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Chapter 562 Deception
"Keep the speed, drone, maintain reconnaissance altitude!"

"Keep going, there's only one point left. The border defense battalion has already set out, and they will pass the first control area in 5 minutes!"

"MK19, get ready. This is the final round. The enemy is closing in from all directions. We must not be held back by them!"

"As long as the border defense camp is close to Highway 712, our mission will be accomplished!"

"Last 15 minutes, hold on!"

"understand!"

In the Scorpion reconnaissance vehicle, Chen Chen gave instructions to everyone via the radio.

Just now, relying on their huge firepower advantage, they took over the second reconnaissance and control area at lightning speed.

However, the closer you get to Highway 712, the wider the mobile patrol range of a control area.

While Chen Chen led the team to attack the stronghold, the mobile patrol team had already moved away from the stronghold in a very small time difference.

Chen Chen, who was put in trouble, had no other choice but to bite the bullet and capture the enemy's stronghold. This also caused the patrol team to immediately notice the abnormality, report the situation to the enemy's command center, and confirm that the reconnaissance and control area had been invaded.

Just one minute later, the first lost point was confirmed, and soon after, the location and movements of the Dongfeng Corps reconnaissance team were quickly reported to all mobile patrol teams in the area.

When launching an attack on the third point, the Dongfeng Corps was attacked by three mobile patrol groups at the same time.

If they had not replaced the vehicles in advance, forged the enemy identification signal, and bought precious reaction time, the Dongfeng Corps might have been wiped out in this round of attack!
But fortunately, with the visual advantage provided by the drone and the unreasonable intensive firepower of the MK19, the 12-man team successfully broke through the siege.

When he raided 4 kilometers to the north and reached the fourth point, Chen Chen only launched a feint attack and then chose to retreat decisively.

At this time, 20 minutes had passed since they launched the attack.

They were not attacked by any air fire. The helicopters of the Turkish Army Aviation had already taken off, but they were always a step too slow and have not yet flown over the Dongfeng Corps.

This is a unique opportunity. As long as they can lead the enemy's reconnaissance troops to make one last circle, the large force of the border defense battalion will be able to smoothly pass through the control area, reach the designated combat area with minimal exposure, and start their mission.

By that time, no matter whether they win or lose, whether they can escape unscathed or not, it will have nothing to do with Chen Chen.

Everything depends on luck. If they can hold on for a few more minutes, Laka City will have a better chance of winning.

If they can't hold on, at least they can create some chaos on the Turkish side.

Thinking of this, Chen Chen took a deep breath.

He lowered his head again and looked at the images sent back by the drone.

At this time, the Dongfeng Corps was in an extremely dangerous situation.

Less than 5 kilometers ahead of them is the Turkish-Syrian border. If they continue forward, they will come across a large, flat and open farmland area, and will be completely exposed to the reconnaissance sight of the Turkish army.

Behind them were two pursuit teams consisting of three Scorpion armored vehicles and one Armored Vehicle 3X8. Although they were unable to get close to the "escaping" Dongfeng Corps due to the speed disadvantage of the Armored Vehicle 8x8, these three armored vehicles alone had blocked all retreat routes of the Dongfeng Corps.

At the same time, on the left and right sides of the Dongfeng Corps, two "Cobra" armored vehicles based on the Land Rover Defender platform were pursuing in a roundabout way.

The speed of this car is amazing. It can even run an average speed of 110 kilometers per hour on the road. Even in off-road mode, it can maintain a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, completely crushing the speed of the Dongfeng Corps which is less than 60 kilometers at that time.

Even without helicopter support, even if it delayed a few more minutes, the Dongfeng Corps might have been surrounded by these mobile patrol teams and eventually suffocated on the border.

It is even more impossible to confront them head-on. After all, almost all of these vehicles are equipped with remote-controlled weapon stations. In front of them, the Dongfeng Corps cannot gain any advantage.

Even if they could take down one or two, as long as their progress was delayed, they would inevitably be eaten up by the reinforcements that arrived later.

The only way is to run.

The only way is to get out of their sight as soon as possible and hide in the complex terrain that cannot be discovered by helicopters and aerial reconnaissance planes!

Chen Chen quickly scanned the map on his knees. At a glance, the surrounding terrain was as clear as a 3D model.

To their west is a vast desert, with the maximum altitude difference within ten kilometers not exceeding a hundred meters. If they go west, even without relying on helicopters, the pursuing troops on the ground can easily locate their approximate direction of travel.

