Night warfare, no matter what time it is, no matter what country, is probably one of the important tasks of their army!

If there is a choice, I am afraid that there are really not many people who are willing to fight at night, even if they have the most advanced technology, no matter how good the radar or friend or foe identification system, and how good the night combat equipment is.

After all, no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, they are used by people, and at night, in the case of insufficient light, especially in the case of melee, it is not easy to give full play to the technical and tactical performance of weapons, and it also has a certain impact on the psychological state of the combatants.

At this time, the humans of the Hope are about to usher in their first large-scale night battle mode, and their opponents are the native bugs who attacked them on a large scale on the first day of landing!

Due to the early warning from Little Annie, there is still an open space in Area C of the JNO.3 planetary ground base, and most of the current marines of the base have gathered around this large area.

In addition to the more than 100 Marines who were still responsible for guarding the perimeter of the base for the unexpected, hundreds of other people, including Galen's elite Cobra squad and Darius's previous squad on duty, had been dispatched to this area to take command of the front.

Now, they, the Marines, have encircled the entire Area C after occupying the favorable terrain.

In the two encirclement lines, various types of shotguns, electromagnetic rifles, and sniper rifles were transported by the SCVs and stacked haphazardly in various parts of the defense line.

Even, they also got a lot of large-caliber automatic sentry guns, which have been erected after rough welding and installation.

In the large rear of the defensive line, in the open space in front of the main base, the ten-...... No, it was supposed to be nine freshly baked tank units, all of which were now lined up in a neat line in the open field, and were in siege mode, aiming the muzzles of their 120 mm caliber slam guns at the area of Area C where the bugs were about to appear.

In fact, this siege tank was originally designed to be a defensive cannon for the "final line of defense", so they finally adopted two forms to form the final version: one is the assault mode with a movable attack, and the other is the deployment siege mode.

As long as the commander of the base command center orders, they can carry out covered artillery bombardment on the swarm of insects appearing in Area C at any time, which will definitely let those indigenous bugs have a good taste of the horror of large-caliber artillery made by human technology!

Now, the rest of them, whether they were SCV engineers or Marines, were on standby, and they were almost all gathered here because of the early warning from Ghost Agent Major Annie, their guns loaded and their muzzles warmed up, ready to deal with the impending swarm.

At this time, in the base, almost most of the high-power searchlights almost concentrated their beams here, and they simply illuminated this place as if it were daytime.

"Engineer prospecting team, please answer when you hear it! How's the investigation going? Did you find anything special under the ground in Area C? ”

In the command center of the base, as the commander-in-chief, after deploying the defense of all troops, she immediately deployed several SCV engineering vehicles to closely monitor the geological conditions under the ground in Area C.

Therefore, after finishing the defense, Doug was working with a group of personnel from the command center, in the small command hall on the second floor of the command center, while looking at the holographic screen showing the busy scene of Area C, and asked about the SCV engineers who had been working for a while.

Because right now, here in Area C, in addition to a large number of Marines surrounding the central area, in this large piece of rubble flat, there are several SCV engineering vehicles operating some strange instruments, hovering and dragging their equipment in the target area, constantly shuttling back and forth.

"Report to Commander Doug! After the preliminary detection of our instrument: at a distance of about one hundred and twenty meters underground, a huge oblique cavity appeared! Moreover, this cavity is spreading to Area C at a rate of almost five meters per minute, and after about 15 minutes, this area of Area C will collapse due to the problem of bearing the weight underground! ”

Soon, with the efforts of the engineers of several SCV engineering vehicles, they used their own prospecting equipment to easily detect the geological conditions under the ground.

So, after exchanging opinions with each other, they quickly reported to Commander Doug at the base.

At the same time, they also showed a small red area on the map of Area C, and also uploaded the detected geological map to the command center of the base.

"Your Excellency, Commander, this is an area that could collapse loudly, may I ask you, do you have any other orders?"

