Chapter 92: The Town Changes
"Be careful, Lin Rui, they're concentrating their fire on the left side of your charge. "Zhao Jianfei's voice came from the communication headset.
"Understood. Lin Rui nodded, flashed behind the rocks on a high place, and aimed at a militant. It was a black man with a light machine gun in his hand instead of the AK47 that the rebels liked. The black man mounted his machine gun on the damaged pickup truck, and used the wrecked vehicle as a cover, poking his head out and aiming at the hill on the side of the road. Lin Rui saw this flaw. He fired, and several bullets hit the black man's exposed leg. The black man was immediately injured and fell to his side, and Lin Rui lost no time in shooting him to death.
Lin Rui just turned around and almost collided with a rebel soldier face to face. The rebel fighters roared and rushed forward. The distance was too close, and he didn't have time to aim, and he raised his gun like Lin Rui's waist smashed over. Lin Rui dodged this blow sideways, not retreating, but advancing and retreating. He raised his assault rifle, aimed it at the rebel's abdomen, and pulled the trigger.
The black rebel collected all the bullets like a sponge, but he still couldn't stop rushing forward. At the moment when he pounced in front of Lin Rui, the last bullet in the magazine pierced his spine. The rebel soldier fell to the ground with a bang, twitched, and screamed for his life.
Lin Rui went to touch a new magazine. There was another roar of AK47 gunfire below. There was no time to reload, Lin Rui turned to face them. Throw the assault rifle and pull out the pistol. The two rebel fighters were about twenty-five meters away from them. Just within range, he thought to himself, firing as he fired.
A powerful pistol bullet shattered the rebel's head, and the rebel warrior fell to the ground with a frantic roar. These rebel soldiers felt threatened by Lin Rui and immediately concentrated all their firepower in Lin Rui's direction. A large number of bullets hit the front of the rock where Lin Rui was temporarily hiding, and stone chips flew wildly. Lin Rui was forced to push behind the rocks, and the large amount of stone chips and dust almost made him unable to open his eyes.
"Damn, Ivan, you British! What the hell are you doing? These crazy people are dying, come and help me. Lin Rui gasped and said to the communicator.
"Hey, I've just got my hands free, and I'll be right away. Ivan, along with Qin Fen and others not far away, launched an on-the-spot organized attack, firing at their respective chosen targets. A fragmentation grenade blew a rebel into a bloody pulp, and his companion who had stood beside him due to a misjudgment suffered his fate, as shrapnel flew over and shot him bloodied.
Another rebel fighter was entertained by a hail of bullets. Ivan's machine gun began to fire, and fragments of the rebels' flesh immediately scattered in all directions. "I said, this is like words!" Lin Rui cheered. He poked his head out from behind the rock with an automatic rifle and shot the leading rebel, the black man with a green beret on his head, striking him the fatal blow.
Rebels are rebels, and although they are stronger than the militia, they have the same weaknesses. None of them can afford to be thwarted, once the attack is thwarted, and the leader of the lead is dead. The stormtroopers, who had been fearless of death just now, scattered and fled in an instant.
The area had been largely cleared, leaving four wrecked vehicles on the road and the corpses of the rebels strewn in the air. It became a blood-stained highway. There were a few dull loud bangs, and the light of the explosion was flickering and extinguishing. Apparently, in the rebel-held town, the other squads were also caught in a fierce battle.
"We repelled them and reported the casualties. Zhao Jianfei said in a deep voice.
"The Gurkha squad was not killed, two were slightly wounded. Surya responded.
Zhao Jianfei said again, "Lin Rui, Ivan, and others, have there been any casualties in our team?"
"Qin Fen is injured. However, it is not too strict. It's not that he was hit, but he accidentally fell just now, broke his nose, and his face was also slightly bruised. Peng Lefeng said with a smile.
"How can I be? I was a tactical evasion move, but I didn't grasp the landing point well, and I just bumped into it. Qin Fen argued. "Besides, the number of rebels I have eliminated is no less than yours. ”
"It's all to Lao Tzu. This is not the time to joke!" Zhao Jianfei scolded and said in a deep voice, "There are only a few dozen rebels in this group, and this kind of combat effectiveness is okay in the African army, no wonder the government army has been suppressed by them." ”
"Indeed, they charged violently. There were no tactics to speak of, but all of them seemed to be deadly. Lin Rui frowned.
