Girls und War

"How to do?"

Doragon checked the time, frowned, and said, "There's no other way. Retreat in ten minutes."

As he was speaking, the whistling sound of artillery shells could be heard faintly in the sky.

Several girls quickly lay down in ditches.

After a baptism of artillery fire, smoke and scorched earth mixed together.

It seems that the Snow District has once again integrated their artillery units and launched a round of covering fire in this direction.

After the artillery fire, members of the Red Dragon Squadron crawled out of the mud everywhere.

Although most members dodged in time and did not suffer much damage, some still suffered some minor or serious injuries.

The cook Xian had one arm blown off by a shell, and it seemed that he had lost his combat effectiveness in this battle.

Amidst her wailing, Ye Zi performed a series of battlefield treatments on her and finally saved her life.

Doragon quickly called for artillery support from friendly forces.

After a while, a faint whistling sound came from the southeast.

This was a round of ultra-long-range artillery support spanning hundreds of kilometers, and the coordinates of the artillery positions were provided by the Air Force's high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

Although such artillery support cannot achieve precise strikes, it can have a serious impact on the enemy's artillery positions.

It's better than nothing.

The attacking forces in the snow zone in the valley took advantage of the moment when the Red Dragon Squadron was hit by artillery fire and quickly cleared the tank wreckage at the entrance of the mountain road.

Now the air strikes in the Flower District are cooling down, and the Red Dragon Squadron has also lost its most important fire support point, the combat helicopter.

So taking advantage of this opportunity, the snow area rushed towards the mountain trail entrance again.

The few remaining tanks here were unable to resist for a while and were already showing signs of defeat.

Doragon quickly issued an order to let the other team members retreat.

After the girl on the west side of the hill received the order, the gunfire and explosions suddenly became more intense.

Then several clouds of smoke spread in the mountains and forests, and the teams gradually left the battlefield in front and returned to the command point where Doragon was.

Among the girls who ran back, Ghost, the communications soldier of the Wind Team, was carried back by the reckless woman.

She was breathing weakly, with blood gushing out, and it looked like she was seriously injured.

When Ye Zi went to meet him, the reckless woman briefly explained her injuries, then turned to Doragon and said, "Dessert is over."

Doragon nodded without any change in expression. Instead, he walked over to the ghost and asked, "Can you hold on? If not, just let me know."

It seems that if there is no hope of rescue, she will decisively abandon the ghost here.

"Don't... I think I can still save him..." Ghost laughed weakly.

Doragon turned his head to look at Ye Zi again. Seeing Ye Zi nod, he said nothing more.

Then Ye Zi asked the woman to gently place the ghost on the stretcher, and called Bai He. The two of them carried the ghost and retreated quickly.

Doragon did not wait for everyone to gather before evacuating.

Seeing that most of the people had returned to their base, she ordered everyone to split up and retreat to the third line of defense.

The rest who had not yet evacuated were left behind by Qingxian and his men to support them.

As for the remaining tanks, Doragon had no intention of taking them away.

Their command had long been transferred to Doragon, who planned to have the tanks guard the rear, thus increasing the chances of evacuating personnel.

This is also a very common tactic for selling tools. After all, human life is much more important than equipment.

Doragon made arrangements and gestured for Natsuki to go with her.

But Xia Shu pointed to the hillside behind him and said, "I'll cover the retreat of the last few people from over there."

Doragon hesitated and asked, "Can safety be guaranteed?"

"Yes," Xia Shu replied without hesitation, "I drove away the sniper on the other side. Now I pose no threat."

Doragon did not hesitate any longer, nodded and said "OK", then decisively retreated to the back.

After watching the main force evacuate, Xia Shu and Qingxian had a brief conversation, then they took Juncao and climbed up the hillside behind them and hid in the bushes.

But not long after he hid, the sound of helicopter propellers breaking through the air was heard in the valley again.

428. Third Line Mountain Road Interception Operation

This time, the propeller sounds coming from the other side of the valley were still plural.

It seems that the snow area has become ruthless and has sent out several more armed helicopters.

This stuff is really not cheap.

You should know that the cost of building an armed helicopter is much higher than that of a second-tier fighter jet.

And its combat effectiveness is obvious to all.

Its standard weapon is a powerful machine gun with a range of several kilometers. It can also carry a variety of rockets, missiles, and even torpedoes and mines.

To tanks, it is like a father, and ordinary infantry is no match for it.

If it weren't for the equipment design conventions and tool training rules, the various war zones would have deliberately weakened the anti-infantry efficiency of armed helicopters - with the firepower level and air suppression capabilities of this aerial monster, it would be a simple matter for a single aircraft to eliminate a front-line combat company.

However, using equipment superiority to crush enemies in combat was never the purpose of the Imaginary Battlefield. Therefore, the effectiveness of various weapons and equipment against human opponents had been weakened.

The girl infantry on the imaginary battlefield can be said to have the magical attribute of restraining the entire battlefield.

Only when equipment hits equipment can the full effectiveness of the weapon be fully exerted.

Ground firepower can hardly pose much of a threat to air forces like attack helicopters, which are specifically designed to hunt armored forces.

The only thing that can restrain it is fighter jets, which are also air forces, or simply "only helicopters can defeat helicopters."

Xia Shu was not impatient when he heard the sound of the helicopter.