Because all pursuit vehicles are equipped with the ASKARAD ground surveillance radar system.

With the help of this system, the enemy can vaguely lock onto moving targets within 30 kilometers. Even if the information provided is not as accurate as the ultra-short-range drone used by Chen Chen and his team, it is enough to determine the direction of pursuit.

If he chooses this direction, Chen Chen must rely on the high mobility of the Scorpion reconnaissance vehicle to get rid of the pursuers as much as possible.

This may indeed buy enough time for the border defense battalion to maneuver, but there is no doubt that their space for movement will become smaller and smaller, and they will eventually be completely surrounded.

Chen Chen ruled out this option without hesitation. The reason was simple. This was a path suitable for sacrifice, but definitely not a path for survival!

He turned his eyes to the east. Less than two kilometers away was the Bailih River Valley. The terrain here was also flat, but the advantage to the Dongfeng Corps was that there were a lot of vegetation and villages near the valley, and there were many shelters. If necessary, the Dongfeng Corps could even abandon their vehicles and walk.

As long as he could get into the village, Chen Chen believed that it would not be easy for the Turkish troops to find him in a short period of time.

However, the risks of this path are equally huge.

To reach the Bailih Valley, they would have to cross Highway 712 again.

At this time, the Turkish army on the border had already begun to march. If the speed was a little slower, the Dongfeng Corps would probably pass in front of the enemy's armored forces or even hit them directly in the face!

The distance does not need to be very close, as long as it is within one kilometer, a round of artillery fire from the enemy will be enough to blow you into a pile of minced meat.

As for north and south, there is no need to consider it at all, because that is 100% the idea.

At this time, the Dongfeng Corps' convoy was still moving forward, and there was not much time left for Chen Chen.

After a brief hesitation, he finally made the decision and said:

"Turn east."

"Since we've already gambled to this extent, there's no reason not to continue."

"5 minutes, cross Highway 712, target Maha Village!"

"understand!"

After the order was given, Lin He swung the steering wheel sharply to the right. Chen Chen was thrown directly onto the glass by the huge inertia. After cursing, he shouted loudly:

"Be careful! The Scorpion's chassis is unstable, don't let it flip over!"

"I know!"

Lin He answered without turning his head, and the reconnaissance vehicle accelerated again.

He had squeezed the performance of this vehicle to the extreme. On the rugged sand, the reconnaissance vehicle's speed reached 80 mph.

Chen Chen has clearly felt the feeling of weightlessness from the ups and downs. He even suspected that even if the Turkish military's own drivers were to drive the car, it would be difficult to drive it to this extent.
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But even so, they still couldn't shake off the pursuit.

Because turning right means giving up the lead over the enemy pursuit group on the flank.

This is a very simple truth. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Even if the other party cannot obtain your specific location, as long as you drive forward in the inherent direction, they will always find your whereabouts at the intersection!

The opponent's Cobra convoy was maneuvering along Highway 712.

At this time, the Dongfeng Corps was less than 712 kilometer away from Highway 1.

Through the perspective of the thermal fusion night vision goggles, the road in the distance is vaguely visible.

On the south side of the road, two Cobras were speeding towards them.

"Howitzers ready!"

"Shoot on the move!"

"Heavy machine gun fires every 15 seconds! Scatter fire one round!"

"understand!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavy machine gun on the reconnaissance vehicle and the MK19 on the back of the pickup truck opened fire at the same time.

After a round of explosions, grenades fell towards the road like raindrops.

But obviously, at such a high speed, it is completely a pipe dream to pursue the hit rate of the grenade. The farthest grenade even flew hundreds of meters behind the Cobra car, and even the closest one only exploded on the roadbed dozens of meters in front of the car.

The Cobra's progress was not hindered in any way, and the distance between the two convoys was shortened to 600 meters.

And this distance is exactly the most effective killing distance of the heavy machine gun on the roof.

As if they had telepathic connection, the two convoys opened fire at the same time.

The tracer bullet streaked across the night sky like a meteor and bit towards the enemy like a tongue of fire.

None of the vehicles in the two convoys were equipped with fire control radar, which greatly reduced the accuracy of the heavy machine guns.

Thus, an absurd and ridiculous scene appeared.

As the two convoys got closer, the speed at which the machine guns turned could no longer keep up with the speed at which the firing ranges of both sides changed.

