Chapter 6: Where the Hosts Are Out
The armored personnel carrier slowly came to a halt, and after a long time of restlessness in his ears, Patrick grabbed his rifle, pulled open the safety bolt, pushed open the closed door, and stepped onto the ground of the rubble.
"Did you barely catch up......" he muttered.
The only thing that replied to him was flying shards of cement and the incessant flames of war.
"Cover the wounded and retreat!" he heard the front-line non-commissioned officer commanding, "RPG concentrated attack vehicles!"
Armored personnel carriers also began to fire back, they were in a rout.
"Sir, the enemy's combat loader is too fast to lock on!"
Patrick looked ahead of the line, and the soldiers took cover with everything they could to block bullets, and poured bullets in the direction of the enemy at every opportunity.
However, this is a waste of ammunition, and the reason for the defeat is not because of the large number of opponents. Patrick looked up to see an AA-02 battleloader crashing into the top floor of a building, its revolver machine guns firing at high speed, blowing smoke and dust from bullets that pierced through the concrete wall. Without first getting rid of the enemy's combat loaders, the line here simply cannot be maintained, let alone against the large AA-03 fire platform.
"G41, you cover the retreat of friendly forces. He said on the communicator, running first, "Noyelu, you go find some heavy firepower against the battleloader, preferably Javelin missiles." ”
"Yes, master!"
"I thought you'd put me on standby to help the medic bandage the wounded. Noyeru said.
"You won't be obedient if I say that, will you?"
He came to the bottom of the ruined ruins, shot ropes to nail the wall, and hung himself up. Graving onto the concrete wall, Patrick felt a jolt, bent his knees, and kicked his legs backwards as AA-02 burst through the wall overhead. Immediately afterwards, the exoskeleton's thrusters assisted it in turning in mid-air and grabbing the loader's legs.
AA-02 crashed to the ground, and Patrick jumped again and climbed straight into the cockpit. Seeing a person lying on the loader, the driver immediately activated the thruster.
His glowing eyes were fixed on his reflection on the bulletproof glass, and his raised right arm slammed into the hatch with all his might, and the door screamed as metal breaking. Patrick grabbed the edge of the deformation and forced the hatch open.
The driver picked up the pistol from his seat, but before he could take aim, he was impaled through the heart with a sharp weapon. The uncontrolled loader lost its balance and collapsed on the sidewalk on the side of the road, crashing into a street lamp.
Patrick straightened over, reached into the cockpit, and placed his fingertips on the control touchscreen.
"Ten seconds, I need to hack into their communications to investigate intelligence. Madness said.
"G41, cover me. ”
"Yes!"
Just as Patrick was unable to pull away, Luo Lian's troops quickly organized and launched a charge towards the front. A squad rushed towards the fallen AA-02, rifles flickering and devouring the enemy in sight. Behind him, the tactical figure was behind the bunker, smoothly setting up the assault rifle and sending the oncoming Luo Lian soldiers to death. The enemies targeted by the red eyes were all nailed to iron cones that emitted the smell of collapsing particles.
While the front line was engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the stormtroopers, two more AA-02s approached at high speed, apparently belonging to the same armored unit as those killed by Patrick.
One of the AA-02s, which arrived relatively quickly, landed directly in the chaotic firefight, turned its upper body to the G41, and turned its two-barreled machine gun around.
"Boom!"
With a roar, the bullet fired by the loader floated upward, followed by another explosion caused by the explosion, causing the loader to disintegrate directly.
"Thanks for the support, Noyero. Patrick said, flipping over to the side of the damaged loader.
"It's a trivial matter, but it's timely. ”
Without answering, he leaned over and grabbed the minigun on the loader, pulled it down, then raised the muzzle and fired at the third AA-02 in mid-air. Hit by a hail of bullets, three seconds later, the loader smashed into the middle of the road like a broken kite.
The Luo Lian troops, which had lost the support of the battle loaders, were soon defeated from the long-held defense line of the Free Nation Army and retreated in disarray. Stirring shouts rang out from the blood-stained battlefields, and the triangular heraldic banner was flown to announce a short-lived victory.
A Kar98k tactical humanoid boarded the loader wreckage, with the barrel of the gun pointed forward.
"Everyone!" she shouted, "it's time to fight back, teach the thugs who trespassed on our homes a hard lesson!"
Patrick sighed, this was not something to boast about. The smell of war in the past was too heavy, and that was a stupid mistake.
But, one way or another, they still have to counterattack. The legion was in high spirits and pursued Luo Lian's troops, perhaps because they did not expect them to counterattack so quickly, and Luo Lian was caught off guard.
The three of them rode the tide of this counterattack and fought at the forefront. Patrick used a scan to detect enemy soldiers hiding behind cover, and his rifle fired bullets through weak spots. The G41 moves quickly between friendly squads, firing in support of advancing allies. Noyelu was often nowhere to be seen, unwittingly touching the rear of the enemy's position, infusing her with the blood of the enemy and staining her Nepalese scimitars red.
The counteroffensive Free Nation forces did not reach the end of the bridgehead on a tributary of the Kalim Canal until the Romanian forces gained a foothold. The remnants of the Luo Lian army took refuge in the building at the bridgehead, trying to hold the place and wait for reinforcements. Although the width of the river is not large, the bridge has been destroyed, and normal passage is already impossible.
That's why Patrick needs this dilapidated building. Patrick strapped his rifle and swapped out his pistol with his right hand as he burst into the rubble. As soon as he entered, he poured two .50 ammo into the chest of the Luo Lian soldier.
"There are two enemy soldiers next to the second and third windows on the left side of the upper floor. Patrick said, reporting the enemy locations he had marked with his scan.
"How about a second faster next time?" Noyelu said in the comms, "Give me some time to think." ”
Several more gunshots rang out.
"Really, don't just come in through the window next time!" G41 complained over the communicator, "It's too dangerous, I don't know what's going on inside the house." ”
"Cut, I want you to take care of it!"
"The first floor is empty," Patrick said, unloading the empty magazine of his pistol, "you have this bickering, why don't you clear the third floor?"
"Hug, sorry!
It wasn't until the last enemy was cleared that they came to the hole on the third floor facing the river, and as far as the eye could see, it was all devastated by the ravages of war.
Originally, it was an uninhabited place, but ...... Didn't you fight in the exact same place?
Countless moments flashed through my mind: gunsmoke, artillery fire, blood, sacrifice, death......
"What are you stunned about? Patrick. ”
He reacted, raised the launcher, and fired the rope across the river.
"Don't worry, Noyero," said the madman, "AA-03 isn't traveling that fast. Oh, by the way, remember to use the pulley, you don't look like they are prosthetic. ”
Patrick walked over to the edge and held the rope.
"There were a lot of Luo Lian soldiers at the checkpoint on the other side, Patrick. ”
"It doesn't matter," he replied, "that dead people can't speak. ”