Chapter 20: Warriors Crossing the Battlefield (1)
"About Northern Starlight!
It is the code name of PEN's military base in Alaska, and it can be said to be one of the most powerful bases in terms of combat effectiveness and scale, and the latest mobile infantry is also deployed here.
The commander of the base is Brigadier General Declair, who was the hero of the first half of the war between BANG and ROEA, but after understanding the truth about the control of the United States, he found various reasons to give up the war, but he could not stop it, and he tended to withdraw from the war personally, but in the later stage of the war, BANG was defeated like a mountain, and when the ROEA's motorized infantry stormed the attack, he was ordered to be in danger, and the correct command of the evacuation saved countless soldiers' lives and material losses, and after that time, the domestic political situation stabilized, He was once again entrusted with a heavy responsibility."
(December 23, 2150, Alaska)
"Call the North Starlight Command, please reply if you receive it."
"Tsk, this damn electromagnetic interference!"
Geralt had been hovering over the base in Strike 21-A, watching as the buildings below were still there, but by firing instantaneous flares and looking at them with a high-magnification monitor, he didn't find anyone.
At first, he thought it was all in the underground base, after all, it was a very cold weather, and it was a heavy snow and fog weather, and it was understandable that there was no one on the ground.
But even in this kind of bad weather, the receiving station of the Northern Star can receive an electromagnetic signal at least a dozen kilometers away, but Geralt's Strike 21-A is only a little more than a thousand meters above the ground.
He began to feel a little uneasy inside, and after half a minute of thinking, he felt that he had to confirm the situation.
Strike 21-A flips in the air and then begins to slow down to change to motorized infantry mode, which is naturally impossible to land in fighter mode due to heavy snow cover on the ground.
However, due to the influence of the weather, it was originally landed by parachute in order to save fuel and reduce maintenance time, and it was necessary to use fuel reverse propulsion to slow down, but even then it was necessary to rely on the parachute.
The visibility on the ground was too low, so Geralt was also firing instantaneous flares while the landing procedure was going on for safety, not only to be able to see the area for a few seconds, but also to hope that someone would spot it.
Strike 21-A reached the ground fairly safely, but when he first touched the ground, he almost slipped due to Geralt's misjudgment of pressure, but fortunately he was able to hold it up with a composite sword and shield.
Falling into the snow at a height of more than a meter, a level of snowfall that Geralt had never seen before, he suddenly missed Alin because she was able to help him complete the stats of these practical changes.
"What the hell is going on......"
In order to keep the thruster's vent from being frozen, Geralt kept the thruster activated, of course, to a minimum output that only helped the body walk faster.
He had experienced the terrible conditions of this bad weather when he was in ochre, but for the first time he realized that he could not contact anyone, and that he was in a familiar place.
"Ahh Geralt's vision through the remote monitor amazed him, "I think something really big has happened." ”
(10 days ago......)
"Report to the front command that the third round of bombardment has been completed......"
"Little success! How is this possible! ”
Two motorized infantry squads of Strike 21-A were constantly shuttling across the battlefield in fighter mode, and they had just completed a bombardment of the three Marauders controlled by the extremist group.
Due to the thick smoke and the harsh interference of the electromagnetic environment, the pilots flew as low as possible and used the monitor to observe, and although they hit the target every time, the Marauder's activated Splitlight fixed shield resisted too much damage.
I'm afraid that PUR now knows how difficult it is to deal with the steel monsters he has made, which have leveled the cities of ROEA five years ago.
The soldiers of PUR, especially the veterans who had survived the battlefield, saw the appearance of the three marauders, and they quickly remembered that time five years ago, it was a nightmare for them.
"Damn, the hell invented that shit!"
"I don't care what method you use, you can tear down those three iron lumps for me within an hour and raze this neighborhood to the ground!"
The pilots on Assault 21-A could only smile wryly, they were helpless in the face of the crazy orders of the command, and none of the equipment on their bodies could compete with the marauders.
Although each machine is equipped with a portable high-energy destruction rifle, the output is too small to penetrate the Rifting Shield, even if fired at the same time.
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"The target scan is complete, and the model comparison is confirmed."
"Geralt, there is still half a minute left in the Vitz system, I suggest activating the silent stance for a quick fix."
"Understood, the outbreak of the dimensional system has begun."
“3,2,1!”
The MSV001 is the first model based on the prototype MSV00.0, because the direction of development was not clear at the beginning, and I was not sure where to go, so it just perfectly inherited the basic design of the transmitter, and then improved and strengthened some other things, except for the appearance, there is no real difference.
The silent stance activated after the outbreak of the dimensional system will make the body even higher in its already high energy density state, and the light level will be much brighter than that of flares.
It's only morning, and the sun has just risen, but because of the explosion of the dimensional system of "Breaking the Sky", it is like noon, and although the smoke has blocked most of the light, people on the ground can still clearly see the white ball of light.
And then, because of the silent stance, the three marauders all stopped functioning, and all happened to stop near the blockade line.
"Alin, the number of bullets!"
"Remaining 3"
"Enough!"
Geralt didn't know that his reflexes and judgment had increased dramatically because of Egma's coordination system, he was only sure that he was a little dizzy, but his vision was not blurred by this, but it was getting clearer.
Three successive beams of plasma hit the Marauder with precision, and all of them pierced directly through the body, first burning through a large hole, and then falling to the ground and exploding, producing violent sounds and bright lights.
"The dimensional system is about to reach the end of the limit time, and there are 5, 4, and 3 ...... remaining."
"The dimensional system is over, and the energy supply gap time is 1200 left, and it will start to be recharged, and the charging is expected to be completed......
It's all over, but the neighborhood is largely in ruins, and it took only six or seven hours to do so, and there were a lot of casualties.
