xymnovel Chapter 45 Sniper Position Exposed
Chapter 45 Sniper Position Exposed
The enemy commander reacted extremely quickly.
He directly mobilized troops from three directions, attempting to completely surround Artyom and Eugene inside the drone warehouse!
Yuri heard this communication during the retreat and his expression changed drastically.
"It's too late! If we wait until Eugene finishes setting things up before retreating, they'll be trapped inside like dumplings!"
Yuri's decision was also decisive.
"Roman! Detonate the explosives on the east side! Draw their attention to this area!"
"boom!"
"Boom!"
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the high ground east of Kalinovka!
The high-energy C4 deployed by Roman not only destroyed two 82mm mortars and Javelin missile launchers, but also directly detonated dozens of mortar shells piled up next to the bunker!
The towering dark red fireball, accompanied by an extremely terrifying shockwave, instantly engulfed the entire eastern defensive line.
Tons of soil and concrete debris were flung into the air before crashing down onto the surrounding campsites.
The powerful shockwave from the explosion forcefully tore open a gap in the thick fog above Kalinovka!
The towering flames illuminated half the night sky, turning the previously pitch-black marshalling yard into a brightly lit place, as bright as day.
The enemy command channel instantly descended into extreme panic and chaos:
"Damn it! The eastern flank is under heavy bombardment!"
"The mortar position is gone! The missiles are gone too! The company commander is dead!"
"Where is the enemy? Where did the shells come from?"
The Ukrainian commander was completely stunned.
One second the drone warehouse was still engaged in combat, and the next second the heavy artillery positions on the east side were flying into the sky. He had no idea what was happening on the battlefield ahead.
"Artyom, Eugene, withdraw now! Move towards Ruslan's positions to the south!" Yuri shouted in the channel.
"Lu, cover them!"
"Leave it to me," Lu Ye said calmly.
His gaze quickly returned to the core area.
In the light of the explosion, Lu Ye could clearly see a troop of fully armed Ukrainian troops pouring out of the command building.
The enemy's rapid reaction mobile platoon has about a dozen members.
They were carrying rifles and running at full speed in a skirmish line toward the drone warehouse less than 300 meters away.
They started from west to east, while Lu Ye's sniper position was on the westernmost water tower.
The backs of this group of people were completely exposed to Lu Ye's scope.
"Isn't this just giving me free points?"
Lu Ye's lips curled into a smile as he pulled the trigger.
"puff!"
The soldier running at the very back had his bulletproof helmet shatter instantly, and the inertia caused his body to move forward another two meters.
"puff!"
Pull the bolt, push the cartridge, and the second cartridge is fired seamlessly.
A soldier on the left collapsed onto the gravel ground after a burst of blood mist exploded in his back.
The battlefield was filled with the roar of artillery shells, and with the silencers equipped on the SVCh, the Ukrainian troops rushing ahead did not hear the deadly gunfire at all!
"puff!"
The third.
"puff!"
the fourth.
Lu Ye moved with lightning speed, each breath accompanied by a spent cartridge ejecting from the sniper rifle.
With the support of the system's [Precision Shooting (LV2)], these enemies running in a straight line were no different from stationary targets in Lu Ye's eyes.
[Kill 6 enemy soldiers, reward 600 points!]
It wasn't until Lu Ye had eliminated the sixth person in a row that the officer running at the front suddenly realized something was wrong.
He turned around and was horrified to find that half of his squad was gone!
"Take cover! There's a sniper!"
An officer's shout rang out above the square, along with the enemy's communications channel: "Dispatch center! We've encountered snipers on our way to the drone hangar! The sniper is on the west side! He's directly behind us!"
Just then, Artyom's urgent voice rang out in the earpiece: "Land! Drone explosives installed! We're preparing to evacuate!"
"Go out through the main gate," Lu Ye reported, eyeing a mobile platoon soldier who was trying to find cover.
"There are four rats hiding in the northeast corner of the hangar's back door. Retreat the original route! I've held them off; get the mobile platoon reinforcements quickly!"
"Understood! Break through the main gate!" Artyom carried out the order without hesitation.
From the enemy's communications channel came a furious roar from the control center: "Ammunition depot! Fire illumination flares to the west immediately! Find that damned sniper!"
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
A few seconds later, three flares were launched into the air, and the pale magnesium light instantly illuminated the Kalinovka marshalling yard as bright as day.
"Boom boom boom!"
As the flares were launched, the roar of a diesel engine came from the northwest.
Lu Ye immediately turned his gun around.
In the field of vision, a BTR-80 wheeled armored vehicle is bypassing the dispatch building and rushing towards the main entrance of the drone warehouse!
Reinforcements from the 2nd Platoon of Company B!
On the turret atop the armored vehicle, a machine gunner grips a 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun, searching for targets.
"Here comes another free kill!"
Lu Ye snorted coldly and locked his sights on the machine gunner's back.
"puff!"
The machine gunner's chest was instantly torn apart; he didn't even have time to scream before his body slumped limply to the outside of the turret.
Upon seeing this, the dozen or so infantrymen who were advancing in coordination with the armored vehicle immediately took cover on the side of the armored vehicle and slowly moved forward along the vehicle's tracks.
"Artyom, armored vehicles are heading towards your main gate. I took out their machine gunner, but the infantry are hiding in blind spots, I can't hit them," Lu Ye quickly reported.
"Detonate the drone hangar!" Yuri decisively gave the order. "Smash it to draw their attention!"
"boom!"
As Eugene pressed the detonator, the entire drone warehouse instantly turned into a massive fireball.
The horrific explosion ripped the roof off the warehouse, and completely destroyed three backup drones and the control console.
The massive series of explosions brought the armored vehicle to a sudden halt.
In that brief pause, the infantrymen who were hiding on the side of the armored vehicle and walking in front inevitably revealed themselves.
"Found you." Lu Ye pulled the bolt again.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Two shots were fired in quick succession, killing the two infantrymen who had peeked out.
[Kill 3 enemy soldiers, reward 300 points!]
"There it is!"
The continuous sniping finally allowed a Ukrainian soldier behind the armored vehicle to lock onto the trajectory of the bullet.
He pointed to the towering water tower on the west side and roared into the communicator, "Command center! Found him! The sniper is on the abandoned water tower fifteen meters high on the west side!"
"The hangar's been blown up! Armored vehicles, turn around immediately! Prioritize heavy firepower and blast that sniper into mincemeat!"
After seeing the drone warehouse destroyed, the commander completely lost his mind.
The BTR-80 armored vehicle spun around abruptly on the gravel ground, and the 14.5mm heavy machine gun on the turret pointed directly at the water tower where Lu Ye was located!
[Kill 2 enemy soldiers, reward 200 points!]
Taking advantage of the armored vehicle turning around, Lu Ye killed two more Ukrainian soldiers who had revealed themselves.
"Lu! You've been completely exposed! Withdraw from the sniper position immediately!"
Yuri commanded, "Ruslan! Establish an escape route!"
"Leave it to me!"
Ruslan, who was hiding in the freight car area on the south side, put down his machine gun and pulled out a personal pneumatic grappling hook gun from behind his tactical vest.
He aimed at the steel railing on the side of the water tower and pulled the trigger with a "bang".
The grappling hook, with a high-strength Kevlar rope, is precisely wrapped around the water tower railing.