SFS Chapter 1086 Easily Takes Over 2 Islands
Chapter 1086 Easily Takes Over 2 Islands
"Beep—" The yellow warning light inside the transport helicopter cabin lit up, and the pilot's voice came through the loudspeaker: "We will arrive at our destination in 3 minutes. All personnel, please prepare to rappel!"
Upon seeing this, the squad leader immediately shouted to his soldiers, "Check the weapons, equipment, ammunition, and rappelling ropes one last time. Report any problems immediately!"
The soldiers quickly checked the weapons, ammunition, and ropes.
A minute later, a soldier raised his hand.
"What is it?" the squad leader asked the soldier with a serious expression.
The soldier who had raised his hand lowered it and said embarrassedly, "Squad leader, my rappelling rope was accidentally cut in half. I think I was cut by a dagger during the equipment check before boarding the plane!"
The squad leader immediately went over and grabbed the rope wrapped around the soldier's waist. Sure enough, it had been cut in half, with a clean break. He immediately cursed, "You good-for-nothing! You can't even check equipment without cutting the rope with a dagger! How are we supposed to rappel like this? If the rope suddenly breaks during the rappelling and the soldier falls to his death, who will be responsible? I can't take that responsibility!"
At that moment, a beeping alarm sounded inside the cabin, signaling that the rappelling was about to begin.
At this moment, all six transport planes were hovering above a dense forest, the wind from their propellers causing the treetops to sway continuously.
Upon hearing this sound, the squad leader immediately said to the soldier, "You don't need to get off. Follow the helicopter back! The rest of you, prepare to land!"
After he finished speaking, he walked over, opened the hatch, and shouted into the cabin, "Hurry, hurry, one after another!"
The first soldier walked to the hatch, hooked the hook of his waist rope onto the hanging thick hemp rope, and slid down the rope. The second soldier then came and repeated the same operation.
When only two people remained in the cabin, the soldier whose rope around his waist had malfunctioned pleaded, "Sergeant, let me down! There won't be any problems. I'll hold the dangling rope tight! I'll be laughed at if I go back like this!"
"Do you think this is a joke? It's better to be laughed at to death than to be thrown to your death. I'm ordering you to go back with the helicopter, do you hear me? That's an order!" the squad leader said sternly.
"Yes, squad leader!"
The squad leader walked to the hatch, hooked the rope around his waist onto the rappelling line, glanced back at the soldiers, and then slid down, grabbing the rappelling line.
If they had trained for more than three months, there would be no need to tie ropes and hooks around their waists. However, these soldiers had only trained for one month, and helicopters were a new thing that no one had ever seen before. Even after a month of training, many of them still experienced dizziness on the plane. Therefore, just in case, the higher-ups required that each soldier wear a safety harness to prevent them from accidentally falling from the helicopter.
On Dongzui Island, the Japanese soldiers stationed there never expected that transport helicopters would appear, capable of airlifting people to their rear.
At this time, a small squad of Japanese soldiers on the island were still fast asleep, even the sentries were dozing off. The helicopter group bypassed the sentries' positions, and with the sound of the sea breeze and waves, the Japanese sentries could not hear the helicopters approaching at all.
Two platoons of soldiers landed safely on Dongzui Island and Shangjiao Island, and disappeared into the dense forest. Then, six transport helicopters took off and turned back.
The gun emplacement on Dongzui Island was located inside a huge rock. The Japanese, using some unknown tools, hollowed out the interior of a massive rock by the sea and installed a 206mm coastal defense gun inside. Bombers dropped many bombs on the site several times, but the shells either landed nearby without hitting the target or landed on the rock, failing to blast it open and causing no damage to the coastal defense gun inside.
Besides the gun emplacements, there was also a row of barracks on the island. The island was originally uninhabited, but people came when the Japanese came. They cut down trees and built a row of small wooden houses with a total of 5 rooms. The squad leader had one room, and the other four rooms housed 14 people.
At this moment, there were still 9 people in the cabin, including the squad leader, and 5 others were guarding the gun emplacement.
The squad leader led his men to attack the fort, while the platoon leader led the remaining two squads to surround the small wooden huts where the Japanese soldiers lived.
"Platoon leader, are they still sleeping? Should we attack?" The second squad leader whispered to the platoon leader.
The platoon leader shook his head: "We'll move in after the first platoon fires."
Two minutes later, gunfire erupted from the gun emplacement, and the battle finally began.
The platoon leader immediately raised his hand and waved to the second and third squad leaders.
As the attack began, the soldiers who had been hiding outside the cabins immediately opened the doors and threw grenades into the barracks upon receiving the order.
"Boom boom boom..." Five explosions rang out in succession, and flames shot into the sky from the five barracks. A large number of wooden boxes and miscellaneous items were blown out by the blast wave.
"Go! Go! Go!" the squad leaders shouted, and one by one, the soldiers rushed into the five small wooden houses with AKs in hand.
"Da da, da da da..."
The fighting quickly ceased because when the soldiers rushed in, the Japanese soldiers inside the cabin were either killed or wounded on the spot, without even a chance to fight back or fire.
"Platoon leader, the squad leader sent me to report that our squad has successfully captured the artillery position. No one was killed, only one person was grazed on the arm by a bullet!" A soldier ran over to report to the platoon leader.
The platoon leader returned the salute and said, "Tell your platoon leader to take his men and guard the fort, and bring the wounded over for examination and treatment!"
"Yes!"
The platoon leader then walked behind the communications officer, picked up the walkie-talkie, and activated the communication request. The other end quickly answered: "Hello?"
The platoon leader immediately reported, "Sir, I am Liang Zhengfeng, the platoon leader of the first platoon. My unit was ordered to attack Dongzui Island and has successfully completed the mission, annihilating 14 Japanese soldiers with zero casualties and only one person slightly wounded!"
"Very good. Leave one squad to guard Dongzui Island. The rest of you take a rest and stand by!"
"Yes, sir!"
At the same time, on Upper Corner Island, the battle had just ended. However, there were many Japanese guards there, and the airborne troops encountered some resistance. But because they were unprepared, they were completely annihilated by the airborne troops. Two members of the second platoon responsible for attacking the island were killed and two were wounded.
After receiving the report, the command also ordered the second platoon to rest and wait for orders, and dispatched a medical transport helicopter to transport the wounded back to Ganggang for treatment.
Pugong Island is the southernmost island in Ganggang. Inside the command post on the island, Tian Tao put down the phone and said to Zhang Yunhe, "Sir, our first phase of the operation has been successfully completed with minimal casualties. Only two people were killed and three were injured!"
“Very good!” Zhang Yunhe nodded.
Gao Shang, who was in charge of logistics, said at this time: "Now that we have taken Dongzui and Shangjiao Islands, I think we should launch an attack on Nansan Island immediately. It will definitely be much easier to take action before the Japanese get the news!"
Tian Tao glanced at the sky and saw that it was already getting light. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, we must wait until noon when the northeast wind picks up before launching the attack. We need to use this northerly wind to drop smoke bombs to cover the infantry landing and minimize casualties!"