Chapter 40: The Soul of the Republic I
A shrill siren filled the bloodied parking lot, and all access to the parking lot was locked by the security gates due to the emergency defense plan launched by the Union defenders in the army base, and after the parking lot was cut off, the parking lot was plunged into total darkness, only the glaring red siren lights still flashed from time to time.
The sparse gunfire in the parking lot had gradually subsided, and some of the freed Republic POWs had tried to turn on the emergency lights in the parking lot, and as the dim light turned on, hundreds of rescued POWs began to frantically search for the equipment on the corpses of the Union soldiers, collecting as many weapons and equipment as possible for usability.
At this moment, Robin gasped and half-knelt on the ground, as if he had collapsed, he threw away the machine gun in his hands that had already been emptied, and then looked at the heavy infantry armor on his body that was full of bullet marks, and finally broke out into a cheer for the rest of his life.
With Robin's exhilarating cheers, the surviving POWs around them also raised their arms and shouted with joy, hugging each other, or burying their heads and crying, venting their boiling emotions in the most hearty way.
"Drowrow, Colin, Lee, Aven, are you still alive? Answer me! ~" Taking off the heavy loader's helmet riddled with craters, Robin anxiously looked at the battlefield filled with gunsmoke at the moment, and roared over and over again in the communication.
"I'm fine."
Moments later, a scarred Zoro appeared in front of Robin with a slain Federation heavy-loader.
"Damn, I'm not dead. Damn it! ~I thought I was going to die! ~" Soon, Lee's hoarse voice shouted in the communication.
"I'm fine, but my power cart and infantry guns seem to be scrapped."
In the pile of metal wreckage, Aven, whose helmet had been blown off in half, was covered in blood, and struggled to emerge from the rubble, slumping to the ground gasping for breath.
Hearing the comrades-in-arms answer one by one, Robin's tight mood finally relaxed a little. But suddenly, Robin looked back sharply in the direction of the prisoner of war transporter and shouted anxiously: "Colin! ~Damn it, answer me quickly! ~”
"Ahem......"
Robin was answered only by a few weak, wet coughs. This suddenly made Robin and the others change their faces, and they anxiously ran to the prisoner of war transport vehicles that burst out from time to time with dazzling electric lights.
In the badly deformed compartment of the prisoner of war transporter, several unkempt female soldiers were busy bandaging some wounded prisoners of war, and as soon as Robin and the others got in, they saw Colin slumped in the corner, almost all soaked in blood.
"I'll go get a first aid kit in the car!"
Seeing the huge wound on Colin's back after removing his light infantry uniform, Robin hurried to their already blown up infantry vehicle.
Right now, the wreckage of the infantry vehicle they were riding in was blazing. But Robin was so worried about Colin's injuries that he rushed straight into the fire, unsoaking the blackened metal ruins and searching for an emergency medical kit.
Thankfully, the life-saving medical kit was not destroyed by the fire, and after receiving it, the medically trained female soldiers immediately treated Colin's wounds and sprayed them with hemostatic spray.
"Robin, is that you?"
Suddenly, a voice with surprise sounded behind Robin.
"You are ......" Robin looked back in surprise, looked at the unkempt strong warrior behind him, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "Claude! ~How are you? ”
"Sure enough, it's you."
Claude looked back at Zolo, who was unloading the armor parts of the Federation Army Heavy not far away, and smiled with relief: "I didn't expect it to be you and Zolo who saved me......"
While at the Outpost in Area 94, Robin and Drow had spoken about Claude and Patton, who had graduated from the Tiger Battalion at the same time as them, and Robin had heard of Patton's death and had been worried about what would happen to Claude, who was serving in the 11th Army Division. So, seeing Claude here now, Robin immediately guessed the reason why Claude was here.
"Claude, you were captured in the raid of the 11th Division?"
"That's right, we almost won, but it's a pity ......" Claude shook his head gloomily, pointed to the many prisoners of war standing behind him, and said, "Most of these prisoners of war are infantry in the 11th Army Division. Originally, we thought that this time we were dead, but we didn't expect you to come to save us, by the way, where are our reinforcements? ”
“……”
Hearing Claude mention reinforcements, Robin could only smile wryly and shake his head: "No, there are no reinforcements." There were only five of us, and all you see is there. ”
“……”
Robin's words made the smile on Claude's face freeze suddenly, and the originally relaxed atmosphere became suppressed with Robin's words.
