Volume 4: The Seed of Holiness (55)
Antarctic Command
Today, the atmosphere in the command center was particularly serious, and the host of the venue had changed from Lieutenant General Wu Changming to a silver-haired and sturdy old man. He is the Dinghai Divine Needle admired by tens of thousands of people in the entire alliance, Xie Dongqing Xie Old Man.
In addition to a group of high-ranking League generals, there were also several special groups of people who were dressed incompatible with the military camp. One of them, a lewd-looking thin dwarf, sat cross-legged on the right shoulder of a tower-like man, holding a sharp knife and trimming his slender nails, the same bloody blade and bloody teeth that had caused trouble last time in the Eye of the Starry Sky.
A young staff officer beside Wu Changming looked at the group of visitors dressed in various clothes and asked in a low voice
"Commander-in-Chief Wu, do these people also want to participate in the operation? It doesn't seem to be very reliable! β
"Don't look at them like that, but they are all monsters who entered the fourth order decades ago, and this time there are so many at once, and the fallen angel's side can be said to be the best of the best."
Wu Changming patiently explained to this young man who had no experience
Hearing Wu Changming's words, the staff officer couldn't help but be surprised. The group in front of them looked very young, and the oldest one was only in his thirties. But according to the commander-in-chief, they are all about the same age as Old Man Xie.
Sensing the staring gaze of the young staff officer, the group looked sideways, and one of the student-looking members smiled shyly at him.
I really couldn't see anything powerful about them, and the staff officer who really didn't find anything to find it focused on Xie Dongqing, the hero who everyone admired in the alliance.
"I'm sure you've read the plan carefully. Now that we've reached the most critical moment of the whole project, I'd like to ask you if there's anything else you don't understand. β
Xie Dongqing looked around the command center
"Are you so sure the plan will go the way it was supposed to go? What if they don't catch up or if something is delayed? Shouldn't we organize a team to pick it up? β
The question was asked by a handsome man in a suit and leather shoes, his name was Wolves, and he was an important cadre of the primitive church like Bloody Blade and Blood Fang.
What he cares about is the task that the boss has given him - to bring back a lot of Liu Yuxin's hair! As for the others? That had nothing to do with him a dime.
"So are you doubting Director Ling's plan, or are you doubting Liu Yuxin's ability?"
Xie Dongqing asked him with a smile
The wolf was speechless for a moment. Since the 521 base was taken over by Suzuki Minami, the strength has changed with each passing day, and in the past ten years, they have been unable to move with the strength of their own base. If you want to doubt her IQ and ability, she is not so thick-skinned.
In fact, he was doubting his so-called supreme strength! He also watched the previous battle between Bloody Blade and Bloody Fang with Liu Yuxin through the video, and Liu Yuxin was being beaten by those two people the whole time! He still hasn't figured out why such a person would make his heartfelt admirer willing to be called the king.
But you can't say that the boss doesn't know anyone, right?
Seeing that the wolf didn't speak, Xie Dongqing continued the meeting
"Then the matter is settled, and tomorrow it will be up to us, as reserves, to give them the final blow to their defense at a critical moment!"
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There is no day or night in the strict sense of the word in Antarcticaβneither in the tunnels, and the control of time depends entirely on various timekeeping equipment.
A front-line commander nervously watched as the number of the timer in his hand slowly diminuted and finally returned to zero, and shouted at his communication terminal
"Attack!"
After a period of rest, the war equipment was put into the battlefield one after another.
The materials needed for the battle have been replenished through the 521 base, so this offensive is even more ferocious than the last time, and the dense laser beams extend from near to far inch by inch like the ** pieces of washing the ground that fly sideways, suppressing the swarm of insects.
"! This time it's even better than last time! β
A hoplite wearing exoskeleton auxiliary armor kills a xenomorph refill gun struggling on the ground
"That's for sure! I heard that this time, the 521 base has mobilized half of the ramblers in the base. β
"Huh? Then they don't need to guard against the xenomorphs in the East Mountain anymore? β
"So you don't know? I don't know why, recently, the xenomorphs and alliances in the Dongshan Mountains have formed an alliance, and they also sent people to fight this time! β
"Huh? And this kind of thing? Will the aliens in the East Mountain area attack us again? Is it already possible to travel there? β
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"Be serious! It's at war! If you are idle, you can move the corpses of those xenomorphs and clear a way for the follow-up mecha troops. β
With a reprimand from the commander, the entire noisy hoplite communication channel immediately fell silent.
To move corpses? How can our heavily armed hoplites compete for jobs with the logistics troops without interest? Don't laugh to death the teams with other numbers when you say it! The reprimanded infantry turned their anger out on the aliens.
The determined attack soon advanced the battle line to the first open field, where many comrades had been lost last time, and all the hoplites on the scene were in good spirits.
