Girls Frontline: Griffin Security

“Pah, pah!”

The shells hit the hillside densely, but only a weak muffled sound was heard, which was far less deafening than yesterday.

The militiamen in the rear breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the enemy's artillery fire was no longer as powerful.

But Xu Bin frowned—that was the sound of the smoke bomb exploding.

I climbed up to the observation position and took a look. As expected, the view ahead was gloomy. Behind the thick smoke, I could vaguely see several infantry fighting vehicles approaching.

"Pah!" MP-446 beside her raised her rocket launcher and fired an armor-piercing bullet. But the result was obvious, she missed.

"Commander, the visibility ahead is too poor. We really can't find a chance to aim. Oh my, today is really... (1 words omitted here)"

Xu Bin nodded and ignored the extra nonsense. He turned around and issued three instructions via the intercom:

"All units on Hill 257, abandon the ridgeline and fight on the reverse slope."

"Anti-tank team, enter the designated ambush position and wait for the enemy tanks to come before attacking them."

"Calling the 303rd position militia company, do not open fire to avoid accidental injury to our personnel"

The instructions were passed on in an orderly manner, and Xu Bin soon arrived at a trench under the escort of a Type 81.

This is a very special trench, which is different from the one on the straight slope - the ridge on the side facing the ridgeline is higher, and the side facing the foot of the mountain is lower.

This design is natural because after the enemy seizes the ridgeline, they will definitely use direct fire and grenades to attack the defenders.

After the humanoids opened the firing holes on the earthen ridge, they could shoot at the unprotected enemies on the top of the mountain. At that time, the enemy's direct firepower would not only be difficult to play a role, but even grenades could not be thrown in - there was no angle to throw them into the trenches unless you used a drone.

After putting away all the miscellaneous equipment on his body in the trench, Xu Bin took out the command tablet and contacted the current situation:

"How's the situation in the forest area?"

“报告指挥官，敌人约有三个排过来了，他们正分别对我1、2、3号防御点进行攻击。”M4A1的声音从对讲机里传来：

"Our mobile forces are adequately manned and we expect to be able to repel the enemy's attack within an hour."

The mobile defense force...is it still...sufficient in manpower? Xu Bin touched his chin and thought.

The enemy was not stupid, they knew that the 55th Division of the Red Army was short-handed.

If we continue to fight like this...sooner or later, the existence of the mobile defense force will be discovered. By then...the enemy will push forward and it will be difficult for us to defend.

Thinking of this, Xu Bin replied:

"AR Squad, I want you to lead two teams of humanoids deep into the forest. Split into small groups and cover each other. Actively seek out and harass the enemy."

"Harassment...don't we need to defeat them?"

"No, just injure one or two enemies." Xu Bin paused and explained:

"When the enemy advances, you run. When the enemy retreats, you chase. Anyway, I want you to create nightmares for the enemy in the forest so that they dare not disperse their team wherever they go. In this way, when there are more wounded, they will collapse after a period of time. Do you understand?"

".....I understand what you mean, Commander. I'll do it right away!" M4's voice was decisive. After sending his route map to the commander, he stopped asking questions.

This can actually be considered a guerrilla war. Taking advantage of the low mobility of both sides in the forest, we can continuously attack the enemy, so that they dare not split up to test the militia firepower after approaching the defense point. In this way, the enemy's subsequent attacks will become more and more timid, or even completely give up actions in this direction!

After hanging up the communication with M4A1, Xu Bin still did not dare to slack off.

Looking at the drone footage displayed on the tablet, he began to communicate with Makarov, who was directing the mortar work in the rear:

"Mortar team, slow down your bombardment and continue to bombard the base of the mountain. Do not bomb the enemies on the slope."

"Received, executed!" Makarov's voice came immediately, "But why do you do this?"

"The intention is simple..."

"The enemy doesn't know yet that we have marked the elements on the positive slope. This can trick them into coming up, and then we can bomb them hard when there are more of them."

Makarov said these devilish words in a hurried tone and stopped asking questions. This girl has always been quick to understand.

It's just a pity for the enemy's light infantry, Xu Bin thought: they have no grudges against me, but they are lured in and killed in this way, it's really... a bit pitiful.

Sighing, and then looking at the picture from the drone, Xu Bin discovered that the enemy's infantry fighting vehicles had already driven to the foot of the mountain!

The smoke screen was very effective. After dropping their infantry, the five BMPs immediately raised their guns, aimed at the ridgeline and began suppressing fire.

This thing... the machine gun has a maximum elevation angle of 74 degrees, which means it can continue to fire at the top of the mountain, unlike a tank that has no work to do when it reaches the foot of the mountain.

Of course, they were just fighting for nothing, as the humanoids that were previously on the ridgeline had already withdrawn.

"Hurry up! Machine gunner, get to the flank and monitor the top! Those sheepherders and horse riders love to use bayonets to counterattack."

An infantry captain of the Saudi army ran up the hillside and shouted to a big man carrying a PKM beside him.

The infantry captain was very confused: Why had the enemy's firepower not taken down the hillside after his troops had been on it for so long?

This is our last chance to fight back! If we don't open fire, our troops will be stuck on the top of the mountain. Could it be that the enemy...ran away?

