Chapter 239 & 240: A Narrow Road (2 & 3)
"Sir, do you want to reply to the other side?"
The question of the tactical staff pulled me back to reality. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"No, no reply. Please inform the Acting Commander that Faisard himself has gone out on his own, and that it may be dangerous for him to continue to hold out, given that he is familiar with the terrain and various secret passages, and hopes to implement the retreat plan as soon as possible. β
"Uh...... Sir......."
"Do you have any questions?"
"With all due respect, won't you go to the command office and explain it yourself?"
"Explain what?"
"Ugh....... How to say, Your Excellency Acting Commander, you may be suspicious of you..... Two-hearted ......"
The words of the tactical staff officer made me feel very uncomfortable, is this how these people look at me? They thought I was the one who gave up on my discipline with just a few words.
The staff officer took two steps back in fright, and I realized that I was glaring at him inadvertently.
"No, the commander will not suspect me, you will do as I tell you at once."
Send him away, my heart has always been uncomfortable, that cold Green, will trust me?
No, he couldn't trust me, in fact, that kind of character wouldn't trust anyone. He commands judgments based on facts and evidence, and is absolutely not affected by emotional factors, which is Green's characteristic.
So will he doubt me?
This question has been haunting my mind.
"Sir, if we don't fight back, do you want that traitor to look good?"
The first soldier to answer my question approached. I noticed the look of determination on his face.
"Why bother with him?"
"Yes...... But he is a disgrace to our Marines, and if we keep him, we will not be able to hold our heads up for the rest of our lives....."
I smiled inwardly, it was really a simple thought, I valued honor more than my life and the mission given by the organization, he was a standard ordinary soldier, with the simplicity and weakness of a soldier. Such people are easily instigated, and sometimes there is stubbornness and terrible. I guess that's the type I used to have. Although he is cowardly in his heart, he has a stubbornness that does not belong to a true hero in some things that he thinks are principles.
"We won't be unable to hold our heads up, we just need to do our own thing and drive the devil out of the solar system, who will anger the real battle hero because of a traitor. You just need to remember your duty and be brave enough to kill the enemy, and the rest is what our officers should think about. β
β..... Good.... Good. β
The soldier withdrew with a bewildered look. He didn't understand the meaning of my words, and I didn't expect the fighters to understand. I just want them to do what they have to do.
Communication: "Sir, the acting commander is looking for you. β
As I approached the command room quickly, Green was carefully studying the form on the electronic sandbox.
"Wouldn't it be more convenient to take this path and leave from the 2nd ejection port? Moreover, the road is wide, which is more suitable for the deployment and assault of troops. Your retreat route is safe, but you risk the pressure of the bridge. β
Green looked up, his expression like that of a senior officer asking his subordinates technical questions, without the slightest abnormality.
"It's not appropriate to go to ejection port No. 2. This route is easy to guess, and the devil must have prepared for its realization. The wide road is conducive to the deployment of the assault force, but it is also conducive to the play of the advantage of the devil's numbers, as for whether it can really pass quickly, it is not up to us to say. In case it is intercepted, the rest of the devil's troops will be wrapped up from the rear, and it is likely to be eaten. β
"Eaten? Don't you have the confidence to kill the same number of devils? β
"Please don't speak in this tone, although I am not from a military academy, but I also know that the principle of military science is to concentrate forces to create a situation that is several times the enemy's superiority in a local area, such as strategies such as winning more with less, can only be used as a trick, and it is okay to use it when I think of it temporarily, and this kind of trick cannot be relied on in real battles."
I talked a lot, and I don't usually speak well, but this lot of rhetoric makes me feel harder than participating in battles.
Green nodded.
"Infantry combat is not my specialty, and my understanding of your tactics and judgment of the situation is not precise enough. Since you say so, I believe your word, and we will retreat according to your established plan. However, about the ....... of Faisade"
The heart said that the business was coming, and he was still doubting me after all.
Mentally prepared and mentally prepared, I was prepared for the worst.
"What do you think of his combat prowess? If your troops are up against the team he commands, do they have a chance of winning? β
β......β
Green's question surprised me, I always thought he would talk about the broadcast just now, I didn't expect him to ask such a technical question.
"I haven't seen the technical and tactical level of Fessad, so it's hard to comment. I believe that since he can be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, there should be no problem in terms of ability. However, as a Marine Commander, although I am inexperienced, I do have my own strengths. As for the victory or defeat, let's be conservative. β
"Oh, your unique advantage! Do you say your brain domain perception? β
Green's tone became a little erratic, I really didn't like this man more and more.
