dtnovels Chapter 302 Shortening Lifespan
Chapter 302 Shortening Lifespan
At 2:00 AM on March 21, the special forces battalion dispatched two special soldiers to carry out the mission. Dressed in black, each carrying a package of explosives wrapped in oil paper, they rushed out of the organization in the heavy rain and made their way towards the gates of Imus Pass.
The two men, separated by more than ten meters, slowly climbed up the slope along the mountainside. Rainwater streams flowing down the mountain had already soaked them to the bone. However, this was common in their training and nothing unusual; their immediate priority was protecting the explosive charge from the rain.
Fortunately, the explosive charge was wrapped in many layers of oil paper, preventing any rainwater from seeping in and wetting the fuse. It took the two men over an hour to sneak from the Chinese army camp two kilometers away to within a hundred meters of the city walls of Imus Pass.
Just then, a squad leader from the Wuxi Flying Squad, who was on patrol with a serious attitude, suddenly poked his head out and looked down at the pass to see if any Chinese soldiers were launching a night attack.
The two special forces soldiers, who were keeping a close eye on the situation on the city wall, closed their eyes and lay prone on the ground, letting the muddy water flow from head to toe without moving an inch.
The corporal checked the area by the dim firelight but found nothing. He then retreated after being persuaded by several soldiers nearby that "no one will be there."
After more than 30 seconds, the two special forces soldiers, who had been holding their breath and hiding in the mud, raised their heads. There were no longer any Wuxi Flying Soldiers peering down from above the city gate to survey the situation below. They breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the mud off their faces, and continued crawling towards the city gate with their explosives.
On this slope outside the gates of the Imus Pass, there was a distance of over a hundred meters, completely devoid of vegetation, precisely to allow the guards on the pass to spot the enemy soldiers sneaking up in time. Fortunately, it was the middle of the night, the sky was pitch black, and the heavy rain had extinguished most of the braziers on the pass walls; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to sneak past so easily.
At 3:45, two special forces soldiers from Huazu reached the city gate. It was a square gate opening, with the gate itself positioned about one meter inside the opening to prevent it from being eroded by wind and rain and shortening its lifespan.
Standing in the city gate, where the threat of heavy rain had been eliminated, the two special forces soldiers carefully peeled off the oil paper, removing seven or eight layers before taking out the still dry explosive pack.
In the darkness, with no lights on, two experienced special forces soldiers placed two explosive charges under the two thick doors, then lit matches and ignited the 30-centimeter-long fuses together.
Then, no longer caring about revealing themselves, the two ran quickly towards the outside of the pass, because if they didn't run fast, the explosives would detonate and they would be caught in the crossfire.
Hearing the sound of people running through the mud below the city, a soldier from the Five Streams Flying Squad turned around and looked down. He saw two blurry figures running down the mountain. His expression changed and he shouted, "There are spies!"
He took out the bow and arrows from the crenellations and shot them down, trying to kill the two enemy spies. However, with such heavy rain and in the dark, his aim was off by a mile, and the two special forces soldiers of the Chinese army ran unharmed to a distance of several hundred meters.
The soldiers guarding the city gate tower, reminded by the soldier, all looked towards the slope outside the pass and saw the two spies fleeing down the mountain. They hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows and shot towards the pass, but of course, they missed everything.
However, they did not stop, in order to guard against the possible appearance of other Chinese soldiers or spies. A centurion rushed into the rest room on the city gate tower to inform the chiliarch who was supposed to be on duty all night.
However, before he could wake the negligent centurion, two thunderous booms suddenly sounded beneath his feet, and the room shook violently. The shaking lasted for more than ten seconds before stopping. The centurion was naturally jolted awake and shouted, "There's an assassin!"
The entire city gate shook for more than ten seconds after being hit by the two explosive charges. The nearly one thousand Wuxi Flying Soldiers inside were stunned and disoriented, scattering in all directions while asking in terror what had happened.
Outside the pass, more than 5 elite soldiers from two brigades of the 112th Company arrived at the foot of the hill under the cover of darkness and rain. They heard two almost simultaneous loud noises coming from the gate of the Imus Pass on the mountain. Knowing that the mission had succeeded, they brandished their swords and spears and charged up the mountain.
A few minutes later, the Wuxi Flying Soldiers, who were guarding the city, finally approached the gate and found that the two gates had been blown to pieces, with only a few pieces of wood hanging on the walls on both sides.
A centurion of the Wuxi Flying Soldiers, realizing the situation was dire, shouted to warn nearby soldiers to come and defend the city gate while simultaneously going to inform Yumiti of the bad news that the city gate had been breached.
Awakened by the explosion, Yumiti knew that the Chinese possessed such powerful explosive weapons. Hearing the explosion, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly got up and rushed to the pass and city gate, while sending out many guards to gather all the soldiers on rest to deal with the upcoming attack by the Chinese troops.
On the way, Yumiti met the centurion who had come to inform him and learned that the city gate had indeed been blown up by the Chinese soldiers. He ordered the execution of the derelict night watchman and organized his soldiers to leave the city to use the terrain and height advantage to block the Chinese soldiers from attacking the gate.
When Yumiti organized the first batch of less than 300 soldiers to rush out of the city gate, Wang Ping, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 112th Company, led more than 100 soldiers to be the first to rush to the pass and fight with more than 300 Wuxi Flying Soldiers.
In the darkness and torrential rain, even the most ingenious tactics become less effective; at this point, the morale of both sides comes into play. Wang Ping's hundred-plus soldiers are all elite troops, with high morale and thorough preparation.
The Wuxi Flying Soldiers, who had just been driven out of the city by Yumiti to meet the enemy, were hastily prepared and completely suppressed by Wang Ping's soldiers. A steady stream of soldiers surged through this small battlefield of a few hundred men, advancing towards the pass.
After sending 300 men out of the city, Yumiti saw the Chinese soldiers who had rushed up the mountain in the dark. It was too late to go out of the city to meet the enemy, so he organized the other soldiers who had just arrived to form a square formation and intercept the Chinese soldiers' attack at the gate.
Undeterred, the Hua soldiers charged through the gate of the pass, only to be met by a dense array of spearmen from the Five Streams Flying Soldiers. Visibility was blurred in the darkness; they could only raise their shields to protect their vitals as they struggled forward.
This battlefield was undoubtedly the most brutal, with over a hundred Chinese soldiers killed or wounded before a battalion commander managed to break through the Western Sichuan soldiers' ranks and cause some chaos. The Imperial soldiers who followed fought fiercely, breaking through Yumiti's spear formation step by step and pushing the battle line inwards.