Chapter 77: Licking blood from the knife

Walking alone through the base's work area, which was littered with corpses and on fire, and walked through the passage that normally takes 230 steps to complete, the closer you get to the exit, the clearer the sound of gunfire and explosions from outside. Lynn held the steel helmet in his left hand, and naturally swung down and held the MP44 of his wounded comrade in his right hand. Take everything that should not be taken, destroy everything that should not be destroyed, kill everything that should not be killed, and then it is time to fight against fate. Even though half of the two battalions of US officers and men rushed to the direction of Abququi to deal with the attackers, more than 500 people remained on guard around and around the base. A dozen or twenty anti-aircraft artillery batteries, with urgent mobilization, can also piece together hundreds of fighters. If these American troops were to surround them from all directions, it would still be a surging frenzy for a commando force of only 50 people.

Ascending the 16 steps with his head held high, his right wrist turned, and his left hand holding the handle of the assault rifle, he stood resolutely at the exit position. In the distance, the armory was still blazing, and the flames reflected the night sky red, which must have attracted considerable attention from the Americans. Looking closer, the commandos were using the captured US jeep to send the information and key gentlemen to the west side of the base, and there were three people who could not sit in the car.

Listening attentively, the sound of gunshots and explosions was mixed, not far away, most likely coming from the location of the medical station, he stared at the three commandos in front of him, all of them strong and energetic, and nodded at them:

"Guys, let's go!"

At this time, next to the fork in the road in front of the medical station of the base, a group of American officers and soldiers crouched against the wall, wearing steel helmets and holding M1 semi-automatic rifles, Browning light machine guns and other standard firearms, these weapons have been used in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific theater have excellent performance, especially against the German and Chinese armies using manual rifles have obvious firepower advantages, but here, they have encountered great trouble. The dense bullets of the opposing light machine guns and assault rifles firmly controlled the fork in the road, where a jeep overturned, another body was sifted into a sieve, and more than a dozen corpses of American soldiers lay around it. Seeing that the attack was not improving, and that he could only wait here for more reinforcements to arrive, the major officer who led the team was at a loss, and one of his officers, a captain with a calm face, asked: "Sir, let me lead a group of soldiers to bypass the right flank!" Only in this way can we have a chance to find a breakthrough! ”

The major asked worriedly and anxiously, "Bypass?" How to wrap around? Climbing over the wall from the outside? ”

The captain shook his head and said, "You throw grenades for cover, we will rush over at full speed in two 'Willis', as long as we cross this fork, their machine guns will not hurt us!" ”

The Major wanted to take another look at the medical station, but a bullet hit the corner, and the cement debris flew everywhere, and the soldiers near the corner had to move half a position backwards, making the people behind them even more crowded.

"Well, be careful, may God hold you!" The Major shouted.

"May God be with us!" The captain drew a cross on his chest, and then ordered a few soldiers to follow him back to the jeep. The two Willis military jeeps were quickly started, and the captain personally drove one of them, and once it started, the gunfire in front of him could not drown out the roar of the engine, so he did not rush out, but waited patiently, constantly stepping on the accelerator to change the loudness of the engine, trying to confuse the other party's hearing. The American soldiers leaning against the corner of the wall all had grenades in their hands, and they all looked nervous and waited for the attack order. When he felt that the time had come, he released the hand brake and the jeep started at the same time, he raised his right arm and shook it vigorously, and the major officer who was leaning on the corner of the wall understood it, and immediately got up and shouted: "Throw the grenade!" ”

The American soldiers got up one after another, afraid of the fierce fire blocking the fork in the road, they just took a few more steps away from the wall, and threw the grenade diagonally towards the position between the fork and the medical station, only to hear the gunfire on the opposite side burst like a sharp increase, a few seconds later, the grenade shells exploded one after another, stepping on this point, the jeep driven by the captain rushed out first, the limited acceleration distance did not allow it to reach top speed, but it only took a moment to rush through the fork about ten meters wide, and the soldier on the right side of the back seat also fired horizontally from the machine gun on the frame. Another jeep followed, and when they reached the back of the house on the opposite side of the fork, the captain roared with the joy of not being able to resist his death, but when he looked again, two of the soldiers in the same car had been shot.