"Your intelligence is accurate, yes."
"Hehe, don't worry, my job is intelligence processing. It's also my job to figure out the background of the deputy commander of the Marine Corps, so don't care. β
"However, you have not investigated the background of Fissad, the full-time commander."
I didn't see the angry look I expected, but Green's smile, this guy was not pretending, I really wanted to tear his face off and see if there was another face inside.
While I was thinking about something extremely dangerous, the acting commander waved me away.
With a full stomach full of doubts, I returned to the front line.
The opposition was replaced by a traitor named Fessad, and the pressure on the defence increased dramatically, and I even wondered if he knew the terrain better than I did, and the home and away games were completely opposite.
Arrange for the team to shrink the defense line again, carefully check whether there are any holes under each floor, and send someone to check the various light and dark passages in the ceiling. I also deliberately used brain domain perception to find possible dark openings by using the method of weak stream monitoring.
30 minutes passed quickly. The devils, for their part, did not relax the broadcast, but directly suppressed the speech with mortar fire. Hiding in bunkers, I was the first to notice the actions of the devils and prepared the warriors.
With the first round of fire suppression, the devils not only used mortars, but also missiles and recoilless guns. While I ordered my soldiers to shrink their lines, I paid attention to the distribution of the enemy's heavy fire in my mind.
At the moment when the dense fire suppression stopped, I had already marked all the fire points of the devils on the tactical map.
"All of them, re-click to destroy the marked firepower points, and the specific task assignment is subject to the command of the task plan at the squad level, charge!"
With my order, under the leadership of the heavy infantry, the shouts of the soldiers shook the entire Yunshan.
I took the lead in rushing to the front, using my brain domain perception to take the lead in determining the direction of the devil's blocking fire, and before they could react, I avoided the blocking of several automatic turrets and automatic gun mounts, and rushed into the devil's position.
I rushed in front of them with my shaped spray guns, some of the devils were still in the team, and some of them were standing or sitting, obviously not ready for battle.
The state of the devil should be the final trim before the charge.
That's exactly what I wanted to achieve with the time difference.
Raising the spray gun, he turned his head in a daze, and shot the officer who had not had time to put down his visor. The skull burst along with the helmet.
The enemies here, although they are dressed in the standard combat uniforms of devils, cannot hide the fact that many of them are not Aryans.
These guys are the soldiers who defected with Fessad.
No matter who it is, at my current stage, it is impossible to keep my hand, not to mention that the harm of a traitor is so great, and it is impossible for me to forgive someone at will. In the midst of a scream on the side. I rushed into the crowd. The shaped energy spray gun fires terrifying single warheads at will, and everyone who is grazed will have broken bones and tendons, and those who are directly hit will only end up in pieces.
Immediately, there was a shout of killing, and the devils dropped their equipment and supplies and retreated.
I stopped the soldiers' footsteps in time and led the team back to their original positions amid a cheer of excitement.
Taking off my helmet, I was already sweating like rain, and I took the towel handed over by the tactical staff officer and wiped my sweat, and there were constantly soldiers who saluted me with excitement. The young staff officer also kept telling me about the excitement after the victory, and I realized that just this small victory had brought me closer to the soldiers. The bioelectric signals that were supposed to recur in the brains of the fighters, representing suspicion, were suddenly replaced by signals of excitement and agitation.
Because the depression brought by Ferrard and Green has been swept away, it is really a reward to have someone happy because of their efforts.
Communication: "Sir, the Acting Commander has something to look for you. β
With the afterglow of excitement, I approached the command room again. Green is still studying the posture of the electronic sand table.
"Congratulations to you, Commander, for a beautiful counterattack, and your morale has been boosted a lot."
I didn't feel any laughing factor in Green's words, and I wisely didn't take it.
"According to my information, Fissard obtained the Department of Communications cipher that could not be destroyed in time."
β......β
He looked up at me, confused.
β...... This also means that it doesn't take too long for the devil side to crack our encrypted communications, any intelligence arrangement, this tactical arrangement is transparent to them. β
β......β
I can't comment, except that something seems to be wrong.
"Now through the sending status of the cipher, we know that Fessard has not handed it over to the devil for decryption, and he himself is not capable of decrypting it."
"You're saying that Fissard is using the cipher as a bargaining chip?"
"Not necessarily, maybe he doesn't understand the importance of this thing, after all, the cipher is well disguised, and non-professionals may not recognize it."
"What do you mean?"
"Before they find out what the cipher is really for, before we evacuate, recapture or destroy it. Otherwise we will lose this war. β
"However, here will be a few hits of the concentration of strategic weapons and turn into cosmic dust, can the cipher escape the catastrophe?"
