Chapter 363 Assault Infantry Battalion
The combat effectiveness of the mobile brigade is not worth mentioning in front of the Dongfeng Corps, especially when the helicopters have been transferred in advance. How can it be possible for those "policemen" with light weapons to compete with a beggar like the Dongfeng Corps? Stat confrontation?
Because of the false targets arranged by the defenders, they had completely lost the opportunity to solve the problem through a single assault. However, after Group 1 completed the interception of the rebels and Group 2 entered the village, the entire battle situation immediately reversed.
The rebel group of 8 was intercepted by Group 2. On the narrow road in the village, Lin He, who led the group, arranged a standard hellfire formation according to the tactics he learned from Chen Chen. The M249 fired wildly, and the rain of bullets overwhelmed the rebels who were already in chaos and couldn't even raise their heads.
Subsequently, Lin He in the second position used his rifle to continuously fire at the enemies, killing 4 enemies in just a few seconds.
When one round of the magazine was empty, Lin He swapped places with the third person. While he was changing the magazine, the third person took over his responsibility and continued to shoot at the enemies who had started to flee.
Their efficiency is frightening, and the entire process of engaging the enemy does not take more than thirty seconds.
But within these 30 seconds, the outcome was decided.
This is the hallmark of Hellfire tactics.
Americans once used one sentence to describe such tactics, that is:
In the first thirty seconds, you have God's protection. No team in the world can withstand such firepower and shock; after 30 seconds, God will be on the side with more people and more guns.
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However, although that is said, in fact, 30 seconds can change a lot of things.
After a round of firepower output, only two people were left in the eight-man group that entered the village, and even these two people could not escape the gunfire of Chen Chen, who had established a highland firepower point on the east side.
With the support of ACOG, two armor-piercing bullets accurately hit the torsos of the two fleeing people. The bullets easily penetrated the thin police body armor and knocked them to the ground.
At this point, the crisis within the village has been resolved and the plan is finally back on track.
While Chen Chen directed Li Bang and Yang Shu around him to continue blocking and shooting at the enemies who had retreated further east, he himself quickly completed an overall observation.
At this time, all the enemies on the east and west sides of the village have been eliminated. There are still nearly 10 rebels on the south side of the village who are exchanging fire with 4 defenders. On the north side, there are still 6 people who are cooperating with 3 people from the Dongfeng Corps support team. Nearly 20 rebels were caught in the middle.
The situation has gradually stabilized. Chen Chen thought for a moment and issued a new order.
"Group 2 quickly went to the north side of the village to provide support and establish contact with the defenders."
"Group 1 abandons the position on the west side and prioritizes clearing the enemies on the south side."
"Groups 3 will circle eastward, alternately cover the march and join me, and execute quickly!"
"clear!"
Everyone's replies came over the radio, and the entire Dongfeng Corps immediately started moving.
In less than two minutes, the formation adjustment was completed, and during the adjustment process, the Eastern Corps "smoothly" caused more than 10 casualties, and the entire rebel team completely collapsed.
Can't fight.
How to fight this?
The only opportunity has been missed. When it is impossible to kill Bashir, confronting this powerful team is the stupidest choice!
As a result, the rebels began to withdraw northward. Chen Chen was keenly aware of their movements and immediately ordered the passage to be opened and not to pursue.
In fact, this was the most important reason why he transferred Group 3 from the north side.
The annihilation battle is the most difficult to fight, especially in a village environment, where there are many bunkers and the field of vision is not wide enough. Even if Chen Chen has established an observation point, more than 60% of the entire battlefield is still in the blind spot.
Unless you have high-altitude vision and full-map hacking like the previous MPRI team, there is no need to use your own statement to challenge and achieve a "completely unnecessary" result.
The purpose is to evacuate, so wouldn’t it be enough to just take Bashir away?
Three minutes later, the enemies on the south side also began to circle and evacuate eastward, and the third group had also reached the commanding heights.
Liu Siyuan was panting while carrying the XM109. The total weight of the thing was close to 40 kilograms. Coupled with the heavy equipment on his body, his load had reached nearly 80 kilograms!
Chen Chen was really surprised that he could still keep up with the team under such an extreme load.
However, this also reflects the tastelessness of XM109.
Bringing this gun with him this time, Chen Chen originally planned to use it to deal with the enemies in the building.
