Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 406 First, take down the mortar positions.

Cheng Cai destroyed the rebels' motor vehicles, and the rebels began bombarding them with mortars.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Three mortar shells came in quick succession.

The explosion landed inside the convoy and shattered two military vehicles, one of which was the Hummer military vehicle that had tried to overtake the bus but was overturned and thrown out.

The Iraqi special forces soldiers in the vehicle were initially only knocked unconscious by the explosion, but because no one came to their rescue, they are now completely dead.

The fact that three mortar shells could be fired at once proves that the rebels had a large number of mortars lying in ambush, forming a position with at least three mortars.

There are also so many mortars.

It's understandable that the rebels' mortars could fire so quickly and accurately.

Shi Dafan kept searching with his observation scope. After firing three mortar rounds, he fired three more, creating a sea of ​​fire below. The Yanlong team and the Iraqi special forces couldn't even lift their heads, and their casualties increased exponentially.

Even the only surviving bus was not spared from this round of bombing.

A mortar shell hit the front two meters of the bus, and even if it didn't hit the bus directly, it still cut off a section of the bus that was more than ten meters long.

The section from the front of the bus to the third and fourth rows of seats was completely destroyed in the explosion.

Even if it wasn't blown away, it was already severely deformed.

By observing the rising and gradually dissipating smoke, Shi Dafan finally located the artillery position; the smoke was coming from the cannons after they fired.

He immediately shouted to Cheng Cai, "Gun God, the artillery position has been found, behind the hill at the two o'clock position."

Seeing the bus destroyed by the explosion and hearing screams of agony coming from inside, likely a scene of utter carnage, Jackie Chan immediately shouted, "Gun God, find the artillery position right now and take it out! Hurry!!"

Just as Cheng Cai received Shi Dafan's tip, he also received an order from Jackie Chan.

He immediately turned the scope to the two o'clock position, observed for two seconds, and replied: "Captain, we have found the mortar position, but they are on the reverse slope of the hill, outside my firing range."

I need you to find a way to stall them. Give me three minutes, and I'll take care of them.

Cheng Cai's only obstacle was the rebel mortars, but also the rebel soldiers all over the mountain. Without drawing their attention, he couldn't move his position at all.

"Okay, I'll figure something out. Hurry up."

Jackie Chan knew that Cheng Cai needed to adjust the firing line to find a suitable shooting angle, so his eyes immediately began searching the battlefield.

He needs to find something suitable to delay the enemy's mortar fire.

Otherwise, the special forces soldiers and the other members of the Flame Dragon team would be pinned to the ground by the mortars and unable to move, and could only passively take the hits.

There was no way to cover Cheng Cai's transfer, and therefore no way to destroy the mortar positions.

This will create a vicious cycle!

The Ivia special forces' supply trucks were blown up, and now the battlefield is littered with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, both wrecked and intact, piled together.

Jackie Chan glanced around and saw ammunition scattered all over the ground, as well as various types of shells and equipment.

Some of these are special operations equipment.

After all, they are the only special forces unit of the Ivia government, and they have received the most professional SAS-level training, and have also purchased a lot of special forces equipment.

To help ZG rescue the hostages, we brought all sorts of good equipment.

Unfortunately, they didn't get a chance to perform and were blown to pieces by mortars, losing the opportunity to demonstrate their high value.

Jackie Chan hid behind a bunker on the ground, but after searching around, he couldn't find a suitable one.

Just before the pickup truck was blown up nearby, I saw an unopened rocket launcher and a deformed ammunition box lying on the ground.

"Idiot, Siberian wolf, cover me!"

Jackie Chan shouted, crouched down and scrambled to his feet. He rushed to the rocket launcher, grabbed the launcher in one hand and the ammunition box in the other, and turned to run back.

When I was less than four meters from the cover, all I could hear was the whooshing of bullets.

To reduce the area hit by the bullet, Jackie Chan performed a smooth sprint and kneel down to slide back into the shell crater in the bunker.

According to Murphy's Law.

It is also a survival skill on the battlefield.

On flat ground without foxholes or air-raid shelters, the safest way to avoid artillery fire is to hide in the craters created by the shells.

The probability of two shells landing in the same crater is lower than the probability of falling to your death while walking on flat ground.

Furthermore, the crater created by the shell is lower than the ground level, which can effectively avoid shell fragments and shock waves, thus greatly increasing the survival rate.