"No, you don't understand what I mean, once the cipher is cracked, the target of the strategic weapon is also open to the enemy, that is, they can calmly leave the strike range enough."
"And we're going to lose the only chance we can get a game back."
I didn't need to explain anything more, I fully understood the meaning of the cipher being cracked, and I knew that Fessard had taken our lifeline.
I didn't want to risk the warriors for revenge or something, but since this happened, I had to make a break with my former boss.
Gathering the soldiers was much smoother than before, and the soldiers were willing to join the operation under my personal command, and easily expressed to each other that they would kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, and even if I told them that they would be in danger and would die, it still could not change their optimism.
"Sir, we know that fighting kills people, but we also know that under your command, even death is more valuable. If we survive, we will still have the capital to brag to our children and grandchildren in the future. β
I have nothing to say in the face of such an answer.
In the end, four people were selected to form an assault team with me. Our goal is to travel from outer space with the shuttle to the closest position to the cipher, and then break into the ship to destroy the cipher.
This process may seem simple, but it certainly won't go smoothly. I don't believe that Fessad will not know the importance of the cipher, with what I know of Faisard, he must be waiting for the price to sell, as long as the price of the devil is high enough, he will change the cipher.
I believe that this moment will eventually come as the battle becomes more and more tense, and what I want to do is to put an end to the possibility of a leak of the cipher before this moment comes.
If I'm not mistaken, the cipher is that Fissard has it with him, and to destroy it is the same thing as killing Fissad.
Through the access opening, the shuttle secretly infiltrated the surface of the Yunshan, and under the cover of the close defense system still controlled by us, the shuttle sailed close to the surface of the hull until the middle of the hull, approaching the vicinity of the intelligence communication room.
According to intelligence, this is near the temporary headquarters of the Devil's boarding unit. There should be more enemies than any other part of the Yunshan.
Our group did a spacewalk of about 2 kilometers or so, slowly approaching the antenna array sticking out of the communication information room. Here we have visual contact with the devil's detection probe and the extremely rare, space-patrolling interstellar infantry.
It's old but effective, and any combat unit that wants to get close to it and attack the temporary command will either not be able to avoid the probe's surveillance, or it will have to fool the eyes of the human patrols. There are many ways to do a single thing, but it is even more difficult to meet both conditions at the same time.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to sneak in when encountering a similar warning method.
It's a pity that they met me, this guy who can do two tasks at once.
The probe was silenced by me. Of the four people I brought with me, two of them were excellent snipers. As the dark streamer pierced the void, the helmets of the two devil patrolmen burst, and gas and brain tissue erupted radially. The headless corpse turned into cosmic junk and was in the company of a non-functional probe. And their life-support devices are still sending out normal information on the false signals I gave.
Before diving in, the most difficult step is done, and some luck is needed below. After infiltrating the communication room, the specific situation cannot be detected in advance, and the perception of the brain domain will be affected too much, so I will not think about the success of the battle for the time being, but just think about the proverb that everyone will obey the destiny of heaven.
"Look, what's going on over there!"
The screams in the headphones pulled me back to reality. I turned my head to see in the direction of the bridge, and there was a huge shadow slowly approaching. Although a Devil's battle boat approached to attack while it was connected, it was repelled by another warship, alerting the smaller starship to fire dense fire.
"Wow, that's cool! This is new reinforcements, and we are stronger. β
Without the optimism of the Talking Warrior, my emotions hit rock bottom.
The big starship is the Youth, and the smaller one is the Ruida. These are the main ships of the detachment, how can I be mistaken.
The key is the purpose for which they came.
This connection, as well as the cover of the Ruida, was something I had agreed with Verelli beforehand, and would only be used when the retreat steps were to be carried out.
Green, this guy, actually abandoned me and directly inspired the retreat plan. I'm the one he says he's on a sticky mission. I thought he had given up on the idea of sending someone to stay, but I was so naΓ―ve.
He was going to abandon me from the beginning. He never trusted me, for I was a subordinate of Fessad, and it seemed to him to be evidence of suspicion, so he never questioned me, nor did he try to discern my loyalty, and in his cold heart I had been a traitor from the beginning.
After understanding everything, he finally figured out the meaning behind Green's various actions.
But it was too late, and by the time the fusion engine erupted with a light dozens of times greater than that of the sun, extending the starship's long shadow to the antenna array, our retreat had been cut off.
On the Yunshan, there is no longer the main force of the Space Army, and we are abandoned.