The hill where Haoyi and the others are located is facing an east-west avenue. After bypassing the hill, the road leads several hundred meters north to the town of Raqqa, which can be said to be the gateway to the east of Raqqa. By taking the hill and using long-range fire, the avenue can be blocked and access to Raqqa Town will be choked. Therefore, the position held by Haoyi's 12th Marine Company undoubtedly became the primary target of the rebels.

After days of fierce fighting, the 12th Marine Company already suffered heavy casualties. Less than half of the more than 130 marines who were originally fully staffed were left at this time, and the squad and platoon commanders were almost replaced, and including Hao Yi, the company commanders were changed four times. According to common sense, a company with such heavy casualties should have retired a long time ago to rest and replenish its troops.

However, what made the 12th Company Marines depressed and even desperate was that the division headquarters seemed to be crazy, trying to squeeze out a little blood from them, and actually pushed the 12th Marine Company to the line of fire again and again. For example, this time, holding on to such a critical position, let alone such a crippled half-company as the 12th Company, even a fully equipped entire battalion would have to work hard for 24 hours.

As soon as the "buzzing" round of heavy artillery fire stopped, the roar of the engines of large chariots and mechs and the rumbling of the earth could be faintly heard in the distance on that avenue.

"Are you fucking alive? I can still gasp and quickly report to Lao Tzu about the casualties of each squad and platoon! Haoyi poked his head out of the half-collapsed fortifications, shook off the dust falling on his helmet, frowned at the horizon in the distance, and yelled into the headset.

"There were no casualties in a platoon!" "One person in the second row was slightly injured!" …… The reports of the platoon leaders of each squad came one after another from the headset, and Haoyi was slightly relieved. In the whole round of artillery bombardment, the 12th Company, which originally had less than 60 people left, did not suffer any other casualties except for one minor wound in the second platoon, which made Hao Yi, who was the acting company commander, somewhat relieved. Under such heavy fire from the siege tank cluster, the 12th Company was able to achieve almost zero casualties, thanks to the numerous permanent fortifications that the rebels had originally built on this position.

Before the 17th Marine Division attacked Raqqa, the rebel 77th Corps stationed in the town had built numerous strong and thick permanent fortifications on the commanding heights of the mountains on the east and west sides of the town. A considerable number of these fortifications were even able to withstand the artillery bombardment of space battlecruisers. It was with these fortifications that the rebels inflicted a heavy casualties on the attacking 17th Marine Division. Although these fortifications were destroyed to a certain extent by friendly companies during the attack. However, after an overnight rush of repairs by the 12th Marine Company, some of the available fortifications were repaired.

"Enough rest, brothers! Fuck guys, the enemy is coming to the door, all the fucking cheer up for Lao Tzu, and treat these dogs well! Haoyi gave an order to the headset, then took off the rifle on his back, loaded it with a click, and took Hu Er's fat cat out of the fortifications, lying behind the thick concrete bunker, and took out an electronic telescope to look at the movement on the horizon from afar. Blue figures began to pour out of the rest of the fortifications, scattering along the trench bunkers.

"Damn, four tanks, six mechs! Dog's crazy! After seeing the scene on the horizon in the distance through the electronic telescope, Haoyi couldn't help but gasp. The group of rebels who were slowly moving forward not only numbered one or two hundred, but also had the cover of chariot mechs. Although he couldn't see the Banshee fighter, Haoyi believed that above the rebels' heads, there must be fighters hovering and covering. Such a well-equipped armored detachment had to rely on 50 or 60 marines from the 12th Company with almost no heavy equipment to resist, and it was no less difficult than letting a baby deal with a big man with a tiger's back.

"Erfat, have you fixed it as a foodie?" Haoyi glanced at it, squatted again next to the rapid-fire laser cannon and nervously squatted Hu Erfat, and asked anxiously in a deep voice.

"It's almost there!" Hu Erpang didn't care about complaining about the mess at this time, raised his hand to wipe his face with sweat, and replied without looking back.

"Lao Chen, how many individual anti-armor missiles do we have in our hands?" Haoyi turned his head to look at the rebel team that was slowly approaching in the distance, and asked in a deep voice. Before the battle, because there were not many brothers left in the first platoon, Hao Yi specially gathered all the individual anti-armor missiles from the regiment headquarters and handed them over to the first platoon, hoping to use the first platoon as an anti-armor heavy firepower group at a critical moment.

"Twenty-three in all!"

"Okay, tell the brothers to save some money for Lao Tzu! Without an order, no one needs to set off those missiles as fireworks! Do you understand? Hao Yi knew that he had to deal with this rebel armored squad, and those anti-armor missiles and that rapid-fire laser cannon were the killer weapons in his hands. If there were no missiles and laser cannons, then he and the dozens of remaining marines of the 12th Company would only be wantonly slaughtered by those chariot mechs.

