Chapter 61: Rendezvous
Covering the retreat of the wounded, after entering the riverbed, the North Vietnamese attack became sharp in vain.
Not only did the U.S. troops rendezvous, but the North Vietnamese Army also completed the convergence and now had a semi-encirclement formation with three encirclements and one missing.
In the middle were more than thirty American soldiers. Among them were more than a dozen soldiers in the second platoon, and more than a dozen soldiers in the first platoon of C Company.
Retreating to the riverbed and joining up with friendly forces, Xiao Mubai breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sergeant, congratulations, you successfully evacuated with the whole platoon." Lieutenant Kroger saw that Xiao Mubai was in a heavy mood, so he pretended to be comforted.
"Thank you!" The corners of Xiao Mubai's mouth pulled out an arc, which was an ugly smile that was even uglier than a bitter smile.
So many people have sacrificed, Xiao Mubai has no foresight, what can he say now.
At this moment, suddenly the black boy was shouting.
"Sergeant! He was shot. ”
Xiao Mubai turned his head to look over, and found that the white young man was leaning against the mound, his face pale and panting.
Xiao Mubai lowered his head and crawled over half-squatting, only to see that he had been shot in the abdomen, and the blood had stained his military uniform red.
"He must be sent back immediately for treatment, or he will die."
The bullet entered through the abdomen and got stuck in the muscle, and there was no danger to life for the time being, but now it has lost its combat effectiveness.
"Lieutenant, my soldier is wounded and needs to be treated as soon as possible." Xiao Mubai shouted.
"Look!"
Lieutenant Kroger pointed to a direction, and Xiao Mubai looked over and saw several wounded people lying on the ground.
"They're hurt too?" Xiao Mubai said a word of nonsense.
"The helicopter will arrive in more than ten minutes, and I hope he will be in time." Kroger glanced at the white soldier and shook his head helplessly.
Xiao Mubai was silent, sometimes the reality is so helpless.
Xiao Mubai's expression was grim, this was already the second battle attrition. As a result of this battle, half of the U.S. military had to fight blood. Xiao Mubai was also a little skeptical that such a bad situation would be able to complete the task.
Xiao Mubai has made changes, has changed the fate of the second platoon being surrounded, and now the rest, Xiao Mubai knows nothing.
The key is to see Lieutenant Colonel Moore, who is the supreme commander here.
Xiao Mubai can't care about these now, because the North Vietnamese army is still attacking, and as a sergeant squad leader, Xiao Mubai must return to his post.
"Quick! Enter the position. ”
The North Vietnamese Army, well manned, came out of the woods and charged towards the riverbed.
Xiao Mubai ordered the whole class to enter the position and lie down on the dirt slope along the riverbed.
"Fire!"
At the sound of an order, bullets covered the oncoming North Vietnamese soldiers like a curtain of rain.
"Puff puff!"
Bullets hit the flesh and burrowed into the flesh of people. Gunshots crackled and exploded with grenades across the bare riverbed.
I don't know when it is now, I just feel very hot, the tip of Xiao Mubai's nose is full of sweat, the battle is urgent, and he doesn't even care about wiping his sweat.
Just as Xiao Mubai was fighting, in the roar of the propellers, the gunships flying from the base arrived, and Huey lowered their heights, and countless American soldiers rushed down.
The North Vietnamese army did not have decent anti-aircraft weapons, and most of the US helicopters were very safe, but this time it seems that a new situation has arisen.
When the Huey helicopter flew over, it was noticed by the company commander of the North Vietnamese Army, and more than a dozen AK47s aimed at the sky, ready to shoot down the helicopter.
Yes, because the altitude was reduced and visibility was improved, now the North Vietnamese army could see the helicopter very clearly, even the pilot's every move.
While the Huey helicopter was gradually lowering, there was a sudden and dense fire in the woods, and bullets were fired at the helicopter high in the air.
The helicopter pilot was still adjusting the altitude and preparing to launch covered machine-gun fire on the North Vietnamese Army positions after landing. At this time, bullets came from what seemed to be a safe place, and it was not as simple as a few guns.
"Quick! Hurry up and land! ”
He shouted, anxious as he watched the bullets come at him.
But it didn't take long to feel the rear wing unbalanced, and then the alarm sounded.
"Dut...... Honk...... Honk...... Honk! ”
Oops, he was shot, and he understood it immediately.
Xiao Mubai heard the sound of the helicopter alarm, and looked back to see this scene.
"Quick!"
Xiao Mubai raised his hand and shot at the North Vietnamese soldiers who rushed over, and staggered to the ground.
At this moment, a man fell from the helicopter and smashed it to the ground, head down and feet on it, and at once he got into the dirt, and the blood stained a large area of military uniform.
Xiao Mubai looked at it and shook his head regretfully, he was hopeless. Falling from a high altitude, with your head down, you will be hit and break your spine the moment you land, and you will be saved even if you are not injured in front, let alone now.
The helicopter began to spin in the air with thick smoke, throwing down the American soldiers on board one by one and slamming them to the ground.
The helicopter descended at a rapid pace, fell in an eerie way, and eventually fell to the ground and fell.
"Bang!"
In an instant, the helicopter burst into flames, and the pilot was killed.
It was the first helicopter to crash and the first to be shot down by the North Vietnamese Army in this campaign. There was no extra time to react, and the fighters present did not even have time to sigh and fought as always.
"Cover!"
The U.S. soldiers covered the helicopter, and the bullets were pouring in all directions, covering the helicopter to transport the wounded, and the bullets hit the helicopter fuselage, making a thumping metal collision sound, which frightened the people next to them.
One by one, the wounded were carried away, leaving only intact and dead bodies.
Yes, it's corpses.
The battle has been going on until now, and everywhere there are either wounded or dead bodies.
For those who are alive, in addition to exhaustion, all that remains is tension and depression.
I watched the people around me die one by one, or were injured and left to be sent for treatment. No one knows if it will be their turn next.
At this time, even being alive is a very painful thing, and if you are injured, you can be sent back for treatment, but when you die, you have nothing.
You must be on guard all the time, constantly on the alert, and closely observe the North Vietnamese soldiers around you, whether their guns are pointed at you, whether there are comrades around you, whether there are obstacles around you.
The comrades-in-arms who were still together just now would fall beside him and lose their lives in an instant. The able-bodied person who was still alive just now was carried off the battlefield on a stretcher in the blink of an eye.
In the rumbling artillery fire, in the flying bullets around you, how long can you be lucky.
War is so cruel and extreme.
Everyone thinks more or less like this in their hearts, even Xiao Mubai is no exception, but Xiao Mubai thinks a little more.
In addition to war, it is a mission, and there is also homecoming.
Xiao Mubai needs to kill the other party desperately, and before the other party has time to kill him, he has to shoot him quickly. One step later, Jack will die, Xiao Mubai's mission will fail, and his consciousness will return to the real world.
However, is this kind of failure what Xiao Mubai wants?
Of course not, absolutely not.
(To be continued)
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