Chapter 991: Vulnerable
The deputy battalion commander rushed into the command center and immediately called several chief officers.
"Battalion commander, Sima, get up quickly, the enemy has counterattacked, and there are dozens of giant apes."
Wen Feiyu was shaken up in a daze. He was immediately startled by the words and lost all his sleepiness.
"The enemy has counterattacked? There are also giant apes? How many enemies are there and where are they? Have you called the soldiers to get up? Where are the militia?" Wen Feiyu asked questions like a machine gun while putting on his clothes quickly.
"I don't know how many people there are, but they should be not far away. It was reported by the observation post. I have asked the messenger to call the soldiers to get up, but the militia has not been contacted yet." The deputy battalion commander also hurriedly reported.
"Why don't you go and contact the militia? Go quickly and call all the militia over." Wen Feiyu had already put on his clothes, and the battalion commander of the second battalion also quickly put on his coat and rushed out of the door, going to the position first. As a military chief, he had to check the situation of the position. At this time, he must first call all the soldiers to get up and prepare for battle.
The deputy battalion commander hurried to the back to gather the militia. Wen Feiyu came to the door alone and saw that the guards on both sides were gone. There was only one soldier standing in front of the door, so he asked.
"Which platoon are you from? Why are you standing here?"
"Replying to Lord Sima, I am a sentry at the observation post. I came to report the attack." The sentry immediately stood at attention and said.
"Oh, did you discover the enemy attack? How many enemies came and how far are they?" Wen Feiyu asked again.
"Replying to Lord Sima, I don't know. Just now we were on guard. I saw that the trees in the northeast forest were shaking and birds were flying into the sky. After looking through the telescope, I found that there were dozens of white-haired giant apes flying on the trees and coming here. There were also a large number of human figures under the trees following closely. The target was here, so I came to report the attack immediately." The sentry replied again.
"Okay, I know, go and prepare for the battle. This time, I will give you a merit for the observation post." Wen Feiyu immediately took out the telescope and walked to a high ground to check the northeast.
"Ah? Thank you, Lord Sima." The sentry was stunned when he heard the words, and then he was happy. Did they make a contribution now? Oh, fortunately, I reported it in time. If I reported it late, the enemy would succeed in the sneak attack. At that time, there would be casualties on our side. Not to mention the credit, it would be good if they were not punished for dereliction of duty. They might even be shot. It seems that they have to be smarter when standing guard next time
. The sentry sighed and immediately ran back to his platoon's position, while the previous observation post was still observing with a telescope on the high ground.
The enemies in the woods were not running fast, but they were very close. On the contrary, those giant apes jumped up and down in the forest at a very fast speed. In the blink of an eye, they were not far from the position.
He immediately looked down through the telescope again and found that his soldiers had already entered the position, their guns were loaded, and everyone was concentrating on aiming ahead. The grassroots commanders had also entered the position, so they did not fire a warning shot, because it was no longer necessary. Firing a shot at this time would easily alert the enemy and expose the position of their own position.
The giant apes had already flown out of the forest and arrived at the open ground in front of the position. This was a salt pond, surrounded by saline-alkali land. There were no lush plants at all, only extremely rare shrubs, so the field of vision was very wide.
Without the trees to support them, the giant apes could only run on the snow with their hands and feet. Although their speed was not slow, it was not as fast as in the woods.
Military Commander Wen Feiyu was looking at the front of the position through a telescope at the observation window in the command post. The second battalion commander went to the position to command the battle in person, and the deputy battalion commander went to the back to gather the militia. Now everyone was ready to fight, so Wen Feiyu was relieved.
In the position of the second battalion in front, the platoon leaders of each company were shouting to the soldiers in a low voice.
"Assault soldiers, get ready. Wait until the monsters get closer before you attack. Don't be nervous. Aim at the monster closest to you and shoot when I tell you to.
"Rifle soldiers, pay attention too. Take out your pistols for self-defense. When the enemy gets close, concentrate your fire!" "
As soon as the commander gave the order, there was a clattering sound of guns being drawn and loaded in the position.
The second battalion commander had already looked ahead with a telescope and found that the enemy's first attack echelon consisted of only giant apes, while the cannibal totem warriors holding bows, shields and spears were still behind. The two echelons were nearly a thousand meters apart, and it was useless to use rifles now. The ones in the back could not be hit, and the rifles would not have much effect on killing the giant apes in the front. It would be better to let all the soldiers use shotguns to get rid of those white-haired giant apes first.