All the bullets fell at the rear of the convoy, and the so-called lead time became a joke at this moment.

When the Dongfeng Corps' convoy drove along Highway 712, the Cobra convoy just passed by.

The two groups of people met each other, and in the brief few seconds when the machine guns turned again, they disappeared from each other's sight.

There is only one level left.

Helicopter.

Chen Chen thought for a moment, then gave the order decisively:
"Abandon the car in 1 minute."

"Bring out the Vanguard-12."

"Shoot down the helicopter, then continue to maneuver eastward."

"understand!"

With a sudden brake, the convoy stopped at the bank of the Bailih River.

Everyone pushed the door and got out of the car. Four Vanguard-4 individual air defense missiles were aimed at the dark night sky.

The sound of propellers gradually approached, and then two fireworks bloomed in the sky.

That was a heat decoy dropped by a helicopter.

However, the missiles fired from the ground completely ignored the interference of the heat-seeking missiles. A few seconds later, a low explosion sounded from the night sky hundreds of meters high.

Then, a ball of fire fell, spinning.
At the same time, 20 kilometers away from the border, on Highway 712, the Syrian border guard battalion had arrived at the designated position, and after a not-so-high-intensity battle, it successfully occupied the town of Awazirat and began the final deployment.

Inside the temporary command center, the commander of the border defense battalion looked at the simple map on the table and gave an order with a frown:

"The first company advanced to Hill No. 2 on the north side, set up machine gun positions, and personnel built fortifications on the reverse slope for concealment."

"This sand dune is the only high point within two kilometers, and it will inevitably be the focus of contention between the enemy and us."

"I request that all the elite troops be assigned to the first company. On this high ground, we need to establish the strongest output firepower and inflict heavy damage to the enemy in the first round of conflict."

"At the same time, the Second Company will lurk in the northeastern depression as a suicide squad to draw firepower for the First Company."

"The third company is stationed in Avazilat. This will be our last line of defense."

“Wherever the enemy wants to go, they have to pass through Avazilat.”

"We have to hold them here and keep them at bay."

"As long as we hold on for 20 minutes, the armored forces from Manbij will arrive, and fighter jets from Tabqa Air Force Base will also come to support us."

"We have a great chance. As long as we can hold on, we will be the biggest contributors to this battle!"

"The enemy isn't strong. They may have a lot of lightly armored units, but we also have rocket launchers and heavy machine guns!"

"With 500 people, it's not easy to stop them, but it's not difficult to delay them either!"

"understand!"

Once the order was given, everyone in the border defense camp immediately took action.

After just a few minutes, the battle formation was basically completed, and the battalion commander had already personally crouched behind the bunker with his gun, nervously observing the movements of Highway 712 in the distance.

His gun was loaded and the safety was on.

Having not trained for many years, he even forgot how to aim at this moment.

However, he is not worried about this.

Because he knew that the enemy was not that scary.

It is just a light armored force of several hundred people. According to the information provided by their superiors, they don't even have tanks. Perhaps the biggest threat to them is just a few helicopters.

With such a scale, it is impossible for the enemy to launch a large-scale attack regardless of the consequences.

They are bound to hesitate, to test, and to stop to stabilize their formation if their progress is blocked.

This is your chance.

The second company is doomed to die, as they will bear the first round of attack from the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, the company with the strongest firepower would not be able to hold out for too long, but they would definitely inflict considerable casualties on the enemy.

And this is exactly what I really want.

After seeing the blood, everyone will calm down, right?

As long as this "calmness" time exceeds 20 minutes, you will win.
Thinking of this, the border defense battalion commander breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised the telescope and looked toward the end of the road.

A moment later, accompanied by a slight vibration of the ground, the first enemy finally appeared.

The battalion commander suddenly froze in place.

He saw something that definitely shouldn't be here.

tank.

A lot of tanks.

Those huge figures walked on the road like the strolling grim reaper, oblivious to the people around them.

And every inch of land covered by their shadows is tainted with the breath of death.

How can this be--
and many more.

How is this impossible?
Is it true that Turkey only has a light armored unit behind this high-profile mobilization?
At this moment, the battalion commander suddenly understood.

The intelligence was wrong.

Maybe the information I received was just wrong.

But, I no longer have a choice.

The enemy is right in front of us, surrender is impossible, and our family is still in Damascus.

Then you can only fight to the death, or die in battle.
(End of this chapter)