After uploading the map, the group of engineers in the SCV asked.

It's already clear that down in the C area, there must be that kind of weird bug doing the trick! In more than ten minutes, this place will become a battlefield, and without any weapons, they don't want to stay here in the dangerous battlefield, if they are not careful, it will be fatal!

"There's nothing you do there now, but you still have to continue to monitor the situation underground on the periphery, and closely monitor the movement of insects, and there must be no mistakes!"

Seeing the huge hole on the map that the bug might have made, Doug couldn't help but frown.

Then, after thinking about it for a while, Doug began to analyze the 3D geological patterns uploaded by the SCV engineers.

She looked at the huge area on the map, marked with a red graphic of the imminent collapse, then thought about it again, and began to reach out and operate on the holographic map, cutting the entire map in half at once, and began to carefully observe the section of the collapse area.

This is...... Digging up diagonally from a distance?

So, in this case, are those insects digging here from the other side of the sea? Or was it dug directly into the ground in the first place?

If it's the former, it's fine; But if it's the latter, it's a bit scary......

If they originally lived underground, and then dug up directly from below, it proves that they worms, underground, must have a huge underground world?!

In that case, how many of them are on this planet?

Moreover, from what they can accurately know, there is a large enough open space here in Area C of their base for them to dig up, which proves that the other party is organized and premeditated?!

Not only are they bugs observing this human base, but they are also led by a certain leader bug to carry out an organized sneak attack on their human base?

“……”

Although Hope's previous research on those bugs has also shown this, they have been holding on to luck and trying to gain a foothold on the planet while resisting the attacks of the indigenous creatures of these planets until they get enough energy.

But now it seems...... It seems that those bugs won't give them this time and opportunity? No, it didn't take long for the second attack to come again? And, in this covert way?

If it weren't for that little girl's early warning, they'd be bugs, I'm afraid they would have succeeded, right? She Doug can imagine: If the human side has no defense, once those insects rush out of the collapsed tunnel, this base can be declared completely destroyed, right?

Tut! Forget it, it's come to this, let's take it one step at a time! No matter what happens in the future, today, the humans in their ground base will never let those cunning and evil bugs break through Area C by half a step!

After thinking about it, Commander Doug quickly clicked on a message board, and she planned to contact the two second lieutenant officers of the Marine Corps, so that the two of them could coordinate and command the hundreds of Marines in the two lines of defense in Area C.

"Ensign Galen, and Ensign Darius! The two of you are responsible for the command of the front-line troops, the tank units are in the rear, and they will fully support you if necessary! ”

Looking at the number of soldiers and the arrangement, Doug shook his head a little helplessly, the time is too tight, the insects are too urgent, and the heavy firepower of their base is still too little and too little......

Now here in the ground base, in addition to a large group of marines, the heavy firepower of the entire base is only those ten tanks! Hopefully, there won't be any more giant monsters coming out of the ground this time, right?

If there really is that kind of huge monster, I don't know if the ten arc tanks that have just stepped off the production line can deal with that kind of monster with huge size and heavy armor? Have they formed an effective fighting force?

Hope...... Can they be trusted, right?

"Yes! Sir! ”

"Yes, sir!"

After hearing Commander Doug from the ground base, Galen and Darius responded immediately.

"Hurry, hurry! Everyone, cheer up and be vigilant! ”

Galen shouted to the overwhelmed recruits as he walked to the left.

"Check your weapons and equipment! Don't worry, those bugs, they don't have the means to attack from a distance, as long as you keep up the continuous fire output and don't let them pounce in front of you! ”

Darius, on the other hand, walked to the right, and the two of them had quickly assigned their respective areas of responsibility.

"Pay attention to the topographic map that has been sent to your panel, but don't stand in an area that is about to collapse! Otherwise, if you fall and be dismantled by worms, no one will be able to save you! ”

After receiving the order, Galen and Darius began shouting loudly on the Marines' public channel.

