Chapter 96: An Extremely Difficult Battle (2)

  War is destined to be cruel, so our warriors are all well-prepared. Some warriors have even written their wills, preparing for a desperate battle with the enemy. I collected these wills and sent them to Old Chen, asking him to keep them safe on my behalf. If anything happens, Old Chen will send these wills to the families of the warriors.

  This is not a sense of worry, but rather the habit of many soldiers before going into battle. I also left behind a will, because if this base cannot be defended, then I have no choice but to die for the sake of the country.

  The current situation is actually much worse than we thought. The intelligence we got from the captured Han's mouth is just the tip of the iceberg. This time, in addition to the Wanlong Association and the Japanese ninja, there are also people from countries like the United States secretly causing trouble. Although they didn't send many people, every single one of them has a killer move.

  The Americans brought their high-tech reconnaissance equipment, and other countries also sent people with various new weapons. They handed these things over to the ninja of the Wokou and the **** of the Wanlong Society, attempting to get them to thoroughly overthrow our government.

  The number of enemies this time is almost two thousand people. The big man who was caught earlier didn't know all the personnel. Among them, there are hundreds of ninja pirates, and with these ninjas alone, it's enough to defeat our entire dragon guard army. The Wanlong Society will also capture all scientists and their assistants.

  I was originally going to ask Old Chen for support immediately, but unfortunately, the intelligence showed that the enemy would start attacking in an hour. Reinforcements are impossible to arrive within an hour.

  This intelligence was just passed on to our Hu Long Lian by Old Chen, and after receiving it, I urgently consulted with several team leaders and Master Yu Cheng. We decided to contact the Wuhan government again and ask them to send someone to take away all the service personnel, so that we can block the enemy more conveniently.

  Originally, we just wanted the Wuhan government to help us investigate the traitor, but now it can only be compromised and really take away all the service personnel. Of course, the Wuhan government will still investigate the matter of the traitor, but it won't be too obvious.

  There are no irrelevant people here, we can let go of our hands and feet, and exert the greatest combat effectiveness. According to the intelligence provided by Old Chen, the enemy is determined to fight us to the death this time. We cannot retreat and can only fight them to the end.

  After I've arranged everything, I found Chen Jing who was still busy and directly told her: "You should leave here too, we might have a fierce battle with the enemy, it's very dangerous for you to stay here."

  Chen Jing looked at me with an expression as if she was looking at a fool, and said very calmly: "Why should I leave?"

  I hesitated for a moment, then said directly: "Because you must leave here to be safe. Our base is now the focal point of contention between the enemy and us, and the battle will be unprecedentedly fierce. You... it's better to leave!"

  Chen Jing suddenly smiled: "Are you tired of me holding you back?"

  I heard her tone was very bad, and quickly said: "No, I'm just worried... you'd better go, no need to stay here and die together."

  Chen Jing looked at me and slowly walked in front of me. Suddenly she stretched out her hand and hugged me, then whispered: "I won't leave, you're here!"

  I was taken aback, then got very excited, and soon calmed down, leaving only a little bit of emotional unease. What moved me was that Chen Jing chose to stay at this time, and what made me uneasy was also this point. Now staying is no different from waiting for death.

  The Wuhan government people arrived quickly, they took away all the service personnel. What was left were us, the officers and men of the Dragon Squad, as well as those research personnel who could not leave this base.

  Zhong Ping left here yesterday, which saved me the trouble of sending someone to escort her away. The researchers and management personnel from Sifang Xinxing Energy Company also stayed behind due to Old Chen's orders. Old Chen was worried that there would be problems during the transfer process, resulting in the technology of No. 1 Xinxing Energy and the laser gun being leaked, so he required them to stay at the base as well.

  The reinforcements are on their way, but it will take at least a few hours for them to arrive. In these few hours, the Dragon Protection Squad must withstand the attack of over 2,000 enemies with a ratio of one to ten and no retreat route available. It's truly a desperate battle.

  Chen Jing still hasn't left, no matter how I persuade her, she insists on staying.

