¡°Hurry up, hurry up, everyone get up there!¡± The retreating Malian soldiers had already run out of their position, but there were pursuers behind them, and they were still breathing heavily.
But now they are no longer running, but climbing up the hill.
Behind the hill is the meeting place agreed upon by Lin Rui and the others.
That hill was not far from the position where they ambush the enemy, which was only two or three kilometers away, but it was all jungle.
After the soldiers who withdrew entered the mountain pass, they kept running in, and then they saw the hill.
The terrain here is very suitable for hiding. The mountain pass is in a "u" shape, and the hill is at the bottom of the "u" shape. The hill and the mountain are connected by a ridge.
This is their passage into the mountain. They need to climb the hill and then walk across the ridge before they can enter the mountain and completely get rid of the enemy.
Other troops who have withdrawn will also come from several other directions to join up.
But the most unlucky ones are the ones who were the last to evacuate the position. They were the last ones to evacuate and had been involved in the battle to cover other troops.
Being chased here by Tuareg militants, I cannot say that I am at the end of my fight, but I am almost exhausted.
But the pursuit of these enemy troops was not over. After they defeated a small group of enemy troops, the Tuareg infantry behind them caught up again.
They once again experienced the marching ability of these Tuareg people. Their foot power was by no means worse than theirs, and even stronger than theirs. These desert peoples have very good physical endurance.
The average weight of these Tuareg soldiers is about 30 kilograms, but they are still being chased in such an embarrassing manner.
Now the remaining Mali troops are struggling to climb up the hill, because the hillside is very steep.
It is estimated that when they climbed up the hill, the Tuareg people behind them would also arrive.
This is the advantage of the steep mountain wall. You can see that people can still climb up without the threat of enemy fire.
But if they don¡¯t run into the mountains and just stick to it, the Tuareg will have to pay a heavy price if they want to come up.
At that time, let alone shooting with a gun, even if you push down a stone from the mountain,
Everyone was working hard to climb the mountain. To everyone's surprise, it was the mercenaries who climbed to the top of the mountain first.
Although those Malian soldiers are all black, and the locals are obviously better at adapting to the environment than outsiders.
But with hard work comes reward. These professional mercenaries of Trident insist on exercising themselves as long as they have free time. After all, their physical strength is better than others.
The remaining people climbed up one after another.
But the Tuareg troops chasing them stopped at the bottom of the mountain. The Tuareg troops did not rush to attack the mountain because although the hill was only sixty or seventy meters high, the slope was still too steep.
¡°Can one person climb up? It can definitely be climbed up!
But when the man climbed up, he had to use his hands and feet, and he couldn't shoot.
"You two, go look over there!" Lin Rui asked the two mercenaries to go to the left under the cover of the high and low rocks.
"You two go and look at the other side, don't stick to one place, don't let the enemy get to you." Lin Rui ordered the other two Mali soldiers, and then he lay down a few meters away from them.
As for the few soldiers left, they were also heading towards the ridge. If these Tuareg people could not climb up from the hill, they would probably go up the ridge.
There are already more enemy troops at the foot of the mountain.
The characteristic of this place is that there are many rocks, the mountains are made of rocks, there are many huge rocks on the mountains, and there are also many large and small rocks at the bottom of the mountains.
"Let me tell you, Anker, are you a little nervous?" Lin Rui asked Anker while looking down the mountain vigilantly.
¡°I was quite nervous at first, but now that I think their target is not us, I¡¯m not nervous anymore.¡± Anker replied.
If this hill can be considered a position, this is already the second position battle they have to fight.
Although they have the advantage of terrain, the problem is that their personnel are few and scattered. If these Tuaregs insist on dealing with them, there will indeed be some trouble.
But Lin Rui¡¯s judgment is that the target of these people should be the urban area of ??Gao, not the jungle here.
At the beginning of the battle, the heavy machine gun beat the enemy to pieces. Even when these soldiers think about it now, they can¡¯t remember what they were thinking at that time. What was going on in their minds at that timeThere was timidity in everyone's eyes.
In fact, Anker also understands that facing one Tuareg militant is much better than facing hundreds of Tuareg militants.
Everyone under his command agreed with this active evacuation plan. It was because they had great hope of survival that they followed him.
But what about now? Death is right in front of you, who will continue to rush forward? Not to mention others, even he himself would no longer be exposed to the shooting range of the Tuareg militants on the opposite side.
Anker is faced with a choice again. Should he go forward or stay?
If they go forward, they may become a living target of the Tuareg militants. If they stay, they will be besieged here by the Tuareg militants.
And being besieged here, they are also facing a dead end. They have enough guns and ammunition, but they have no food!
But Anker was really unwilling to suffocate and die here.
The reason why he withdrew was not because he would lose face if he disagreed with Lin Rui.
As a veteran, Anker understands that life and death come first. What does face count for? Not as good as shoe mats!
He was just unwilling to let them be suppressed here by a Tuareg militant with a rifle.
"How about we try again? Let's see where the sniper is hiding." A Malian soldier who had already seen Anker was in trouble said in an inquiring tone.
Anker thought for a moment before replying: "Okay, but we have to think of something!" Then he looked at the other soldiers and asked, "Let's try again, are you afraid of death?"
Anker had to ask because these soldiers were not his men.
The soldiers looked at each other, and then at the dead black soldier who still had a bullet hole in his forehead. Finally, one soldier expressed his stance: "It's better to go ahead if you're afraid, it's better than being trapped in the same place." Qiang, let¡¯s try again!¡±
Anker nodded, and then said the method he came up with.
The trick Anker came up with was to have a soldier hold a hat with a bayonet and slowly reveal it from behind the boulder so that the Tuareg militants on the opposite side could see it. At the same time, he had to put the rifle on on top of the boulder.
He hoped to attract the attention of the Tuareg sniper, while he and several other soldiers changed rocks and prepared to move forward.
"Okay!" a black soldier whispered, holding the hat with his gun.
And a moment later, the gunfire from the opposite side really rang out again, and that shot really hit the hat that the soldier picked, and then there was the sound of the bullet piercing the hat and hitting the stone. "Puff" sound.
"Come on!" Anker, who was hiding behind a rock, took the lead and got out, followed naturally by several other soldiers.
Anker understood that at this moment, even though those few soldiers had expressed their intention to try again, if he didn't take the lead and rush out, not to mention others would look down on him, he would look down on himself for the rest of his life.
As a soldier, after all, some things are more important than life, such as honor.
Thinking about it in Anker, since the Tuareg militants opened fire, they were obviously deceived by his false target. If they don't move forward at this time, when will they move forward again?
But Anker only walked a few meters through the rock gap when he heard another gunshot, and a soldier said "Oh!" at the gunshot!
At this sound, Anker and all of them came close and hid behind the stone. At the same time, Anker asked: "How are you?"
What he was asking was naturally the soldier who just said "Ouch". If the soldier answered, it means he was fine. If there was no answer, he must have been killed again.
Fortunately for Anker, the soldier was not killed by Tuareg militants, and he heard an echo immediately.
"The damn marksmanship was so accurate, it scratched the skin on my shoulder!" the soldier replied.
Seeing that the soldier was safe, Anker breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, just stay here and monitor the guy on the opposite side. Let's go back and help the others!" Anker said loudly.
At the same time, the Tuareg troops had occupied the position they had left before. Commander Adil and others have also arrived.