The leading Portuguese paratrooper fell to the ground instantly after the gunfire, and then began to struggle painfully. His squad leader and comrades immediately set up their rifles and began shooting randomly at the mud wall to suppress fire. Then the two men He used his hands and feet to drag the fallen paratrooper back to the bunker.
The unlucky man was hit by a bullet in the neck, and blood surged out like a fountain. The medical soldiers tried their best to treat him, but in the end he died of his injuries in an unknown forest in Angola.
Before the battle even started, one person on our side was killed. This undoubtedly cast a shadow over the entire raid, but the battle plan would not stop just because one person fell.
While treating the wounded, other paratroopers had already begun to advance towards the village. Because their own side had been shot, the paratroopers threw smoke grenades to block the enemy's sight in the village, and then began to break into the village in combat formation.
They were already familiar with this kind of combat mission of breaking through and sweeping, so after entering the village, each combat group immediately rushed towards their respective goals.
A combat team surrounded a small courtyard, and then the vanguard took the lead in kicking the wooden door that was ajar, and then the booby trap set behind the door was detonated. The vanguard and the three teammates behind him were covered in nine times the fragments and debris. , although it is not fatal, at least it is impossible to continue participating in the battle.
Several wounded people were immediately arranged to evacuate, and the infantry had set up a field rescue center to treat the wounded. The military doctor wearing a red cross mark felt something bad when he looked at the several wounded people who had been sent over less than ten minutes after the battle started. After taking a look at the few medical supplies and plasma, I could only pray silently that everything would go well.
After witnessing the misery of their comrades, the remaining paratroopers became increasingly vigilant. They now always check before kicking in the door, and the booby trap seemed to be just an exception, because the paratroopers later searched several houses. They didn't encounter any booby traps, nor did they encounter any resistance as expected.
"Where are these niggers?"
"Did they all run away?"
And when a group of paratroopers who entered the courtyard and whispered to each other checked the room and were about to leave, a gun suddenly stuck out of the room they had just checked and there was no one there, and then a row of bullets hit these unsuspecting paratroopers directly. Behind him, the mercenaries in the room turned around and got into the room without any hesitation after finishing shooting the bullets in their hands.
Other soldiers who heard the gunshots quickly came over for reinforcements and saw two corpses and four wounded on the ground. After hearing that there was a problem in the room, seven or eight paratroopers fired hundreds of shots into the room and threw seven or eight The grenade blew up most of the room before the fire ceased.
Then the paratroopers checked the ruins, but no bodies were found. As a last resort, the paratroopers had to use grenades to blow up the house completely to prevent any more strange things from emerging.
The same team of paratroopers, after evacuating the wounded, began to check another yard again. First, they confirmed that there were no booby traps at the door. Then the paratroopers safely kicked open the door and fired at the house. Then a sharp soldier carefully pushed the door open. Opening the door, looking at the mess in the room, he immediately called his teammates to come closer, and he stepped into the room, and then he heard a click.
"Oh shit!"
The leading soldier only had time to spit out a few curse words, and then the anti-infantry mine buried in the room was activated. Then, the shrapnel exploded the opponent's entire leg to pieces, and the remaining half of his body was also pushed out of the room by the explosion. , smashed to the ground.
"Damn it!"
The commander of the paratrooper company in the rear heard the explosions and scattered gunshots that rang out from time to time in the village and punched the tree angrily. Before even one-sixth of the scheduled work was completed, three of his men were already dead. Wounded, almost one squad was lost. If the casualties continue at this level, I'm afraid his entire company will be lost here.
As the elite, the Portuguese paratroopers naturally could not continue to fight hard. They quickly adjusted their style of play and gave up kicking the door. Instead, they directly started using grenades to break the door. This could detonate booby traps, but the soldiers carried The number of grenades was limited. After clearing a dozen yards, the paratroopers' grenades were exhausted, and there were more yards waiting for them.
After all, this is a large village with thousands of people living here. The entire village is nearly three thousand meters long from east to west, and almost more than a thousand meters from north to south.
But the good news is not without them. After the paratroopers used grenades to break through the door, they no longer suffered any casualties, and even the enemy attacks stopped. So as long as they keep up this progress, they can complete the first stage in less than half a day. mission target.
So the paratroopers could only start to search for usable things again, and also started to collect all explosive items from infantry grenades. Next, these paratroopers showed their talents. Some found wood as a battering ram to break down the door, and some tied explosives to it. The sticks were used as blasting tubes. All in all, the addition of all kinds of things greatly accelerated their progress. Soon the two areas AB were cleared by the paratroopers, and during this period, they only added two lightly wounded people. .
But no one is optimistic about this anymore, because the price they paid for clearing the AB area is to use up almost all the explosive supplies, whether it is paratrooper grenade explosives or infantry explosives, the only ones that can still explode now are These are the two 60mm mortars carried by the infantry!
But no matter what, the cleanup had to continue. The paratroopers also guessed that the enemy might have dug a secret passage in the room to hide themselves. In order to destroy Zabi's guerrillas, they had to continue.
After a short rest, the paratroopers who had completed their rotation began to clean up again. Due to the scarcity of explosives, they did not dare to use grenades recklessly. They could only think of ways to either climb over the wall or use wooden battering rams. Then, Things started to take a turn for the worse again.
A paratrooper had just climbed up the wall and before he could see if anyone was in the room, bullets broke the window and hit him. Teammates who heard the gunfire immediately began to throw grenades, and after the explosion, they bravely tried to rush up to deal with the opponent. , but when they rushed into the room, what they saw were two other smoking grenades, which had just been thrown from the inside of the room.
Not only in the room, the paratroopers moving along the village paths were also surprised to find that bullets were shooting at them from all dark corners. The whole street, no, the whole village, seemed to come alive!