  The oppressive atmosphere before the war arrived, many warriors appeared tense and anxious emotions, even I myself felt the pressure of the mountain, as if the whole person was about to collapse.

  I directed each row into combat while secretly praying for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.

  Standing on the city wall, I looked at the seemingly still empty space in front of me, knowing that this was the last brief calm before the war, and next would be a shocking and earth-shaking great battle.

  I had Ding Hui pay attention to the enemy's movements at all times, and also had Ding Hui's communication team contact the nearest troops. However, no matter how hard Ding Hui tried, our various communication facilities lost their function, and even our latest communication equipment couldn't send out any information.

  The enemy is about to launch an attack, so they've blocked the signal here. No information can be transmitted out.

  To ensure the scientists' safety, I have ordered the steel gates at the entrance to be closed and set a password that only I know. Unless someone uses an incredibly powerful bomb to blast open the steel gates, the only way to enter is by getting the password from me. This way, the scientists' safety is guaranteed, even if the enemy captures our people, they won't be able to get any useful information out of them.

  Chen Jing has been standing by my side, silently watching the last calm in front of her eyes, without saying a word. I know she must be very afraid too, but for the sake of the morale of the whole regiment, she didn't leave here. Her broad-mindedness of putting the overall situation above personal life and death infected many soldiers and also moved me.

  Twenty laser guns dispersed and each defended the most vulnerable point from enemy attack, while also assisting each other to achieve mutual defense.

  The enemy's attack started from the front gate, which is due south. The first batch of attackers was only a few dozen people.

  "Ding Hui shouted loudly as soon as he saw those enemies: 'Enemies have appeared, distance two thousand meters, number... dozens of people.'"

  I raised the binoculars and took a look, dozens of enemies were rushing towards us at high speed. I immediately said to the two soldiers holding laser guns beside me: "Take them down!"

  The effective range of the laser gun can reach five thousand meters, and the mere two thousand meters is exactly when the laser gun's power is enormous. The two warriors immediately bumped into the sight, then gave me a thumbs up, and started firing together.

  The laser gun's beam flashed at the muzzle, and I saw the enemy fall one by one, as if they had been cast a spell, and in an instant, more than a dozen people fell.

  The remaining enemies immediately sought cover and hid, no longer daring to run openly towards us.

  The warriors of the Hu Long Lian were cheering and their morale was high. One by one, they looked at the two warriors holding laser guns, and their eyes showed a longing gaze. I also secretly thought to myself: "If all our company's warriors were equipped with these laser guns, how could we not defeat the enemy this time?"

  The enemy has penetrated deep into our territory to attack us, and those heavy weapons cannot be brought in. The ones used are probably just some individual soldier's weapons, at most some rocket shells, portable missiles and other conventional weapons.

  Laser guns are used to deal with enemies who hold these conventional weapons, which is a bit unfair. What I'm worried about now is not this, but that the enemy will change their tactics after knowing we have long-range individual weapons and also use long-range weapons to attack us.

  As soon as this idea emerged in my mind, Chen Jing immediately said: "Long-range weapons are generally highly lethal, and the enemy should not use them to attack us. After all, their goal is not to kill us, but to obtain the No. 1 new energy source and laser gun research technology here. If they blow up this place, they will be in vain."

  I was taken aback, then laughed and said: "I didn't expect that we would really have a heart-to-heart talk like this today. I just thought of this point, and you analyzed it thoroughly for me."

  Chen Jing indeed did not smile, but instead calmly said: "Stop joking, the enemy's attack has begun again."

  Although I was talking to Chen Jing, my eyes were still on the enemy's movements. At this time, a large group of enemies were frantically rushing towards us, seemingly having adjusted their tactics and wanting to use human wave tactics to avoid our sonic guns.

  I hesitated for a moment, looked around at the warriors and said loudly: "The enemy is using human wave tactics, we need to calm down and wait until the enemy comes within our firing range before starting to attack."