Back in the bunker, Jackie Chan could still hear the mortar fire.

The rebels on the mountain have really gone mad. They're firing mortar shells like they're free, and the road where the convoy is located has been practically plowed up.

It was precisely because the rebels' artillery fire was too intense that Jackie Chan did not send his team members to rescue people.

In the original storyline, Captain Yang Rui insisted that his team members brave enemy mortar fire to board the bus and rescue the civilians on board.

This is actually very unwise, and could even be described as overly compassionate.

If the teammates weren't protected by their supporting roles, and a mortar shell landed on the bus, no more than four members of the Jiaolong team would survive.

Jackie Chan was well aware of the dangers of doing this, which is why he hardened his heart.

Ignoring the pitiful cries for help from inside the car, they first sent Cheng Cai and Shi Dafan to find the mortar position, destroyed it, and then rescued the people.

Save others only when your own safety is guaranteed; refuse to engage in brainless, heroic rescues where you risk your life for someone else.

This has always been Jackie Chan's standard of conduct!

Opening the cylindrical engineering plastic casing revealed, as Long Zhan had expected, a rocket launcher, but the ammunition was not a lethal warhead.

It was a whole box of smoke bombs!

"As expected, it's still the same old story. The causality in the movie and TV show world is really amazing. Since you only gave me this thing, I'll try to play some tricks with it too."

Jackie Chan took out a smoke grenade, loaded it, aimed it at the mountain at two o'clock, calculated the time for the smoke grenade to explode, and pulled the trigger.

"Pfft~"

The smoke grenade flew away, leaving a trail of smoke.

When it flew to the mountainside at the two o'clock position, it exploded with a bang, creating a cloud of smoke over thirty meters in diameter, which blocked the mortar position.

"Sniper team, I've fired the smoke grenade. Seize the opportunity and move out. Over." Jackie Chan shouted over the radio.

"Pursuit team received, already dispatched."

Cheng Cai put away his gun and continued running up the mountain. Because the mountain was too steep to run directly up, he ran diagonally along the ridge towards the northwest side of the ridge.

From that high vantage point, you can see the mortar array; once you can spot it, you can snipe it.

When a sniper shoots at a mortar position, it's like shooting at a stationary target.

Don't relax too much!

The reason why Jackie Chan was needed to cover them before setting off was also because mortars are very effective against snipers, and can even be considered the nemesis of snipers.

If moving under the noses of mortar fire, Cheng Cai only needs to find a sniping point and stop.

Then his death was imminent.

A sniper rifle can be used to lie prone and lock onto a mortar, eliminating the mortar operator with precise shots.

Mortar operators can also lock onto sniper rifles instantly, and with their extremely long range and destructive power, a single mortar shell can send a sniper to his death.

Now that the mortar's field of vision is completely blocked, it provides Cheng Cai with an excellent opportunity.

As Cheng Cai's observer, Shi Dafan did not run with Cheng Cai, but continued to lie in place, using his observation scope to lock onto the other side.

Check the opposing rebel camp for any threatening units; they've already set their sights on Cheng Cai.

Cheng Cai's physical abilities are already top-tier, and his performance in Chongshan is among the best in the Yanlong team. However, reaching the best observation point is not an easy task.

It takes two or three minutes of continuous shoveling on the hillside to reach the observation point in the northwest direction.

anyway.

Smoke bombs are actually quite effective.

After Jackie Chan fired a smoke grenade, the mortar positions on the opposite mountain went out of service and stopped firing.

This shows that there are skilled mortar operators on the mountain.

He never relied on numerical parameters to fight; instead, he used visual observation and real-time data tracking to lock onto targets and fire like a gun.

We quickly track data to ensure that every shot is accurate.

This requires a lot of technical skills!

With the mortar finally falling silent, the Flame Dragon team finally had a chance to catch their breath.

Seeing that the threat of the mortars was temporarily gone, and that the rebels on the mountain were entangled with the Iraqi special forces, Jackie Chan didn't pay much attention to these few people.

Danji decisively ordered, "Old Cannon, Idiot, Siberian Wolf, Hoe, the four of you go rescue them. Hurry up and get there."

"receive!"

Upon receiving the order, Zhuang Yan and the other three immediately ran towards the bus, which was now mostly half-destroyed.

Zhuang Yan was the first to run to the car. When he saw the terrible state of the car, he was truly shocked and stood there motionless for a long time.

