I work as a mercenary in northern Myanmar - #426 - Chapter 418 The Second Crossing of the River

“Anyway, the evidence is now in our hands.”

“They directly intervened in Pubei affairs, and sent active special forces. This alone makes it impossible for them to clean themselves up.”

“Although there is a high probability that they will not admit it, and there is a high probability that they will find a way to get around it, but at least the initiative is with us.”

“Go back first and preserve the body.”

“Maybe in the end, this corpse will be of great use!”

“Let’s go, retreat!”

“It’s getting late, it’s time for the Kachin Army to launch the second round of offensive, and it’s time 1”

“clear.”

The order was issued and everyone evacuated towards the Nu River.

According to the plan, they will return to the original route after crossing the Nu River, heading east along the Qingshui River, and finally return to the Gunong position.

No one asked about the corpses of teammates, because they all knew that in such a high-intensity conflict, it is very unrealistic for you to expect to give your comrades a whole corpse.

You are extremely lucky to be able to rescue a seriously injured person.

——

However, the seriously injured person did not survive in the end.

He had just arrived at the Nu River and before he could cross the river, he breathed his last.

Chen Chen had no chance to ask him his last words. After he started on his way, he had been in a coma, relying solely on a large dose of adrenaline to maintain his basic heartbeat.

Chen Chen didn’t think about “what would happen if Pingchuan were here” because he knew that with the injured man’s penetrating cranial injury, no one could save him.

This is the fifth teammate the Dongfeng Corps has lost this night. No matter from any angle, the casualties are heavy.

The whole army was not wiped out. It was not only Chen Chen’s risky move that hit a critical point, but also luck.

The feud between the two sides has been completely forged. In Pubei, there will definitely be another battle between the Eastern Corps and SEAL Team 6. Chen Chen doesn’t know when this battle will take place.

He doesn’t have time to think about this now.

Because, just as he expected, Kachin’s second round of offensive had already begun on the other side of the Hoban Hill Bridge.

After crossing the Nu River, before Chen Chen could even take a breath, he saw the continuous flames rolling down to Hoban in the distance.

It was the enemy’s artillery battalion that was bombing, but judging from the density and accuracy of the artillery fire, the efficiency of this round of artillery bombardment was no longer the same as that of the previous artillery bombardment!

Sure enough, DEVGRU cannot be guarding ordinary targets. They are indeed the key to the qualitative change in the combat effectiveness of the Kachin Army’s artillery!

Now, this key point has been eliminated, which means that the most important link in Kachin’s advantage has been missing.

Under such circumstances, do they actually want to launch a strong attack?

Or maybe their commander has decided to make a desperate move?

Chen Chen’s pace became faster and faster. Half an hour later, he returned to the Huli position. The battle here was equally fierce, but Chen Chen could tell at a glance that this part of the battle was a pure feint!

“Bang Li! Gang Li! Report your location!”

Chen Chen called on the radio. After a brief pause, Li Bang replied:

“Shipwreck, I’m in Hoban!”

“The enemy is feigning an attack in the direction of Huli. I have readjusted the focus of defense!”

“Currently, Hoban’s defense is under great pressure. The Allied forces have lost too many troops. The defensive strength has dropped to less than 1,500 men. The defense is under great pressure.”

“We have to consider blowing up the bridge and sinking the ship, waiting for your decision!”

Hearing Li Bang’s words, Chen Chen’s brows immediately frowned.

1,500 people? !

A few hours ago, when he left, there were still more than 2,000 and close to 2,500 Confederate troops.

And now, the Kachin side has just launched an attack, and the number of people has already dropped by 1,000? ?

Obviously, these people are definitely not normal combat attrition, they just ran away as deserters!

This is too vulnerable

But there is no way. All Chen Chen can do now is to rely on the strength of these 1,500 people to block the second round of Kachin’s attack.

The first batch of reinforcements from the Wa State will arrive soon. They will not bring a large number of effective forces this time, but they can bring a batch of the most critical and most scarce equipment.

The anti-tank missiles promised by Xiaoyu, as well as the large number of rocket launchers.

These things may not completely solve the problem of insufficient armor strength, but at least they can form an effective deterrent to the Kachin side, preventing them from using armored units for assaults unscrupulously.

——

However, this is all for later.

Now, he must decide whether to blow up the bridge or not.

If Peng Deren did not blow up the bridge at first because he wanted to hold back the Kachin, then now, their goal has been achieved.

