Chapter 427: Beheading
In this world, as long as it is defined as "guerrilla warfare", the core must be the same.
The core of its tactics is basically the same, that is, rapid maneuvering, rapid transfer, avoiding head-to-head confrontation, and playing the greatest battle damage under the premise of maximum safety.
Or to put it in more popular terms, that is, to be able to play sideways without hitting the front, and to be able to hit the back without hitting the sideways, and give full play to the talent of the sixth child.
Although the squad of the Dongfeng Corps is all "new recruits", the inheritance of guerrilla tactics is engraved in the team's genes, so there is no need for Chen Shen to make too many arrangements, and everyone has already made their positions clear.
After hiding the two wounded in a position that the enemy would never have imagined-—— that is, in a garbage pond in a residential area, the remaining nine members of the squad quickly dispersed, except for Yang Shu, who was still responsible for reconnaissance and went to the commanding heights, the rest of the people worked in pairs, each of them to the depths of the residential area, each looking for a favorable combat position, and preparing to give the Kachin army on the opposite side a full-fledged guerrilla warfare.
Their purpose is to delay time, not to break through or annihilate the enemy, so in the basic battle plan, Chen Shen also set clear boundaries and conveyed the three most basic principles to the team members.
First, decentralized operations do not mean that small groups are fighting on their own, but that they should cover each other and link up with each other on the basis of dispersion, so as to achieve control over the broadest area with the least amount of manpower.
Second, in the case of insufficient ammunition reserves, avoid all unnecessary battles, and focus on hiding, and the sole purpose of starting a war is to further hide.
Third, we must not attack by force when the enemy has sufficient troops, we must not blindly start a war in order to hinder the narrowing of the encirclement, and we must not shoot as long as there is room for movement.
I have to say that these three principles can be said to be conservative to the extreme, or even "cowardly" to the extreme.
But Chen Shen was extremely convinced of the correctness of these three principles, because he knew that this thing was a summary of real battlefield experience!
At that time, a Maozi SSO team carried out reconnaissance and targeted elimination missions on the front line of Aleppo, Syria, but due to the escape of the Syrian army and the unfavorable cooperation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, all 16 members of this team were besieged in Aleppo.
In the following time, in the face of various mortars, earthen artillery, rockets and even tanks attacked by the JAN extremist forces, without effective air support, SSO persisted for two days and two nights, and finally waited for the rescue of the Russian air assault brigade, and withdrew from the battlefield with no casualties.
And the enemy casualties they inflicted were less than thirty people.
30 people were killed in two days and two nights, which can be said to be a pitiful number.
But unlike the exaggerated results boasted by some marketing accounts of "killing hundreds of enemies" and "annihilating 300 people", this is the real record of SSO.
It is precisely this record that reflects their professionalism and strength.
Who won't fight in a head-on conflict?
Even if they do not have an advantage in firepower and stand up with guns to break out with each other, with the military quality of a special force, they can kill dozens of people in any case.
But after killing these people, will you be able to escape?
Unswervingly carry out the task, eliminate all unnecessary distractions, and compress your own actions to the purest and most extreme degree, you are the real master!
And this time, the Dongfeng Corps is going to learn SSO and be a master.
"I already occupy the top floor of the high-rise apartment, the evacuation route is clear, and the view is good."
"The enemy forces in the direction of the airport are moving closer to the residential area from the southwest, and part of the vanguard has been assembled in the farmland outside the residential area."
"Two Mogang urban security police units are maneuvering along the Mogang Highway and have deployed sentry posts at the intersection."
"Another enemy unit crossed the river from the Kuntao Bridge and established a defensive line in the northeast direction."
"They haven't launched a large-scale search yet, and I'm not tall enough, so it's hard for me to know where they are when they enter the residential area."
There was a poplar report in the earphones, Chen Shen nodded slightly, and replied:
"Understood, keep watching."
At this time, relying on the information provided by Yang Shu, Chen Shen had already established a flat map of the Mogang residential area in his mind.
The whole residential area is bounded by Mogang Highway and Menggong River, and is laid out in an isosceles triangle, with the apex of the triangle in the northeast direction and the bottom edge of the triangle in the southwest direction facing the airport.
