Macho Wars

And this naturally gave the First Marine Division a great opportunity to sneak attack.

They took advantage of the complex geographical environment of the mountainous area to shuttle between multiple highways, shooting cold guns, and burying landmines, all of which were harassment wars with one shot.This classic "zero knock on cowhide candy" play makes the rebels miserable.

And when they finally got to the river, before they could catch a breath, they received the order again. Most of the First Marine Division had crossed the river and entered the neighboring provinces, and was marching towards the main cities. The commander of the military command asked them to rush to reinforce.

In desperation, these three divisions of the Northwest Army could only go on the road again, but because of the previous ambush by the independent regiment, they lost more than half of their vehicles, so most soldiers can only rely on two. The legs rushed, this was a bitter for these Northwest soldiers who had not received devilish physical training, and the Northwest Wolf became a husky alive.

At this moment, the Northwest Army, struggling for life, did not realize that all the troops of the First Marine Division had not crossed the river. There was still a battalion of troops lurking on the south bank.Before Dragon led the brigade across the river, they were left with a task, which was to find a way to collect as many cables as possible, so that they would be useful the day after tomorrow!

The troops left on this side of the river bank were the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Independence Regiment led by Frank. Most soldiers in the battalion didn’t know what to do to collect the ropes. Only Frank and a few commanders knew that Dragon wanted to use these. Rope crossing the river.

According to the inertial thinking of most people, bridges must be used to cross the river, and only bridges can pass vehicles, or use ferry boats to shuttle back and forth between the two banks, but the efficiency is far less convenient than the bridge deck.

However, after crossing the river, the First Marine Division directly blew up the river crossing bridge and all the ships in Heitz Town, and then drove all the way north.

When the rebels saw it, nine out of ten people thought that Dragon was going to take the Landing War First Division to fight guerrillas behind enemy lines, but Dragon actually made a marching route around the North Bank to wait for the rebellion. The army chased all over the river, and then they crossed the river quietly back to the south bank.

The key props used to cross the river when they came back were the ropes collected by the second camp.

The river crossing point chosen by Dragon is about 1,100 meters wide. Although the water flow is very gentle, ordinary military pontoons cannot be erected so long.

But from the very beginning, Dragoon never thought of bringing back heavy equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles. They would find a place to abandon these things on the North Bank, and then only bring personnel and a small amount of light weapons and equipment, using them from the original 25 The hundreds of kayaks that "shun" from the division's quarters crossed the river.

The second battalion staying on the south bank only needs to set up a few ropes along the north and south banks at the scheduled crossing point a few hours in advance.

This task is not too difficult for the Second Battalion. They quickly collected a large number of strong cables from nearby abandoned villages and towns, and then rushed to the river crossing location at the evening of the day agreed with the main force.

Frank glanced at his watch. The main force of Dragoon's division was expected to arrive on the other side of the river at around nine o'clock in the evening, and they would not be able to move until dark. The actual time left for them to erect the rope was only about two hours.

It is not too difficult to erect the ropes. They have two wooden speedboats obtained from nearby fishing villages. They pull on the ropes and cross the river. It takes about ten to twenty minutes to go back and forth.

But the trouble is that the river is not safe, and rebel patrol boats will pass by from time to time. Once they are discovered, the two small wooden boats are simply not enough to fight the "big boats" equipped with large-caliber heavy machine guns!

Chapter 449: I'm Jumping Back Again

After nightfall, the obvious changes in the temperature difference between day and night in autumn caused a drizzle of rain in the sky again.Without the shining of moonlight, there will naturally no longer be sparkling waves on the river, and the darkness is like a bottomless abyss.

Frank found a high-point hypothetical observation post on the bank of the river and observed the patrol boats passing by in order to find out the law of their actions.

At seven o'clock in the evening, when a patrol boat passed by the river in front of him for the third time and sailed up and westward, Frank knew they should start working.The officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion who were already ready quickly lifted the two wooden speedboats to the river, hung the connected ropes to the stern, and pushed them into the water.

After the two speedboats were launched, the small pilot engine at the stern was immediately activated.Due to the internal structure of the electric motor, although the weight of the guided force engine is equivalent to horsepower, the smaller the engine, the lower the output power, but the noise it emits is extremely small, only the sound of gears running in.

Dragging a rope a full 1,200 meters long, the small speedboat drove slowly to the other side of the river at a speed of less than six kilometers per hour.This speed is almost equivalent to the walking speed of ordinary people. It can be said that the name "speedboat" is quite a misnomer.

However, some use is better than nothing. The two small boats quickly reached the opposite bank, and the ropes were fixed and guarded by a few soldiers. The small boats returned to the south bank on the same route and continued to erect more ropes.

With their quiet efforts, six ropes for crossing the river were quickly erected on the river, but these alone are not enough. There are more than 7,000 people on the main force. With just such a few ropes, According to their previously estimated efficiency, I am afraid that it will not be finished until dawn.

It is important to know that the bearing capacity of each rope is limited, and the rafts crossing the river cannot exceed five, otherwise it is likely to be torn off.And a raft can carry at most one squad of infantry at a time, so the efficiency of the six ropes is very problematic.

"Let the brethren hurry up. We must set up more than 12 ropes before nine o'clock, otherwise the efficiency of crossing the river will be too slow."

"But the battalion commander, the two small broken ships are so fast. They may not be able to reach ten kilometers per hour without load, and it will be even slower to tow the rope."

"Well... it's not as good as this. Haven't we already set up six ropes. Use these already set ropes and use ordinary rafts to build new ropes. This will provide a lot of efficiency."

"I understand, arrange now."

"go quickly."