While checking the situation of the team, the two of them carefully arranged the attack positions in all directions, adjusted the first encirclement, so that the opposite side of the attack formation between each other would not have their own people, as well as those high-level combinations, and the arrangement of the reserve team, etc.

Fortunately, Area C is close to the perimeter of the base, so they don't need to deploy troops in the direction of the wall, and if the bugs attack outward, those dense large-caliber machine gun bunkers will definitely teach them how to do bugs!

"Everyone, pay attention to the ammo and weapon boxes next to you, and remember to change weapons or replenish ammo if necessary!"

Galen was still shouting loudly in the channel.

He has experience in fighting insects, but he knows that since the other party dares to sneak attack again, the number of them will definitely not be less than last time! Therefore, he had a hunch that when the time came, those weapons and ammunition boxes prepared in advance would definitely come in handy.

Looking at the 100 meters away, taking out the area that was about to collapse as if it were daylight by searchlights, Galen knew that a big war was coming!

I don't know, how many monster bugs will there be this time? Hopefully, not too much, right?

"By the way, Galen? Where's little Annie? Why don't I seem to see where she is? ”

After making the arrangements, Darius began to ask curiously.

Just now, after arranging the positions of the various Marines in those encirclements and the matters to be paid attention to when firing, he suddenly discovered with some surprise: he didn't seem to find the orange figure of Little Annie on the map identified by friend and foe?

This made Darius feel a little strange, after all, when they were standing guard before, little Anne reminded the rest of the warriors to get up and prepare for battle, but now, where is the owner who found all this?

Could it be that she is invisible again?

But...... He's never heard of invisible ghosts that disappear from friendly friend-or-foe identifiers, right? This made him very curious.

"Little Annie? Where do I know? Alright, salty stop talking nonsense! See, Darius? Over there, the ground is starting to loosen! ”

Galen, who was just about to say something, was about to call Anne when he suddenly looked abrupt!

Because, he saw the collapse area marked on the map in the distance, and the ground at that location really began to loosen.

"Attention everyone! Weapons loaded and ready for battle! ”

Click!

After speaking, Galen took the lead in loading the C-15 spike electromagnetic rifle in his hand, and raised the muzzle of the weapon, aiming at the flat ground in Area C, which was illuminated by various searchlights like daylight and was about to be dug and collapsed by bugs.

Fortunately, the base was originally intended to build a construction station, a scientific research station and more heavy factories here, so the side was basically slightly leveled by the SCV engineers, and there were basically not too many obstacles that blocked the view, which was very suitable for the covering strafing strike that their marines would carry out later.

On guard, Galen is confident that they will let the bugs know how powerful humans are!

Click! Click! Click!

Under Galen's leadership, the sound of weapons loading suddenly rang out above the positions of the various marines, and they were either half-crouching, or standing upright, or lying behind various rock obstacles, so that the muzzles of their electromagnetic rifles were aimed at the places where the bugs were about to appear.

Click...... Click...... Click......

In Area C of the ground base, the cacophony of all the Marines suddenly fell silent.

One by one, they clenched the various types of electromagnetic weapons in their hands and aimed them at the huge open space in front of them.

Where, the rocky floor, which had been corroded by strong acid, was like glass shattering, with large and small cracks.

They knew that it was because the bottom of the ground had been hollowed out by those bug monsters, and now, the ground case, which had lost its lower load, was no longer able to bear its massive weight and was about to begin to collapse?

And then ...... Those terrifying insects, big and small, are about to rush out of the ground in a frenzy, right?

Fortunately! In their base force, there is a powerful ghost agent who gave them an early warning, otherwise, if these insects really succeed in sneaking up and suddenly appear in the base, I'm afraid that these people will be killed by the insects in their sleep, right?

Click...... Click......

The cracks and spread of cracks in the ground are getting bigger and bigger......

"Everyone, pay attention to ......"

