Chapter 41: Fragile Balance
Blood splattered, and diggers came and went like a tidal wave, seeping through every crevice, rushing from a direction that the mechs couldn't face. But it seems that there is an invisible wall in front of the mecha, blocking them. It was a life-and-death line, and once crossed, a sharp battle dagger, or a mech's fist, or even a shoulder, would crash head-on, killing it, seriously injuring it, or forcing it back.
The Rat King remained in place, half-crouching at the battlefield. The smell of blood aroused its ferocity, and the death of its kind did not make it feel it in the slightest. These fragile, small enemies took it by surprise. In its career, it has slain many humans, both strong and weak, and it has faced life and death risks of its own, so it is still waiting cautiously.
Night finally fell, and under the bright moonlight, it was a bloody scene. Zheng Feiyu didn't know how many diggers he had killed, these disgusting creatures seemed to have been frightened, and they were not afraid of death at all, they trampled on the corpses of their kind and attacked wildly.
She checked the status of her teammates, and fortunately, after a few battles during the day, the cooperation between them was barely possible. Although I can't see it now, after a long time, there will definitely be problems. Zheng Feiyu fought back while parrying the digging rats that were biting. At the same time, she forms horns for her No. 1 teammate to give support. The situation on the field was changing rapidly, and she could not be distracted, and she put all her mind on the battle.
Tang Yu on the 1st is the weakest person in the team. For this reason, Zhao Feng had to ask Zheng Feiyu to come over from time to time, so as not to expose her flaws and cause the collapse of the entire formation. No. 2 and No. 4 were also able to stabilize the digger's offensive a bit. However, this is definitely not a long-term solution.
No. 3 Liu Lan, the mecha she was riding in was now in a state of holding a gun in both hands, and Zhao Feng let go of his absolute control over her after the last failed attack on the Rat King. He's also quickly posting target points now. These points are time-sensitive, and on the message panel inside Liu Lan's mecha, she can see dozens of three-dimensional positioning red marked points, each point is only the size of a thumb, a 1-second countdown, and then zero and disappear.
The dots are disorganized, some are air, some are rocks, and some are diggers. But Number 3 knew that if she shot at a certain indicator point when the time was zero, she would definitely hit the digger, and according to what she knew about the captain, it would definitely hit the digger's eye.
So, she fired, and the two electromagnetic rifles fired rapidly, with a rate of fire of 4 rounds per second. That's the fastest she's been at the moment. Because she needs to aim, position, change targets, etc. Being able to do 4 shots per second is already an extraordinary performance.
Hundreds of diggers have already been killed, and many more have been hit in the eye by No. 3, but this is only a slight reflection of the fighting power of the diggers, because they have another eye. Bad luck diggers can also be killed by an electromagnetic rifle, but this is not very rare. Now, more diggers pounced.
The corpses in front of the mecha had piled up into a small mountain, which was terrible news for Zheng Feiyu's team, because the diggers climbed up the corpses of their kind, and the condescending pounce would multiply the pressure they faced, and at the same time, it also blocked the sight of the No. 3 shot, and her long-range fire suppression effect became less and less.
"Number Three, burn these corpses." Zheng Feiyu personally gave the order.
Mecha No. 3 throws a grenade-like object into the air, which is the mech's special ammunition, an incendiary bomb. The incendiary bomb fell under a parabola, and then she fired, and the bullet hit the incendiary bomb she toss, and the flames erupted instantly, sending a rain of fire from the sky. The rain of fire poured out in a row, forming a sea of fire. The four mechs were in the midst of the fire, still maintaining their formation. The scorching heat did not cause serious damage to their bodies.
The hill of digger corpses burned violently, and the air was filled with disgusting smells and sounds. Fortunately, the mecha has an oxygen supply system, so that they can avoid this kind of devastation. The rain of fire caused panic among many of the ratdiggers in the rear, and a large number of rat diggers had a little fire rain on their fur, so it also caused a lot of commotion.
In front of this sea of fire, the diggers temporarily stopped attacking, but they did not retreat, they were on the other side of the sea of fire, across the sea. Because the Rat King will not give up its prey easily. And it knows that this kind of thing can only last about ten minutes, and humans don't carry it very often, and even if they do, the number is very small.
"Number 3, how many more of these things do you have?" Zhao Feng simulated Zheng Feiyu and asked, the incendiary bomb had won a lot of living space for their entire team, and if they were used well, he was sure that they would spend this desperate night.
"I have 2 of these incendiary bombs left." Number 3 said. "I also carried 100 armor-piercing shells, 100 burst shells, 20 grenades. 4 flash mines, 4 smoke grenades, 4 shock wave grenades. ”
"Sounds good." Zhao Feng hurriedly checked the weapons she was talking about. Armor-piercing bullets are used to penetrate armored targets such as mechas, which are very penetrating and powerful.