Not far in front of my feet was half a head, with its eyes bulging out as if they were about to explode.

On the left side, on the warped window frame, hung a half-meter-long intestine, with a lump of flesh hanging from the other end, dripping blood.

The bus component on the right had completely disappeared, with several severed hands lying at the edge of its disappearance.

The bus was a complete mess, with severed hands and feet and bits of flesh and organs everywhere; not a single living person could be seen.

Coupled with various groans and screams, it was a veritable hell on earth.

The veteran who followed closely behind wasn't much better off. He was struck by lightning after just one glance and stood there motionless.

His pupils trembled violently, like a magnitude 12 earthquake.

This shows how intense the emotions were!

Compared to Zhuang Yan, who was stunned by the bloody scene, Xu Sanduo and Wu Zhe, who arrived later, were much calmer.

Aside from a moment of surprise when I got on the bus, I immediately realized what was happening.

They crawled through a large hole in the side of the bus, which was riddled with holes from the bombing, and began searching for survivors among the horrified bodies.

Xu Sanduo found a survivor and wanted to rescue him, but then discovered that the survivor's thigh had been pierced by a triangular steel rod.

He wanted to find someone to help break the broken leg, but when he turned around, he saw Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao still standing there in a daze. He urged them, "You two, don't just stand there, come and help them quickly. They're in such a terrible state, we need to help them right away."

No wonder he's been tortured in Jackie Chan's slaughterhouse; his tolerance for such bloody scenes is truly remarkable.

In fact.

Compared to the bloody scene Jackie Chan created by using a heavy machine gun to cut down dozens of drug dealers, the scene inside the bus was much "milder".

At least it wasn't a truck full of minced meat; at least the people were still mostly connected.

Although Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao also worked for Jackie Chan and were his men, their actual combat situations were different, and they did not witness Jackie Chan's "butcher nature," thus lacking a valuable experience.

He only came to his senses after being yelled at by Xu Sanduo, and ran over to help rescue the civilians.

The triangular steel rod stuck in the civilian's leg couldn't be pulled out easily, because doing so would cause massive bleeding, and the civilian would surely die.

The only solution is to cut the triangular steel and remove it when the patient is taken to a hospital or a place with the necessary facilities.

As professional assault troops, neither Zhuang Yan nor Xu Sanduo had suitable breaching tools, but Lao Pao, a veteran demolition expert, did bring them.

I opened the bag, took out the tactical hydraulic pliers, and started cutting the section that was fixed to the vehicle.

The cutting process was originally to be carried out by the veteran, but Wu Zhe, who boarded the vehicle from the back door, discovered two 120mm mortar shells in the back.

Wu Zhe was able to easily determine that the two shells came from the truck that had been blown away.

One of the military trucks was carrying not only civilians but also some ammunition, including a box of 120mm mortar shells.

Although mixing people and goods is dangerous, we have no choice but to do it because we don't have enough tools.

Civilians had no choice between staying to die and getting on a truck to escape the danger zone with the shells.

The only option is to get on the bus!

The trucks had already been blown to pieces in the previous shelling, so it was normal for the shells and supplies loaded on the trucks to fall onto the bus.

Wu Zhe was not a professional bomb disposal expert and could not confirm whether the shells, which had been blown so far away, could be triggered.

Or, to put it another way, if you move them now, or wait a while, will they explode on their own?

Therefore, Wu Zhe chose to consult an expert.

Call over the team's expert demolition expert, Lao Pao, to handle these three troublesome shells and prevent them from exploding and burying everyone.

The explosion of three 120mm mortar shells was enough to pulverize the entire bus and all the people inside.

Jackie Chan had been keeping a close eye on the bus. Seeing Wu Zhe and the others go inside, and remembering what happened in the original storyline, he anxiously called out over the radio, "Hey, how's the situation inside the bus? Have they run into any trouble?"

"The hoe has arrived. The situation is not optimistic; most people cannot be saved," Wu Zhe reported.

"Save those who can be saved first."

Jackie Chan gave a subtle hint, but didn't get the answer he wanted, so he simply asked directly, "Is there a bomb in the car?"

"There are three mortar shells. The old gunman is checking them. The situation is unclear at the moment," Wu Zhe said.

"Three mortar shells? Looks like the biggest plot hole in the movie didn't happen. I can rest assured now."

Jackie Chan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, "Hurry up and rescue them. The smoke bomb won't last long; you only have three minutes at most."

(End of this chapter)