Colonel Milos Chuatoko, who led two battalions of government officers and soldiers, was also stunned after receiving Bassam's telegram. He did not expect that the main force of the rebels would attack Bassam's battalion.
At this time, he did not have time to think too much. Since the enemy's main force had been entangled by the first battalion, it was obviously impossible for them to escape in a short period of time. He did not want to miss the opportunity to destroy the enemy's main force.
Therefore, he directly ordered the two battalions to split into two groups, with the second battalion following him to rescue the first battalion, and the third battalion responsible for launching an attack on the town of Manguari according to the original plan.
Soon, under the personal leadership of Colonel Milos Chuatok, the Second Battalion quickly landed on the mudflats closest to the First Battalion and directly surrounded the First Battalion's camp.
As time passed, when they approached the battlefield, the sky had already turned pale, but unfortunately the Amazon jungle was still dim and visibility was very low.
Fortunately, the fierce gunfire near the battlefield could point the direction for reinforcements.
When Captain Milos Chuatoko arrived near the battlefield, he felt something was wrong.
Because Bassam told him that this was the main force of the enemy, with as many as a thousand people, but the situation he saw now was obviously inconsistent with the intelligence!
Although the enemy attacked the camp of the first battalion from all directions, there was only one main attack direction. The other directions were just feints to attract attention. And if Milos Chuatoko's guess was correct, there was only about one company of troops in the main attack direction.
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Although they have now attacked the camp of the first battalion, the rebels, who are obviously not at an advantage in terms of manpower, have been blocked by the first battalion behind the second line of defense.
But at this time, he had already arrived with reinforcements, and it was impossible to change the direction of the attack now.
He had no choice but to order all the soldiers of the Second Battalion to launch an attack directly into the enemy's rear.
The rebels, whose attack had already been blocked, were also thrown into panic when faced with the sudden attack. These veteran soldiers began to break out without hesitation as soon as they realized that something was wrong.
Unfortunately, the rebels had been fighting for more than two hours and had already suffered many casualties. The Second Battalion that surrounded them was a fresh force, and its strength was more than three times the advantage.
Where can the rebels escape easily?
However, the rebels were also ruthless characters. Seeing that they were about to be completely surrounded, they immediately took out their grenades without hesitation and concentrated their forces on the position of the first battalion, which had already been exhausted, and threw a rain of grenades at it.
The soldiers of the first battalion, who were originally excited to see the arrival of reinforcements, never expected that the rebels would actually break through on their side.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, without waiting for the soldiers to react, the rebels raised their weapons and launched a desperate charge towards the position of the first battalion that had just been bombarded with grenades.
This desperate fighting style directly broke through the front line that the first battalion had managed to maintain. The rebels rushed forward without thinking twice and attacked fiercely.
In just a few minutes, both sides suffered dozens of casualties.
Bassam's face was originally full of excitement when he saw the reinforcements, but it turned ugly in an instant. He knew that if this group of enemies escaped easily at this time, he would definitely not have a good ending.
So, without any time to think, he picked up the pistol in his hand and took the few remaining guards with him to meet the rebels who were rushing towards them.
The two sides started shooting at each other from a distance. In the sky that had just brightened, Bassam, holding a pistol, was very conspicuous.
This gave the rebels, who were eager to break out, the opportunity to seize and fire at him.
Bassam, who was forced to be brave with great difficulty, felt his body shaken before he could react. He looked down and saw several bloody holes on his body. Then all the strength in his body began to disappear, and he fell directly into the muddy camp.
Seeing this, the guards around just fired at the rebels who rushed in without caring about anything.
The two groups fired nearly a hundred bullets at each other in just two minutes, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
By the time the rebels broke through the first camp and rushed into the jungle opposite, there were less than ten people left.
The second battalion in the rear followed closely behind these rebels, and after chasing them for less than 500 meters in the jungle, they had to give up because these rebels were obviously more familiar with the jungle environment than they were.
The rebels who entered the jungle, relying on their advantage of having fewer people, quickly disappeared into the dense jungle like monkeys.
With the last rebels who were still able to move breaking through, the entire camp of the First Battalion finally returned to peace.