This time, there were already a few more leaders in the battle formation where the swarm was arranged, and a few scorpion tail hooks could be faintly seen swaying in the air behind the battle array. Ordinary xenos have to emerge from the passage behind the insect array to join the swarm.
They were still greeted by puddles of stinging snake corrosive fluid, but they did not do much harm under the dilution of the neutralizer. Suddenly, war insects began to fall like rain from the dome of the open field, and the soldiers who were caught off guard were pounced one after another.
Without the protection of the infantry, the Ramblers each had at least a few war bugs on their bodies that were frantically biting, even the over-armored units could not withstand such a continuous attack, and soon the Rambler's heavy armor was torn apart by the xenomorphs, and the lines inside were stirred up.
"Bang~"
"Bang~"
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One by one, the ramblers who rushed to the open fell to the ground and scrapped, and the momentum of the human assault was pressed back into the tunnel.
"What? Our attack was thwarted? How? How long has it been going on? β
An officer at the command center flew into a rage when he received the report
"What's going on?"
Wu Changming asked
"The swarm set up a three-dimensional position in the first open field, and several of our assaults were suppressed back."
The commander in charge of the front-line command said helplessly
"Is the attack thwarted? Well, it seems that the commander of the swarm is not without brains, this trick is beautiful! β
Xie Dongqing, who had been closing his eyes to recuperate, opened his eyes
"Let our allies strike, you can't split that turtle shell without a sharp sword!"
"I'll inform them"
Wu Changming hurriedly walked out of the command center
Since the three special mechs fell into the hinterland of the Zerg, the mecha troops on the human side have lost the ability to break through the fortification, and the current situation can only rely on the defense team of the Styx.
"I see"
Seth, who was on standby at the front of the departure, responded lightly to Wu Changming, who came to announce, and led the defense team to leave in a mighty way......
"I went, and I was beaten back again!"
A hoplite commander slammed a punch into the wall
You can't remember the first time I've been suppressed. This time, the swarm arranged a very targeted defense against the limitations of the rambler's shooting elevation angle, as soon as they reached the open field, the climbing war insects would emerge from all over the place and pounce on them, on the dome, in the rock crevices, in the burrows, etc., etc., suddenly appeared from every place, swept like a tidal wave, and the ramblers had no time to build a defensive line of fire.
Teams are often completely submerged in the insect tide as soon as they are impacted.
Barely organized several attacks, they gained nothing except the loss of quite a few ramblers and comrades.
Is this the only way to stop the offensive?
"Get out of the way! Move! Get out of the way for your allies! β
Just as he was discouraged, the channel began to shout again
Turning his head, a large group of black-brown werewolf mechs drove over from behind. The leading mecha dog-headed human face is lifelike and extremely delicate, and all kinds of gray-white armor on the body hang all over the body, which is very majestic and mighty.
The team rushed out of the pit without making any stops, nimbly dodging the Zerg's attacks in the clearing, and knocking down the war insects that pounced on them one by one.
These agile mechs swam through the swarm at a speed not inferior to that of war bugs, expanding the safe range, and the leading mecha even rushed directly into the tight insect array, raising a storm of bloody wind and blood.
"Keep up with them and open up your position!"
Seeing the performance of those mechs, the infantry commander's eyes lit up, and he hurried to keep his team up to speed.
The Shadow of the Dead originally had an advantage in the confrontation with the war bugs, whether it was the appearance of the defense or its own strength, the werewolf mecha threw off the ordinary war insects a few streets, plus the body was specially tuned for the mecha pilot, and the war insects could not cause effective damage to them in a short period of time.
The addition of the Human Legion hastened the rout of the Swarm, and the Human Infantry, although not able to have a decisive impact, is really good to assist! Xenos who are usually knocked to the ground don't need to be paid attention to by mechs, and the human hoplites will do a good job of mending their knives.
By the time the slower earthy yellow mechs arrived at the battlefield, the swarm outside had been completely defeated and was fleeing in all directions, and the mouth of the pit where xenomorphs kept popping up was also blocked by fire nets.
The team advanced steadily with superior long-range firepower, and the swarm seemed to have no way to do it, and just when the troops were about to touch the fork, the entire tunnel behind it seemed to come to life, and the earth and rocks floating on the surface continued to crumble, and finally the whole straddle collapsed under a thick layer.
For a while, the dust was filled, and the entire assault team was temporarily halted because of this anomaly.
"That'...... What are those? β
A hoplite asked, pointing to the tunnel behind him
Under the light of the exoskeleton searchlight, the tunnel that collapsed a layer of earth and stone was expanded several times, and the walls and dome were no longer covered with ordinary earth and stones, but a carapace one after another!
As if awakened by his searchlight, pairs of limbs stretched out of the carapace, and countless xenos crackled like raindrops, falling down and rolling over to face the team that had protruded from the hinterland.
They were cut off from their way back!