While the timer was working, a green snake appeared in front of Qu Sen. It had slithered out of the bushes because it was frightened. The snake's head was small, but its body was not short. It was more than a meter long.
To be honest, Qu Sen usually liked to fight cold-blooded animals like snakes, but at this moment, he was filled with anxiety and nervousness. Seeing the green snake slither to his right, he didn't even think about it before reaching out and grabbing the back of the snake's head. At the same time, he squeezed with his thumb and index finger.
He felt that the bone he was grabbing was deflated. With a swing of his arm, the green snake was flung away. The snake's body spun a few times in the air before hanging on to a bush next to the fire escape.
Qu Sen turned to look. The snake's body was still gently writhing, but it had already lost the ability to move.
At this time, Wutu had already reached the end of the line in front of the fire escape. He pounced forward and crawled to the ground like the other soldiers.
Bang! At the same time as the sound of a mechanical ejection rang out, the tip of the mine-clearing rope whistled through the air. At the same time, the rollers of the mine-clearing rope spun rapidly.
Boom! About ten seconds later, a short explosion rang out. At the same time, a flaming dragon flashed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Don't …"
An Jingzhe hadn't even finished shouting "Don't move!" when a series of explosions rang out.
The density of landmines in the direction of the wooden house was too high. After the mine-clearing rope detonated the landmines in the area, it immediately caused a chain of explosions.
The landmines that were detonated were of different models, and the sound of the explosions was also different. Shrapnel, steel balls, and shockwaves continued to destroy the surrounding trees and vegetation.
At the same time, the bushes and weeds were broken and blown up into the air. The originally boundless vegetation was also badly damaged.
Large patches of soil that had been turned over were emitting white smoke. The smell of gunpowder and the smell of burning grass and trees intertwined and spread out.
The continuous explosions lasted for nearly ten seconds before they finally stopped. Almost every soldier crawling on the fire escape had a layer of grass, rotten branches, and dirt on their backs.
After waiting for about five seconds, there were no more explosions. An Jingzhe got up from the ground and used a strong flashlight to check the detonated area.
After confirming that he had opened up a safe passage that was nearly two meters wide, he shouted to Wu Tu, "Continue!"
"Yes!" Uttu got up and ran towards the launcher. Another soldier from the explosives team also ran over to help with a bundle of rope.
An Jingzhe shouted, "Keep an eye on the passageway. Maybe there are mines that haven't been detonated yet!"
"Yes!" At the same time, Wu Tu bent down and picked up something from the ground. With a swing of his arm, he threw it.
The black shadow drew an arc in the air that could only be vaguely seen by the naked eye and landed about 40 meters away. Then, with a bang, a ball of fire exploded.
While Wu Tu was still in a daze, "Peng! Peng!" Two more balls of fire exploded near the explosion point.
An Jingzhe bent down and waited for two seconds. When there were no more explosions, he angrily cursed, "You better be f * cking careful!"
A small mine of unknown type had been blown into the fire escape passageway by the previous explosion. That kid Wu Tu had seen it and casually picked it up and threw it out.
He didn't know if the small mine had exploded after it hit the ground or if it had just happened to hit another mine. After the explosion, it had set off the other two mines around the explosion point.
Fortunately, the explosion points were relatively far away. Otherwise, it would have injured quite a few soldiers who had already gotten up.
"Who ordered you to get up? All of you, get down! " An Jingzhe was really angry. After scolding Wu Tu, he turned around and yelled at the soldiers who had gotten up without receiving orders.
The soldiers were curious about the scene after the explosion and had gotten up to take a look. After being yelled at, they didn't dare to dawdle. Without even half a second of delay, they immediately crawled back to the ground.
"Captain, the division's second platoon of engineers is requesting to speak." The signaller got up and ran to An Jingzhe's side.
"I'm An Jingzhe!"
"Captain An, I'm the platoon leader of the second platoon of engineers, General Lu. Our platoon and the first aid team have already reached the mine-dense area. What's the situation on your side? "
"We're opening up a direct path. Did you guys bring a mine-clearing rope? "
"Yes, 700 meters!"
"Your team will follow the safety passageway for one kilometer and wait there. Then send someone to bring it up 100 meters."
"Yes!"
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The safety passageway opened up by the mine-clearing rope wasn't wide, only less than two meters. Wu Tu and the soldiers in his group carefully carried the launcher and advanced.
At a distance of 50 meters, they found five unexploded mines. This time, he didn't dare to throw them carelessly. Every time he touched one, he would crouch down and carefully pick it up, then gently place it on the edge of the passageway.
"Liu Leliu, mark it!" An Jingzhe looked in Wu Tu's direction and ordered Liu Leliu, who was lying down not far away.
"Yes!" Liu Leliu got up from the ground and took out a fluorescent red flag from his backpack. Using a strong flashlight, he advanced along the passageway. Every time he found an unexploded mine on both sides, he would carefully insert a flag.
