Northwest China, desert region.

It's one of the harshest places on earth, and it's also the most sparsely populated. But as the Gaians' industriousness to Earth began, the great desert known as the Sea of Death also welcomed uninvited guests.

The northwest base is not far from the desert, of course, this refers to the flight distance, but for the Gaians who can sail in curvature, this is indeed not far away.

At present, the Northwest Base is the most well-preserved, largest and most important base in China. Its importance is self-evident, in order to ensure the absolute security of the northwest base, with the northwest base as the core, the combat units in the area of thousands of kilometers have put up desperate resistance to the attack of the Gaia, and in the cooperation of the Alpha troops, they have dealt a blow to the Gaians, who have always been overwhelming.

However, because of this, the Gaians began to pay attention to the Alpha troops equipped with all-metal mechanical exoskeletons and high-frequency vibrating particle knives, and began to increase their attack power in this area, which made the high-ranking personnel of the army who originally formulated this kind of battle plan feel like they have lifted a stone and shot themselves in the foot.

For the safety of the northwest base, the command decided to divert the direction of the opponent's attack with the Alpha troops as the core and began to break through into the desert. At first, the attention of the Gaia was indeed drawn to the past, and the northwest base was temporarily safe, but when the Alpha troops and some other ground troops entered the edge of the desert to carry out the tactics of fighting and retreating, the pressure increased in the pursuit of the Gaians, who had increased their attacking power.

"No, if we continue like this, our army will be finished." General Cao Zhen, the commander of the Alpha troops, frowned, the desert was unobstructed, it was difficult to hide his whereabouts, and in the past few days, under the air power of the Gaians, the Alpha troops led by him have suffered a lot of casualties. This made him really worried.

"But the order given to us by our superiors is to divert the Gaia people to ensure the absolute safety of the northwest base, and it is for this reason that we chose to break through in the direction of the desert." Political Commissar Bai Jianchuan also frowned, they had three choices for the direction of the breakthrough, one was to break through to the Kunlun Mountains, but the problem was that part of the northwest base was near the Kunlun Mountains, so this breakthrough direction was the first to be vetoed. And the second direction is to break through to the east. But the problem is that to the east is to enter the city limits, which will lead the war to the civilians, and more importantly, a large part of the east is already controlled by the Gaians, which is not a good choice in terms of the balance of power between the two sides.

In the end, they chose to go south, that is, to break through to the southern desert region. But now the shape is getting more and more severe, and in the face of the assembled Gaia, the casualties of the Alpha troops are getting worse and worse day by day.

"Why don't we turn around and head southeast?" A captain built yì said.

"No way!" Cao Zhen looked at the map and immediately vetoed it. The southeast is not a good place to go, it is better to be in the desert than in the unobstructed steppe, at least the desert sand can give them some cover at some times, and if they are tracked by the Gaians on the steppe, the ground and air strikes are carried out at the same time, and the Alpha troops are completely finished.

"Chief, I know there's a place we might be able to go and take avoid." Just when everyone was distressed, another captain suddenly said.

"Where?" The crowd asked.

The captain stretched out his hand to Cao Zhen to ask for an electronic map. After a few clicks, he handed it back to him, looking at the electronic map. There was a circle on it, and Cao Zhen immediately looked at him in puzzlement.

"This place, that is, the area I marked, there is a small base, if I remember correctly, this small base not only has a large number of supplies, but also a special team is stationed, as long as we can get to this base, then it is safe."

"Small base? In the desert? How did I not know? The commissar stretched out his head and asked, very puzzled. Then he set his eyes on Cao Zhen, and Cao Zhen also looked puzzled and shook his head.

"I'm saying it's really fake? Don't think you're fooling it, right? The captain who had proposed to break through to the southeast couldn't help but ask.

"Foolishness? Can this kind of thing be nonsense? Don't forget that we are all soldiers! The captain's face suddenly changed, and his expression became extremely angry, and such words were almost an insult to his military status.

Cao Zhen was also very dissatisfied and glared sternly at the captain who said the wrong thing. The captain apologized to him repeatedly, and then Cao Zhen asked him bluntly how he knew that there was a base here, because according to his knowledge, there was no base in the depths of the desert.

"I also learned about it by accident." The captain explained: "Last year, there was a training, in the middle of the road encountered a guard unit directly belonging to the northwest base, but although they are a guard force, but the equipment is no worse than ours, and after talking with the head of the other party, I learned that their station is in the desert, but the specific location was not said at the time, according to my judgment, it should be within the circle I draw, because that day they happened to be the day of transportation and replenishment for the base, and it is easy to calculate the approximate distance from the direction of the vehicle and ...... time." ”

"The Northwest Base is directly under the guard force?" Cao Zhen frowned and thought about it, and then asked a few more questions, when the captain answered them one by one, Cao Zhen felt that his judgment should be correct, although he was no stranger to the guard troops of the Northwest Base, according to what he knew, the guard troops of the Northwest Base should not appear in the depths of the desert, is there still a situation that he does not know?

He can't verify this question now. But judging from the captain's answer, his judgment will not be wrong, it is indeed easy to guess the approximate location of the other party with Su zhì, the commander of the Alpha Force, and more importantly, the base and supplies touched Cao Zhen's heart, if he can replenish it over there, or even rest for a few days, then it will be of great help to the already exhausted Alpha troops and the ordinary army led by them.

In addition, there are two other problems that are also the reason for Cao Zhen's heart. First, the light and serious wounded in the team must be accommodated, which is already an urgent situation. Second, according to what the captain said, the base in the desert and the garrison of the Northwest Base Guard Unit are stationed, is it possible to use the strength of this force to supplement the military strength?

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen made up his mind decisively, and he quickly gave the order to adjust the route, sending a small force to reconnoiter according to the range circled by the captain, and the main force then hurried towards the depths of the desert before the Gaian pursuers could completely bite their tails. (To be continued......)

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