Looking at the two sides of the river bank, the erection of the ropes was completed, Frank was excited, and he couldn't help but worry more.In addition to the patrol boats that pass on the river every one to two hours, there are also rebel patrols on the land.

In order to avoid interference with the construction work here, Frank used only one cable to erect the rope, and the rest of the troops set up blocking positions on the upstream and downstream sides.

The facts quickly proved that Frank's worries were not unnecessary.

When the eleventh rope was successfully erected, the third company in the blocking position on the east side suddenly found communication. A rebel patrol of about ten people was approaching on foot along the river bank and had entered the range of the third company blocking position. If they are, they are expected to enter their crossing point in fifteen minutes.

Frank weighed repeatedly and ordered Sanlian not to fire, and then immediately stopped the rope erection work, and sank the completed rope into the water first, and the section on the shore was simply covered with sand and hidden.

However, the preparation time left for them is limited after all. A cable with a thickness of one inch is too conspicuous. Even if it is simply buried with sand, there will still be obvious bulges on the ground like ridges.When the rebel patrols pass by here, as long as they take a flashlight to the ground, they will immediately find the ropes.

Obviously, the battle is unavoidable, but they can deliberately put the enemy into the ambush circle and kill them all quietly.

A rebel patrol of more than a dozen people got into the ambush circle of his battalion. If this didn't destroy them all, Frank immediately led the people to throw them into the river.

After making preparations, the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion and First Company immediately laid ambush on the spot, and the rebel patrol team came over without knowing it.

Frank, hiding in the dark, counted them. There were eleven opponents. Two of them were equipped with submachine guns. One officer only wore a pistol. The rest were rifles. There was no light machine gun. It was a fairly standard standard infantry squad configuration.

Frank patted a platoon leader next to him, and made a gesture of "Don't make too much noise" at the other party, and the other party nodded intently, and then conveyed the order one by one.

At this time, a soldier of the patrol suddenly fell on the beach and other rebel soldiers laughed at this guy.Only one submachine gunner, who should be a veteran, noticed the abnormality on the ground, and found that the fallen soldier was tripped by a rope on the ground.

The guy shone the rope on the ground with a flashlight, and found that one end extended into the river, while the other end was fixed to the big tree on the bank.He took a closer look and found that there were more than one rope around, and they were deliberately covered with sand.

Realizing that something was wrong, the veteran just wanted to report to his officer. As soon as he turned around, he saw that a group of dark guys suddenly jumped out of the grass and the river, using a bayonet to cover their ears. Knocked his comrades down.As soon as he wanted to pick up the submachine gun in his hand, he was covered by a "black hand" from behind, and then he felt a sharp pain in his waist, and his consciousness quickly left his body.

Without firing a shot, the Marines silently wiped out the rebel patrol team that had strayed into their ambush circle.Frank immediately greeted his subordinates to continue their work, while the eleven bodies were dragged directly into the water and properly crushed with big rocks.

At this time, the troops on the opposite shore suddenly sent a signal, and the bright flashlight flashed three times, indicating that they had connected with the main force of Dragoon's First Marine Division.

After the main force successfully misled the pursuit, they immediately returned to the canal. Dragoon estimated that the opponent would find himself fooled after dawn, and he had to cross the river back to the south bank before they noticed it.

As a result, the strength of the Kharov Northwest Army on the south bank was reduced by nearly one-third, and a considerable part was transferred to guard the bridge, resulting in a large area from the south bank of the canal to the central highway. There was a military vacuum.Although the First Marine Division, which was armed with light, became a pure infantry unit, it still had enough combat effectiveness to launch a breakout operation.

Chapter 450: Fierce Battle on the River

After several days of fought around, the First Marine Division took a car and then walked. In nearly three days, it has ran in circles with a distance of three hundred kilometers, even if the physical strength and will of the Marines are trained. No matter how outstanding it is, it is ultimately a person rather than a god, and there will always be a limit.

When the troops arrived on the north bank of the canal, Dragon asked to count the number of people. Of the nearly 8,000 people who broke out of the fortress, there were only more than 6,000 left. Even if the second battalion of the Independence Regiment staying on the south bank was included, it was not enough By this number, the total number of casualties seemed to have already exceeded half, and heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery were all abandoned on the road.

Fortunately, their operations successfully contained the entire Northwest Army Corps, which greatly reduced the pressure on the main corps, and it was considered to have completed the mission.

According to the original plan, the troops on the north bank took out the rafts they had prepared long ago and started to inflate them, and then proceeded across the river in an orderly manner in units of squads.

In theory, each raft can carry 8-10 people. The soldiers on the raft can quickly cross the river by pulling the rope. Although the traveling speed is not very fast, it can effectively avoid being washed away on the wide river surface. , And thus get lost.

In this way, a raft can reach the opposite bank in only 20 minutes. Considering that the rope’s capacity is limited, and the number of boats crossing the river should not exceed three. Therefore, each rope on the north bank is separated by a set of five minutes. Take a set of launches.In this way, just when the first group came ashore, the following fourth group was just launched, and the number of rafts carried on the ropes at the same time remained three.

However, even with the fastest effect, it would take nearly three hours for all the troops on the north bank to complete the crossing. After all, the cables collected by Frank and the others can only build 21 crossings, and there is no time to find them. .

Under Dragon's arrangement, the first batch of technical arms such as the wounded and artillery and tank soldiers crossed the river, and then the various infantry companies.

God was also very generous. When the troops crossed the river, the weather was calm, and even the original light rain stopped. The environment was in very good condition.

But Dragon didn't dare to be careless, and he was chasing after him. At this moment, it is estimated that he has reacted hard, and it is likely to be chasing them.In the unlikely event that all their people have crossed the river when the other party arrives, the troops remaining on the north bank will have no chance of surviving except for the option of surrendering.