Mercenary’s War Chapter 1912 - 1889: Meat Grinder

Gao Yang, still shaken, imdiately ducked under the wall of a house, gestured with his hand, and shouted, "Just a hundred ters away..."

Glolov looked terrified, gazing up at the sky, and shouted, "That’s a 500-pound bomb! Definitely! Aircraft! Attack aircraft incoming!"

Gao Yang also looked up, but they saw nothing, which wasn’t surprising. An aircraft couldn’t stay above them forever, especially those attacking at low or ultra-low altitudes. They flash by and are hard to spot.

"Are you sure it’s an attack aircraft?"

"Could it be a bomber?"

Gao Yang imdiately shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Toad, Cockroach, fall back quickly, attack aircraft!"

"I see them! Two Su-25s, Curtis incoming!"

There was a loud bang not far away. Gao Yang felt a shock under his feet and saw smoke and dust rising not too far from him. He imdiately shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Toad, respond!"

"All good! Cockroach and I are fine, we were far enough away, Boss, you need to stay clear of the crowd, easier to get hit in groups. We’ll head back now."

Gao Yang covered his mouth and glanced back at where he had just been fighting. In less than a minute, he had already parted ways forever with the comrades he fought alongside.

A 500-pound aerial bomb isn’t huge, but anyone within a few dozen ters of its blast radius wouldn’t survive, so Gao Yang didn’t need to check; those people were dead for sure.

Turning around, the two continued to retreat, but they couldn’t move too fast at this ti. Running recklessly could easily get them killed. The reason veterans have lower casualty rates in battle is that they know when to run and when to stop.

Suddenly stopping behind a house, Gao Yang peeked outside, then saw Li Jinfang and Jas running desperately and inelegantly between two buildings, imdiately hiding behind cover.

With a house between them, Gao Yang and Li Jinfang stared at each other.

"What’s going on!"

"Crazy! It’s all gone crazy!"

Li Jinfang gasped, called out twice, then said in a low voice into the walkie-talkie, "The militias have gone mad, fighting to the death without retreating. More than half are dead or wounded! The governnt forces keep reinforcing here continuously. Both sides are really going at it! We can’t retreat, the governnt forces’ firepower blockade is too tight!"

Gao Yang said in a low voice, "It’s the sa situation on my side."

A whistling sound was overhead, and all four of them looked up, only to see a plane fly over them. Its belly was ablaze, and from that height, it was definitely going to crash.

"Did we shoot down a plane?"

Glolov didn’t respond to Gao Yang. After glancing outside, he suddenly shouted, "The militias can’t hold on! We must go back imdiately."

Gao Yang waved at Li Jinfang and said into the walkie-talkie, "Let’s split up, spread out, bombs target where people gather."

Glolov checked outside and suddenly said, "Run!"

Gao Yang bent low, following Glolov quickly across the alley. It was only about seven or eight ters, but even such a short distance required great risk. The governnt forces now had complete control and the fire blockade was very tight. Once Gao Yang and Glolov crossed this distance, a hail of bullets zipped past the alley they had just run through.

The governnt forces were pushing forward and the militias had no intention of retreating, but their numbers were dwindling, lacking missiles and rocket launchers to fight tanks. Even though they fought valiantly, the defensive line was about to collapse.

Gao Yang got close to Glolov and whispered, "No way, we need to get those inside to evacuate the wounded imdiately!"

Glolov imdiately said, "Absolutely not. Can’t you see? The mont people gather, airstrikes co imdiately. The governnt forces have absolute air superiority! Four of us together could get hit by rockets, let alone ten in a car, there’s no escape."

Gao Yang angrily said, "This is insane. How did this beco a at grinder of such a brutal fight, it’s aningless."

Glolov glanced at Li Jinfang’s group, gestured for them to wait, then loudly said, "Forget about aning, the militias are about to completely collapse. They’re holding on by a thread but can’t last much longer. If we run, we have to scatter. It’s too dangerous to spread out. I think we should hide back in the basent, not run, and rely on connections with the governnt forces to get by."

Gao Yang nodded, peeked outside, and whispered, "Alright, hide and wait. Look, more people are coming!"

Glolov stuck his head out for a mont before shouting, "It’s a militia reinforcent!"

Li Jinfang looked and shouted, "Tanks! Militia tanks, Curtis! A T-34! There’s a T-34! And a T-72!"

Li Jinfang was almost airborne with surprise. Gao Yang also risked a look through his binoculars and saw a T-34 charging ahead, weaving through the fields, heading straight for the governnt forces’ tanks and armored vehicles.

Not just tanks, there were other armored vehicles too. Gao Yang roughly estimated at least seven or eight tanks and armored vehicles, along with many tracked armored vehicles, which seed to carry anti-aircraft missile systems.

In this short mont, it beca less dangerous for Gao Yang to peek because much of the firepower that had been blockading him had redirected to the rear, targeting the militia reinforcents.

Glolov excitedly punched the wall and shouted, "That plane just now, it was shot down by the reinforcents’ missiles, great!"

Gao Yang lanted, "Bad, whether the governnt forces or militias win, once the fight ends, we can leave. But with reinforcents, this place really turns into a at grinder."

Helicopters had already begun attacking the militia reinforcents, and by the ti Gao Yang’s group noticed sothing was wrong, the aircraft overhead had already disappeared for a while. Due to their high position, they could spot the reinforcents’ arrival more easily, but after a brief round of assaults, the ard helicopters and SU-25 attack aircraft retreated.

Neither helicopters nor attack aircraft could hover indefinitely or have unlimited ammunition. When the battle was at its fiercest, the planes had used most of their ammo and had to return for replenishnt.

"It’s a good chance! The governnt forces are fighting on two fronts and have lost air cover. The militias might defeat them in one round of attacks, and the battle could still end quickly!"

Gao Yang anxiously said, "The governnt forces lost air cover, but they have artillery!"