Chapter 126 Sacrifice
In fact, armed swimming is basically a subject that all combat troops will practice. Some practice more, and some practice less.
Troops with more training are required to be able to swim without relying on floating objects, or only relying on backpacks as floating objects, and to be able to shoot during the swimming process; those with less training can just say a word and swim across.
At this moment, Chen Chen and Da Niao represent the two levels of these two training methods.
Chen Chen could easily hold the floating object with one hand and raise the gun across the water with the other hand to prepare for shooting. Although Big Bird was very good at water, he could only hold on to the tire with both hands and swim forward, unable to do anything. perform other tactical actions.
Fortunately, their speed was not too slow, the river was not too wide, and most importantly, the friendly forces behind them had already started attacking the moment they entered the water.
Everyone found a favorable bunker on the river bank. Four New 40 Firefighters spit out rockets. In just one second, they hit four heavy machine gun positions on four open posts. The high-explosive bombs directly The erected heavy machine gun was overturned to the ground. The unlucky man near the sentry post was penetrated by the fragments of the explosion and died on the ground on the spot.
There was no light rising into the sky, only a huge explosion that tore apart the silent night.
Immediately afterwards, Li Bang led four pitchers to start throwing smoke bombs to the other side, four in one round. After three rounds, the entire crescent-shaped pier was completely covered by smoke bombs.
The remaining smoke bombs were thrown behind them to isolate them from possible prying eyes from Thailand.
The general-purpose machine gun started firing, and the enemies exposed by the smoke grenades were knocked to the ground before they could raise their guns to fight back.
The four soldiers guarding the assault boat were knocked down by Bai Gou and Yang Shu with two shots each.
They are less than a hundred meters away from the enemy. If a precise shooter can miss in such a close combat, the quality of the entire combat team will be really worrying.
The climax of the first round of attack only lasted 20 seconds, but the 505th Brigade responsible for guarding the assault boats was completely confused.
what's the situation! ?
How could people come from the other side? !
Yes, they received the news that various points may be attacked tonight, so they have actually strengthened the company defending the dock.
The two heavy machine guns became four, the two snipers became four, and eight rocket launchers were added. There were also more than a dozen elite people who came over from the brigade commander's guard company, and the entire guard team reached 80 people.
But the problem is
No one thought that the attack came from Thailand!
The main direction of their defense is to the north, the street of Tachileik!
This led to a serious consequence. After the first round of explosions, everyone began to hide on the spot, but before they had time to observe the situation, a series of smoke bombs exploded directly around them, and at the same time, there was another one. A bullet that harvests lives like a roll call.
Everyone was panicking - they hadn't even seen where the enemy was!
Yes, they have also trained in outdoor encounters, but the problem is that they have only practiced!
How can a war be fought like this? Isn't it always the case that a large force rushes forward, then follows their comrades and shoots in one direction, then squats down behind the trench or bunker after the battle, and then continues shooting after changing bullets? ?
Now tell me what's going on? !
Where did all the smoke come from?
who I am? where am I? Who is hitting me? Why was I shot! ?
Sporadic counterattacks began to occur, but the defensive forces were already in a completely contradictory situation.
When you come out of the smoke area to counterattack, the precise shooter on the opposite side is waiting for work and will attack anyone you see;
In the smoke, you can't see anyone at all, so you can only shoot blindly.
At this moment, they turned into dead souls in the smoke. Even those who did not leave the smoke area would be hit by bullets one after another as long as there was no cover around them!
Only one minute into the battle, at least 20 of the 80-man team had already fallen.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
"Get across the street! Get upstairs!"
The Lock Pier is not actually in the bustling area of Tachileik. The main reason is that the Lock River and the Mae Sai River are actually the same river. They serve as the boundary river that separates Myanmar and Thailand, so it is not easy to find a suitable location for the terminal. .
This means that even though it is not far from the Friendship Bridge, due to the relatively rugged terrain around it, the buildings are not densely packed.
At this moment, the defending troops were dozens of meters away from the nearest high-rise building.
These tens of meters are the distance between life and death.
Everyone began to try to evacuate to the building behind them, but even evacuating was not an easy task.
Isn't it difficult to tell the direction in the thick smoke? !
