Chapter 368 - Chapter 368: Ambush (3)
Chapter 368: Ambush (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Shortly after the armed vehicle left, intense gunfire erupted from the east side.
Zhao Yu’s army was not attacking in the direction of the convoy’s head, but rather its tail.
“Attack from the west?!”
Zhao Yu was astonished.
At that moment, the civilians guarding the cargo became extremely panicked. Some got off the vehicles to look towards the rear, while others curled up inside, shivering in fear.
However, no one dared to run away; they all stayed obediently beside the vehicles they were responsible for.
“Boom-!”
Several explosions sounded from the direction of the west, where the convoy’s head was.
“Rocket-propelled grenades!”
The blasts were loud and varied slightly, suggesting a chain reaction caused by the vehicles being ignited by rocket-propelled grenades.
The civilians who had alighted to look around were startled by the sight, some squatting on the ground in fright, others hurriedly scrambling back into the vehicles.
The civilians wouldn’t pick up arms and join the fight when danger approached, meaning that post-battle clean-up would be easier.
“Bang-!”
Several more shots rang out, distinct from regular gunfire like sniper rifles.
Zhao Yu peered through the gap, anxiously looking to the east, unsure of the situation.
His position was awkward, right in the middle of the convoy, with neither the head nor the tail in sight.
“They’re dead—!”
“All dead—!”
Someone suddenly shouted up ahead, followed by several people running towards the woods.
As people started fleeing, more and more jumped from the vehicles and swarmed into the forest.
At this point, no one dared to drive the vehicle.
Because apart from the main road, the paths on either side were virtually impassable for vehicles.
With both the head and tail of the convoy engaged in battle, driving a vehicle would be suicide.
Several civilians also ran towards Zhao Yu’s hiding spot.
As they climbed the hill and saw Zhao Yu, they reflexively raising their hands high.
“Don’t shoot, we’re unarmed…”
“Don’t shoot…”
They pleaded repeatedly.
Zhao Yu was unsure how to handle these people at the moment.
Other civilians still running in his direction changed course upon seeing the anomaly, with several running back to the road and towards the forest on the other side.
Zhao Yu slowly stood up, while the soldier beside him remained meticulously prone on the ground.
“Get up, check if they have any weapons!”
“Yes, Commander!”
The soldier finally got up and began checking each civilian in front of him for weapons.
These people had seen his face and Zhao Yu pondered whether he should silence them.
As he was wrestling with this thought, he suddenly realized that the gunfire seemed to have stopped.
Was the fight over?!
It was only then that Zhao Yu finally saw the Sergeant commander again, who was now running towards him along the road.
With such a bold approach, it seemed the fight was indeed over.
“Report to the commander, mission accomplished. We killed 71 and captured 51, all threats have been neutralized. Awaiting further instructions…”
“All the armed personnel are dead?!”
“Yes, Commander!”
The civilians in front of him grew even more frightened, pleadingly looking at Zhao Yu.
“Take them to where the other prisoners are…”
Zhao Yu said casually, then left the hillside and walked towards the convoy.
He looked in all directions when he arrived at the main road.
Towards the head of the convoy, he could see thick smoke rising in the distance, indicating that vehicles were still burning after the explosions.
To the east, at the tail of the convoy, there was no such commotion. He only saw many people with their hands on their heads squatting on the ground, with a few people watching over them.
Zhao Yu took out his binoculars and saw that the ones guarding the prisoners at the rear were the five members of the assault team.
Only then did he realize and turned back to the commander, “What about our men? Any casualties?”
“None!”
“None?!”
The enemy had sixty armed personnel, and they only had twenty. Had they really annihilated the enemy so completely?
“How did you do it?!”
After an explanation, Zhao Yu understood how the battle had been fought.
A roadblock was set up on the main route, and when the enemy’s armed personnel rushed to provide support, the scouts hidden along the roadside fired rocket launchers.
The first volley of rockets directly hit six vehicles, killing more than twenty people, including the enemy’s leader.
Snipers took out the remaining enemies with precision shots, while those attempting to rush into the forest were eliminated by other soldiers.
The plan was for the front of the convoy to act first, followed by the rear, but due to the long distance between the two ends and the difficulty in relaying information, the commander had ordered an assault three minutes after the convoy stopped.
At the rear, about a dozen armed personnel were taken out by five assault troops and one sniper.
“This was too easy?!”
Just over twenty people, and they had won the battle?
Zhao Yu felt a surge of elation, realizing that training the commander had been a wise investment.
At the very least, he didn’t possess such commanding skills.
Soon, after a quick inventory, dozens of firearms, several machine guns, and various ammunition were confiscated.
Additionally, over forty vehicles worth of goods and more than fifty prisoners were captured.
“Retreat!”
Zhao Yu decided to take all these goods with them..