Chapter 42: Advantageous Terrain

  The commander lowered his head, and the bullet hit his helmet. He felt the helmet being violently impacted by the bullet, causing his entire skull to jerk backward, and the cervical vertebrae behind him almost seemed to be torn apart in an instant.

  The 7.62mm bullet fired from the SVD rifle was stuck in his helmet, without penetrating into his brain.

  "Take cover!" he yelled loudly, but it was too late to retreat now. The terrain here was very open and they were completely exposed on the opposite mountain top. It would be easy for the enemy to shoot them down.

  That helmet is weird! Muhammad watched as the bullet fired by Khwaja hit the opponent, but was somehow blocked by the opponent's helmet. To think that this was a 7.62mm sniper bullet! Even in later times, advanced Kevlar helmets could only block ordinary rifle bullets of 7.62mm caliber and not sniper bullets, while steel helmets of this era were only able to block shrapnel from explosions and not direct shots from bullets.

  What kind of helmet is he wearing? Wait for the battle to end and I must get one to take a look! Muhanmad thought, at the same time giving the order: "Fire!"

  Several PPK light machine guns poured fire towards the opposite side, and among the bullets were also tracer rounds. The bullets could be seen flying over, and several Soviet soldiers on the opposite side who did not have time to dodge were immediately hit.

  The field of view is wide and open to fire at will. Before the Soviets came, didn't they really study the terrain here? This is a tomb specially prepared for them!

  Muhammad watched as the bullets flew by, watching several Soviet soldiers fall to the ground, watching their machine gunner, half-crouched on the ground, holding a machine gun, starting to fire in this direction.

  Idiot, this is totally asking for trouble!

  Khawaja had just fired a shot without exploding the head, very puzzled. Now, looking at the machine gunner across the way starting to shoot with his rifle, he continued to snipe without hesitation, this time aiming at the opponent's chest. A bullet went by and flew into the body of the Soviet soldier opposite him. The soldier's body fell forward, and the machine gun was thrown to the ground.

  The Soviet commander's face was ashen, his own machine guns were unable to suppress the enemy, and looking at the firepower pouring down from the top of the mountain, annihilating his own side was only a matter of time.

  Everywhere is bare and exposed, unable to hide, now the only choice is...

  "Retreat to Shandong Cave!" The Soviet commander shouted.

  Just then, the donkeys were startled and the Soviet commander clearly saw one of them rush into the cave without triggering the explosives.

  There are landmines buried at the entrance, definitely not many, with a passage in between! As long as you follow the donkey's footprints, you can enter the cave!

  If they entered the cave, their own side could still rely on the shelter of the cave to hold out for a period of time; otherwise, it was only a matter of time before these soldiers were annihilated.

  A piece of erroneous intelligence led to the annihilation of their own squad, and the commander was so angry that he wanted to strangle the person who had provided them with the information.

  The firepower was too fierce, and in almost an instant, they lost nearly half of their men. The commander had to abandon the plan to rescue the wounded outside, leading the remaining men to retreat towards the cave.

  When they successfully entered the cave, the commander took a few deep breaths. In battles, they never left their wounded behind, but this time, he could hear the **sound outside.

  Unless it's a fatal shot, you won't die immediately, but being wounded is more terrifying than dying. Watching the blood flow out continuously and feeling your body temperature drop will fill your mind with overwhelming fear.

  A Soviet soldier looked at his intestines flowing onto the ground, a burst of bullets had opened up a hole in his abdomen, he wanted to stuff those intestines back in, but as soon as he stuffed them in, they flowed out again, his hands were full of fresh blood, trembling, wanting to try stuffing them back in again.

  When he finally realized that his intestines could no longer be stuffed back in, he stopped struggling, his hands trembling as he let go. He took one step, then another, wanting to walk towards the cave, but his intestines were pulled far behind him, fresh blood forming a small stream.

  He took ten odd steps and his body slowly fell down.

  The Soviet men in the cave watched as their comrades fell down like this, but were powerless to help. They clenched their fists and reddened their eyes.

  "Call in Doe," said the commander of the SP special forces. "Have Doe level that hill across from us!"

  They didn't bring heavy weapons, due to the terrain restrictions, they were forced into this cave, and as soon as they came out, they would be easily shot down by the shooters on the opposite side of the bare mountain slope. The only hope was the doe's rescue.

  "Yes." A soldier took out a handheld wireless terminal and kept calling, but unfortunately, there was no response.

  The terrain is complex and the handheld terminal has insufficient power, only at the top of the mountain can there be a signal.

  " Lieutenant Muhammad, now's the time to light it up and get all those Soviets inside." James suggested kindly beside him.

  This ambush was too brilliant, especially the control of the terrain, Muhammad used it too well. Originally, James' idea was to stay in the cave and set up layers of defense, so that the Soviets would have to pay a price when they attacked from the slope below.

