The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 435 - 428: Racing Against Time

Never to see each other again, not unwilling, but unable.

Gao Yuan watched He Yingjie’s retreating figure, filled with too many questions. Now that the enemy had been repelled, even if only temporarily, why was He Yingjie so urgent?

He Yingjie got back into the pickup truck parked not far away and urgently said on the truck, "Infantry push forward to build an anti-tank position, we must withstand the enemy’s repeated assaults. Armored vehicles, conduct mobile operations, don’t let a single enemy through, let the brothers take a breather!"

Sitting in the truck, He Yingjie glanced at Gao Yuan, and he continued, "Our communications might be intercepted, so I won’t say too much. I’ll just tell everyone some good news: our sacrifices are meaningful. That’s all, carry out the orders."

After putting the microphone back, He Yingjie smiled at Gao Yuan inside the truck, then waved his hand, and the driver, who also had a Shenzhou face, smiled and nodded at Gao Yuan before pressing the accelerator, and the pickup sped forward.

There wasn’t even time to say hello.

In the bed of He Yingjie’s pickup was an anti-tank missile system. While He Yingjie and Gao Yuan were talking, the anti-tank missiles had been reloaded into their launchers.

A missile operator sat in the bed of the truck, holding onto the frame with his left hand and saluting Gao Yuan with his right. Then, as the truck sped away, he smiled, showing his white teeth, waved his hand, and shouted, "Thanks for the hard work! Farewell!"

After saluting, the smiling soldier waved at Gao Yuan, while another soldier beside him steadied himself against the truck bed with one hand and held onto the missile launching frame with the other, looking back at Gao Yuan with a solemn expression.

Some were solemn, others relaxed; some could smile and bid farewell, while others remained silent.

They had different personalities, but they indeed shared the same bravery—just different characters.

Klaus, witnessing the scene, sounded somewhat perplexed on the walkie-talkie, "What’s going on?"

Gao Yuan let out a sigh and replied, "I don’t know. They didn’t have the time to explain further. I guess they know the enemy, and they know what the enemy will do next, so they have to hold off the enemy’s attack. That’s probably it."

Gao Yuan silently reloaded the rocket launcher while Sirte silently placed the explosive bag at his feet, and Ralph silently reloaded his grenade launcher.

Ashraf had been lying down, but now he sat up, holding his rifle with the rocket launcher beside him, silently watching as six pickups and two wheeled armored vehicles drove away.

In this world, no one can claim their country’s soldiers are the bravest because there will always be brave ones who step up. If you’re not afraid of death, your enemy may not be either.

What the Shenzhou people can do is simply be less afraid of death than the enemy.

The convoy led by He Yingjie advanced two kilometers and then stopped, but the unprotected pickups were positioned even further ahead than the armored vehicles.

Six pickups, four of which carried anti-tank missiles and two outfitted with twin anti-aircraft guns—the epitome of civilian vehicles militarized.

The two armored vehicles were state-of-the-art Russian BTR-90 wheeled armored vehicles, supplemented with lightweight composite armor capable of withstanding direct fire from 14.5mm machine guns, resistant to direct hits from RPG-7 rockets, and equipped with a Storm-k turret. The primary weapon was a 30mm 2A42 autocannon, along with an AGS-17 grenade launcher. Crucially, they were armed with Kornet anti-tank missile systems and a 7.62mm machine gun.

It was clear that the two armored vehicles would be the backbone of the anti-tank operations, and they indeed had the capacity to engage T55 tanks, gaining an advantage over the enemy tanks despite being armored vehicles themselves.

However, the Sanitation Worker’s tactic was a steel torrent.

Gao Yuan was curious if the Sanitation Workers truly didn’t mind their tanks being destroyed one after another. Even if they didn’t care about the tanks, didn’t they care about the tank crews?

In the end of days, when forces are increasingly difficult to replenish, restocking technical military units is even more challenging. Sanitation Worker, do you really not care?

Just then, Harry Keen came over the radio, "Boss, the enemy is attacking, lots of tanks, and... Challenger-2 tanks! Those are Challenger tanks! My God, there are also Leclerc tanks!"

It turned out that the enemy had not only outdated T55s, but also advanced Challenger-2 and Leclerc tanks.

The Challenger 2 is England’s main battle tank, and it is the only one equipped with a rifled cannon.

The Leclerc is France’s main battle tank.

Both of these tanks are mainstream tanks in the world today, not the most advanced, but not outdated either, sharing a level with the Leopard 2A6 and the M1A2 as contemporary main battle tanks.

The enemy had been using their small and elite tanks as trump cards, but could the missiles that dealt with the T55s handle the Challenger-2 and Leclerc tanks?

"Can they... make it?"

Gao Yuan couldn’t help but ask over the radio. Immediately after he spoke, Klaus responded, "They’ve got TOW 2B anti-tank missiles mounted on their vehicles; I saw them, they’ll make it!"

As soon as Klaus’s voice faded, Gao Yuan saw the missile’s tail flame launching from a distant vehicle.

Shenzhou’s retired soldiers, driving Japan’s pickup trucks, using America’s anti-tank missiles to strike at England and France’s tanks.

The enemy tanks weren’t even visible yet, and that was because He Yingjie’s convoy was at least two kilometers away from Gao Yuan and his team, and the tanks they were striking were three kilometers away.

For infantry, five kilometers is still far from the engagement range, but for tank battles, this distance is just a charge away.

No wonder He Yingjie didn’t have time for extra words before rushing to the front, because five kilometers on the plains conducive to tank battles means at most five minutes to contact, the kind of direct and close killing.

He Yingjie had to race against time, seizing favorable terrain in less than two minutes, then immediately launching an attack within the anti-tank missile’s range.

Not a second to lose; a single second’s delay could mean a different battle situation.

The battlefield was so far that Gao Yuan couldn’t observe it with the naked eye, but fortunately, they had drones.

"The enemy’s tanks have been destroyed, the missiles can attack the tops! Four hits, all on target!"

The pickup truck launched four anti-tank missiles in quick succession. After launching and hitting their targets, the pickup immediately moved to reload and fire again.

However, the fourth pickup didn’t manage to evacuate. The missile was launched and hit the target, but just before the pickup was about to start moving, a tank shell hit the pickup directly.

The explosion occurred right before Gao Yuan’s eyes; this time, he could see it very clearly. The parts of the pickup and its occupants instantly became Mars flying in the air, trailing wisps of white smoke.

Like daytime shooting stars, not dazzling, but still casting a brilliant glow that hurt Gao Yuan’s eyes because the exploding vehicle carried comrades he had never met.