Volume 1: The Burning Sun (7)

"Let the fleet cut off the area of engagement for four hours after an hour, and let the troops on the front line withdraw at full speed!"

In the midst of the fierce battle, Fred keenly sensed the danger from the comprehensive intelligence and decisively made the decision to let the Alliance soldiers abandon the defensive line.

The many generals in the combat command room who heard Fred's order were all stunned, and only after a while did a brigadier general ask hesitantly:

"Five days left until the completion of the combat mission? Order the soldiers to retreat now? ”

No one doubted Fred's judgment about the situation of the battle, but now it was a blatant disobedience to the military orders to let the soldiers retreat, and they would all have to be court-martialed.

"It's impossible to hold on...... The other party was only afraid of the god-killing armor and increased the pressure little by little after the battle began, preventing me from taking out my hole cards and fighting hard, but their patience was also about to reach the limit, and that high-level long-horned demon was a very obvious signal! If we don't take advantage of the enemy's hesitation to withdraw, the hundreds of thousands of alliance soldiers will all be wiped out! ”

Fred stared deeply at a certain part of the tactical map, and after a struggle on his face, there was only decisiveness:

"Everyone, don't worry! I'll do whatever I want! ”

Perhaps he Fred did not have the spirit of self-sacrifice at first, and he was more intelligent than ordinary people, and he could see things more clearly than ordinary people. Unlike ordinary soldiers who have been brainwashed by various slogans, he knows exactly what the so-called "restoration of human glory" is all about, and he is not prepared to give his all for it.

However, what Xie Dongqing and Nangong Yun did made him baptize again, and the choice of these two characters who were like Taishan Beidou in the alliance completely shocked him!

Can you say that Xie Donghai, the god of war of Megatron, is a reckless man?

Can you say that the Speaker, who is in charge of the entire Supreme Council, is a fool?

Fred finally figured out that it doesn't matter how long a person lives, what matters is whether there is meaning in life!

Ordering a retreat yourself could expose yourself to trial, spurned by your own faction, removed from office, or even jailed. But that would give these hundreds of thousands of soldiers a chance to survive!

In the face of Fred's statement, the people present were moved.

In fact, due to Fred's vigilance and persistence, most of the personnel and light equipment were evacuated, and now the task of breaking off is abandoned, and the biggest losses are the pioneer troops who are generally equipped with heavy equipment. Unlike the biotechnologically advanced Sector C, the troops in Sectors A and O still rely on traditional technology to gain superior combat power, which makes it take them more time to deploy and evacuate than other units, and their heavy equipment is still halfway through when the hoplites and mechs have already returned to their stations.

"Everybody's got it, right? Then execute! ”

A lieutenant general broke the silence and was the first to express his support.

The person who spoke was Tian Zhen'an, who was responsible for the coordination of all ground forces, and should be the most valuable commander in the command headquarters except for the two generals, Chang Tianle and Fred, and he was a real left-behind officer, and now he also made it clear that he wanted to advance and retreat with Fred!

The other commanders silently dispersed and expressed their actions.

"The Seventh Infantry Regiment? An hour later, you withdrew under the cover of artillery fire. Yes, you heard it right, it means that you should give up your current mission! I hope to see you all again in the station......"

"Bell, I order you to hide all your vehicles in place, and then return to the garrison lightly! No, no, no, don't get excited, things aren't as ...... you imagined"

"An hour later, all of your warplanes took off to provide air cover for the evacuated troops! That's an order! Don't give me any difficulty! ”

……

Fred's heart suddenly throbbed without a word, he didn't expect this to be the case, he thought he would have to put some effort into convincing them one by one, but in fact they were more reasonable than he expected.

"You are a very good commander, and I hope to fight under your leadership in the future."

"You guys are also very good! Hopefully we'll have a chance to work together again......"

For Tian Zhenan's praise, Fred reciprocated with a wry smile.

Let's hope you haven't made the wrong decision!

An hour later, shells rained down on the zone of engagement from all directions, and soon turned it into a dead ground with flames and shock waves; At the same time, an overwhelming array of air superiority fighters of various types pounced on them, entangled with the little devils, leaving them with no time to take care of anything else.

The all-out Alliance soldiers packed their bags and loaded into the vehicles prepared for this retreat, and under the cover of artillery fire and warplanes, they gradually distanced themselves from the Legions of Hell before disappearing into the vast plains.

At the same time, in the combat command center, the intelligence officer was holding a document in his hand and reporting to everyone on the latest situation on the front line.

"General Fred, those creatures are as bad as we expected and will clash with other xenomorphs, and most of our troops have thrown off each other."

"Mostly?"