By the time he reached Wu Tu, who was placing the tip of the mine-clearing rope into the launcher, there were already more than 20 small flags along the way.
When Wu Tu began to set the timer, Liu Leliu and another soldier from the explosives team began to run back. Then Wu Tu's voice rang out from the communicator, "Report, launcher ready!"
"Fire!"
Wu Tu pressed the launch button and repeated his previous actions, then turned around and began to run back in a crouch.
Ten seconds later, there was a faint sound of mechanical ejection, but this time, a few seconds later, there was an explosion in the direction of the mine-clearing rope. One of the mines had been hit by the rope falling from the sky.
At the same time as the explosion, the mine-clearing rope had been prematurely detonated. In an instant, a fire dragon sprang up from the vegetation, followed by a series of large and small explosions.
Qu Sen had been lying on the ground the whole time, not daring to move. His ears were listening to the continuous explosions of the mines in the distance. He silently counted in his heart, wanting to see how many mines had been detonated in succession this time.
When he counted to seventeen, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound in his ears. Before his brain could react, the buzzing sound of a swarm of wasps came from afar. Then, the bushes and broad-leaved plants on the left side of his body emitted the sound of rain hitting banana leaves.
The rain-like sound seemed to last for less than two seconds before it stopped. Qu Sen and the soldiers around him subconsciously turned their heads to look to the left side at the same time.
"…" With the help of the flashlight, Qu Sen and the other soldiers were all shocked speechless.
The bushes and plants on the left side, which had been in good condition just a moment ago, had become badly damaged in the blink of an eye. The green snake that had been thrown to the bushes by Qu Sen and lost its ability to move had been broken into two parts.
The lower half of the snake's tail was still hanging from the bushes, and the broken part was a mess. The upper half could not be seen. It probably fell into the gaps between the branches of the bushes.
"Broadsword," After a few seconds, Shen Jin, who was lying next to Qu Sen, muttered.
"Broadsword" had many names. M18A1
Claymore, Claymore anti-personnel mine, directional mine, anti-infantry mine, they all referred to it. It was a weapon developed by the United States in the 1960s during the war against Vietnam.
It could often be seen in various movies and TV series. At the same time, it was also imitated by many countries, such as our country's Type 66.
After this type of mine was detonated, the directional surface would cause wide-angle damage within a range of sixty degrees.
The shooting range of the steel ball could reach up to fifty meters, and the longest range could reach up to two hundred and fifty meters. Within a range of one hundred meters, it also had a strong lethality.
The reason why the Armed Police Reconnaissance Unit had such a large number of casualties was because the electronic detonator had detonated a "Broadsword" mine. The directional surface of the mine just happened to graze the team that was advancing towards the wooden house.
Just now, it was obvious that a "Broadsword" had been blown into the air by the explosion of other mines and exploded. Since the power could directly break a snake, the result of hitting a human body was self-evident.
The steel ball's landing point was less than two meters away from Qu Sen. If the "Broadsword" had exploded in the air just a little bit more, or if the falling steel ball had detonated a roadside mine …
Qu Sen did not dare to imagine what would have happened to him.
"Damn it, after this trip, I'll go buy a lottery ticket." Qu Sen's scalp was numb as he muttered.
"I'll go too," Shen Jin said.
"I'll go too."
"Call me."
"Help me bring ten yuan."
The soldiers lying in front of and behind Qu Sen all spoke.
"Is everyone okay?" An Jingzhe's voice was trembling.
He was far away, so he did not hear the sound of the steel ball whistling in the air. However, he vaguely heard a short burst of "rain" behind.
He lay in place and waited for the sound of the landmines to completely stop before he got up and shone a strong flashlight in the direction of the sound.
He was too far away and could only vaguely see that the vegetation on the other side of the safe passage in the distance seemed to have been destroyed.
He crouched and ran towards Qu Sen's direction for a while. After seeing more clearly, he suddenly realized what had happened and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"It's okay, I didn't touch anyone!"
"Wu Tu, continue!" An Jingzhe breathed a sigh of relief and shouted.
"Yes!" Wu Tu and his comrades once again got up with the mine rope. This time, Xiao Liuzi did not need to be ordered. He held a small red flag and got up to follow.
"Da da da …" Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from a Type 81 rifle in the distance.
Although there were gunshots and grenade explosions in the night sky from time to time, the sound this time was closer, and the direction was not in the direction of the wooden house.
"Captain, there are two armed men approaching in your direction!" The scout's report sounded in the tactical channel.
"Hong Nan, take a small team and go up. Pay attention to the mine and hide!" An Jingzhe had already made a judgment before. After the scout's report, he immediately gave the order.
"Yes!" At the same time Hong Nan responded, a small team of soldiers had already gotten up. Without needing any orders, they set out with Hong Nan and their figures quickly disappeared into the night.
"Report, ready to launch!" Wu Tu's shout sounded in the tactical channel.
"Launch!"
An Jingzhe's order had just been issued when the rearguard team reported, "Captain, the engineer platoon has sent the mine rope up."
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