Girls und War

The stability of the ice sheet is not very good. Every summer, when the ice and snow melt, the entire ice sheet will be driven by ocean currents, causing collisions and friction between plates.

These geological changes, like huge land collisions, will form huge ravines and icebergs on the ice sheet.

Therefore, the polar landscape is different every day.

Only a few war zones that have fought here for a long time have sufficient understanding of the polar ice fields.

Although the Snow Region and the Eagle Region have long occupied parts of the polar regions, the focus of their struggle has always been the five island chains in the North Ocean.

Of these five island chains, except for the first one which is closer to the polar ice sheet, the other four extend from the frigid zone to the tropical zone.

The temperate zone spans a large area across the entire island chain, and most of the combat zones are at sea, so there is no need to worry too much about fighting in the snow.

At the same time, polar warfare presents various difficulties that ordinary people can hardly imagine, and from a strategic perspective, the cost-effectiveness is too low.

Therefore, large-scale battles rarely occur in the polar regions.

It was with this mentality that Smiley and her My Little Pony Squadron crossed the North Pole and went deep into the Eagle Zone's control area.

Perhaps for them, hunting in a lightly defended enemy area for a period of time to collect enough information for future assault operations is a good way to gain merit.

But the facts at hand proved how naive Smiley's thinking was at the command level. As a result, they were now surrounded by the enemy and could only wait for rescue.

Xia Shu is not clear about the current situation on Smiley's side.

Perhaps they have all been captured now, or perhaps they have already escaped from the Eagle Zone's encirclement.

But these things don't matter to Xia Shu at all.

Anyway, her mission was to carry out the rescue operation as planned. Whether or not she could rescue people, or how many people could be rescued, was not within her consideration.

It can even be said that even the Hua District Command did not consider whether this rescue operation would be effective.

In fact, whether or not you can rescue people is one thing, but whether or not you have the correct attitude towards rescue is another.

Xia Shu actually knew exactly what these headquarters were thinking.

At the same time, for them, ensuring their own safety, not expanding the losses, and letting everyone see their rescue attitude clearly - this is the most important point of the rescue mission.

More than half an hour after leaving the snow base, Xia Shu led the convoy across the North Pole and arrived near the even more dangerous Snow Canyon.

The Grand Canyon is an ice field that just appeared this summer. As the seabed ice sheet melted, a huge ice valley crack tens of meters wide and hundreds of meters deep appeared on the ice field.

There are several more cracks like this every year, and the girls in the snow area are no longer surprised.

Xia Shu did not let them stay any longer, but found another way to bypass this terrifying crack that seemed to have no end.

Not long after, another unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flew over. Command hadn't informed them of any friendly aircraft passing through, so Xia Shu immediately concluded that this aircraft must belong to the Eagle Zone.

At this time, the girl in the team asked, "Are we going to keep going like this?"

Xia Shu replied without hesitation, "Keep going. If they want to watch, let them watch."

So the convoy, with the reconnaissance plane following continuously, passed the North Pole and arrived near the control area of ​​the Eagle Zone.

The road ahead was becoming increasingly complex, no longer suitable for fast travel. Xia Shu was also worried about being ambushed in the car, so he ordered everyone to get out and continue the operation on foot.

After getting off the car, everyone immediately felt a biting chill attacking their bodies.

Although they were wearing anti-freeze combat uniforms, the temperature of minus forty degrees Celsius was no joke. If they were not careful, they would be frozen to death on this ice field.

"Check the equipment and confirm the attire." After giving orders to the team members, Xia Shu walked up to the leader of the snow area and pointed at the headphones to her.

The other party nodded and switched the channel to the same encrypted one. Then Xia Shu said to her, "We are going to continue on foot. You guys just follow behind. Just stay within sight range."

After the leader of the snow area replied "OK", Xia Shu turned to Nya and said, "You take the support team and stay with them, and assist with communications on my behalf."

"I understand." Upon hearing this, Nya Nya called Ye Zi and Yang Yang Yang and others, and they carried their equipment and followed the leader of the snow area.

