The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the sky was gradually getting darker, which finally made everyone feel cooler after being exposed to the sun for most of the day.
At this moment, the countdown to the task in the heads of many netizens is still two hours away.
Then, a piece of good news finally reached Hu Biao’s ears. It was a squad leader of the second company who was a small businessman before. He reported to Hu Biao with his mouth full of surprise:
"Sir Hu, I've been to this place several times. It's only about 10 miles away from Luodian."
After hearing this, Hu Biao finally felt a little more relaxed.
Such a small distance would take less than an hour if we had to march by force. Even if something happened along the way and delayed a little, we should still be able to reach the destination on time and complete the first phase of the mission.
However, before Hu Biao could inject some chicken blood into his men's mouth, for example, as long as he arrived at the place later, he could do so, so on.
But when his sensitive ears faintly heard some strange noises, Hu Biao's expression suddenly changed drastically; he tore his throat with all his strength, and roared at the top of his lungs:
"Bombardment! Don't run away. Lie down on the spot. Don't lie on the ground like a sand sculpture. Support your body with your elbows and knees. Close your eyes and open your mouth~"
As Hu Biao yelled, everyone present instinctively followed Hu Biao's actions.
Then, let’s wait for the fateful decision together.
No one even fully prepared these actions in response to the shelling, and shells landed near the highway one after another.
Judging from the fact that after every artillery shell hits the ground, there is at least a 10-meter crater, these are at least 105 mm caliber artillery pieces.
Not as lavish as Europa or Uncle Sam's, an artillery piece of this caliber can already be called a heavy artillery in the East.
Under such a blow, Hu Biao and others had no choice but to wait for the bombardment to end.
This is an industrial Guo Jia, and the suppression of another agricultural Guo Jia in terms of hard power cannot be solved by relying on a little cleverness.
Damn it! Hu Biao had never felt so aggrieved by the continuous air strikes and heavy artillery bombings.
At this moment, he especially wanted to redeem a modern PLA self-propelled artillery in the system mall to send all the Japanese artillery to the sky.
Again, such a thing is just a thought...
With a sound of "Bah~", the sinner spat out a mouthful of saliva filled with sand.
When the shelling started, he instinctively followed Hu Biao's shouts, adopted such an awkward and shameful posture, and knelt on the ground.
Then in the dusty environment, he opened his mouth forcefully.
This approach is indeed scientific to a certain extent. It can not only avoid most of the impact force generated when the shell explodes, but also slow down the force of ground vibration.
Even because of the action of opening the mouth, the ears will not be too damaged.
The problem is, there is no way to avoid eating a mouth full of dust in this process.
Of course, compared to what happened next, the sinner was pleased to think that the above incident was nothing at all.
Suddenly, a palm dropped from the sky and slapped him in the face.
This sudden slap sent stars all over his head; the too wild force also made his head dizzy and he almost vomited it out.
Because this is a palm that was blown off at the wrist. The palm is full of calluses, and it looks like a good hand for farm work.
It was this familiar severed hand that reminded him of its owner, an indigenous man in his 20s with a weathered face.
I had seen him staggering when he was on the road, so I helped him carry his backpack for a while.
At that time, facing the continuous thanks from his sinners, this man was actually a little at a loss.
"What a pity! Why wasn't I the one who died?" the sinner thought with regret.
Because when he was chatting with the other party before, he learned that this 23-year-old buddy named Sun Guangan already had three children at home.
That means those three innocent children are destined to have a more difficult time growing up than others.
In other words, whether they can live and grow up is a question.
Later, faced with the result of reducing the number of more than 20 people again, Hu Biao and the others could only act like wild beasts, licking their wounds slightly, and then set off again...
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Time: 7:02 in the evening, less than an hour before the end time of the mission.
Location: On a small hillock at most about 3 miles away from the peripheral area controlled by Luodian; to be more specific, this place should be on the edge of Jiading District, the modern plane magic city.
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As for where exactly it is, a bigot like Hu Biao has only been to the Demon City once or twice, so how could he know?
Even considering the astonishing changes in the Magic City over the years, when the locals like Bianrou were brought here, they were also confused.
Along the way, we experienced two air strikes and one brief heavy artillery bombardment.
The supplementary battalion included 21 lightly wounded people, and now there were a total of 107 people left; they finally arrived at a position extremely close to their destination at this time when the sky was getting dark.
Among the 107 people currently left, there are still 31 visitors from the modern dimension such as Hu Biao.
Therefore, although the previous journey was a bit worse, Hu Biao still said he could barely accept such a result.