Without any further thought, Chen Chen said decisively:

“Blow up! Blow up the bridge!”

“clear.”

As soon as Chen Chen finished speaking, 10 seconds later, in the far distance, on the small mountain bridge in Hoban, a huge flame rose into the sky.

The explosives had been laid out long ago, and the fuses had been laid long ago. There was no drama about “sacrifice bravely to blow up a bridge.” The death squad prepared by Peng Deren was ordered to evacuate after blocking the Kachin army for 35 minutes, and he pressed the button Detonation switch.

The bridge, which had witnessed countless storms and was built with assistance from the north, was instantly wiped out. The Kachin army on the north side of the bridge watched in horror as the commandos who had boarded the bridge fell into the river one after another in the explosion.

They did not expect that the Allied Forces would actually blow up the last bridge on the Qingshui River, and they did not expect that the other side would obviously end up guarding the small mountain bridge, but it would end in such a hasty way.

——

However, this will not affect their offense.

Three M2 armored vehicles appeared and disappeared on the north bank of Qingshui River, pouring firepower on the Allied positions on the south bank.

The last assault boat covered more than a dozen speedboats and civilian boats, shuttled back and forth on the Qingshui River under the cover of night, and sent batch after batch of infantry to the south bank.

Under the huge firepower advantage, their crossing the river encountered almost no effective obstruction.

Can’t the armored vehicle get through?

It’s okay, the armored vehicle doesn’t even need to go there!

Chen Chen saw from a distance that fierce exchanges of fire had begun near the Gunong position. The first batch of Kachin soldiers to land were powerful private soldiers. With just one charge, they had already captured the first line of defense of the Allied Forces, and as if It continued to advance forward like a sharp knife, trying to pierce the entire Gunong position.

Unfortunately, they didn’t get what they wanted.

Because in the middle of the position is an indestructible rock.

A Dongfeng Corps group led by Bai Gou, and 50 private soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

Whether in terms of firepower or fighting will, these soldiers are not on the same level as the Allied Forces. Even when they were harassed by two propeller fighter jets in the air, they easily repelled the Kachin Army’s attack and pushed them back Pressed back to the river bank.

Seeing this scene, Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

But he knew that the problem of the opponent’s armored firepower had to be solved, otherwise, even if they continued to send troops to the shore and cross the river one after another, they would eventually eat away all the Allied positions.

The core is not kills or battle losses, but morale!

While quickly rushing to Gunong’s position, Chen Chen ordered on the radio:

“Bang Li, deploy Tao!”

“Find a way to kill an armored car!”

“Understood, I’m making arrangements. Reconnaissance team, give me the exact coordinates.”

“There is no firing window, and the other party is very cautious.”

Feedback from the investigation team came quickly, and the facts were as they said. Kachin’s three armored vehicles did not expose the window period for the Dongfeng Corps to open fire and destroy them.

The use of real armored units does not mean relying on the armor to bear all the damage, and then fighting with rogues, destroying each other with punches and kicks. That is what a low-class warlord like Zhao Jialiang would do.

Under the premise of guidance from experts, the Kachin Army’s 3 taels of M2 played extremely smartly.

An M2 equipped with an automatic grenade launcher relied on a bunker to continuously bomb the Allied positions on reverse slopes. The other two shuttled between houses and woods. Whenever they received an infantry signal, they would use high mobility to escape from the bunker. After protruding, use the fire control radar to quickly lock the target and complete the fire, then enter the next bunker to hide.

Their exposure time will basically not exceed twenty seconds, and due to the unpredictability of their direction and location, it is basically impossible for the Dongfeng Corps to use Tao to lock them in!

Seeing that four of the few heavy machine gun positions of the Allied Forces had been removed one after another, Chen Chen couldn’t help but feel anxious.

However, the dilemma faced by the Allied forces was far more than that. Just as the M2 had established the advantage of fire suppression, an A29 in the air finally found its target. It dived downwards and fired the dense cannon shells. All poured into a building complex!

“The headquarters is under air attack!”

“Peng Deren, report the situation!”

“.It’s better for us to withdraw, withdraw!”

Chen Chen’s heart sank. If the Kachin could accurately find the location of the headquarters, they would definitely continue to track and monitor the surrounding areas of the headquarters.

This aircraft must not be an ordinary propeller aircraft, it must be equipped with a trap observation system.

