Captain Miloš Chuatoko, who led two battalions of government officers and soldiers, was also stunned after receiving Bassam's telegram. He did not expect that the one who attacked Bassam's battalion turned out to be the main force of the rebels.
At this time, he didn't have time to think too much. Since the enemy's main force had been entangled by the first battalion, it was obvious that they would not be able to escape in a short time. He did not want to miss this opportunity to eliminate the enemy's main force.
Therefore, he directly ordered the two battalions to divide into two groups. The second battalion followed him to rescue the first battalion. The third battalion was responsible for launching an attack on Manguari Town according to the original plan.
Soon, under the personal leadership of Commander Miloš Chuatoko, the Second Battalion quickly landed on the beach closest to the First Battalion and directly surrounded the First Battalion's camp.
As time passed, when they approached the battlefield, the sky had turned white. Unfortunately, the light in the Amazon jungle was still dim and visibility was very low.
Fortunately, the fierce sound of gunfire near the battlefield can point out the direction for reinforcements.
When Captain Miloš Chuatoko arrived near the battlefield, he felt something was wrong.
Because Bassam told him that this was the main force of the enemy, with as many as a thousand people, but what he saw now was obviously inconsistent with the intelligence!
Although the enemy attacked the camp of the first battalion from all directions, there was only one real main attack direction. The other directions were completely focused on the sheep attack. As for the main attack direction, if Miloš Chuatoko expected it to be true. In other words, there is only about one company of troops.
Although they have now entered the camp of the first battalion, the rebels, who obviously do not have an advantage in terms of strength, have been blocked by the first battalion behind the second line of defense.
But at this time, he had already arrived with reinforcements, and it was impossible to change the direction of the attack now.
He could only bite the bullet and order all the soldiers of the second battalion to attack directly towards the enemy's rear.
The rebels, who had already been blocked from attacking, were in panic when faced with the sudden attack. As soon as these veterans realized that something was wrong, they began to break out without hesitation.
It's a pity that the rebels who have been fighting for more than two hours are already suffering from many injuries, but now the second battalion that has surrounded them is a new force, and the second battalion's strength has more than three times the advantage.
Where can the rebels escape easily.
However, the rebels were also ruthless. Seeing that they were about to be completely surrounded, they immediately took out the grenades regardless, concentrated their strength, and threw a hail of grenades at the already exhausted battalion position.
The soldiers of the first battalion, who were excited to see the arrival of reinforcements, never expected that the rebels would put their breakthrough direction on their side.
Being caught off guard by this sudden attack, without waiting for the soldiers to react, the rebels took their weapons and launched a desperate charge towards the first battalion position that had just been baptized with grenades.
This desperate fighting style directly broke through the front line that the first battalion had managed to maintain. The rebels charged and attacked directly in front of them without any care.
In just a few minutes, both sides suffered dozens of casualties.
Bassam's face, which was still excited when he saw the reinforcements arriving, suddenly turned ugly. He knew that if this group of enemies escaped easily at this time, it would definitely not be a good end for him.
Therefore, he didn't have time to think too much. He picked up the pistol in his hand and took the few remaining guards with him, and rushed towards the rebels who were charging towards them.
The two sides started shooting at each other from a distance. Under the newly brightened sky, Bassam, holding a short gun in his hand, was very conspicuous.
This allowed the rebels who were eager to break out to seize the opportunity and shoot at him.
Bassam, who was finally forced to be brave, felt a shock in his body before he could react. When he lowered his head, he saw several blood holes on his body. Then all his strength began to disappear, leaving him weak. Fell down in the muddy camp.
Seeing this situation, the surrounding guards fired at the rebels who rushed in regardless.
The two groups of men fired nearly a hundred rounds of bullets at each other in just two minutes, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
By the time the rebels broke through a camp and rushed into the jungle on the opposite side, there were less than ten people left.
The Second Battalion in the rear followed closely behind these rebels and had to give up after pursuing less than 500 meters in the jungle. Because these rebels are obviously more familiar with the jungle environment than they are.
The rebels who entered the jungle took advantage of the small number of people and disappeared into the dense jungle like monkeys.
As the rebels who were finally able to move broke through, the entire camp of the first battalion finally returned to calm.
