Finale: When Hell Comes to Earth (40)
Since the landing ship formation sent to assist them in their retreat was destroyed, Shi Lei knew that it was impossible for them to get assistance from the alliance in the near future, and they could only walk back step by step on their own. Recently, a series of operations of the xenomorph legion show that the other party has no less wisdom than humans, and any rash advance may step into the trap of the other party, so the alliance naturally does not dare to rashly send people to respond before establishing a safe supply line, so as to prevent being surrounded by the opponent and send reinforcements.
Shi Lei has no doubt about the alliance's determination to rescue his gang, but the core of the problem is whether his gang can hold on until they open a safe passage? The current team is very short of everything except living supplies, and the reserves of ammunition, energy, and spare parts for weapons are so low that if these things are depleted, the highly tool-dependent humans will not be able to resist the surging xenomorphs.
This short journey of a few hundred kilometers is afraid that it will be covered with the corpses of the Union soldiers......
Shi Lei stabbed once, pierced a xenomorph through the weapon, and then forcefully provoked and smashed the frozen and ossified corpse into the xenomorph group, and the flying fragments of ice froze dozens of xenos who couldn't dodge in an instant.
Inspired by him, the entire battlefield of the Alliance soldiers shouted slogans to attack the alien groups that surrounded them again and again, and actively moved closer to the Alliance positions in the rear, but the more elite units turned out to make it difficult for them to move forward.
After some rushing and killing, they finally defeated another xenomorph interception, Shi Lei looked at the night and ordered to go down
"Let's stay here for the time being, everyone is tired after a few battles, and start camping and resting"
The darkness of the open plains lurked unforeseen dangers that these hasty fleeing teams could not easily handle, and with the few searchlights mounted on their weapons or equipment, the danger of traveling at night was definitely greater than the delay of several hours.
The others were tired after a day of fierce fighting, and they had spent the hours running and shooting, and their mental and physical strength was almost to the limit, and they would have been unable to support it if it weren't for the strong belief in survival in their hearts. After receiving the order to camp in place, they sat down one by one to bandage their wounds, maintain their weapons, and then began to prepare for camping by installing lighting equipment and erecting warning belts around them after they had completed the preparations for the next encounter.
Shi Lei sat in the tent that had just been erected, his brows were tightened, and the lighting equipment was still bright and spread the light all over the small tent, he looked at the light from the tents in the night through the door of the tent, rubbed the various acupoints on his head, and made a head relaxation for himself.
The terminal in his hand had returned to normal after leaving the xenomorph's electromagnetic shielding zone, and he had been keeping an eye out for the other teams stranded in the Fallen Zone. Just before the battle just started, he saw a group of formed alliance units marching towards the depths of the primeval forest, and the strongest combat force of the 521 base was also among them and moved with them, Shi Lei immediately realized that the team led by Liu Yuxin had received a new combat mission.
This also means that Liu Yuxin and the mecha unit he took away will not be able to return to the team in the near future, and this kind of unexpected situation will be fatal to the team he is leading now!
These heavy infantry lacked sufficient mobility and strength to break up the alien formation in a short period of time, allowing the heavy infantry to calmly divide and encircle and destroy them one by one. What's more serious is that the sparse number of mecha troops cannot completely contain the cluster charge of the enemy's high-level troops, and are often broken through by the opponent, so that the heavy infantry behind them who lack the support of heavy weapons and equipment often face the ruthless slaughter of high-level xenomorphs.
It's nerve-wracking!
The team was completely supported by the Ice Bringer. As one of the most outstanding mecha in the entire human race at this stage, the Ice Messenger has the strength to surpass all the creatures below the legendary after activating the star ring, even against the legendary creatures that do not have absolute realms, but this strength is based on huge energy consumption. And in just the past few days, due to his frequent attacks, half of the backup energy brought out from the base has disappeared! If this situation continued for a few more days, he would have to leave the others behind and flee.
Supplies, supplies, this is the problem that has always plagued them. Not only him, but the rest of the alliance will soon run out of ammunition.
It seems that it can't be delayed any longer, and now a decision must be made! The consumption generated by the way the large corps moved was too much for their group of weaned children to bear, and Shi Lei launched a video conference of the entire leadership.
Although they were tired from several high-intensity encounters during the day, the people who had been disillusioned and were in a bad mood could not sleep peacefully in the newly set up camp immediately, and soon all the personnel were already there.
"I think everyone should know that the alliance can't send troops to meet us for the time being, but I didn't expect us to escape from the electromagnetic shielding area with all our hard work, but in the end we ushered in such a result."
