Chapter 300: Chapter 166: [Bloody Battle at Steel Saw Ridge] Shocked Blue Star People (5k Double-Length)
The gambles on Meng Hao’s side were, of course, unknown to the NPCs.
It was just that when the other comrades in the squad returned and saw Dos, who was assigned to their squad, they couldn’t help but howl to the sky, being in the same squad as this guy.
It’s over...
But there was no way around it, and after a whole day of fighting, no one had the energy to care about Dos.
They threw their belongings haphazardly onto the ground and immediately collapsed into their bunks to sleep, with snores quickly resounding inside the tent.
Meng Hao was not in a hurry to sleep, but he still lay down on his bed, ready to close his eyes and skip the plot at any moment.
Meanwhile, Dos in the tent saw the mess and bent down to pick up the discarded items, arranging them as neatly as possible at the bedside.
Seeing this scene.
Not only Meng Hao, but also the viewers in the livestream, sighed.
Such a good-natured character is fine in life.
But on the battlefield, aside from being bullied by other soldiers for not daring to fight, it serves no purpose at all.
Meng Hao closed his eyes, and his vision went briefly dark.
Then the option to skip the plot appeared.
Upon opening his eyes again,
The day had already broken, and the sounds of people moving and cooking came from outside.
Meng Hao moved a bit and walked out of the tent.
The damp sea breeze, laden with the smell of gunpowder and blood, filled the morning camp.
Meng Hao walked to a safe spot, looking at the distant ’Steel Saw Ridge’, a steep cliff, though... calling it a cliff isn’t quite right.
A precipice is more fitting.
(The contested place of Steel Saw Ridge)
Because of the steep terrain.
Soldiers could only climb up; heavy weapons couldn’t be carried, so capturing this place could only be done by piling up lives.
For the past few days, bombs rained down there daily, but the Japanese had dug numerous underground fortifications atop the cliff.
The surface bombardment had limited effect on the underground fortifications.
It caused hardly any casualties.
Thus, whenever the Federation troops climbed up the cliff, they were met by Japanese soldiers emerging from underground fortifications.
From high above, relying on the fortifications.
Shooting at climbing Federation soldiers was incredibly easy.
In stark contrast, the difficulty for the Federation side,
was nothing short of Hell Level.
This is why, despite days of attacking, it hadn’t been captured.
Meng Hao looked at the cliff face and the climbing ropes, speaking to the livestream:
"Really, in this situation."
"It would be better to use weapons of mass destruction."
"Just level this cliff directly."
"Otherwise, fighting like this results in too many casualties."
"Just thinking about it is despairing."
"How the hell can you fight this."
Planes and artillery bombardments were ineffective; to capture it, the only option was to climb up the ropes and fight.
But the most treacherous thing Japan did was disregard the climbing ropes because they knew they couldn’t beat the US, so the battle here turned entirely into one of consuming US soldiers’ lives.
Every time soldiers climbed up the ropes, they faced machine-gun fire and suicide charges from Japanese troops.
There was simply no progress.
The Federation soldiers weren’t superhuman, and genuinely couldn’t deal with the suicide charges from Japan.
A bunch of lunatics shouting ’Banzai’, strapped with bombs charging over, would be a headache for anyone; there’s no way to instantly take out all those lunatics with a gun.
Standing from the current technological and tactical perspective on Earth.
Meng Hao discussed with the livestream viewers on Blue Star for a while, and truly couldn’t think of a solution.... besides throwing lives at it, they couldn’t make headway.
Bombardment?
Just during the few days since Meng Hao’s arrival, using photon supercomputers to calculate the recorded bombardment, it was estimated that over 600 tons of shells had been poured on that cliff by the Federation.
And that’s just during the days of this plot when Meng Hao was present; imagine when he’s not?
That cliff had been bombarded by no less than 1000 tons of shells by the Federation, with no effect.
It truly requires ’weapons of mass destruction’.
Otherwise, it’s a bottomless pit filled with lives.
Meng Hao pondered for a while with no result, so he had to go back to eat.
And just after eating,
The order to assemble came again, preparing for another attack.
As the personnel reached their positions.
The Federation warships on the distant sea started bombarding Steel Saw Ridge with fury, and Meng Hao took a deep breath, following at the back of the line, charging toward the cliff.
As for why he’s at the back... after all, he had just started betting yesterday.
If placed in the front, it’d be a certain death, as the Japanese devils on the cliff wouldn’t care about that.
Those at the front almost never survived.
Most viewers in the livestream were betting he’d definitely die in this battle, even Meng Hao himself.
But quite a few bet he’d survive.
The viewers betting on his survival naturally wouldn’t want him at the front; as long as he was at the back, even if he died in battle, it would be accepted.
As the distance closed, the first wave of climbing Federation soldiers had already reached halfway.
The Japanese up top appeared as scheduled, firing at the climbing Federation soldiers, undeterred by the naval bombardment.
Rat-a-tat-tat——
Federation soldiers below retaliated, causing Japanese on the cliff to fall one by one, unable to stop the climbing Federation soldiers.
Meng Hao followed at the back of the line, climbing safely.
Some soldiers had reached the top of the cliff.
"Banzai!!!"
"Watch out for grenades! (Fire in the hole)!"
Boom——!
The beast-like howls from the top of the cliff and the loud shouts of the Federation soldiers mingled, followed by incessant explosions.