Chapter 363: The Road Is Twisty
The new Huaxia Star, the old town of Chainness Dolphin City, reappeared on the street yesterday.
AugustΓn and Levmila are in dire need of supplies for the hungry rebels, and the streets of the Old Town are so vast that if you patrol carefully, you will be able to find food and water.
So Levmila suggested to Augustine: "What do you think of sending your marines out, collecting supplies everywhere, and reconnoitring the battlefield by the way?" β
Augustine nodded and replied, "We are now alone, and we cannot expect supplies to fall from the sky, and that's all. β
Ten Marines of the Reconnaissance Company were sent out by Augustine to search the west, and after the agreed two hours, the Marines returned one after another, and one of them reported that he had found a food warehouse guarded by the city garrison in the Inter Compact Workers' Settlement, 18 kilometers away.
"How many enemies are there?" Augustine asked.
"A reinforced battalion with strong firepower, the number of enemies is visually 900 people." The Marine replied.
Augustin and Levmila exchanged glances, and then they both shook their heads and nodded.
"900 only, Comrade Augustine!" Levmila said: "Let's occupy that food warehouse and fill the stomachs of our comrades!" β
"With a hungry and tired team, to storm and wait for work, several times the number of your own enemies?" Augustine shook his head and said, "I don't agree. β
"Comrade Augustine, on the battlefield of the uprising, all actions must be under my command!" Levmila said: "If you don't try it, how can you know if it will work?!" β
Augustine nodded helplessly, he is a soldier and is not good at dealing with similar subordinate relationships, which is why he once suggested to Fowei that there are no political commissars at all levels of the Marine Corps, he is not distrustful of Comrade Levmila, but Levmila is indeed a layman.
Augustine didn't want to destroy the unity of the rebel army, and he also thought in his heart that it would not be a bad thing to let Levmila suffer a little, so he relieved himself and said: "Okay, but I said that in the front, if the attack does not go well, we must immediately withdraw from the battle and save our strength." β
"I agree!" Levmila nodded.
As a result, the rebel fighters of the 1st Regiment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army of Tianma began to assemble and march towards the Intre contract workers' quarters, and the marines of the reconnaissance company explored the way ahead and spotted several garrison units in advance, and Augustine did not want to waste time on them, and commanded the rebel troops to bypass the enemy several times.
As a result, it took a lot of time for the team to arrive near the Intlexe Workers' Settlement.
The warriors were hungry, tired, and thirsty, but they were desperate for supplies, so they dragged their tired bodies and attacked against an enemy several times their size, and the enemy had set up a barrier around the food storehouse, making it an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and Augustine carefully commanded the rebels to lure them out, but this force was unlike any enemy they had ever encountered.
No matter how the feint troops provoked, these enemies just held their positions and did not come out, and as time passed, Augustine and Levmila were anxious.
"What to do..."Levmila's determination to insist on attacking the food warehouse was somewhat shaken: "Do we continue to attack, or do we change our strategy?" β
Augustine nodded and said: "Although more than 200 enemy troops have been eliminated, our rebel troops have lost more than 50 people, and there are less than 280 people left. β
Listened to Augustine's words, Montage, Chen Qingmin and Parker. Reddy's three battalion commanders all nodded.
Augustine stood up and shouted to the rebel fighters huddled in the position, and these warriors stood up one after another, gathered in front of Augustine, and asked them: "After so many days of fighting, so many days of hunger, and so many sacrifices, tell me, are you tired?" Bitter or not?! β
Listening to Augustine's question, the comrades of the uprising neither denied nor affirmed.
Augustine raised his voice and yelled, "Speak your heart!" Tired or not? Hungry or not? Bitter or not?! β
"Tired!"
"Hungry ββ!"
"Bitter ββ!!!"
The rebel fighters shouted in unison, as if to vent their grief and indignation, and some young fighters, after shouting out their hearts, even began to secretly wipe away tears.
Augustine turned his head and said to Levmila: "Comrade, we really need to change our tactics. β
Levmila nodded, but he didn't know where this rebel team should go next, and his face was very worried, could it be that the rebel army that had worked so hard to gather was going to be wiped out in the old city like this?
