Chapter 112: Operation "Excavator" (3)
Twelve hours after the time arrived, the 76th shift and the 14th shift were replaced, and the 14th shift, which had been on duty for 4 hours, was replaced and went back to rest. Ral continued to try to establish contact with the platoon but the communication channel remained unresponsive, and no friendly troops were seen on the horizon in the past few hours. There were several small waves of attacks from Tadarin, but they were mostly raids with just a few fanatics and pursuers, and there were no casualties.
Lal's uneasiness grew stronger, and he had to prepare for the worst. If they become the primary target of the Tadarin Rapid Reaction Force, and the landing zone is successfully established in other locations, it means that the fleet command will turn its main and primary attention to the landing zone. In other words, if they did get to that point, they would be completely abandoned in the wilderness of Hill if they could not contact the fleet headquarters.
Lar and Nelson were expected to stay at Jumoyan Point for 24 hours, and if there was no sign of friendly arrival within 24 hours, they immediately set off for the Mobius Expedition base marked on the map. Their tactical map has not received any updates from HQ until now, except for their own Jumoyan dotted with a green marker representing friendly forces. Their tactical map is still the same version that it was updated before disembarking, with only a few other landing zones and their mission objectives and operational objectives identified.
If no friendly forces are able to arrive within this time, they cannot continue to stay on this high ground without support at the risk of being surrounded by Tadarin's main force, and must continue to advance in search of possible friendly forces. They don't have much supplies, and they must try to find any friendly units that can support them before they run out of supplies.
However, they were not so unlucky, and they waited for a friendly unit to arrive. However, this was only bad news for them - it was an infantry squad of the C platoon, and it was still a remnant.
This infantry squad was one of two infantry squads originally scheduled to be reinforced to Platoon B. However, when the two infantry squads landed and advanced towards the Yumayan point, they were surrounded and intercepted by the Tadarin Quick Reaction Force. These men fought desperately, managed to escape, and then kept running for their lives in the direction of Yumoyan Point, and finally arrived at Yumoyan Point to meet them before they could evacuate.
Rall and Nelson immediately realized what the problem was: the Tadarin Rapid Reflex Force was in this area, and it was likely that they were searching it.
The two squad leaders immediately re-admitted the remnants of the army, dispersed them into their squads, and then quickly treated the lightly wounded, while the others immediately got on guard and began to clean up the traces and prepare to evacuate the point.
It is not difficult to think that the previous waves of small-scale raids should have been to cut off the retreat of these troubled brothers, but they did not expect that they had already established a defense in this place, and many raids failed to achieve results. If they continue to wait for now, I am afraid that they will all be buried at the hands of Tadarin's rapid reaction forces.
As for the remaining infantry squad in the platoon and C platoon, they could already roughly guess their fate. It should have fallen directly on the face of the fast reaction force, and it was wiped out before even a message could be sent. As for the fate of the rest of the company...... It's not something they can care about now.
But after learning of their intentions, the new remnants came up with a new plan. They suggested that you should go to Kekha Point first to see what was going on. According to the mission arrangement, Keha Point is a strategic stronghold with the largest number of troops and the strongest defense force. If there is a question of which of the three platoons is the easiest to survive, it must be the A platoon in charge of Keha Point, and the company unit should also be there.
Lal was against this plan. He believed that since the rapid reaction force had arrived in this area, the A platoon and company headquarters with the largest number of people, the strongest arm, and the largest target should have been scattered, and now venturing to Keha Point might run headlong into the main force of Tadarin, who was searching for the enemy. But Nelson thought that this was at least a more likely solution, the base of the Mobius expedition was the main target of the operation, but it was also unlikely to be taken down so quickly, and it was more likely to run into Tadarin's forces if he went there now.
The two argued for a long time, and finally Lal chose to give in. Keha Point is not far from Yumoyan Point after all, and the two points were originally set with mutual support in mind, so they don't waste much time if Keha Point gets nothing - as for risk, there is a famous saying within the Imperial Marine Corps: "There is nothing more risky and exciting than landing".
After a brief treatment, the two classes resumed. Since the target of the two squads is too large when they act together, a certain distance is drawn between them, and the two squad leaders communicate and coordinate through radio.
“…… I miss APC now. Miles said with some weakness in the communication channel.
"I thought what you said last time in APC was all about you?"
"Of course it's the voice! But it's better than walking to the target point on two legs now! Miles's voice was a little excited, "What age is this, and we are still being the 11th Route Army?" ”
"It's good for you to go, you look at how many people have died since we landed." Four Eyes sneered, "It's another operation that didn't collect corpses, God knows how many shifts Keha's garment factory and medal factory have to work overtime to make these things......"
"Oh, I almost forgot, Miles, did you collect some more of your disgusting fetish?" Ral suddenly remembered something and interjected in the communication channel.
"What is disgusting! It's a hobby similar to stamp collecting, don't you think stamp collecting is disgusting?! Whenever he said this, Miles would look a little angry, "Where did I come from to put those wreckage now?" I collected some fragments of the stalker...... It's a pity that the complete remains of the Stalker can sell for a lot of money in the Port of the Dead......"
"I don't think that's a disgusting fetish, right?" A discordant voice rang out, and Ral glanced at the identification code, it was a raider from Platoon C who had been absorbed in, "I'm also collecting, but I'm not collecting the disgusting corpse wreckage, I'm mainly collecting the soil of the planets where the fleet has been on missions. I also filled a jar of Yumayan before I pulled it out today. Later, if any of the allies in Keha can stabilize, I'll have a pot of Keha points to collect. ”
His words directly caused the eyes of the people in front of him to turn their heads to him, but the raider did not seem to show any timidity, but pointed to the storage box on his shoulder with his grenade launcher, and said proudly: "These are all my treasures, I have collected a lot of them since Monlaith, the commander." People always have to have a hobby, don't they? ”
Lal turned his head and shook his head: "There are really bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods in this army......"