Chapter 97: The Raid Succeeds
Approaching dusk, the chubby Dior who had been thinking about it for a long time finally made up his mind, and let Weiss lead the 1st team to launch a surprise attack before dark, and the 2nd and 3rd teams supported the periphery according to the original plan.
The aircraft that had flown over the woods twice had not turned back since it flew north, and Weiss couldn't help but worry about Nikolai. Even so, after Dio's official order, he threw himself into this "battle" without blood and death.
The south side of the stone bridge is close to the woods, and the distance between them is more than 20 meters, but the woods on this side are relatively low, and the trees are sparsely spaced, so it is not easy to approach before dark; The north side of the stone bridge is forty or fifty meters away from the woods, and there are scattered bushes and weeds in betweeds, which are not suitable for walking through in seclusion before dark. Weiss's planned route of action was to go down from the woods to the valley a hundred meters west of the southern end of the stone bridge, follow the valley to the bottom of the stone bridge, and then divide into two groups, and at the same time touch the sentries on the bridge from the south and north of the bridge to "kill" the sentries on the bridge, and then control the soldiers who were resting in the tents.
If the soldiers on duty were walking back and forth all the time, then it would not be feasible to approach the stone bridge from the valley before dark, but Weiss observed all day and found that the soldiers guarding the bridge were more focused on the bridgeheads on both sides, and the embankment "enemy" approached from the woods, and only glanced at the valley with an open view and no shelter.
Without Kunison, Team 1 now consists of 9 third-graders and 20 second-graders. Because he was not familiar with these third-graders, and was worried that they might deliberately release the water out of some subtle psychology, Weiss organized 4 third-graders and 5 second-graders into group A, and the other 5 third-graders and 5 second-graders into group B, and asked group A to stand by in the woods near the north side of the stone bridge, and group B listened to the order in the woods near the south side of the stone bridge.
After waiting for a while at the pre-surveyed location, and seeing that the two soldiers on duty were chatting together, Weiss decisively led the advance team out of the woods, into the valley, stepping on the soft and slippery mud, and tiptoeing towards the stone bridge. For a distance of more than 100 meters, ten people walked for three or four minutes, and the closer they got to the stone bridge, the more cautious they became. In the process, Weiss frequently activated the identification system to determine the location and status of the seven soldiers guarding the bridge, and by the time the advance team successfully reached the bottom of the stone bridge, he was already sweating profusely and panting.
From the familiar earth to the unfamiliar Ausren star, although the side effects of this plug-in have been reduced a lot, it is still a brain-burning and energy-consuming guy!
Without waiting for his rapid breathing to subside completely, Weiss ordered four students to go to the south bridgehead with him, and asked the other five students to go to the north bridgehead, waiting for the opportunity next to the edge of the stone bridge railing. From where they could see the sentry as soon as they came up, they could clearly hear the conversation between the two soldiers.
They were talking about the other companion's anecdotes, their mocking tone, their teasing attitude, but the purpose was just to pass the time.
As dusk approached, the soldiers who were not on duty seemed to be preparing dinner, and the sound of metal objects could be heard here, and the smell of kerosene stoves could be faintly smelled.
After four or five minutes, the two sentinels who had been together finally separated and walked back to back to the opposite ends of the stone bridge - without being able to look directly at the target, it was the identification system that allowed Weiss to spy on the enemy's whereabouts. When the two sentries each came to the bridge, he made a gesture to the opposite group of five to initiate action, took a deep breath, and led the four students around him to attack quickly!
When Weiss and his friends touched the bridge, the sentry on the south side of the bridge happened to have his back to them. In the face of such a good opportunity, the Baston elites who have been waiting for a day will not let it go easily. According to the division of labor agreed in advance, three people rushed up, one was responsible for covering his mouth and neck, two were on the left and one right, holding his hands and waists, and directly pressed the sentry to the ground, and the other two were in a squatting position and holding their guns on guard.
According to the rules of the exercise, if you approach the enemy camp without being detected and touch the sentry, even if the surprise attack is successful, even if the rest of the opponent finds the abnormality at this time and resists, you will be punished accordingly by the "battle loss ratio".
Neither group of second-year students let the sentries make too much noise.
Seeing this, groups A and B, who were lying in ambush in the woods, immediately approached the bridgehead. Perhaps they were too excited to fall awkwardly, but this was only an isolated case, and most of them still followed Weiss's instructions and ran in small steps, carrying their guns to the stone bridge.
Leaving two men to guard the sentries, Weiss led the cadets of the advance detachment to the tent of the soldiers guarding the bridge......
From the start to the end, in two minutes, the 1st team simply resolved the battle.
Chubby Dior, who was sitting at the edge of the woods, and the third-year students of the other two squads, were speechless in the face of such a process and result.
It was as if they were watching a tactical drill of an elite special services unit.
