Chapter 20: The Strange Clouds and Waves of the Battlefield (Continuing the Two in One)
War has always been shrouded in a thick fog, and military historians often make nonsense after the fact, but the facts they take as truth are sometimes not what they imagined.
Just like what Hu Zerun is seeing now.
He was captured - the process of capture was unexpected, when he met with a large group of enemies, and when he finally raised his gun, someone knocked down his weapon with a throwing knife several times faster than him, and then he shamefully became a prisoner of war.
The empire has never blamed the captured soldiers, and even saved these captives at a huge price countless times, but it is not that everyone wants to be taken prisoner after running out of ammunition and food, just like Hu Zerun, he is very eager for his tablet to stay in Dragon City forever and become a member of the endless war spirit.
But now, he has been captured, and the return of his soul to Dragon City has become a joke.
The enemy who was chasing him rushed out, and after seeing the huge army and the captured target, ran up to negotiate and tried to take Hu Zerun away, but the soldier who captured Hu Zerun kicked down the captain who made the request, and dragged Hu Zerun to turn around and leave.
The captured Hu Zerun looked at this scene with a dead heart, and did not react - the enemy who captured him was very experienced, and he unloaded all his weapons in a few moments, and he had no way to even commit suicide, which was the biggest bad news for Hu Zerun, who wanted to be a hero or martyr.
He would rather die than become a captive.
After being tied up by Wuhuada, he gagged again, and then was carried and thrown into a closed armored car, which contained four unlucky people who were treated the same as him, one of whom he still knew - Wu Yuelu of the reconnaissance platoon.
The four of them looked up at Hu Zerun numbly, and there was no other emotion in their dead eyes, only Wu Yuelu showed a bitter smile at Hu Zerun.
A sergeant in a crusader uniform sat expressionlessly as a guard, playing with a black dagger in his hand, and when he saw another person coming, he looked at it indifferently and showed no emotion.
Hu Zerun's heart was in turmoil, he didn't know what kind of fate he would have, he was not afraid of death, but at this moment, he was infinitely frightened - especially when he met four teammates who suffered the same thing.
The gunfire was getting closer and closer, and Hu Zerun understood that he was being pulled by the enemy and had approached the battlefield, and at this time, how much he hoped that a missile would hit this armored car and kill himself......
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The morale of the 2nd Battalion is not high at this moment, but it is definitely regarded as death - the training of the recruit base is to polish them into qualified soldiers, and the most basic quality of qualified soldiers is a sense of honor, there is no doubt that the soldiers of the empire are soldiers with a very strong sense of honor, when Ye Xiao told them that at this moment they will take on the honor of reviving the legendary Hell Legion, they are already fearless!
None of the soldiers who volunteered to join the Black Flag Army were disgusted with the legends of Hell, which was the first requirement of the Black Flag Army when they were selected from the recruit base, and now, they want to use their lives to become the first martyrs to revive the former Hell Army.
The enemy launched four attacks on the No. 2 defensive line, from dawn to nine o'clock in the morning, but did not make a breakthrough, not even a small corner of the position, because the imperial army has gone crazy, every inch of land must be fought for, not an inch of land is conceded, and the most terrible thing is that they regard death as home, and have no fear of death - excellent military literacy and an attitude of not being afraid of death, this kind of opponent is the most difficult.
"Madman, the enemy has changed! The new enemy was not less than three thousand. "The wolf warrior quietly touched it, as long as the entire battlefield showed its head, it would definitely attract a few long-planned sniper bullets in a few seconds, and the most conspicuous battalion headquarters had also been turned into ashes in the shelling, the wolf warrior was no different from ordinary soldiers at the moment, in fact, he was still serving as an observation post with the rank of lieutenant colonel just now.
That is, when serving as an observation post, the wolf warrior found that the enemy, who had attacked for more than 12 hours, was now rotating in batches, and the attack was replaced by a new army, the establishment of which is unknown for the time being, but the number is definitely not less than three thousand.
