The pilots saw the battle on the ground and knew that the special forces were risking their lives to desperately block the enemy in order to buy time for themselves to complete the mission. So, they also did their best to speed up the mine-laying.

It didn't take long for the Dongwu Brigade to arrive, and this time the special forces were not so easy to deal with, because there were too many enemies, they were almost all magic weapons, what horse crossbows, thunderbolts, angry birds, and even left ~ wheel ~ hand ~ guns were used.

Due to the blazing fire on the battlefield, half of the sky was lit up, and the hot air balloons in mid-air also revealed their hideous faces, and the people of Dongwu had already discovered these behemoths, although they did not know their intentions to appear here, but it was clear that there was definitely nothing good.

So, under the urging of the general, the Eastern Wu army rushed to this side regardless of losses. Sometimes it is not necessary to know the enemy's purpose, as long as you know: "What the enemy wants to do, what you need to destroy" is enough.

Although he didn't know what the enemy's hot air balloons were planning to fly to the mouth of the river, he knew that no matter what the enemy wanted to do, he must stop them and rush there to see what was going on.

Therefore, he did not spare the lives of his soldiers, and blindly let his soldiers charge like crazy. In this way, the special forces will suffer, although they are all extraordinary and have strong firepower, but they can't bear the many families.

Even if a few thousand pigs are determined to charge in one direction, if you only have one person and give you a machine gun, you may not be able to kill them in time, not to mention that here is a well-trained, organized and disciplined army.

Gradually, the special forces also suffered casualties, especially after the Eastern Wu people used archers. Although the lighting conditions at the scene were not good, and the Soochow people could not see the situation of the position very clearly from afar, they could use a large number of archers to cover an area.

They could easily determine the approximate location of the special forces position from the direction from which the thunderbolt was throwing, and then concentrate a few hundred archers to throw a projectile at the area. Instead of shooting at a person, the arrow is shot diagonally towards the sky at an angle, causing the arrow to move in a parabolic motion.

Once the arrow is raised to the highest point, it flies down the parabola into the enemy's formation. One of the advantages of this type of shooting is that it can be shot far enough. It is conceivable that this kind of shooting method does not pay attention to the accuracy, and whether the shot can hit the person completely depends on luck, talking about probability.

The more people who shoot the arrow, the denser the formation of the target group stands, and the greater the probability of hitting the arrow. In the face of this kind of covering attack, the special forces have no choice, they are out of a secret mission, they are infiltrated into the enemy country through infiltration, it is not easy to carry so many weapons over, and large war equipment such as shields cannot be carried at all.

So, in the face of this kind of covering attack, no matter how good the special forces are, there is no way to do it, so they have to resign themselves to fate. At most, they tried to huddle in the trenches as much as possible, reduce the area of the blow, and then put everything they could get their hands on their heads, hoping to get in the way.

All of a sudden, the baskets of the merchants, the planing, chiseling, sawing, and hammering of the carpenters, the porters' burdens, the goods, and all the mess were put on their heads and shoulders, and even the crossbows, left~wheels~hand~guns, etc., which they used in battle, were also put on their heads and shoulders.

It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, anyway, put it on the head and shoulders, hoping that luck these things can help you block an arrow, and the usually heroic special forces are like drowning people grabbing a life-saving straw at this time, holding on to ~ holding on to it and refusing to let go.

Because the arrows are thrown, it is useless even if the earthen wall in front of the trench is built, even if the special forces hide all their bodies in the trenches, there is still a possibility of being shot, although this probability has been reduced a lot by them, but it cannot be eliminated, not to mention that sometimes the special forces have to show their bodies to come out and fight back.

After the Dongwu archers released three rounds of arrows, five special forces had been hit by arrows one after another, one of whom was killed and four were injured. But the special forces gritted their teeth and said nothing, and continued to operate actively~ with weapons to counterattack, and quietly leaned on the trench wall and waited for the final fate.

The situation is getting more and more critical, but fortunately, the minelaying work is almost complete by this time, but in this case, it is not easy to pick up the special forces. For this situation, Sima Yi made an emergency plan.

It was deep into the realm of Wu, and there were countless Eastern Wu troops stationed around, so it was difficult to escape all the way back to Han from the land. It is also unrealistic to jump into the water and escape from the Yangtze River, not to mention that this is still the territory controlled by the Dongwu Navy, even if there are no Dongwu warships patrolling nearby, and there is no boat to respond, it is impossible for the special forces to swim back to the territory controlled by the Jingzhou Navy.

In particular, the Jingzhou Navy is still upstream, going upstream for dozens of kilometers against the current, and from time to time it has to dodge the enemy's patrol boats, I'm afraid the Navy SEALs can't do it. Maybe no one in the world can do it, because it's beyond human power.

Therefore, Sima Yi's plan was: once discovered by the enemy, the special forces would first block the enemy at any cost to ensure the success of the mine-laying, and then they would be picked up by an empty hot air balloon. So far, neither Wei nor Wu has weapons that can effectively hit hot air balloons, of course, provided that the hot air balloons fly high enough.

Now that it has come to the last moment, there are still two or three hot air balloons that have not finished laying mines, and other hot air balloons that have been mined have floated over the blocking position, intending to descend to a certain height and pick up the special forces.

However, the Dongwu people were also ruthless, their arrows never stopped, and the hot air balloon was forced to rise again by the rain of arrows like locusts. No way, hot air balloons have no armor, and although ordinary arrows are not very powerful, they can still have a certain lethality to the pilot on the hot air balloon and the hot air balloon itself.

The longer the time drags on, the more the Soochow army gathers, and the more unfavorable the situation will be for the special forces. Both the pilots on the hot air balloons and the special forces on the ground began to get anxious.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, the No. 18 hot air balloon that was laying mines regained its altitude and slowly broke away from the minelaying area and flew towards the positions where the two sides were fighting.

Everyone was taken aback, knowing that the entire process of laying mines was strictly regulated, and everyone followed a fixed procedure. For example, which hot air balloon comes first, which hot air balloon comes later, which hot air balloon is on the left, which hot air balloon is on the right, etc., all of which are pre-agreed and cannot be chaotic, and unauthorized actions can easily lead to chaos, although temporary confusion can be corrected under the adjustment of the commander.

However, this correction process involves a complicated communication and coordination process, which will inevitably waste a lot of time and reduce the efficiency of mine laying. But now that the No. 18 hot air balloon has stopped the minelaying without authorization and left the minelaying area, what do they want to do?