  Our attack was divided into several batches. The warriors with laser guns, who could attack the enemy at a distance, started to intercept the enemy early. The warriors with medium-range attack weapons such as sniper rifles followed closely and began to attack the enemy. The remaining warriors had no choice but to wait for the enemy to approach before starting their attack, because the weapons in their hands were all close-range attack weapons that could not attack distant enemies.

  Looking at all the warriors, there are still a few warriors with laser guns who have killed more enemies. Each of their shots can kill at least one enemy. Sometimes, when there is a row of enemies lined up, they will be killed by a single shot, which is an unexpected delight.

  Chen Jing and I each used the laser guns we had obtained to attack the enemy, after all, killing one enemy meant one less enemy, and our pressure would be reduced by a fraction.

  My shooting skills were taught by Sun Heng and Li Huanhuan, and they're pretty good. Every shot guarantees a hit on an enemy, and soon the enemies in front of me are dodging left and right, not daring to charge over here again.

  So far, our warriors have not suffered any casualties. Although the enemy has also used various weapons to fight back, fortunately, they did not really hurt our warriors. This is not because the enemy is lenient or we are lucky, but because the enemy's weapons are all conventional and their range is not enough to harm us.

  At this point, I immediately ordered all the warriors to exert their strength to block the enemy who was charging in front of them, not allowing the enemy to approach us. This command of mine made the enemy always advance and retreat at a distance of about one kilometer in front of us, unable to cross that invisible line, being suppressed by us outside that line.

  At this time, a warrior came to report that enemies had appeared around the base at the same time, and we were surrounded by the enemy.

  Sweat broke out on my forehead, but I remained calm and gave the order: "Never let the enemy rush to within a thousand meters of us. All long-range weapons will open fire at full capacity. Kill all enemies who charge forward."

  The warrior who came to report disappeared quickly among the warriors, and I started blocking the enemy with the warriors again.

  A warrior under Ding Hui's command has been keeping an eye on the entire base, this is the task I assigned to him, I'm worried that something unexpected might happen inside the base.

  But perhaps I'm being overly cautious, so far I haven't received any reports from that warrior, and everything inside the base is normal.

  Once the battle started, things became simpler. We only needed to block the enemy's attack, without having to consider where they would start attacking from. It was just a matter of countering their moves, defending against their offense, and adapting to changing circumstances.

  As the battle continued, the enemy's casualties gradually increased, and they began to change their tactics again, from a swarm of attacks to individual breakthroughs. The remaining enemies used various weapons to create illusions to cover up for the few people who passed by.

  I immediately ordered all the warriors to stop attacking, but instead let a few warriors with laser guns shoot and kill the enemy's advancing single soldiers one by one. As a result, the enemy's plan failed again, and the single soldier's charge was ineffective.

  However, the enemy was indeed very cunning. Seeing that this move was not successful, they immediately changed their tactics and used weapons such as smoke bombs to create a thick smoke screen to cover their advance.

  I saw this situation and changed tactics, ordering the soldiers to immediately use powerful artillery and rocket shells and other weapons to indiscriminately attack the enemy's position.

  The air wave raised by the explosion of the shell quickly blew away the smoke, and the enemy was exposed under our eyelids again. At this time, I ordered the laser gun to attack again, and many enemies who did not have time to run back were eliminated by our warriors.

  In front of me, the enemy never managed to break through to a place one thousand meters in front of us, which made it very easy for our warriors. Almost standing at high places and shooting at will could repel the enemy.

  I saw that this direction was not a big problem, so I simply discussed with Chen Jing and went to the east and west positions to prepare for battle.

  We have equipped Master Yu Cheng's special mobile team with modernized weapons and equipment, and they are all martial artists with extraordinary skills, not ordinary people can defeat them. So that line of defense is what I am most at ease with. Then I let Chen Jing go take a look, if there is a problem, then follow the tactics we just discussed, command them to fight this battle.

  I arrived at the second line of defense on the east side, only to see many enemies approaching within 100 meters under the cover of smoke bombs. The second line had already suffered casualties, and the medic was desperately rescuing the wounded soldiers. I saw that the tactical officers were still attacking the visible enemies with all their might. In a hurry, I immediately shouted: "Use artillery to attack the smoky area, everyone else attack the nearest enemy, we can't let them get closer to our courtyard wall!"