Ye Xiao smiled bitterly, plus the two companies that were pulled over by Shi Kai, there were probably no more than four hundred people in the entire position who could still move now—including the disabled.
If he had an assault force in his hands, even if it was thirty armored vehicles, he would fight to the death and lead his subordinates to fight against the enemy group, but now? Forget it, the remnants of less than 400 people, turning and raiding at the enemy's fresh army, are no different from looking for death.
"Battalion seat, group army headquarters communication!"
The voice of the staff officer came from the tactical helmet, the communications corpsman had died not so long ago, and the battalion-wide communications system was now in the hands of several staff officers.
Army Group Command?
Ye Xiao and Wolf Warrior looked at each other, could it be that there were reinforcements?
With a little joy, Ye Xiao asked the staff officer to connect the communication between himself and the group army.
Unexpectedly, the confidential channel was used for this communication, which is the most resource-intensive and load-intensive channel in the communications system, and it is very easy to affect the smooth flow of the troops' communications, so it is rarely used.
I don't know if there are any high-level secrets that can make the headquarters use the secret channel, with a little apprehension, Ye Xiao spoke up......
The wolf warrior looked at Ye Xiao very curiously on the side, strange, isn't it just to receive the communication from the headquarters? How to look at Ye Xiao's face is very weird, not like the ecstasy of having reinforcements, nor like the resentment after there are no reinforcements.
It's just that Ye Xiao has been responding, the wolf warrior can only hold back the curiosity in his heart, and patiently wait for the communication to end, the communication lasted less than a minute before it ended, and the wolf warrior just wanted to ask, but saw Ye Xiao stretch out his finger and make a "shhh" action, which made the wolf confused.
"Follow me." After Ye Xiao said without a clue, he trotted up along the trench, and the wolf warrior kept up with Ye Xiao's pace with a puzzled expression, and kept running forward.
Under the leadership of Ye Xiao, he came to the leftmost position, and also stepped out of the sideline to drill to the position of the observation post, the observation post is in the most prominent position of the front, easy to observe and easy to be shelled at the same time, and it is also the place where snipers focus on taking care of and looking for, usually only one unlucky guy is left inside, when Ye Xiao and the two big guys get in, the observers have an incredible feeling.
Officers are forbidden to come to the observation post, this is an iron rule.
"Don't talk, don't say anything when you see something, understand?" Ye Xiaochao instructed the observer.
The observer and the wolf warrior were equally confused, but the commander had an order, and he naturally obeyed.
"Attention, someone on the left line will come later with a white flag, don't shoot!" Ye Xiao instructed on the battalion channel, afraid that the two national defense companies would make trouble, Ye Xiao specially ordered someone to go over and report it.
Wolf Warrior's eyes widened, why is this going to be negotiated? Thinking that Ye Xiao was like this after receiving the communication from the headquarters, the wolf warrior couldn't help but think in his heart, could it be that the theater command and the enemy reached some agreement?
Although he really wanted Ye Xiao to reveal the secret, seeing Ye Xiao nervously watching the movements ahead, the wolf warrior could only extinguish this thought and poked out half of his head to observe the front.
It didn't take long for someone to appear with a white flag low, it was an enemy wearing a crusader uniform, he was very cautious, and he had been moving forward with standard tactical movements close to various covers, and the more he looked at this set of actions, the more familiar he became, and he couldn't help but slowly open his mouth wide.
Because Ye Xiao's order had already been conveyed, no sniper fired a shot - in fact, even the wolf warrior himself muttered, the person who came over from the other side was so cautious, even if it was himself, he might not be able to hit this grandson in motion, unless he drowned him with a barrage.
The enemy soon arrived in front of the observation post, looking at his trajectory, the location of the observation post had been determined before the advance, and the observation post with concealment and safety as the first element was noticed by others so clearly, it was really a failure!
Both Wolf Warrior and Ye Xiao felt this way, so neither of them looked very good, but when the enemy drilled into the observation post and revealed that face, both Ye Xiao and Wolf Warrior had grown their mouths!