Seeing the crack in the ground growing, Galen swallowed, and then, dutifully, cheered loudly to the other Marines who were still recruits.

"Prepare ......"

Seeing that the ground began to sink gradually as the cracks increased, all the marines subconsciously tightened their nerves.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Three hoarse roars rang out, and then the stunned monster appeared: three monsters that looked like giant earthworms slammed out of the rock crust of the ground, revealing their mouths full of multiple hideous fangs.

This...... What kind of monster is TM?

At this time, no one was the first to shoot, and even the two front-line commanders, Galen and Darius, were stunned, they just opened their mouths so wide, looking at the three huge earthworms that suddenly came out of the ground? The bugs' new unit has reappeared? Originally, they thought that the huge mammoth-type monster was already the limit of their imagination......

Could it be that this time, they are going to fight this kind of monster that is terrifying to look at?

It's just that everyone is glad that these three bugs, after a short period of burrowing, they quickly retracted their heads.

It seems that they are only responsible for drilling holes and opening the way, and have no intention of participating in today's battle?

Rumble!!!

A huge roar sounded, and after the huge earthworm-shaped insects shrank back, the ground finally could not bear its own huge weight, and after the insects hollowed out all the sediment under it, it finally collapsed directly in a roar......

After the ground collapsed, a huge hole in the slope finally appeared, and inside, it was those dense four-legged bugs!

"Everyone, fire !!"

Da Da Da ......

Seeing this, Galen's pupils shrank suddenly, and then, he quickly reacted, and while ordering all the staff to fire, he also immediately pulled the 8mm caliber electromagnetic rifle in his hand, firing the first shot of the night battle in the ground base tonight.

Da-da-da-da! Dadada!!

After hearing the order, all the marines directly pulled the trigger of the weapons in their hands in an instant, and in an instant, countless violent metal storms, like a downpour, violently rubbed the barrel and air at a super high Mach speed, and poured out towards the cave that collapsed in the distance, like the mouth of a fierce beast.

"Quick! Everyone, step up the fire! ”

In the Marines' public communications and battle command channels, the hurried voice of the front-line commander, Second Lieutenant Galen, was heard again.

In fact, without the reminder of him, the front-line commander, the other Marines had already seen those bugs.

Behind the dust formed by the collapse, under the searchlight column, a large number of insects, dense insects, layers of insects, they were like a tide, against the mud, sand and stones that were still breaking and falling, and they were rushing towards the ground like a tide, frantically rushing towards the ground through the huge sloping hole......

Then, they were the first to crash into the attack of the Marines who were a hundred meters away, pouring a large number of hot spike bullets towards the huge hole.

In an instant, the insects at the front of them were torn apart from countless wounds, large and small, and the red and green corrosive blood shot out violently, directly dyeing the ground at the entrance of the cave with a thick layer of red-green color......

Dadada!!

"Don't stop! Maintain a constant fire output and keep an eye out for magazine changes! ”

At the same time, the two front-line commanders, Galen and Darius, also opened fire and began to shout loudly in the channel again.

There are so many more monsters and bugs than they expected? Aren't those bugs doing population planning? What do they usually eat? Is it to live by gnawing on mud? Or, is it to drink those strong sour seawaters? Or photosynthesis?

Dadada!!

The gunshots were still ringing out.

Through the sloping tunnel entrance, they all saw those dense, tidal sea of insects, just looking at it could make their eyelids continue to beat wildly.

It's at least in tens of thousands, right? How many bugs can there be?

Dadada!!

Countless metal bullets, under the ultra-high acceleration of the electromagnetic weapon, continued to pour out towards the inclined hole. Those bugs, their number, are so numerous, sometimes, even a single bullet can penetrate the bodies of several bugs at the same time, before they roll and barely lose their kinetic energy.

Rumble! Rumble!

In addition to the dense rifle strafing of the Marines, one or two explosions were heard from time to time near the entrance of the cave.

