Chapter 193: Grim
100 meters away from this defensive position, a large number of construction machinery and containerized heavy trucks are working intensively around a building.
One of the walls of the building had been violently torn open, revealing rows of huge servers lined up like privates, and when Luo Yuan looked here, one of the servers happened to be roughly tied up by several soldiers with iron cables, and then lifted by a crane and put into a container.
Luo Yuan quickly entered the defensive position, saying that it was a defensive position, but in fact, it was built with several boulders, on which a large number of light and medium-sized weapons were erected to form a crude temporary defense line.
"Comrade Xiao Fei, there are too few people, why did you come to a Wuzhi, I want 203mm caliber shells, this is not enough at all!" A man blackened by gunsmoke and with a stubbled beard shook the lieutenant's hand vigorously and complained.
"I said Comrade Xia Qiang and Xia Company Commander, don't be cheap and sell well, you don't know how much arms you have in stock, don't worry about shells, it's good to be able to send a military straight over, and the tasks of other groups are also very tight, and now the base has no soldiers to send except for the basic defense force." The lieutenant who came with Luo Yuan hammered him hard and said unceremoniously, obviously very familiar with each other.
"Moreover, I haven't introduced you yet, these are evolutionaries among the survivors, and their strength is very strong, don't underestimate it." Xiao Fei said solemnly: "For example, this Comrade Luo and Miss Mu are both fifth-level evolutionaries, and Comrade Xie and Miss Wang are also fourth-level evolutionaries. β
Lian Commander Xia's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly came over to shake hands one by one: "It's great that you can come, these servers are too important to the reconstruction area, we must not give up as a last resort, but I have something to say......"
His face was a little hesitant, he didn't know whether to exit or not, he knew too well that these survivors were very capable, but his personality was also too strong, and he was afraid that he would not obey the command when the time came.
"Company Commander Xia, since we have been recruited, we are your soldiers, you don't have to scruple! I don't understand the big truth, but I also know that there are eggs under the nest! Luo Yuan saw him hesitate, and immediately said in understanding.
The danger of this mission is unprecedented, if there is no unified command system, and the discipline is lax, it is likely that he will not be able to survive this crisis, not to mention, he also knows the importance of these servers to the reconstruction area and humanity, even if it is not for the mission, he must save it no matter what.
The captain's eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted Luo Yuan's shoulder vigorously: "Okay, but I also know that you have special operations, and it is not good to be organized with the special combat team, so it is better to be a reserve team, and where there is danger, you will support you." β
"Absolutely!" Luo Yuan said lightly.
Although Xie Fatzi was dissatisfied with being represented, he didn't dare to oppose it, as for the other two, one was the first to look forward to it, and the other was immersed in his own world, so naturally he wouldn't say anything.
"How's it going?" Xiao Fei asked.
"Except for a fierce clash an hour ago, the rest of the story was mostly calm, but it didn't last long, and the Shadow noticed that a large number of sea beasts were coming towards the land." Lian Chang Xia said with a solemn face.
"These sea beasts are full, and the good ocean is not waiting, what are you doing on land!" Xiao Fei kicked a stone away, and said with a depressed face: "Where is the water level now?" β
"According to the information from the investigation, we have arrived in the industrial park, about five kilometers away from here. As for the reason why these sea beasts came, we have already guessed, you haven't been on a mission in the past few days, I'm afraid you haven't noticed, now the water surface is overgrown with mutated seaweed, and it looks like a carpet, and even tanks can't pass it. β
"Eutrophication pollution!" Luo Yuan's heart moved and said.
"Yes, a large amount of nitrogen and phosphorus organic matter left over from feces, corrosive substances and various daily chemicals in the city flows into the seawater, causing the nearby seaweed to grow wildly, attracting a large number of plankton to gather, big fish eat small fish, and finally the sea beasts join in this carnival feast." Lian Commander Xia said.
Luo Yuan's heart became heavy, and his face was a little ugly.
At this time, the surrounding air seemed to surge, as if a large amount of air was expelled by a mysterious force, and the next moment a figure suddenly flashed.
This scene was so sudden that Luo Yuan's scalp was like electricity, his eyes were round, and between the lightning and flint, his body instinctively jumped like lightning, and in an instant, he stepped six or seven meters away, pulled out the horse chopping knife, and saw that the knife flashed, and the blade was already diagonally against the opponent's throat.
If Luo Yuan hadn't reacted at the last moment and stopped his killing intent, I'm afraid that the other party would have already fallen to the ground.
However, the other party was also so frightened that his face turned pale and he didn't dare to move.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, he's his own person, his own person!" Company Commander Xia hurriedly said loudly. This scene was so fast that it wasn't until now that his retina reacted: "That's what I just said about the shadow, put down the knife, put down the knife quickly." β
Luo Yuan only found out at this time that he had made an oolong, the other party was wearing a military uniform, and his face was also painted with camouflage, at first glance, he was a soldier, he quickly withdrew his horse chopping knife, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, you scared me when you appeared, I overreacted a little!" β
"It's okay! It's okay! The Shadow Evolver didn't seem to be good at dealing with people, and said a little shyly. But it's obviously not like he said he was fine. He gasped violently, and the experience just now almost made him walk through the gates of hell, and he still has palpitations and breathlessness.