But unexpectedly, the battle was almost over, and XM109 had not even had a chance to play.
Fragile buildings do not require large-caliber bullets to penetrate them. Neither side relies on buildings for offense and defense. Most of the time, the role of buildings is not to "act as a bunker" but to "block the line of sight."
In this case, XM109 is completely useless because its lethality is completely beyond the standard.
What's the point of killing a squad with one grenade? Who will maintain a tight fighting position for you to fight?
Objectively speaking, its killing efficiency is not even comparable to the ordinary HK416 loaded with armor-piercing bullets.
Looking at Liu Siyuan, whose hands were trembling, Chen Chen shook his head and asked:
"Can I still fight?"
"Can fight!"
Liu Siyuan answered without hesitation, so Chen Chen stopped asking any more questions and simply ordered:
"Hold this position and maintain observation of the battlefield environment."
"clear!"
The three members of the team answered at the same time. Chen Chen nodded and decisively led the team to move.
He planned to go to the Nuoha Village Pier to establish a defense line and open an evacuation route.
The distance is 500 meters, and based on their traveling speed, it will only take less than 5 minutes to arrive.
At this time, the seaplane that came to respond had already taken off for more than 10 minutes, and it would take at most 15 minutes for the plane to land at Lake Matana. During this time, the Dongfeng Corps must control the dock, prepare ships, and do a good job All preparations for evacuation.
Gunshots continued to sound, but the density had almost reduced to the limit.
Chen Chen even had a feeling that the difficulty of this mission was a little too low.
Although there was a small hiccup in the middle, so far, the plan is going quite smoothly.
Next, just find Bashir, prepare the boat, and put him on the plane, and everything will be over.
At this moment, Lin He's report came from Chen Chen's headphones.
"Bashir has been found, the target has been recovered!"
"Target in good condition!"
"Contact has been established with the garrison commander, but the communication is not smooth."
"Captain, he needs to communicate with you directly!"
Hearing this, Chen Chen frowned slightly.
He made a stop gesture and turned to the corner of the road to hide. The Li Gang stood directly in front of him to provide cover, while Yang Shu switched to his automatic rifle and half-crouched behind Chen Chen, controlling an entire fan-shaped area.
Standard two-person escort formation.
After a scratching sound, the radio seemed to be handed over to someone else.
Then, a burst of urgent shouting came from Chen Chen's earphones.
"bridge!"
"Blow up the bridge!"
"Tanks! There are tanks!"
"756th Raider Infantry Battalion! They're coming!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Chen's scalp exploded.
He finally understood the reason for the crazy behavior of the defenders before. They didn't want to evacuate, they wanted to destroy the bridges and roads to Noha Village as much as possible to prevent the military from entering!
756th Raider Infantry Battalion
This is a team under the Indonesian 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Sulawesi, but unlike other combat units, this infantry battalion is not directly under the command of the division, but is commanded by the 20th Brigade and the 17th Military Region. Dual leadership.
Their usual place of residence is actually Jayawijaya, Papua, but because the anti-terrorism situation in Sulawesi has become increasingly severe in the past two years, the military transferred them to South Sulawesi Province for various reasons, almost becoming this place. of permanent troops.
And the reason for doing this
There is no doubt that it is because of their "direct leadership relationship"!
Without the need to go through the division headquarters, this team is more like a special "private soldier." And in the task of "killing Bashir and silencing him," the Raider Infantry Battalion comes to interfere. It’s so damn normal!
Who knows it's not that simple!
At such a critical point as Bashir, if the military really wanted to kill people and silence them, why would it only rely on the mutinous mobile brigade? !
They must have a back-up plan!
The only thing that Chen Chen didn't expect was that their back-up force was actually the army, not Task Force 88 who was confronting the police!
Isn't this blatant treason?
Is the military really crazy?
Without any time to think about it, Chen Chen immediately said:
"Don't blow up the bridge. If you blow up the bridge, won't they be able to get across?!"
"Liu Siyuan! Lead the team to evacuate! Find bunkers"
"This assault battalion not only has tanks, they also have heavy artillery!"
"Everyone leave the village area immediately and move to the jungle on the west side!"
"Take Bashir away and leave now!"
"clear!"
"clear!"
