Chapter 360: Kill and Save (I)

No sooner had the convoy left the abandoned town than the attack arrived.

Seeing the rockets flying from the left front, Nichol did not habitually step on the brakes, but slammed on the accelerator. Because of the manual downshift in advance, the engine speed is in the maximum torque range, so the off-road vehicle suddenly accelerates, and the rocket passes precisely behind the off-road vehicle. If Nicol hadn't slammed on the gas pedal and had applied the brakes as he was customary, the SUV would have been blown off by a roadside bomb even if he dodged the rocket.

The second car was driven by Maya, and when she saw the rocket, Maya stepped on the brakes and kept a distance of more than 50 meters, so when the roadside bomb exploded, the minibus driven by Maya was almost 30 meters away from the explosion point, just outside the range of the explosion.

The three cars behind her, driven by Chloe, Isabella and Michelle, also stopped.

Only the last car driven by Rachel did not stop immediately, and was about to stop before crashing into the vehicle driven by Michelle.

As a result, Rachel's SUV avoided another roadside bomb.

The attackers planted only two roadside bombs, apparently not wanting to blow up all the vehicles, but only to kill the people in the cars, mainly because the vehicles are precious.

As soon as the convoy stopped, Nicol and his wife got out of the car, and then gunfire rang out.

The Skeleton Legion was divided into three teams, one of which was ambushed near the abandoned town to block the retreat, and the other two were ambushed on both sides of the road. Believing that they would be able to blow up the lead car, the Skeleton Legion did not arrange personnel to block the way of the convoy in front.

To Mark, and the rest of the Skeleton Legion, it was a battle without suspense.

The caravan had only twelve free mercenaries, eight of whom were women and only four men. Even if you count all the people in the caravan, there are only forty people in total, and no more than twenty people can fight with guns, and the skeleton legion led by Mark has nearly five hundred people.

It was indeed a battle without suspense, except that it was definitely not the Skeleton Legion that won.

Although it was just getting light, the light was still very dark, and the members of the Skeleton Legion were very well hidden, if they moved a little, a bullet would hit them in the head. After a while, some veterans of the Skeleton Legion suddenly discovered that there were only six fighters on the other side, and they all fired in a burst fire, and there were no missed shots. To the shock of the veterans, some of the well-concealed members of the Skeletal Legion were also killed, and the bullets were clearly coming from an impossible direction.

Sniper!

A sniper rifle with a muffler installed!

At this moment, hundreds of members of the Skeleton Legion did not dare to act rashly. As a result, the side that should have been actively attacking became the party that was passively beaten.

Nicol: They clearly didn't miss this opportunity.

After the battle began, Nicol and the other six men worked in pairs, alternately covering the direction of the enemy's ambush, and one of them was firing at any time, and there was no missing shot. Although the magazine of the M4 carbine could only hold thirty rounds, the other person had already changed the magazine before he ran out of bullets.

What's more, Chu Tianjiang was ambushed on top of a three-story building in an abandoned town.

Although the vision is not very good, with the superpower given by the energy body, Chu Tianjiang can see the entire battlefield, and find the most threatening enemies in time, such as machine gunners and enemies using bazookas, and then use a sniper rifle to kill these dangerous elements in time.

In less than five minutes, hundreds of members of the Skeleton Legion had been killed, including veterans with rich combat experience.

In the face of such a powerful enemy, the members of the Skeleton Legion were afraid, even Mark, who was hiding on the north side of the road with more than twenty of his cronies.

There were only six people on the other side, maybe seven, and they were able to suppress nearly five hundred enemies!

Such combat effectiveness is absolutely unheard of!

In addition, Mark could see very clearly that the six warriors were all women, and all of them were young and beautiful, and they did not look like battle-hardened soldiers at all.

If that's all there is to it, Mark won't be scared yet.

Before the catastrophe, there were many female soldiers in the U.S. military, and a few were infantrymen. In addition, in special forces such as the Navy SEALs, there are also some female soldiers. In addition, after the invasion, a lot of powerful women appeared, so Mark didn't find it strange.

What really scared him was that those girls weren't afraid of bullets!

Mark clearly saw that the two little ladies who were closest to him had been shot multiple times, but they were unscathed. Even if they were wearing body armor, and it was equipped with a ceramic layer to withstand rifle bullets, they would not be safe from being hit by bullets. It is important to know that body armor can only block bullets, but cannot eliminate the kinetic energy of bullets, so even if you wear body armor, you will be injured after being hit by bullets. If you are hit in the chest, such as the chest and ribs, it can also cause fractures and damage to internal organs.