Accompanied by the soldiers, Captain Miloš Chuatoko walked into the camp that had been penetrated by the enemy. His face was very ugly.
Because, from what he saw, the enemies attacking here were not the main force of the rebels at all, and their number was even less than the more than a thousand people Bassam said.
"Tell your battalion commander to come see me!"
Captain Miloš Chuatoko said in a cold tone as he grabbed a battalion of soldiers.
When the soldier heard this, he glanced at his regiment leader hesitantly, but hesitated to speak.
Miloš Chuatoko's face became even more gloomy upon seeing this.
"If you have something to say, say it, and if you have something to say, let it go!"
When the soldier saw this, he did not dare to hide it. He pointed in the direction of the battalion headquarters and said:
"I heard from my brothers that when the rebels broke out, they encountered the battalion commander. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, and the battalion commander... the battalion commander died in the line of duty."
Captain Miloš Chuatoko couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He looked in the direction pointed by the other party and indeed saw a group of people surrounding him.
This made his face look even more ugly.
There are three battalions under his command. The current situation seems that the first battalion is about to be disabled. If the battalion commander dies in the battle, it will be a huge loss.
Ignoring the soldier, Captain Miloš Chuatoko quickly walked towards the crowd. Sure enough, he saw Bassam lying on his back on the muddy ground. The medical soldier next to him had given up rescuing him.
Obviously, he is really dead.
This gave Captain Miloš Chuatoko nowhere to get angry. He could only glance at the crowd and saw two company commanders from the first battalion present.
The two of them had also seen their captain, and they quickly stood at attention and saluted. Everyone around them quickly followed suit and saluted.
At this time, Captain Miloš Chuatoko obviously had no time to care about these false courtesy, he waved his hand indifferently and said:
"Why are you still hanging around here? Since Battalion Commander Bassam has died for the country, let's collect his body quickly.
The officers of your first battalion and platoon level and above will gather with me at your battalion headquarters and give me a detailed explanation of the situation you encountered. "
When everyone heard this, they quickly stood at attention and saluted, and they all responded in unison!
Then the responsible people followed the regiment commander and entered the battalion commander's tent, while the soldiers at the scene had already begun to collect the body of their battalion commander.
The purpose of Captain Miloš Chuatoko's gathering of everyone was, of course, to understand the true situation they had experienced.
After all, the situation he sees now is still very different from what Bassam reported in the telegram.
Soon, through the accounts of these front-line officers, Captain Miloš Chuatoko also understood the actual situation at that time. The situation he saw was obviously consistent with the actual situation.
This shows that the content of the telegram sent by Bassam seriously exaggerated the facts.
After reacting, Captain Miloš Chuatoko rushed out of the camp immediately and set his sights in the direction of Manguari.
As if to confirm his conjecture, just as he looked in the direction of Manguari Town, an earth-shattering explosion came from the town. He could clearly feel the huge impact even five kilometers away from the town.
This situation made his expression change greatly, and he understood that the third battalion attacking Manguari Town must have encountered an ambush.
With his face ashen, he had no time to blame the dead Bassam and shouted to the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield:
"Everyone gather together! Hurry... Hurry!"
The soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield in the camp were also shaken by the sudden big explosion, and their eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the explosion.
It wasn't until they heard the roar of their captain that they realized what they were doing. They all dropped what they were doing and began to assemble according to the captain's orders.
Just as Miloš Chuatoko finished speaking, continuous gunshots rang out from the direction of Manguari Town, and everyone understood what this meant.
Everyone began to seize the time to organize their equipment and move closer to their commanders.
Under the constant urging of Commander Miloš Chuatoko, the remnants of the Second Battalion and the First Battalion, which had just experienced a battle, gathered again and began to move towards the town of Manguari.
But the enemy obviously did not intend to make it easy for them. Several gunshots were heard from time to time in the jungle on the way forward.
As soon as the gunshots sound, everyone will instinctively start to look for bunkers to hide, and then commanders at all levels will send soldiers to fight back against the enemies who attack them.
But the enemy never stayed where they were. After the soldiers rushed into the jungle, they often found that they could not find any enemy at all.
After doing this twice, Captain Miloš Chuatoko also realized that this was not an attack on him at all. These gunmen in the jungle were actually harassing him to the point of slowing down his ability to reinforce Manguari. .