Instead, he continued to hold the sniper rifle and cover Qingxian's defense point.

There were still two groups of people left who had not had time to evacuate.

But Viper and the Fire Team's Gamma Team quickly returned to the defense point.

Only the Alpha Squad of the Wind Team seemed to be stuck by the infantry in the snow area.

Qingxian hesitated for a moment, but still went up with a few people from the defense point to support them.

They were out of Xia Shu's protection range, and Xia Shu couldn't see their situation for a while, so he could only guess the situation on the scene through the communication channel.

She didn't move either, because the retreat route was within Xia Shu's cover range.

At this time, neither Xia Shu nor Xia Shu could help them directly.

Now the most important thing Xia Shu should do is to block this retreat route and let them have no worries.

There were constant sounds of gunfire and artillery fire in the channel, and the exchange of fire in the valley seemed very intense.

The Snow District seemed to have noticed the retreat of the Red Dragon Squadron at this time, and immediately assembled tank troops and rushed up from the front of the mountain pass.

The few remaining tanks in the flower district immediately attacked them.

At this moment, the enemy's armed helicopter also flew over the ridge from the coast.

This time, the snow zone had invested heavily, with three attack helicopters coming at once. Even Xia Shu couldn't handle so many helicopters at once.

And these three helicopters were also very cautious and started launching missiles at the tanks from five or six kilometers away.

At this distance, the sniper can't even touch them.

"Xia Shu, what should we do?" Juncao seemed a little nervous. She was worried that Qingxian and the other team members would not be able to get out of the valley.

"What can we do? We can't do anything." Xia Shu also smiled helplessly and turned on the communication channel and said, "You guys retreat quickly! Three helicopters are coming."

"I know! We'll be there right away!" Qingxian's voice was unclear amid the gunfire, but Xia Shu could feel that the situation over there was not so critical anymore.

After hanging up the communication here, Xia Shu switched the channel to Doragon and said succinctly, "Captain, there are three more attack helicopters in the snow area. Send air support quickly to shoot down these aircraft."

Doragon quickly replied, "Got it," and then asked, "Have you evacuated yet?"

"Not yet. I saw people, but the team on the opposite side seems to be surrounding them." Xia Shu said, raised his gun, aimed in that direction, and quickly fired a shot.

"Cover their retreat. If you can't rescue them, retreat first and let them surrender!" Doragon gave such an order directly.

"Okay, I got it." Xia Shu replied and hung up the phone.

She fired a few more shots, killing one enemy in the snow area and forcing back two more. Qingxian finally found an opportunity to lead the people out of the encirclement that was about to take shape.

But the enemy helicopters also became alert and immediately pressed towards this side in a V-shaped formation.

"Hurry up, hurry up and throw smoke bombs!" Xia Shu hurriedly signaled to Rong Xingcao, and the two immediately threw a large number of smoke bombs on the surrounding roads.

"The two of us will retreat first! You go through the smoke!" Xia Shu said in the communication channel, and then retreated along the mountain road.

Qingxian replied "I understand" and led his team into the gradually spreading smoke.

After the helicopter approached, it fired a burst of shots at the location where Xia Shu had just shot.

Fortunately, they ran away quickly, otherwise they would have become a sieve by now.

At this time, bursts of explosions were heard from behind, and the tanks in the flower district were finally wiped out by the crossfire from the air and the ground.

At this point, the second line of defense set up by the Red Dragon Squadron was also lost.

They only have one last line of defense left.

The third line of defense in the Tuqu Mountains.

This line of defense is not like the previous two, it is a standard gap in the mountain road.

The third line of defense is a long and narrow valley road, about two or three kilometers long, sandwiched between two mountain peaks.

After exiting this narrow road, there is a large area of ​​mountains with the gentlest slopes in the Tuqu Mountains.

There are many intersections leading to the two rivers in the mountains, so it would be very inconvenient if the flower district wanted to set up defenses.

In fact, the best defense points are the three valley entrances chosen by the Red Dragon Squadron.

Simply put, if the control of the last mountain pass is lost, the Flower District will completely lose control of the Earth District mountains.

Now is the last chance.

But the reinforcements were slow to arrive, and the Red Dragon Squadron could not defend the mountain pass on its own.

There was only half an hour left of the promised two hours of defense time.

If reinforcements have not arrived after half an hour, the Flower District will have no choice but to abandon the mountains and retreat to the two rivers.

If reinforcements arrive, they can even launch a counterattack in the mountains.

But the prerequisite is that the Red Dragon Squadron can really defend for another half an hour.

They no longer have tanks, and it is too difficult to defend for half an hour relying on manpower.

After Doragon retreated to the third line of defense with a large force, he quickly arranged defenses in the front, middle, and rear areas of the narrow mountain road.

The slope is more than 200 meters high and has a gradient of over 70 degrees, making it difficult to connect the upper and lower parts.

So Doragon only defended the top of the slope.

The Red Dragon Squadron is now the last line of defense in the flower area.

If we lose this place, we will lose the entire mountain range.

429. Defensive Time That Feels Like Years

There is still half an hour left.

Although Doragon and his large force had already withdrawn from the second line, the team led by Xia Shu and Qingxian had not yet withdrawn to the defense point.

This made Doragon gradually worried.

Although Xia Shu and the others said in the communication that there was no problem and they had retreated safely, the situation was actually becoming increasingly dangerous.