Chapter 143 Division Command
In the evening, gunfire sounded in the central city of Raka Town for a whole day, and finally stopped. The remnants of the 29th Infantry Division of the 77th Corps of Sharon's Rebels were completely driven out of Raka Town. Except for a small part of the scattered breakthrough, most of the rebels were either captured or killed. The commander of the 17th Land Warfare Division, Duncan, finally breathed a sigh of relief, but there was still a stone in his heart that had not yet landed, which was the secret order of Auston.
Although the words on the secret order are very obscure, anyone with a discerning eye can see the murderous aura hidden between the lines. Obviously, Auston, as the deputy commander of the Fifth War Zone, personally gave Haoyi a "invitation letter" to hell. No matter how difficult it is for Duncan and others to understand, he still has to execute this Auston's handwritten order.
According to the information obtained from the division's direct reconnaissance company, Duncan had already known that near the government building in the center of the city, the rebels had already built an ambush position, waiting for the Marines of the 17th Division to take the bait. Originally, with this detailed information, the Marines of the 17th Division could reduce considerable casualties. However, due to Auston's secret order, the division commander Duncan cruelly formulated a combat plan that would send more than 100 brothers of the 12th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Regiment to the Gate of Hell.
This plan originally literally required the 12th Company to attack the enemy-occupied area of the government building head-on, followed by the 10 and 11th Land Warfare Company and attacked the area from the side. If the 10 and 11th Land Warfare Company could follow the plan completely and follow in time when the war started, perhaps the 12th Company would not have to bear such a large casualty. However, just as the 12th Company had just launched an attack, Duncan suddenly commanded the command and ordered the 10 and 11th Company to be transferred elsewhere, allowing the 12th Company to plunge into the ambush circle set up by the rebels alone.
The government building was stationed in the remnants of the 7th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division of the Rebels, whose strength was the same as the 12th Company. However, they had heavy weapons such as rapid-fire laser cannons, as well as minefields buried in advance, and had a geographical advantage. According to Duncan's idea, even if the 12th Company attacked that area, even if the army was not completely wiped out, there would be heavy casualties. Perhaps the sergeant who was beloved by Auston could be killed in that battle as he wished.
However, what Duncan did not expect was that the unexpected death of Lieutenant Louis, the acting company commander of the 12th Company, suddenly changed the outcome of the set. Hao Yi, who succeeded Louis to command the battle, actually came up with the tactics of forcibly opening a passage between the private houses and attacking the government building on the flank, thus changing the entire battle result in one fell swoop. Although the 12th Company still suffered considerable casualties, the sudden break of the three rows of the exterior wall of the courtyard still caught the rebels in the building off guard. Except for some who were directly killed, after losing heavy weapons such as rapid-fire laser cannons, most of the rebels chose to surrender.
From the sudden ambush at the beginning of the battle, to the final passive and active attack on the building from the flank, Haoyi almost relied on the command talent that he had never expected to have defeated and won with the soldiers of the 12th Company. This classic battle made many officers in the division even amazed.
"Oh, what a pity!" If it weren't for the secret order from Auston, Duncan would have trained Haoyi to become an excellent front-line commander. However, while sighing, Duncan still had to find another way to complete the secret order. At this moment, the headquarters intelligence department sent a piece of intelligence to the 17th Division, saying that part of the 120th Corps of the Rebels was rushing to Raka Town, as if trying to retake Raka Town. After obtaining this information, Duncan's heart lit up and then had a new plan.
"Chief of Staff, convene the next combat meeting immediately!" Duncan threw down the battle report in his hand and turned around and ordered the Chief of Staff of the Division.
The next morning, on the mountain east of Raqqa Town, a group of soldiers wearing blue land armor were busy on a bumpy and messy position.
"I said Brother Hao, isn't it a bit too bullying for the division headquarters to do this? It turns out that our 12 Lu Zhan Company is raised by the stepmother? I don't think we are exhausted to death. Those bastards in the division headquarters will not give up!" In front of a half-collapse tunnel, Hu Erpang was fiddling with a rapid-fire laser cannon, complaining dissatisfied.
"Okay, stop whining, hurry up and repair that cannon for me! No matter how much I complain, I will still be a cannon fodder material!" Ten steps ahead of the laser cannon, Hao Yi, who had been officially appointed as the acting company commander of the 12th Company by the division headquarters, was holding an electronic telescope and observing the terrain in front of the position. On his right arm of the armor, the original sergeant armband had been replaced with the second lieutenant armband.
Just last night, in view of his outstanding performance in the attack on the Raka Town Government Building, Haoyi received a letter of appointment from the division headquarters. In addition to serving as the acting company commander, his military rank was promoted from the sergeant to three levels and became a second lieutenant officer. At the same time, Haoyi, who took office as a new official, received the first combat mission. The division headquarters ordered the 12th Company to follow the Third Battalion to immediately transfer the position and go to the mountains east of Raka Town to build fortifications to cover the transfer of the main force of the division to the north.
