"Boom, boom, boom......!"

A series of explosions, more powerful than the previous enemy mortar attack, sounded on the opposite hill.

For a moment, it seemed as if the entire mountain was about to be flattened by the explosion.

The power of a salvo of nine howitzers with a caliber of 120 mm is definitely not comparable to those small-caliber mortars of the opposing side.

Even if they didn't accurately find the position of the opponent's mortars, even if the gunners on their side couldn't accurately hit the target, such a dense artillery attack still made the entire mountain within a radius of nearly 100 meters a dead place in an instant.

"Haha, our artillery support is finally here!" The remaining Nigerian soldiers in the position and Ben's second squad were overjoyed.

With such a level of artillery support, it seems that these militants in front of them will not be able to save their lives.

The enemy had apparently not expected such a level of artillery fire to hit their positions, and even those who were shooting down the hill were already frozen.

The absolute superiority they already occupied was instantly wiped out in this artillery fire.

"Immediately counterattack the enemy on the mountain, don't be stingy with ammunition, be sure to beat them into fear, hit them cold, let them retreat by themselves!"

Ben's voice rang in everyone's ears.

At this time, although they no longer threatened from enemy mortars, the number of enemies was still huge, and they now had less than fifteen people, most of whom were wounded, and could not compete with the militants of nearly 100 people on the mountain.

Moreover, at this time, one of the two sides was on the mountainside and the other was at the foot of the mountain, and the straight-line distance was only less than 100 meters, and they did not dare to let those howitzers behind them shell the enemy.

Because the distance between the two sides is too close, the most important thing is that the other party is on the mountain, if the howitzer bombards the mountain peaks around them, then none of the dozen or so people below them can escape, and the stones falling from the mountain alone can kill them.

Under their sudden force, the other party suddenly lost seven or eight people, and the others also hid behind the cover, and it seemed that they had no desire to rush down.

"News came from the rear that reinforcements from the vanguard would arrive soon." The Nigerian officer shouted again.

The news got everyone excited.

At this time, the other party had already hidden, and naturally they would not waste any more ammunition, so they also stopped strafing one by one and began to shoot at those targets they saw.

The sniper, Aiken, is also looking for a sniper target that falls into his sight.

But obviously the other party is also very smart, and they all hide tightly, so that the Ben below them can't show their marksmanship at all.

"I guess these guys are trying to figure out a way to retreat right now, right?" Clay leaned his whole body against the stone, checking his ammo consumption as he spoke.

"If the other side doesn't want to die, then they have to start retreating now. Aiken, what's going on up there? Ben asked aloud.

"Well, they've started to evacuate now. Be careful, though, you don't have any chance to attack. Aiken watched the movements of the militants above through the scope, and silently opened fire. With the power of M82A3, even if it is covered by mountains and rocks, as long as he is targeted by Aiken, it is almost one shot, and as a sniper at this time, he is the most terrifying person on this battlefield.

His words made everyone breathe a long sigh of relief again, anything could happen until reinforcements actually arrived.

If the other party charges down the mountain regardless of life and death, then the chances of the dozen or so of them surviving are really slim.

Because the bullets in their hands were about to run out at this time, Ben, as a machine gunner, only had less than ten machine gun rounds left in his hands at this time, and if the enemy attacked again, he could really only use his pistol against the enemy.

The other people were in a similar situation to him, so that's why they watched each other leave.

After a few minutes, the gunfire on the mountain had gradually died down, and all the militants had been evacuated from the mountain, except that in the meantime they left ten more bodies on the mountain, which was naturally the work of the sniper Aiken.

Everything seemed to have returned to calm, leaving only the still burning wreckage of the armored vehicles on the mountain road and the smoke rising from the battlefield.

At this time, the reinforcements from the rear had also arrived on the battlefield, but all they saw were corpses and wreckage everywhere. The enemy has vanished without a trace, not a shadow of which remains.

While leaving dozens of people to help the wounded, the officer who led the team began to search the surroundings with his soldiers, looking for traces left by the militants.

There were about 200 people who came this time, all of them in armored vehicles, and they were the vanguard of the large army specially organized to rescue them, and the rest of them could only move slowly behind.

While receiving treatment, Ben also learned about their casualties after the attack. This time, in addition to the six members of the squad, there were thirty-five Nigerian soldiers and six armored vehicles.

After the first battle, one of the members of the team was seriously injured and unconscious, that is, Morris, his body suffered a heavy blow, and although he had been given emergency treatment by Matthew, the field doctor, there was still no sign of waking up.

However, in Matthew's words, although his life was saved, he needed to lie in bed for at least two months before he could get off the ground.

The other five were also injured to varying degrees, with at least a dozen wounds on the bodies of Finley and Clay.

However, most of them are just abrasions or shrapnel scratches, although there is some excessive blood loss, but there is not much danger.

As for the thirty-five Nigerian soldiers, only five were left to stand up, including the lucky officer, who was the only one who was not injured.

There were also four other serious injuries, all of whom had broken hands and feet, which was really a bit miserable.

Ben indifferently swept over these seriously injured who were being stopped bleeding, I am afraid that they have no chance of survival.

Matthew also joined the rescuers at this time, after all, he was a real war doctor, much better than those Nigerian soldiers.

Many others could not even find their bodies, especially the dozen or so soldiers in the armored transport vehicle that had been hit directly by the mortars, which had been reduced to charcoal.

Later, a large number of Nepalese troops also rushed over, and they immediately launched a large-scale search and arrest operation all over the mountains and fields, trying to find and eliminate this large-scale armed element that suddenly appeared.

But it was too late, and the enemy had already disappeared without a trace. In the end, he had no choice but to find a place to station, and then urgently mobilized a helicopter to send the wounded to the rear hospital for rescue.

(End of chapter)