Chapter 4265: The Red Devils are coming

Under Lin Rui's order, the militia defenders contracted their forces and retreated to the outer positions of Palimo.
Due to the hurried retreat, the enemy troops were chasing closely, and some peripheral positions were breached by the enemy before they were stable. At this time, Kuaima's circular defensive position had a miraculous effect. They blocked the only leak between the two-year defensive main positions and wiped out the charging enemy.
But even so, the battle of Palimo has become a stubborn situation. At this time, the enemy's offensive force was still strengthening. The 6th Regiment, which rushed from other areas to the area west of Palimo, deployed on the left flank early in the morning and participated in the attack on the outer positions of Palimo.
Lin Rui didn't feel soft in the face of a powerful enemy. After completing Palimo's defense, he immediately notified the Moroccan military to carry out air strikes on the positions occupied by the enemy. And ordered one's own artillery to cover the enemy's position.
After two days and one night of fierce fighting, the fortifications on the main defensive sections of the Mugaya position were almost completely destroyed under shelling and air raids. The Jihadist Alliance troops suffered heavy casualties.
However, under the guidance of a small number of tanks, the enemy forces successively captured important strongholds such as the town of Mugaya, completely cutting off the communication between the first-line positions. This means that Palimo has become an isolated city.
It was late at night, Jiang An and Lin Rui just took a nap, and they were busy at the headquarters again.
"Tell your troops to assemble urgently." Lin Rui's command interrupted the actuary Jiang An's words and General Quinn's contemplation.
"However, the second-line position has not been completed yet." General Quinn was taken aback. What was the urgency, he was not a soldier who questioned orders, and it was difficult to understand.
"It's too late, tell the brothers on the second line to withdraw and replace us. We have to prepare to fight. Opportunity waits for no one." Lin Rui only left such a sentence, turned and left. Several staff officers in the headquarters stood there with awkward expressions for a while before they came up angrily to tell General Quinn the specific situation.
After listening to the briefing from the staff officer, General Quinn issued an order for the entire regiment to assemble: "Transfer defense to the 3rd regiment. We will take over the defense area of ​​the 3rd regiment to prevent the enemy from moving west of Mugaya Town. Move forward." His order was very straightforward.
The so-called 3rd regiment was all mercenary units under Lin Rui. In order to cover people's eyes and ears, it was the third regiment of the Palimo Militia. Everyone understands that these mercenaries are the real backbone of the battle.
"Mr. Rick, I promised you that I would obey orders unconditionally. But I hope you can tell me why?" General Quinn whispered in the face of the mercenaries standing in the evening breeze. He knew that going here would be a battle, and many brothers would leave their lives there.
Like his brothers whose faces were full of smoke, Lin Rui also had a calm face. "The enemy thinks that they have won half of Mugaya. This argument makes sense, but what he doesn't know is that Mugaya is not so easy to win."
"Sir, what do you mean?" General Quinn whispered.
"Mugaya can become a very important strategic location for the battle against Palimo, but it can also become a quagmire that traps them." Lin Rui slowly said, "The reason why I let the enemy occupy there , And only launched this counterattack a few days later. It is to ensure that the enemy forces concentrate a large number of troops in the town of Mugaya."
"You want to counterattack Mugaya? But there are a lot of enemy troops there!" General Quinn suddenly fought a cold war. "How can this be?"
"My goal is not the enemy of Mugaya, but the 6th regiment of the enemy who rushed to the west of Palimo." Lin Rui said.
"You mean, intercept the 6th regiment of the enemy?" General Quinn whispered.
"Yes. Intercept the 6th Regiment of the enemy that came to support. According to our information, the 6th Regiment of the enemy came to join the other enemy forces in Mugaya Town and launched a general attack on Palimo." Lin Rui Replied.
"Why do you have to stop this regiment?" General Quinn asked.
"Because this regiment is the protagonist of this battle, they are not the sixth regiment of the Holy War as the other party calls it. In fact, their unit is called the Red Devil. One of our old opponents." Lin Rui said slowly. "And I believe that although they arrived later, they are the protagonists of this attack.
We stopped them, and other enemy troops were afraid to attack Palimo without permission. It is to buy Palimo more time. More importantly, after the arrival of the Red Devil troops, they will concentrate on Mugaya Town on standby.
And I have notified the Moroccan Air Force that four hours later, a violent air strike was launched against the town of Mugaya. "
General Quinn was taken aback, "Sir, what do you mean is to focus them on Mugaya and attack them by air strikes. So, your previous order to retreat from Mugaya was also deliberate?"
"It's not, it's more just to preserve our strength. Compared with the enemy, our strength is at a disadvantage, so we can't fight the enemy. We have to be more strategic." Lin Rui shook his head.
"Moreover, the number of air strikes that the Moroccan Air Force can provide is limited, and we have to make good use of every opportunity." Actuary Mae Kishi also nodded.
"So it's like this..." General Quinn looked outside the city.
The enemy's shells almost blasted most of the outer line into a sea of ​​flames, and countless fragments of shells were flying everywhere, and the burning fire turned many villages and towns on the outskirts of Palimo to ashes.
Relying on the cover of artillery fire, the enemy troops launched successive attacks from all directions to the militia forces guarding inside and outside the city. There were countless stray bullets flying in the sky, and dots of tracer flares were swaying indiscriminately among the rising flares. The night sky illuminated like daylight.
In the constant billowing smoke and dust, the suburban houses collapsed one after another, and the devastated position was once again immersed in the smoke and fire. From the position to the east is a field rescue station, with wounded soldiers all the way up. For this scene before him, Quinn felt depressed in his heart.
There was a disgusting stench in the air, and the orange fire from the shells flickered one after another. Looking at the position like a sea of ​​fire, Lin Rui was silent.
The enemy's offensive was unusually crazy, even more crazy than the previous chase that rushed all the way. It seemed that the enemy was going to capture Palimo at all costs.
"Why are you replacing us? It's difficult for us to complete the interception mission?" General Quinn asked.
"No. Because this enemy army is not the kind you can usually imagine." Lin Rui shook his head and turned to shout. "Let the troops hurry up and build defenses at predetermined locations."
In order to get to Guantou's left-wing position as soon as possible, Lin Rui was almost asking the troops to rush forward. Just when Lin Rui led his troops to the front line of Guantou, the militia regiment that had been withdrawn was turning towards Palimo City.
Under the dark night behind him, there was a dead body, and one or two dull explosions continued to sound, and there was chaos everywhere as the troops retreated to the city along the outskirts of the town.
"You asked me why? Everything you see now is your answer." Lin Rui whispered, "I also hope you can, but you can't deal with this enemy."