Chapter 1718 The bloody battle on Hacksaw Mountain (2)
"Brothers, cheer up, I hope that when the engineers are working, make sure that the other side's bastards are busy."
In Creed After talking about the deployment, a series of short confirmations sounded one after another in the communicator.
"Engineers, move only under cover of smoke. I don't want you to take unnecessary risks. Is that clear? If we lose you now, we might as well just pack up and go home."
"Everyone would hate that, sir."
The engineer sergeant then joked.
"We have never failed in bombing gophers."
Hearing his voice, Creed could imagine the man's wry smile now. He knew the other person very well, that person was A gambler and a notorious risk-taker, which made him a natural choice to lead the sapper team, but also made him unpredictable.
"I'm serious, it won't do me any good if your sappers die, hurry up and open a nice big hole for me in that wall."
"We'll get it done. , sir, you will see it.”
The fire support teams were now in position and raining heavy heavy explosive fire on the battlements, and Creed saw the bodies of the careless defenders falling from their heights like stricken birds, each time one of them struck When rocking, there is a sickening crunching sound.
"Mortars at the ready."
The communication lines crackled.
"The engineers are in position, waiting for your orders, sir."
"The mortars can fire, rapid fire, three rounds first."
The next second there was a familiar, almost musical whoosh from the left and right as mortar tubes dropped explosives onto the guardrail.
Creed watched with satisfaction as the dilapidated stone fortifications exploded outwards, sending out rains of broken bricks and dust, and the pale corpses were thrown outwards, smashed like sacks of raw meat. On the mountainside.
"Let's light up the cigarettes."
Immediately the soldiers then began throwing their smoke grenades into the wet depressions between their cover positions.
"Engineers, move up!"
"Yes, sir!"
Creed watched as the sergeant and his men rushed from their cover toward the protective mesh. They didn't have much time to wire the wiring, so they had to use time bombs, so Time is extremely tight.
The mortars poured inward fire, squeezing the surviving defenders against the top of the wall and leaving them in too great a hurry to pour heavy firepower on the smoke-filled sappers below.
Soon, however, they noticed the smoke below, and to make matters worse, the rain and wind carried the smoke away faster than Creed expected.
One of the mutants shouted something, and the others leaned over the top of the wall and opened fire.
Howls were heard in the smoke as some of the sappers were hit.
"Sappers, report!"
"Two of my boys are dead, sir, where is our covering fire?"
"Mortars, keep the pressure on "
Creed roared loudly.
"The engineers are under threat."
However, the mortar can only fire so fast, and the protective smoke further dissipates, leaving the engineers naked and exposed to shots from overhead.
“More smoke, now!”
Creed roared loudly, more smoke grenades were thrown, but one engineer was still hit hard while moving the bunker. On the thigh, fell down.
Creed saw one of the man's companions turn to help him, but the engineer captain yelled angrily, and the soldier reluctantly turned around and picked up the melta bomb beside him.
The remaining Cadian soldiers fired as hard as they could, but the dilapidated guardrails provided excellent defensive cover for the mutants, and after seeing their comrades fall screaming onto the rocks, few of the mutants continued to be careless. Be careless and make yourself a conspicuous target. Instead, they poke their heads out briefly and shoot straight down.
In a team of eight, only three engineers were left working frantically at the bottom of the wall.
"Sir! More time, damn, I lost too many people, I need more time!"
Even when the captain said this, Another of his men fell silently, shot through the top of his hat.
Creed felt sick, almost dizzy.
“Get back first!”
He said loudly.
“Damn it, we’ll look into other ways.”
At this time, the last of the two engineers screamed and spun, his face was bloody and bloody, and only The next captain is alone.
"No time, sir!"
The engineer captain replied. He stood alone at the bottom of the wall, his hands working frantically. Above him, more than a dozen mutants' guns were aimed.
His time is running out and there is only one option left.
"Good luck to you, you guys."
He left his last words in the communicator.
"Keep your head down, you know how to do it, right?"
After saying that, he activated the melt bomb
"Anil!"
Accompanied by a dazzling white flash , Creed became completely deaf in an instant, and the surrounding air became extremely hot, almost tearing his lungs apart.
Subsequently, rocks rolled down the hillside and dust flew into the air.
Creed coughed and tried to stand up, not waiting for the dust to settle.
Jalan Kyle grabbed the edge of the breastplate and dragged him to his feet.
“The damn castle was blown up!”
In Creed’s mind, he saw the face of veteran Anil staring at him with a sly smile, a lot of emotions It came out of his mind like a sudden flood, but he knew he had to put it aside, at least for now.
"Cadians."
He shouted firmly:
"You know what to do!"
With a roaring battle cry, the Cadian soldiers rushed towards the gap. The support point of the wall caused the collapse of large sections of the western and southern sections of the protective wall, which caused chaos in the entire fortress defenders. Creed took advantage of the situation and rushed into the fortress with more than a hundred people, occupied a firepower point and began to attack Shoot the enemy from behind on the west parapet.
The mutants could still maintain their morale by relying on the city walls. When the protective walls were broken, their defenses immediately collapsed. The firepower on the west side quickly weakened, and the main force of the 8th Cadian Regiment and the 861st Krieger Regiment quickly covered up.
The 8th Cadian Regiment is a typical Cadian infantry regiment, consisting of 8,000 experienced soldiers composed of 24 companies, equipped with a large number of artillery, Chimera and even Leman Russ.
The 861st Krieger Regiment is an infantry regiment of 10,000 people, and one regiment is attached to a heavy artillery company. The total force of nearly 20,000 people from both sides rushed directly to the fortress of Hacksaw Mountain, instantly flooding the enemy who had spent a lot of life in the past few days. Neither took a step towards the fortifications, and stormed into the fort in one fell swoop.
"Issue instructions to each company. There is an independent fortress inside the enemy's fortress. Clean the outer area first, and then concentrate on attacking the enemy's main fortress."
While issuing instructions, Creed While firing several shots at the enemy troops, who were charging desperately toward his men along the walls, preparing to fight to the death to save their precious artillery from the Qadian attack.
(End of this chapter)