Chapter 2 Green Channel 5. Combat
The sunset is so beautiful even in the midst of war .
Since Lankao no longer transported the wounded out and the helicopters left, a temporary calm once again appeared in Area No. 9.
Temporary tents for each squad of the M Army were also built, and in the sunset, the M soldiers began to cook.
All nine recoilless guns were deployed at dusk. With the command from the mortar, "Boom!" nine thunder strikes accurately hit the bamboo building No. 39. The bamboo building flew up, the tents flew up, and the soldiers' limbs flew up.
"Boom!" There were nine more explosions, this time arranged like a nine-square grid of Chinese characters, covering the entire area where the No. 39 M Army was stationed, and some more M Army soldiers were hit by the bomb.
Major Lankao was also injured, and he cursed loudly at the helicopter that had not appeared yet.
As helicopters began bombing the jungle at dusk, Major Lankao simply bandaged his wounds and began to count his men. Nine more of his soldiers were dead and a dozen were wounded.
The sky was gradually getting dark. The moon came out early, and it was supposed to be a quiet night.
The troops returned to the secret cave and enjoyed the peaceful night, but Major Lankao could not enjoy it.
"Because they are invaders, invaders do not deserve to enjoy peace for a moment in this land!" This is what the tiger said. Tigers do not speak empty words.
The first wave to harass them were three snipers sent by the sharpshooter.
The three snipers followed the instructions and spent two hours walking around the bamboo building area No. 39. I heard a shot from the left, "Bang!"
"Ah!" A sentry in Major Lankao's military camp fell down.
Lankao had no choice but to order the flares to be fired continuously. The machine guns of each squad also kept firing at the suspected black shadow. After a long while, only the monotonous gunfire of the M army remained, which was really boring. The whole camp had just slowly calmed down. Another shot was heard from the right, "bang!"
"Ah!" Another sentry of Major Lankao fell. Then, the whole camp was in even greater turmoil. Two hours later, Lankao had paid the price of eight dead or wounded soldiers.
The snipers went back to sleep, but Lankao couldn't.
The second wave of attacks began, and the third wave came again.
Everything was planned by Tiger, who used his combat experience in the past to implement it in an even more severe way. Sometimes a machine gun would sing intermittently, and sometimes a cannon would circle around Bamboo House No. 39 like a ghost, firing one shot after another and moving to another location.
Major Lankao was going crazy: "They are going to drive me crazy!"
"What do you want?" asked Colonel Boume.
Lankao screamed hysterically: "I'm going to kill these Y country people, kill them all!"
Bu Mei's nerves also became excited: "Well, war is the same as a boxing match. You must be excited, and you must have the courage and desire to kill him!"
Major Lankao continued to shout: "I want the army. I want all the special forces prepared to destroy this damn green channel. I want to gather them together and conduct a dragnet sweep of the jungle! Crush every ant to death!"
Colonel Bume completely regained his thinking as a soldier and shouted loudly: "Maidi, order all the people in the General Staff to stand up!" He wanted to formulate a detailed battle plan. He wanted to eliminate this special forces from Country Y that came specifically to guard the green channel. The name of the plan was called "Operation Ripping".
Tiger woke up in the middle of the night. He felt unusually excited. Although he had mature ideas about dealing with special operations, it was still his first time to actually command a battle.
He must win, and he firmly believed that he would win. However, as the battle unfolded exactly as he expected, he could not control his excitement. He walked out of the cave, looking at the bright moon in the sky, and the breath of the jungle came from all around. This made him feel much calmer.
Although the jungle climate gave him eczema all over his body, he still liked the jungle because it was a good place to fight. So, as soon as he entered the jungle, he put forward a slogan: "Let us merge with the jungle!"
He didn't know whether this idea had been absorbed into the soldiers' hearts, but he was about to start testing it. Of course, the best way to test tactical ideas was actual combat in war.
"Tiger!" Li Ying suddenly appeared behind him.
Tiger turned his head and stared at her: "Are the ammunition coming?"
"If you don't come, will I come back?" Li Ying said softly.
