Mercenary’s War Chapter 1918: 1895: The Fearless Coward

Capítulo 1918: Chapter 1895: The Fearless Coward

To turn Khartsyzk into a major battlefield, relying on just one point for coordination is not enough. If only one point receives the command to retreat and let the enemy in, while other places do not do the sa, it will be troubleso.

If there’s a comprehensive retreat, the enemy will advance comprehensively. But if only one point opens up while the rest of the line holds firm, then the enemy will break through this point and attack both flanks. The strategy of luring the enemy in would beco a disaster for the team.

So having just one company commander willing to cooperate is not enough. Gao Yang looked at his watch and loudly said to the company commander, “From now on, you will be under my direct command. Can your radio still be used?”

“Yes, no problem.”

Gao Yang didn’t know what frequency was being used here in Khartsyzk, so he imdiately gestured and said, “I don’t have a high-power radio here. The headquarters has been bombed out. Unless I can find a more powerful radio, we can only use small handheld radios to establish communication.”

The company commander imdiately smiled and loudly said, “Officer, Khartsyzk isn’t big, but if you need to command with a handheld radio, you’ll still have to stay at the frontline.”

Gao Yang smiled slightly and whispered, “I’m used to being at the frontline. I’ve always been at the frontline. All right, let’s test it out.”

Yake took out a handheld radio, asked the company commander for the frequency, tested it, and then nodded to Gao Yang.

To seize control of all of Khartsyzk, Gao Yang had no other way but to connect with one company after another at the frontline under the current circumstances. The organizational structure above the company level was completely broken, and the command system was gone at the battalion level. If he didn’t personally go to the front lines to re-establish communication, what else could he do?

After gaining a subordinate who is willing to obey orders, Gao Yang looked at his watch and loudly said, “Please tell your na and the na of your company. I am really quite unfamiliar with the situation here.”

The company commander shrugged and said, “I am Bupasnov, the company commander of the second company, first battalion, Kharzisk Group, sir.”

Upon hearing this na, Gao Yang felt sothing was off. After thinking about it, he realized that in his native language, the company commander’s na ans ‘Fearless Coward’. Whether it can be further interpreted as ‘fearless and coward’ or ‘afraid of nothing, coward’ would depend on his actions.

Gao Yang smiled a little, looked at his watch, pondered for a mont, and then suddenly said, “I want to go to your adjacent positions. Can you accompany to find the neighboring commander first?”

Bupasnov imdiately said, “Of course, sir. Please wait while I make so arrangents.”

Turning around to the platoon leader who brought Gao Yang and his team, Bupasnov loudly said, “Inform the other brothers, divide into three squads, with one squad per platoon, gather and hide well until I return. If the situation becos tight, you should first retreat on your own. I can find you.”

After giving the instruction, Bupasnov turned to Gao Yang and said, “Please co with , sir. This area often gets bombarded, so be careful. To the left is the first company, the company commander is dead, the deputy commander is now in charge, I know where he is. However, you should be prepared, the deputy commander of the first company might not be willing to follow your orders.”

Gao Yang didn’t speak, but Glolov said sternly, “Why?”

“Because he is a local. His family lives close by.”

No one likes to see their hotown engulfed in war, with their ho utterly destroyed. So if anyone were to strongly oppose Gao Yang’s plan to turn all of Khartsyzk into a battlefield, it would naturally be the locals.

“What about the soldiers? Are they all locals?”

“No.”

Bupasnov replied without hesitation, “At least half are ours.”

Gao Yang kept a straight face, while Peter pursed his lips, clearly not optimistic about the implentation of Gao Yang’s plan.

The group spread out very loosely, with Gao Yang at the front, Glolov at the back, ensuring that two shells falling wouldn’t wipe everyone out at once. They used most of the ruins as cover to advance quickly.

After moving for a while, Bupasnov and Li Jinfang shouted almost simultaneously, “Stop moving! Take cover!”

Gao Yang imdiately dropped down and hid behind a pile of bricks with Bupasnov.

After getting down, Gao Yang climbed to the top of the pile of bricks, took out his binoculars, and saw two tanks supporting dozens of infantry slowly advancing.

“The enemy has launched another offensive! It’s the fourth today. After taking the northwest corner, those bastards committed unspeakable acts, infuriating our local brothers, sir! We can’t advance any further. I have to go back to command my brothers. Are you starting your plan now?”

Gao Yang held his binoculars, whispered, “Don’t rush, let’s wait and see. Your n should know how to fight without you. It’s not ti to retreat just yet. We need to ensure a full retreat of the whole line, or at least most of the forces retreating.”

Bupasnov swallowed, looking anxious, “What happened to our artillery? Our initial fire was very precise, but now it’s getting less accurate. Now the artillery should be targeting the enemy crowd, but as you’ve seen, the shells are falling too far and increasingly scattered. There’s no way to stop the enemy’s advance. With artillery support, it would be much easier!”

Just then, Gao Yang saw a soldier with a heavy rocket launcher erge from the debris, advance under the enemy infantry fire covering the tanks, successfully fired a rocket, and then imdiately rolled back behind cover.

The soldier succeeded, his rocket hit the tank three hundred ters away, striking it head-on. The tank continued to move a short distance before stopping.

There was actually more than one soldier firing rockets; two other teams were also firing. However, one couldn’t hit the tank, and the other was shot by an infantry machine gunner before getting up to fire.

“Look at that soldier!”

Gao Yang exclaid as the soldier who had successfully destroyed a tank left the cover, ran quickly, miraculously sprinted across an exposed thirty-ter danger zone, reached the cover next door, and swiftly picked up the unfired rocket launcher.

Bupasnov also loudly said, “I know him! I know him!”

Dragging the rocket launcher across the ground for a while, the soldier quickly stood up, aid briefly in the line of fire for about four seconds before firing the rocket launcher a second ti, successfully hitting the tank again.

The hit tank stopped, and after a mont, an internal explosion blew the turret off with a boom.