As soon as the battalion commander walked not far away, there was a soft "blop" sound behind him, as if something was thrown on the ground. The battalion commander instinctively wanted to turn around, but there was already an exclamation behind him. Battalion Commander
Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately threw himself to the ground
"Boom!" The sound of a grenade exploding sounded, followed by a bigger explosion, becoming the last sound in the world that penetrated the battalion commander's eardrums.
A cloud of dust rose up from the hillside, and some severed limbs and broken weapon parts flew out of the dust cloud, falling all over the hillside. The Northern Army soldiers standing on guard halfway up the mountain did not even react.
The shock made the eardrums hurt, but not even one of the people lying down could react. It took a few seconds for someone to react. They just looked up at the mountain top that was completely covered by gunpowder smoke and dust, not knowing what to do.
Although the brief silence only lasted for more than ten seconds, it was so oppressive that the people present were going crazy. No one knew what had just happened on the top of the hill, because no one had walked down the flat hilltop since the explosion.
None of the platoon responsible for the search, the battalion commander of the road-opening battalion, and several of the battalion commander's followers came out.
Of course, this has to exclude the veteran who was about to detonate the first grenade found and the signal soldier who was ordered to report to the headquarters. They are the two people who have survived on the top of this mountain.
The news quickly reached Mountbatten's headquarters. This news was like detonating a bombshell in the headquarters. A battalion commander of the Pioneer Battalion, one of Mountbatten's outstanding generals, disappeared in such a confused manner?
Now, we don’t even know what weapons and methods the enemy used to attack!
Huang Pihu did get the news back: a tribal warrior was killed and the tribal warrior's comrade, a Damon warrior, returned to the top of the mountain along the hidden fortifications. He took advantage of the enemy on the top of the mountain to only focus on demolishing them.
When the bomb was fired, a grenade was thrown from the observation hole left by the sealed tunnel exit, detonating the mortar bomb left on the hilltop.
Unfortunately, this tribal warrior was unable to retreat in time and was buried under the collapsed tunnel. When the people behind him dug him out, he had already suffocated to death. Fortunately, the fortifications hidden in the heart of the mountain were relatively strong, and there was no
There were no reports of other casualties as a result of the explosion.
The outburst of the explosion caused the entire Northern Army to stop marching. The battalion, which had lost its commander and was in disarray, was arranged to wait where it was. Two other elite battalions were coming to pick them up.
The distance between the main force and the road-opening camp is more than five kilometers. Of course, the sudden mobilization of the large group of troops will not be so fast. Just like this, the panic-stricken battalion is waiting in place. Everyone's guns are loaded with bullets, and everyone is
Nervousness reached the extreme. Not only that, all the lower-level officers were also busy. They had to try their best to stabilize the mood of this unit. Otherwise, before the indigenous ambush appeared, their own people might have internal strife due to nervousness.
The great psychological pressure caused an extremely quiet area to form around the battalion's defense line. However, this "abnormal" quietness made these panicked soldiers even more nervous. At this time when they were so desperate, Dagas
One of his men flashed the white flag they had just made.
I don’t know who discovered it first, and I don’t know who shouted first. Anyway, by the time most people reacted, all the people and all the guns were pouring bullets in the direction of the white flag flashing.
It was so violent that it actually smashed the white flag three hundred meters away into pieces in the first few seconds. No one knew why the area full of bullet impact points attracted so much firepower, and more bullets and anti-personnel grenades were fired.
Even more, they covered it there with all their might.
Dagas, who was lying behind the mound, regretted it. At first, he rejected his subordinates' idea of "waving a white flag from a distance, contacting first, and then getting closer." But then he thought that if the distance was too far, there might be a misunderstanding.
It's not a joke to take another beating, and if the natives discover it, it will be terrible if we are not out of the fire range of the tribal artillery.
In this way, Dagas and others moved closer to the direction of the road camp. It was not until a strange explosion occurred on the hilltop where the indigenous artillery was firing that they stopped.
To go or not to go? This is a very troublesome matter. Whether it is Dagas or Pierre, they all realized from the strange changes in the defense line of the opening camp that this unit was in big trouble. Their instinctive vigilance made them
They didn't dare to go any further. They were really worried that if they got too close, they would be randomly attacked by the road-opening battalion. They had no choice but to send a "friendly" signal at this distance that was not awkward or awkward.
It's a pity that the friendly signal was regarded as a provocation, and all the guns were pouring out their anger at them. At this unlucky distance, the other party couldn't hear you if you shouted; shooting would only attract more terrifying firepower from the other party. Now Dagas
All the others can do is lie on the ground and wait for some of the officers in this battalion to wake up as soon as possible, or wait for their bullets to run out.
The sudden burst of gunfire caused the entire Northern Army to panic. They contacted the command center nervously, trying to figure out what happened. At this time, Mountbatten was also helpless and confused, and could only say "
"Stand on standby" order, and then urged the other two battalions to rush over and let them quickly find out what happened.
By the time the other two battalions arrived, this battalion had already conducted "suppression" shooting for five minutes. Although many people had realized that their targets had not returned a single shot, under the leadership of a few "determined" shooters
, they still opened fire blindly, as if they would be safe as long as the other party did not fight back. It was not until the arrival of the next two battalions that the soldiers of this battalion gradually stopped their subsequent attacks.
"Why are you shooting? What's over there?" a major battalion commander asked a captain of the Kailu Battalion.
"There was something moving over there just now. I don't know what it was exactly. Soldiers...the soldiers were shooting for the safety of the flanks of the large force." The captain couldn't explain what just happened. It can't be said that they were all frightened.
Out of courage?
"Is there really anyone over there?" Although the major arrived late, this did not prevent him from hearing the fact that not a single shot was fired in the target area.
"There's someone, there's someone!" Even the captain was not sure about this and could only say in silence.