"Goose-shaped formation, target the snowy mountain plateau in the northwest, set off."

After Xia Shu gave the order, the team members immediately dispersed according to the training formation, spreading out in groups of two and running quickly towards the front.

The two companies in the snow area followed behind, clearing the road and helping the snowmobiles move slowly forward.

Now, the most important thing for them is to ensure the safety of the snowmobiles.

This is the biggest guarantee for their safe evacuation afterwards. If they are pried open by the enemy, they will have to call for support to assist them in evacuating.

The ordinary combat team (tentative name) advanced very quickly. On the one hand, their shoes were very good, and on the other hand, the complex ice and snow terrain did not seem to be a hindrance to them at all.

The girls in the snowy area originally planned to follow them at a close distance, but not long after, Xia Shu's special forces team disappeared from their sight and blended into the ice and snow environment.

The team leader didn't see their position clearly for a moment, so he asked Nya Nya, "Where... are your team members?"

"That's not it." Nya Nya pointed forward casually. The team leader looked carefully again and saw Xia Shu standing on a high place and looking forward from more than a kilometer ahead.

To hide his embarrassment, the team leader hurriedly asked Xia Shu on the communication channel, "Um... Captain Xia Shu, are we just going to ignore the reconnaissance plane in the sky? We'll soon encounter the Eagle Zone's interception team at this rate."

Soon, Xia Shu's voice sounded in the leader's headphones.

"It's okay, let them come. We'll have to meet them sooner or later anyway."

805. Collapse at the Touch of a Touch

The special forces team's marching speed is much faster than that of the polar team in the snowy area.

In addition to the difference in physical fitness, the difference in equipment is also an important reason.

The roads on the polar ice caps are mostly made of thick, solid ice, and passing through these places requires shoes with extremely strong anti-slip capabilities, preferably with serrated spikes that can firmly grip the ice surface.

However, apart from the solid ice, the areas that are more difficult to walk on are actually the snow-covered areas.

The snow in some places is so thick that you can create a snow pit wherever you step.

In places like this, the pace of movement is very slow. Often, you have to take one foot deep and one foot shallow, making it difficult to maintain your balance.

But the shoes of Xia Shu's team have their own unique features.

When passing through these snowy areas, they will switch their shoes to snow-stepping mode.

At this time, several extension supports will extend from the soles of the shoes to expand their snow-stepping area.

As the contact area with the snow is expanded, the soles of their shoes gain sufficient support.

So the team members felt light when walking on the snow and no longer sank into it.

That posture is more than an order of magnitude more elegant than that of the combat team in the snow zone.

As the distance between the two sides grew farther and farther, the figure of the ordinary combat team (tentative) gradually disappeared from the sight of the snow area team.

However, Xia Shu had no intention of waiting. Instead, he hurried to the top of an iceberg on the ice field and began reconnaissance of the combat area.

When Xia Shu found a lookout point high up on the iceberg, he ordered several combat teams to spread out and search for any trace of the enemy within a one-kilometer radius.

By the time they got there, their communication had become intermittent, so Xia Shu had Lark set up a laser transmitter on the top of the mountain.

This way, they can just point the antenna at this area and make direct long-distance calls.

Unless the enemy uses smoke to cover the battlefield, this optical and physical means of communication cannot be blocked.

The glacier in front of us is covered with cracks of various sizes, some of which are very old, while others are recently formed.

Although it is summer, the wind still carries ice chips on the ice field.

This vast scene makes people feel as if they are on an alien planet.

As the cold continued to bite, the team members would occasionally take out hard-frozen chocolate from their pockets and put it in their mouths, waiting for it to melt slowly.

When fighting in extremely cold areas, it is equally important to continuously replenish high-calorie food and keep warm.

It is best to keep eating and moving your body constantly. Also, do not sleep no matter how sleepy you are.

This is what the team members learned in the snow combat course.

It seems that they have also seriously put the knowledge learned in these courses into action without any error.

Not long after, Rilakkuma sent a message to Natsuki.

"Captain, sixteen degrees west by northwest, three to four kilometers, there seems to be some movement in front of that big icy ridge."