On the three sides of this triangle, the Kachin army deployed three forces to blockade it.
Among them, the Mogang Highway is in charge of the public security police force, the bottom side is in charge of the airport guards, and the Menggong River is in charge of the urban guards.
The total number of troops in three directions was more than 600, and most of the defenders, in addition to the police force, were heavily armed.
This was already quite an unfavorable situation, but then poplar brought even worse news.
The search has not officially begun, but a large number of civilians have already gathered on the edge of the residential area.
They are not trying to leave the dangerous battlefield, but they are tipping off the Kachin military!
"We're completely under surveillance."
"There are nearly 200 buildings of all kinds in this residential area, and the number of civilians is more than 1,000."
"If they're going to evacuate civilians, we have a chance."
"But if they turn all civilians into spies. We have too little space to move around. ”
"Commander, what should I do?"
Yang Shu's words fell, and Chen Shen couldn't help but fall into silence.
At this time, he suddenly reacted, it turned out that there were still some differences between the current Eastern Corps and the SSO at that time.
For the Kachin people, the Dongfeng Corps is not a heavenly soldier who saves the people from fire and water, but a proper foreign invader!
They must be hostile to the Dongfeng Corps, and this hostility will eventually turn into the advantage of the Kachin army.
What is the use of the Dongfeng Corps having a scout like a poplar?
There may be thousands on the Kachin side
I'm afraid that the planned plan of "delaying for two hours" will not work, because the enemy's search speed will definitely be much faster than Chen Shen expected.
What to do?
Chen Shen subconsciously looked in the direction of the airport, and then, a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind.
From the beginning of the fight to the present, he has always remembered one thing, that is, there are high-ranking people at the airport in Kachin.
It is possible that this high-ranking man is a Kachin native, or he may be a foreign aid, but in any case, it is impossible for him to be on the front line, and his command is most likely still in the airport.
And now, the airfield defense is empty, and most of the defenders have been transferred, if this time can be killed
The entire disadvantage of the Dongfeng Corps will be completely reversed!
Chen Shen's eyes lit up instantly, and then he spoke:
"The plan has changed, and we need to break out."
"Lin River, you come with me, we will swim across the river from the southeast corner, enter the jungle and continue south to bypass the Kachin army, and then walk to the airport."
"Others are creating chaos in the city to cover our movements!"
"The whole journey from this route to the airport is at least 5 kilometers or more."
"We're going to travel light and arrive in 1 hour."
"Remember, no matter what, give us an hour of time, it's the key to whether we can survive or not!"
"Understood!"
No one raised any questions about Chen Shen's extremely risky plan, and after a brief assignment of tasks, Chen Shen took Lin He and set off immediately.
Their current location is in the southwest corner of the residential area, nearly 800 meters away from the swimming site predicted by Chen Shen.
Chen Shen and Lin He took off their extra equipment, threw down the rifles in their hands, and each carried only an MP5-K used by the helicopter crew, and ran all the way through the streets and alleys of the residential area.
It took them less than five minutes to reach the vicinity of the crossing, and at this time, the defensive line established by the defenders of the airfield on the southwest side was less than two hundred meters away from them.
This is the most dangerous moment, Chen Shen and Lin He must swim through the river under each other's noses, and they can't let them find out!
If they want to be foolproof, they can only dive the whole way.
But the width of this Menggong River is close to 100 meters, and even if you are an Olympic champion, it is impossible to swim directly to the opposite bank without breathing!
However, Chen Shen had already been prepared, he and Lin He had carried several stones in their pockets in advance, plus the weight of the guns and magazines, which was enough for them to "sink naturally" in the water.
At the same time, he also kicked and broke a slender water pipe outside a private house, intending to use the water pipe as a breathing port to help them complete the ventilation.
Everything was ready, and Chen Shen issued orders to the other team members who were waiting in the city.
A few seconds later, the poplar tree at the commanding heights took the lead, and with a violent gunshot, a .50 BMG large-caliber sniper projectile came out of its disembowelment and instantly hit the fuel tank of a pickup truck of the defenders of the airport on the southwest side!
