Chapter 575: Attack
"Damn, can any of you tell me what's going on!" Colonel Castro yelled angrily. The appearance of the commander of the 'French Sumatra Dispatch Command' at this moment seems to be ridiculous. The crumpled colonel's officer uniform was covered with a camouflage jacket, and the military cap on his head was soaked by the rain. The shiny leather shoes became combat boots at the moment, trampling directly into the muddy water everywhere. He also carried a submachine gun in his hand.
"Is it a rebel?" The Colonel asked, annoyed, "Have you found their location?" ”
"Yes, I think so, sir, it should be a rebel." A lieutenant stumbled.
"Damn, what's 'supposed to be'?" Castro twitched the scars on his face and scolded: "I need a clear answer from you, what attacked? The colonel tilted his head to look at the hapless lieutenant.
"Okay, okay!" Looking at the reluctant lieutenant, Castro kicked on a wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle on the side, "Since you don't know anything, go find them, damn it, go." ”
In the distance in the rain, a small group of figures wearing the jungle camouflage combat uniforms of the Chinese Army were quietly pulling along the road in the direction of Ganbaru City. Despite the heavy wind and rain, these figures, carrying combat backpacks and carrying a full set of combat carrying equipment, still maintained a fast marching speed. It was as if the wind and rain had not affected them in the slightest.
The Marine Corps Special Reconnaissance Team, which had been operating in the south of Sumatra, immediately changed its original reconnaissance plan after receiving an operational order from the Southeast Asia Theater Command. Conducted by small-scale harassment reconnaissance operations. Changed to a surprise attack on the city of Gambaru. Guidance and assistance for subsequent raids.
The Southeast Asia Theater Command, after receiving Hanjing's request, began to implement preparations for an attack on Indonesia. Especially after the arrival of troops from the Allied member states on the island of Sumatra, an updated battle plan was quickly drawn up.
On the coast ahead, the fierce offensive continues. However, progress has been very slow, and the pace of progress has been minimized.
At this time, the Indonesian archipelago was affected by the hot winter weather in the south. Especially in today's stormy days, the Japanese army and the Allies must have been relatively lax in the level of martial law in Kanbaru City. Moreover, many divisional units that were originally responsible for defense have been withdrawn from Banda Aceh, so the defense near Kanbaru will definitely be much looser. In such bad weather, the surprise attack will go very well.
Indeed, as the Chinese adviser in charge of leading the team had guessed. The Marine Corps reconnaissance team infiltrated the outskirts of Kanbaru with little hindrance. This surprised the Chinese officers who were in charge of the day-to-day command of the Marine Corps reconnaissance squad.
After a number of rockets were fired at the security zone centered on the New East Asia Hotel. The Marine Corps Special Reconnaissance Team was quickly out of the fight. If you continue to entangle, it will definitely be detrimental to your own side, and it is the trick of the soldiers to encircle the point and send reinforcements.
And the place where they attacked was the French garrison, which was the so-called safe zone in the city of Gambalou.
The rocket attack did make the French in the security zone extremely nervous. The rebel guerrillas have learned to use rockets to attack the security zone. It's worth it. Next time, roadside bombs and suicide bombings may spring up like mushrooms. In that case. The law and order situation in Kanbaru is getting worse and worse.
But it's even worse. At this moment, the security zone is full of officials of the military and political advisory groups of the entire Allied countries stationed on the island of Sumatra, and if these people make a difference in the security zone guarded by the French army, then where is the face that France is about to lose?
Along several large highways within the city of Kanbaru. A mobile group of the French Gendarmerie Command in Kanbaru was hurrying in the direction of the security zone in four wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles. This mobile squad is mainly responsible for maintaining public order, dealing with violent crimes, and eliminating guerrilla resistance in Kanbaru.
In fact, this was also a face-saving gesture from Japan to the Allies, which was originally supposed to be handed over to the Americans, but the United States did not send major officers to arrive. The American side also did not have much interest in this work, and the British did not bother to care. The result fell on France, which loves to be in the limelight.
More often than not, this mobile detachment did not interfere with the criminal acts of the French soldiers in Sumatra. Although this unit is subordinate to the establishment of the Gendarmerie Command. But just like the duties of the French National Gendarmerie, its responsibilities are similar to those of the internal forces. After receiving the order to reinforce the security zone this time, a small team was quickly dispatched with four wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles to reinforce the area.