"Ye Xiaozhan? It's you! Ye Xiao didn't expect that he would actually see the same clan that lived with him in Ye Village as a child, and his mouth was as big as he wanted.
And the reason why Wolf Warrior was surprised was because he also knew this grandson!
Who did you learn from the tricky wolf yin and yang weird trick to torture rookies? Xiao Demon King! The younger brother of the current head of state Xiao Tianci, the famous demon of the dragon blade, Xiao Demon King! And this guy in front of him is the favorite general of Demon King Xiao, Ye Zhan, who once made the dragon blade sink in the spiritual world!
Will Ye Zhan be treason and become a crusader? I don't believe in killing the wolf warrior, so there is only one possibility - this guy has mixed up with the crusaders?
I just don't know if this guy mixed in on a squad size or a squadron scale, if it was a squadron size, then it would be a lot of fun.
"Tiny?" Ye Zhan was also surprised that he would actually meet an acquaintance, but it was just a small title, which made Ye Xiao's face black and scary.
Anyway, if you can meet an old guy, it's much easier to say, Ye Zhan is pressed for time, he doesn't care about the old feelings, and he starts to tell the purpose of his trip straightforwardly.
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"Defeated?" Ye Nanxiao looked angrily at Zhang Yuliang, the commander of the group army who quietly appeared at the brigade headquarters, with an angry face, what are you kidding? How many comrades did the 2 brigade lose on the position? How many siblings are buried here? Now you are actually asking for the defeat of the 2 brigades?
Ground!
Is this worthy of those sacrificed brothers? Is it worthy of the Imperial soldiers who are still bleeding on the battlefield?
"Sir! I refuse to obey orders! Ye Nanxiao replaced the title of military seat with the honorific title of the chief, and he also stiffened his neck and disobeyed.
Zhang Yuliang knew that his subordinates were stubborn donkeys, and it was precisely because of this that he came here in person, and he had already expected the reaction of his subordinates, such a thing, even himself, was very, very difficult to accept, but the military order was like a mountain, since he was involved in this plan, some things, even if he couldn't figure it out, he had to obey.
In fact, since the beginning of the battle, Zhang Yuliang has been most worried about Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao, who has a criminal record, is the most uneasy factor in the eyes of a certain lieutenant general in the theater command, and even the lieutenant general is like replacing Ye Xiao before the war.
This is by no means a joke, Ye Xiao's behavior in Jicheng at the beginning, Ye Xiao took a hand from the imperial military, and even the military can calmly claim afterwards that it is precisely because of Ye Xiao's disobedience that Jicheng's losses have been reduced indefinitely, but this does not change the fact that Ye Xiao's disobedience will not be liked by such subordinates, so at the beginning of that "Sky Stealing Plan", the big guy wanted to take Ye Xiao down, and he could find it casually.
But General Zhang Yuliang defended Ye Xiao to the death, and in the end, it was not possible - in fact, Ye Xiao did not disappoint him, especially when Shi Kai was "a villain", Ye Xiao's reply made Brigadier General Zhang Yuliang smile all over his face, but after laughing, he needed to face Ye Nanxiao, who was like a stubborn cow and a stubborn donkey.
Ye Nanxiao is the old man of the third team, from rookie step by step to school officer, from lieutenant colonel to colonel, and now to the brigadier general, this man from the Ye clan followed Zhang Yuliang's footsteps, and can be called Zhang Yuliang's most trusted and most reassuring person, in fact, Ye Nanxiao did not disappoint him, the entire 2nd Brigade is still firmly biting on the battle line in the face of nearly ten times the enemy's attack, but the order he wants to convey is really fucked!
"I know you're distressed," the general sighed and looked at Ye Nanxiao seriously: "I know the losses of the 2nd Brigade, it's miserable!" Without reinforcements, you held on to a long position, fought to the death under the enemy's repeated attacks, and paid an unimaginable price. ”
Hearing the old chief's words, Ye Nanxiao's hands trembled.