The bullet set off a chain reaction, as Poplar was loaded with a red-headed armor-piercing incendiary bomb.
Flames rose instantly, followed by a violent explosion.
Poplar's luck was excellent, he didn't need to fire a second shot.
After this shot, he immediately dragged his gun downward, and just a few seconds after he left, the heavy machine gun fire had completely covered the roof of the small building, and everything on it had been reduced to dust.
At the same time, other covering crews also went into action.
They did not have enough ammunition in their hands, but in previous clashes they had also captured a small number of enemy grenades.
These grenades weren't powerful enough to do enough damage, but the sound of the explosion was loud enough to get the enemy's attention.
Soon, after the Kachin army completed the encirclement, the first round of skirmishes began.
Taking advantage of the terrain, the covering team quickly knocked out several Kachin soldiers who had gathered in the vicinity after the sneak attack, and quickly withdrew before their heavy machine-gun fire arrived.
They were incredibly fast, firing no more than five seconds at a time, but within those five seconds, at least one or two enemies would fall.
The intensity of the clashes was instantly raised, and the Kachin army began to advance into the city.
They didn't care about the safety of the civilians in the city, but just machine-gun fire on every suspicious street corner, while constantly searching for traces of the cover team.
In their eyes, the Dongfeng Corps trapped in the formation is a mouse, and they are hundreds of cats eyeing each other.
No matter how difficult the process is, the rat always has to be eaten by the cat.
Time, time is of the essence.
At this moment, the airport defenders on the southwest side had already begun to dispatch, and taking advantage of the fact that the other party's attention was diverted, Chen Shen and Lin He smoothly entered the river.
The speed of the undercurrent far exceeded Chen Shen's imagination, and with no support, he was almost swept away by the current.
But fortunately, Lin He on the side had stabilized his figure, and he stepped his legs into the dirt on the bank of the river, pulling Chen Shen, whose body was already a little tilted.
"Sink sideways, don't raise your arms."
Lin He whispered a warning, and then, the two of them quickly walked forward to the deep water area and plunged into the water with all their might.
At this time, they were more than 10 meters away from the river bank, and every move on the water would be exposed to the Kachin army's vision without the cover of aquatic weeds and vegetation.
The turbid river water had completely made Chen Shen lose his direction, and all he could do was pull the rope connecting the two and swim forward in the direction of the Lin River.
At this time, he realized how rough his thoughts were, it was indeed feasible to breathe with the help of a water pipe, but in the water, the water pipe with a length of more than one meter was greatly impacted, and it was not easy to just stand it up, not to mention that it was necessary to accurately stretch it out of the water, and to find opportunities to breathe in a series of actions such as treading water, paddling, and floating!
Chen Shen took 6 breaths, 3 of which were after drinking a sip of river water mixed with sediment before inhaling air.
His physical strength was almost stretched to the limit in this short 100 meters, and the dizziness and pain caused by the lack of oxygen supply and water in his lungs made his hands and feet weak, and his chest seemed to be crushed by a huge stone, and his hands and feet were already numb during the seventh breath.
But fortunately, his feet had already stepped on the mud in the ground.
Immediately after, Lin He pulled the rope and signaled that he could get out of the water.
Chen Shen stood up slowly, and when his nose was out of the water, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.
It's on the other side.
At this time, their position was already nearly 200 meters downstream of the launching point, and they came behind the defenders of the airport besieging Mogang.
His face was completely white, and Lin He on the side couldn't find anywhere.
Chen Shen glanced at his watch with a slight tremble, and then said:
"4 minutes, it's okay."
"We have 45 minutes left, keep going."
"The cover group, we have arrived, can stop the confrontation and continue to hide."
A moment later, poplar's answer came over the radio.
"Understand, stop the confrontation and continue to hide."
Chen Shen breathed a long sigh of relief, sorted out all the equipment in front of him, and then, he gave Lin He a look, and the two of them did not hesitate at all, climbed up the river bank one after another, and rushed towards the direction of the jungle
(End of chapter)