Chapter 396: A Contest of Wills

With a rifle in his arms, Li Mu sat on the roof of an infantry fighting vehicle. The oncoming wind is wrapped in radiation dust, which irritates people's skin and hurts.

A full convoy of trucks was marching along the ridge. There are no roads in the mountains, and after the heavy rains, the once solid soil turns into a muddy mass. What looks like a solid pavement is most likely a mud swamp. The powerful diesel engine roared in full force, and the infantry fighting vehicle resembled a faltering giant, its tracks covered in weeds and clay.

Li Mu's spirit was highly tense, and he let the lightest armored off-road vehicle explore the way ahead, so that even if he was stuck in the mud, he could be dragged out with the powerful power tow of the infantry fighting vehicle.

His biggest concern was power armor, the humanoid shape that made them the least adaptable to muddy ground. It's also the hardest to drag out if you get stuck in the mud.

Aside from that, marching through the mountains is a pleasure. Thanks to the previous rainstorm, the air was filled with moisture. The tenacious wasteland plants took advantage of the abundant water to sprout, flower, pollinate and set seeds in a frenzy, bursting out the energy that had been accumulated for a whole year.

The Weiwei Mountains are like giants towering over this land. Changing the previous yellow, there are lush patches everywhere, and the bright green seems to be able to pinch out the oil. Pink, red, white, and variegated wildflowers everywhere make it hard to believe it's the same world.

If there is no war, Li Mu is willing to take Li Mei and Yuan Chuan to live here forever.

Li Mu looked at the long river that twisted and zigzag. This nascent river has no name and was formed by the abundant rainfall of heavy rainfall. Here, the communication signals of the Hindustani people become very active, full of restlessness and restlessness.

Large UAVs from the Air Force have been monitoring the entire area in shifts. On the electronic map of the theater command and control system, red markers symbolizing Hindustani combat units began to appear. They are active and come from all directions.

They were staring at the convoy from afar, like wolves surveying their prey.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

An infantry fighting vehicle stopped and fired a short burst of fire from the cannon. The high-explosive bombs that whistled away exploded violently, and a severed arm could be faintly seen blown into the sky.

"We can't go forward like this anymore, the Hindustans will be like wolves against tigers, exhausting us with tentative attacks and eventually everyone's heads will be cut off."

Chen Du's voice sounded in the communication system.

"Isn't that what we do? Attract the attention of the Hindustani and create conditions for the breakthrough of the commandos. ”

Li Mu held his rifle and stared at the ridge in the distance, where there were also shadowy Hindustani. They were more than 2,000 meters away from the convoy and were monitoring the convoy with binoculars.

He picked up the heavy machine gun from the infantry fighting vehicle and pressed the barrel of the gun to sweep out a long shot at the Hindustani.

The rain of bullets whistled away, and the mud on the ridge of the hit flew into a chain of fire and swept into the crowd. The Hindustani were caught off guard and swept to the ground. The rest of the Hindustani tumbled down the ridge, ignoring the wounded who remained in place and screamed. With the rudimentary medical conditions of the Hindustani, these were certain to die when hit by heavy machine guns.

"Freely attack all the Hindustani who are in sight, drive them away, and before it gets dark today, you must reach Mount Tai, take down the whole mountain, and establish a defensive position there. These Hindustani were hanging from afar, ready to attack at night. ”

Li Mu had long been familiar with the terrain on the march, and the terrain of the Nantai Mountains was dangerous, and the millimeter-wave radar of the infantry fighting vehicles could monitor the river valley in a radius of more than ten kilometers on the mountain.

"The capture of Mount Tai is to open a small gap in the circle of the Hindustani to the commando."

The commander of the Hindustani is not stupid, and according to the intelligence displayed in the theater command and control system, it is highly likely that there is a Hindustani command in Gantaishan, where about four hundred militants are stationed.

The closer you get to the mountain, the more frequent the intercepted Hindustan calls in the communication. The voices of these Hindustani people sound arrogant and arrogant, and they can even be heard in their fervent prayers to Yama.

Li Mu's face was expressionless, he knew how tragic the upcoming collision would be.

If they can't take the mountain before nightfall, their situation will be terrible. Although there will be no heavy losses in the next attack, there will be no safe foothold, and morale and physical strength will eventually be exhausted in the attack after attack.

From a distance, the river valley in front of Mount Nantai looks like a paradise. It is one of the few small plains in the mountainous Ladakh Mountains, crossed by a well-watered river.

Locals have carved out large fields and mud-built bungalows dotted with them.

"Check weapons, ammunition, and get ready for battle!"

Li Mu gave the order, and the faces of all the soldiers became solemn.

The sound of propellers whistling in the air was heard. This is the air support that Li Mu asked the air force forward guide to call. The stout fuselage of the gunboat appeared in the sky, and the long barrels protruded from the plane.

This is a 122mm howitzer, with a 67mm rapid-fire gun and a 25mm turn-tube cannon on the side. Advanced radar pods and infrared night vision devices allow this powerful aerial gunboat to deliver devastating strikes against enemies at high altitudes.

"Wild badger, here's Chickadee 4."

A calm female voice rang out over the communication system.

There was a loud whistle in the communication system, and everyone did not expect that it would be a female pilot who was piloting the Grim Reaper in the air.

"Ahem!" Li Mu coughed and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "4, this is a wild badger, we are about to launch an attack on the mountains, please attack the Hindustan people in the defensive position." ”

Attacking villages can be a headache, and no one knows if the Hindustani are hidden in the dense vegetation, ditches, crumbling walls and rudimentary bungalows.

"Onward! Advance! Divide into three battle groups and clear the villages ahead! Attack everything that is alive! ”

Li Mu launched the order to attack. He knew that if he bypassed the village and attacked the mountain directly, when the battle was fierce, it would be very easy for the enemy to fall on his back and the whole army would collapse.

The infantrymen jumped out of the compartment of the infantry fighting vehicle, their bodies hidden in the dense wheat. Heavy tracks crushed the fields, cutting a flat path directly into the wheat fields.

The village is ahead, and it will be a battle of wills.