Explosive bombs, which are equivalent to high-explosive bullets with their own propellers, are somewhat like missiles in the 21st century, with high-explosive warheads, and are ranged weapons used for chip killing. Grenades, everyone should know, as for the shock wave bomb, it is a shockwave type energy transmitter, and when excited, it will form a small area of shock wave to repel the enemy, or yourself.
It is also mainly used when the distance between mechs is widened. Judging from the weapon configuration of No. 3, it seems that she is aimed at human mecha more, and generally no one will be equipped with such ammunition, so her development direction is sniper.
"Hurry up and rest, the battle has just begun." Zhao Feng said, and then he rubbed his temples that were a little dizzy, and took out the energy mixture to replenish the loss of his energy.
The flames only lasted ten minutes before quickly subsiding, and the purple eyes of the diggers turned frantic in the dim light of the fire, and they did not worry about the heat on the ground, and surrounded them again. Then, the shock was launched.
"Conserve your stamina, they have the Rat King." Zhao Feng issued a warning in Zheng Feiyu's voice. Because he found that a new batch of diggers had emerged from the depths of the earth, numbering more than 400. In addition to the previous 300 or so, there are now nearly 800 diggers. Five people against 800, that's an absolutely impossible task, and there is a fourth-order rat king in it. The Rat King's combat power alone is completely enough to crush this squad.
The mech's performance remained good despite the high intensity of the battle, and as before, they once again erected an invisible wall. The cooperation between the five people has become more and more proficient.
Just caught up with the first wave of the digging rat attack, Zheng Feiyu's mecha exchanged hands with it and found that this wave of digging rats was more powerful than the previous wave, this is her feeling, the speed of this wave of digging rats did not change significantly, but the impact on her own when she pounced was much greater. Through the corner of her eye, she found that Tang Yu on the 1st almost didn't maintain the balance of the body, so she leaned over slightly and helped her bear part of the pressure.
No. 2 Jiang Hanqiu, No. 4 Qi Xiaodie, they are also facing a lot of pressure, the impact of this wave is about 20 stronger than the previous wave, even with Zhao Feng's guidance, it is difficult for them to keep up with Zhao Feng's rhythm, it doesn't matter, Zhao Fengfeng gave relevant remedial plans, but if they continue to miss, they may fall into danger, and then, with the entire formation is broken, the consequences are unimaginable.
"Steady." Zheng Feiyu said. "Concentrate and don't make mistakes, and you'll be fine."
For Zhao Feng, his mental strength can still withstand it. The battlefield seems to be chaotic, with too much information and too complex information, which is beyond his current capabilities, but he focuses on the more threatening units, and the pressure is not very great. Compared to the previous wave, this time he was relatively relaxed, because he gave up a wide range of information that he focused on at the same time.
Because of the diversion of Zhao Feng's attention, the red dots of No. 3 Liu Lan, which originally had dozens of instructions, were reduced to only four or five, and finally reduced to two or three. This made her breathe a sigh of relief, because she didn't have to scramble to clean up one marker after another, and the previous 95 marker points disappeared because she didn't have time to shoot, which made her feel very stressed, and there were many mistakes. She took a deep breath to calm her irritability and sniped at her own judgment.
Sniping at these target points is not a simple and easy thing, don't think that she just sits in the body and controls the mecha to pull the trigger, among the refiners, there are less than one in a thousand people with sniper talent, even if it is one in a thousand, it is difficult to afford the cost of mecha modification and training.
The cost of a sniper mecha is 5 times that of a normal melee mecha, and the ammunition is also a large expense. Generally, except for the loss of tasks, there is not much money left. So the reality is that the vast majority of people turn to the sniper field after they have considerable savings. Since Liu Lan's parents are both war workers, she may have this condition.
This is just an economic condition, the mental power required by snipers, and the reaction power is also very strict, although it cannot be compared with the divine mind, but in fact, the mental power of snipers is much higher than that of ordinary people, and the sniper with higher mental power can lock on to the target relatively easily, and the high-level sniper can even change the trajectory of the bullet.
No. 1 Tang Yu made a mistake when counterattacking the attack of a digger, and the attack that should have hit the head of the digger was deflected, which led to a chain reaction, and the digging rat that escaped death pounced on her mecha, and the gap appeared.
Zhao Feng now faced a difficult choice, before that, the entire battlefield maintained a fragile balance, and the team could only guarantee not to be overwhelmed and then drowned. Like a dam cut off in a rushing river, a dam cannot stop the flow of water, and over time, the dam will eventually be submerged and burst.