As expected, about two hours after the mercenary team withdrew, a group of Tuareg armed men came rushing over from the direction of the Niger Valley.
When they saw the flag of the Malian army now raised on their stronghold, this group of Tuareg militants immediately launched an attack on the Malian army.
But the Tuareg militants did not have many troops, only a company of about a hundred people, and the terrain here was not suitable for committing more troops to fight. They could only launch an attack along the mountain path.
When they rushed towards the stronghold, they were immediately beaten up in the face. On the Malian army's position, the sound of more than a dozen machine guns rang out almost at the same time. The bullets from the machine guns were like rain. In addition, Several rocket launchers were fired at the Tuareg militants with bang bang bang, which stunned the attacking Tuareg militants.
The first attack by Tuareg militants was immediately beaten back, leaving seven or eight bodies on the mountain road.
The squadron leader led by the Tuareg militants was not convinced. He took a short rest, adjusted his offensive strategy, and launched another attack on the battlefield. But this time they were beaten even worse. A small group of about fifty Tuareg militants sent out was beaten by the stationed Malian army. In the end, only seven or eight of them ran back. The rest were beaten by super powerful The firepower was left in front of the position.
Now the Tuareg militants are being honest. The company commander finally saw what super firepower is. In the past, it was the Tuareg militants who relied on their superior firepower to ride on the Malian army and beat them, but today things are reversed. When they came over, the Malian army rode on them and beat them up with superior firepower.
In addition, the Tuareg militants did not have an advantage in the terrain, and their firepower was even a fraction of that of others. Two platoons charged twice, and half of them were killed. The morale of the remaining Tuareg militants suddenly dropped. Never dare to attack again.
They couldn't even snatch back their killed comrades, so they could only retreat with gritted teeth and curses. The Malian soldiers on the position, seeing the Tuareg militants retreating in dejection, suddenly shouted There was a cheer.
In this exchange of fire, the Malian side only paid the price of one death and one injury, but they killed thirty or forty militants in one fell swoop. Such an exchange ratio was something they would have never dared to think of before. Now, none of them would They no longer doubt whether they can hold this stronghold.
Lin Rui slept for half a day. The members of the mercenary team rotated into groups and carried him and the three wounded people towards the outside of the mountain pass.
On the way, they met a platoon of soldiers from the 2nd Regiment who came to pick them up. When these Malian soldiers saw them, they were very friendly to each other. They immediately separated two squads, took over their stretchers, and sent Lin Rui and the three wounded all the way to their battalion headquarters outside the mountain pass. .
Lin Rui was lying on a stretcher and swaying forward. Suddenly, without warning, he sat up like a corpse. He reached out to touch his assault rifle, but missed it. edge of the stretcher.
The sausages and others who were following him were startled, and they quickly gathered around to hold Lin Rui down. Sergey also yelled strangely: "Boss, just wake up when you wake up, why is it like being bitten by a snake? Do you want to scare us to death?"
Lin Rui opened his eyes wide, looked at the surrounding environment, and asked confusedly: "Where is this? What's wrong with me? Why am I lying on a stretcher? Who made me faint?"
Seeing Lin Rui wake up, everyone in the mercenary unit cheered and surrounded him. Li Shuanghu said with a bad smile: "I'm talking about you, boss! You had a really good sleep this time, sleeping for five full hours!
It¡¯s really exhausting for us! I have to carry you all the way out! Don't look, we have already left the mountain, and we are at the camp headquarters ahead! Do you always want to sleep for a while? "
Lin Rui asked confusedly: "Why did I fall asleep just now?"
Eric also smiled evilly and said: "How do we know why you fell asleep? You made us run around, but you did it yourself and lay down and fell asleep in no time! You still have to trouble us hard-working people to carry them around. Come on, you old man! You are so awesome!"
However, Black Mamba did not dare to joke with Lin Rui and lowered his head and said: "Boss, you were really tired along the way. After the battle just now, you fainted when you relaxed! So we carried you out! "
After hearing this, Lin Rui looked at the concerned faces around him, and immediately saw Hobson's big black face with a beard. He touched his nose, laughed sheepishly, and said to Hobson Sen said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Haha! I don't know what's going on. I fainted just now! It's okay now. Let me come down.There are many kinds of weapons, which are stored here for future counter-offensive operations.
Generally speaking, the garrison here is very happy. Because of the insufficient transportation capacity of the routes, the large amount of strategic materials promised by the Malian government to Mali cannot be transported to the front line by air. Only a small part can be transported by plane, so the remaining 100% Sixty to seventy percent of the supplies are equipped for the garrison here.
So the current life of the troops stationed here is even more comfortable than that of some mercenary troops. The supplies are hoarded like mountains, making their quality of life much better than that of the Tuareg militants.
In addition, after Trident Company took over, it attached great importance to military medical construction and established a good medical rescue system for the Malian Army. Not only did it have a field hospital, each regiment established a field medical team, and the base also built a more complete The field hospital was prepared for the future counterattack on Gao and could receive a large number of wounded at any time.
The three brothers who were injured when the mercenary detachment captured the enemy's stronghold were immediately sent to the field hospital after arriving in Ledo, and they immediately received surgical treatment and removed the shrapnel in their bodies. Now all three of them are They are all out of danger, and the one with minor injuries can even be discharged from the hospital immediately and followed back to the base.
In short, with the arrival of the Malian garrison, the small town of Coloan is changing almost three times a day. New troops are constantly stationed every day, and various engineering equipment are constantly arriving here.
Although the Malian side did not directly state the purpose of these engineering troops coming here, Lin Rui knew that the road planned by the Actuary General has actually been prepared in advance and has actually begun construction. In the future, it will follow the attack troops. progress, and can move into the Niger Valley at any time to provide logistical support to the attacking troops.
Lin Rui was also very grateful for the Malian army's hospitality. He expressed his gratitude to the Malian army many times and briefly reported their reconnaissance operation to the Malian army.
After hearing this, Mali was filled with emotion and praised Lin Rui and his mercenary team members as lone heroes. Especially when they heard that Lin Rui and the others had ambushed and killed a Tuareg armed chief in one fell swoop, the Malian officer was so surprised and delighted that he almost jumped.
For the Tuareg Liberation Organization, it can be said that all Malian soldiers hate it. This eighth regiment has directly participated in many previous rebellions and played a crucial role in the fall of northern Mali.
At the same time, during the armed conflicts in Mali and Tuareg, the Eighth Regiment also committed many evil deeds and caused many tragedies. The Malian army has been defeated by the Eighth Regiment many times. In the first battle of Gao more than five years ago, the Malian army also fought against the Eighth Regiment. In addition, they were also pursued by the Eighth Regiment during their retreat. Many brothers were killed. Died at the hands of the Eighth Regiment.
This great chief had led an army to pursue them, so he was their old enemy. Unexpectedly, this mortal enemy would die in the hands of Lin Rui. The Malian officer almost went crazy with joy.
Immediately ordered the news to be passed on immediately to boost the morale of the troops.
Killing an enemy chief is not a trivial matter at any time, and they immediately spread the news to the Mali Army headquarters.
The various branches of the Malian Army over there also received the news soon. Their military morale was greatly boosted and they rushed to congratulate each other. They learned that Lin Rui had led his troops to withdraw from the base. The Malian officers who knew Lin Rui were also deeply relieved. Very happy.
Actuary Jiang An has not heard from Lin Rui for a long time. During this time, he was worried to death, but he couldn't ask around.
Now that he finally received the news that Lin Rui had returned safely with his mercenary team, his calculations were completely settled. (End of this chapter) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com