Whoosh - whoosh - whoosh -
forty or fifty giant apes spewed white air from their mouths and noses, and quickly came towards the position, rushing straight towards the position of the first company in front.
The position of the first company was set up on the only way to the salt pond. There were two trenches in front and back, divided into one defense and two defense, connected by a communication trench in the middle. The sides of the communication trench were all excavated anti-artillery holes. But now it is only used for soldiers to live in. The trenches of the second defense are higher than those of the first defense, so that the trenches in front will not block the shooting range of the trenches behind. There are more than 120 people in each line of defense, all aiming their spray guns at the front.
The second and third companies are set up along both sides of the road, like two arms stretched out. Once the enemy is blocked from approaching the position of the first company, the second and third companies can quickly attack the enemy's flanks and outflank from behind, trapping the enemy in the position. These settings were arranged by Qubing when he was here before, and they came in handy at this time.
The giant apes ran straight to the main road and found that the originally flat main road was suddenly blocked by a gully, but they didn't take it seriously. They could cross such a narrow gully directly.
However, when they came to 50 meters in front of the gully, they suddenly heard a burst of shouting from the gully in front of them.
"Fight! "
The next moment, many figures emerged from the ravine, holding black iron pipes in their hands. Suddenly, fire flashed in the iron pipes, and then there was a burst of thunder. Then many of their companions seemed to hit an invisible wall. Their forward movements stopped immediately, and blood holes appeared on their bodies, as if they were attacked by heavy crossbows, but no crossbow arrows could be seen.
Bang bang bang bang————
On the first and second defense positions, the front and back two defenses suddenly exploded. At least eighty shotguns fired at the same time, and more than thirty giant apes fell to the ground in just one round. Some of them were hit in the vitals, with a big hole in their chest and abdomen, or they were shot in the head, with half of their heads blown off. Some were shot several times, and their bodies were smashed, with their internal organs and limbs scattered all over the ground.
Of course, some were lucky enough not to be hit in the first round of shooting, or they were only slightly injured, so they could continue to charge forward.
However, their good luck was destined to end. Only three people in the Shen Ce Guard were equipped with an eight-shot shotgun. There were only eighty such guns for the more than 240 people in the first and second defenses. Their shooting range was eighty meters, and they only opened fire when the enemy was fifty meters away. By the time this group of giant apes dodged the first round of shooting and advanced to only twenty meters away from the trench, their good luck had come to an end.
All the riflemen had already taken out their short shotguns for self-defense. The short shotguns only had three rounds of ammunition and the range was only 20 meters. However, the giant apes that had escaped the first round of shooting were now within the range of their short shotguns.
So, the next moment, on the position of the first company of the second battalion, all the soldiers' shotguns started firing. More than 240 high-powered shotguns focused their fire on the less than 20 giant apes that were left. Each of them received more than a dozen shotgun shells and was beaten to pieces on the spot.
And that was not the end. Shotguns were all about rapid fire. Some soldiers fired the first shot and immediately pulled the bolt to push the second shotgun shell into the chamber in the blink of an eye, firing again without hesitation.
To be honest, it was the first time for everyone to attack such a monster, so they were inevitably a little nervous. Although the officers repeatedly emphasized the need to stay calm, until the monsters rushed in front of them, their tall figures would inevitably cause shock to the soldiers.
When they get nervous, they get scared. When they get scared, they start shooting crazily, pulling the bolts to load the guns, and pulling the triggers non-stop. The sound of gunfire continues.
Just like the new recruits who are going to the battlefield for the first time with automatic rifles, veterans generally like to use automatic rifles for burst shooting, which is accurate and saves ammunition.
And those new recruits tend to get nervous easily. Once they are on the battlefield, they like to hold the trigger and shoot in full automatic mode, but they often can't hit anything. Thirty rounds of bullets are wasted in a few seconds, and then when they are distracted while changing the bullets, they are shot in the head by the enemy.
The same is true for these new recruits of the Shen Ce Guard. They are nervous and scared, so they shoot crazily, but the enemies here don't have the same weapons.
