Chapter 193: The Tiger Falls to Pingyang
Hu Bin smiled bitterly and shook his head, in fact, he was not very willing to take on this task, not to mention the difficulty of the task and whether it could be completed, just cultivating a numbered person who could grow into an enemy as a murderer would have to take a certain amount of risk. There are so many rewarding tasks in the mercenary world that Hu Bin subconsciously wants to give up the task, but a crystal clear object like a diamond appears in front of Hu Bin, and the space automatically shows the attributes of this object.
"Faith Crystal Fragment (Quest Item)
Rank: Legendary
Attributes: After fusion, there is a certain probability that the user's warrior level will be increased by one level, and he will inevitably comprehend a hidden combat skill of his own level.
Synopsis: Proof that a certain god is not willing to be lonely. ”
Hu Bin forcibly interrupted the idea of refusing the mission, and even Stallone was shocked, and then showed a look of regret, the value of this faith crystal exceeded the two of them before. But this made Hu Bin even more surprised, who was the contractor who was killed by them before, who was actually so valued by a certain god, and even issued the task reward in advance.
Hu Bin couldn't help but take the Faith Crystal on his chest and hold it firmly in his hand, and the space then prompted him to trigger the entrusted task, although there was no punishment for failing the mission, Hu Bin knew that the price of offending a god was definitely more serious than a hard punishment.
"I really didn't expect that His Highness would give such a great gift this time!" Stallone looked at the crystals in Hu Bin's hands with burning eyes and muttered.
"What, you're tempted? I can transfer the task to you. Hu Bin said that he was about to hand the crystals to Stallone, but the guy waved his hand again and again. If you refuse, you will refuse, and going back on your word will cause your Highness to be unhappy, this is your task, and no one can take it away. ”
"Tell me quietly. Which Highness is it? Hu Bin asked with a gossipy face.
"You'll know when the time comes." Stallone looked at Hu Bin with a strange expression, as if he was looking for something from his face, until Hu Bin couldn't help but turn his back.
"Quest accepted!" Hu Bin pinched the faith crystal and said silently, and the attributes of the crystallized task items gradually disappeared. In a trance, Hu Bin seemed to feel a pair of majestic glasses glancing at him, he looked up thoughtfully, and then turned his attention to the task.
The first link of the mission requires the redemption of the soul of the contractor, but Hu Bin can't even capture the soul of the target, let alone redeem it. However, the spatial hint arrived in time, and it turned out that the soul of the dead contractor would be attached to something nearby before it dissipated, and it would briefly become the existence of the Earth Bundle Spirit. And it may be the wreckage of the blown up M18 that meets this requirement.
Commanding the tank to come near the wreckage, Hu Bin found that the faith crystal in his hand suddenly began to glow, and a wisp of white mist was incorporated into the crystal through the gap in the tank, and then a countdown and a hint appeared in Hu Bin's mind. Although the soul that enters the crystallization of faith will be nourished, it will continue to consume the energy of the crystal. If the soul is not redeemed before the crystallization energy is depleted, unless a replacement can be found to sustain the soul. Otherwise, Hu Bin will face mission failure. And the price to redeem souls is simple. After returning to space, a one-time consumption of 30% of the energy in the Faith Crystal can redeem a soul, so that it can wash away its dead air and be eligible for rebirth. As for how to make the redeemed soul a numbered person, it can only be known after Hu Bin returns to the space, but Hu Bin estimates that this eighty percent will shrink his mission reward by a large chunk.
"......" Hu Bin pursed his lips, he finally knew why Stallone always looked at himself like that, such a task was simply a big hole. Let's not talk about whether you can complete this task in the end, even if you complete the task in the end. How much will you have left in the final mission reward?
"Stallone!?" Hu Bin couldn't help but shout, although it was not the first time he had encountered such a deceptive mission as a god, Hu Bin still had a feeling of resentment.
"I'm sorry, but I'm a believer in Apate, the goddess of deception and lies. Reminders before the victim voluntarily debunks them will be punished severely. Stallone seemed to have known what Hu Bin's reaction would be, and hurriedly explained himself.
Seeing Stallone's apologetic expression, Hu Bin's stomach was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he could only slap the seductive crystallization of faith on the inner wall of the chariot. Stallone's approach is understandable, Hu Bin, who is a god himself, also knows that the gods attach great importance to some principled issues, such as the goddess Elune will never allow her followers to deliberately destroy the environment, and as a god of deception and lies, the most annoying thing is probably that the carefully woven deception is exposed.
Hu Bin, who was helpless, could only swallow the bitter fruit, he was not ready to offend a god, to be exact, any reasonable person would not provoke the goddess of Apate, otherwise he would wait for endless deception and lies to fill the rest of his life, it is said that the power of the goddess can even deceive the faith of believers under the command of other gods, and judging from the fact that she has not fallen yet, this goddess is definitely not a character to be messed with.
"Looks like I'm going to end this mercenary mission and return to space as soon as possible." Hu Bin quickly said to Stallone after calculating the energy in the crystal, and Stallone nodded approvingly because he was ashamed of what had just happened.
