Chapter 69: Four Sides Besieged

  As long as the foot is stationary, the landmine won't explode. In fact, it's even possible to defuse it by using some special means, such as suddenly freezing the landmine underfoot or disarming it when it flies up and hitting it with a baseball bat. These are all thrilling scenes commonly seen in TV dramas.

  Unfortunately, in real combat, such a scenario would never occur, and no mine would be foolish enough to wait for someone to disarm it.

  Landmines are divided into pressure-activated and tripwire-activated types. Pressure-activated landmines will explode immediately when stepped on, while tripwire-activated landmines will only explode after the wire is tripped.

  The mine is not just a matter of stepping on it and nothing will happen, there are also delayed fuses on top. Even if the foot doesn't leave, as long as the time is up, it will still explode. For example, what Krizhevich is currently stepping on is a pressure-activated landmine.

  Delayed for two seconds, the landmine exploded. This was a typical claymore mine. When the instant numbness disappeared, the nerve resumed signal transmission. Suddenly, intense pain occupied Kryshevich's brain.

  Ow! A heart-wrenching, lung-tearing pain, a pain that pierced through his heart. Even Kri?evi?, an iron warrior, let out a dull sound: "Ah..."

  "Boom! Boom!" At this time, the remaining Soviet soldiers also unfortunately stepped on landmines, their broken limbs and arms were blown into the air.

  Got it!

  The landmines in the hands of Afghan guerrillas were not many, but at this time, these landmines played a huge role.

  As soon as they entered the valley, Muhammad had the riders perform an S-shaped maneuver, so that when the Soviets behind saw it, they would immediately know that something was fishy ahead.

  They would follow their own route, advancing cautiously, but after following for hundreds of meters, they would discover that they had been deceived - there were no landmines here at all!

  Unless it was an aerial minefield, how could there be such a large minefield? When the Soviets realized they had been deceived, they became bolder. Since there were no mines at all, why take this winding road and not pursue directly?

  At the same time, Muhamed had no choice but to do so.

  Laying mines requires blending in with the surrounding environment to avoid being discovered, but here it's all snowy terrain, and as soon as you walk on it, you'll leave footprints. If we set up a minefield as soon as we enter the valley, the Soviets will definitely find out.

  It's only when they're chasing after each other, gasping for breath, and completely misjudging the minefield that they won't notice the messy footprints on the snowy ground where the landmines are laid.

  Having heard the explosion behind them, the cavalrymen who had already reached the head of the valley turned back, and now was the time to encircle and annihilate the Soviets!

  A company of nearly a hundred Soviets was chasing after Muhammad's small squad of ten or so, hoping to capture these executioners and flay them alive.

  What attracted the Soviets to rush here recklessly, in addition to Muhamed's proper tactics, was also Ramail's behavior, which thoroughly enraged the Soviets. When they saw their comrades being skinned, they lost their minds.

  The explosion of the landmine was a signal, and the sound of gunfire echoed back and forth on both sides of the mountain top.

  "Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat..." A DShK heavy machine gun was firing the most enthusiastically, 12.7mm bullets continuously shooting towards Soviet soldiers in the valley.

  Apart from a dozen or so people left to garrison the base, all of the Afghan guerrillas had been mobilized and they were not outnumbered, especially since they held the high ground, while the Soviet soldiers in the valley below were simply live targets.

  "Take aim and fire!" Khwaja said: "Don't waste bullets!"

  Some new guerrilla fighters, in their first ambush against the Soviets, got excited and emptied an entire clip, although the ammunition was supported by the Americans and transported with great difficulty, cannot be wasted like this.

  After finishing speaking, Khwaja put his eyes on the sight, the crosshairs pressed onto a Soviet soldier's body, and then he pulled the trigger.

  "Bang." A bullet flew out of the SVD sniper rifle, aiming at the Soviet soldier in the scope, and suddenly a burst of blood spurted from his head, falling to the ground.

  Gill Kutchka's body was constantly jumping around, on the battlefield, only by constantly changing his position could he prevent being hit by bullets.

  He was deceived, this valley, everywhere is bare, not even a stone, Gil Kocha knew that regret is not an option now, he must bring his troops back.

  On both sides of the high mountain slope, nearly a hundred guerrilla fighters were ambushed, and this was an encirclement.

  Cannot go forward, the front is a minefield. Even if you get past it, there's still that cavalry waiting for you. Cannot go to either side, both sides are high mountains. Even if you lead your troops in a charge up the mountain, the outcome will still be total annihilation.

  It can only be retreated from the road it came from, withdrawn from the valley here and left this ambush circle!