The change in mood from the mountain peak to the abyss was only at this moment, and the captain's officer, who had never really stepped onto the battlefield, widened his eyes: "Hell! Vic! Myrtle! ”

The captain found a position that he thought was safe to brake the car, and the soldier on the left side of the back seat was fortunately only injured in the arm, but the person in the co-pilot seat was hit by multiple bullets and almost lost consciousness while leaning back. Because the jeep in front attracted fire, the crew who rushed through the fork behind seemed to be safe and sound, and the driver also stopped on the side, but the position he chose was really not good, the soldiers were about to get out of the car to see if they could help, suddenly they heard an extremely short scream, a shell came through the gap between the two buildings, it landed on the left side of the jeep and exploded instantly, although the absolute power of the shell was not large, but the weight of the Willis military jeep was also very light, It flipped over on its side in an instant, and the soldier sitting on the left was even swept away by the blast of air!

"Oh God......" The captain was stunned, he couldn't remember if he had prayed to the omnipotent Creator in the morning, but since the appearance of the "UFO" that could not be shot down, he had a faint bad instinct that the battle had indeed happened, a few weeks after the war was declared over, and it was all like a nightmare, and he himself was now in a nightmare from which he could not break free.

"Sir, shall we continue to fight or go over and save people?" The shout of the soldier in charge of controlling the machine gun on the right side of the back seat instantly pulled the distracted captain back to reality, and he looked around, the jeep that was traveling with him had been overturned, and the companion on it did not know whether he was alive or dead, only to see two people lying motionless on the ground, and there were some fragments scattered around him who did not dare to speculate on the content. Under tremendous pressure, he took two deep breaths in succession, stepped on the accelerator, and shouted hoarsely: "Let's rush over, outflank those bitches from the side, we must kill them all!" ”

It's not necessarily a bad thing to have momentum on the battlefield, but it can sometimes backfire when you say it out loud, and after the jeep restarts, it quickly and smoothly drives past the position where its companion was being shelled, and the machine gunner fires somewhat blindly in the opposite direction, but most of the bullets hit the walls of the two houses, and only a few of them pass through the gaps between them, whether it is a normal artillery gun or a tank gun, they are not enough to pose a threat to the. The jeep traveled about 100 meters, turned left at an intersection that was not blocked by fire, continued and turned left again at the right place, and they were able to make a side detour, but only two or three seconds after the first turn, two bullets were fired in front of them - although there were only two, they were extremely accurate and deadly. One pierced the windshield and shot the captain in the shoulder, and the other flew over the windshield, only to hear a muffled grunt, the American soldier who was holding the frame machine gun let go of his hand, and he leaned back weakly, because the center of gravity of the whole person was high, and as a result, he rolled over the seat and rolled directly from behind the car.

The captain was shocked, at the critical moment, he made another wrong decision, he twisted the steering wheel left and right to try to avoid the opponent's cold shot, but in front of the immobile shooter, this is just a clumsy swinging jeep, fast point fire still has a high hit rate on the target, but the driver who has no experience in driving a car is easily dizzy because of the left and right swing of the vehicle. Sharp bullets followed, piercing the windshield one after another, causing pain in the corners of his forehead, face, and neck, and the captain finally lost himself completely, and as his consciousness gradually collapsed, he braked to avoid crashing into the house and causing complete hopelessness to his two injured companions, but this was his third and final mistake. Up to this point, the captain had no idea that he was likely to be the best marksman in the opposing camp, and that he and he had shaken hands in a friendly manner not long ago, and even had the same lunch, watched a movie, and shared their love experiences in a different way...... The last few bullets fired were still extremely ruthless. A shot pierced the captain's chest, and after the end of the war, he should have quickly entered the wedding hall with his beloved; As a dying U.S. soldier in the co-pilot position, his discharge application has been approved, and as a guard soldier who has served in a secret base, he enjoys a special benefit of continuing to serve as a contract security officer; Two more shots hit the American soldier on the left side of the back seat, and he and his baseball dreams could only end there.

The feeling of being hit by a bullet was very bad, the pain in his chest was like a tear, so that the pain on his head, face and neck became insignificant, the captain was breathing hard, his hands and feet were gradually out of his control, his vision was sometimes clear, sometimes blurred, his thoughts began to become erratic, he couldn't concentrate, he thought about his relatives, thought about the past, but couldn't think of what to do in the future. Suddenly, he saw someone walk up to him, take off the steel helmet he had never seen before, and the face ...... Déjà vu, it seems to be the exchange scholar from Argentina, a young man with a suspicious background but a good character, how could it be him? How could it be him?

"Rest in peace! Captain! If you have an afterlife, be a doctor, a lawyer, a farmer, or whatever, and don't join the army again! The familiar voice was like a call from heaven, and the captain felt himself getting lighter and lighter, and gradually floated into the air, and all his worries and sorrows were gone, and he was completely relieved.

(To be continued)