But the battle on the battlefield could not be changed by the will of one or two people, and the Allies did not shrink their forces for a short retreat as the Germans imagined in the event of a rout on the left flank, but instead sent a large number of tanks from the center to support the flank. Although this increased the pressure on the Allied defense in the center, the follow-up support allowed them to stabilize their position after sacrificing many tanks, and the threat on the flanks also turned into a situation of confrontation after the addition of many medium tanks, M4s. The Allied commanders, well aware of their superiority in numbers, broke up the German surprise attack with their superior forces.
On the left flank of the Allies, several aggressive German tanks were beaten into a sieve by the enemy tanks that came to support them, and the German offensive was thus suppressed behind a hillside, and the rising earth pillars on the hill told the Germans here that there were countless cannon barrels on the other side of the hillside. An unbelieving numbered man attempted to direct the chariot to emerge from the mountain, but soon retreated with a few holes in the turret.
"Somebody has to go up on top." There are people on the radio who keep saying this, but no one translates it into action. More than a dozen tanks lay on the hillside, but no one dared to take a step forward. In the tiger style that was long overdue because of the speed, Hu Bin sneered after seeing this scene, he knew that most of the words on the radio were for him, but for various reasons, Hu Bin was not allowed to retreat at this time. Hu Bin patted Stallone on the shoulder, and the latter immediately stepped on the accelerator in a knowing manner, allowing the chariot to slowly drive into the gap that the friendly forces had "kindly conceded", exposing the turret of the Tiger from behind the hillside.
Hu Bin had hoped that Tiger would rely on this hillside to do the same feat as in the city again, but such a thought proved to be naïve. Countless shells immediately landed on the outcrop of the Tiger, and several shells broke through the accuracy error and hit the Tiger turret directly. The external armor that had just been installed and had not yet scratched was immediately lifted by this fierce fire, and even the thick composite armor on the front of the Tiger turret could not withstand such a concentrated fire, and was finally pierced by a shell.
Doyle, who was sitting in the communications position, was immediately injured by the aftermath of the shell, and covered his forehead and howled loudly, while the others were not feeling well. I felt my head surging with qi and blood, and my ears seemed to be stuffed with a single-frequency antenna that kept ringing.
"Retreat. Retreat! Hu Bin shouted orders that he couldn't even hear. But Stallone still guessed the order from the shape of his mouth and expression, and immediately put on the reverse gear, causing the chariot to retreat. The rest of the German tanks took advantage of this opportunity to show their heads, and after firing haphazardly at the Allied forces on the opposite side, they retreated behind the hill again.
It took a long time for Hu Bin's ears to return to normal. But he almost vomited blood from the voice on the radio. The commanders, who had been given the opportunity to counterattack because of the Tiger tank's firepower, finally found a breakthrough and began to constantly encourage the Tiger to strike again. And during the period when the tiger did not react, the instigation gradually turned into evil words and coercion. Needless to say, the aboriginal commander couldn't do such a thing. Most of the numberers are making a big splash on the radio.
One of the numbered Tank No. 4 even aggressively turned its guns to aim at the Tiger and threatened on the radio that if the Tiger did not rush up to attract fire, he would fire at it. Hu Bin was amused by this guy's words at that time, and then asked Stallone to give him a lecture, and Steyrone gave Hu Bin a "look at me" gesture without looking back.
The commander of the car, who was aiming at the Tiger to threaten its outcrop, was squirting at the radio with a fierce face, and suddenly realized that the Tiger had finally made a move.
"I just said that the group of guys in the tiger style will not be able to withstand the pressure and obey the order, and it would be good to obediently rush up and be cannon fodder." The captain didn't hide his sloquers on the radio, drawing a wave of approval from the others, and Hu Bin still underestimated the jealousy that his car caused by the numberer, but he never cared about these things.
The captain of the number four was triumphant and wanted to say something, but a shock from the tank he was in made him smart. "Where was the shot, report the situation."
"Sir, we weren't hit by the enemy!" The hired Aboriginal occupants immediately reported the condition of the vehicle to the numberer, who was able to find the cause of the vehicle's vibration. The Tiger tank ran behind the butt of its own tank at some point, and was pushing its vehicle forward with all its might.
"Full speed back!" Suddenly aware of what was happening, the commander of the numbered vehicle immediately gave the right order, but he ignored the thrust and tonnage of the four and Tiger tanks, whose tracks kept raising dust on the hillside, but still could not stop their slow ascent.
"Stop, you damn bastard, I told you to stop, did you hear, you're murdering allies, no, I beg you to stop, ...... quickly" Captain Four suddenly realized that the protection mechanism between the numbered ones only existed when attacking each other, and enemy attacks did not count. Seeing that the crew in the tiger style did not seem to hear their own voices, and still pushed their chariots to the top of the hillside, the commander of the numbered vehicle finally panicked. He made the most correct decision of his life, which was to quickly leave the tank through the escape hatch under the car.