Accompanied by his soldiers, Colonel Milos Chuatoko walked into the camp that had been broken through by the enemy. He looked very ugly.
Because, from what he saw, the enemies attacking here were not the main force of the rebels at all, and their number was certainly not the more than a thousand people as Bassam said.
"Tell your battalion commander to come see me!"
Colonel Milos Chuatoko said in a cold tone as he grabbed a soldier from the first battalion.
Upon hearing this, the soldier looked at his captain hesitantly, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Milos Chuatoko's face became even gloomier when he saw this.
"If you have something to say, say it. If you have to fart, fart it!"
The soldier did not dare to hide it and pointed in the direction of the camp.
"I heard from my brothers that when the rebels were breaking out just now, they encountered the battalion commander. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides. The battalion commander... the battalion commander died in the line of duty."
Upon hearing this, Captain Milos Chuatoko was stunned. He looked in the direction the other party pointed and indeed saw a group of people gathered there.
This made his face look even uglier.
He has a total of three battalions under his command. From the current situation, the first battalion is almost destroyed. If the battalion commander dies in battle, it will be a huge loss.
Ignoring the soldier, Colonel Milos Chuatoko walked quickly towards the crowd and saw Bassam lying on his back on the muddy ground. The medical soldier next to him had given up on rescuing him.
Obviously, he is really dead.
This made Colonel Milos Chuatoko want to vent his anger but he had no place to vent it. He could only glance at the crowd and saw that there were two company commanders of the first battalion present.
The two men had already seen their leader and immediately stood at attention and saluted. The people around them also quickly followed suit and saluted.
At this time, Captain Milosh Chuatoko obviously didn't have the time to care about these empty formalities. He waved his hand and said:
“What are you still doing here? Since Captain Bassam has died for his country, quickly collect his body.
All officers above the platoon level in your first battalion, please come with me to your battalion headquarters and give me a detailed description of the situation you have encountered. "
Upon hearing this, everyone stood at attention and saluted, responding in unison!
Then the people in charge followed the regiment commander into the battalion commander's tent, and the soldiers at the scene had already begun to collect the body of their battalion commander.
The purpose of Captain Miloš Chuatoko gathering everyone together was, of course, to understand the true situation they were experiencing.
After all, the situation he saw now was very different from what Bassam had reported in the telegram.
Soon, after listening to the stories told by these frontline officers, Colonel Milos Chuatoko also understood the actual situation at the time. It was obvious that what he saw was consistent with the actual situation.
This means that the telegram sent by Bassam seriously exaggerated the facts.
Captain Milos Chuatoco reacted quickly and rushed out of the tent, turning his attention towards Manguari.
As if to confirm his guess, just as he looked in the direction of Manguari Town, a shocking explosion was heard in the town. Even though he was five kilometers away from the town, he could clearly feel the huge impact.
This situation made his face change drastically, and he realized that the third battalion attacking Manguali Town must have encountered an ambush.
His face was livid, and he had no time to blame the dead Bassam. He shouted to the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield:
"Everyone gather! Quick...quick!"
The soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield in the camp were also frightened by the sudden explosion and trembled all over, and their eyes involuntarily looked in the direction where the explosion came from.
It was not until they heard their leader's roar that they reacted, dropped their work, and began to assemble according to the leader's orders.
Just as Milos Chuatoco finished his words, continuous gunfire rang out from the direction of Manguari Town, and everyone understood what this meant.
Everyone began to hurry up to organize their equipment and move closer to their superiors.
Under the constant urging of Colonel Milos Chuatoko, the Second Battalion and the remnants of the First Battalion, which had just experienced a battle, regrouped again and began to advance towards the town of Manguari.
But the enemy obviously did not intend to let them have an easy time, and gunshots were heard from the jungle on their way forward from time to time.
As soon as gunshots are heard, everyone will instinctively start looking for cover and hide, and then commanders at all levels will send soldiers to counterattack the enemy who attacked them.
But the enemy did not stay there at all. When the soldiers rushed into the jungle, they often found that they could not find any trace of the enemy at all.
After this happened twice, Captain Milos Chuatoco also realized that this was not an attack on him at all. These gunmen in the jungle were actually harassing him in order to slow down his speed in reinforcing Manguari.