At this time, Chen Qingmin suddenly spoke: "Comrade Political Commissar, this place is only one step away from the Interre community, why don't we go to the indentured workers' settlement area and seek the help of the workers' brothers?" If we're lucky, maybe we'll meet some comrades from the Red Union! β
When Levmila heard this, his face was sad, he slapped his head and blamed himself: "Look at my pig brain! When I came, Comrade Fu Wei, the Supreme Committee member, told us to fully organize, lead, and rely on the strength of the indentured workers.
Once we have entered the indentured workers' ghetto, we have a big rear! Comrades, let us turn around, change our tactics, and join the indentured working class in victory! Levmila waved his hand and said confidently.
When the soldiers of the rebel army heard this, their faces showed a hopeful longing, they did not ask for much, as long as the worker brothers could share a bite of energy bars to satisfy their hunger, they would be satisfied! In this case, filling the stomach is the only expectation of all fighters.
The 1st Regiment quickly withdrew from the battlefield and marched along a side street in the direction of the Interre community, the reconnaissance company was divided into two teams, one in front and one in the rear, both 1.5 kilometers away from the main force, and the reconnaissance team in the rear found a large number of reinforcements that had gone to support the food warehouse.
Fortunately, the rebel troops withdrew in time, otherwise they would have been dumplings by these reinforcements, but it was really a desperate shot!
Just as Augustine was breathing a sigh of relief, a Marine suddenly rushed back from behind the group, and he reported to Augustine out of breath: "Company commander! A motorized unit of the enemy caught up! β
"How many people? How far away are we concerned? How long will it take to catch up? Augustine's worst fears came true, but he was able to keep his composure and ask three questions in a row.
The marines replied: "The other four members of my squad are trying their best to pin down the enemy and slow down their pursuit, the enemy has 2,000 men, marching in ship-borne vehicles, including 300 vanguard troops driving maglev movers, and it will catch up in 10 minutes!" β
Augustine's heart jumped, their group of rebels was afraid that they would become turtles in the urn.
The rebels did not stop, they continued to march, they had crossed the border of the Interre community, from a large open airlock to close the entrance, one after another into the indentured workers' ghetto, Augustine saw the huge number "B-513" on the airlocks, and beckoned to a nearby rebel fighter, signaling him to come.
"Captain!" The warrior came up to Augustine and saluted the navy's chest.
"Can this door be closed?" Augustine asked, pointing to the airlock closed door.
"It can't be closed, unless there is a leak in the closed area of the city here, and the airlock door will automatically close to keep the closed area intact." The rebel warrior replied, and Augustine listened, and his heart moved again! He hurriedly asked:
"You mean that if we blow up the enclosed area behind us, the B-513 airlock will be closed to protect the Interlay community, is that what you mean?"
The rebel warrior nodded and replied: "Yes, that's what it means, B-513 is the airlock gate that separates the two closed areas of Intre and this place, the old city of Chainnis's Dolphin City is an internal closed city, if it is not designed like this, once there is a leak, the entire old city will be completely destroyed, in the old city, there are thousands of such airlocks, isolating hundreds of closed areas of the city from each other. β
Levmila understood, and he understood why Augustine was so excited, because they had found the perfect way to deal with their pursuers! Augustine stretched out his hand to the Marines beside him and ordered: "Give me your anti-infantry mines!" β
This anti-infantry mine the size of an ordinary paper book, the inward part in the middle is the control center and ignition parts, and the liquid explosive storage tank is placed inside the four outer rings, which can be blasted at regular intervals or remotely detonated, and the power is extremely amazing.
Ordinary live ammunition and grenades may not be able to destroy the outer wall of a closed area of the city, but this anti-infantry mine can, and it is powerful enough to tear a huge gap in the outer wall.
Augustine's plan was simple - he was to place anti-infantry mines in the enemy's path, and then use the gas leak created by the explosion to send these enemies to the western sky!
"Place it in a hidden location 1 km away from the airlock door, calculate the yield and blasting location, and make sure it can blast through the outer wall and form a leak!" Augustine returned the anti-infantry mine to the Marine and continued to order: "Then, inform the soldiers of your squad to withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible!" β
"Yes, sir!" The Marine reattaches the anti-infantry mine to the leg slot, then turns around and scurries in the opposite direction of the Inter community, where he must race against time to complete his mission.