Girls Frontline: Griffin Security

The battle started in the early morning two days later.

The Shalians first launched an attack on the 57th Division's defense zone, using their superior numbers to disrupt the division's front line... Then, they penetrated the junction between it and the 55th Division's defense zone. Finally, they turned their attack and sent two mechanized combat battalions straight towards Karame.

In northern Akstan, Karameh's strategic value is quite high...

Once this city is lost, the communication between the Red Army's 55th and 57th Divisions will be basically cut off - not only will the two sides no longer be able to support each other, but two important supply routes will also stop functioning.

The enemy's goal seemed to be this: they desperately sent troops to the city of Karame, while at the same time launching a fierce attack at the entrance of the Triangle Forest. This was done in order to overwhelm the 55th Division defending the area and prevent it from withdrawing troops to reinforce Karame.

The General Staff knew the intentions of the Saudi Federation, but what else could they do? Karame was much more important than the Triangle Forest!

Therefore, they could only bite the bullet and push their main force into the city... There would be no other reinforcements in the triangular forest defense zone where Xu Bin was located in the short term.

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Boom, boom, boom!

The enemy's large-caliber artillery was constantly venting fire on the high ground. It might not just be artillery shells - Xu Bin could occasionally hear the whistling sound of rockets cutting through the air.

call out--

Another shell flew past the ridge of the mountain top...it quickly landed at the foot of the mountain, raising a large cloud of dust after the explosion.

"Mmmm, the Russian shells are the real culprit...!" Xu Bin cursed in a low voice and shouted to those around him:

"Each team, check whether your fortifications are solid; release the drone to scout the enemy..."

Orders were sent out one after another, and the dolls' reports soon followed: the fortifications in various places were basically reliable, and the enemy had not yet launched an attack.

——It seems that this is just the artillery preparation before the attack.

Walking to the side of the high ground and taking a look, Xu Bin saw several militiamen carrying bags and rushing to the road, so he quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie and asked:

"Uncle Alexei, what are you militiamen doing again?"

"I asked them to re-place the mines..." The other party responded quickly, with a bit of nervousness in his voice, "The artillery fire just now blew up several mines on the road, and I asked them to replace them--"

"Make up for it!"

Xu Bin rudely interrupted the other party: "Quickly withdraw your people! The artillery fire just now was just the mines in front of Qinggaodi. The shelling on the road has not started yet!"

"Sokka...!"

Alexei exclaimed in sudden realization, then switched the channel and called back the militia.

Sure enough, before the latter could finish their puzzlement, several test shells landed on the road - and after they fled the road in fear, artillery fire fell again.

Boom, boom, boom!

Amid the deafening sound of artillery fire, those lucky guys were fortunate enough to learn what "artillery preparation" meant.

Seeing that no one was hurt, Xu Bin observed the situation on Highway 1225 again: the mines that had been laid earlier had been blown up by artillery fire. Then the enemy began to bomb Highway 1226, apparently intending to use artillery to plow the defense zone before attacking...

Fortunately, I didn't expect these mines from the beginning, and ordered the humanoids to dig the Golan trench behind the minefield. Otherwise, when the enemy launched an assault, I would be in trouble.

Taking his attention away from the artillery fire, Xu Bin began to use the radio to inquire about the situation in the forest...

"Commander, this is the Iron Cross Squad." The MP40's report came from the device:

"Enemy light infantry has infiltrated the woods and is firing at the militia. We are on our way to support them."

"Received. Try to annihilate the enemy when conditions permit."

After giving a few instructions, Xu Bin put down the walkie-talkie and rubbed his head... He didn't expect that commanding a battle would be so tiring.

In previous missions, I had only commanded 3 to humanoids to fight, and the coordination work had never been as complicated as today - nearly humanoids, more than militiamen, and more than soldiers from the rd Company...

This is already a battalion-level battle, okay...and most of the personnel command work is still undertaken by Captain Belik, and I'm just helping him share some of the burden.

Alas, the shortage of manpower is really going to cost us our lives!

With a sigh, Xu Bin began to check the defense lines.

But before he took two steps, he saw Amir curled up in the trench...

