08 - Storm

The winds are getting stronger, and if my weather radar is correct, a super-large storm will be visiting the Tsushima Strait in 3 hours, and this storm should last for a few days.

[BEAT] is not without wisdom. I can clearly sense that [BEAT] is preparing to take advantage of this storm period, and humanity will not be able to use the opportunity of the fleet to attack the Japanese mainland, and clear the largest human stronghold in East Asia.

The girl and I are heading towards the retreat point by the sea, to be honest our progress has been slower than expected, and now the girl's body has reached its limit after fighting, and I once said that I could carry the girl, but the girl refused. I'm just carrying the baby on the girl's back now. Although the girl's suicidal tendencies are no longer suicidal, her love is still very low. It was silent all the way.

"Why do you think humanity will lose?" The girl in front of me suddenly asked

I thought about it for a moment and then said to the girl: "The participants of the 748 Project believe that if human science and technology do not make a leap forward, then from the perspective of productivity and war potential, there is no hope for human beings to win. By the way, how long have you been in the army? How many times have you fought with BEAT? ”

"I have been in the army for almost 2 years, I was selected and eliminated by the guards, I became a basic infantryman, mainly involved in the task of guarding the rear base, participated in the defense of the Korean Peninsula, and then retreated here. Our main task is to do chores at the rear base or to assist the refugees. The girl slowly stated, "When Gwangju retreated, we came into contact with [BEAT], and the company was completely dispersed, and finally the survivors were formed into a platoon, and then you will know."

"So what do you think [BEAT] is?" I asked in a guided manner.

"Huh?" The girl was stunned for a moment, "Enemy? Demon? Who needs to be destroyed? ”

"NO, I MIGHT BE BETTER OFF ASKING THAT, DO YOU THINK BEAT IS A CREATURE? Or is it a machine? ”

"It's a living thing, because it bleeds and dies?" The girl said uncertainly.

"That's right, that's what most people think, they think [BEAT] is a living thing, but the people involved in Project 748 don't think much about it." From the information I have gathered, it is clear that [BEAT] has the characteristics of ACU, and even if it has intelligent life in a broad sense, it is only the one that first landed on Earth. It could even be just a self-regulatory device. In the UEF world, humans have been using ACUs for more than a thousand years, so I asked from [BEAT] a breath of the same kind. "The participants in Project 748 thought that [BEAT] was just a machine."

"What?" The girl was shocked that there were indeed many scientists who deduced this, but this mysterious boy who said this inference so confidently was indeed the first.

"The people who support Project 748 think that [BEAT] is a kind of self-regulatory machine, and they are essentially unmanned. The "humans" here represent intelligent beings who sprinkle seeds on their targets and use their nutrients to expand their power and achieve certain goals, although we do not yet know what their purpose is. What do you think this represents? ”

When the girl heard my statement, she was visibly shaken, and said with some trembling: "If ~ if they are really drones, then the meaning of our previous battles"

"That's right, just like we don't care how many shells are used, or how many drones we lose, no matter how many [BEAT] we destroy, the other party doesn't care, and it's still unknown whether we actually destroy [BEAT]."

"What" Although these words are cruel to a girl, I am still ready to carry out the concept of ACU for the girl.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO BEAT'S BODY?"

"It's generally burned, and a small part is used for research."

"It's a winning situation, so what if you lose?" I asked.

"If you fail," the girl was obviously stunned, "I don't know"

"After the defeat, whether it was another counterattack or a satellite image, the corpse of [BEAT] was quickly removed, right?"

The girl was silent.

"You've guessed that, haven't you? 【BEAT】Shoots a seed at the earth, and then uses the resources stored inside guò to create the initial unit, and that seed then collects resources on the earth to make more units. According to the physiological structure of [BEAT], what they collect is biomass, which means that the creatures on the earth, whether it is animals, plants or humans, and even come to [BEAT] itself are resources that can be used. "The war between ACUs is not won by whomever has a greater loss or whose exchange ratio is higher. And the two sides are competing for quality, and the war between ACUs is a quality war, and this is the same [BEAT]. Because I'm an ACU, I understand the combat mode of [BEAT], because ACUs in various countries, in addition to not eating people, the combat mode is basically similar to [BEAT], and the general ground has to be scraped everywhere it passes. But let's be honest, we can also use nanospray guns to break down a living organism, it's just that human emotions don't make it possible.

"I don't know how long it will take for a [BEAT] to be produced, but I know that if we look at a main battle tank as a unit, even if we are now bastard enough to lower the conscription age to 14 years old, even if we are bastard enough to call teenagers and girls like you to go to the battlefield to be cannon fodder, it will take us 14 years to produce a main battle tank, and even if a main battle tank uses a loader, it will take 3 core combat units to be activated, and this core combat unit is human beings themselves. This war of attrition is simply stupid. "When we climbed over the ridge, the sea breeze blew violently, and although it was July, the sea breeze was still very cool.

"However, from now on, the situation will be different, because of the success of Project 748, we are finally on the same starting line as [BEAT]!"

Looking at the coastline from the ridge, there is an improvised trestle over there, and there are some people busy on it.