"You mean...... No reinforcements? There are only five of you, and you're coming to attack this Sarma army base? Claude looked at Robin in disbelief, he couldn't believe it was true.
"Yes, our mission is not to rescue you. I decided to come here to save you. ”
"Damn! There are only five of you, and you're committing suicide! ~”
"But I succeeded, I'm now standing at the army base in Sarma, and we're all still alive."
"No, you don't understand at all! ~”
The situation suddenly became grim, and Claude frowned, and he pointed to the passages that were closed by the defensive gates and roared, "You see, all the defensive gates are closed. Now this parking lot is a cage, and no one can get out alive. If there are no reinforcements, reinforcements from the Federal Army will arrive soon. Robin......"
Claude pursed his lips and stared at Robin with a complicated gaze, and finally let out a long sigh, "Robin, you shouldn't have come." You can't save us, you've buried you and your teammates! ~”
"No, maybe it's not as bad as you think......"
Suddenly, Colin, who was seriously wounded, struggled to his feet with the support of a female soldier, and staggered to Claude's side: "The Federation troops stationed here can't trap us. ”
"That's right, we have a structural diagram of the entire army base and the code to unlock the defense gates." Robin sat Colin down, took out his electronic notebook, and extracted all the information about the Sarma Army Base from it.
Soon, a map of the structure of the Sarma Army Base appeared in the three-dimensional map presented by the electronic book, and even the internal defense of the Army Base was clear at a glance, and with the opening of classified documents one by one, the unlocking of the defense gates, and many core materials of the Sarma Army Base were densely presented in Claude's eyes.
"This ......"
Looking at these classified materials of the Federation Army in front of him, Claude's already dim gaze instantly became hot.
"It's incredible, how can you have this...... If these are true, then ......"
"I don't have time to explain how this information came about, but I can assure you that it's true." Robin looked at the prisoners of war outside who were basically armed, pointed to the two passages in the structure map of the Sarma army base, and said, "As long as we move fast enough, we can quickly break through to the core area of the base before the federal forces stationed here can change the code of the defense gate." How many of us have weapons now? ”
Claude immediately inquired about his companions, and when he got the exact number, he replied: "Two hundred and thirty-eight men were armed with light infantry armor and assault rifles, seventy-four were armed with pistols, and three hundred and seventeen were not equipped with any weapons. ”
"I'll take one hundred and fifty fully equipped soldiers to attack the main control room of the army base, and the rest will follow you." Robin gave Claude his electronic bookload: "Zoro killed three Federation heavies, and those disassembled parts should be enough to assemble a complete heavy infantry armor." I need you to dress up and take your people to capture the arsenal of the army base in Sarma as quickly as possible, my electronic book has the decryption code of the arsenal warehouse, and then you are armed on the spot, immediately attack the hangar of the army base, and leave me as much plane as possible! ~”
"Understood." Claude nodded cautiously and immediately rushed out to issue the battle order.
Robin, on the other hand, looked at Colin who had just finished treating his wounds and was covered in blood: "Colin, you and those injured people stay here, and I'll let Evan stay and take care of you." ”
"Ahem...... Without me, you wouldn't be able to start the main control room right away. You can't live without me......" Colin endured the pain and smiled reluctantly, "Moreover, I don't think Evan will be willing to stay here." ”
After hearing this, Ai Wen, who was bandaging his head wound, immediately gritted his teeth and stood up, carrying the six-wheeled Gatling to Colin's side: "I can still fight, I can carry Colin." Don't worry, I'll be able to keep up with you. ”
"You're a fireman, how can you fight him on your back, let me come, I don't have a weapon anyway." Suddenly, a vaguely familiar voice sounded around everyone.
Robin and the others turned their heads to see a blonde man sitting in the corner with his back against the wall smiling at them.
"Are you ......" Robin vaguely felt that this person was somewhat familiar.
"Don't remember me so soon? Didn't you say that you would go to the flying brigade to accuse me when you returned? ”
"Angus! You're the pilot! ”
Robin finally recognized who he was, and the blonde man in front of him, with half of his face burned, was actually the handsome pilot who sent them on a mission.
"Looks like I'm not completely disfigured yet."
Seeing that Robin recognized himself, Angus touched the burns on his face and showed an ugly smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely send you to your destination this time." ”
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