Perhaps, their bodies are all strong.

Of course, Mark didn't think it was likely, because they didn't look strong enough, even a little delicate, and definitely not the kind of men with strong physiques.

What made Mark even more jaw-dropping was that the little girl who got out of the first car was hit in the forehead by a bullet, and she was not wearing a helmet at all, but the bullet not only did not hurt her, but it did not even leave a mark on her forehead, and it was directly bounced away.

Are they all steel and iron?

At this point, Mark was not only scared, but also regretted.

When the ambush was deployed, Mark didn't think about how to retreat at all, because he absolutely didn't have to do it. The other side was a small caravan, with only twelve guards, and a total of forty men, of whom there were only seven men, and only seven vehicles. Such a caravan is not worth mentioning anywhere, let alone a skeleton legion, and even robbers with a size of less than a hundred people can successfully take it.

In the previous battle, the Skeleton Legion easily killed a convoy of 300 people, and this convoy acted alone, not with the caravan. In previous battles, Mark had led the Skeleton Legion to victory over twice as many enemies as himself. If it was a prepared ambush, a skeleton legion of 500 men would be able to wipe out a caravan of more than 1,500 men.

As a result, Mark concentrated all 500 men on the battlefield, and the deployment range was less than 200 meters.

Obviously, this force density is too high, and the direct consequence is that everyone in the Skeleton Legion is within the range of the opponent's firepower.

If you are dealing with an evenly matched opponent, the deployment range should be at least doubled, or even tripled.

In addition, in the deployment of firepower, it is also necessary to reflect the hierarchy, that is, to deploy the machine guns 600 meters away from the highway and give full play to the range advantage of the machine guns. It is important to know that a carbine like the M4 generally has a firing range of about 300 meters, and it is only 400 meters when the barrel is changed, which is difficult to deal with personnel at a distance of 600 meters. In the case of heavy machine guns, they should also be deployed as far away as possible from 800 meters, that is, beyond the effective range of enemy rifles and light machine guns. If there is a commanding heights nearby, then the suppressive fire of the heavy machine gun can be more fully utilized.

Unfortunately, Mark didn't.

What's more, Mark didn't even leave the reserves!

As an experienced veteran, Mark certainly knew the importance of reserves, but he seriously despised his opponents, believing that there was no need to leave reserves behind in such an unsuspenseful battle. In Mark's opinion, as long as the battle starts, the free mercenaries who are guarding the caravan will flee for their lives, and will never stay behind to bury the caravan, and with Edgar as the internal response, Stewart has no chance to escape. According to Mark's estimates, the battle would be over in five minutes, and he felt that the most important thing to worry about was that Stewart would kill himself after the attack and kill everyone who had fallen behind the head of the Zhilu Dao Chamber of Commerce.

In reality, it was exactly the opposite of what Mark had predicted.

As the key Heavy and Bazooka players are eliminated one by one, the true colors of the Skeleton Legion are revealed, which are nothing more than a rabble.

While the officers of the Skeleton Regiment are veterans, most of the soldiers are civilians.

Like the rest of the people who survived in this world, they joined the Skeleton Legion just to make a living. If the enemy is an unarmed civilian or some other rabble, these bastard soldiers can still muster up the courage to fight under the restraint of veterans. But when confronted with a powerful enemy, especially one so strong that they cannot be defeated, these rabble have no courage to speak of.

In less than ten minutes, the morale of the Skeleton Legion collapsed.

Although they would definitely be executed if they escaped from the battle, in the face of such a powerful enemy, a large number of soldiers still chose to flee when staying was definitely a dead end.

It's just, where to run, can you escape?

Mark did not give the order to retreat, and the officer in charge of the battle would not let go of the fleeing soldiers, and neither would the Nicol Nor the others.

Chu Tianjiang gave a clear order not to let go of a single enemy, and all the others were killed except for Mark.

With no hope of escape, some soldiers chose to surrender.

It's just that Nicol doesn't take prisoners of war.

Seeing that the surrendered companions were executed by the enemy, the soldiers who did not escape and wanted to flee chose to play dead. It's a pity that it's useless to play dead. Even if they hold their breath, their brains will release brain waves, which will be detected and then killed.

When the rest of his men were killed, leaving only the diehards around him, Mark also chose to flee.

Although he was a fast runner and had a group of diehards to cover, he was certainly not as fast as the bullets, and the diehards covering him couldn't block all the bullets for him.