Lao Hu chuckled, "You are such a good logistics chief." He looked up at the sky, "What the soldiers fear most is running out of ammunition and food. Many of my comrades died in this way." He stared at Li Ying, "Thank you so much. The guarantee of victory in the battle is logistics. You deserve half the credit for the victory!" Li Ying laughed, "I'm really afraid that I'm a redundant person here!"
The tiger smiled and continued walking around outside.
The moon was setting in the west, and the day was about to dawn. The soldiers ' harassment of the M Army at the 39th reception station was coming to an end. Major Lankao and his soldiers were exhausted to the extreme.
The last attack was led by Gong Yangzi. He got this opportunity by making a scene: "Tiger, you said you brought me to fight, so I followed you! You always keep me by your side like a maid."
He led two soldiers and walked straight to the barbed wire fence outside the M Army camp before stopping. He chose this location in a strange way. Behind them was a grassy slope. He pointed at the slope and whispered, "Did you slide across the grassy slope when you were young?"
The two soldiers didn't understand why he asked this question. Gong Yangzi made a face and said, "Wait a minute, after we throw the grenade, we will slide down from here! M Guozhen will never expect this!"
The two soldiers also laughed: "Yes, yes!"
Gong Yangzi put his finger on his mouth, and the three of them fell silent.
The M army, which had been harassed by the soldiers all night, finally quieted down as daybreak approached, and everyone immediately closed their eyes.
"Throw it to me!"
Gong Yangzi took out a bag from his back. Immediately, he threw grenades at the M Army camp like throwing candy to a child. After throwing all the grenades, he shouted, "Get out of here!"
The three of them fell into the jungle along the grass slope like they were sliding down a slide.
All the M troops were awakened. They didn't know how many people were injured, but no one could sleep anymore. They could only watch the sky slowly brighten.
The tiger frowned.
Li Ying whispered, "Are you waiting for someone?"
The tiger turned around and stared at her.
Li Ying smiled faintly: "Brothers are as close as brothers!"
Tiger said: "They have been good sisters since childhood!"
They both smiled and held hands.
The tiger shouted excitedly, "Jungle Fox, it's you! Great!" He opened his arms to the sky, "The day is finally coming!"
Tiger really didn't expect this. Before he set off, the Y Country Military Commission's General Staff promised to give him a person who controls the Y Country's southern intelligence network, so he had been looking forward to it. Unexpectedly, this person was Li Ying, who had already come to his side! This also means that he will be with Li Ying from now on. Thinking of this, he actually had an indescribable excitement. Of course, he couldn't say this, so he could only hug his arms to cover himself.
If the most important thing for Li Ying as the guerrilla leader was to provide him with the secret passage, allowing him to thrive in the jungle of Bamboo House No. 39 and gain the first strong point against the enemy, then finding the Jungle Fox gave him the second strong point against the enemy.
All of Bumei's men were dispatched, which also meant that the "Operation Ripping" had begun.
Because the Green Channel has complicated roads, the M Army's transportation vehicles are all armed attack helicopters. They are equipped with machine guns and rocket launchers, and can hang bomb droppers. Therefore, the helicopters have the dual mission of transportation and air support firepower.
Bu Mei has two helicopter squadrons under his command, one helicopter attack squadron is directly controlled by him, and the other squadron's four teams are distributed to various special forces squadrons for transportation and combat. Four special forces squadrons and one special support squadron.
Bu Mei left the 4th Special Forces Squadron to guard the headquarters and led the 2nd Squadron, the 3rd Squadron, the Special Service Squadron, and the Helicopter Attack Squadron to attack Area No. 9.
Tiger saw through the telescope that a dark cloud appeared in the blue sky. The helicopter squadron that Bumei was responsible for attacking and the four helicopter teams that were responsible for transporting the helicopters were densely packed and blocked out the sky, swooping down towards Area No. 9.
Bu Mei ordered loudly: "The helicopter attack squadron will immediately divide into four teams and launch attacks in four directions to cover the landing of the troops!"
The M army, which had been harassed all night, finally got a chance to vent their anger. They gathered and left the bamboo building area No. 39. The helicopter of the attack squadron fell over the surrounding jungle.