"Typical African style. It's like the style of football in African countries, there is no elaborate tactical arrangement, and it is a rush to play. When the power is gained, no one can stop it, and when the power is lost, it is like a lost dog. Ivan scoffed.
"Don't underestimate them, these black buddies are not simple. They are not afraid to die because they abuse drugs. The usual trick of African warlords is to control the army through drugs. Because they believe that nothing is braver than a bunch of injectably drugged and highly exalted guys. "Shogan said slowly.
"Drugs? It's insane. Lin Rui frowned.
"And even crazier, did you notice, the trucks behind were empty. They were supposed to go to the mines to arrest people. When they catch the miners and child laborers, they inject them with a dose of drugs and force the civilians to fight for them, typical of African warlords. It seems that the Liberation Alliance we are dealing with is the army of some old warlord. Shogishi frowned.
Zhao Jianfei frowned and said, "The situation seems to be a little wrong, and the attacks of the other teams seem to have been frustrated." ”
"Wouldn't it?" Lin Rui said in amazement, "Their strength there is much stronger than ours, at least more than fifty people. Well-equipped and well-trained, they can't beat these armed militias?"
Zhao Jianfei frowned and said, "We seem to have lost contact with them, and communication has been interrupted. Shogishi, how's your situation there?"
"I can't get in touch with them, the C4i system is failing. Shogishi frowned, "Someone may have deliberately interfered with our information network system." Using a large amount of useless information, the communication network was severely blocked, and the C4i system failed. And all the communications we use are based on this system. ”
"Electronic network jamming operations?Can these local militias also hack into Morningstar's military-grade information servers?," Ivan said in surprise.
Zhao Jianfei was silent for a while and said, "Maybe we have to face more than just these rebel militias. ”
"You mean, the group of people who have been attacking Morningstar's headquarters and African branch recently?" Lin Rui said with a slight startle, "They really intervened. ”
"Jiang'an, try if you can control the server remotely. Zhao Jianfei said sharply, "Let's see if we can restart the server through the Guò satellite network." ”
Shogan tapped the tactical computer in his hand and shook his head, "I don't have this permission, and I don't need to operate it. Morningstar's servers have a fixed operating procedure that automatically restarts after two minutes if this happens. In the current situation, it seems that the other party should have used some kind of logic bomb, so that the server crashes down soon after booting up, and so on. ”
"Does this mean that in a few minutes, we will still be able to contact Danny?" Zhao Jianfei said in a deep voice.
"Yes, but only for a few minutes, and then we'll be out of touch again. So, I'll make you a long story short. Closed the tactical computer expressionlessly.
"A few minutes is enough!" Zhao Jianfei said anxiously.
Shogishi's judgment was very correct, and a few minutes later, there was a brief resumption of the communication channel. Danny, the commander-in-chief of the operation, was anxiously asking them, "XCOM and Gurkha teams, report your location and battle situation!" The sound signal seemed to be a little disturbed, but it was barely audible.
Zhao Jianfei immediately said, "We have repelled a rebel attack in the blocking area of position No. 4, and the road to the mine to the west is still under our control. ”
"Very well, Captain. But I'm in a bad situation here. The rebels seemed to know in advance that we were going to launch a surprise attack, lured our men into the town, and then closed the siege. They outnumbered more than our intelligence had predicted, and a group of professional soldiers in blue-gray uniforms, God knows where they came from. These people are well-armed and extremely combat-ready. We have been completely suppressed. Danny's voice was a little heavy.
"Understood, sir. Do you need us to do this?" Zhao Jianfei said immediately.
"It may be an intelligence leak, this raid has failed. If possible, I want you to follow that road and launch a surprise attack behind the rebels to relieve our pressure. Remember, the raid has failed, and the defeat is irretrievable from the start. All we have to do now is evacuate the town as much as we can. And to do that, I need your cooperation. Danny said decisively.
Zhao Jianfei took a deep breath and said calmly, "Report your location, and I will come to meet you as soon as possible." ”
"We have retreated to the heights in the northwest corner of the town, ready to assemble our troops and wait for an opportunity to break out. But enemy fire crucified us in this area. Your two squads are the last of us to move freely. It's all up to you. Danny's voice rang out amid a fierce burst of gunfire.
The communication was cut off again, Zhao Jianfei stood up silently, and looked at everyone, "It seems that we are in big trouble." Danny and the others are trapped in the town, and it is not only the rebels of the Free Liberation Union who besiege them, but also some armed men of unknown origin, who are supposed to be the mysterious attackers from last time. ”