The atmosphere in the capital is a bit strange. Almost everyone is asking who is the general manager of the newly built Daming Petroleum Company.

Almost no one cares about what kind of bitter battle the Ming Dynasty Marines are fighting in distant Basra.

The winter in Basra is not cold, and the climate is even somewhat pleasant. With the sea at its back, the air is not as dry as inland.

At least it’s much stronger than the winter in Liaodong that can freeze rocks!

In the quiet night, a group of extremely dirty soldiers were sitting in the trench sleeping soundly with their guns in their hands.

A small insect crawled across the camouflage uniform. Li Jiu held a rifle in his arms, with his hat on his face, leaning against the earthen wall of the fortification.

The bug crawled along the military uniform from Li Jiu's right to his left.

On the armband on his left arm, if you look through the darkness, you can vaguely see the serial number.

Li Jiu was sleeping soundly, feeling dazed and dazed. Just after sleeping for a while, he was woken up by the sound of a gunshot.

After years of licking blood from the edge of a knife, his instinct made him grab the Aka rifle beside him before he even opened his eyes.

Pull it with your hand, and the safety clicks back into place.

I slowly poked my head out of the fortification, and when I saw there was no movement on the other side, I knew that this was another cold shot by the Kurds.

The Kurds on the opposite side are not easy to deal with recently. They have all kinds of weapons.

They also had Maxim machine guns, mortars, howitzers, and even Ming army grenades.

Li Jiu crouched and ran to the machine gun: "How did you do it?"

"Platoon commander! The one coming from the opposite side seemed to be a cold shot."

Li Jiu slowly poked his head out again, trying hard to keep his eyes open, trying to discern whether there was anyone in front of the position through the outline on the horizon.

The moonlight is very hazy tonight and I can't see clearly at all.

His feet suddenly slipped, and his body immediately fell to the side. Almost at the same time, a scream and a gunshot rang out at the same time.

The bullet hit the soil behind the trench and made a "pop" sound.

Li Jiuyi sat down on the ground!

At this time, the soldiers in my platoon were holding their legs on the ground and yelling "ouch" and "ouch".

It turned out that I stepped on this kid’s leg!

Li Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, this time he was really lucky.

If he hadn't stepped on this kid's leg, he would have been hit by this shot. Looking at his position, he was aiming for his head.

With one shot, even wearing a steel helmet is useless.

"Don't bark, we'll call in the mortars later." Li Jiu cursed, and the dog immediately stopped barking.

"Stay still!"

Li Jiu knew that there was a sniper lying in front of the two army positions.

The cat hunched over and walked forward for another twenty meters, and poked its head out again next to a dirt bag.

The clouds blocked the moon and the visibility was a bit low. Li Jiu looked for a long time and saw nothing.

Just when he was about to give up, the clouds opened and the moon appeared. Li Jiu saw that there seemed to be a little reflection in a depression in front of the position.

"Grandma, I'm going to punish you today." Li Jiu knew that it was the reflection of the iron parts on the rifle.

Nowadays, everyone has learned a lot.

We also know that we put cloth on the helmet and wrap cloth strips on the rifle. This is to avoid reflection.

Even experienced snipers will not wear a piece of iron equipment on their body.

Putting down his Aka rifle, Li Jiu ran to the armorer and picked up a grenade.

This thing actually uses propellant to shoot something slightly larger than a grenade.

However, it contains high explosives. Once the bomb is fired, anyone within a seven-meter radius who is not in the bunker will definitely have to drink a pot.

I dipped my fingers in saliva and felt the wind. I raised my thumb and measured the distance to the guy in the distance.

About 200 meters away, this must be a well-trained sniper.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to almost kill yourself at a distance of 200 meters.

He twisted the grenade and a shell flew out.

As soon as the shells flew out, Li Jiu picked up the telescope.

Before I could even get the focus right, there was already an explosion over there.

It was of no use whether or not to take the binoculars. The sniper was thrown directly into the air by the explosion.

The man soared three to four meters into the air in the thick smoke, and then landed heavily on the ground.

If this guy could survive, it would be a sign of kindness from the King of Hell.

"Da da da...!" The machine gun on the opposite side rang out, and bullets rained down on the ground in front of the position like raindrops.

This is a Kurdish machine gun that fires blindly after hearing the explosion.

"Hidden!" Soon, Li Jiu heard the sound of mortars.

The shells continued to crackle for five minutes before they stopped!

"Damn it, the artillery shells are quite generous." Fire coverage has always been a patent of the Ming Dynasty, but now the Kurds are also doing this.

In my platoon, five brothers died in seven days.

Four of them were killed by rockets, and one was seriously injured and died just after being sent to the back.

This is the outer position of Basra, and the navy's naval gun shells can only hit about five kilometers in front of the position.

This still requires artillery with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters, and the shells are not accurate at all. The hit or miss depends first on luck and second on character.

If it doesn't go well, it's not impossible to blame it on your own head.

After such a fuss, everyone on the battlefield woke up.

Li Jiu leaned against the wall of the fortification, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Platoon leader, take one!" The squad leader came over with a smile.

"Don't you fucking make any noise!" He cursed and Li Jiu took out a cigarette.

As a result, once it started, it couldn't be stopped.

After tossing a pack of cigarettes around, not even half of the pack was left.

"Platoon leader, I always talk about reinforcements. We have been fighting for two full months, but why are there only two regiments of reinforcements?

Yesterday, we attacked the formation opposite, and I am afraid there were no less than a thousand men. We only have two companies to guard here, and I heard that the casualties on the first company's side were quite heavy."

"We also lost three brothers! When the rockets hit us, there was such a big hole in the ground.

Damn it, it's almost as powerful as our arsenal ship.

How did they get such a big thing? Could it be that they also laid railway lines?"

Several of the monitors under his command were talking at random.

Li Jiu's platoon is considered a strengthened platoon, and the three squads are the normal establishment. The extra squad is a reserve squad, which is considered the reserve team of the entire platoon.

One platoon's defensive front actually reached 800 meters...

At this time, we also have a preliminary class for eggs.

Li Jiu did some calculations and found that he and the correspondent had a total of thirty-four people. The average area defended by each person was about 23 and a half meters!

Moreover, the platoon is now down to nine men, and four more are injured.

The two who were slightly injured can still hold on, but the two who were seriously injured have been sent away.

The ability to withstand the attack yesterday was all due to naval gun fire support. If we fight again tomorrow, Li Jiu can't guarantee whether his position will be lost.

"I heard that a division has been transferred from Ceylon, and it will only arrive in the next two days.

Yesterday I went to the company headquarters and heard from the company commander that the commander-in-chief was going to launch a major attack this time. We are already recruiting troops on a large scale in our country. I heard that one million people will be recruited."

“Go to hell!

Our Liao army only has a total of over 900,000 troops. If you come with a million troops, how can you arrange so many officers?

Is it possible that the platoon commander becomes the company commander, and the company commander becomes the battalion commander?"

"Then you, kid, have become the platoon leader."

"Pull him down, we don't have the ability."

Everyone was talking and laughing, and it was already dawn.

The cooking team at the back rode two tricycles to the position.

"I asked squad leader Gao, what's good to chew today?" Everyone was happy to see the cooking squad leader.

Because the Kurdish artillery is very powerful, food delivery can only be done once at night and once at dawn.
To be continued...