Give the rebels on the Manguari battlefield more time to eliminate their own three battalions.
"Order the Second Battalion to send a company forward to investigate the jungle on both sides of the road and eliminate scattered enemies harassing the large army. The rest, ignore these harassments, and the entire army will go straight to Manguari to reinforce the Third Battalion."
Commander Miloš Chuatoko issued a new order without hesitation.
When the ordering soldiers heard this, they quickly stood at attention and saluted.
"Yes, sir!"
Then he went straight to deliver the order without stopping.
With a company searching for enemies on both sides of the advancing direction of the large army, the troops completely ignored the bullets fired from the jungle on both sides, and the advance speed was significantly accelerated.
Just when Captain Miloš Chuatoko thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, two violent explosions came from the front, and the entire team had to stop again.
"what happened?"
Captain Miloš Chuatoko felt uneasy for a while, and soon the news from the front confirmed his suspicion.
"Captain, the enemy has planted mines on the road ahead, and we have lost three brothers. We are now organizing manpower to clear the mines, and the forward speed is limited!"
Hearing this, Miloš Chuatoko couldn't help but cursed:
"Assholes, these damn rebels. How long do you think it will take to clear the mines?"
When the officer who came to report heard this, he looked at Captain Miloš Chuatoko with an embarrassed look on his face and said hesitantly:
"Captain, now we are not sure how big the minefield the enemy has laid out ahead, so we can't give an accurate time!"
Commander Miloš Chuatoko was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at the moment. He knew very well that if the rebels set up an ambush in the town of Manguari and wiped out all three of his battalions, his strength would be greatly reduced. It will be greatly damaged. In addition, the logistics supply base is occupied by the enemy, and the weapons and ammunition on their hands have begun to run out.
If the third battalion besieged in Manguari could not be rescued in time and the town of Manguari could not be rescued in time, they might run out of ammunition and food and risk being eaten by the rebels. This was something he absolutely could not accept.
This situation forced him to go crazy.
"Everyone go around the minefield from the jungle on both sides and don't stop. I don't believe these damn rebels can plant explosives all around the entire town of Manguari."
Seeing his superior's gritted teeth, the officer did not hesitate and stood at attention to salute.
"Yes, sir!"
Then he turned around and left to convey the order.
Soon, the stagnant team started to move, and everyone left the already poor road and walked into the dense jungle.
However, the speed of advancement in the jungle was obviously limited. Although the team was moving slowly, the speed of advancement made Captain Miloš Chuatoko a little anxious.
Raising the telescope in his hand and looking at the nearby town of Manguari, Captain Miloš Chuatoko was extremely anxious.
Because the gunshots coming from the town slowly began to become less intensive, which gave him a very bad premonition.
As the sun slowly broke free from the shackles of the dark jungle and revealed a bright red head in the sky, the entire scene of Manguari town slowly emerged in front of Captain Miloš Chuatoko.
Looking at the thick smoke rising above the streets in the middle of the town, and the increasingly sparse gunshots.
Captain Miloš Chuatoko looked at the small town street near Chichi, but he hesitated.
Although there was no enemy or any ambush visible to the naked eye, it gave him the illusion of being in a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
He glanced at the soldiers around him who had finally broken through the enemy's obstacles and arrived outside the small town of Manguari.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered to the soldiers:
"The Second Battalion attacks from the streets and advances. The First Battalion is responsible for covering the flanks of the Second Battalion. Let us eliminate all the rebels in Manguari. Advance!"
At this time, Captain Miloš Chuatoko had no other choice. After all, the third battalion was still resisting. If he retreated after arriving outside the town and suspected that there was an ambush against them in the town, they would all be in danger. Team morale may be gone.
At that time, there would be no need for the enemy to attack at all, and these soldiers might simply collapse, which he absolutely did not want to see.
As his order was issued, the following companies took action one after another. As a battalion that had just fought with the rebels, it was only responsible for flank cover, which was regarded as the regimental commander's care for them.
Because they are basically in a remnant state now. Nearly one-third of the entire team has been killed, including the battalion commander. After more than two hours of fighting, there has begun to be a shortage of weapons and ammunition.
If they were to be the main attacker, they might be discouraged halfway through the charge.
