"They are carrying out pinch shelling, intending to drive us into the narrow refinery construction area, and then conduct precise shelling to annihilate us. This is not the way to go."
Long Zhan guessed the tactics of these old men and immediately reported on the radio.
"If we are driven into an encirclement, we will be bombed by them sooner or later."
Jason realized the crux of the problem, his heart sank and he frowned as he thought about countermeasures. Before he could figure it out, Long Zhan had already spoken out again.
"If you keep retreating to avoid the shelling area, you will only be led by them. I suggest reverse psychology and quickly approach them in their direction."
As soon as Long Zhan said this move, Clay, Full Metal and others were shocked.
Rushing in the direction of the cannonball impact may sound like a crazy thing to do, but in fact, just rushing through it will bring endless benefits.
First, by not being forced into the refinery construction area, the risk of being hit by subsequent precision artillery attacks can be eliminated.
Secondly, it can catch Lao Maozi off guard, so that they have to rush to deal with the B team rushing up on the road without being fully prepared.
Just one slightly risky move can not only resolve the current crisis, but also turn passivity into initiative.
It’s simply a stroke of genius!
"Onward, onward, onwards to the north."
Jason chose to believe in Long Zhan without hesitation and issued new orders on the radio.
Full Metal and the others, who had been suppressed by the artillery attack and huddled on the reverse slope and could be hit by artillery shells at any time, decisively rushed out from behind the bunker.
Under the leadership of Long Zhan, they started running in the opposite direction facing the artillery fire.
Lao Maozi was still several kilometers away at this time. It was conducting an orderly expulsion and artillery attack on the coordinate point, and it had no view of Long Zhan.
Little did he know that under Long Zhan's clever suggestion, the person they were going to blow was moving in the opposite direction.
This caused Long Zhan, Jason and his party to run in the opposite direction. After passing through the shelling coverage area, they quickly and actively approached Lao Maozi's direction.
The impact point of Lao Maozi's shells was still pushing forward, getting further and further away from Long Zhan and his group.
After successfully resolving Lao Maozi's artillery attack, Long Zhan's group was temporarily safe and entered the next stage of the battle.
So far, Team B is still facing a headwind, being far inferior to their opponent in terms of numbers and equipment.
The only advantage is that the current information is poor!
How to get the second group led by Lei to cooperate with the group led by Jason and take advantage of this information gap to give Lao Maozi a big gift is the key.
Both sides are experienced masters, and any advantage is likely to tip the balance.
Lead to one side's ultimate victory.
Jason used the radio to discuss while on the move. After a very short discussion, it was determined that the next deployment would be divided into two aspects.
First, the first group and the second group reunited and headed for the only way to come from the north, which was more than 200 meters away.
The two groups set up ambushes on both sides of the road, waiting for the Lao Maozi convoy who thought Team B had been driven into the refinery to come over. Team B caught them off guard with the advantage of a sneak attack to reverse the gap between the two sides.
The second step is to continue to contact the command center and strive to obtain support in terms of popularity and firepower as soon as possible.
The two aspects were carried out simultaneously. On the way to the ambush site, Jason applied to the command center again through the radio.
The answer Soto gave was still the same, but the key words in his words changed.
From the command not agreeing to risk sending support to the flight commander not agreeing to dispatch helicopters to areas with surface-to-air missile threats.
From the command not allowing support, to the flight commander not agreeing to risk flying.
Although the main result is that they disagree, there is a huge difference between the two.
The key point now is very simple. As long as the threat of surface-to-air missiles can be eliminated, helicopters can immediately join in the support.
Long Zhan, who had been paying attention to it before, now had an idea in his mind.
As long as the location of the missile launch point can be determined, Long Zhan will apply to Jason and bring one or two people to remove the missile point.
Going deep behind enemy lines to destroy key strategic points is the core of special operations.
It’s also what special forces are best at!
"B1, this is the command center. The Nigerian side has responded. They are fighting the main force of Boko. The battle is very difficult and there is no way to support you." Diaz radio reported.
After the air support was rejected, there was no chance of ground support. Although Jason was very dissatisfied, he had no choice but to accept it.
Put all your focus and energy on ambushing Lao Maozi.
As long as this ambush battle can be fought well and enough damage and destruction is caused to the enemy, it is possible that this major crisis can be resolved.
Jason ended contact with the headquarters, but there were still people in the headquarters working hard.
She is old friend Diaz.
The enemy Team B faces this time is very powerful. Only elites can join the PMC giants, and they are definitely not comparable to any terrorist organizations or militants.
If not careful, Team B may be wiped out.
In order to help Team B to the greatest extent, Diaz had to use personal connections.
Blackburn was contacted via DG's emergency encrypted line.
From the operations officer of the first operation group to the squadron leader, the supreme commander of the red team, this man has worked with Jason for nearly 20 years. Now he has been successfully promoted to the command headquarters and has become an old acquaintance of one of the DG bosses.
There was no way to help Team B elsewhere, so Diaz had no choice but to ask the old commander for help.
"Sir, please request permission to provide air support within Nigeria. The emergence of Russian private contractors has put our combat personnel in a complex and dangerous situation and is in urgent need of air support."
Fortunately, the video call was quickly connected, and Diaz immediately got straight to the point.
Time is tight and there is no time to reminisce about the past.
Regarding other details related to the mission of Team B, Blackburn has more information channels at the headquarters and knows better than Diaz, and does not need her to introduce them.
"I know everything you said, Lieutenant."
Blackburn also wants to help the B team, but he is in a position where he has a lot to worry about.
He could only say in embarrassment: "But this is fighting overseas, and the higher-ups are very worried. If we really do this, it will look like the US invasion force killed Russian civilians to protect the oil pipeline."
"Are you worried about the public impact? Sir." Diaz asked sharply.
"I'm worried about our brothers who are still on the ground. This is a political consequence and cannot be decided by the command. If you don't want to be sent to a military court afterwards, you have to act in accordance with the regulations." Blackburn said seriously.
"If there is anyone who can help Team B, I think it's just you. I wish you good luck."
Diaz finally played a little trick and immediately cut off the TV and phone connection after speaking, leaving Blackburn with no way to refuse.
(End of chapter)
