Sekma town.
Under Shaher's arrangement, all the work after occupying the town began to be fully advanced.
In the tunnel, Major Eastan readjusted the mission.
A team of people is responsible for finding underground ditches to dredge water sources, clearing water in tunnels, and reinforcing pillars damaged in the explosion;
One unit is responsible for guarding the blocked passage in the southern section to prevent accidents to the buried Union soldiers;
The first department is responsible for concentrating excavation equipment and making a special trip to dredge the northern section of the tunnel to expand the space for the next long-term operation;
The first department continues to strengthen the demarcation line channel and must withstand the damage of heavy drilling D-bombs. This is an important part of Country Y's strategic penetration. Maintaining smooth transportation of personnel and materials is a prerequisite;
The First Department carries out logistical work such as treating the wounded, supplementing equipment energy consumption, increasing living and residential facilities, setting up communication lines, and providing combat services at any time.
Replenishing rear reinforcements takes time, there are not many available personnel, the task is urgent, and every second counts.
All groups work uninterrupted, take turns to rest, and replace in time to maximize efficiency.
Town grounds.
According to the deployment of Commander Shaher, in addition to the chemical defense soldiers who are under the direct command of Major Istanbul, the remaining more than 800 special forces capable of fighting are all under the command of Libera Major dispatched.
He simultaneously launched a comprehensive task implementation plan based on priorities.
The southern hills have sunk as a whole, and the soil structure has changed. The loose soil is no longer suitable for digging underground tunnels for garrisoning.
In view of its special terrain position and strategic commanding heights, it can play the roles of range reconnaissance, battlefield containment, fire support, and long-range strikes in all four directions, making it the most important task of the current guard.
From the commander's point of view, if we want to carry out further deep strikes and advances, we must stick to the core of the town through hills and tunnels.
Only by guarding these two points can the real strategy be successfully entered.
Flat ground and no matter how solid the fortifications are built are not worth half of the value of the hill. Focusing everything on the hill is the most sensible and correct choice at present.
As a soldier, Major Libera can help complete this major mission and achieve the strategic goal of being the first batch to enter the opponent's position. How could he not see the key to this?
For this reason, he sent half of his troops, starting 1 kilometer west and south, and laid out 6 remote-controlled mine lines along a semi-circle to form the fastest and most efficient first level of defense;
Three simple barbed wire fences were deployed as the second layer of defense to delay the enemy and buy time for artillery coverage and fire blockade.
With the help of the heavy rain that has not stopped, 20 mountain cannons were ordered to be placed at the foot of the hill in the south, west and north directions as quickly as possible to build temporary camouflage fortifications to carry out long-range attacks on Alliance troops who might counterattack.
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Instruct 200 soldiers to be divided into 10 groups to arrange mine arrays, barbed wire fences, defensive bunkers, etc. along the northern and western edges of the town, and to guard and detect incoming enemies from both sides.
Instruct 20 people to monitor the surrendering soldiers, build the destroyed camouflage exit, reinforce and expand the nearby darkroom, and increase the number of people on standby.
50 soldiers were ordered to clean the battlefield, collect trophies, burn and bury the bodies.
More than 100 soldiers were ordered to specifically respond to urgently needed supplies transferred from the bunker, transport various materials and facilities needed on the ground battlefield, and ensure timely supply without interruption.
The reconnaissance team was instructed to control the drone and take photos, analyze and understand enemy movements in the south, west and north of the town, and report the situation immediately.
The original assault troops were ordered to continue searching for hidden windows and tunnels throughout the hill, eliminate the remaining enemies, confiscate stored weapons and ammunition, and temporarily station in the hidden window passages on the mountainside to perform surveillance, defense, dredging, reinforcement and other tasks.
The remaining 7 snipers, 3 armor-piercing guns, and 2 combat robots were assigned to follow and enter the dark window passage to cooperate with the defensive and alert work.
The original tunneling work into the hill was stopped in time, and the four excavating robots, plus the three excavating robots assigned by Major Istan, were all used by the original assault troops and accompanying engineers to clear the dark window passages and excavate the western bunker. Work and strive to achieve results as quickly as possible.
2:55 p.m.
Just when Shaher's troops were all in emergency action and busy performing tasks on separate lines, in the mountains about 100 kilometers northwest of the town, dozens of long-range rapid-fire cannons had adjusted their firing angles in place and placed their shells. in place.
Just wait for an order to launch at a fixed point.
On the ground floor of the town, all the busy soldiers of Country Y knew nothing about this and did not feel that doom was coming.
The more than 40 prisoners under surveillance still followed the instructions with depressed expressions. They did not know that the disaster was coming and their own artillery fire would ruthlessly cleanse them.
Only one of them, like a captain, looked up at the heavy rain that was about to stop, and casually asked the time.
When he heard the surveillance soldier telling him that it would be three o'clock soon, his face suddenly changed and his eyes were full of horror. He was obviously the only prisoner at the scene who knew the inside story.
Fortunately, the rain covered it up and no obvious traces were revealed.
This guy began to move his steps intentionally or unintentionally, constantly approaching the darkroom that had been cleared of debris, intending to hide in a strong bunker as soon as the bombardment arrived.