  The warriors heard my command and immediately took action, suddenly the cannon fire shook the sky, all kinds of shells fell like rain in the smoky area, dispersing all the smoke. The enemy inside was also bombed to death and injury, retreating in disorder, no longer daring to charge forward.

  I watched as the enemy retreated and angrily said to the second row's row leader: "Can't you even think of such a simple way to block the enemy?"

  "The second lieutenant said loudly: 'There was no order for us to use artillery, I was worried that it would damage the underground base, so we didn't use artillery to attack the enemy.'"

  I frowned and said, "The underground base is not something that can be damaged by artillery fire. In the next battle, if the enemy uses a similar method to approach us again, immediately use the same method to attack the enemy, we must not let the enemy get close to us here."

  The second row of men shouted in unison: "Yes!"

  I turned around and rushed towards the northern three rows of defense, but before I even got there, I saw that the enemy had already climbed over the wall and was engaged in close-range firefights with the soldiers of the Dragon Protection Regiment. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The enemy outnumbered us by several times, they didn't care about losing a few people, we really couldn't hold on. So I rushed forward, grabbed a few enemies with my bare hands, and threw them down.

  There were some bamboo ladders leaning against the wall outside, and it was from these ladders that the enemy had climbed up. I immediately took action, throwing the ladders far away, smashing them to pieces.

  The enemies climbing over the wall were not many, and with the concerted efforts of me and three rows of soldiers, they were all killed in a short time. I also threw these enemy corpses outside the wall to intimidate the enemy.

  Third squad leader was seriously injured, and the deputy squad leader of the third squad took over the command task. I loudly ordered the soldiers of the third squad: "Concentrate on designing close to the enemy near the courtyard wall, open fire! Artillery preparation!"

  The three rows of warriors suffered heavy casualties, and even with full firepower, they were unable to completely stop the enemy, many of whom had approached the courtyard wall.

  I anxiously shouted: "Hand grenades, use hand grenades to blow them up!"

  The warriors immediately took down the hand grenades hanging on their combat uniforms, one by one throwing them down. In an instant, the courtyard wall was surrounded by a sea of fire, and the explosion completely drowned out all other sounds. My ears could no longer hear any other sound.

  The enemy was blown away by us and lost direction, many were injured, shouting and screaming on the spot. I couldn't hear their voices, only saw their mouths moving. They were all missing arms and legs, a complete picture of human suffering, unbearable to look at. The distant enemies stopped attacking when they saw this scene, staring blankly at everything in front of them.

  Seizing this opportunity, I shouted loudly: "All cannons fire, drive all enemies away!"

  Several gunners immediately opened fire, modernized artillery, continuously firing countless shells, the enemy's position in the distance, a burst of smoke and dust rose into the sky, completely blocking my line of sight.

  "After these rounds of crazy counterattacks, the enemy was temporarily repelled by us. I called out to the three squad leaders, who were originally deputy platoon leaders, and loudly said: "When the enemy is far away, use laser guns to attack and try to kill as many enemies as possible. When the enemy approaches within about 1,000 meters of us, we can start attacking with sniper rifles. If the enemy breaks through to within 1,000 meters, all firepower can be fully utilized. In case the situation from just now happens again, we will immediately use our new-style weapons in hand and absolutely cannot let the enemy enter our courtyard. Do you understand?"

  The three rows of people loudly said: "Understood!"

  I patted him on the shoulder and rushed towards the western defense zone. The western defense zone was originally one of my most reassuring zones, but now I am most worried about them. Because Master Yucheng is a person in the martial arts world, in terms of individual combat capability, they are indeed not ordinary people who can deal with it. But now the enemy is very cunning and organized when attacking, so I am worried that they will not be able to withstand those enemies.

  I unconsciously used the body method I learned from Wudang, and my whole person shuttled back and forth among the warriors at a very fast speed, but without touching any of the warriors' bodies. When I arrived at Master Yucheng's defense zone, it was very strange that there were no enemies here.