In the end, the dozen or so giant apes were in trouble. They were even worse than those killed in the first round of shooting. The dozen or so giant apes endured the continuous crazy concentrated fire of more than 200 people. Some of them were clearly broken, but the soldiers were still shouting and pulling the trigger, shooting the fallen bodies, fearing that they would suddenly rise up and rush into the trench.
However, this situation did not last long. After only three breaths, a series of clicking sounds came from the position. It turned out that the self-defense short shotguns in the hands of the riflemen had fired three shotgun shells
in less than five seconds. They had fired three bullets. This was a bolt-pulling shotgun, not a semi-automatic one. It is conceivable that in less than five seconds, they pushed and pulled the bolt, aimed at the target and shot at how fast and crazy it was.
Fortunately, there was no enemy behind them now, otherwise, according to this way of fighting, their guns would have run out of bullets. If another group of giant apes came at this time, they could only wait to be killed, and they would not even have time to reload the ammunition.
However, this was also their first time to face the giant monster, so it was understandable. After fighting once and seeing the blood of the enemy, they would be veterans in the future.
Bang, bang, bang, bang——
some assaulters holding eight-round shotguns were still reloading and shooting out of inertia, when they suddenly heard the shouts of the squad leader and platoon leader.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting, cease fire, those monsters are already dead, calm down."
The soldiers heard the shouts of the squad leader and platoon leader, and then gradually calmed down and put down their guns. They heard the shouts of the squad leader and company leader again.
"Hide, check the guns, reload the ammunition, and be alert to the enemies behind."
The soldiers were all panting nervously, with white mist coming out of their mouths and noses. They mechanically checked the ammunition in their hands, took out the ammunition from the bullet box on their waists and reloaded it. They were completely mechanically executing orders, and many soldiers had not even recovered.
The second battalion commander half exposed his body from the second defense position, holding a telescope and looking into the distance. He glanced at the front position. All 53 giant apes died in the open space in front of the first defense. The dozen or so at 20 meters away were completely destroyed. The more than 30 at 50 meters in front were still alive and fell to the ground groaning and twitching. It was obvious that some of the seriously injured had not yet died.
He did not care about those half-dead monsters, but used a telescope to look at the place about 1,000 meters ahead. Those cannibal totem warriors holding shields and spears suddenly stopped there and began to gather there, but did not continue to move forward.
They should have heard the dense gunfire just now and knew that the Han tribe had ambushed them again, so the cannibals were hesitating whether to come over, or they wanted to see if the giant apes could break through the Han tribe's defense line? !
In short, the enemies are now all gathered at a thousand meters away and hesitated, and the second battalion commander has no good solution now.
"Attention, platoon leaders and soldiers of the first company. Riflemen, be alert to the enemy in the distance. This time they are human beings, and we are here to capture prisoners. Don't shoot at random. If you want to shoot, shoot the old ones, or shoot their feet to scare them. Wait for my order to shoot or not, and wait until the enemy comes.
"Assaulters, reload your ammunition and pay attention to the surroundings to prevent another sneak attack by the giant ape that has escaped the net."
"Yes!"
Hearing the battalion commander's order, the platoon leaders immediately responded and began to instruct their soldiers.
The second battalion commander took another look through the telescope and found that the enemy in the distance still had no intention of attacking, so he withdrew from the second defense position and ran to the command center to meet up with Wen Feiyu.
"Lord Sima, we repelled the first round of attack and killed all the more than 50 invading monsters. The remaining enemies are hesitating one thousand meters away. What should we do now? "As soon as the second battalion commander entered the command center, he immediately asked Wen Feiyu.
Wen Feiyu was also holding a telescope to observe the situation of the enemy in the distance. He put down the telescope after hearing the question from the second battalion commander and said,
"Don't worry. Just now, the deputy battalion commander has led 800 militiamen to divide into two groups to encircle them from the flanks. As long as the enemy dares to come, we will make them come without return."
At this moment, the enemy in the distance finally made a move.
The distance of one thousand meters is too far. Although they heard the dense gunfire here, they don't know the specific situation. The open space in the distance is white, and those giant apes are also white-haired. They can't see clearly what the giant apes are like from a distance, so they want to get closer.
As long as they can get close to the front company's position of 300 meters, the second battalion will be sure to eat up all the enemies, because the militia led by the deputy battalion commander has now detoured to 400 meters on both wings. If they dare to come, the Han tribe will dare to surround them.
(End of this chapter)
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