Such decisiveness, sophistication, perceptiveness, and calmness do not seem to be done by a sophomore at all.
But the reality is in front of them, so they have to obey!
After the battle, Weiss walked to the middle of the stone bridge, raised his right arm high, and made a triumphant gesture.
Dio led the battalion personnel out of the woods, and the cadets of the 2nd and 3rd squads, who were watching from afar, also quickly surrounded the stone bridge, and turned to the stone bridge as the center, ready to ambush the enemy transport convoy.
Before Dio arrived on the scene and took over the command, Weiss quickly inspected the tents of the soldiers guarding the bridge. In a tent on the north side of the stone bridge, he was astonished to find that the soldiers guarding the bridge were equipped with a field telephone, and the telephone lines were arranged along the road, so well covered with dirt and dead leaves, that they had been reconnoitring all day without noticing. Fortunately, the operation was successful in one fell swoop, and there was no mistake in the middle, otherwise the consequences would be "unimaginable".
The commander of this group of soldiers guarding the bridge was an army corporal who looked to be about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, he was tall and thin, with two mustaches, his hairstyle, face, and clothes and pants were very clean, and his eyes were both clear and determined. Being captured by this large group of student soldiers at first seemed very unexpected, but seeing that his soldiers were completely controlled, he accepted this reality and calmly negotiated with Weiss about the "placement of prisoners of war".
After a while, Dio and his battalion came to the stone bridge. After learning about the situation, he consulted with the corporal in his capacity as commander of the 3rd Provisional Battalion of the Baston Student Regiment, and came to an agreement that the captured soldiers guarding the bridge would not resist or sabotage under any circumstances unless they were rescued by friendly forces, and that in exchange the victorious side would not tie them up or tie them, and they would be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement within a certain range.
This, after all, is just a drill.
After the agreement was reached, the corporal was about to return to the camp where he was resting, when Weiss spoke: "Mr. Corporal, don't you plan to tell us whether you take the initiative to report your safety to the command on a regular basis, or will the command contact you to verify your safety?" ”
The corporal stared at him curiously for a few seconds: "Neither. ”
"Such an answer makes me feel that you lack real sincerity in the gentleman's agreement between us." "If we're on the battlefield, we'll probably use brutal tactics to force you or your men to give an account. ”
"So what?" The corporal smiled, "Ulster Free Federation Army soldiers, how can they be afraid of the enemy's despicable methods?" If it weren't for the drill, you think we'd be caught on our hands? ”
At this moment, Dio interjected: "Tell the truth! Even if you have a pineapple bullet in your pocket, if four or five of us come up against one of you, if we are fully prepared, we will not give you the opportunity to sacrifice your life and die for your country! If we were Norman dogs, then after capturing you, we would use the most vile, ruthless, and hateful means to make you speak. ”
The corporal put away his smile, he thought about it seriously for a while, and said calmly: "Okay! I must admit that you Baston Military Academy have produced extraordinary elites, and you have observed carefully and speculated accurately...... Every night after the last team of cars drove by, we would hang up the phone with the command and report on what the cars had passed by today. ”
Wei Si was not negligent because of the other party's compliment, he speculated: "Moreover, this call must be made by you personally." Anyone else, and the command will notice. ”
The corporal laughed again: "However, in the process of your raid on this bridge, it is possible that I have been killed. In that case, you'll have to find someone to pretend to be me, will it be difficult? I don't think it's difficult at all! ”
Weiss and Dio looked at each other, said no more, and let the corporal go back to his tent.
At this time, the cadets of the 1st squad had already counted the "trophies" of this raid operation. There were 7 soldiers guarding the bridge, armed with 1 revolver, 6 standard Grumman M3.2 rifles, and no additional ammunition reserves except for the bullets that the soldiers carried with them. In terms of non-combat supplies, they found field rations for two days for the soldiers guarding the bridge, as well as some medicines for general use.
After reading the list of students registered, Dio did not see any joy on his face. When there was no one else, he whispered to Weiss, "Hey, brother, I have a doubt, I hope you can give me advice...... Also from the woods over there, why are you able to judge the strength of the guards here so quickly and accurately, and none of us can do that? ”
Weiss didn't speak, but bent the index and middle fingers of his right hand and pointed to his eyes.
In this spring exercise, the two sides mainly relied on armbands of different colors to distinguish their identities, but because the training uniforms of the cadets of the Batton Military Academy were quite different from the field uniforms of the active troops, Weiss arranged for four more mature friends to change into the coats of "prisoners of war", and the two pretended to be soldiers guarding the bridge on the stone bridge, and the two swayed at both ends of the stone bridge, and the remaining cadets of the 1st squad quietly ambushed the side of the bridge, waiting for the last transport convoy full of supplies from north to south of the day.
The remnants of the sun were creeping west, the twilight was getting thicker, and finally the roar of vehicles could be heard at the end of the road.