If Peng Deren withdraws now and is exposed outside the building, what will greet him will definitely be an explosive air-to-ground strangulation!

“Be careful! Don’t expose infrared signals!”

Chen Chen immediately reminded him, and Peng Deren also responded and calmly replied:

“We are still in the house. I cannot continue to command. The command is given to you.”

“Understood, Gang Li will take over the command.”

“clear.”

After a series of brief conversations, the transfer of command of the Allied forces was completed.

But Chen Chen didn’t feel relaxed at all.

There’s no way, it’s too difficult to fight.

The Allies were at a disadvantage in almost every aspect, and there was almost no hope of breaking the situation. If the enemy’s artillery had not been basically disabled, the battle would have been over by this point.

In fact, the only chance for the Allied Forces now is to continue to survive until the opponent’s planes run out of fuel, until the opponent runs out of ammunition, and until support from the Wa State arrives.

But this is completely impossible. This is the Allied Forces, but they are not volunteers.

what to do?

Chen Chen’s mind was spinning. At this time, he had arrived at the Gunong position and saw the white dog stationed here.

The latter’s face was covered with dust, but his spirit was quite high.

Perhaps as he said before, this is a real opportunity to “make meritorious deeds.”

However, no matter how excited he was, he could not change the fact that the Allied forces were retreating steadily.

The first line of defense has been completely lost. If the opponent is allowed to break through the sandbar at the intersection of the Nu River and the Qingshui River and establish a beachhead, the Gunong position can be completely abandoned.

“Captain!”

“We have to cut off the opponent’s offensive line!”

“Their ship! Their ship is the key!”

“Their boats crossing the river must be destroyed! Otherwise, even if the ants are sent over, we will be bitten to death!”

“There are too many non-combat casualties, and the morale of the army is about to collapse!”

“I still don’t know how to fight a boat?”

Chen Chen raised his gun and knocked down the two Kachin soldiers who had rushed in front of him, then quickly moved between two positions and continued to shout:

“We don’t have heavy weapons, so there’s no way we can effectively damage the ships!”

“The light is too dark now, so it’s impossible to shoot accurately.”

“The heavy machine gun position was suppressed and the firing efficiency was low.”

“What can you do? Where is the fuel Peng Deren prepared?”

“It was already useless and was blown up before the fight even started.”

“We are going to hit the boats, and we are going to go out and establish a position on the sandbar!”

“Assault rifles can do damage even at close range. We must not let them continue to send people over!”

White Dog threw a grenade, and the advantage of the Russian-made cannon in the defensive battle was fully revealed. Three Kachin soldiers who were too close were instantly blown down, and the offensive that had been organized was repulsed again.

The intensity of the conflict was obviously decreasing, but Chen Chen knew that this was not because the other party had given up.

On the contrary, this is the final tranquility and a sign that the other party is accumulating strength!

Something had to be done immediately, and White Dog’s plan was indeed feasible.

The only problem is that establishing a position on the sandbar means completely exposing oneself to the enemy’s heavy firepower, and also having to deal with enemies from the left and front directions at the same time.

This is a life-for-life style of play, but if you weigh it a little, you will know that this is also the only way to play.

If we hold on any longer, the rate of non-combat attrition will exceed the rate of battlefield casualties!

Let them die, or let them run?

Ci is not in charge of troops, but when faced with this problem, Chen Shenmei managed to do it without hesitation at all.

Raising his gun again, he shot down an enemy who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead but was actually aiming secretly. Chen Chen said:

“You lead the charge! Use smoke bombs to cover and establish a sandbank position!”

“clear.”

Bai Gou answered immediately, and then issued the same order to all the soldiers in the Gunong position.

Two minutes later, under the leadership of the Dongfeng Corps and the private soldiers of the 7th Brigade, a “loose” counterattack was officially launched.

From Chen Chen’s perspective, the counterattack was without momentum. Everyone was running forward “slowly” under the cover of smoke bombs, and their movements even stumbled a bit.

But this is the normal situation on the battlefield, this is the normal situation in Pubei.

Three minutes later, the Allied forces originally located in the trenches arrived at the sandbank, looked for bunkers and quickly established a defense.

Those ordinary soldiers didn’t know what they were facing yet, but soon, after the smoke cleared, they discovered that their commander had brought them into a desperate situation.

Unprecedented intensive firing sounded, and this time, no one escaped.

Because they can’t run away.