Chapter 129: Hands-on
So he can't always wait, this group of Russians who are following the rear may choose to hide temporarily at any time. In this case, you will lose the opportunity to kill them. Thinking of this, John made up his mind, but just as he was about to contact Toby, Colin's voice came.
"Sir! The pursuers on the road had reached directly in front of me and had entered the area of shelling that I had set. There's time to get started. Repeat, it's time to get started. Colin said.
"Roger!" Hearing Colin's voice, John immediately contacted Toby and said, "Toby, do it." The action begins! ”
Toby, who had been waiting for news, immediately pulled the trigger on the target he had taken aim at after hearing John's confirmation of the start of the operation, followed by a heavy burst of gunfire.
Originally, Chemov had planned to evacuate, because Semolov on the road had already passed on the road to the west of him. Their mission here is done for the time being, and to be on the safe side, they should be hidden and act only after they are ready to shell. But just as he was about to do so, a burst of gunfire rang out from behind him. The last thing he saw was a person next to him who had been shot and fell, and then he didn't know anything in front of him.
Just before Toby could make a move, Pete, who was on guard on the west side, vaguely looked at a car passing by on the highway and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Although he could hear the conversation between Colin and John, he knew that there were quite a few people on the highway. But when these people passed by in front of them, they still made themselves feel very depressed and even slightly frightened, as if they might be discovered at any time.
Pete looked back at Colin, who was still hiding in the bushes and didn't move, and was just about to speak when he heard Colin's voice coming: "Pete, the shelling will start immediately, pay attention to concealment." Just as he finished speaking, a burst of gunfire came from behind. Then John's voice came: "Toby has it." The shelling begins, the repeated shelling begins! ”
Pete quickly retreated, quickly lying on the ground as he approached Colin, and in the process of retreating, two mortars that had been laid in ambush on the other side of the river opened fire.
When he heard gunshots coming from the woods, Semolov realized that something was wrong. And after trying to contact Chemov and getting no answer, he confirmed it. But there is no turning back from the bow, and now that the action has begun, and he is very close to the Yankees, should he immediately turn around and flee in a hurry like a frightened coward? And did he flee without encountering any attack on himself and without foreseeing any specific danger? This is impossible, as long as you think about it calmly, you can clearly understand that even if they encounter an accident, they still have an absolute advantage here. Now it's not that they're being pursued, it's not a normal firefight, it's that they're chasing them, and it's not themselves who should be fleeing, but these Yankees!
But just as Semolov had strengthened his confidence, a mortar shell landed on the side of the road about thirty meters behind him, and just as he could not react, another shot landed and exploded on the other side of the road.
"Shelling! Shelling! Semolov heard someone shouting. Semolov hesitated again at this moment, it was too unexpected for him to be shelled. This should have been a means that he imposed on the other party.
Just before he could give instructions, two more shells fell, and after exploding again, a car stopped, and the people in the car got out of the car and scattered on both sides of the road.
"Bastard!" For a time, Semolov's actions and his train of thought were completely disrupted. He looked at the man who was still driving: "Stop." Let everyone park. Everyone get out of the car, get out of the car, and get ready to attack! Prepare to attack! ”
"Sir!" Just as everyone got out of the car, the Abkhaz who had been following Semolov opened his mouth and said to Semolov: "The two patrol boats on the river asked you what they should do now?" ”
"Patrol boats?!" Hearing this man's words, Semolov immediately reacted, "Yes, I still have two patrol boats. He looked at the Abkhaz man and said, "Ask them if they can see where the artillery was fired." Let them find a way to hit their artillery. ”
The Abkhazians, who had been instructed, immediately made contact, and at the same time the mortar shelling suddenly stopped. Semolov looked up into the sky to see what the shelling had stopped. Was it just a test launch? Correcting now? If so, what does that mean? It means that there must be someone in the vicinity of them, just like Chemov, who has lost contact at the moment, someone is guiding them.
"Let the cannon on the infantry fighting vehicle fire." Semolov quickly pointed to the two infantry lanes in front of him, "Let them open fire." ”
"Fire?" The people around Semolov looked at him with a puzzled look and said, "Target, where should we shoot?" ”
"The woods!" Semolov looked very annoyed, "In the woods. They have an observation post here! They are directing their artillery! As he spoke, he quickly pointed to the woods directly east of him, "Fire!" Strafe this area! Fast! ”
Hearing Semolov say this, the man immediately ran to the two infantry fighting vehicles in front of him, and just as the man ran out. The sound of cannonballs whistling in the air was heard again.
"Hidden! Hide! Semolov shouted as he ran to the side of the road. Just as he lay on the ground, two mortar shells landed on the road. One of the shots smashed directly into a pickup truck, and the violent explosion tore the pickup truck apart, and the shock wave flew in all directions with fragments, only to see two people who didn't have time to dodge were hit and hit hard and flew out.
Semolov quickly lowered his head and did not look further, for this was just the beginning, and after these two rounds fell, the shelling became more and more intense, and the whistling shells landed almost one after the other on the road or not far from the roadside. The convoy that had just come with a lot of momentum suddenly became embarrassed in an instant. Except for the two infantry fighting vehicles that began to fire heavily, which were still neatly on the road, almost every round of shelling lost a vehicle, and the bombed vehicles on the road were staggered, and some of the blown up vehicles were even more ablaze, and the fire lit up the area.
Semolov looked at the dead and wounded team by the light of the fire, and tried to control the panic in his heart. These panics came not only from the fear of the shelling, but also from the feeling that the whole situation was getting out of control and that the whole operation was rapidly sliding into the abyss of defeat. And I don't have any good way at the moment.