out his hand to tightly grasp Luo Lianchang's hand once again.

  "It's still your infantry that's formidable, if it weren't for those two Indian-made guided missiles, we would have suffered even greater losses. Ah, Cheng Company Commander, which of your soldiers did that?" Luo Company Commander asked.

  "This isn't my soldier, he was assigned by the previous commander, it's him" Cheng Feng said, pointing at Lin Yi.

  "Hello Luo Lianchang, I am Lin Yi." Lin Yi said, bowing again to Luo Lianchang.

  "You're impressive, young man, where did you learn it?" Luo Lianchang continued to ask.

  "It's nothing, it's all because you guys cooperated well" Lin Yi said with embarrassment.

  "Right, Old Luo, the supplies we were just talking about have arrived. Have you provided them to the vanguard yet?" Cheng Feng asked.

  "Provided, and also getting old, I wonder if you can lend me Comrade Lin Yi for a day tomorrow?" asked Luo Lianchang.

  "What do you want from him? What do you want him to do?" Cheng Feng replied.

  "Tomorrow morning, I will lead the vanguard to advance towards Dawang's outer perimeter. I'm worried that we might encounter some special situation on the road again, so I want Lin Yi and my motorcade to go together. In case something happens, he can help me coordinate the forward commando strike force." Luo Lianchang continued to say.

  "That's good, but you have to be careful, this little guy is to be returned intact, it's a dead order from our battalion commander." Cheng Feng said to Lin Yi.

  "No problem, it's all right, I'll definitely return intact," Luo Lianchang said.

  "Tomorrow morning when we set out, you must be careful in the front. I always feel that the Indian army has some ulterior motive. Today they basically didn't do anything big along the way," said Cheng Feng.

  "I also feel that there's a problem, you've grown old, although the scale of this war is not large, but from your 581 start to now, we've only encountered two small-scale ambushes by the enemy, I estimate tomorrow will be a tough battle" Luo Lianzhang said.

  "Yes, judging from the information sent by the vanguard, we are not far from Davang now. If the Indian army does not organize troops to block us in this area, do they want to fight with us under the city of Davang?" Cheng Feng replied.

  "I reckon those scattered troops must have been beaten and are now retreating all the way back to New Delhi." Old Li said with a smile.

  "If that's the case, then it would be the result we want. Being able to not sacrifice the lives of our warriors is the best outcome, but this matter won't be so simple," Cheng Feng said.

  "Having been in a prolonged stalemate, I think the Indian army is setting up an ambush. They will first lull us into complacency and then launch a real attack near Dawang or create an illusion on purpose." Lin Yi asked.

  "This is also possible, but never mind that now. Old Luo, let the soldiers rest first, the supplies from the front line will arrive soon, and we must be especially careful tonight to prevent the enemy from launching a surprise attack." Cheng Feng said as he shook hands with Luo Lianzhang again, then led Old Li and Lin Yi to walk towards the sentry post outside the village.

  After inspecting the sentry post, Cheng Feng found that his soldiers were indeed worthy of being from the 8th Company - each and every one of them was clever and resourceful. The soldiers' military training was exceptional, and they were also very good at thinking on their feet. Apart from installing the laser alarm devices as previously instructed, these guys had also linked the heavy machine guns to the terminal. This way, if an accident occurred and the alarm wasn't lifted within a certain time frame, it would trigger both directional landmines and automatic attacks from the heavy machine guns in rotation.

  There are two snipers in each class, one resting and the other constantly searching for and changing sniper positions in the defensive area. In this formation, if the Indian army comes to launch a sneak attack, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. Moreover, the information platform at the front command provides real-time information at any time, and the changes on the front line can basically be grasped. If it's not controlling the scale, the air force goes deeper, then this battle will be easier to fight. Maybe, that would be a cleanup team, advancing all the way to Daulat Beg Oldi.

  There were few soldiers resting without duty, all wiping their guns and preparing for tomorrow's attack. Both Cheng Feng and Lao Li were very pleased with this.