As the fighting deepened, the peacekeepers received more information, and the signs on the battlefield fully showed that this large-scale offensive was carefully planned by the Crescent Brigade over a long period of time.

As soon as the news of the fall of Sibak reached Juba City, less than three hours later, the main force of the Crescent Brigade had already entered the oil field and mines. This shows that not only is the intelligence on the side of the peacekeeping force lagging behind, but the combat effectiveness and commander of the main force of the Crescent Brigade are much more difficult to deal with than many people think!

Under the counterattack of a Chinese infantry battalion and a Pakistani armored battalion of the UNSOC peacekeeping force, the main force of the Crescent Brigade was able to defend while continuing to organize forces to carry out onslaught on the oil field and mining area.

Although the main force of the Crescent Brigade has nearly 2,000 people and a lot of heavy equipment, it is difficult to do this if the military quality of the soldiers in it is low.

In any case, Li Mu is at least completely sure that the Crescent Moon Brigade is definitely not as simple as reported by the news media.

The corpses of Westerners dragged out of the two destroyed T-72 tanks can make some very necessary and basically correct judgments.

The Crescent Brigade, an extremist armed force with no political inclination and no bottom line, may have been quietly transforming since it began to attack cities and seize land. How many forces are entangled behind this, Li Mu dare not boldly imagine.

Xu Yan hurried over and entered the armored command vehicle, which was the mobile headquarters of all the peacekeeping forces on the battlefield. Orders kept coming out of Li Mu's mouth, and then the communications staff officers or operational staff officers quickly distributed them to various combat units, including the Pakistani armored battalion, through the joint command channel.

Seeing that Li Mu was actually drawing solemnly with red and blue pencils on the paper map of the peacekeeping area, Xu Yan didn't understand why Li Mu didn't use the real-time drone monitoring screen and satellite map at first, but when he saw the lines outlined by Li Mu clearly, he was stunned.

"The reserves are ready, according to your instructions, placed in the field hospital, ready to standby. In addition, the engineer battalion dispatched more than 200 people, but they did not have heavy weapons. Xu Yan stabilized his mind and reported.

Li Mu nodded slightly, finally put down the pencil, took a deep breath, slammed his fist on the table, and made up his mind.

"Come and see. Li Mu turned around and pointed to the real-time monitoring footage transmitted back by the drone.

Xu Yan looked at it intently and said in surprise, "This is?"

"The reserve of the Crescent Brigade, which should be a standard infantry battalion, has been hidden in the col on the northeast side of the crossroads behind them. If it weren't for the expansion of the battlefield reconnaissance range, we would not have known that they would have such a powerful armored assault force. Li Mu said solemnly.

Xu Yan finally understood why Li Mu had asked for reinforcements to the engineer battalion, there were not enough reserves in his hands, once the armored assault force of the Crescent Brigade was put into the battlefield, the peacekeeping force would be wiped out, and the destruction of the oil field and mining area would be a completely conceivable scene.

"Why did they stand still?" Xu Yan asked the most critical question.

Li Mu sneered and said, "As far as I know, the chief of staff of the Crescent Brigade is called Weeks, who used to be a senior officer in the British military, with intelligence work experience, and his tactical command literacy can be seen. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the current battlefield situation map.

At the moment, it is a tragic and embarrassing situation, and the two sides are forming a stalemate. After striking more than a kilometer to the west, the Pakistani armored battalion stopped its assault under heavy fire from the Crescent Brigade and began to show signs of fatigue.

"The Crescent Brigade has an artillery position here, a full eighteen 105-mm guns. Li Mu pointed to the picture taken by the drone and said, on the picture, the artillery position was firing fiercely, he said, "But we don't have any means to attack this artillery position." ”

Knowing and being able to lock on to the enemy's artillery position, but not having the weapons and equipment to attack there, how uncomfortable it is!

In the real-time footage captured by the drone's wide-angle lens, the entire battlefield is shrouded in the golden light of the setting sun, starting from the north-south highway on which the peacekeepers rely as a support line, and pushing west along the east-west road, which is a vast plain that can provide very few places to hide. The Crescent Brigade, on the other hand, relied on the east-west road and attacked in the east and northeast directions along the road.

The oil field is just to the northeast.

The sound of gunfire shook the sky, and from time to time a burst of shells landed in the camp of the peacekeeping troops, exploding continuously, raising thick smoke and dust that filled the air.

In fact, when the tank units of the Crescent Brigade blocked the Pakistani armored battalion, the peacekeepers had lost their last means of assault. With artillery and a lot of heavy firepower, the peacekeepers, who do not even have mortars, have no way to sustain the offensive.

It was as if the commander of the Crescent Brigade had anticipated this situation in advance, so their artillery units did not even set up reserve positions.

They don't have to worry about being attacked by the peacekeepers from the air, because the peacekeepers don't even have the firepower from the air!

It is undoubtedly difficult to assault with a 30-millimeter machine gun on an infantry combat vehicle alone, you must know that the most important thing for the Crescent Brigade is a large number of RPG rockets!

