Chapter 9: Bloody Battle (4)

At 6:20 pm, just as the 3rd Regiment was fighting bloody battles with the group of rats in Kering Town, on Highway 3, about 20 kilometers away from Kering Town, the 1st Mechanized Regiment of the 45th Army Division was advancing rapidly towards Jindao Gorge. Dozens of armored vehicles ran all the way, and the headlights of the car were brilliant and dazzling like a sharp sword piercing through the darkness.

The 1st Regiment was also deployed to carry out mobile defense missions near National Highway 310, Ganshui County. At 5:45 pm, the reconnaissance helicopter reported that an astonishing group of rats was approaching Jindao Gorge quickly. However, Jindao Gorge is a hub connecting Ganshui County and Biyun County. Once the rat group makes a breakthrough here, the two counties are in danger of falling. Therefore, all 70 armored vehicles of the 1st Regiment were dispatched, carrying 70 flame-shot squads and subordinate troops, led by Colonel Xu Wendong, Chief of Staff of the 45th Division, and Colonel Li Shengyu, the commander of the 1st Regiment, rushed to the Jindao Gorge area. The regiment command was set up in a front heavy armored vehicle.

After 6 o'clock, the sky gradually darkened. Highway 3 is a secondary road next to National Highway 310. On the left is the steep Qinba Mountains and on the right is the Sexi River. Due to the complex terrain, Highway 3 is only 5 meters wide. Although it is theoretically a double lane, the heavy armored vehicles of the 1st regiment can only be arranged in a long snake formation and advance forward. However, on this road, there are currently only vehicles of the 1st regiment driving, and civilian vehicles are completely prohibited near National Highway 310. Therefore, even if the road is narrow, there is no need to worry about traffic jams in the traffic ahead.

Under the headlights, you can see group of rats moving on the road. These group of rats are not large in size, usually in small groups of 30-50. Groups of rats are running around on Highway 3, which adds a lot of trouble to the convoy. Because of the concern that the tires will slip due to the sliding of rats, the speed of the armored vehicle driving in the front has slowed down.

"How far is it from Jindao Gorge?" Colonel Xu Wendong asked with a tense face in the regiment command center.

Colonel Li Shengyu raised his head from the map: "It's about 10 kilometers."

"At the current speed, it will be at least 7 o'clock for the troops to arrive at Jindao Gorge." Colonel Xu Wendong looked a little anxious.

"I'm afraid this is the only way." Colonel Li Shengyu said with a wry smile.

Colonel Xu Wendong frowned. The helicopter found that the rat group was approaching Jindao Gorge at 5:45 pm. According to the reconnaissance helicopter report, the vanguard of the rat group was only a few kilometers away from Jindao Gorge. If the troops arrived at Jindao Gorge after 7 o'clock, once they encountered the main force of the rat group, the troops could not open the defense line at all. Although the soldiers were protected by armored vehicles, there would be no danger in the army, but the hedgehog group would be able to complete the task of intercepting the rat group.

"Even if the troops can reach the designated location in time, if they encounter the main force of the rat group, our more than 100 flamethrowers may not be able to withstand it." Colonel Li Shengyu shook his head with a wry smile. He looked at Colonel Xu Wendong's face and asked tentatively: "Chief of Staff, I heard that the 3rd Regiment is fighting hard in Kaiyun Town?"

Colonel Xu Wendong raised his eyebrows: "What? Are you scared?"

Colonel Li Shengyu stood up suddenly, his square face flushed red: "Chief of Staff! There are no words 'fear' in my Li Shengyu's dictionary. Aren't there just a few mice? If I don't believe them, it's a big deal!"

Colonel Xu Wendong waved his hand and was about to speak. Suddenly, the armored vehicle braked suddenly, and his body almost fell to the ground with a sway.

"What's going on?" Colonel Li Shengyu turned his head and asked sternly at the driver.

"A armored vehicle in front has overturned." The driver explained in a low voice.

The car overturned?! Colonel Xu Wendong was shocked and hurriedly looked out of the car window. Sure enough, on a curve in front, a heavy armored vehicle overturned on the road, blocking the road tightly.

