Chapter 213. Retreating Soviet troops

In Cave No. 2, the hum of the hydroelectric generator set continued, with a heart-stopping irritation. It's like inside a busy factory, with the sound of generator sets spinning and the rushing waves of water, combined with the echoes of the rock walls inside the cave, almost piercing the eardrums like needles. It's really uncomfortable, but it's just enduring, and without these two hydroelectric generators, which provide the necessary lighting and energy supply, the power consumption of this cave base is staggering.

But most of the Marines were already familiar with the situation, and had been able to largely ignore the background sound after living in this buzzing environment for at least a few months in a row. Of course, the expansion of the cave and the establishment of the outer defensive bunkers in the first few months were a huge amount of work, and when the time came, they had to go to bed immediately, and after the tired appearance made them fall on the sleeping bag, their heads were already groggy and sleepy, as for these background sounds, they didn't care what it was, they first slept to replenish their spirits, and the next day there were equally busy tasks waiting for them.

Liszt also walked briskly through the tunnel, the buzzing in his ears getting louder and louder, and his brow stretched slightly. Cave No. 2, as the most critical place, is equivalent to the command center of his cave base, as long as he comes here, it means that everything is still under control. He walked out of the tunnel, glanced at the still working hydroelectric generator set next to him, and turned straight to the other side, among the two houses built in the corners of the rock face.

There is the command room and communication room, which directly acts on all the defense nodes inside and outside the entire cavern base, and is also responsible for analyzing the enemy's attack direction and tactical system. Liszt walked in without hesitation, Carl and the two staff officers were frowning and looking at the military map on the table, and Liszt walked over, looking at the dense marking symbols on it, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he couldn't help but say: "What about the casualties?" ”

"We lost 12 casualties, 6 were seriously wounded, and 9 were slightly wounded, and we could not count the enemy's casualties due to environmental restrictions, but according to the observation of the pillboxes, the Soviets suffered at least half of the casualties in the attack."

Hearing Liszt's voice, Karl and the two staff officers who were buried in the military map also immediately straightened their backs. Their faces were solemn and serious, but there was also a bit of happiness and excitement between their eyebrows, and looking at Liszt's frowning brows, the corners of Karl's mouth also showed a smile and said: "That group of Soviets didn't expect our defense to be so strong, so they made a wrong tactical judgment, otherwise even if they couldn't attack our hinterland, the casualties would be much smaller." ”

Although the Soviets sent a 300-strong mountain infantry battalion as a fire reconnaissance and real sweep force, a defensive pillbox and a dense network of light and heavy machine guns made this careless and lax mountain infantry battalion lose all the fire network and artillery attacks in an instant. Even the elite infantry regiment of more than 2,000 people was defeated by the dense firepower and uninterrupted artillery attacks because they miscalculated the firepower and fortification density of the outer cave bases.

They also had tank battalions for fire support and helicopter gunships for air cover, but judging from this wrong tactical choice, how could their infantry risk death and attack the defensive pillboxes after heavy losses? Liszt chose to build a defensive bunker on the top of the hill, which can support each other at any time, especially the small shooting holes on both sides, but it can directly cover the side of the defensive bunker, so that those Soviet elite infantry who did not expect it at all, almost every meter of advance will have to pay the price of at least ten people being torn apart by the fire net!

No one can compete with the terrifying firepower of a heavy machine gun, this is not an RPG game, and there are many virtual data attributes of level, defense, and attack power in role-playing. This is a living world, a real world with all kinds of mass effects, all kinds of physical theorems, and the bullet that appears in the barrel of a heavy machine gun, after hitting the human body, will instantly tear this unlucky ghost in two because of the huge force and kinetic energy, and he will not be able to die anymore.

Even today's Liszt, with his enhanced physical fitness and the assistance of his golden finger, does not dare to easily rise into the fire network composed of heavy machine guns. No matter how strong the quality of the human body is, in the face of a heavy machine gun that can shoot through even a steel plate, the fragile one is no different from a wooden plank. Muscles can't be compared to tank-like alloy armor, and skin can't be used as a buffer to vent the firing power of a thermal weapon, and the end result is that you are torn to shreds by heavy machine guns like ordinary people.

