136: Playing hide-and-seek in the mountains for hundreds of kilometers, the US army was attacked

Aris meant that the hidden entrances and exits of the Anti-War Army were actually among the external firing points previously exposed by the Anti-War Army.

Those places had already been destroyed by the U.S. Military using various heavy-duty, high-power weapons.

If some of those places connected to the grottoes where the main force of the Anti-War Army was hiding, then were they not just wasting their efforts searching for something that did not exist?

“General Aris, your suggestion is very timely—”

After Douglas expressed his praise, he immediately ordered the soldiers deep in the mountains to search for the Anti-War Army's firing points that had been destroyed by the U.S. Military's long-range artillery.

Then, the two patiently waited for the results at the headquarters.

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“Old Yue, Old Zhao, what are these bastards doing?”

In the Anti-War Army's underground base, Fang Le observed the overall movements of the U.S. Military through satellite intelligence.

The U.S. Military soldiers who had entered the mountains were originally spread out for investigation, but suddenly, as if they had received some order, they began to gather in an orderly fashion.

Fortunately, the MacDonnell Ranges is not very high or too rugged, and the vegetation is generally low, so the difficulty of gathering was not too great.

Army Commander Yue Hanshan and Political Commissar Zhao Gang, who were asked by Fang Le, both shook their heads.

“I don’t know, they are probably going to carry out a new mission after gathering.”

Soon, with further intelligence reconnaissance, Fang Le and the others finally understood the U.S. Military's intention.

“Oh, so those guys are searching the places they previously bombed, thinking they can find a passage to our main base from there.”

It must be said that the U.S. Military's idea was not a big problem.

Some of the external firing points used by the Anti-War Army when attacking the U.S. Military previously were indeed connected to the main base, such as certain missile silos.

However, these missile silos were able to connect to the main base because the base itself was constructed during its manifestation.

And these missile silos could be disconnected from the main base at any time; even if the U.S. Military found such an entrance, they would not be able to enter the main base at all.

Fang Le looked at Yue Hanshan and other high-ranking officers: “What should we do next?”

In the previous overall combat plan, Yue Hanshan and the others' idea was that since the enemy did not know and could not truly find the location of the Anti-War Army base, the Anti-War Army would actively expose a fabricated false base to attract the main U.S. Military forces to fight deep in the mountains. Due to the difficult mountain roads, the enemy's heavy equipment would be hard to transport in, and with the extended front line and dispersed enemy forces, the Anti-War Army could smoothly eliminate the tens of thousands of U.S. Military troops entering the mountains.

But now, the situation had changed.

Yue Hanshan and Zhao Gang looked at each other, understanding each other implicitly, and jointly proposed:

“Since that’s the case, let’s execute that attack plan ahead of schedule.”

Fang Le: “...Alright then, the great counterattack begins!”

He had not expected that on only the fourth day of the war, before even any probing skirmishes, a major counterattack would commence.

But that's fine, the sooner the battle, the sooner it ends.

At the U.S. Military General Headquarters, Douglas also received “good news.”

The staff reported:

“General, good news, a team of soldiers at the location of a missile silo that was previously blasted by our People's Army’s giant earth-penetrating bomb, found that its depth seemed to exceed imagination. They are now sending people down with ropes to investigate.”

“Other places similar to missile silos also seem worth exploring.”

Douglas was overjoyed: “Excellent.”

“As long as we find the entrance to the Anti-War Army’s secret base, we can block them off even by pouring cement and molten iron, haha—”

But this joy lasted only a few seconds, when a rumble—

The ground of the command center suddenly vibrated slightly.

Then, one tremor after another occurred.

What’s going on?

Why did it feel like something had landed and exploded nearby?

Immediately, a guard rushed in.

“General, it’s bad, a missile launch base near our People's Army, where the missile vehicles are located, has been bombed by long-range artillery.”

What?!

Douglas and Aris were both stunned.

“Who bombed it? What kind of long-range artillery?”

The guard shook his head, indicating he did not know.

Then the staff officer at the command center provided the answer.

“General, according to ballistic trajectory capture, it came from a location deep within the MacDonnell Ranges, perhaps—”

The staff officer hadn't finished his analysis when more air raid alarms sounded.

Douglas immediately felt a headache.

According to military satellite detection, a huge number of missiles and artillery shells were launching from multiple points deep within the MacDonnell Ranges, scattering like celestial maidens throwing flowers, projecting towards various locations across the entire mountain range.

Mountain peaks, mid-slopes, valleys, and outside the mountains, none were spared.

The bombing of the missile base near the command center was just one part of this.

And due to the lag in intelligence transmission, by the time they felt the explosions, this round of the American military's offensive had already formed.

Moreover, the entire MacDonnell Ranges only stretches three to four hundred kilometers, and for missiles or even artillery, they can reach quickly, so air defense firepower might not even react in time.

Aris's face changed dramatically.

Looking at this scale of firepower, coverage, and penetration capability, how did the Anti-War Army manage to conceal so many firing points without being discovered?

Even if the construction of the fire fortifications was extremely hidden, how could there be no traces found after repeated close-range reconnaissance by the infantry?!

Was the Anti-War Army's base architect a genius among geniuses?

Douglas and Aris were both somewhat dazed.

What was happening before their eyes completely exceeded their expectations.

They had considered that the Anti-War Army had not revealed all its cards before, but they would absolutely not believe that the Anti-War Army still had such a large reserve of long-range firepower.

It was the staff officer who reacted first.

“Gentlemen Generals, we should temporarily move to the underground air-raid shelter and continue commanding the operation there... The ground is no longer safe!”

Douglas finally reacted.

He grabbed the walkie-talkie and issued a series of commands:

“Have all U.S. Military units deep in the mountains prepare their own defenses, have all our People's Army air defense units prepare to intercept enemy shells and missiles, have the strategic long-range artillery units strike enemy long-range artillery coordinates while ensuring their own survival, have the air force units immediately take off for combat, do not stay on the airport—”

Although he issued a series of commands, Douglas still had a bad premonition.

As the saying goes, one step slow, every step slow; he wondered if his remedial measures could salvage the U.S. Military's passive situation.