Chapter Seventy-Eight: Luring the Enemy Deeper
The number of mobile units of the Shadow Company is not large, but it concentrates basically all the company's motor vehicles, in addition to two M20 armored reconnaissance vehicles, including three M151 light jeeps, these jeeps are purchased from the local market in Africa, because of the poor local road conditions, so this sturdy and durable off-road vehicle has always been in very strong demand in the local area.
These five vehicles and the twenty or so PMCs on board were all combat forces, and in the second day of the battle, they were once engaged as infantry in the encirclement and suppression of the Belgian mercenaries, but on the third day, everyone did not have to move on their feet.
Hannibal deployed the mobile detachment in the smelting workshop of the factory area, where the building density is large, and the transportation is convenient, and it is convenient to extend in all directions, which can not only provide good cover, but also facilitate the attack of the mobile detachment.
Since last night, the combat strength of the mobile detachment has been increasing, Hannibal now has more than 100 combat personnel at hand, and the rest are either killed in battle or seriously wounded in the infirmary, in order to ensure that the assault can be smooth, Hannibal has transferred the Apple detachment with the greatest losses, and Charlie's detachment, which has been acting as a reserve and fire brigade, has taken the place of the Apple detachment.
The hectic preparations continued into the morning, and when breakfast was over at eight o'clock, the mercenaries, who had also been deploying troops all night, began to attack again.
The next day, the southern front has not moved again, the shadow of mercenaries appeared, but the number is not much, only more than forty people, they are constantly harassing the defense of the southern front under the command of Ek, and step by step to put pressure on the defense line, once they find that the fire suppression from the high ground on the south side has a tendency to weaken, the mercenaries will choose to press forward, and once the high ground strengthens the fire suppression, they will retreat, like a dog skin plaster. The butter squad would never dare to give up the high ground on the south side, after all, there are only two pieces of high ground in the river valley, and if one is lost, it will be forgotten, if both pieces are lost, then everyone will not even think about counterattacking.
On the north side, the mercenaries adjusted their tactics and divided their troops into two ways, not choosing to hit the dirt mountain, but choosing to outflank them from the plains on both sides.
The mercenaries first dropped the simple shield parts that had been welded the night from the mountain, and the mercenaries below assembled the parts to turn them into mobile shields on wheels, each of which was two meters in size and several centimeters thick, requiring several mercenaries to push.
Although they were tired and out of breath, the mercenaries didn't dare to be lazy in the slightest, after all, this thing was related to their own lives, so everyone used their hands and feet together, and even dragged and dragged these combined mobile shields to the riverbed.
The snipers of the Shadow Company, who were in charge of observing the vigilance, also saw these guys, and everyone quickly opened fire, but the mercenaries were in groups of more than a dozen people, cowering behind thick shields, and began to advance towards the plains on both sides.
Charlie's detachment, which was in charge of garrisoning Tushan, also quickly joined the battle, and the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire, but they couldn't help each other, and the mercenaries continued to advance under the cover of their shields, although the speed was very slow, but it was very effective, but in an hour, they advanced to the middle of the factory, and they were about to bypass Tushan.
Charlie's detachment once wanted to launch a counter-charge and drive the enemy back, but was strictly ordered by Hannibal to hold its position, and then, when dozens of mercenaries advancing from the banks of the river on both sides completed the three-sided encirclement of Tushan, Charlie's detachment was ordered by Hannibal to retreat.
"Execute according to the predetermined plan, let your people run better for Lao Tzu, you praised your people for their best acting skills before, don't mess with me!"
Hannibal shouted loudly over the walkie-talkie to the commander of the butter detachment.
Subsequently, the latter also responded with confidence.
"Don't worry, the people under Lao Tzu are not bad to go to Hollywood to be actors!"
Immediately after receiving the order to retreat, the Butter detachment began to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner with alternate cover from fire groups.
The front team threw a large number of grenades, on the one hand, to create movement to attract the enemy's attention, on the other hand, a large amount of smoke and dust will also cover their movements, and then the two teams at the front quickly retreated to the rear with weapons and ammunition, and when they crossed the third group of combat groups, they immediately stopped, and then reoccupied the high ground and assumed a defensive posture, and then the second group of fireteams began the same process again.
Therefore, the mercenaries only felt that the exchange of fire between themselves and the Tushan area became more and more intense, and it was not until the second group of personnel withdrew that they realized that something was wrong, because although the gunfire was fierce, the mercenaries did not notice that the bullets were falling around them.
Then, it was not until the third group of fireteams withdrew from the dirt mountain area and into the factory area that the mercenaries realized that their opponents had run away.
François personally commanded the mercenaries to try to quickly close the siege, intending to surround the Shadow Company personnel who did not escape, but the latter moved faster, they kept throwing grenades and smoke grenades, and then ran wildly, trying to escape before the mercenaries closed the siege.
The mercenaries who pounced on the empty space saw only all sorts of useless objects discarded on the ground, such as empty aluminum magazines, discarded bullet packets, and carrying gear on their bodies.
Even François saw the discarded M72 bazookas, although they had already used them, and in addition, they saw discarded field rations and boots, which shows that the enemy was too urgent to evacuate to drop so much.
"The other party panicked!"
François picked up the half-eaten bag of compressed biscuits with a smile on his face.
François then turned to look at the factory, the route from which the butter squad had evacuated was nothing short of a garbage road, they had lost too much of their stuff, and even a few tattered rifles.
The road stretched a few hundred metres away to the factory area and then vanished without a trace, though François could see a figure looming behind the factory window.
"Well done, boys!"
François immediately clenched his fist and swung it forward, a gesture of celebration in which he did.
At this point, they have occupied a quarter of the plant, and they only need to go further more than a kilometer to take the center of the entire mining area.
However, François is not prepared to continue the attack now, the factory area is full of hidden points and bunkers like the dirt mountain, and it also needs to be filled in with manpower, and François is not prepared to continue to consume his men, he is waiting for the support of United Mining.
After all, United Mining is wealthy, and hundreds of people will not be distressed if they die!