Chapter Seventy-Three: The Battle in the Night
Fighting, suddenly erupting in the dark night without warning.
The first mine to be triggered was a clarion call to attack, while the other mines became the main means of stopping the enemy's attack.
The commandos of the Navy calmly entered their predetermined positions, waiting for the order to open fire.
As naval commandos, they were born ready to be surrounded by countless enemies. Standing tall in the face of siege and holding your ground in the face of enemy attacks is the most basic professional requirement of a naval commando.
According to General Horn's assumption, the enemy would quickly halt its advance after discovering a mine on the road, and then send a small detachment to infiltrate other places where they could walk. It is actually very difficult to ensure the safety of Finn County with a company of men. But if it is possible to block several major roads...... That would make use of the terrain of Funn County to lure the enemy into a few paths.
Once led to the path, under the attack of well-trained naval commandos, the enemy becomes a lump of clay that can be kneaded at will. General Horn can cut them into several pieces if he wants to.
With one's eyes shut.
However, the enemy who had not yet shown his face in the dark did not seem to be planning to follow the script set by General Horn. They have their own ideas.
There was a steady stream of explosions in both minefields, and the occasional wailing and crying of someone after they had fallen could be heard in between.
But the explosions did not stop, and the enemy continued to charge towards the minefield.
"Are these people crazy?" Several Navy commandos looked at each other, their eyes full of puzzlement and shock.
Mines are the best tool to scare away infantry charges, and there is no one. No matter how strong a soldier is, he will stop in the wailing and struggling of his comrades after the sudden explosion on the ground.
But those enemies who were desperately charging in the darkness seemed to have no fear at all.
"Your Excellency, please get out of here as soon as possible." The commando company's commander, the lieutenant, made a request to General Horn, "These enemies don't look quite right. β
"This is your company, you command." General Horn didn't agree to the request to evacuate, he just waved his hand, and then frowned deeply, "Your mission hasn't changed, but if possible, try to grab a few prisoners and come back and ask." β
The commodore with only one arm left did not feel very well, and he had seen the army charging forward on a mine once.
It was the Confederate Army that charged his company on the colony planet of Ahaot twenty-two years ago.
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On the road to Finn County, nearly a thousand thin, tattered and well-dressed people lined up in a neat line. Outside them, there were hundreds of mine overseers with weapons in their hands and nervous looks.
At the front of the line, an emaciated middle-aged man with his hair and eyebrows gone stood upright with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on the black hole in front of him.
It's like staring at a man-eating monster.
"Your Excellency Shaozuo, the first squadron has lost its combat capability." In front of him, an equally emaciated man staggered through the report, "The death toll is still counting, but the 1st Squadron has lost all its combat capability - there is no one left who can stand up." β
"Second squadron, keep going." The bald Shaozuo looked as usual, and he continued to give the order to attack, "There are not many people on the other side, and they have a limited time to lay mines - continue to assault!" β
A group of men silently broke away from the group, and one by one they walked up to the overseer and picked up their tattered rifles from the wooden frame in front of them.
"Two bullets each." One of the members of the Mine Supervision Team suddenly kicked over one of the members of the Second Squadron and pointed a gun at the other and shouted, "Put back the extra bullets!" β
The other soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, who had already obtained their weapons in their hands, also unceremoniously raised their guns and aimed their guns at the Overseer in front of them, their eyes full of hatred and anger, as if they did not care at all about the fact that the other side was outnumbered and well-armed.
"Damn Imperial Cubs!" The soldier who was kicked to the ground couldn't get up from the ground for half a day, and the comrade next to him gritted his teeth and pulled the bolt, "Lao Tzu fought with you!" β
"Stop!" The bald Shaozo roared angrily, and the soldier who pulled the bolt shook his body, and then slowly lowered the rifle in his hand.
"Second squadron, continue the mission." Shao Zuo's brows furrowed, he walked up to the member of the mine supervision team who was still disdainful after kicking people, stared at him with his hands behind his back, and asked in fluent imperial Chinese, "Why did you kick him?" β
"He took six bullets." The member of the Overseer snorted coldly, "The order is that you can only take two rounds. β
"Smack!" After a gunshot, the mine supervisor lay on the ground with his thighs in his hands, and the other mine supervisors nervously pointed their rifles at the bald young man.
A wisp of white smoke drifted from the muzzle of the pistol in the bald Shaozuo's hand, and he put the pistol back away, only to see that the muzzle of the gun pointed at him around him was air.
"We, the allies, have already died on the battlefield once." He crouched down, looked at the overseer who had fallen to the ground in front of him, and said, "Now, because we have a common goal, we have agreed to stand in the same trench as you. β
He pointed to the road in the distance and said, "You can still stand here and do your best because my men are working with their lives to open the way!" β
"Mr. Major, please restrain yourself." An older man in the Overseer shouted, "We're running out of time!" β
"Then shut your mouth!" The bald Shaozo spat on the ground, turned to the people of the second squadron and shouted, "Five rounds of ammunition per person, act immediately after taking them!" β
Hundreds of emaciated, silent, angry Confederate soldiers grabbed guns and bullets and headed out into the darkness. A quarter of an hour later, the explosion of mines sounded again.
The bald Shaozuo turned his back to his people and the mine supervisors, and closed his eyes in pain.
"Third Squadron, up!"
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"That's for sure, the people on the other side who are responsible for commanding and charging are all allies." General Horn slammed the low wall of the fortifications beside him, "I can smell the stench of this group of rebels from two hundred yols!" β
Although he looked down on the Confederate soldiers, General Horn was able to immediately judge that it was the Confederates who attacked him, and he relied on the opponent's fearless mode of action.
The Confederate Army and Navy are almost all personalities carved out of a mold. For them, soldiers on the battlefield cannot be considered alive at all - they can only be considered "expendables" at best.
Not only the officers of the alliance see it this way, but even the soldiers at the grassroots level see themselves this way. They will not hesitate to carry out the orders given by the officers that are obviously to send them to death, and carry it out thoroughly.
On the planet of Elder Colony, the Confederate soldiers were just like they are nowβthey used their legs to break through the minefields in order to break through the defensive positions set up by Horn, who was still a captain at the time.
The Allied soldier who had his legs broken would even drag his broken body on the ground with both hands, just to get closer to the Imperial position, and then use the grenade on his body to die with an Imperial soldier.
The Alliance, which has been at war with the Empire for hundreds of years, is indeed the most formidable enemy in this universe.
"Adjust the defensive position, occupy all the commanding heights, and block the attack layer by layer!" Horn gave the order to the lieutenant company commander on the side, "Send someone back to the county of Finn to find the little lord at once, he should know where the artillery positions in the county of Finn areβwe need heavy firepower!" β