"Damn, even if you are really cannon fodder, you have to take a breath!" Hu Erpang angrily inserted the multi-function wrench in his hand to the ground, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Brother Hao, do it yourself. Since we came to this ghost place, we have never even had a stable sleep for more than three hours. The hot rice cooked by the division headquarters has never given us a serving, and even saliva is hard to drink! Look at other companies, not only is the battle much easier than us, but they can also take turns to rest! Is this damn bullying?" As he said that, Hu Erpang seemed to be unable to curse and kicked the laser cannon hard. Unexpectedly, he didn't step on one step and actually stuck the combat boots in the gap between the gun barrel body, causing Hu Erpang to grin.
This rapid-fire laser cannon was seized from the rebels who were guarding the government building. At that time, the cannon was hit by a grenade from Haoyi, and the two rebel gunmen went to see Satan on the spot. Because there was not much firepower in the land company, Haoyi kept the captured cannon in his hand under the pressure from the regiment. For Haoyi and Hu Erpang, who were from the maintenance soldiers, repairing such a small rapid-fire cannon is naturally a piece of cake.
"Hehe! I deserve it, I'll tell you to yell again!" Haoyi turned around and laughed and cursed with gloating.
"Report to the company commander!" Just as Hu Erpang stared at his round eyes and was about to scold Hao Yimu for being conscientious, a messenger hurriedly found Hao Yi, saluted and said, "The division headquarters sent us the latest order!"
"Oh? What order?" Haoyi was stunned and frowned and asked in a deep voice. After receiving the order last night, Haoyi only gave the brothers of the 12th Company a three-hour rest time, and then hurried out of Raka Town and came to this hillside that was originally a defensive position of the rebels. From night to now, Haoyi and the brothers in the company were rushing to repair the fortifications that were blown up by friendly forces, hoping to use these fortifications to withstand the rebels' counterattack. After a whole night of busyness, the brothers had just repaired the repairs, but at this time the division headquarters suddenly issued another order, which was obviously a bit strange.
"The division headquarters ordered that our company must stick to the position here for more than 24 hours until it was received. Otherwise, even if the entire company was completely destroyed, no one could retreat half a step!" The messenger reported the order truthfully, and opened a dedicated micro command receiver in his hand, and a red command jumped out on the screen. This command receiver is a dedicated equipment inside the federal army, used for command transmission between various combat units, similar to radio stations of early human armies. However, this type of receiver is equipped with multiple layers of advanced military passwords and decoders, which can prevent the enemy from entering the internal communication network and impersonating superiors to issue incorrect combat orders to front-line combat units.
"I, what does the division command mean?" After hearing the messenger's report, Haoyi looked at the command on the receiver carefully and couldn't help but wonder. This command was almost exactly the same as the combat mission Haoyi received before, but this command was more like a dead order issued by the division command.
"Swish--!" When Haoyi was hesitating and stunned, a sharp roar of air suddenly came from the gloomy sky curtain, and a bright and long beam of light suddenly pierced about dozens of meters away from Haoyi and others. "Boom!" A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and a strong shock wave mixed with gravel dust rushed over. Haoyi and his men were caught off guard and were overturned to the ground.
"Enemy attack!" After the wave of air passed, Haoyi climbed up from the ground in a mess, looked up at the clouds in the sky, hurriedly closed the mask, picked up the rifle that fell on the ground, and opened the communication channel in the team and shouted: "Leave an observation post in each row, and the rest of them will hide in the underground fortifications!"
The clouds in the air seemed to be silent for a moment, but Haoyi understood that the cannon bundle was just used by the enemy to correct the target, and there would definitely be more violent artillery coverage later.
"Brother Hao, please help me!" Hu Erpang, whose foot was stuck under the barrel of the laser speed-firing cannon, was also a little panicked at this time, and his fat face was pale and shouted to Haoyi.
"You foodie!" Hao Yi cursed helplessly, ran to Hu Erpang and asked in front of the headset: "Have he heard the platoon leader of each squad?"
"The first row received it!" "The second row understood!" The responses from the platoon leaders of various squads came from the communication channel one after another. Hao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and the gunshot sound of putting the rifle on the back of the armor ran to the rapid-fire cannon, and rushed to help Hu Erpang, helping Hu Erpang with all his strength. Because he used too much force, Hao Yi held Hu Erpang's big foot and pulled it violently, and the two fell into a rolling gourd.
"Boom boom boom boom!" At this moment, the clouds in the air seemed to have lightning like storms, and yellow beams roared one after another to the position where the 12th Company was located. With loud noises, balls of bright fireballs rose up, and the entire mountain was like an earthquake, and the earth was shaking.
"Cough cough cough!" The moment the huge beams fell before the position, Haoyi pulled Hu Erpang and jumped towards the closest fortification behind him, kicked Hu Erpang in, but he was blown in by the heat waves formed by the explosion, and suddenly he fell and coughed.
"Brother Hao is okay?" Hu Erpang helped Haoyi up in panic.
"It's okay, damn it, the cannon fire is so fierce!" Hao Yi opened his mask and gasped, listening to the thunderous explosion outside, frowned and said in a deep voice: "I guess these dogs are of great origin. The situation outside must be made by a large number of siege tank clusters!"
"Siege tank? I, Brother Hao, can we withstand it?" Hearing Hao Yi's words, Hu Erpang's face changed drastically.
Chapter completed!