The price of blood - he didn't dare to listen to the casualty figures reported by his subordinates later, the 2nd Brigade gave him a long face, the newly formed army, less than a year into the army, but this army of less than a year, in the face of a strong enemy will not retreat, more than half of the soldiers shed blood, he hurts!
It's all his soldiers, and they're all some energetic young people!
Seeing the distressed trembling of his subordinates, the general also felt the same way, in the final analysis, these are his soldiers, they are the soldiers of the Black 2nd Army, as the commander-in-chief, can he not feel distressed? When he was in the three major teams, he could talk about losing a soldier for half a month, but now? How much has the group army of 60,000 or 70,000 people lost since the beginning of the war?
But as the commander-in-chief, as the commander of the group army, Zhang Yuliang must put aside these emotions, he must be responsible for the whole army, and even more responsible for the great empire!
"Nan Xiao, we are soldiers, no matter how unreasonable the order, we must carry it out, and we must do it without discount! You say you're going to disobey, but have you thought about the consequences of your disobedience? The general said earnestly: "You are not a soldier, you are an officer, you are a brigadier general of the empire, if you disobey the order, it is not just a matter of a gun, but the impact on the overall situation, such a price, you and I can't afford it!" ”
"O military seat, but this position is guarded by my soldiers desperately? How do you tell me to give up? How can we give up? Ye Nanxiao hissed, tears flashed in his eyes, so many imperial soldiers died bloodily for this position, and they just gave up?
Is their sacrifice worth it?
"I'll give you a secret," the general had to tell a part of the "Sky Stealing Plan", Ye Nanxiao listened to the secrets of the general as if listening to a book from heaven, his face was full of incredulity and dumbfounded, after listening to the secrets of the general, Ye Nanxiao could only obey for the sake of the overall situation.
But his job is also not easy to do - if he wants his subordinates to abandon their positions and retreat, he has no doubt that there will definitely be people who will disobey his orders, there are too many soldiers in the empire who don't care about life and death and don't care about personal honor and disgrace!
But this is an order, Ye Nanxiao must ensure that his will will will go through, even if this will is actually really fucking damned!
If Ye Nanxiao took a lot of effort to get through the order, then Ye Xiao's situation was even more pitiful - a moment ago, he had just cut off the battle flag and vowed to take his subordinates to fulfill the words of His Majesty the Shura Emperor, but now, how to get him to say this order?
After learning from the ancestors who cut down the military flag and swore that they would die to the death, they wanted to run away with their tails between their legs like dogs?
Let's not talk about whether the coffin board of the ancestors of the Black Flag Army can be held down, just those subordinates who regard death as if they were at home will definitely cut off Ye Xiao's head for the honor of the Black Flag Army, well, now it is to blow up his head, there will definitely be such a person, if it were Ye Xiao himself, he would do the same.
That's embarrassing......
The wolf warrior looked at Ye Xiao's aggrieved appearance, empathized, and wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't find words of comfort, did he let him say angrily: "Crazy, it's not your fault, buddy understands you, it's okay, give the order." ”
Even if there are no subordinates to "rebel", in the long run, the spirit of the Black Flag Army will definitely disappear from the 2nd Battalion!
This is like the credibility of the country, in order to accumulate credibility, it takes countless years for the credibility of the country to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but if it collapses? It only takes one time!
If Ye Xiao ordered the withdrawal of the army this time, then the 2nd Battalion would never be able to become a real Black Flag Army!
The hellish legion in history, their iron-blooded style, has been accumulated again and again, and has never betrayed, and it is also because of this that the Black Flag Army can become the only demon legion in the world that maintains fear, but today if the 2nd battalion turns its back on this broken flag, then the soul of the 2nd battalion, the military soul of the 2nd battalion, will definitely dissipate because of this, and it will no longer be able to condense!
"What should I do?" Ye Xiao pounded the ground frantically, he was really really helpless, as the time for the attack approached, he was about to be driven crazy by himself.