"Mid-Red Flame Valley? It's not far from Renault's course of action, so they need to be reminded. Ji Tianping immediately ordered Kassandra: "Connect the communication of Renault's team and tell them about the situation." ”

Kassandra: "Commander, the sad news is that we have not been able to restore communication with Renault's team. ”

"TMD, the ability of the swarm is too great, can you cut off quantum communication?" Ji Tianping slammed the table with both hands and roared, "Now, calculate the approximate location of the Renault team when they lost contact. ”

"According to Commander Renault's drag racing habits, if you drive at the top speed, it will be about ....... at this time It is about a kilometer away from the middle of the Red Flame Valley. ”

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"Oh my God, what kind of attack did this take to make it like this."

The convoy in front of me was scattered, and the soldiers of the Combine were torn to shreds along with their battle rifles, as well as bugs. Renault's squad seems to have arrived too late, the battle is over, and the human army here has been wiped out.

"Oh, damn it, you still didn't hold it out." Renault gently closed the eyes of a dead soldier with no lower body.

Renault then went on to order the Marines: "Search for the survivors, and then find out their communications equipment, maybe their on-board radios are more powerful enough to allow us to communicate with the base." “

"Hey! Captain, I found a Combine soldier with a walkie-talkie, he's not dead, he's just injured, come and take a look. The communications soldier shouted at Renault.

In the corner of the communication vehicle was a human leaning against her. Half of his body was shrouded in shadows, looking up at the window, his walkie-talkie still in his hand. This is the Combine soldier who called for help. He sat still, not moving, and Renault wondered for a moment if he was dead.

"Are you sure this kid is still alive?"

At this time, the head of the Combine soldier turned. He turned to look at Renault, as if looking at him. Reynolds couldn't see the look on the man's face - his mask was covered in broken glass and blood. It's a terrible scene.

"Hey," Renault took off his helmet and shouted, "Hey! How are you doing now? Where did the nearby swarm go? ”

The Combine soldiers remained in place, their hands crossed over their chests, staring at the darkness in front of them. Renault waited for half a minute and didn't see a reply, so he took a step forward impatiently.

"Our time is precious, the swarm will come back at any moment, and we have a lot to do." Renault's tone was a bit aggressive, but this was already the result of the temper and temper Renault's restraint.

"It's time to get out of here. Immediately head to the sortie position, and we'll have a medical transport plane to support you. The swarm won't give us time to lie down and dry our eggs—"

Suddenly, something in the distance caught Renault's eye. He subconsciously took two steps towards the fiberglass window of the car. What he saw. Outside the walls of the camp.

"We ......"

Renault choked on the words. On the other side of the canyon, something was moving. churning...... It's like a swarm.

"It's a swarm!" Renault was stunned by the sight, "There it is!" ”

Hundreds, no, thousands of bugs were gathering in the distance outside the camp. They weren't moving forward, but Charn could feel their excited noise. He saw a large patch of reptiles, and several huge bugs in the ranks. There were still a few screaming mantis hovering slowly in the distant sky.

The Combine soldiers didn't say a word.

Renault roared: "Organize a defensive front!" We need support, and we need to call for support immediately using your car radio! “

"I've called for support, already... Call.... Support...... The Combine soldier repeated the words, but his lips didn't move. Instead, his facial muscles began to contort into an ugly smile. It was a dirty and unnatural smile that only a creature that didn't know how to smile would make.

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"The hive will be a threat to everyone, to everyone on this planet, I can't control the hives in other parts of the planet, but the hives at the door of the house must be removed! Even if it's half of the loss of my copper furnace base, it's dead! We must also eradicate this evil swarm hatchery, or there will be no chance of victory. I ordered, the base of the copper furnace, poured out of the nest. Fight for human dignity! Fight for survival too! “

After Pinault made his battle declaration, the four thousand defenders of the Copper Furnace base, except for the armed forces that left a minimum to maintain law and order in the residential area, all the soldiers walked out of the base with a trace of tragedy, and took the initiative to attack the hive, the sooner the hive was solved, the better the chance of survival. Even if these 4,000 officers and soldiers knew in their hearts that this was a journey from which they would never return.

In the long-term journey of conquest of space, the United Earth Forces have invested a lot of scientific research funds in large-scale weapons such as battlecruisers and aircraft carriers, or simply giant star fortresses. Most of the remaining funds for the ground forces have been poured into air support firepower, such as Panda fighters. Today's Combine is still fighting with the Pioneer tanks of fifty years ago and the battle rifles of seventy years ago.

If the Marines armed with spike rifles and wearing power armor are modern fighters wearing high-end body armor and armed assault rifles. Then the equipment of the infantry of the United Earth Army is more like the era of queuing to shoot, relying on the volley of guns to fire kinetic energy bullets to stop the swarm like a wave.

"If the White Flying Squadron succeeds in reaching the Watch Base...... I hope I can convince the commanders of the troops left behind. Now there is no need to discriminate between the elite and the miscellaneous cards, and I hope their commanders can attack together, for the sake of us all outcasts at this moment. “

The expeditionary team at the Copper Furnace Base lost contact with the squad that attacked in advance, but time was running out, even if they knew that there might be an ambush of insect swarms ahead, the Combine still had to fight hard. When marching to the Valley of the Red Flame, Pinault ordered everyone to march in battle formation.

"Commander, the forward reconnaissance team reports that in the middle of the Red Flame Valley, human troops and insect swarms are being engaged, and there is a fierce exchange of fire."

Pinault: "Our squad? “

"No, at least the sound of gunfire is not the sound of our battle rifles. They observed a large group of armored humans, though few in number, struggling to fend off the swarm forces on the other side of the canyon. The innate troops asked if they wanted reinforcements. “

Pinault frowned, and hurriedly took out the map he carried with him to check, "If you look at the map, the most likely thing to appear here is the human army guarding the base." What does the bug army consist of? “

"A few reptiles, a few screaming mantis and zantal worms, but they're huge."

Pinault: "Order the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, chariot and self-propelled artillery battalions, arranged in echelons, and block in sections. No matter who is fighting the insect swarm, the combined army at my copper furnace base will definitely help the field! “