Give the rebels on the Manguari battlefield more time to destroy their three battalions.
"Order the Second Battalion to send a company forward to scout the jungles on both sides of the road and eliminate the scattered enemies that harass the main force. The rest of the troops, ignore these harassments, and head straight to Manguari to reinforce the Third Battalion."
Captain Milos Chuatoko gave the new order without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately stood at attention and saluted.
"Yes, sir!"
Then he went straight forward to convey the order without stopping.
With a company searching for the enemy on both sides of the main force's advance, the troops completely ignored the bullets fired from the jungle on both sides, and their advance speed was significantly increased.
Just when Captain Milos Chuatoko thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, two loud explosions were heard ahead and the entire team had to stop again.
"What's going on?"
Captain Milos Chuatoko was uneasy for a while, but soon the news from the front confirmed his guess.
"Captain, the road ahead has been mined by the enemy and we have lost three of our brothers. We are organizing people to clear the mines and our forward speed is limited!"
Hearing this, Milos Chuatoko could not help but curse:
"Damn you, these damn rebels. How long do you think it will take to clear the mines?"
Upon hearing this, the officer who came to report looked at Captain Milosh Chuatoko with an embarrassed look on his face and said hesitantly:
"Captain, we are not sure how big the minefield is that the enemy has laid out ahead of us, so we cannot give an accurate time!"
Regimental Commander Milos Chuatoco was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan at this moment. He knew very well that if the rebels set an ambush in the town of Manguari and wiped out his Third Battalion, his strength would be greatly damaged. In addition, the logistics supply base was occupied by the enemy, and the weapons and ammunition in their hands were beginning to run out.
If they fail to rescue the Third Battalion trapped in Manguari in time and retake the town of Manguari, they may be at risk of running out of ammunition and food and being eaten by the rebels, which he absolutely cannot accept.
This situation forced him to go crazy.
"Everyone, go around the minefield from the jungle on both sides. Don't stop. I don't believe these damn rebels can fill the entire perimeter of Manguari town with explosives."
Seeing his superior gritting his teeth, the officer did not hesitate and stood at attention and saluted.
"Yes, sir!"
Then he turned and left to convey the order.
Soon, the stagnant team began to move, leaving the already bad road and walking into the dense jungle.
But the speed of advancement in the jungle was obviously limited. Although the team was moving slowly, the speed of advancement made Captain Milos Chuatoko a little anxious.
Raising the telescope in his hand and looking towards the nearby town of Manguari, Captain Milos Chuatoco was extremely anxious.
Because the gunshots coming from the town were slowly becoming less frequent, which gave him a very bad feeling.
As the sun slowly broke free from the dark jungle and revealed a bright red head in the sky, the scene of the entire Manguari town slowly emerged in front of Captain Milos Chuatoco.
Looking at the thick smoke rising above the street in the middle of the town and the increasingly sparse gunshots.
Captain Milos Chuatoco looked at the nearby town street entrance and became a little hesitant.
Although he did not see any enemy or ambush with his naked eyes, he still had the illusion that he was in a dangerous place.
He glanced at the soldiers around him who had finally broken through the enemy's obstruction and arrived outside the town of Manguali.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers:
"The Second Battalion will attack from the streets, and the First Battalion will cover the Second Battalion's flank. Let's eliminate all the rebels in Manguali. Forward!"
At this time, Captain Milos Chuatoko had no other choice. After all, the Third Battalion was still resisting. If he came to the outside of the town and suspected that there was an ambush against them in the town, and retreated, the morale of their entire team might be lost.
By then, there would be no need for the enemy to attack at all, as these soldiers might just collapse directly, which was something he absolutely did not want to see.
As his orders were given, the companies below all took action. As the First Battalion had just fought a battle with the rebels, they were only responsible for flank cover, which was considered as the regiment commander's care for them.
Because they are now basically in a state of remnants. Nearly one-third of the entire team has been killed, the battalion commander has been killed in action, and after more than two hours of fighting, weapons and ammunition have begun to be in short supply.
If they were asked to take on the main attack, they might become discouraged halfway through the charge.
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