"Boom!" With a loud explosion, the wheeled armored vehicle that hit the head was overturned by the air wave in a cloud of firelight, and after a few somersaults in the air, the wheeled reconnaissance vehicle that spewed flames all over was smashed down.
"Watch out for ambushes!" With the screeching sound of brakes, the three wheeled chariots behind quickly crossed the direction. The sudden turn in the middle of the high-speed march caused all three chariots to plow a crooked turn in the wind and rain.
The bombed-out armored vehicle was still burning, and none of the three occupants in the car escaped alive.
"Reverse, reverse!" The machine gunner in the second car, who had climbed out of the cabin, yelled as he cocked the vehicle's 7.62mm machine gun and fired wildly at the side of the road, with bullets "chirping" and flying in the rain.
At this moment, a few large trees on the side of the road that were originally intact fell directly into the middle of the road.
"Stop back, stop back." The sudden fall of the tree made the machine gunner panic: "Damn, the enemy must have been premeditated, damn it, they are certainly not guerrillas." This trick of pinching the head and cutting off the tail is too professional. ”
Almost at the same time, the Heavy realized that something was wrong felt a burst of scorching heat rush over his face. "Damn it!" Instinct told the unlucky guy what was coming to him. The sudden explosion of the grenade enveloped the wheeled armored vehicle in an instant with countless flying fragments. Although the hull of the car was only clanged, the Heavy who ejected outside the car was unrecognizable.
"Quack!" With the sound of brakes one after another, the hatch of the wheeled armored car that hit the body was suddenly kicked open, and in the face of a rain of bullets, more than a dozen French soldiers jumped out one after another, turning over to find cover, and the guns were swept away.
"Chirp!" Scorching bullets flew in all directions in the wind and rain, and it was clear that the two sides were caught in a melee for a moment.
The communications soldier with a single radio on his back half-knelt behind the car door, dodging the rain of bullets and calling for reinforcements.
Suddenly, a warm spray splashed on his face, a piece of mud. "Oh God, Oh God!" The frightened French communications soldier stumbled and grabbed the microphone in his hand.
One of the team members who was supposed to be next to him had his throat cut by a bullet flying from nowhere. Blood arrows spurted out from the hideous and terrible wound between his neck, and the broken carotid arteries and sparse musculature were mixed together, as if his trachea had also been broken, and there was a terrible cracking sound between his throats. The Messenger didn't know how to help his own robes, and could only watch as the glow in his blue pupils gradually dimmed.
A dense burst of bullets swept from behind, and the covered figures climbed up from under the roadbed, damn they also had a group of people in ambush behind them. It was the only thought that flashed through the frightened communications soldier before the bullet ripped open his skull. Blood flowed all over the ground, and the rain quickly diluted the sticky blood stains, and soon washed away.
"What, damn it, what are you going to say?" Enraged, Colonel Castro yelled angrily at the frightened adjutant.
"The mobile squad of the Ganbaru Gendarmerie Command was ambushed on the road." He glanced at his commander resignedly, and the voice of the attendant adjutant seemed to come out of his throat.
"Are there any alive, and who ambushed them?" The colonel's gaze almost timidized the staff around him.
"It's not clear, the search force found the attacked troops on the way to reinforcements!" The adjutant replied: "All four armored vehicles were destroyed." The scene was horrible, and ....... As if looking at the colonel, the adjutant swallowed the words that came to his lips.
"And what? Damn, what else can't be said! Colonel Castro said angrily.
"And the bodies of each of them have been reshot." The adjutant hesitated, but finished his words.
"Oh God!" Colonel Castro fell silent amid the surprised gasps of the crowd around him. He could see the corpse of the French soldier lying there in the rain. Everyone was covered with bullet holes, the blood had long since been washed away by the rain, and the pale bodies were soaked in muddy water.
"We have blocked the surrounding 5 kilometre area." The adjutant said, "But as you know, in such weather, the plane can't take off to search. Moreover, the performance of various electronic devices will be greatly reduced due to rain. ”
"Alright, I got it!" The Colonel was a rare quieter. He just waved his hand and didn't say much.
At the same time, in the gloomy sky, hundreds of Kunpeng transport planes, under the heavy rain, came from a high altitude towards Kanbaru.
The attack was just the beginning. (To be continued......)