Chapter 83: Clearing the Battlefield
After searching for a circle, the landing ship No. 111 landed in an open field not far away, and several more wounded men from the ground forces were brought up.
When Mu Chen rose into the air again, he could see that the soldiers of the second squadron saluted him, Mu Chen quickly returned the salute, and continued to move towards the distance, there are still many wounded waiting for treatment, now is not the time to waste time.
In this way, Mu Chen repeatedly took off and landed on the battlefield several times, more than 80 wounded were picked up on his landing ship, and several medical soldiers were nervously treated in the landing capsule.
"Landing ship No. 111 is full, please return!" Mu Chen glanced at the load situation of No. 111 and found that he could not continue to rescue others, so he sent a request to the Giant Whale to return home.
"Agree to return, pilots No. 031 and No. 010 will accompany the protection!" A reply came from the Whale.
Mu Chen sent out his coordinates to his teammates, and after a while, two fighters approached, and the three of them formed a combat group and flew towards the giant whale in the distance.
The Whale also adjusted its course to get as close as possible to the pirate stronghold of the Exiles, which also shortened the distance to return to the sea a lot.
The sequence of the withdrawal of ground forces is also interesting, and the first to be evacuated is the senseless wounded who need to be treated, which is understandable.
Then it was the soldiers who died in battle, and it was a lot of work, which required careful identification and search, and the ground forces needed to carry them to the landing ship.
The last to evacuate were the uninjured warriors and captives, which would take longer, no more than 5 prisoners on a landing ship, and Mu Chen had to fly back and forth between the whale and the pirate stronghold several times.
Not long after, No. 111 landed on the Giant Whale, and the long-awaited medical team rushed up after the landing ship came to a halt to help treat the wounded who had been transported.
The reinforcements who did not go to the battlefield also helped to carry the wounded who could not move from the landing ship.
The four repairmen were quickly inspecting the damage to No. 111 and quickly repairing it, but fortunately there was no serious damage, just some superficial stains and minor abrasions.
Ba Songkun operates the mechanical arm to replenish the energy of Mu Chen's landing ship, and Park So-yeon also replenishes the consumed weapons and ammunition.
Mu Chen was finally able to take advantage of this short break to move his body, drink two sips of water, and quickly eat a piece of combat food sent by Sakurai Childe.
Before he knew it, the battle had been going on for 12 hours, and the fierce battle situation made Mu Chen almost forget the passage of time.
After the energy was replenished, Ba Songkun raised his thumb at Mu Chen in the cockpit, indicating that he could take off.
Mu Chen put on his helmet again, and No. 111 went back to the battlefield.
After that, the work will be easier, there will be fighter jets accompanying the protection along the way, and the ground troops will also guide Mu Chen's landing site, so Mu Chen does not need to go through the trouble of searching.
But Mu Chen still didn't relax, this is a battlefield after all, any flying stray bullet will pose a threat to him, he is not a person who relaxes his vigilance on the battlefield.
Moreover, the casualties of the combat troops who went out to fight were very serious, and he had repeatedly transported the dead soldiers several times, and just Mu Chen's simple calculations, the number of casualties this time exceeded 300, and the landing force suffered heavy casualties.
Mu Chen's heart was also very heavy, although these soldiers had very little contact with him, and most of them had not even seen him once, but after all, they were comrades who served together, and they were still alive and kicking before the battle, but at the end of the battle, they turned into a cold corpse.
For the first time, Mu Chen realized the cruelty of the battlefield, not because his side was stronger and the weapons were more advanced to avoid casualties.
These space warriors, each of whom is a top soldier selected by thousands of people, are excellent in terms of tactical execution ability and military quality, but the enemy's bullets will not avoid you just because you are an excellent soldier.
The real battlefield is different from the movie. Heavily armed soldiers are killed by a bullet at a sharp angle.
There is no plot here to tear the enemy apart, nor is there a myth that many guns will not fall, and there is no miracle of passing through the explosion unscathed.
A battlefield is a battlefield, and you can kill your enemies as well as your enemies.
No matter what kind of weapon, hitting you will hurt a lot, bruising will bleed, and bad luck can bring you death.
The warriors are not unequipped, and they are even an era ahead of ordinary pirates.
However, even if the casualty ratio of the two armies reached more than 1 to 9, the Whale wiped out all the pirates in the Exiled Lands and killed nearly 3,000 pirates, but it still paid a huge price, and more than 300 soldiers could never come back.
After transporting the bodies of the last group of soldiers, Mu Chen led the ground troops to escort the captured supplies and prisoners, and began to evacuate the battlefield.
There were a lot of materials captured, but no one cared about these things, and the landing capsule was full of screams from the captives, and it didn't take any thought to know that it was the angry warriors who were venting their hatred.
Mu Chen knew that this practice was not allowed, and it was even rumored that it would lead many people to military court, but he didn't say anything, just turned off the surveillance camera in the landing module.
There was nothing he could do to stop it, he could only see it out of sight and out of mind.
He is not a moral pacesetter, the embodiment of justice, standing on the moral high ground and pointing fingers at the actions of others, but he feels in his heart that it is better for the enemy to be a dead enemy.
He would mercilessly kill all the enemies he saw, but he would not humiliate them in this way, after all, beating a captive who had no power to fight back was nothing to be proud of.
The captured supplies and prisoners were enough for Mu Chen to run back and forth 10 times, and when the last group of people got on the landing ship on the return journey, Mu Chen could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
This encounter with the interstellar pirates has finally ended by now, lasting more than 30 hours, and Mu Chen's nerves have also been tense for 30 hours, and as soon as he relaxes, he feels a headache and his head is swollen.
Set up the autopilot mode, Mu Chen closed his eyes for a while, let himself quickly recover, the medical soldier behind him was still sitting in the corner, and he needed her help when treating the team members, but before the end of the mission, she was under the control of the pilot in this cockpit.
Mu Chen took out a pilot's combat rations and a bag of mineral drinking water, turned around and handed it to the little girl who had also worked hard all day.
I was busy eating a few bites, but this stupid medical soldier didn't get a drop of water.
"Thank you." Lucy took the food and water handed by Mu Chen, bowed her head and thanked her before taking off her helmet.
Only then did Mu Chen know that this delicate-looking female soldier had been secretly hiding in the helmet and crying.