That was before, the anti-infantry guard spider mines laid by the Marines near the collapse area, and the number was estimated to be in the thousands.

At the beginning, they complained that there were too many mines, and that it would be too much trouble to clean up once the battle was over.

Now, however, they wonder why tens of thousands of more mines were not laid at that time. In that case, they can at least defend a little easier now, right?

Da Da Da ......

The heavy gunfire continued, of course, with the occasional roar of mines.

Countless bugs were either torn apart by bullets, or they were blown away by the anti-infantry mines they stepped on and cleared a small area, and then that area was quickly filled by the sea of bugs......

At this moment, a thick layer of insect corpses had accumulated inside and outside the entrance of this crypt, and then, as if endlessly, those insects did not mind pushing or jumping on the corpses of their companions, and continued to charge desperately regardless of it.

They tried to use their numerical superiority to surprise and break through the encirclement fire network of the Marines.

In fact, these intruders were able to predict their attack and prepare for them in advance, which really surprised the insect leader who was in charge of directing this operation in the rear, but even if the loss of their bugs was quite large now, it could not shake their determination to destroy all the invaders!

"Calling tank troops! Calling the tank troops! How long will you have to wait? We need artillery support now! It's time to !! ”

Less than two minutes into the fire, Darius and Galen felt a little overwhelmed.

After all, after a long period of high-intensity fire, the magazines were replaced one after another, and countless bullets were poured out as if they didn't want money. Whether it is Galen or Darius, in such a short period of time, the two of them have each fired thousands of bullets!

They have electromagnetic rifles designed for individual fire, not machine guns or warning guns designed for continuous fire!

Under the high temperature generated by the bullets frantically rubbing against the barrel and the air of the planet, the electromagnetic track of the rifle was ablated and heated extremely badly, or it would not be long before the weapons in their hands would be the first to be overloaded and unable to hold on!

Under normal circumstances, it was rare for the UPL to engage in civil wars with humans that required high-intensity, non-stop firing from individual weapons.

Sometimes, after a large-scale battle, in the space of several days, an ordinary Marine soldier can't even finish a few hundred rounds of bullets?

After all, the individual confrontation between humans and humans is often based on the tactics of short point fire, or the tactic of hiding and concealing after a while, and it is very rare that there is such a situation where you can directly finish a magazine regardless of pressing the trigger! And those who do that, in general, are quickly killed by the enemy?

Therefore, in the past, the heat dissipation of the rifle was not actually a problem, and the performance of this rifle, in the eyes of those designers of their UPL, was excellent, and it was very much in line with the needs of the human battlefield!

But now, the situation is a little different, those bugs, after being killed so much, they don't even have the slightest intention of reducing the intensity of their attacks? Still topping the frenzied strafing of the landing team, rushing out of that huge sloping cavern?

So, how many such bugs are there in their underground bug world?

Are they really like ants, endless, a race, hundreds of millions?!

"Where are the tank troops? We need artillery support! Fuck you, hurry up and shoot! ”

Da Da Da ......

Darius also roared loudly in the channel as he desperately strafed in the direction of the swarm.

Those bullshit tank troops, they actually dropped the chain at a critical time? He knew that those bastards would not be reliable!

Dadada!!

The Marines were still firing, their muzzles spraying flames from the friction between the spike bullets and the planet's atmosphere, causing the red-hot cone-shaped bullets to spin and shoot at the bugs.

In less than a minute, the bugs had broken through the thousands of anti-infantry spider mines that had been planted in advance in the collapsed area, and at this time, they had not heard a single mine sound except for a large number of mutilated corpses that had fallen from rifle and alert guns.

And they, after paying thousands of heavy casualties, finally managed to quickly advance their battle line dozens of meters forward.

Now, they are about to have a hand-to-hand battle with the Marines, believing that, with their fangs and claws, they will soon be able to feast on the sweet and warm blood of the humans who invade their planet......