Chapter 371: The Ninth Outpost

Even though Zhang Renyou was promoted from among the civilians, the Fifth Mobile Brigade could not only recruit military officers below the rank of captain as staff officers, but even have the power to appoint and dismiss battalion-level officers in critical moments. The third brigade of the Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info is full of members of the Zhuxia Crown Clan, and can even directly appoint and dismiss brigade-level officers.

Zhang Renyou is an ambitious person, so naturally he will not be satisfied with the position of a mobile team member. He wants to nurture minions in the army.

Now, the governor of the Deccan Highlands has been killed at sea, three of the sons of the crown of the Third Mobile Squad have died, and the rest of the mobile team members are inferior to him in strength and seniority. The only counterweight to him was the senior officers of the expeditionary force.

This terrorist attack killed a large number of officers, and it was simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. On the pretext that the Hindustans would launch a large-scale counterattack at any time, he forcibly promoted a group of experienced non-commissioned officers to fill these vacancies.

From a non-commissioned officer to an officer, it is simply difficult for civilians with no background. When they became officers, they were deeply branded by him Zhang Renyou, and if they wanted to go further, they could only cling to his wings.

A heavy transport plane tilted and swept between the mountains, and the hatch of the transport aircraft was removed and replaced by a powerful turn-tube machine gun.

Li Mu sat on the cabin door, his legs stretched out of the cabin, hanging in the air.

Heaven and earth are scarce, and the wind-blown grass on the plateau undulates like waves, revealing the sheep in the grass and the Hindustan shepherds. They looked at the iron birds roaring in the air, panicked, rode their horses, and drove the sheep back to the tribe.

These small tribes were caught between the battle lines of the Zhuxia and Hindustani, and they were miserable. From time to time, the Zhuxia people took pleasure in shooting herders in helicopters. Although the big tribes are compatriots, they are even more oppressive, taking away everything they can take away as supplies, and adult men will also be captured as strong men and used as cannon fodder.

Three days had passed since the attack in the safe zone, and Li Mu had changed into a set of Zhuxia Army's standard combat uniforms. Lightweight and sturdy body armor vests, Kevlar helmets give people a sense of security. The only regret is that this is a jungle camouflage.

In the sparsely vegetated Deccan plateau, wearing jungle camouflage is simply marking targets for the enemy.

The quartermaster made a fatal mistake when packing military supplies, sending some of the supplies that should have been destined for Negritto to the Deccan plateau, and a quarter of the soldiers and officers had to wear conspicuous jungle camouflage to fight the fierce Hindustani.

In desperation, they had no choice but to put on a self-procuring burqa on top of their combat uniforms.

Because of the battle in the security zone, Li Mu was mixed with a cadre of a platoon commander, although he was the cadre with the lowest administrative rank, but it was already a great improvement for his previous mercenary status. Many civilian-born soldiers, even if they stay in the army for a lifetime, will not be able to mix in such a formation.

Now he has three squads, each infantry squad of ten men, capable of forming two combat groups, commanded by a squad leader and a deputy squad leader, each with three riflemen, a grenade shooter and a machine gunner. The squad leader and deputy squad leader are both experienced non-commissioned officers with more than eight years of military experience.

For civilians without a background, they have touched the ceiling.

The two Brotherhood of Liberty fighters brought by Li Mu, one as a radio officer, used the radio, and the other served as the deputy squad leader of the third squad.

They were to go to the stronghold of the Zhuxia army in the Ladakh Mountains and change the third platoon. The main forces have called for massive resistance in the area, but there are still many stragglers operating in the area.

In response to a possible counteroffensive by the Hindustani, the main forces were ready to retreat and build a defensive line west of the Ladakh Mountains. At this time, these routs wandering in the mountains are very eye-catching. It's just that the terrain of the mountains is complicated, and it takes a lot of troops to completely clear it, so it's not worth it.

The commander set up more than a dozen strongholds in the mountains, patrolled and monitored the routs, and asked the Army and Air Force to provide support to clear the gathering places of the routs.

The ninth outpost was already in sight, and the base occupied the nearby high ground, covering a large area, covered with traces of battle. In particular, several gaps have been blown out of the outer wall, and there are craters everywhere.

The helicopter hovered above the landing zone of the Ninth Outpost, and the high-speed rotating blades set off a hurricane, blowing smoke and dust below, and slowly began to land.

The soldiers in the cabin left as fast as they could. Helicopters are the most vulnerable when they are hovering, and the people of Hindustani know this as well. They often lurk in the mountains near their bases, attacking helicopters from long distances with man-portable anti-aircraft missiles.

"Welcome to Outpost Nine, I'm sure you'll be buzzing for the next three weeks."

In the dust, an officer said to Li Mu, and after he finished speaking, he hurriedly climbed onto the plane, and his subordinates did the same, as if there was some cannibal monster lurking in the base.

The pity and fear in their eyes made the newcomers very uneasy.

With the roar of propellers and engines, the heavy helicopter soared into the sky, climbed as fast as it could, and disappeared from everyone's view.

"What are you still doing, the first shift enters the combat position and checks whether there are any traces of the activities of the Hindustani around, the second shift checks and checks the materials in the base, and the third shift rests and takes over the position of the first shift at night!"

Li Mu saw that his subordinates were demoralized, and assigned the tasks to everyone as quickly as possible. He knew that if he didn't give them something to do, his morale would be even lower.

"As for the correspondents, establish contacts with headquarters with me."

With a series of orders, the contempt in the eyes of the three squad leaders slowly dissipated, they originally looked down on Li Mu, the airborne platoon commander, but now it seems that this new platoon leader is not the same kind of person as the previous wine bag and rice bag.

At this moment, Li Mu's eyes suddenly froze.

"Get down! Find cover and get down! ”

The exterior wall of the base is a blastproof wall consisting of a ring of HESCO blast bags. Hesco bags are made up of alloy mesh baskets and geotextiles, filled with gravel and earth, and can quickly build a defensive line and build a camp.

Now, Li Mu finally knew what caused the breach in the blast wall.

Rockets with white tail smoke whistled from afar, like a rain of meteors, bombarding the base. Flames rose into the air, the ground trembled violently, and the entire base shook.

"It's a warm welcome."

Li Mu leaned against the explosion-proof wall and muttered.