Chapter Forty-Nine: The Supply Line Has Been Attacked
After hitting the road again, the atmosphere of the entire tank squad was obviously relaxed, the monkey gnawed on biscuits while driving the tank, like an acrobat in the circus, in a hurry, Li Jing really couldn't look past it, and handed the kettle over: "There are thousands of roads, safety first, the driving is not standardized, and the relatives are in tears...... Concentrate on driving, don't ...... in the ditch again."
"I'm X, Boss Li, you definitely did it on purpose, what's wrong with you letting me finish eating before leaving? Do you need to be in such a hurry, do you lack this time......" The monkey swallowed the biscuit in his mouth with difficulty, and Li Jing felt his throat dry when he looked at it.
Li Jing said helplessly: "Our 14th Division is the vanguard force, now it's okay, the majority of the troops have rushed to us, and then let us protect the logistics supply convoy, it won't look good!" ”
"It's good to protect the logistics convoy, at least you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and the ammunition is enough to ......"
"Can you ...... face?"
"There is still a face in the logistics convoy? Don't get it cooked! Those cooks just spoil the good stuff......"
After some time, Randall's voice came over the radio: "Sir, there is a problem with our supplies......"
Li Jing was inexplicable: "What's wrong?" Didn't get enough supplies before? Didn't fill up the tank? ”
"That's not it, we set off with a full tank of fuel, and the spare fuel tank was full." Randall's explainer voice came, "Our ...... No, it's that a large part of the troops at the front have problems with their supplies, our supply lines have been attacked by the enemy, and more than once, because of this, except for the particularly important troops at the front, the supply of other troops has been limited. ”
Li Jing's head hurt again, and he had a bad feeling: "These bastards are really good at picking the time, where is the location of the attack?" ”
Sure enough, Randall's answer confirmed Li Jing's guess: "The most recent one was three hours ago, not far ahead of us, about 15 kilometers. ”
"So, there's a mission?" Li Jing's single-minded idea of catching up with the troops in front is estimated to be in vain.
"Yes, this mission is not easy, the order issued by the staff is for us to annihilate this gang of bandits who block the road and rob, our squad is the only squad in the vicinity that has no mission, and the enemy does not know where and when it will suddenly appear." Randall's words were worried: "We can't go all over the mountains looking for enemies, can we?" And also at the risk of being ambushed by the enemy! ”
Li Jing obviously didn't care, as long as the enemy appeared within 5 kilometers of him, he should be able to find out, the question was: "How big is the enemy?" What are the configurations? ”
"Hmm...... I'm a little uncertain, but according to the escaped supply soldiers, there should be about a battalion of infantry, and at least one 47mm anti-tank gun in heavy weapons......" Randall's throat was a little dry.
Li Jing and the monkey listened to Randall's words and swallowed at the same time.
Li Jing asked in a dry voice, "The big army has just fought, how can it miss so many enemies?" There's no leakage of the sieve, right? ”
"There is a high probability that a large number of remaining small-scale enemies have been gathered together, plus there is a lack of weapons and equipment, so the idea of replenishment has begun!"
"This is really ......," Li Jing had nothing to say.
Randall continued to speak into the microphone: "The location is unknown, the time is uncertain, such a long supply line, this makes us fight like this?" ”
"Sir, the only way now is for us to follow a supply convoy and when the enemy appears, we will inflict as much damage as we can." Captain 178 Hilmer's voice came over the radio, and the lad had the most thoughts.
Randall hesitated a little: "But in this case, use the supply convoy as a bait, once the supply convoy is ambushed by the enemy, it will definitely be more than lucky......"
"As an alternative, do we have a supply convoy nearby?" Li Jing asked.
"There is no one in front, but there are two supply convoys in the back, which stop less than 5 kilometers behind us to rest, ready to wait for us to destroy the enemy before going on the road!"
"But we really look up to us, so let's contact them, let them come and meet us, and we will discuss what to do together, not only give us a headache, they should also do something!" Li Jing temporarily stopped the meaningless discussion on the radio.
Soon after, two supply convoys stopped on the road not far from the tank squad, and two officers came down from the convoy, one of whom was still an acquaintance, the commander of the supply convoy that had been reinforced earlier, a middle-aged officer of fat stature.
The fat officer trotted to Li Jing and saluted: "Hello! Major Boss Li, it's a pleasure to meet again. ”
Li Jing looked at the fat officer in front of him with a smile on his face, it is always happy to see acquaintances, the fat officer still looks very tired, the corners of his mouth are drooping, his eyes are not big, he squints and looks like he hasn't woken up, he still doesn't have a sense of joy when he laughs, it looks like a wry smile.
Li Jing teased: "Hello! Second Lieutenant, you don't look particularly happy! ”
The smile on the fat officer's face became even more bitter: "Whoever always encounters this kind of thing, I don't think they will be too happy......"
"Hah! Ha! Ha! You're a lot luckier than the previous supply convoys, by the way, why don't you introduce me to the one next to you? Li Jing looked at the thin black young man who came with Bao Shi.
"Oh, let me introduce you, this is Brigadier Sergeant Gottlieb, who is in charge of leading a supply convoy of the 49th Army in the Mountains, he is an artilleryman, a nice young man." Bao Shi turned his head to look at the thin black young man and introduced.
"Oh? Artillery background? So how to take charge of the supply convoy? Do we already have so much artillery? Li Jing looked at the somewhat decadent black thin young man and was a little curious.
The thin black young man saluted Li Jing and said loudly, "Hello sir! I'm Gottlieb, with the rank of Associate Sergeant Major, leading the 9th Supply Vehicle Squad of the X Division of the 49th Mountain Army! ”
Putting down his hand, Gottlieb said with a bitter face: "Because I disobeyed the military order in the battle against the Gallic chickens last year, I was demoted by one rank and was transferred to the logistics unit of the X Division of the 49th Army in the mountains, and I have been until now!" ”
Li Jing was even more curious: "Disobey military orders? ”
"Last year, during the attack on the Gallic chickens, Gottlieb was punished by his superiors for disobeying military orders for refusing to fire at a village with many innocent civilians, when he was already a sergeant major, and he was a good hand at operating a 75mm Le.FK18 field gun!" ”
"That's a pity...... Li Jing could only sigh helplessly, everyone has their own fate, who can tell whether it's right or wrong: "Okay, don't talk about this, what's the configuration of your fleet?" ”