It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 4｜Knock on the door!
Quite interesting.

Generally speaking, side fire is far more deadly than direct frontal fire, and mines buried at an angle will seriously hinder the enemy's movements, exposing them to heavy machine gun fire for a long time.

Fang Rui praised sincerely, "That's a very sophisticated arrangement. Commander Shang is quite talented. I'm afraid it would be a waste of his talent to stay in the military police unit."

Combining theory with practice is a profound art. For example, the tactical principle of "leveraging one's own firepower advantage to attack the enemy" is easy to say, but there is no standard answer to how to deploy troops and heavy weapons in actual situations.

Many officers of the mainland army appear quite rigid when making deployments. They only read from the script and fail to adapt to local conditions. Therefore, Shang Ke's idea made Fang Rui's eyes light up. He naturally felt that Shang Ke was simply burying a talent as a military police officer.

The formal deployment was basically consistent with Shang Ke's idea. After the order was issued, the soldiers quickly dispersed and took up their positions.

After setting up the ambush position, it is time to test your patience.

Looking into the distance, the rails and roads are covered with snow, with only the rough outlines remaining.

Everyone, eager for revenge, hoped to wait for a train or a convoy to arrive and bury them in the ice and snow.

The sun sets and the moon rises, the sun rises and the moon sets.

The wind and snow that had subsided for a day returned with great force, and the temperature dropped sharply to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

The adverse weather conditions made it seem as if the retaliation was going to fail, and the ambush team had to return before the food they carried ran out.

After all the trouble, nothing came of it? No one wants to leave like this.

Seeing this, Shang Ke simply suggested: "Since we are here and can't wait, why not just attack them directly. I see there is a military station in the southwest. After we are done, we can retreat via the backup route."

"Isn't this a bit presumptuous?" Staff Officer Liu said with some concern. "Proactively attacking the enemy camp is much more extreme than equal retaliation."

"It's okay. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. The order from the headquarters didn't say anything against it." Shang Ke shrugged indifferently.

Fang Rui, looking solemn, reminded him, "Commander Shang, you need to think this through. If our superiors blame us later, both you and I will be held responsible."

Shang Ke carefully recalled the precautions and replied firmly, "The order is very clear. No attacking civilians, no killing of senior officers. Anyway, it is not against the order. I will say this even if it means going to a military court."

"Okay." Fang Rui glanced at his watch and said decisively, "There's no time to wait. Let's go and knock on their door!"

The target of the temporary change was a comprehensive military camp called Fort-Agachskiy, which was located west of the border transportation hub Aktobe. It was the headquarters of the 47th Border Guard Battalion of the Russian Empire, with more than people stationed here.

一般来说，伊凡罗斯边防军的边防大队通常会下辖3~5个独立的有数十人兵力的哨所。同时本部也有警卫排、装甲车排、侦察排、运输排、通信班、医疗站等直属单位，计约200人和4~5辆装甲车。

Peacetime does not mean there is no open or covert fighting. Intelligence reconnaissance work is carried out at all times. Over the years, our side has a general grasp of the enemy's deployment situation.

After sending two soldiers to report the situation to the covering team, the ambush team moved quickly against the clock and arrived near the Ajaski military camp before sunset.

The sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the military camp could be vaguely seen through binoculars.

Compared with their own red brick and tile houses, the Russian border guards' garrisons were obviously more crude and crude. Except for two houses built with cement, the rest were barracks built with logs.

Everyone agreed that a night attack was the most appropriate, but several people had different opinions on whether it should be an infiltration raid or a hit-and-run from a distance.

"How hasty! Starting a battle without conducting adequate pre-war reconnaissance? Absolutely not."

Staff Officer Liu firmly believed that an attack on such a stronghold must be fully prepared, otherwise he would rather give up - who knows if there are hidden minefields, barbed wire, or firing points near this military camp. "You're overthinking it. If you have so many concerns, you're not a Russian," Fang Rui said without any concern.

Does this make sense?

Shang Ke almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

"What should we do next, Commander Shang? Can you tell me?" Fang Rui said with a smile.

This unique on-the-spot assessment gave people a rather curious feeling. After a moment's reflection, Shang Ke replied, "A squad from the second platoon will infiltrate first and remain in hiding. Later in the night, the first platoon and the engineering squad will occupy the starting position for the assault. The heavy machine gun section and the rest of the second platoon will remain as reserve."

"Go straight forward and occupy the starting position for the attack? Okay, sure, that's it." Although it was different from his idea, Fang Rui felt that this was also a reasonable deployment.

Shang Ke and he then determined the attack route and retreat route, selected the firing positions for the two heavy machine guns, and cleared the firing range.

A squad of infantry quietly set out, crawling towards the military camp, making sure there were no suspicious minefields, and then hid in the snow less than 300 meters away from the enemy.

At the same time, the two soldiers who were ordered to report the situation also found the cover team more than ten kilometers away in the dark.

The front-line command center quickly learned of the incident through a temporary wired telephone.

"What nonsense is this? You're just talking to yourself! We won't have a peaceful New Year this year!" complained the intelligence officer with a frown on his face.

Xu Bowen, standing nearby, didn't seem to mind. He took a deep drag on his cigarette, stared at the map, and said calmly, "They're quite brave. Just don't miss. If we attack that place, it'll be a long way back. They'll probably retreat directly west. Send word, alert the patrol boat squadron to prepare for support."

"Yes!"

Later in the night.

The faint moonlight from the Emei Moon sprinkled on the white snowfield, and the visibility was even lower than expected. The revenge operation was launched under the concern of Staff Officer Liu.

Only a few lights were on in the Ajaski military camp, and the figures of sentries standing on the watchtowers could be vaguely seen. The entire camp was as quiet as a sleeping child.

On the snowy field not far away, dozens of black spots were moving slowly.

The cold penetrated deep into his bones, his hands and feet were numb from the cold, and after crawling for nearly an hour, Shang Ke felt that his mind was frozen by the extreme cold of the winter night.

Finally, three patrolling scouts noticed something was wrong.

They exchanged a few words, then walked towards this side cautiously with Mosin-Nagant rifles in hand.

The battle is imminent!
At this moment, Shang Ke felt a mixture of uneasiness and excitement surging in his heart.

A few meters away, Fang Rui calmly raised his flare gun and said coldly, "Retribution has arrived."

"call out--"

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out, and the red flares tore through the bright starry sky!

The three enemies were knocked down almost instantly by the revenge bullets. Several strings of bullets sent wood chips flying from the watchtower, and a figure fell from it with a scream.

(End of this chapter)