Shi Lei paused, carefully choosing the wording
"We are in a situation where we are now, and the consumption of weapons and energy in the past few days has been very alarming, because we have been so visible. If this continues, we'll be fighting the xenomorphs with stones and dirt blocks for a few days, so I'm going to break the whole team into pieces and spread out in all directions from here. ”
Shi Lei made a spider web mark on the map
"After everyone is broken into pieces, in addition to no longer being noticeable, the scattered team has expanded the search area, and it should also be able to find weapons and energy supplies in the previous fortifications, so that everyone has a chance to continue to survive behind enemy lines."
"I'm okay with that"
"I'm in favor"
"That's all it takes......"
……
All the participants in the meeting then expressed their acceptance of the plan.
After dispersing, there will be some unlucky squads that will run into the main force of xenomorphs and be silently destroyed by them if they can't resist, but most of the personnel will turn the corner, after all, the alliance's tactical support for soldiers is very good, and the xenomorphs are far from being opponents in terms of squad combat.
"Since you have no objection to my plan, let's go back and prepare, our entire team will disappear before dawn tomorrow, and those who are still stranded in the camp will most likely all die in the first wave of attacks launched by the xenomorphs."
The leaders withdrew from the video conference one after another, and hurried back to continue announcing the decision to the others. When there was no longer anyone in the video conference, Shi Lei also walked out of the tent and walked to the camp of the expatriates from the 521 base.
Moments later, a small convoy with the 521 Research Base logo set off from the camp and headed for the primeval forest where the Juggernaut was located.
Putting together the main factors of time, place, and person, Shi Lei guessed the reason for Liu Yuxin's abnormal actions, Shi Lei believed that the woman would not be untargeted, and she must have found the key. Shi Lei hopes to contribute to the resolution of this nightmarish situation as soon as possible.
He was not afraid of death, and even looked forward to its coming as a relief.
I have lived long enough, and the people I know have passed away one by one, but the things I carry are too heavy, and even death has become a luxury before no one takes it.
Chang Tianle has been concerned about the tens of thousands of hoplites, he has not thought about how to deal with the ground troops he has promised, and he can only secretly pray that they will be well.
"Chang, haven't slept yet?"
Fred was also one who couldn't sleep, and he was pacing outside, and he saw that there was still light in the command room, so he leaned over curiously, but found Chang Tianle who was in a daze inside.
"I can't sleep...... Hundreds of thousands of elites of the alliance died at my mistake, and as soon as I closed my eyes, it was as if I saw the expectant gaze of their family."
"Chang, don't think too much, it's not easy for anyone to come to such a cunning xenomorph for the first time, you better go and rest early. I've heard that the Commission has sent an investigator here, and if it weren't for the fact that the air access is not very safe, the investigator might have been here. ”
"Investigator?"
"Special Investigator! It's those guys who sent here to grab pigtails, and they don't forget to stab their own people in the back at this time! Yes - what are those people really doing, fighting for power and profit. Chang, you have to be careful, because of the death of Mr. Xie Dongqing, you have lost a strong backing, and they may push you out to be a scapegoat. ”
"Let them go! If this operation is not successful, the whole human world will be finished, and now there is a kung fu to take care of them, who do they love, anyway, the old man, I should retire - hey, how did they spread? ”
Chang Tianle watched in amazement as the team on the tactical map turned into a point of light and radiated in all directions, expanding outward layer by layer.
"Eh, Chang, the commander of that unit is quite interesting!"
Fred was also amazed at the broken troops, and marveled at the intelligence and determination of the commander.
Knowing that he would not be able to get reinforcements from the Alliance, the commander, knowing that he had no hope of breaking through, resolutely disbanded the huge force, overcoming the disadvantage of not being able to sustain the high-intensity battle without supplies.
"But their commander is too casual, tens of thousands of troops will disperse when they say so, so they are not afraid of being settled after the fall?"
Chang Tianle shook his head
"As a qualified battlefield commander, there should be nothing in his heart but the battlefield and the enemy's heart, he is very courageous"
In fact, there are many outstanding commanders in the alliance, such as the second young master of the Chang family and the cunning boy of the Wang family who are at the Antarctic base, and then the commander in front of him and Li Yifeng of the Li family, all of whom are outstanding commanders who can lead an army alone. However, the various forces habitually arranged them properly, and as a result, the super-first-class talents had nothing to do with the alliance itself...... If the commanders and staff officers on the front line had their level this time, perhaps humanity would not have lost so badly in the battle of the past few days.