January 14, 2070 -- Sharez Star Puregg Plain -- 30 km northwest of Toothblade Fortress --

The SC620 exotic "sun" in the sky has been far west, and on the endless desert, a "Gripper Tiger" is speeding by, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust, which can be seen far away. The sunset on the star of Shariz is very beautiful, but Luo Tao doesn't have the slightest heart to watch it, he only thinks about how to summarize the encounter of the Toothblade Fortress, and when he reports to General James, he can express it concisely and concisely, and provide a reference for other bases and fortress defense steel beetles and ground-drilling blasting insects as soon as possible.

"Platoon leader, through this Grand Canyon, we can get to Base 026."

"Well, we'd better borrow a helicopter from them when we get to Base 026, so we can get to Base 020 faster."

Luo Tao nodded, the pilot Ge Ze's suggestion is good, taking a helicopter is indeed much faster, with his own authority, there should be no problem in borrowing a helicopter. Just as Luo Tao was thinking, the "Gripping Tiger" suddenly jolted violently, if Luo Tao's legs were not fixed by the bracket of the machine gun position, he would definitely be thrown off the machine gun position.

"What's going on?"

There was no abnormality on the ground, but the assault car was violently bumped, and Ge Ze, who was experienced in driving, braked the car in time, and in the face of Luo Tao's question, he replied a little helplessly: "Platoon commander, when we broke through the Zerg defense line before, our shock absorber was damaged by the spinal cone bullet, and it has only been bumpy until now, and this 'Gripper Tiger' is already very powerful." Well, platoon commander, it seems that there is also some small damage to the wheels, and the smoke and dust brought up are too big. ”

"You can't drive too fast now, the body can't stand it, use the tools that come with the assault vehicle to fix it simply, let's move on."

"Yes." Jumping out of the assault vehicle, Ge Ze took out tools from the trunk to carry out simple repairs to the "Gripper", Luo Tao watched from the machine gun position, while his teammate Hu Jian stood by his side with an automatic rifle.

Luo Tao was very angry about the delay in the damage to the assault vehicle, but he didn't know that it was the delay of just a few minutes that allowed him to save his life.

"Platoon commander, it's done."

"Let's go."

The three of them boarded the car quickly, and the "Gripper" restarted and drove towards Base 026 at a slower speed. Because of the slowdown, the "Gripper Tiger" did not bring up too much smoke and dust this time, and the scene of "Lonely Smoke Bend in the Desert" did not appear again.

After driving for about ten minutes, Luo Tao and his team drove the "Gripping Tiger" to the Pubei Grand Canyon, which runs through the Plain of Pleg and the Great Plains of the Northland. Between the two plains, there is a northwest-southeast mountain range that separates the plains, and not only that, but this mountain range is the Tropic of Cancer of Shariz. The climate on both sides of the mountain range is very different. (In fact, the author thinks that both sides are deserts, and there is not much difference)

There is the Grand Canyon in front of them, and the three people who see the valley mouth are all happy, as long as they pass through here, they can see the 026 base guarding the canyon, which means that they have entered the safe zone.

"Great, Ge Ze, drive faster, let's hurry through the Pubei Grand Canyon."

"Yes, platoon commander!"

"Bang-"

With a loud bang, there was a big explosion on the road in front of the "Gripping Tiger", dozens of poisonous explosive insects exploded together, and the huge shock wave lifted the "Gripper Tiger" and flew out, rolling several times before stopping.

"Damn it, there's an ambush."

Climbing out from under the car with difficulty, Luo Tao raised the agh14 in his hand and launched an attack on the swarming Zerg, but there were too many Zerg, and Luo Tao's attack was just a small splash in the huge waves. The other two comrades-in-arms were still under the car and could not escape, Luo Tao gritted his teeth and rushed straight to the swarm.

"Platoon commander!"

Hu Jian, who had just come out of the car, saw this scene and couldn't help but shout, but he couldn't help Luo Tao, because Ge Ze was still stuck in the car, his leg was broken, and without Hu Jian's help, he couldn't escape.

In the process of hedging with the Zerg, the AGH14 in Luo Tao's hand did not stop roaring, and the bullets fanned out under his deliberate control, attacking as many charging Zerg as possible and slowing them down. Even so, the speed at which the insect swarm approached was still amazingly fast, and in a few breaths, Luo Tao had already caught up with the Zerg at the forefront.

"Come on, let me kill you all! Kill! ”

Shouting, Luo Tao jumped up, stomped on the big dog's head and jumped up with strength, and he threw his backpack into the middle of the swarm.

"Boom--"

The backpack was full of bombs, Luo Tao used the magnetic storm shield a moment before the explosion, he was just blown out by the shock wave, and the Zerg at the center of the explosion were not so lucky, the explosion sent them directly into the sky, but in the form of dust. The backpack also contained incendiary bombs, and at the moment of explosion, the high-efficiency incendiary agent was scattered by the shock wave, and all the surrounding zerg were ignited, although it did not kill them immediately, but the delay was enough.

"Knock--"

Flipped twice in mid-air and fell to the ground, Luo Tao fell a little confused, fortunately, the two comrades-in-arms escaped from under the car, and most of the Zerg were also wiped out, and their lives were not in danger for the time being.

"Ge Ze, Hu Jian, let's run out, there must be a lot of Zerg here."

Holding Ge Ze in one hand and AGH in the other, Hu Jian walked out of the back of the car in a bit of embarrassment. "Platoon commander, Ge Ze's leg is broken, and I am running slowly with him alone."

"I'll help you."

"Platoon commander, go quickly, my leg is broken, being with you will only become a drag, let me buy you some time, even if it is a second."

"Less nonsense, obey orders, run with us. We will."

"Platoon commander, be careful!"

Ge Ze, who was already seriously injured, didn't know where the strength came from, so he actually broke free of Luo Tao and Hu Jian at once, jumped in a reverse electromagnetic jump, and jumped into the air.

"Bang--"

"Ge Ze!"

"Ge Ze!"

With a loud bang, Ge Ze and a mimic insect that launched a surprise attack turned into dust, and the flames from the explosion obscured the vision of Luo Tao and Hu Jian, as well as the sight of the Zerg above the canyon. The infantry anti-tank mines he used could even blow up tanks.

"Ahhh Let's run! You can't let Ge Ze die in vain! ”

With tears in his eyes, Luo Tao activated the electromagnetic acceleration run and quickly went out of the canyon. Hu Jian glanced back at the canyon and quickly followed. But in the next moment, he stopped, and he was forced to stop.

"Platoon Commander, run Zerg!"

"Bang--"

Luo Tao's heart was broken, he clearly saw everything that had just happened from the rearview camera, and the last soldier of the Third Company died in front of his eyes. In the wave of fire caused by the explosion, a humanoid creature slowly walked towards Luo Tao, if it was normal, Luo Tao would definitely turn around and run, but this time, he didn't, and he wouldn't run again.

"'Beetle wolf', I'm going to kill you."