"Yes, General Fred. There was a Legendary Demon in one area, and less than half an hour after the soldiers had retreated, it sensed and began to pursue the unit, but the battleship's artillery fire could not stop its movement. ”

"Legendary-tier creatures?"

Before Fred's eyes came the fiery red figure that had been towering like a mountain among the demons of Hell.

Fred sighed in his heart: I can only be sorry for you!

Fred remembers that the hard-working team had been defending the most dangerous part of the line, and that the opposing legendary creatures had put them in an even more dangerous position.

The problem now is that he has no power in his hands that can compete with it, and rashly sending a rescue team will only give the other party a chance to break through, and Fred can only wish them good luck in his heart.

"We've done our best! Evacuate ......."

Half an hour later, several warships took off from the camp where the combat command center was located, and Fred looked down from the porthole of the bridge at the evacuation convoy of various vehicles on the ground, and sat back in his seat and closed his tired eyes.

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A convoy was speeding across the plains, and the whole convoy was stretched into a long stretch due to the different performance and parameters of various vehicles. Xie Hai, who was at the head of the convoy, heard several violent explosions coming from the rear of the convoy.

Xie Hai, who was sitting in the open-top SUV, raised his binoculars and observed Pavel standing among the smoke and corpses everywhere, his empty right hand clenched into a fist and slammed it into a fist on the car door, knocking the hard alloy door into a huge indentation.

"Damn!"

That bastard has always been behind his team, coming over every once in a while to harvest the lives of some people, leaving the whole team in constant fear.

"It's hard for us to get back to camp safely!"

After Pavel disappeared from view, Xie Hai lowered the telescope in his hand

"We have to leave some people behind to lure them away!"

There was no doubt that the Great Demon was very cautious, and its stranding just now should have been waiting for its men to come and join it. This made Xie Hai's siege plan completely unworkable, and they could only get everyone out of danger by misleading it.

"Later, we will split into two routes, one will continue to return to the evacuation point according to the predetermined plan, and the other will be led by me to lure that demon astray and wait for an opportunity to escape."

"No way!" x

Several other special operations captains flatly rejected Xie Hai's proposal.

At this time, the old man Xie Donghai gave up the breakthrough for the sake of the future of the entire expeditionary force, and the news of his martyrdom in the heroic battle had been officially spread by the alliance all over the world, and they categorically could not bear the Xie family to pay even greater sacrifices for them. These captains had already made up their minds, and they were ready to discuss this matter privately without Xie Hai later.

"Don't fight, I'll lead them away! According to the information disclosed by the Alliance, they should rely on heat sources to locate us, and no one of you can fake so many signal sources except me, and that demon may not be fooled. ”

Shen Hongxia intervened in their dispute and persuaded everyone with irrefutable reasons.

"But ......"

But it is a bit unreasonable to let a girl perform such a dangerous task in their place!

Xie Hai wanted to fight again, but was stopped by Shen Hongxia raising his hand:

"Everyone has their own things to do, what you should do is to carry on the will of the old man of the god of war and become the new banner of the Alliance! I guess that's what most people here think, too. ”

Shen Hongxia deliberately paused when she said this, so that others could express different opinions on this. But obviously, everyone agreed with Shen Hongxia's statement.

"As far as the matter is concerned, I am better suited than all of you for this mission, not only will I be able to buy more time, but I will be able to escape with only one person."

No one can refute this, Shen Hongxia's strength is undoubtedly the strongest among everyone, and her expertise can bring her a lot of convenience.

At the next fork, the two waves of people ushered in a separation.

said that there were two waves of people, but in fact, one wave was just Shen Hongxia alone. In order to better carry out the decoy mission, everyone prepared a vehicle for her to be the fastest vehicle in the team.

"It's time for you to go!"

Shen Hongxia smiled at the corner of her mouth, not twisting at all.

"Take care!"

Xie Hai solemnly gave a military salute to bid farewell to the respectable girl, turned around and got into the car.

"Wait!"

Shen Hongxia threw a small and delicate image storage device at Xie Hai.

"I've been hesitant to give this thing to Liu Yuxin, and now I'll hand it over to you, if you have the opportunity to see him again, I will transfer this to him, and let him remember the agreement between me and him!"

Xie Hai, who received the object, had a sour nose and almost fell into tears. Without saying a word, he jumped into his car and slammed the door shut, kicking the car to the bottom with a kick that roared like an arrow.

Shen Hongxia leaned on the door of her vehicle, and recalled all kinds of things about herself and Liu Yuxin, from acquaintance to acquaintance, and then to love, and unconsciously tears were hanging on her cheeks.

"I want to live......"