After the words fell, Chen Chen stood up immediately.
He already felt clearly threatened.
Did those rebels retreat so decisively because they knew they could no longer defeat them?
Their tactics are quite mature and their command is quite professional. In this case, they really should not "retreat", but should "retreat to the assembly point and reorganize the attack"!
There is only one reasonable explanation.
Artillery strikes are already on the way.
They don't plan to leave any survivors in this village, so there is no need to waste any more vitality!
The three of them ran wildly towards the jungle on the west side.
If someone observes from a high altitude at this time, they will find a strange scene in this combat area.
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Both warring parties were running for their lives, as if someone was chasing them from behind.
Even across a private house, team members from both sides passed each other, but no one stopped.
This sounds a bit ridiculous, but in fact, it is not at all.
Because, just when Chen Chen led his team out of the densely built area of the village and arrived at the edge of the jungle, a shell had already hit heavily with a death scream.
"boom!"
The impact point of the bomb was less than 50 meters away from Chen Chen, and the huge shock wave almost pushed him over.
He threw himself forward and fell to the ground, propped himself up on his elbows, and shouted loudly:
"Get down! Everyone get down!"
"Wait for the first round of shelling to end! Don't move!"
However, his voice was completely drowned out by the sound of gunfire.
In the first round of shelling, at least a dozen shells fell.
And among these dozen or so shells, at least 5 were heavy artillery of 155 caliber or above!
This is not the intensity of firepower that the 756th Assault Group Infantry Battalion can produce. It is very likely that the 6th Field Artillery Battalion, originally stationed in South Sulawesi, is also involved!
How can he fight like this? !
At this time, he had completely given up the mission of rescuing Bashir, because he knew that in the face of this kind of national power, no matter how hard you try, you still can't beat him!
"Everyone take cover! Group 2! Give up cover! Take care of yourselves!"
"Fucking Liu Siyuan, throw away the gun! Take cover!"
Seeing Liu Siyuan in the distance still holding his XM109 and refusing to let go, Chen Chen almost wanted to rush up and give him a slap in the face.
After hearing what he said, Liu Siyuan finally threw away the XM109 and began to move to the jungle with the others.
Their luck really worked out.
The high ground on the east side was the focus of fire strikes, but Chen Chen's order was less than a minute faster than the artillery bombardment.
And it was just this minute that allowed them to escape the fate of being blown to ashes.
The shells were still falling one after another. Chen Shen stood on the high ground under the gunfire and quickly observed the situation of the village in the distance with his binoculars.
With just two rounds of shelling, most of the buildings had been destroyed.
Looking into the distance along the trajectory of the artillery shells, the artillery position set up at the end of the road was vaguely visible. As expected, this artillery battalion could still only use direct shooting.
It's very tasty, but it's totally enough.
Must retreat.
This was the only thought left in Chen Chen's mind. At this time, the members of Group 1 and Group 2 who had withdrawn from the village had also entered the jungle.
The shells followed their footsteps, and the nearest shell even landed less than 20 meters behind them.
If they were not blocked by slopes, the fragments and shock waves would have been enough to wipe out these two teams.
despair.
Chen Chen now fully understands how his enemy felt when he was in Pubei.
Under heavy artillery, all beings are equal.
You have nowhere to hide and nothing to fight back.
Falling shells are like evil spirits urging death. You can never predict where they will land. Only the moment they hit the ground will they appear with majestic, terrifying, and irresistible force.
And similarly, you don't know when this bombardment will end.
All you can do is huddle behind the bunker and silently pray to God, your ancestors, and all supernatural forces for good luck.
The artillery fire had extended into the jungle. After confirming that all personnel had entered the jungle and avoided detection, Chen Chen ordered the team to move north without hesitation.
They could not stop in the jungle, because the artillery fire from the opposite side would inevitably plow the entire jungle completely.
Only to the north, only as close as possible to the opponent's position and into the blind spot of shelling, can there be a glimmer of hope.
Fortunately, Chen Chen's judgment was correct.
Under the leadership of Lin He, everyone quickly headed north and passed through the shelling area in the gap.
The shells were left behind them, and they finally got an extremely precious observation window.
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But, that doesn't mean they are safe.
Because not far away, two FV101 Scorpion light tanks had begun to advance towards the village under the cover of artillery fire.