After Lazy Bear finished speaking, Xia Shu adjusted the angle of the telescope and saw some slowly moving white dots under the huge "step" squeezed by the ice field that Lazy Bear mentioned.

The distance was too far to see clearly, but they could still tell that it was probably an enemy squad coming towards them.

After hearing what Lan Xiong said, Xiao Xiao asked, "What is a big ice crystal? What exactly are you trying to describe?"

"Yes... Hey, Big Binglengzi is Big Binglengzi! Why are you acting like a troublemaker?"

"No, the big icicles you're talking about sometimes refer to icy steps, sometimes hail, and sometimes icicles on the eaves. So which one is it? You have to tell me clearly!"

"Isn't it enough that you understand? We all say this over there, why don't you understand?"

"Where are you from? Why can't you speak clearly?"

"Are you looking for trouble?"

Xiaobai couldn't help but curse when he heard the two of them talking endlessly, "Shut up! They're fighting!"

After hearing Xiaobai's words, the two of them shut up in disappointment.

Xia Shu didn't say anything for a long time, and didn't seem to care about the team members' idle chatter on the battlefield.

After she confirmed that the team over there was indeed heading this way, she simply gave the order, "Battle formation, net attack."

Each group immediately replied that they had received the message, and then used the iceberg as a fulcrum to set up an incredibly sparse pocket formation.

A dozen people covered a combat area of ​​several kilometers. I don’t know whether to say they were careless or arrogant.

The leading officer in the snow area also quickly received the communication report from Nya Nya.

The communication channel of their special forces team is independently encrypted, and normally no other communication equipment can access their communication channel.

Therefore, Nya Nya could only verbally explain the current combat situation to the snow area leader.

When the leader heard that Xia Shu and the other ten or so men were about to deploy and prepare for battle, he frowned and asked, "Do you need our help?"

"Hmm? Well... the captain didn't say he needed help." Nya Nya said hesitantly, "We just need to go over slowly, there's no need to rush."

But the leader seemed uneasy and added, "I know how the Eagle Zone fights. They're like cockroaches. When you see one, there's bound to be a swarm of them around. So I still advise Captain Xia Shu not to underestimate the enemy."

Nya Nya thanked her and listened on the channel for a while before replying, "Our captain said they've spotted several enemy action teams, three in number, with a total of nearly thirty people."

"So you still interrupt the enemy's battle?" the leader asked in surprise.

"Yes." Nya Nya replied with a flat expression.

Before the leader could ask any more questions, sporadic gunfire was heard from the other side of the iceberg. It seemed that the two sides had already exchanged fire.

The leader's expression changed drastically, as if he realized the situation was about to get worse. He quickly ordered his men to speed up their movements and arranged for a small team to go to the iceberg to support the battle.

However, Nya Nya and several girls from the special forces did not show any change in their expressions.

This surprised the team leader a little, and at the same time, some doubts arose in his heart.

Could it be that the internal relations within this Flower District team are not good, or is their captain unpopular?

Otherwise, why didn’t they show any expression when their teammates were attacked?

It didn't take long for the answer to be revealed.

After hearing Xia Shu's communication, Nya Nya directly told the leader, "The battle is over. Over half of the enemy has been killed or wounded, and the rest have evacuated. They evacuated very quickly, so for safety reasons, the captain did not arrange for a pursuit."

As he spoke, sporadic gunshots were heard from the snow-capped mountains.

The leader heard the noise and asked, "Didn't the shooting end? Why are you shooting again?"

Nya Nya calmly replied, "Exercising the right of execution on the battlefield."

The girls in the surrounding snowy area felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this.

806. Prisoners and Truth Serum

The so-called right to execute on the battlefield, to put it bluntly, is to kill prisoners.

There are many different opinions on whether it is necessary to execute prisoners and what principles should be followed in executing prisoners.

However, no matter what, when operating in enemy-controlled areas, the commander of the operation will more or less have the idea of ​​killing prisoners.

Because there was no way they could carry a group of prisoners and move into the dangerous enemy-occupied area.