RPAGF Chapter 1066 Friend, fill in the hole you dug! Uh, no soil? You'll have a way.
Chapter 1066 Friend, fill in the hole you dug! Uh, no soil? You'll have a way.
Those thick tunnels, carved out of the rock by countless people...
Intelligence reports indicate that they endured an unprecedented density of firepower in the history of human warfare.
At that time, he was in the relatively safe rear, looking at the cold numbers on the battle report...
"More than 40,000 shells were dropped daily," "The surface positions were lowered by two meters"... At the time, he even thought with some disdain: "A bunch of bumpkins, all they know is to hide in their burrows like rats, how long can they hold out?"
He could not truly comprehend what kind of relentless, day-and-night bombardment it was, repeatedly tilling the earth countless times.
Now, in this filthy and narrow temporary tunnel beneath Phnom Penh, after enduring only a few not-so-dense rocket attacks from the air, he was already on the verge of collapse, buried in dust, swallowed by fear, and baked by the high temperature, like an insect that had fallen into a trap and was waiting to be crushed.
"Back then... were those poor bastards on the other side just like I am now... huddled in a deeper tunnel, listening to the endless explosions overhead, their ears and noses bleeding from the shockwaves, choking on the dust, and being slowly swallowed by despair?"
What sustained them at that time? Was it the slogan "As long as we live, we will hold the position"? Was it the belief in defending their homeland? Or was it simply because there was no way to retreat?
But... how much time has passed?
Ten years? It feels like just yesterday.
This thought brought not remorse, but an almost absurd cognitive upheaval and self-mockery.
"Ha...cough cough..."
Zhang Peizhi tried to laugh, but this triggered an even more violent cough, her mouth filled with the taste of blood and dirt.
"This is nothing... I can't even handle it... How did they manage to get through it back then?"
Ironically, it was their side that used an almost extravagant steel storm to try and "erase" those tunnels and the people inside from the map.
Today, in this foreign underground, it's his turn to experience this "targeted elimination," and it seems the ones carrying out the elimination are still...
A new trick that he was completely unfamiliar with, carrying the flavor of "technological advantage"?
The inversion of reality and memory, the oppression of a desperate situation, and the bewilderment about unknown attack methods intertwine, almost crushing Zhang Peizhi's remaining rationality.
He stopped thinking about gold bars, missions, and escape. At that moment, all he wanted to know was—what was that flying overhead?
Who on earth is sending him to hell in this way?
However, before he could sort out his chaotic thoughts and suffocating feeling—
"BOOM!!! Rumble—!!!"
A deafening roar, far more muffled than all the previous rocket explosions combined, suddenly came from a certain direction!
Even through the thick layers of soil and the winding tunnels, one could feel a shockwave carrying a destructive aura sweeping across, and the entire underground space let out a final, unbearable groan!
The ground beneath Zhang Peizhi suddenly sank downwards, then violently undulated and twisted like waves!
Not far behind him came a terrifying, rumbling sound, as if a massive earthen structure had completely collapsed, as if an earth dragon was turning over below!
The short, stout Indian soldier's faint sobs and prayers vanished instantly, like a candle flame being extinguished, amidst the earth-shattering roar.
It’s over.
This was Zhang Peizhi's last clear thought before she completely lost consciousness: she might be buried alive by the explosives she had prepared...
Well, that's kind of ironic.
As the soil settled, Zhang Peizhi gave a self-deprecating laugh.
……
air.
Company Commander Tang and Ru Chuang also witnessed this unexpected scene.
Just as they were repeatedly "cultivating" the area around the suspicious cave entrance with rockets, suddenly, a large section of the ground, dozens of meters away from the cave entrance and near the ruins of residential houses, bulged up and then collapsed with a roar!
Almost simultaneously, a similar but smaller collapse occurred in another nearby area!
There was no dazzling fireball like a rocket explosion at the collapse site, but the rising dust and smoke column was much thicker, and a faint dark red flame could be seen flashing inside before being covered by the rolling earth and rocks.
"What's going on?" Ru Chuang stopped loading and looked down in surprise.
Company Commander Tang frowned, maneuvering the plane in a circling pattern to observe. "It doesn't seem like we fired it... This noise... it sounds like something underground exploded?"
He suddenly remembered that the intelligence report mentioned that the enemy might have dug tunnels for demolition and stored a large amount of explosives!
"It was their explosives! TNT! They were detonated by our attack!"
Company Commander Tang instantly understood. Although their rockets hadn't directly hit the explosives depot, the continuous shockwaves from the explosions might have damaged the tunnel structure, or... perhaps the desperate enemy had simply detonated their own trap?
In short, the tunnels dug by the enemy themselves, and the "gift" they prepared for themselves, ultimately became their own graves!
The gyroplane lurched slightly in the turbulent airflow caused by the explosion. Company Commander Tang and Squad Leader Ru exchanged a glance in the air, both seeing a hint of helplessness on each other's faces.
"Master, didn't they say TNT is very stable? It has to be detonated with a detonator?"
"And they even said that you could put TNT on a fire and it wouldn't explode?"
"How did it explode?!"
Company Commander Tang gave a wry smile and shook his head: "Who knows how those bastards did it? Maybe they put the detonators right next to the explosives, or maybe the tunnel was dug too shoddyly..."
"Good heavens..." Ru Chuang clicked his tongue, "Is this... digging a hole and burying himself?"
Looking down at the two large, collapsed pits still emitting wisps of smoke and dust, and the area that had been completely reduced to ruins by rockets and secondary explosions, Company Commander Tang knew that the main threat had most likely been eliminated.
Those lurking "rats," even if they weren't blown up, were buried alive in the graves they dug themselves.
"Mission basically completed." Company Commander Tang reported into the microphone to the command post and the escorting aircraft number two.
However, there was not much joy on his face. Instead, he exchanged a glance with the squad leader next to him, and they both saw a bitter smile in each other's eyes.
“Master,” Ru Chuang scratched his face, which was blackened by the rocket launcher's exhaust, and muttered softly, “Didn’t they say TNT is very stable? Our rocket… it shouldn’t be like this, right? This commotion… how are we going to write the report when we get back? Will they say we handled it improperly, causing a secondary explosion and resulting in… uh, collateral damage?”
He thought about the potential accountability—although it was the enemy and their explosives that were blown up, this unexpected chain of explosions had, after all, exceeded the original plan.
Company Commander Tang grimaced helplessly. Indeed, the plan was to use rockets to clear ground targets and possible escape routes, but who would have thought they'd set the enemy's underground ammunition depot on fire?
In this record of merit, should it be recorded as precise elimination, or as triggering an unplanned explosion?
"Master," Ru Chuang said with a bitter face, "is this medal we just got... going to slip away again?"
"Fly my ass! Get the job done! Medals or whatever, I don't care! Taking down these bastards and their hideout is worth more than any medal! Check the ammunition, get the ground team in to clean up immediately, we don't have much time left!"
"Yes!" Squad Leader Ru grinned, revealing a set of white teeth. Although there was still a hint of regret on his face that the medal might have "gone," he felt more of a sense of satisfaction at completing the mission.
The "Dragonfly" No. 1 aircraft drew an arc in the air and began to climb.
Below, the two huge sinkholes, like scars on the earth, silently tell the story of what happened tonight.
Those meticulously planned conspiracies, those stockpiled explosives, those shady rats—all ultimately turned to ashes and dust in the flames of "divine justice" and in the graves they themselves dug.
……
at the same time.
On the tree-lined avenue of the Darian Naval Base.
"Boom..."
"Damn it! Old Wang, are you trying to get yourself killed?!"