"Amir? Aren't you with the uncle on the high ground in the back? Why are you running to my side?" Xu Bin took advantage of the lull in the gunfire and quickly pulled the man up and said, "If you are afraid, go into the tunnel. Don't hide here and block others' way."

"But I just ran out of the tunnel..." The other party shuddered after realizing it belatedly, shook off the dust on his head and said:

"Didn't I come to you to learn about command work these past two mornings? But we just encountered an artillery bombardment..."

He paused for a moment, as if recalling the horrible feeling of oppression, and then continued:

"In the chaos, I hid in the tunnel for a while, but I didn't expect it to be even scarier in the cave! From time to time, a pile of sand and soil fell from the top of my head, as if it would collapse at any time, so I...ran to the trench."

"Okay." Xu Bin nodded, understanding what the other party meant...

——He suddenly realized that perfect civil engineering works alone were not enough to support the normal operation of "tunnel warfare". The defenders also needed a more important combat condition: morale.

How about it? Doesn’t it sound like the “spiritual atomic bomb” again?

But think about it carefully: the space inside the tunnel is very closed, and there are also shells from outside that will cause it to vibrate strongly...

The first thing a soldier would think of in such a dark environment is: "Will this tunnel collapse? Will I be buried here forever?"

The dark and depressing feeling of space, coupled with the shouting and cursing of the enemies outside the cave entrance, may make some people unable to bear the fear in their hearts, and they will run out to fight with the enemy or surrender.

After all, people are made of flesh and blood, and not everyone can master the tunnel tactics. In the Battle of Shangganling, let the soldiers of the Eagle Federation guard Wusheng Mountain for once? I guess as soon as they see the broken tunnel, the federal soldiers will come out to rebel...

Thinking of this, Xu Bin quickened his pace and planned to go to Hill 202 to check on the situation of the soldiers of the 3rd Company.

...

Hill 202 was now under the charge of Belik's company. Xu Bin's own team was spared: part of it was used to defend Hill 257 on the east side, and another part was sent into the forest as a reserve force to support the militia.

The situation of the 3rd Company was not as bad as they thought... The soldiers were checking weapons and fortifications on the reverse slope in an orderly manner; the instructors were also running back and forth between the trenches, encouraging the soldiers to complete their tasks resolutely.

"Xu Bin? Why are you here?" Belik in the trench found him.

The other party was using a map to calculate some data at this time - the Akstan Red Army was very poor, and they still used paper maps to fight until now. So the data that other countries could get in a few seconds using electronic maps actually took them half a day to calculate.

"Nothing, I just came to take a look." Xu Bin didn't want to disturb Bielik's work, so he hurried away from him.

Unexpectedly, the latter suddenly stood up:

"Hey, if you have something to say, just say it, don't be so hesitant."

"Does the combat mission violate the contract signed by your PMC? You don't have to take it to heart. Just withdraw your troops. I will send someone to take over your position immediately."

"Bullshit, that's not why I came here!" Xu Bin turned around and replied angrily:

"I just want to confirm whether the friendly forces on the flank are reliable. After all, I don't know if you will surrender directly..."

As soon as he said it, he immediately regretted it, it was quite hurtful.

Sure enough, the atmosphere around suddenly became heavy, and several soldiers who could understand English were looking here in disbelief.

Xu Bin remembered them... Because those soldiers could communicate with him, they would often run errands for Captain Belik and bring him some information or equipment; sometimes when Belik's family sent him snacks, he would ask them to send him two packs.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Bin felt angry—he was ready to fight alongside Bielik, but he actually thought that he wanted to run away with the bucket...

"Sorry, I said too much."

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Xu Bin was the first to admit his mistake, "I'm not planning to leave, because I have my own "job" here..."

"Then I apologize to you too. I shouldn't have used the mentality of an ordinary person to speculate on the courage of international volunteers. I reflect on this..."

Belik continued:

"But... we are the Red Army and always will be, so there is no reason to bow to the White Bandits. You can't talk like that anymore."

"Um....."

The two of them shook hands with each other in silence, nodded in tacit understanding, and returned to their respective work.