The two staff officers also had a slight smile on their faces, and they looked at Liszt's eyes with a little more ease, and it was undoubtedly a thing to be sure that they could support the first wave of the Soviets' attack. However, Karl's voice continued to sound, and his eyes regained a bit of solemnity, and he reported to Liszt in a quick voice: "But our accumulated ammunition is almost exhausted, and if that group of Soviets continues to attack, our ammunition storage may not last for half an hour." ”

"The problem of ammunition is well solved, I will start arranging this matter, and now the important situation is, can our fire network create an effective threat to the enemy?"

Liszt's face remained unchanged and nodded, he had just gained more than 300,000 points, he was still optimistic about the problem of ammunition consumption, and he could exchange a large amount of ammunition at will with the points mall, and he didn't need to work too much at all. However, his brows also furrowed slightly, and he looked at Karl and the two staff officers and nodded: "The previous firefight has also revealed some deficiencies in our early preparations, at least when the group of Soviets were hiding in the anticline, we didn't have much to do." ”

His face was solemn, and the apex of the hill had been suppressed by the Lister defensive pillbox and could not lift his head, but the Soviet soldiers behind the anti-slope could carefully hide behind, waiting for the defensive pillbox to weaken and then launch a more fierce attack. This was the lesson learned from the fierce exchange of fire just now, and the reason why the Soviets were able to break into the defensive pillbox within fifty meters was not unrelated to the cover provided by the anticline.

Karl's brows furrowed slightly, and the two staff officers also glanced at each other, and their eyes showed a little embarrassment. In the complex mountain environment, the existence of anticline is shared by both sides. And they have already occupied the hills of several key points and built defensive pillboxes, and they still have the advantage of commanding heights and fortifications, but they do not have much to do with the anticline occupied by the Soviets. After all, the artillery group from the pit of Cave No. 5, the six Type 92 infantry guns to support the Soviets attacking on three sides had already worked quite hard, and the Soviet infantry with an unknown distribution after the covering shelling of the anticline plane was simply impossible and unrealistic tactical instructions.

"The number of our artillery is still too small, and the requested support in the defensive bunkers cannot be carried out well and in a timely manner, and I am afraid that it will be quite difficult to hit the enemy on the anti-slope."

After pondering for a moment, Karl still shook his head and vetoed Liszt's idea, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the military map that he had drawn full of symbols, the detailed terrain of the surrounding mountains had been drawn by him, and the direction of the Soviets' attack before, the positions of the tank shelling, and the several points of the assembly attack after the scattered attack had been clearly marked on it. However, Karl pointed to several areas that were obviously anticline, looked up and frowned at Liszt: "According to calculations, this is the anticline where the group of Soviets mainly gathered, but even if our Type 92 infantry guns can extend the artillery fire to that distance, the fire coverage caused by the mere six guns will not cause much casualties to those Soviets at all." ”

"They must have dug rudimentary fortifications, especially after knowing that we had warp artillery."

A staff officer next to him nodded in response, pointing to a key point on the military map, and although they had never sent anyone to these places, they could tell the general distribution of the Soviet troops based on the direction of the Soviets' attack and the clues detected in the observation posts. And he looked up at Liszt, tapped his fingers lightly on that key point, and said in a deep voice: "If our estimate is correct, then this is the temporary headquarters of the Soviet army." But he paused, his brows were still furrowed, and he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "But our artillery can't pose much of a threat to them." ”

"It seems that the number of artillery pieces is still going to be increased?"

Nodding slowly, Liszt looked at the various annotation symbols on the military map, and his brows were slightly furrowed. He reached out and touched his chin, his expression was extremely solemn, but he still nodded and said: "The number of Type 92 infantry guns is still increasing, and the pits and firing positions continue to widen inside the cave base. But Liszt looked at a few hills on the map, and the Soviet helicopters before also made him frown, and nodded slowly: "The fire network of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns must also be built, and the next time I come, those helicopters may not only carry rockets." ”

"This battle is not over, and it may be a bad start for the Soviets." Liszt took a deep breath, his expression was still solemn, he looked at Karl and the two staff officers beside him, nodded lightly to them with an extremely serious face: "That group of Soviets will not give up like this, we must speed up all the progress, and strive to make up for all the shortcomings before the Soviets attack next time." (To be continued.) )