046 Sunken Venice

Venice, one of the most romantic and beautiful cities in the world, is known as the "Yin Pearl of the Adriatic". This floating city is more than just beautiful, it was once the birthplace of the "Republic of Venice" smelted by merchants, and once became the hegemon of the Mediterranean.

But that's all in the past, because the deterioration of the Earth's environment has led to melting glaciers and rising sea levels. The Venice of the past was almost submerged by the sea, and people had to build a new Venice at a higher altitude and relocate monuments such as the "Bridge of Sighs" and the "Doge's Palace" to the new city. If you want to see the Venice of the past, you are welcome to sign up for a day trip to the old Venice diving tour, and if you don't know how to swim, you can also use a VR device to tour the virtual Venice.

Because the old city was submerged, New Venice could not become a neutral historical city like Athens, so HER's troops dared to attack the city with impunity.

There are a total of six Hawks in the city, and as the vanguard, they have taken control of most of the city. Deputy Speaker Robert of the New European Union (NEU) is hiding in a basement under the cover of bodyguards, along with the mayor of Wisney.

The mayor fidgeted and kept looking at his watch, the Osiris who had come to their rescue should have arrived.

"Mr. Deputy Speaker, seeing that the sun is about to set, why hasn't the Osiris arrived yet? In my opinion, it is better to turn to the Frankish Legion of NUE! ”

Deputy Speaker Robert sighed and said, "Why do you think I didn't ask for help from my own army, but instead entrusted the Osiris?" Last night HER parachuted a large number of troops, and Central Europe was full of battlefields, and the Frankish army couldn't control it, so they suggested that I go to the Osiris for help. ”

The mayor scratched his head impatiently: "Before the HER only invaded the Crimean peninsula, I thought that the city of Venice would sit back and relax!" ”

"This is their strategy, if they invade the rest of Europe first, once the war is stalemate, it is difficult to guarantee that the new Muscovy in the east will not take the opportunity to expand under the banner of rescuing us. So their first step was to attack the Crimean peninsula and make it look like a long-term operation. First, we can prepare to defend against the new Muscovy, and second, we can divert our military forces to the east, creating a situation where the defenses in other areas are relatively empty. ”

"And how many areas does the NEU still control?"

"I don't know, I was stuck here last night..."

The bodyguard in charge of liaison suddenly raised his head and said to the deputy speaker: "Sir, the Osiris has arrived at Venice Bay!" ”

"It's finally here!" The Deputy Speaker and the Mayor jumped for joy.

The Osiris flew over the flooded Old Town, and dropped three Lifeguards and "Hundred Steps" into the new city, which is the full combat strength of the Osiris, and the pilots of these three Lifeguards were: Barth, Li Si and Old Jack.

Bart and the others formed a three-man queue and moved towards the controlled area of the city, and the enemy had already discovered their movements. Six eagles took the initiative to lean over, preparing to encircle and suppress the three of them.

Bart and the others moved into a small square, each looking for cover and preparing to defend themselves against the enemy.

"If only we had shields." Li Si said.

"Go back and ask the captain to buy a shield for each of us, but first we have to deal with the enemy in front of us. One person solves two eagle types, no problem, right? ”

"No problem!"

The enemy did not rush to attack, they first greeted Bart with grenades. In the face of the grenade bombardment, the three of them could only grit their teeth and hold on, and in a short time half of the houses around them that could be used as shelter were smashed.

An Eagle Flyer, armed with rocket launchers, jumped high and aimed at the square. As soon as he fires a shot, the entire square will be blown up.

However, before the driver could pull the trigger, a laser beam was fired from a higher place, burning a large hole in the chest of the eagle, and the driver hurriedly abandoned the plane and fled for his life. The laser was fired by Anton, who was hiding on a high-rise building in the city.

"Sergeant Anton has found a place where he can cover us, and there are five left!"

The first part of the tactic is to gather the enemy who is defending all parts of the country in order to carry out counter-encirclement and suppression. Now it was time to turn from passive to active, and three lifeguards rushed out of the square to attack two enemy planes guarding an intersection. The enemy, who was originally hiding behind the three people, appeared and tried to flank him, but only ended up being sniped by Anton in an exposed position.

Bart rushed into the intersection one step ahead of the others, and as soon as the enemy turned around to grab the port, he was broken by Li Si, who was close behind, with a machine gun gun at close range. Bart takes the opportunity to crash another Eagle into the building next to him, and the last old Jack who appears on the scene cripples it with a single knife.

The pilots of the two Eagle Flyers surrendered out of the cabin, and now there are only two enemy planes left. Seeing that the battle was not going well, they began to move to other parts of the city, and tried to rely on cover to avoid being sniped.

If they are really allowed to retreat to the trouble place, it will be difficult to clean up. Bart and the three, under the command of the Osiris in the air, pursued the enemy from another route.

However, to their surprise, the two eagles did not find a place to fight positional warfare, but instead took Bart and them around in a big circle and retreated outside the city.

Bart contacted the Osiris and said, "Do you need us to pursue it?" ”

"No need, Deputy Speaker Robert just informed us of the location of him and the mayor of Venice, you guys go to the rescue first."

Ten minutes later, Bart and the others rescued the deputy speaker and the mayor, and the Osiris sent fighter jets to pick them up on board.

As soon as he got off the plane, Vice Speaker Robert gratefully shook the hand of Captain Shepard, who was already waiting for him in the hangar.

"Thank you! If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I'd be trapped! Robert shook the hands they were holding tightly.

Mayor Wisney also came over to shake Shepard's hand, and said with a begging expression: "Next, ask the Osiris to help defend Venice..."

Shepard didn't understand, he asked, "What's going on?" Didn't we repel the enemy? ”

"According to the tip, you have only repelled the first wave of the enemy just now, and around the early morning, more troops will attack Venice..."

Shepard was in trouble: "But the Osiris has just escaped death, and what you see is the current full combat strength, and there is still one that has not yet returned..."

"I can't help it, NEU's army is fighting fires everywhere, and now the only ones who can save the citizens of Venice are the Osiris and you!"

Mayor Wisney bowed deeply to Shepard, who looked at Deputy Speaker Robert, after all, he had only agreed to take the Deputy Speaker to Turin. Robert responded by nodding his head, indicating that he was willing to wait for the Osiris to hold Venice before going to Colin.

"Mr. Mayor, don't be so polite, the Osiris will defend Venice City."

"Thank you!" The mayor beamed.

"But the ugly words are ahead, and taking this commission is also an existential matter for the entire crew of the Osiris, and I will receive payment."

The mayor agreed very happily: "No problem! Deputy Speaker Robert was a witness. If Wisney can hold on, I'm willing to give Osiris half a year's revenue from Venice and a year's salary from Venice! ”

Shepard nodded, turned to the crew and ordered: "The Osiris is going to defend Venice next, everyone get ready, we must not lose this time!" ”