"Are there any people from the second battalion? From the second battalion!" On the grass in the area controlled by the Tang Empire's paratroopers, an officer wearing a helmet and holding a flashlight walked slowly.
In such a large-scale airborne landing, all the paratroopers landed scattered. They didn't know where they were, so they could only gather together to form one small chaotic group after another.
The troops of the 1st Battalion and the commanders of the 2nd Battalion may be mixed together, and it is entirely possible that the troops of the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Battalion have found the 2nd Regiment next door.
In short, when Xiang Ziyu gathered the troops of his company, the soldiers mixed in his troops also included soldiers who had separated from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions.
Of course, without thinking too much, the 2nd Battalion will definitely be able to find the lost people of the 1st Battalion, and they can even find the soldiers of the next-door regiment...or the officers of the next-door regiment.
"I really feel like the previous exercises and training were useless." Looking at the 2nd Battalion officer holding a flashlight and wandering around the battlefield, the company headquarters' communications soldier asked Xiang Ziyu who was standing aside, dumbfounded.
In the previous paratrooper airborne training, no officer was allowed to stand on the battlefield with a flashlight in his hand and shout... This is not searching for soldiers, this is simply asking for death.
You must know that this is a battlefield that has not yet been cleared of enemies. Do you think you are not distinctive enough for holding a flashlight in the middle of the night? He even waved the flashlight while walking... and then shouted.
Also, what do you mean by standing there? Is it because the enemy's shots are not accurate enough? What? You ask me why I am standing here? Isn’t it just to look at you, this idiot?
In previous training, almost all soldiers were required to crawl on the ground and gather together after checking the passwords. They had to find weapons and identify the direction as soon as they landed.
Then they will organize an attack, and two or three people must cooperate with each other to take down the enemy's anti-aircraft gun positions, searchlight positions, and even tanks on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, not only did they not encounter the enemy, they did not see the dense anti-aircraft gun positions, nor did they see the enemy's trucks, armored vehicles and tanks.
"Isn't he afraid of being hit by bullets?" Another soldier also asked his company commander curiously. Xiang Ziyu did not answer because he felt that his previous combat experience was simply a joke.
After his parachute landed, he immediately encountered an enemy's defensive position. He fought the enemy desperately, and finally became what he is today.
But now, the enemy's nearest position is at the other end of the mountain, and the eight nearby villages may be all paratroopers from the Tang Empire...
This made Xiang Ziyu feel that he was a little stupid for reading the map with a flashlight covered by a raincoat... He had paid attention to the light control, but it seemed that no one here cared about this except him.
"Don't worry about that madman, gather all the mortars, grenades, and anti-tank rocket launchers that can be found in the company! Count the numbers!" Xiang Ziyu knew that until the 1st Platoon came back, they could basically do nothing.
They didn't know their position, nor did they know the target of their attack, which was the two villages of Leping and Dongshan, as well as which direction the place called Bridge No. 1 was located.
"Company Commander! Company Commander!" At this time, the veteran named Lao Chen came back with his men. They pointed in a dark direction and said, "There is a road over there! Although it is not that smooth, it is indeed It’s a road! I saw ruts on it and it looked like it was used a lot.”
Xiang Ziyu suddenly became energetic. He took out the map from the map bag behind him, opened it and handed it directly to Lao Chen to help him hold it. Then he turned on the flashlight and shined it directly on the map to search for himself.
"Company commander...light control!" Lao Chen looked around with a guilty conscience. He was really worried that a hail of bullets would come from the dark place and beat him and his beloved bastard company commander into pieces.
Unfortunately, just as he was glancing around in panic, wary of a sneak attack, he heard the call from the distance once again: "From the second battalion! Is there anyone from the second battalion? Is there anyone from the second battalion? Is there anyone from the second battalion?" Just shout and come back with me!"
Following the direction of the sound, Lao Chen saw the light of a flashlight drawing circles. He was a little embarrassed, and then subconsciously wanted to straighten his waist.
"Company commander...this..." Lao Chen wanted to remind him of battlefield discipline, but when he looked at the flashlight in the company commander's hand, he knew the inhuman torture he had suffered in training over the past year or so. , may all be in vain.
"We should probably be here... If we go along the road, it should be Leping Village! Old Chen, the 3rd platoon leader can't be found. You command the 3rd platoon first! I want to move the company headquarters to Leping Village!" Xiang Ziyu raised his head and looked in the dark direction of Leping Village.
"Would you like to investigate first? If there are enemies in Leping..." Lao Chen was worried about encountering any changes.