The clouds were getting thicker and the storm was coming, but I took a deep breath of the air full of the smell of the sea and said to the girl with a firmness that I had never felt in the three worlds: "So, please take good care of your body, I promise you that you and Platoon Leader Chen's children will definitely be able to live under the sun!" ”

What do soldiers think about the most on the battlefield? Is it a national nation? Is it a loved one's child? But I think it should be comrades-in-arms, don't give up, don't abandon. This slogan is perfectly illustrated here. "Leigh! You're not hurt, are you? ”

When I approached the beach with a girl named Rei, the girl's companion recognized me, and a girl came running quickly to greet me, while the others turned into a vigilant posture. I looked around, and there were only female soldiers left. This is really a marvel at the high proportion of female soldiers, and a second is admiration for the strong sense of responsibility of those men who are ahead.

"Ning Ning, I'm fine." Li replied weakly, Li, who had reached the limit of her body, had some prostration, and the girl who was called Ning Ning by Li immediately stepped forward to help her: "You also said it's okay, you have so much blood on your body." We were all very worried when your communication was interrupted just now, if it weren't for the sound of firefights that didn't stop, I thought you ~~"

"It's okay, it's just that I'm too tired from running, the blood is [BEAT], when will the boat come?"

"Boats? The ship will not come, the large army has already withdrawn, and in the end we are not willing to go without you coming, so the large army left us two small boats. We should have withdrawn to Nagato Port by putting all those children on the big ship, and the rest of Rei are still covering behind? Let's pick it up. ”

"There are no more guards, we are the last ones, hurry up and get on the ship." Leigh weakly raised her hand and pointed at me.

"How is that possible? Please don't joke~ Who is behind the crossfire? ”

"I'm sorry," she said weakly as she looked at her friend. Hearing this reply, the girl named Ning Ning tried hard to control her feelings: "Li, it's not your fault, you don't need to apologize, so who is fighting in the back, do we need to wait?" ”

Leigh looked at me inquiringly, and I quickly interjected, "No, it's not necessary, but I want you to wait." "Said here I drove again to start manufacturing engineering vehicles, the booking changed, I originally thought that there was a ship here, and after coming, I went directly to the ship and ran away, so I didn't make more units, but now the situation has changed, if the sea conditions are usually good, the small lifeboat can still be used, but now it is already level 7 sea conditions, and the use of this kind of boat is suicide in the case of continuous deterioration, although there is an engine on it, but the risk is too high, these people are the army is estimated to have little understanding of the sea, The East Asian coalition bastards left these two dingries behind, purely murder. "It is currently a level 7 sea state, and in the next 3 hours and may develop into a super level 9 sea state, with two small boats is suicide." I explained to the two teenage girls.

Speaking of which, a construction truck was completed, and then quickly began to copy the zuò industry. "Li~" I originally wanted to call Li, but I thought it was too inappropriate. So he changed his words and said: "Comrade corporal, please go and rest with your companions, by the way, help me explain, here I am on top, believe me!" Within 30 minutes, I will be sure to have a transport ready so that everyone can leave safely. ”

"Who is this guy? And a little bit of what happened to him in his hand, where did a toy appear? The girl named Ning Ning asked this Li.

"Ning Ning, let's go to the fortifications of the dock first, and I'll leave it to him here." Lilly, who had recovered a little, pulled the girl named Ning Ning and walked towards the dock.

"But!"

"I believe in him"

That's right, trust me, I'm ACU. These are all drizzle, isn't it [BEAT] that my big ACU is fearless.

I can build an engineering vehicle in 5 seconds, and an engineering vehicle can build an engineering vehicle in 10 seconds, so how many engineering vehicles can be exploded in a minute?

Actually, this answer doesn't matter, anyway, I broke out 41 T1 engineering vehicles. Of the 41 engineering vehicles, 5 of them went to clear the firing range and absorb those trees as resources, while the other 6 went to establish a repelled horse and control the action space of the BEAT, and in the field of 15 where to build turrets, this time abandoning the cheap missile towers and using the UEF standard D1 point defense equipped with light ion guns. I took the remaining 15 engineering vehicles into three groups, one of which was to start building a multi-turret Cult [Funeral Parlor] heavy attack tank. This is the giant of UEF [T1] technology. The [Funeral Parlor] heavy attack tank is not only equipped with twin 203-coil electromagnetic guns, but also has four 105mm electromagnetic turrets. UEF is a true believer in multi-turret, and UEF always believes that caliber is justice! The turret is the axiom! The golden rule, so the turret should always be more, and the caliber should always be large! Hey, but now, all my units have to divide the caliber by 10, bastard. Because it is an unmanned vehicle, although most of the vehicles are reserved for member seats, but only for carrying people in critical moments, that as not so much an operating seat, but a guest seat, so under the control of the computer, the multi-turret seems to really be able to play its own effectiveness, because now it is not a turret to add one or several members. Instead, the whole vehicle does not need one person, and multiple turrets can control the entire area well.

The other two groups are starting to build a triple artillery support vehicle called [Thunder]. Although the Thunder is only 152 caliber, it is triple, and most importantly it has a turret. On the battlefield, [Thunder] pours shells at the enemy calmly and rhythmically with a rate of fire of one shot per second, in fact, I think this car should be named a nail gun.

And I, where to change the blueprints, in order to be able to carry these people, I have to build an original-sized unit, and now in this harsh sea state, I think the submarine is more suitable. I will use the Tiger Shark-class submarine as a model and modify a vehicle for evacuation. The pressure on the second line of defense was already very high, [BEAT] was pouring in from all directions, and with the addition of the assault level, the second line of defense, which was insufficient in caliber, was crumbling, and I gave the order to break through to the second line of defense, asking them to converge on the third line of defense, that is, me. This is the final line of defense, and one will hold out until the girls have boarded the ship.