"Fuck!" Colonel Li Shengyu cursed, grabbed the phone and shouted at the commander of the Forward Battalion:

"Wei Changfeng! What are you, the vanguard battalion commander, for food? Well? You asked you to be the pioneer in the road to fight in the front line. You're fine. Before the war started, you drove over the armored vehicles!"

Wei Changfeng was very aggrieved in the walkie-talkie: "Captain. There are too many mice on the road. In order not to affect the speed, we can only crush the mice. The road here is too narrow and the tires are slipping, so we overturned..."

"I don't want to listen to your explanation!" Colonel Li Shengyu was very angry: "Now the troops are blocked here. You can clear the road for me immediately. I'll ask you if you miss the opportunity!"

"Captain! The armored vehicle weighs more than ten tons. How can I move the overturned armored vehicle away without heavy towing vehicles? You can deal with me directly." Wei Changfeng rushed back in one breath.

Colonel Li Shengyu was stunned. What Wei Changfeng said was indeed true. Because he was fighting against the rat group, the troops of armored vehicles were not equipped with other vehicles. Now when the armored vehicles overturned were blocked by the road, he really couldn't clean up the road.

"Chief of Staff, what should we do now?" Colonel Li Shengyu asked anxiously: "Why? Let's turn around and take a detour to Jindao Gorge?"

"Detour?" Colonel Xu Wendong said coldly as he knocked on the map with a pencil: "Then you have to run 100 kilometers more! At our current speed, it will be at least 10 o'clock to arrive at Jindao Gorge. By then, I'm afraid the main force of the rat group has passed through the Jindao Gorge!"

Li Shengyu murmured, "It's going to be troublesome now."

Colonel Xu Wendong pondered for a while and said, "The terrain in Jindao Gorge is complex, and it is night now. Without the ground coordinator to indicate the target, our air force and long-range firepower will not be able to carry out a coverage and strike on the rat group. If the troops cannot arrive at Jindao Gorge in time, at least they will have to send an air-ground firepower coordination team to the place."

"Let the coordination team observe the main force of the rat group up close without the shelter of armored vehicles? Isn't that going to die?" Colonel Li Shengyu said with a wry smile.

"What if there were enough flamethrower protection coordination team on site?" Colonel Xu Wendong asked back.

Colonel Li Shengyu shook his head: "The flamethrower is not omnipotent. A flamethrower can only last for a few minutes. Once the combustion agent is used up, no one can break out of the rat group."

"Old Li, look at the map. At the end of Highway 3 is the Jindaoxia Pass. Highway 3 is built along the mountain, and the surrounding terrain is roughly the same. On the left is a steep mountain range and on the right is a wide river. The terrain restricts the rat group from detouring from both wings. If we send a force to advance quickly to the Jindaoxia Pass, it will only take 7-8 kilometers and you can arrive for up to an hour and a half. The coordination team can just stay there for about 10 minutes to give long-range firepower or the Air Force to indicate targets, and you can immediately retreat along Highway 3. Highway 3 is very narrow. As long as there are enough flamethrowers to alternately block the highway and retreat while fighting and retreating, the troops can safely withdraw." Colonel Xu Wendong pointed at the map with a pencil and made suggestions.

Colonel Li Shengyu stared at the map tightly, and after a long time, he raised his head and said resolutely: "Okay. Chief of Staff! Just follow your plan, I will personally lead the troops to Jindao Gorge!"

Colonel Xu Wendong's face changed slightly, and he said, "Old Li, you don't have to lead the team to Jindao Gorge in person. Just let Wei Changfeng and the others go."

Colonel Li Shengyu grinned and said proudly: "What? The Chief of Staff was worried that the mice would eat me? It's okay, aren't there just a few mice? If you want to eat me, Li Shengyu, can you still see if they have good teeth!"

Colonel Xu Wendong was moved. He held Colonel Li Shengyu's hands tightly and shook them twice:

"Old Li... take care of yourself!"

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