In a panic, some people stumbled over obstacles on the shore, some lost their feet and fell into the water, some bumped into friendly forces, and then subconsciously fired in panic.
Gunshots, water, shouts, collisions, and the roar of distant motors.
The entire dock was in chaos, and amidst the noise, a calm and steady voice came to Chen Chen's earphones.
"Dive immediately and prepare to use cloud explosive bombs."
Chen Chen patted the big bird beside him, and the two of them grabbed the rope temporarily tied to the tire and immediately began to dive.
Water is the best shelter. As long as the explosion does not occur directly in water, due to the difference in the compression ratio of liquid and air, the distance traveled by the shock wave is actually much shorter than in air.
Generally speaking, there is a basic empirical formula for avoiding water explosions underwater.
When a grenade explodes, there is basically no damage if it is 1 meter underwater and within 5 meters of the explosive;
If the 105 shell explodes, if you want to avoid any injuries, you must be at least 1.5 meters underwater and more than 10 meters away from the explosion point;
155 howitzer, with a charge of about 15 kilograms, must be at least 3 meters underwater and more than 20 meters away from the explosion point.
But now, considering the special killing method of the cloud explosion bomb and their distance, Chen Chen and the two actually only need to dive to a depth of two or three meters below the water surface, which is enough to avoid all damage.
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And that's exactly what happened.
They only saw a flash of fire on the street behind the dock, and then a muffled sound reached their ears, and everything returned to silence.
When they surfaced again, they saw the port in complete chaos.
In fact, the killing effect of cloud burst bombs in open areas is not very good, especially because of the problem of explosion speed, the hard damage capability is very worrying.
But "poor killing effect" is a relative concept after all. Close-range explosions, high temperatures and high pressure can still disable most unprotected infantry units.
Coupled with its huge momentum, after two cloud bombs, the entire dock was almost cleared.
Chen Chen quickly swam towards the assault boat with Big Bird, while secretly thinking:
The more of this kind of good thing, the merrier will really be in the future. It is so damn easy to use in a battlefield environment like northern Myanmar where light infantry is the main force.
It only took half a minute for the two of them to finally swim to the edge of the assault boat.
After firing a shock bomb, the two boarded the assault boat from the rear.
What greeted them were two soldiers on the assault boat who looked confused and had thrown their guns aside.
Without any hesitation, Chen Chen's gun rang out. The two soldiers fell to the ground before they could even grunt. Then he quickly rushed into the cockpit and found the keyhole in just a few seconds. key.
Turning the key to unlock and pressing the ignition button to start, Chen Chen felt that he was not driving a military ship, but a large aircraft used to transport pig feet.
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This can be regarded as a traditional performance of domestic manufacturers. After all, although 096 does not have a key, it still has a padlock on the door.
"Baigou, I got the boat and am ready to board it!"
"Understood, ready to board the ship."
"The opponent's support troops have arrived, and the distance is only 400 meters!"
"enough!"
Chen Chen pushed the accelerator, and the Jianglong's twin diesel water-jet propellers splashed huge waves. The bow even tilted up like a racing car ejecting, and it rushed towards the other side.
Within a few seconds, the boat had reached the middle of the river. Chen Chen suddenly put on the reverse gear and reversed the car at full speed. Under the action of inertia, the landing craft still hit the river beach hard.
Immediately afterwards, the remote-controlled springboard on the bow opened, and Chen Chen shouted loudly:
"Get on board! Get on board!"
"No. 1! How to operate the anti-aircraft gun! I taught you this!"
"White dog! Operate the bow machine gun!"
"The others are hiding on the side of the boat to block the pursuers!"
A series of instructions were issued, and under alternate cover, everyone began to board the ship.
Li Gang quickly rushed to the turret of the twin small-caliber anti-aircraft gun, grabbed the handle and turned the muzzle with the help of the motor, aiming at the two speedboats watching on the river in the distance.
However, they did not rush over.
It's a pity, but also very reasonable.
With this kind of firepower, whoever wins will die. How dare you pass two small boats? !
Crazy?
The purpose of being a soldier is to eat, not to have a banquet, and not to let others eat from one's own banquet!
The reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the dock opposite was full of groaning and struggling wounded soldiers. However, after a round of fighting, the battlefield fell into a brief and strange vacuum.
Except for the occasional burst of bursts of general-purpose machine guns and the sound of the assault craft's motors, the surroundings were actually silent.