"Understood, Boss!"

"Everyone obeys my orders, and Lao Tzu honestly shrinks behind the trench bunker, and no one is allowed to show his head without my order!" Haoyi gave another order to all the members of the 12th Company, then put away the electronic binoculars, leaned on the inside of the trench, and began to count down the time silently in his heart according to the speed of the rebel team.

As the external sound transmission system of the CMC armor was inside, the unique engine roar of the chariot mecha became clearer and clearer, and Hao Yi estimated that the rebels should not be far from the position, so he got up and slowly poked his head out with an electronic telescope. Through the binoculars, the rebels could be seen advancing to the foot of the hill, and four siege tanks lined up, seemingly busy switching vehicle modes, presumably preparing to provide close fire support to the attacking rebels. The six mechs and more than a hundred marines behind them were slowly assembling together, presumably preparing for the attack.

A few minutes later, the four chariots that had been switched to siege mode, the barrels raised high suddenly trembled in unison, a low roar was heard, and four huge fireballs rolled up on the position of the 12th Company, and the violent explosion shook the hearts of the marines hiding behind the bunkers. The close fire support of the rebels began.

However, presumably to save ammunition, after four or five rounds of heavy bombardment, the siege tanks stopped firing. At this time, those mechs took a step forward, and with a team of marines, began to attack the position of the 12th Company. Due to the steep slope of the mountain, the mechs moved quite slowly. Rao was like this, after a minute or two, the rebel mechs and the marines behind them were less than a hundred meters away from the forward position of the 12th Company.

At such a close distance, Hao Yi could see the numbers on those mecha even without an electronic telescope. However, Haoyi did not give the order to attack, and the rebels probably did not find the 12th Company of Marines hiding behind the trench bunkers.

"Miller, begin!" After more than ten seconds, those rebel mechs and marines stepped into a low, sunken area in front of the position, Hao Yi's eyes suddenly flashed cold, and he ordered in a deep voice.

"Boom, boom!" As soon as Haoyi's voice fell, the low depression area suddenly exploded into a ball of fireballs, overwhelmingly engulfing the rebel marines who entered the area one by one, and even the figures of the six mechs were blown up by the violent explosion shockwave. In an instant, countless steel shards and severed limbs of flesh and blood flew in all directions, and bursts of miserable wails rang out everywhere, and the low depression area in front of the 12th Company's position was as miserable as hell.

"Well done!" Seeing that this rebel attacking force was engulfed in a sea of fire like this, Hao Yi's heart was very happy, and he smashed his fist on the bunker and shouted excitedly. It turned out that in that area, the brothers of the 12th Company had planted dozens of mines of various types in advance. These mines, including anti-armor models and anti-personnel mines, were obtained by Hao Yi from the quartermaster of the regimental headquarters by "deception." After that, Haoyi asked Miller, the only remaining engineer in the company, to change all those mine fuses to remote-controlled fuses, and detonate them at the same time after all the rebels entered the minefield.

The dense and powerful minefield instantly killed and injured most of the rebels in this wave, and those rebel marines who were lucky enough not to step into the minefield were also frightened by the tragic situation of their comrades, and one by two stumbled, and fled backwards in a hurry, without even Hao Yi and others firing a shot, and the first wave of the rebels' attack ended in a hurry.

"Boom, boom!" Probably to cover the retreat of the remaining rebels, the four siege tanks standing at the foot of the hill aimlessly bombarded the positions of the 12th Company at the top of the hill.

"Phew! Dog's day, there is no heavy guy in the hands of the bullying Lao Tzu! Haoyi spit out the mud and saliva that had choked in his mouth, and scolded and yelled. However, before he could catch his breath, a puff of smoke and dust rolled up on the horizon in the distance, and rows of mechs and marines were faintly visible in the dust.

"Damn, these dogs want to play wheel wars!" Haoyi hurriedly raised the binoculars again, observed the formation of the second wave of rebels, and gritted his teeth and scolded hatefully. The minefield in front of the position had already been exhausted by the first wave of rebels, and the second wave of rebels seemed to be larger than the first, and there was no doubt that the fierce battle of the 12th Company had just begun.

As the seconds passed, the second wave of rebels slowly drove to the bottom of the hill to engage with the remnants of the first wave. Looking at the foot of the mountain, the more than ten chariots, thirty or forty mechas, and hundreds of marines, Haoyi's little head suddenly grew bigger.

"Boom!" Before Hao Yi could wake up from his shock, there were fierce yellow beams of light from the low black clouds without warning, accompanied by a deafening explosion, and the mountain was suddenly engulfed by countless fireballs.