With this mentality, the infantry captain climbed to the ridgeline and first looked behind him - there were several armored vehicles carrying infantry approaching here again, and it was only a matter of time before they put the personnel up.

It seems that the enemy is really broken and doesn't want to stop me.

With a devilish smile, the captain of the infantry poked his head out of the ridge and saw the scene that seemed like an illusion:

A blonde girl was running quickly towards the trench below, holding in her hand... a Bobosha?

Suddenly, the other party became alert as if he had eyes on his back.

The girl suddenly lay down and slid towards the low cover, while raising her head and aiming the gun at herself!

Da da da da—

Dense bullets came towards him, causing sand and gravel to fly everywhere where the captain was.

But he was lucky enough not to die. He pulled his head back into the ridge and began to cry out:

"Damn it! The enemies haven't all retreated yet. Throw grenades down and blow them up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen soldiers around him pulled out grenades and started throwing them down.

Boom, boom, boom—!

Small black dots fell one after another, but the humanoids were not hurt at all—several small trenches had been dug in front of the trench, and all the egg-shaped grenades rolled into the trenches and exploded.

Bobosha was naturally not injured. After performing her "sliding stunt", she was pulled into the trench by her teammates.

"Sister, you retreated too late!" PPS-43 brushed the dust off her back and complained:

"The commander told us to go into the fortifications. Why are you still laying mines there?"

"Sorry... I think laying mines on the reverse slope will work. That way the White Bandits above won't be able to come down..."

"With us holding them at gunpoint, they can't come down in the first place!"

The pink-haired girl PPS-43 snorted disdainfully, then fired a short burst of bullets, killing a little green man who was looking out and watching on the spot.

The sound of gunfire echoed in this small mountainous area. Bobosha smiled a little embarrassedly, and then he heard the enemy commander's shout from above:

"Throw smoke bombs! Throw all your smoke bombs down!"

I don’t know if it was because the other party was too angry or what, but even though I was over 100 meters away, I could still hear clearly what was being shouted.

Soon, more than a dozen small cans with flames were thrown down by the enemy.

These smoke bombs made a hissing sound, trailing white smoke all the way to the front of the trenches. The humanoids could no longer see the enemies above.

"Are you all ready? Go ahead!" The captain of the infantry waved his hand and shouted backwards like a death-chasing ghost.

The soldiers around did not have much complaint. After crossing the ridge line, they dispersed in twos and threes and moved downwards, firing test shots from time to time.

Logically speaking, this was a sure win. All they had to do next was to get into the smoke and fight desperately with their opponent to take the reverse slope.

But what happened next was unexpected. Gunshots suddenly rang out on both sides of them... Then, several people fell down like dominoes.

"Damn it, what's going on?" The infantry captain asked himself, cursing as he looked at his own soldiers being slaughtered in front of him.

But hiding behind the ridgeline, he couldn't observe the mystery. To find out the reason, he had to fly to the air ahead:

——It turns out that the fortifications on the reverse slope are not simply digging a few trenches facing the ridgeline, but also have "flank firing points" facing the slope.

The position of the flanking firepower points is very good. They are hidden under an artificial vertical surface about two meters high, and cannot be observed or attacked by the enemy on the ridge line. At the same time, they are closer to the ridge than other trenches and will not be affected by smoke bombs.

Only when the scouts walked down the slope could they discover and attack these firing points.

But do they have the chance? They don't.

Are you kidding? The flank fire points were dug to target these scouts. There was nothing on the reverse slope that could serve as cover for the attackers. In this case, could the hunter be eaten by the prey?

Soon, the attacking team of more than 20 people was defeated by the crossfire from both sides, and they crawled back to the top of the ridge crying, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

This time, the guns fired were the M60 and the RPD.

The former, after having a great time, even wanted to stick his head out to chase and kill the enemy, but was quickly stopped by Xu Bin over the intercom.

——The position of the flank firepower point must not be exposed, otherwise once the enemy discovers this, who knows what method they will use to target you next time.

With such clever tactical coordination, the enemies on the ridgeline lost two more waves of lives... and finally refused to come down no matter what.

The captain of the infantry was very unwilling to accept this - the "hardest" positive slope had been taken over by the friendly forces after two days of attack. Why was his team now suffering a loss on the reverse slope?

He actually has no need to be ashamed.

Because any tactic is adapted to the local conditions, just like this reverse slope tactic, it is not invincible, and in some cases it will expose its weaknesses (for example, the enemies on both wings cannot be stopped, there is no friendly cover in the rear, etc.). If a commander sees a high ground and builds a reverse slope fortification, the enemy will only think he is an idiot.

But the Shah army unfortunately hit a snag today - they thought that the understrength of the 55th Division could not defend this mountainous area, but they did not expect that this place was the perfect place to implement the reverse slope tactics!

"Damn it!"

The infantry captain finally realized the mystery of the fortifications. He retreated behind the ridgeline and reported via radio:

"Command, the enemy's defenses work like this (omitted characters)... Requesting support from the Army Aviation Unit, over!"

"Request received"

The command center responded quickly this time:

"We will send armed helicopters to attack the southern slopes of Hills 202 and 257 respectively, while suppressing the two high grounds behind them with artillery fire. Support is expected to arrive within 20 minutes. Get ready. Over."