  But Mumhammad did not do so, he withdrew all the people and left only those donkeys as bait to lure the Soviet attack. When the Soviets climbed up the slope, they exposed their backs fully in view of them, simply live targets.

  Now, the Soviets were suppressed and had to hide in the cave. In addition to burying jumping mines at the entrance of the cave, they also placed a sufficient amount of C4 in a secret location on top of the cave, which could be remotely detonated. As long as the button was pressed here, the entrance of the cave would be blown up, and everyone inside would be buried alive.

  He's a war genius! James is also very impressed with Muhammad. From the moment they withdrew from the cave, they completely grasped the initiative. Now, the Soviets are thoroughly defeated, it's just a matter of pressing the button.

  "No." Muhhamed said: "Cease fire, wait a minute, soon there will be someone who is not afraid of death crawling out and climbing to the top of the mountain. At that time, we'll detonate it again."

  Will someone come out of the opposite side? Climb up to the top of the mountain? James didn't believe it: "Lieutenant Muhammad, how did you know?"

  Muhammad didn't speak, instead he slowly pulled out a Pamir cigarette, lay down on the other side of the hill, lit it slowly and started smoking.

  The more natural the expression, the better. James looked at Muhammad as if he had just asked a very silly question?

  The east began to pale slightly, and it quickly got light.

  "It's out, there's a fearless guy coming out." Just then, a guerrilla member whispered.

  Is he out? James could hardly believe his eyes, he slowly crawled out and saw the entrance of the cave opposite, a Soviet soldier came out from inside, then suddenly continued to run up the mountain slope, while running, he zigzagged back and forth, taking cover.

  What is he going to do? Why did only one guy run out? James still didn't understand, until the other party ran to the top of the mountain, pulled out a long thing with metallic luster.

  Wireless telegraphy? The other party is calling for reinforcements!

  "Take him out!" James said.

  The other side seemed to know someone was going to assassinate him, and while calling on the wireless, he continued to run.

  No one listened to James' orders, Hwaja, who was holding a sniper rifle, had been aiming at the enemy with his sniper rifle all along, looking for their movement pattern, but never pulled the trigger.

  Waited for five or six seconds, Muhammad said: "Snipe him! Blast the cave entrance!"

  "Bang." A bullet flew out of Hwaja's SVD sniper rifle, flying towards the opposite mountain top. At the same time, Durrani pressed the electric button.

  "Boom!" At the entrance of the cave, a fierce explosion occurred. The Soviet soldiers who were aiming at the opposite mountain top were instantly torn apart by the blast. Following that, countless rocks fell from above, smashing their bodies into meat patties.

  The entire entrance was sealed with boulders.

  The Soviet soldier on the mountain top felt a tremor under his feet, and immediately became keenly aware of something. Just as he was about to roll over to the back of the mountain, he heard the sound of a bullet piercing the air, followed by a shock in his chest.

  The 7.62mm bullet entered from the front of his chest, and as it entered the soft body, the bullet began to roll over in the body, stirring up more blood and flesh, followed by a burst of skin and flesh on his back, revealing a bowl-sized hole.

  Fresh blood spurted out of the hole, his body fell to the ground, still holding the wireless radio, and the pilot's echo came from the earpiece: "Received, arrive in ten minutes."

  "Sweep the battlefield," Muhammad said, throwing down his cigarette butt and charging forward with his AKM rifle.

  The Soviet man's weapon didn't interest Muhammad, nor did the number on his SP uniform. He rushed over to the first fallen Soviet soldier and removed his helmet.

  The outer layer was camouflage cloth. When Muhammad lifted the camouflage cloth, he saw a metallic luster inside and was immediately surprised.

  My god, isn't this a titanium alloy helmet? Awesome Soviet people, it turns out that at that time, they already used titanium alloy helmets!

  Titanium is a superior metal with low density, light weight, similar to aluminum, but with high strength, good rigidity and high temperature resistance. After the 1950s, it began to be widely used in aircraft engine components and other parts, with an increasing proportion.

  However, the extraction of titanium is not easy and is very expensive. Only the Soviet Union used titanium alloys on a large scale, such as in the manufacture of nuclear submarine hulls, which allowed them to dive to depths of over 1,000 meters. Another example is the use of titanium alloys to make helmets, which no country can afford to do, not even the wealthy United States.

  "This is a titanium alloy helmet, the price of which reaches tens of thousands of rubles. Only the elite special forces of the Soviet Union can use such helmets." "Take off all these helmets," Mkhmard shouted.

  At the critical moment, this thing can save lives. Muhammad unceremoniously removed the towel from his head and put on the helmet, nope, it's a bit big, need to adjust the bandage inside.