  "Covering fire, fall back!" Gil Kocha said.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat." A machine gunner, holding a machine gun, fired at the high embankments on both sides. As soon as he had fired a few bullets, his body shook and fell to the ground.

  The machine gun was thrown to one side, Gilko watched Jin arc his waist, picked up the machine gun, and hugged it. He shot towards the position of the heaviest machine gun on the mountain slope that was sweeping the most violently.

  Machine guns roared in hand, bullets danced, when countless bullets poured over, the person behind the machine gun on the opposite side could be seen suddenly throwing his head back and falling backwards.

  The greatest threat was the heavy machine gun, and when it was knocked out, the Soviet soldiers immediately felt a reduction in pressure. They took their own weapons and fired at the slopes on both sides while retreating backwards.

  It was a failed operation, the cunning of the Afghan guerrillas far exceeded Gilkocha's imagination. Now, looking at the corpses left all around and listening to his soldiers' painful screams, Gilkocha's eyes turned red.

  "Sir, the Soviets are retreating!" Duranni exclaimed to Muhammad as he watched the Soviets leave behind countless bodies in the valley and retreat towards the other end of the valley.

  It's not a complete victory if we can't thoroughly eliminate these Soviets! Following Muhammad, we've won victory after victory, and everyone has gained confidence. Chasing the Soviets away is not enough; only by annihilating them will it be meaningful!

  "They can't escape." Muhamed said: "Osama, are you ready?"

  "I'm ready." Osama replied to Mhamaad.

  In front of Osama, five 107 rocket shells were placed. Osama quickly arranged these rocket shells, stuck the fuse, and held the battery and wire in his hand.

  "Fire!" With Muhamed's command, Osama connected the wires with the battery.

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Along with the pleasant sound, the tails of five rocket projectiles, all dragging fire tongues, flew over to the opposite side.

  Rocket! When Jill saw those flying objects with flames, she was shocked. These rockets flew into their midst, exploding and sending shrapnel that would injure even more people.

  "Get down!" Gilgamesh shouted.

  The Soviet soldiers fell flat on the ground in unison, and although they were facing a desperate situation, they remained well-trained.

  Those rockets whizzed by overhead, trailing tails of flame.

  The aim is too poor, these Afghan guerrillas are simply unable to operate these rockets effectively! Especially since they don't even have a rocket launcher, they can only launch by hand, it's really too pathetic!

  Jill thought as she quickly got up and was about to continue running backwards, when a huge explosion sound came from the mountain valley entrance behind her.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Five rockets flew over and exploded on the other side of the valley.

  All the rockets hit the top of a mountain peak, and with the explosion of the rockets, the rocks above rolled down with a loud rumble.

  The mountain peak was already very precarious, and now it has been blasted by a rocket shell, causing the upper half of the rocks to loosen.

  Watching those rocks fall down, Gil Kochaltin was shocked at once. Those damned Afghan guerrillas were too cunning!

  The rolling boulders have blocked the entrance of the valley, and there is no way to retreat!

  These deployments of Afghan guerrillas are actually intended to annihilate their own side completely!

  Jill's mind went blank.

  The sound of gunfire continued to echo around them, with soldiers constantly falling down. The Soviet army, surrounded on three sides and with their retreat cut off, had completely become sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

  Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, automatic rifles, the sound of gunfire kept coming.

  "Charge up the hill!" Gil Kocha shouted again, at this time, he had no choice, as a fighting nation, even if standing to die, can not be captured!

  Being captured is even more terrifying, Ascalon is a living example.

  Only twenty or so Soviet soldiers remained, their bodies jumping up and down as they agilely rushed towards the hillside.

  "Aim and fire!" Khwaja shouted to the soldiers beside him, as Soviet troops were seen charging up the slope towards them. Some of the guerrillas had already lost their cool.

  After shouting, Khwaja put his eyes back on the scope. With these twenty or so Soviets, Khwaja could take them all out by himself.

  Khawaja found himself more suited to being a sniper than an officer.

  A commander must have sharp insight, accurate judgment and even prophetic foresight. Khwaja was deeply impressed by Muhammad's qualities.

  At this time, Muhammad stood quietly at the mouth of the valley, looking at those Soviet soldiers who were struggling to make their last efforts, and lit his own cigarette.

  When these Soviet soldiers followed their own butts, their fate was sealed.

  Taking a deep breath, Muhammad felt someone staring at him. He turned his head and it was Ramadhan.

  "Your wound should be bandaged." Muhammad said to Ramadhan, "There are some medicines in my residence, would you like to follow me back to the residence to have it bandaged?"

  "Mr. Muhammad, permit me to join your guerrilla band!" Ramail put his right hand on his chest and bowed down towards Muhammad.