sovbooks Chapter 14 Forced into Battle
Chapter 14 Forced into Battle
Lu Ye closed his eyes, forcing himself to temporarily banish the image of Seryozha's tragic death from his mind.
His hands groped over Seryozha's body, examining the wounds.
The entrance is on the upper right chest, and the exit is on the left back.
"The bullet entered from above at a slight angle." Lu Ye's speech became faster and faster as his brain began to work frantically. "Seryozha had just stood up and was facing the ruins directly in front of the road, which was at the twelve o'clock position."
He raised his head, his gaze passing over the edge of the earthen slope, fixed on the spot where Seryozha had just stood.
"The wind was slightly to the left at the time. The bullet struck my right chest and pierced my back. I didn't hear any obvious gunshot, so the other side used a silencer. The distance was definitely more than 400 meters, but not more than 800 meters, because the bullet's kinetic energy still easily penetrated the bulletproof vest!"
Lu Ye's brain kept replaying and reassembling every detail and every scene from just now.
"Two o'clock!"
Lu Ye suddenly opened his eyes and roared into the microphone, "Captain, two o'clock! About six or seven hundred meters away, there's a slightly elevated pine forest and a rocky beach there."
"Received." Dmitry's voice was swift and decisive as he quickly made tactical arrangements.
"Alexei, Peter! Aim at the pine forest at two o'clock and provide indiscriminate suppressive fire!"
"Understood!" came Alexei's voice, clenched through gritted teeth.
"Maxim, Anton! Use the bushes on the right side of the road as cover to flank them from the two o'clock direction! Victor, stay in the car and be ready to start the vehicle to provide backup!"
Dmitry paused, his tone becoming extremely grave: "Lu Ye, I don't care what method you use, pick up Seryozha's gun, find a new sniper position, find him, and take him out! We absolutely cannot let him use us as targets to pick us off one by one!"
"yes!"
Lu Ye didn't hesitate at all. He took a deep breath, reached out and took the SVD sniper rifle from Seryozha's back, along with several sniper magazines.
The gun was stained with Seryozha's blood, sticky and still warm.
"Brother, lend me your gun. I will definitely avenge you."
Lu Ye said something in a low voice, then lay prone on the ground and quickly left the reverse slope of the earthen mound.
He used both hands and feet to quickly move through the waist-high bushes, heading towards a small hill about fifty meters to his left. There was an abandoned low wall there, surrounded by waist-high weeds, making it an excellent hiding spot.
"Alexei, fire!" Dmitry gave the order.
"Da da da da da!"
From the direction of the highway, two PKM general-purpose machine guns simultaneously unleashed a deafening roar, firing at the pine forest 600 meters away. Branches were constantly snapped, rocks were shattered, and large swaths of pine needles flew through the air.
Under the cover of machine gun fire, Lu Ye successfully reached the back of the abandoned low wall.
He carefully extended the barrel, placed the SVD on a broken brick, and then pressed his eye close to the PSO-1 optical sight.
The instant he gripped the SVD grip and placed his index finger on the trigger.
An extremely wonderful feeling washed over my whole body.
The Soviet-made sniper rifle, which was originally somewhat unfamiliar to Lu Ye, allowed him to clearly feel the weight distribution of the gun, the pre-press travel of the trigger, and the significance of the markings in the scope.
This is precisely the effect of [Basic Shooting (LV4)], which allows him to quickly get the hang of a weapon he has never touched before.
The pine forest and rocky beach 600 meters away covered a vast area. Finding a camouflaged sniper in this environment was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Where is he hiding?
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lu Ye's forehead, and the sweat flowed down his brow bone and into his eyes, but he didn't even dare to blink.
His brain was working frantically, combining the light and angle when Seryozha was shot, the possible psychology of the enemy sniper, and the terrain undulations of the pine forest to deduce the situation.
Just then, Lu Ye suddenly felt a "buzz" in his mind.
[An abnormal surge in neuronal activity was detected in the host's brain, indicating extreme mental concentration]
[Hidden attribute "Perception" unlocked]
Perception: 0/5 (This attribute determines the host's insight into the surrounding environment, intuitive anticipation of danger, and ability to detect subtle clues)
As the system notification sounded, Lu Ye felt that the originally complex battlefield in front of him had suddenly undergone an indescribable change.
The rustling of the wind through the bushes, the roar of machine guns in the distance, and even the trails of gunpowder smoke in the air became distinct in his mind.
His field of vision did not broaden, but his ability to capture battlefield details increased significantly.
"If I were him, I would never choose the outermost edge of the pine forest to ensure a wide field of vision and an escape route." Lu Ye's gaze moved inch by inch to the right through the scope.
"The reverse slope of the rocky beach? No, that's where you're easily covered by machine gun fire, and visibility is also somewhat limited."
Suddenly, his gaze fell on the left edge of the pine forest, at the junction of a thick, dead pine tree and two huge rocks.
There was a natural depression there. The rocks and the roots of dead trees formed a perfect dead angle, covered with pine needles.
"I found him!"
Lu Ye lowered his voice and spoke very quickly over the channel: "Two o'clock, at the junction of the dead tree and the rock on the left. 650 meters away!"
"Maxim, Anton! Halt the advance and find cover! Alexei, Peter, concentrate fire on the dead tree on the left! Force him out!" Dmitry immediately adjusted the deployment.
"clear!"
"receive!"
The machine gun on the right side of the second vehicle instantly changed direction, and a dense barrage of bullets rained down on the dead tree.
Sparks flew from the rocks as they were struck, and sawdust burst from the trunks of the dead trees.
Lu Ye held his breath, his crosshair locked tightly on the edge of that shadow.
He knew that under such intense machine gun fire, the enemy would absolutely not dare to retaliate easily. But once the machine gun needed to be reloaded, and a few seconds of firepower was lost, that would be the enemy's only chance to counterattack, and also Lu Ye's only chance.
Just then, Peter shouted into the channel, "I'm out of bullets! Reload!"
Almost at the same moment Peter stopped shooting, a slight ripple appeared in the pile of pine needles in the shadow of the dead tree.
"They're here!" Lu Ye's pupils shrank sharply.
As expected, the enemy did not choose to flee, but instead seized the fleeting moment of firepower vacuum and decided to eliminate the machine gunner who posed the greatest threat to them!
"Ah!" Peter's piercing scream suddenly erupted in the channel.