The M army, who wanted to vent their anger, walked straight into the jungle without encountering any obstacles. This made the M special forces who were looking for someone to fight feel very bored. Helicopters kept dropping M soldiers at Bamboo Building No. 39. More M soldiers gathered on the ground of the bamboo building, and heavy weapons such as artillery were also airdropped to the ground, forming a powerful attack firepower.
The helicopters that had completed the transportation also joined the helicopter attack. For a moment, there were more and more helicopters flying over the jungle in Area 9, as if a net had been cast from the sky, covering the jungle ocean, waiting for the M army on the ground to catch fish .
This is exactly what Bu Mei wants to see: "I order the special service squadron to provide artillery support in the center, the first and second squadrons to conduct a dragnet search in a clockwise direction, and the third squadron to conduct a counterclockwise search. Each helicopter team will cooperate with the ground attack according to their division of labor. Monitor the edge of the jungle and attack directly if anyone escapes!"
Bumei demonstrated this three-dimensional attack back and forth on the sand table. He really couldn't imagine what these pure ground troops from Country Y, who were still armed with backward weapons, could use to fight him!
"Take their lives! These poor guys!" The staff officer laughed.
He shook his head and shrugged, "They came after me, no, they came after Cold Steel!"
The special forces of the M Army also spread out in the jungle like a net, and began to search and squeeze step by step. The helicopter was almost hanging on the treetops in the jungle.
On the grounds of Bamboo House No. 39, large-caliber mortars were raised, and four small tanks also raised their guns. This was the performance ground where the special service squadron provided engineering and artillery support for the special forces' attack.
When Kraco and his team walked into the broad-leaved forest covered with ivy, he suddenly felt as if he had been bitten by a bug on the neck.
He touched his neck and found a knife as thin as a willow leaf. "Oh!" He cried out in surprise and then slowly fell down.
That was the old monk's hidden weapon, a willow-leaf knife, which was silent and made no movement.
Major Lankao ordered the search to be accelerated; he could not allow them to move leisurely in the jungle.
The leader of the Third Squadron was Major Feiss, a blue-eyed, gray-haired man who looked like a cat.
The soldiers in his squadron also moved forward like cats, moving quickly and silently, as if they were catching mice. This was his requirement for the soldiers, and there was a picture of a cat catching a mouse on the wall of his room.
He once explained his philosophy like this: "Cats are the guardians of the spirit world, so they are the gods that conquer demons! And they are cats that specialize in conquering those people from Country Y!"
His words won Bu Mei's applause. Lankao disagreed: "Really? You think war is a missionary! War is a dialogue between masculine men. You are so sinister that it makes people laugh!"
Feis sneered repeatedly: "Lankao, you are a very rude person!" At this moment, he was holding back his strength.
His soldiers also knew that this leader who rarely spoke often punished those who disobeyed orders cruelly. So, the soldiers spread the net and rushed forward, their eyes wide open. Until one soldier suddenly slipped and was bounced up.
It was a trap used by hunters to catch animals. It was now trapping the soldier's feet, making him turn upside down with his head down and his feet up. As expected of a special soldier, he twisted his waist and rolled up, pulling out his dagger to cut the rope. The two soldiers who were in a triangle with him also pounced on him.
Feis' eyes scanned the surroundings nervously, his nose smelled gunpowder, and then he saw fire coming out of the rope.
He yelled, "No!" but it was too late.
A mine that was cleverly integrated with this mechanism exploded. Three soldiers were surrounded by shrapnel from the mine and were thrown into the air by the blast.
Colonel Bume was unimpressed: "Gentlemen, don't slow down. This is an army, not a bunch of fools. Of course, they will try their best to hide. As long as you grab his tail, I will tear him to pieces! They are already in the net, gentlemen! He can't go up to the sky, the sky is our helicopter! They can't run out of the jungle! You just need to find their location! It's the helicopters and artillery that will destroy them! Do you understand?"
Lankao and Feis continued to drive the soldiers forward to search. There were more mines and even bamboo arrows. This caused great trouble for the M Army special forces.
The soldiers yelled, "Get out!" The jungle was silent.