Therefore, when the Pakistani armored battalion showed fatigue before Xu Yan's arrival, Li Mu decisively gave Husserl an order, ordering them to move north, to the edge of the oil field and mining area, that is, to move on the east-west road, where they looked for suitable terrain and gradually shifted from attack to active defense.

After all, the Pakistani armored battalion is equipped with more than 20 Khalid main battle tanks of the world's advanced level, and although the attack is weak, if a defensive front is built, it will be difficult for the Crescent Brigade to bite down.

Therefore, the battlefield situation has formed a stalemate.

"What about the South Korean infantry battalions? They should be to the northeast of the Crescent Brigade, let them detour to the west and attack the Crescent Brigade from the flank, and the situation can be completely broken. Xu Yan decisively pointed to the map and said.

Li Mudao, "We still have more than a dozen workers trapped in the oil field mining area, and the evacuation route has been cut off by the Crescent Brigade, the reason is that the South Korean barrel slaughtering troops, not only did not take a detour to defend the right flank of the oil field mining area according to the plan, but retreated five kilometers back, leaving a gap, and about a company of troops of the Crescent Brigade had already attacked the oil field and mining area from that pass, cutting off the evacuation route, that is, blocking this section of the road. ”

Xu Yan looked at Li Mu in disbelief, and slowly, he understood, hasn't that country always been like this, a country full of shameless people, and it won't have much courage to think about it.

At this time, Xu Yan confirmed his judgment based on the outline of Li Mu on the paper map he had just seen.

He asked, "Li Mu, are you really going to do this?"

"The only way to break the deadlock or even annihilate the Crescent Brigade. Li Mu glanced at Xu Yan, said in a deep voice, then pointed to the map, and said, "You see, the crossroads in the rear of the Crescent Brigade, the crossroads occupied by the Pakistani armored battalion, constitute an I-shaped area. Now the focus of both sides, as well as the gap left by the South Korean infantry battalion, are on the right side of the I-shape. ”

After speaking, he looked at Xu Yan and said, "I sent all the people I could to rescue the workers, but there were still more than a dozen workers trapped, as well as a platoon led by Li Fengxiang." In order to save them, I am willing to bear any consequences. ”

"A South Korean infantry battalion, or even tens of thousands of tons of relief food from the World Food Programme, are not as important to me as the lives of a dozen or so compatriots and more than 20 soldiers. ”

Xu Yan stared at Li Mu and said solemnly, "Do you know what the consequences will be? You are very likely to be sent to a military court." ”

Taking a deep breath, Li Mu picked up a piece of telegraphic paper and handed it to Xu Yan, "This is the casualty statistics from ten minutes ago. ”

Seeing the numbers above, Xu Yan's teeth were already clenched, the green tendons on his neck came out, and his eyes were almost spewing fire. He had expected the casualties of his troops, but he had never imagined that they would be so serious!

"The reserve armored assault force of the Crescent Brigade did not move, and I sensed that the commander of the Crescent Brigade, like me, was waiting for a suitable moment and then committing it. ”

Li Mu is still the calmest person after all, no matter how much blood is shed, before the end of the battle, the commander must not let his emotions affect his ability to think, and he must always stay sober.

"Well, I'm going to create the moment. As long as he puts the reserves in, I am sure to annihilate them!" Li Mu's gaze was like a sharp arrow, and he wanted to shoot through the screen until he saw the opponent's headquarters.

"Didn't they ask for those tens of thousands of tons of relief food?

Li Mu slammed his fist on the table.

What is he going to do?

The Pakistani armored battalion was ordered to retreat and give way to the crossroads, so that the armored assault units of the Crescent Brigade could attack along the road, turn northeast at the crossroads, and then strike northeast almost unhindered along the road!

Five kilometers to the northeast is the South Korean infantry battalion, and then the warehouse of the United Nations World Food Programme! The most important thing is that the oil product warehouse in the oil field is next to the warehouse of the United Nations World Food Programme!

At the root, if they could get the much-needed oil and food without attacking Chinese companies, they would not have taken the initiative to attack at all. From previous indications, the commander of the Crescent Brigade is a person who knows very well the internal situation of the peacekeeping force and the relationship between the peacekeeping forces of various countries, and he will not be stupid enough to set up more enemies for himself.

The current situation is that the Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion and the Pakistani armored battalion are the only forces standing in their way, to be exact, the crossroads controlled by the Pakistani armored battalion.

If it is released, then there is no doubt that the Crescent Brigade will send its strongest mobile troops to storm through the gap and go straight to the warehouse.

Once this happens, then the Crescent Brigade will definitely not attack the production area of the oil field mining area so violently, and a platoon and a dozen workers trapped inside will be rescued.

The South Korean infantry battalion, which had retreated to the perimeter of the warehouse, became the only peacekeeper standing in their way.

Therefore, Xu Yan warned Li Mu - you are very likely to be sent to a military court!

Li Mu wants to gamble his military life!

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