Everyone looked at this person with some curiosity, the scene just now was really amazing, very similar to teleportation in the movie novel.
At this time, the shadow gasped and said loudly: "Report to the company commander, seven kilometers ahead, there are three mutant beasts about level four to five, coming towards this side, please get ready." β
Everyone's faces changed, and Company Commander Xia hurriedly pressed the walkie-talkie headset, turned around and quickly gave a series of orders.
After a while, the Wuzhi quickly took off and flew into the distance.
Then, the shadow disappeared silently, and the next moment it appeared a kilometer ahead, and after a few times, it completely disappeared from sight, not knowing where to go to investigate.
A few minutes later, there was a loud noise in the distance, and the smoke was so thick that it could be clearly seen even here.
The voice on the walkie-talkie kept coming, and it was clear that the fighting was extremely fierce over there.
"Successfully take out a small one, it's not good, it's going to squirt water...... I'm going to pull up, I'm going to pull up...... It's dangerous...... I almost got killed. β
"Huhu......" The other party gasped violently, as if he was frightened: "Son of a bitch, give you a little bit of power...... Damn, the missile was dodged...... Successful Hit ...... It's not even dead......"
"Damn it, five more heads have come...... Ammunition is already running low, we need to go back to the base to replenish ...... Preparing to return ......"
The helicopter gunship soon appeared in sight, and then flew directly towards the military base without stopping.
"Damn it!" Company Commander Xia's face was gloomy, and he pressed the walkie-talkie headset and ordered: "All artillery is ready to shoot." β
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
The two metal behemoths, ten meters long, three meters wide and three meters high, began to move their barrels, and the hydraulic sliding made a snorting sound with a metallic smell.
A tense atmosphere permeated.
After a while, a terrifying roar like a whistle was heard in the distance, followed by a slight tremor on the ground.
It didn't take long for two huge and hideous sea beasts to slowly appear in everyone's sight, their skin was blue and black, like turtles without their shells, and there were yellow spots protruding about half a meter in diameter on the surface.
Judging from the wounds on their bodies, they had already suffered a baptism of ammunition from a helicopter gunship before, and their whole bodies were black and red, with large and small blood puddles everywhere, and blood flowed all over the place.
However, this kind of wound, which was the largest wound the size of a round table, was really nothing to this giant beast that was more than twenty meters long and more than ten meters high.
Luo Yuan finally understood why he needed to call for support here, these sea beasts were huge, and if ordinary shells didn't hit the vital point, in addition to leaving an inconsequential blood pit, they still had strong combat power.
"Get it closer, get ready to shoot, get ready to shoot...... Fire! Seeing that the target was already close to one kilometer, Commander Xia ordered loudly. Modern artillery has an extremely long range, and it is no problem to hit five or six kilometers or even more than ten kilometers, but the accuracy has plummeted, and it also allows the other side to react, which can basically only be missed, and it is difficult to hit. Mutants are not enemies with the same modern weapons, and the closer they get to fight, the more powerful the artillery becomes.
The next moment, the long barrels of the two self-propelled guns suddenly erupted two flames more than three meters long, and at the same time, the barrels contracted violently.
"Boom!"
The two cone-shaped cannonballs let out a sharp roar that pierced the air, shooting forward at high speed, and one of them hit the head of one of them in an instant, and the kinetic energy and explosion it produced directly caused the powerful sea beast's head to quickly deform and shatter, and then it was blown to pieces and fell to the ground heavily.
The other also hit the opponent's leg hard, tearing open a terrible wound, and the huge body began to roll over.
In order to meet the needs of modern warfare, modern artillery is becoming more and more powerful in addition to accuracy, especially these two obviously 203mm caliber guns, which are much more powerful than the short-range missiles on the Wuzhishang.
In just one round of attacks, two powerful sea beasts were killed and wounded.
Luo Yuanjian hadn't seen Platoon Commander Xia give an order for a long time, and asked suspiciously, "Why don't you shoot?" β
"There are not many shells left." Platoon Commander Xia said with a wry smile.
The reconstruction area is strained by resources, the surrounding area is not a safe place, dangers are happening all the time, ammunition is needed almost everywhere, and supplies are extremely tight. Naturally, there will not be too much ammunition for them, and coupled with the consumption of the great migration of the beast tide in Shanghai a few days ago, the ammunition stocks are close to being exhausted. It stands to reason that the people left behind at the military base should have returned. It's just that the migration of the beast tide has made this place unprecedentedly safe, so the base feels that before leaving, it is ready to go on a big search and find as many things as possible, but it didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.
Luo Yuan was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "How many more?" β
"There are only eight 203mm caliber shells, thirty mortar shells, and five boxes of machine gun shells!" Lian Commander Xia said.
"It should be barely enough, we just need to hold on for about three to five more hours, and that's enough." Xiao Fei looked at the construction site over there and estimated the time.
Luo Yuan's mouth was a little bitter, it would be good if the D-class mission could really be completed so smoothly.