"Are everyone here? Count!"
"10! All ready!"
"gone!"
Chen Chen pushed the accelerator again, and the assault boat suddenly sprang out.
But at this moment, the opponent's reinforcements finally arrived at the port.
The firepower used by these reinforcements exceeded Chen Chen's imagination.
They have an armored car!
A wheeled assault gun whose model is unclear yet, but its purpose can be clearly seen from its outline! !
Chen Chen's heart sank suddenly, but the team members who had been on the battlefield for a long time were not vegetarians.
He didn't even need to give an order. The moment the assault gun appeared, the last cloud blast bomb came out.
With a loud bang, the explosion's flames temporarily blocked the assault gun's firing range, and the infantrymen who followed the artillery assault suffered disaster again. At least a dozen more people were knocked down by one explosion.
But the problem is, it only goes so far.
Cloud blast bombs are better than nothing against armored units. Even lightly armored units such as assault guns, as long as they have basic three-defense functions, will basically not be able to cause effective damage unless they are hit head-on.
Seeing that the muzzle machine had been aimed at the assault boat, Chen Chen immediately shouted:
"No. 1! Anti-aircraft gun fire!"
After hearing the order, Li Bang immediately turned the muzzle of the 23mm anti-aircraft gun and aimed it at the assault gun in the distance.
"boom!"
The assault gun fired, and the shells missed the moving assault boat by a hair, causing a huge splash on the water.
Immediately afterwards, continuous explosions sounded.
"Chug tug tug tug"
The anti-aircraft guns opened fire.
Amidst the roar, the 23mm armor-piercing projectile hit the front armor of the assault gun, but it immediately bounced away.
Chen Chen didn't bother to watch this scene. He concentrated on controlling the assault boat, avoiding the armed speedboat approaching from the front, and sailed along the Rock River towards the Mekong River.
Now, speed is life.
Only if you are fast enough can you survive!
Bai Gou temporarily took over the command responsibility. He first ordered the machine gunners to shoot down the armed speedboats on both sides, and then shouted to the Li Gang:
"No. 1, hit the side, hit the side!"
"The frontal armor is reinforced and cannot be penetrated!"
The viewing angle of the dock facing the river was extremely wide. Li Gang immediately adjusted the muzzle of the gun and fired a burst at the front wheel of the wheeled assault vehicle.
His skills are very poor, but what he wants to do now is not to hit an aircraft at a distance of thousands of meters, but to hit a stationary armored vehicle at a distance of less than 150 meters.
Everything can be covered!
After a round of bursts of fire, the front wheels and wheel hubs of the assault vehicle were directly blown to pieces, and the entire vehicle tilted at an awkward angle.
Then, the gunfire extended upwards, and the bullets penetrated the relatively fragile side armor.
In just a few seconds, the assault vehicle's muzzle and machine gun, which were still moving, stopped.
But Li Bang's hand on the trigger did not relax.
After a few more seconds, the flames suddenly burst into flames.
Along the various gaps in the wheeled armored vehicle, those bright blue flames rushed out like the tail flames of a jet engine. In a very short period of time, they turned into bright white and then bright yellow.
Flames mixed with molten metal shot into the air like jets, and a beautiful fireworks display was set off at Locke Pier at night.
But that's not the end.
The combustion has reached the final stage. Under high temperature, high pressure and continuous impact, a horrific explosion occurred.
With a loud bang, the turret of the wheeled assault vehicle was lifted several meters high, and then hit the ground heavily.
Debris flew randomly, and the shock wave swept across the entire river, even setting off a circle of obvious white ripples.
"hidden!"
White Dog shouted loudly, and everyone threw themselves onto the deck of the assault boat.
The assault boat shook violently, but Chen Chen's hand holding the rudder was steadier than ever.
He speeded up again, the bow of the boat broke through the waves, and moved forward.
The frightened White Dog stood up with his gun raised. Locke Pier was already a sea of fire.
Under the billowing smoke, he saw that the 99-new assault gun had been completely turned into a pile of wreckage.
Hidden by the firelight and smoke, shambling figures were walking on the pier.
They held guns, but no longer dared to shoot in pursuit.
This battle was won.
It was more fierce and fierce than all the battles I had fought! !