The exact number of deaths is still being confirmed, but the number of injured more than 2,000 people is only announced by other media channels, while official statistics have been delayed.
"Geralt, what are you looking at?"
"If you're really human, you'll probably be like ......me," he whispered in response to Alin's question, looking at the underground through the monitor's footage, "mourning for the dead." ”
"Condolences?! What's that?"
"Whether it's a companion, a relative, or an unrelated person, or even an enemy, at least pay respect."
Geralt didn't want to answer Alin's questions, he closed his eyes and fell asleep slowly in his chair tiredly.
The Alph icon in the window of the electronic board in the cockpit continued to rotate, but suddenly the appearance of a person appeared, but only for this moment.
"Cruise Mode Activation"
MSV001 slowly accelerated from its suspended state, and at the same time activated the optically invisible and small-area electromagnetic interference field generation device, and now it is completely isolated from the outside world and flies into the distance.
An Xunyuan and Ji Quan's doom is not completely over, they also have to face the remnants of extremists and the damaged second-generation motorized infantry.
The second-generation motorized infantry controlled by the extremist group is the Evil Eagle type that has retired from active service and is relatively poorly equipped, but it is enough to deal with Ji Quan and An Xunyuan.
To make matters worse, the two of them are still dealing with self-disciplined second-generation motorized infantry, which means that they will do whatever it takes to clean up the targets they have set.
In order to avoid being scanned by the heat sensor, An Xunyuan lay on the ground as much as possible, and the same is true for Ji Quan, who is still very professional in training in this area as SWAT members.
An Xunyuan and Ji Quan may never forget this day, he can't imagine that he has seen so many unimaginable things at this moment.
The second-generation motorized infantry with a height of more than 6 meters appeared above them, and immediately fired all the rounds accurately and accurately hit the remaining self-disciplined second-generation motorized infantry.
"When will the SWAT have this second-generation motorized infantry, why don't I know at all?!"
"Those people at the top seem to be playing for real...... Ji Quan sighed in a low voice, and at the same time, like An Xunyuan, he stared closely at the second-generation motorized infantry that slowly flew away.
「Hi-Siren/HW」
The situation in the neighborhood is slowly recovering, and the extremist group has taken a heavy toll on the operation, as well as heavy casualties.
From time to time, there are "Black Cat" helicopter gunships flying in the sky, and some are directly ordered to transport seawater for high-altitude spraying and extinguishing fires.
"This is the Los Angeles Air Force Base, please send a sign to confirm the flying object ahead."
"Received, allowed to land, please follow the instructions to land, thank you for your cooperation."
Geralt had been away from MSV001 for some time, and was now watching from the maintenance room observation deck as the airframe was transferred to the underground for maintenance.
He stared at it for a long time, but when the door to the maintenance room opened again, a second-generation motorized infantry entered, and Geralt was finally interested.
"Hi-Siren?" Geralt's eyes were completely captivated, and at first he didn't understand why PUR had such a thing, so he asked the officer next to him, "What's the matter with that mech?" ”
"It is said that it was sent by the General Intelligence Bureau, and we don't know who drove it." The officer standing next to Gero replied as best he could, knowing that Gero was not a good person, "However, I heard that the mech was traded from Fipulos. ”
Geralt may never know the origin of the Siren Ice Split, which was actually a gift from the Ochre Passers-by to Captain Newberg.
However, compared to this mechage, although the "Kraken" type motorized infantry did leave a lot of shadows on Gero during the war, he was now more curious about who was piloting.
When he had just walked down to the lounge to meet the driver, his heart felt like something had shaken him when he entered the door, and Geralt had a sense of foreboding.
"This man ......"
"Why him!" Geralt could see the man's face, the mature and somewhat familiar face, and the pressure he felt inexplicably, "Didn't he ...... in the first place"
Geralt tried to calm himself down as much as he could, and then stepped forward to stand in front of him, where the man in the black and gray combat uniform sat quietly as if waiting for him.
"Motorized infantry killer ......!"
"It's a familiar name, memorable and ugly." The man stood up slowly, he stood up straight, he was a little taller than Geralt, he said expressionlessly, "I didn't expect that people still know me after so many years, but it's normal to be remembered by former enemies."
Geralt tried his best to restrain himself, he couldn't lose his mind, but the thought of his companion being killed by the "motorized infantry killer" five years ago brought anger again, and he clenched his fists but held on.
The former enemy stood in front of him, but that person was expressionless, did not take the past killings seriously, and stood in front of himself without any remorse.
"You bastard!" Geralt couldn't hold back any longer, took a step forward and grabbed his collar and stared at him viciously, and then punched him with a punch, "Why do people like you ......"
"You have something to say!" Geralt didn't make a move after all, but cursed rather viciously, "Give back the lives of my comrades..."
Geralt let go of his hand and leaned to the side in a rather depressed mood, observing the man as well.
The "motorized infantry killer" in front of him is his enemy, and Geralt has seen his team almost completely wiped out by him alone, leaving him alone.
"Then what will you pay for the lives of the millions of civilians who have died in the Republic because of you?" The man said lightly, and he looked directly at Geralt without panicking, "The Republic has paid far more for this than the other side. ”
"What's your name, motorized infantry killer?"
"You may call me Ten Cities (1)."
"Note (1): Ten Cities is another identity of Science City, which appears in Gaiden 1, and this identity takes a very long time."
Geralt may never know the truth about that time, and if his companions are not stopped by the "Motorized Infantry Killers", it will lead to even greater slaughter.
Perhaps when he was young, he would also be affected by this and cause psychological abnormalities, and even participate in the kind of slaughter that lost his own reason, and did things that he could not undo in his life.
"Are you free, go have a drink, I want to know more about that time."
"Okay, but in exchange, I need some of your intel too."
It's like a dirty deal.