The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 367 - 360: Use Your Brain

Gao Yuan shook his head blankly, but when Ashraf saw him shake his head, he immediately squatted down. He pointed at a building first, then drew a circle on the ground, and then pointed at himself, marking a dot on the ground as well.

Pointing at Gao Yuan, Ashraf drew a semicircle on the ground, bypassing the building where Li Yang and the others were trapped, but Ashraf didn’t draw an endpoint.

Ashraf made a running gesture, then pointed at Gao Yuan again, and then he drew a cannon on the ground, very abstract, but with two circles next to a long path, it was definitely meant to be a cannon.

Ashraf pointed at Gao Yuan, then at the drawn cannon, and then he stretched out his right hand, making a "boom" sound with his mouth.

"I understand, you want me to create a diversion."

Gao Yuan stroked his chin, then nodded and said, "Alright, just the two of us, we can’t break through the encirclement no matter what. The enemy defense is very tight and they should be sending people over here soon, but what about you if I go? Should we stick together?"

Gao Yuan combined speaking with pointing, he pointed at Ashraf and then at the cannon, but Ashraf shook his head, pointed at himself, then pointed straight at the ground representing himself, and then he raised his gun, striking a shooting pose.

Just two people yet splitting up, Gao Yuan thought for a moment, and it seemed that’s the only way.

"Be careful, retreat far away, you must be really careful!"

Gao Yuan repeated his injunctions to Ashraf, slung his backpack on, picked up his machine gun, took a hundred-round chain box, and left Ashraf alone as he ran forward.

Where to go, Gao Yuan didn’t know. He still had to find the enemy’s artillery position, but he believed since Li Yang and the others had found this place, the artillery position shouldn’t be far away because the enemy had been shelling all night, and Li Yang and his team could locate it roughly by sound.

Gao Yuan was like a human-shaped loading vehicle, carrying so many things that it was burdensome. But since he wasn’t sensitive to weight and indeed needed the weapons, he had no choice but to carry everything.

Gao Yuan really took a wide detour, he ran directly to the southern outskirts of Sirte City, far away from the house that was under violent attack.

He didn’t know why the enemy hadn’t taken down that building yet, but Gao Yuan believed it wouldn’t take much longer. Li Yang and his team had been trapped for almost an hour and a half, and that was definitely not a short time.

Many enemies, visually very elite, besieging a stronghold occupied by an elite squad, taking over an hour and a half and still not bringing it down, that should be considered a long time, right? Gao Yuan didn’t know; he really didn’t understand these things, so he could only naively think the faster, the better.

Fate favored him just as Gao Yuan, like a headless fly, was erratically searching for the enemy’s artillery position, he heard a cannon fire—that was the sound of artillery.

The sound was close; Gao Yuan just turned a corner, climbed up a low dune, and saw the cannon’s muzzle flaming to his north.

Up to now, the sun hadn’t even come out yet, so it wasn’t night, but it definitely couldn’t be called daytime either.

The cannons were roaring, a large array of artillery firing in succession.

Even under attack, the enemy’s artillery was still firing, which indicated that the battlefront must be intense, and the direction of the artillery fire was due south, where the sole target was Abu Hadi Airport.

People always need to grow, and although Gao Yuan had never received any command or staff training, he understood that the enemy’s main force must be engaged in combat at the front. Since this was the rear, the location of the artillery positions, the number of enemy troops here would certainly not be large.

The front lines were in the heat of battle and must have reached a crucial moment. With the rear being disrupted, the enemy had allocated a significant portion of their forces, especially their elite forces, to pursue Li Yang and his team. In that case, wouldn’t it mean that the defenses around the artillery positions were particularly weak?

Enough consideration, Gao Yuan mounted his gun, took a deep breath, stepped back a few paces, and then, making a detour, charged toward the artillery position.

Once Gao Yuan started running, his speed was incredibly swift, almost unhuman.

The distance was already short, and by the time Gao Yuan could clearly see the artillery position, he was less than three hundred meters from the busy battery.

The artillerymen were busy moving shells, loading them, and firing, while a squad of fully-armed infantry was on the east side of the artillery position. However, there were no fixed machine-gun positions. If Gao Yuan wasn’t mistaken, these troops were likely sent temporarily to protect the artillery after the enemy suspected an imminent attack.

The enemy infantry was not numerous, looking to be about a platoon, roughly thirty people.

Gao Yuan crouched down, worried about being spotted by the enemy prematurely, but after lying prone for a few minutes on the ground, he didn’t notice any abnormal movements from the enemy.

Could it be that the enemy here didn’t have night vision equipment? Or was it a lack of alertness?

No nation’s military could afford to equip all its personnel with night vision goggles—not because they aren’t useful, but because they’re too expensive.

Maintaining an army is really costly, especially special forces. The gear of one special operative could easily be worth hundreds of thousands. Thus, it’s unrealistic for the vast majority of infantry to enjoy the same benefits as special forces.

As for a secret organization like the Sanitation Worker, even if they had abundant funds, maintaining an army would be nothing short of miraculous. Such an organization couldn’t compete financially with any major country, so it was impossible for this military force to surpass the regular troops of countries like Russia and the United States.

Combat effectiveness is directly linked to equipment. Since the enemy forces encircling Li Yang and his team were formidable, it was impossible for those here to be special forces. It wouldn’t make sense to scatter special forces throughout the battlefield, spread out in every corner, for combat.

Having realized this, Gao Yuan felt relieved. He set his machine gun on the ground, stuck out his head, placed another belt box next to the gun, and when he was finally about to pull the trigger, he felt it might not be right to do so in that way.

The PKM machine gun had a large caliber and strong recoil, and its trajectory differed from that of the Type 95 light machine gun. However, at less than three hundred meters, it was well within the direct-fire range. Simply aiming and shooting would do, but the enemy was dispersed. Gao Yuan couldn’t possibly use one belt to kill all the enemies; it was absolutely impossible. Once he fired, the enemy would be prepared and would undoubtedly retaliate.

Being pinned down by the firepower of dozens of people was not a battle he could fight.

Gao Yuan’s hesitation was brief. He thought it might be better to run another loop and get right up to the enemy before firing. If the enemy discovered him, it wouldn’t be too late to engage them in a proper fight.

As for the position from which to open fire, Gao Yuan set himself a target, which was ideally to fire at the enemy’s head at close range.