After all, war is not a treat, it is a life-and-death fight between the two sides without any compromise.
Unfortunately, when they were hit by shelling, two unlucky friends among the netizens were affected by the shrapnel from the explosion.
Immediately, the two buddies fell to the ground with their heads in a state of confusion. Then, although they did not die directly, they could no longer get up with their own strength.
According to the joint diagnosis of an orthopedic surgeon and a black Chinese medicine doctor, one of the brothers’ left leg was almost severed by shrapnel, and the massive arterial bleeding looked a bit scary.
A buddy who broke his skull in a fall has not yet woken up due to a severe concussion. Even if he wakes up, he will not be able to fight in the short term.
Anyway, these two buddies basically can't be counted on in future missions.
Fortunately, according to the judgment of the two doctors, as long as large doses of anti-inflammatory drugs were injected to keep the wound from getting worse, they would not die within three to five days even if they did not undergo surgery.
Therefore, these two buddies will lie down for the rest of the time until the end of the mission.
Of course, the process may be quite painful for the two brothers.
However, after Hu Biao and Hu Biao put in so much effort, they did not gain anything at all.
First of all, Hu Biao's consumption of cigarettes, medicines, and other supplies along the way, as well as his correct command at critical moments such as the attack, made the remaining soldiers in the supplementary battalion more and more convinced of him.
Now they obey Captain Hu's orders very well, allowing Hu Biao to actually command hundreds of people.
Brackets: Including some seriously injured people who can only be regarded as burdens.
Secondly, and most importantly, none of their precious 2153 system points were used up, and everyone had at least one weapon and a few wooden-handled grenades.
The grenades should still be produced by the Jinling Arsenal. In terms of quality, they are much more reliable than the ones made in the border area that Hu Biao and the others are familiar with.
At least once you pull the fuse, you don't have to worry about it exploding immediately and accidentally injuring your own personnel.
These unexpected surprises were obtained from a group of soldiers from the supplementary battalion who were killed or seriously injured in the battle.
Although among the weapons procured for free, there are as many as three types of rifles, namely the 'Liao Type 13 Rifle' produced in Northeast China, the 'Gong Zao Type 98 Rifle' made in Gong County, Henan Province, and the Hubei Type 98 Rifle.
Provincially made 'Made in Hanyang' rifle.
But these are at least rifles that use 7.92mm caliber rifle bullets, so the bullets will not be too troublesome.
The only thing that made Hu Biao feel a little regretful was that the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd companies actually had a semi-old Czech light machine gun in their hands.
However, nothing happened to the two machine gunners along the way, and Hu Biao did not find a chance to get it.
This allows the little flat-headed original sin who won the "Basic Machine Gun Use" to make good use of this equipment.
However, this is not a big problem. Hu Biao has been reluctant to use those system points, but he is thinking that redeeming them too early will be a burden on the road.
Originally, in his plan, he planned to exchange it for a serious heavy machine gun for Original Sin to use and become the core firepower of the team.
What kind of heavy machine gun is it specifically? In Hu Biao's previous plan, there is no doubt that it is classic equipment such as the water-cooled Maxim.
The main reason is that the Songhu area has a dense water network, so there should be no situation where the water-cooled Maxim cannot fire due to lack of water.
But after experiencing the encounters along the way, Hu Biao obviously had some different plans in mind...
After arriving at the current location, it can be said that as long as everyone rushes harder, it will take 20 minutes to reach the destination and complete the first phase of the system's mission.
The problem is that now, the physical strength of the people carrying a large amount of supplies has been greatly exhausted by the bombardment along the way.
For this reason, Hu Biao could only issue an order to rest on the spot for 10 minutes and then rush to the destination in one breath.
During such a process, the artillery fire that continued to fall sporadically on the Luodian position produced huge explosions that could be clearly transmitted to the ears of Hu Biao and others.
Thanks to the changes in the ‘Secondary Wolverine’s Residual Blood Veins’ and the strength gained from moving bricks and polishing them at the construction site, Hu Biao is currently feeling pretty good.
So when most people were slumped on the ground, breathing heavily.
Hu Biao climbed onto the small mound on the roadside to observe the situation.
After picking up the telescope, Hu Biao could see that even with the naked eye, he could see plumes of black smoke rising from the town that was almost a scorched earth.
And in the small town, there was a tattered blue sky and white sun flag, flying on a crumbling building.
Thank God, Luodian is still under our control now; after seeing this scene, Hu Biao finally felt a little more relaxed.