At this moment, Major Libera had just crossed the river and was going to inspect the dark window passage on the hill to make on-the-spot observations in order to better arrange the cordon.
At this moment, there are about 300 Y country soldiers working in the central and northern areas of the town. Most of them are building fortifications in the edge areas and are relatively scattered.
3pm.
The alliance's artillery fire arrived as expected. The first round of hundreds of artillery shells roared in and rained down on the central, northern and southern suburbs of the town, immediately setting off a new round of heavy bombing.
Mud, gravel, steel bars, concrete blocks and other objects were brought up and flew everywhere, once again ravaging the already riddled houses and streets.
"Quick, hide under the bunker." The leaders of each line shouted loudly.
"Ouch, I've been shot, help me!" the injured soldier shouted.
"Damn it, these shits must have eyes, and they knew the situation so quickly." A soldier yelled while avoiding.
"Tmd, we are our own people, what a retribution." The busy prisoners kept screaming, trying to hide in the dark room and escape.
"Come out and get out of the way, or I'll shoot."
After the soldiers of Country Y who were responsible for surveillance suffered the first round of shelling, the surviving soldiers did not care about the military agreement. They fired at the dark room and forced the prisoners inside to give up their positions, otherwise they would be shot without mercy.
The prisoners glanced at the black muzzles of the 10 or so guns, knowing that a slight delay would lead to a barrage of bullets. They rushed out of the darkroom without daring to pick up the remaining guns, and hid on the ground floor of a nearby building.
After an interval of 30 seconds, an overwhelming amount of shells returned to the ground, almost destroying the entire town.
Surprisingly, the southern hills were unharmed and not a single shell fell.
It is obvious that the information lags too far, and the changes on the battlefield have not yet reached the ears of the rear.
"so close!"
Major Libera looked at the violent sound and light behind him that shook the earth, and breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.
We can only hope that our soldiers can evade in time, reduce the casualty ratio as much as possible, and make the victory more perfect.
"We must quickly improve the fortifications, otherwise it may be difficult to withstand a large-scale counterattack."
Thinking of this, Major Libera took the trumpet handed by his entourage and solemnly issued a warning to the stunned soldiers up and down the hill.
Simply explain the seriousness of the situation and ask your subordinates to cooperate and get to work quickly. To delay is to ignore your own life.
At the same time, he made up his mind to personally supervise and strive to complete the preliminary defense plan ahead of schedule.
Comparing the two sides, the special forces and ordinary soldiers who escaped up and down the hill immediately woke up and hurriedly continued the tasks at hand, with increasing speed and efficiency.
3:20 p.m.
The shelling that lasted for 20 minutes finally stopped. More than half of the Y country soldiers on duty in the central and northern areas of Sekma Town were injured and nearly half died. The injured were treated immediately.
The soldiers who survived and the wounded soldiers who were able to move after being bandaged began their work again, racing against time.
There were more than 40 prisoners, with a greater proportion of casualties and casualties, but the 16 people who were intact continued to work.
After treatment, the five people with minor injuries were forced to assist in the construction again. The six people with serious injuries were briefly bandaged and sent to the western edge of the town, where they were allowed to return to their hometowns to fend for themselves. Whether they could survive until friendly forces came to help them depends on their luck.
The garrison troops were seriously short of manpower. They had no manpower and energy to take care of seriously injured prisoners. It would be the greatest mercy not to shoot them on the spot.
There is an alliance frontline outpost 2 kilometers away. As long as these seriously injured prisoners who have received basic survival food survive this distance, there is still hope of receiving treatment and surviving.
According to the rules of war, even if these seriously injured soldiers are rescued, the chance of being able to return to the battlefield is very small, which is basically regarded as increasing the number of casualties.
The shelling stopped, and the heavy rain that lasted for more than an hour also stopped.
Winter has just ended in the sky, and the climate is still cold.
The cold rain penetrated the clothes of all the soldiers, and was particularly refreshing in the cold wind.
But the fortifications cannot be stopped, time waits for no one, and new battles will come at any time.
No one dared to slack off, they were all working hard, using exercise heat to keep their bodies warm.
Some people took off their combat uniforms, dried them and wrung them out before putting them on again, using their body temperature to dry the clothes.
Some people simply work shirtless, preferring to be blown by the cold wind rather than being attacked by the cold wind and cold water.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so I took out the thermos, drank hot water, and ate some dry food to replenish energy and continue construction.
Tasks are orders, time is life, and no one wants to waste their life.
Under the underground tunnel, Captain Shaher also felt a huge shock. He had already predicted this round of artillery raid, but he didn't know the specific time.
Necessary casualties are unavoidable, and ground defenses need to be built in a hurry. You can't wait for artillery bombardment before going out to take action.
If the enemy takes advantage of the loophole, the result will be in vain.
After listening to the staff report, Shaher learned that it would have little impact on the progress of the project, so he relaxed and continued his own work.
After the battlefield report he had just finished writing, he added another paragraph to describe the general situation of the shelling, and then handed it over to the staff to report it step by step over the phone.
