gnovel Chapter 51 Enemy Elite Forces
Chapter 51 Enemy Elite Forces
Almost at the same time that the explosions rang out on the east side, the situation on the west side became passive.
Eugene lay prone under the vehicle, his eyes fixed on the drone's thermal imaging signal on the tactical tablet, his voice barely audible: "Boss, contact on the west side. Sixty meters away."
"How many people?" Yuri pressed himself against the steel protective plate at the rear of the carriage.
"Fifteen targets." Eugene looked up, his face grim. "Very professional equipment."
"They were wearing night vision binoculars and carrying special operations rifles equipped with tactical kits and suppressors. Their advancing formation was a very standard CQB wedge formation. There was no talk, and their pace was extremely light."
Yuri frowned and peered out, using the reflector on his gun to observe the outside world.
In sight, the 15-man squad was taking turns providing cover, their movements clean and efficient.
When the scouts encountered the tripwires Roman had set up on the perimeter, they immediately signaled to stop advancing, then pulled out tactical wire cutters and swiftly removed the traps.
"They've spotted the two booby traps on the outer perimeter," Yuri whispered into the channel as he shrank back.
"They are elite rapid reaction forces. We can't let them continue clearing mines at the front, otherwise our buffer zone will be useless."
Yuri looked at Eugene and made a tactical hand gesture: punch each other with your index fingers pointing straight ahead.
Prepare to take the initiative to engage the enemy.
Yuri pointed upwards again, then pressed his palm downwards.
A pincer attack from both high and low positions.
Eugene nodded emphatically, quickly crawled onto the ground, and squeezed into the shadows of a flatbed wagon, resting the barrel of his assault rifle on the inside of a wheel.
Yuri took a deep breath and pulled an M84 flashbang grenade from his tactical vest.
He pulled out the pin, held it in his hand for two seconds, and then rolled the flashbang forcefully towards the concrete block to his left, close to the ground.
The flashbang struck the concrete block with a crisp sound and bounced off, landing right in the center of the enemy's elite advance route.
"Close your eyes!" The enemy scout reacted quickly and shouted immediately.
"Bang!"
A blinding white light and a deafening roar erupted instantly.
"Fire!" Yuri suddenly darted out from the edge of the carriage, his AK-12 immediately switching to three-round burst mode.
"Da da da! Da da da!"
A precise short burst of fire instantly pierced the bulletproof vests of the two front-line soldiers.
At the same time, Eugene, who was lurking under the chassis, opened fire.
"Puff puff puff puff!"
Eugene's strafing targeted the lower body of enemies where there was no bulletproof armor.
The enemy, shot in the leg, screamed and fell to his knees, only to be headshot by Yuri's second burst of fire.
In just three seconds, four elite soldiers were killed on the spot.
But the quality of this unit is indeed far superior to that of ordinary regular troops.
In the instant of being ambushed and losing men, the remaining eleven did not panic at all, and immediately rolled on the spot to find cover.
Four or five rifles equipped with silencers immediately unleashed a barrage of fire at Yuri's position, the bullets shattering the wooden crate next to him.
"Thump!" A muffled sound.
A 40mm grenade landed precisely less than three meters from Yuri's feet.
"Boom!" Wood chips and gravel flew everywhere.
Yuri was forced to fall to the ground and rolled away to the back of the next carriage.
"Boss, they've split into three crossfire groups! I'm being watched!" Eugene shouted from under the car.
The bullet grazed his helmet and struck the steel wheels, sending sparks flying.
This elite force gave Yuri and Eugene no chance to breathe. The two groups continued to fire and suppress them, while the third group used the cover fire to quickly close the distance.
They threw two smoke grenades, and thick white smoke instantly blocked their view.
"Withdraw! Pull back!" Yuri shouted while blindly firing to suppress the enemy, dragging Eugene out from under the vehicle.
The two men took turns providing cover, forced to retreat repeatedly by the extremely professional firepower, and in the blink of an eye, they had withdrawn from the 100-meter buffer zone on the west side.
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Just as the western defense line was on the verge of collapse, fierce clashes were taking place on the main battlefield.
As Lu Ye rolled off the first sniper position to avoid the RPG and moved into the second row of coal wagons, a brief opening appeared in front of him.
The enemy infantry seized this opportunity.
The 14.5mm heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle began to roar wildly.
"Da da da da!"
Flames tore through the night sky, and bullets rained down on Ruslan's positions with overwhelming force.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The steel buffer in front of Ruslan was hit by heavy machine gun bullets, sparks flying everywhere, and shrapnel cut Ruslan's arm.
"Damn it!" Ruslan was forced to hug the machine gun and cower behind cover, not daring to show his face.
Faced with firepower of this caliber, anyone who shows their head will be instantly pulverized.
With Ruslan's machine gun suppression gone, the remaining seven or eight Ukrainian infantrymen immediately followed the armored vehicles on both sides and began to accelerate their advance.
The moment the first armored vehicle crossed the first line of blast defense, its wheels crushed the detonation tripwire buried under the rubble.
"Boom!" The loud noise far exceeded the sound of the explosion on the eastern defense line.
Roman laid three anti-tank mines and several kilograms of C4 explosive charge here.
The massive fireball that shot into the sky instantly engulfed the first armored vehicle.
The front axle of the armored vehicle was completely blown off, the wheels and suspension system disintegrated in mid-air, and a horrifying rip was torn open in the thick bottom armor.
The machine gunner on the roof, who had just begun to unleash his power, was blown more than ten meters into the air without even letting out a scream.
The seven or eight infantrymen who were advancing closely behind the armored vehicle were instantly met with a devastating blow.
Four infantrymen at the epicenter of the explosion were torn to pieces on the spot, their mangled limbs flying everywhere.
The remaining few people were knocked to the ground by the blast wave, and they dragged themselves back, covered in blood.
The enemy's offensive intensity came to a standstill due to this explosion.
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However, the good news on the main battlefield did not alleviate the decline of the western defense line.
"Thud!" A bullet grazed Eugene's shoulder precisely, leaving a trail of blood.
"Ugh!" Eugene groaned as his body slammed heavily against the metal sheet.
"Eugene!" Yuri pulled him into the gap in the carriage and blindly fired half a magazine into the smoke.
"Boss, these guys are too tough!" Eugene said through gritted teeth, clutching his shoulder.
The ten elite enemy soldiers did not retreat because of the death of their comrades. Instead, they pressed forward step by step under the cover of smoke.
Three enemy soldiers had already reached the rear of the flank carriage, which was less than 20 meters away from them.
There was no way to retreat.
Yuri pressed his tactical headset and roared, "Land! We need support on the west flank! Immediately!"
Lu Ye, who had just rolled into the coal car and was preparing to set up his gun and take over the front line again, heard the shout in his earpiece and did not hesitate at all.
"receive!"
He picked up the SVCh sniper rifle with one hand, pushed off the coal pile with his feet, gripped the edge of the car tightly with both hands, and flipped out of the coal car.
Landing, turning, running start.
Using the steel connector between the two carriages as leverage, Lu Ye leaped upwards and climbed directly to the top of the carriage.
The armored vehicle was burning, and the flames illuminated the night sky above.