"We'll talk about it first! If there are enemies, take advantage of the darkness and kill them...it won't be easy until dawn tomorrow." Xiang Ziyu put away the map: "We will set off when the people from 1st Platoon come back."
"Aren't you waiting for the other soldiers to return to the establishment?" Lao Chen felt that Xiang Ziyu was a little too anxious, so he reminded him that even one-third of the people inside were not found.
"No wait!" Xiang Ziyu knew that the victory of the paratroopers came from subjective initiative. If he did not look for fighter opportunities, the paratroopers' advantages would not be fully utilized.
The last time they relied on their ability to proactively seek out fighters, they unexpectedly defeated King Qi and finally achieved a brilliant victory.
With such experience, it is impossible for Xiang Ziyu to stop. He keenly captured the fighter plane that attacked Leping Village while it was dark.
Thinking of this, Xiang Ziyu even felt that it was a waste of time to wait for the 1st Platoon to come back. He picked up the heavy luggage bag at his feet and directly ordered the signal soldier: "Forget it! Don't wait for the 1st Platoon to come back. The second platoon covers the company headquarters Let’s go first.”
After speaking, he looked at Lao Chen and ordered: "I will take the second platoon and the company headquarters to go first. You and the 3rd platoon will wait here for the 1st platoon. When they come back, you immediately march to catch up with us. We will go along the road. If we go east, if we go right, we should reach Leping Village."
"Is this too dangerous? Company commander." Lao Chen felt something was wrong. He was worried about the safety of the company commander.
"Nothing, soldiers are very fast." Xiang Ziyu said: "We will set off in two minutes! Pack up the ammunition, the heavy machine gun team is in front! Signal Corps, have you contacted the battalion headquarters? No? Then pack your things and leave, and contact the battalion when you get to Leping department."
The machine gun team who had just set up their position turned green after hearing the order. They had just dug a shallow pit, set up the machine gun, took out the ammunition chain from the special canvas bag, and hung it on the machine gun.
As a result, now that the company commander gave an order, all their previous operations were in vain. The strong machine gunner shouldered the machine gun, and the deputy gunner was busy putting away the newly opened luggage packages.
Next to them, the two shooters responsible for covering the machine guns also rushed to help, and the position that had just been quiet began to become busy again.
The signal soldier's job was not small either. He packed up the microphone wires connected to the walkie-talkie, picked up the rifle again and hung it on his chest. He also put the backpack full of flares, spare batteries and other things on his back and let Xiang Ziyu helped fix the walkie-talkie device to the side of the backpack.
Because there was almost no fighting, the ammunition was not consumed: these things are life-saving things, and they are reluctant to throw away, so when setting off, each paratrooper's load was a bit too much.
In this case, the scene is a bit like a roadside night market that is not included in the city plan after someone called the city management. Yes, it is indeed a night market. It is dark in the middle of the night and has to pack up. The kind of panic and cursing .
The troops wanted to put everything on the parachute, then pick it up and carry it all away, just like the vendors setting up stalls who were unwilling to leave any cheap goods behind.
Of course, there will still be a mess left behind, with oil stains, bamboo sticks and various wrapping paper and plastic bags left at the night market.
There will also be a lot of garbage where paratroopers land: spare parachutes, main parachutes that were too late to be recovered, orange life jackets and packaging bags for various equipment.
Just as the second platoon was packing up and preparing to retreat, the 1st platoon leader came back with two goblin prisoners, as well as the collected maps and various documents.
They had just raided the anti-aircraft gun position, destroyed the weird 25mm anti-aircraft gun, and captured a platoon commander there.
"Company Commander! That's an anti-aircraft gun I've never seen before. It should have been made by the goblins themselves. It looks weird. There are about 40 people stationed there. We captured two tongues and the rest collapsed." 1st Platoon The leader briefly introduced the situation: "Are we leaving?"
"Yes! You rest for five minutes, and then walk about 400 meters south! When you see the road, go east... and catch up with us." Xiang Ziyu pointed in the general direction.
"Aren't you going to torture me?" the 1st platoon leader asked, pointing to the two goblin officers on the ground.
Xiang Ziyu walked over and saw the two prisoners who were trapped, and asked, "Is Leping in the southeast?"
"Yes, that's Leping over there. Our battalion headquarters is there." The surrendered goblin officer confessed quite calmly. Since he chose to surrender, he is not a hard nut.
"No need to rest, let's go together, company commander." The 1st platoon commander immediately became energetic when he heard that the enemy's battalion headquarters was over there.
"Okay! Pack your things and let the whole company go together." Xiang Ziyu nodded, and then shouted to the flashlight shaking over there: "Second Battalion, do you want to send you two prisoners?"
(End of chapter)