When Tank Four, which had lost its commander, was finally pushed to the top, the Allied tanks immediately met it with intensive artillery fire, and after a shrill tearing and explosion, Tank Four was reduced to a pile of scrap metal. The people who had just been on the radio immediately seized the opportunity to let their respective vehicles open fire in the open, but after retreating to cover again, no one dared to mention the idea of letting the Tiger take the lead.
But this time. Hu Bin did not let the Tiger tank retreat to the bottom of the hill with the others, and with the protection of the newly baked bunker of the wreckage of the No. 4 tank, the Tiger already had the conditions to take the initiative. The left flank of the side was at a disadvantage under the attack of the Allied forces, and although the main force in the center was temporarily in a state of active attack due to the Allied forces pulling forces to support other directions, this situation would be rewritten with the arrival of the follow-up forces of the Allied forces, and the right flank, which was originally the most superior, fell into a stalemate because of the enemy's support at any cost. Hu Bin knew very well that if his right flank could not open the situation, when his left flank was lost, the German army would once again fall into passivity, and this time there would be no second ambush to save the field.
The wreckage of Tank IV, which had been pushed up the hill, was well enough to block most of the shells with only one turret exposed, which gave the 88mm large-caliber gun, which had not had a chance to fire, finally have room to play. In the face of the generally thin-skinned British and American tanks, almost every shell hit can inflict great damage on the enemy's combat vehicles.
The rest of the German tanks also began to show up and fire frequently at the risk of being hit, but as the commanders realized that the scattered Allied firepower could hardly pose a decent threat to them, they immediately changed from their original cautious appearance to aggressiveness, and repaid the humiliation that the enemy had just inflicted on them with increased artillery fire.
The addition of the rest of the vehicles made the well-hidden Tiger less noticeable. The Allied tanks that Hu Bin was fighting seemed to have subconsciously ignored the intractable Tiger tank, and instead aimed their guns at other outcropping enemies.
Pick soft persimmons and pinch this sentence is true. But it was not a good idea for the Allies here and now. If it is an experienced German tankman, he will definitely take out the most threatening target at any cost, but the Allied tankers who have little combat experience cannot be expected to understand this truth. After Stan and Ferrey took out nearly half of the main Allied tanks, the Allied tankers finally realized their mistake and began to focus what little heavy fire they had left on the Tiger, but it was too late.
The German radio was already filled with cries for the right-wing soldiers to attack. The only Tiger heavy tank burst out of cover and destroyed an Allied tank swaying from side to side trying to dodge, while the rest of the German tanks burst out in the next few seconds, crushing the almost half-crippled enemy tank group in one fell swoop. A breakthrough was made on the right wing.
Some of the faster German tanks continued to move forward, and their mission was to outflank the Allied artillery positions from the rear, and by the way, to bully the infantry. Hu's Tiger and other slower medium and heavy tanks made their way to the center of the battlefield, where the main forces of German and Allied armored forces were facing off.
The battle on the battlefield in the middle has entered a white-hot stage, and the Allied forces that have been copied from the rear have lost stable artillery support, and they actually left only a small number of troops to maintain the battle line despite the great advantage that the right flank is about to gain, and then transferred back most of the tanks, concentrating almost all the remaining forces on the main battlefield. The Allied commanders knew very well that the Allied forces were likely to die a slow death without the cover of the left flank, and that the disparity between their own crews and the German crews would make this prediction come true. Seeing no hope of victory, the Allied commanders simply pressed all their forces on the main battlefield in the center, in a vain attempt to reduce the gap in the combat experience of the crews of the two sides with a head-to-head duel, and even if they were ultimately defeated, they could make the main heavy tank group of the German armored forces pay a considerable price.
The tanks on both sides were firing at each other to the point where they could not dodge, because almost all the available bunkers on the battlefield had been destroyed by their own artillery fire, and even the taller mountain bags had been flattened, and all that was left to the two sides was the last brutal bombardment and the luck of who had thicker armor. Even Hu Bin, who joined later, was shocked by this crazy battle scene, there were shells flying everywhere, and the tanks on both sides were trying to close the distance between each other to make the accuracy of the shells closer.
Originally, the tanks controlled by those contractors were still in the center of the Allied tank group, but they had been completely exposed under the offensive of both sides, but the tanks controlled by these guys were obviously more difficult to deal with than the Allied tanks of the same type, not only were they more flexible in handling, but even the armor and firepower had been strengthened a lot.
The armor-piercing bullet that Ferrey had just fired actually ricocheted on the body of the M4, which made Hu Bin's eyes jump and jump, and the German heavy tank cluster that had some advantages actually had a tendency to be defeated. This makes many of the numbered people who are struggling on the battlefield feel helpless, and every time they gain some advantage, the opposite side will quickly sacrifice more advantages to suppress them. If this continues, let alone hunt those contractors, it will be a problem to even retreat in one piece.
"Damn, the guy across from him is taking turns to hang up, what is our space doing?" Stallone, who was almost injured by a shell that pierced the body head-on, covered his ears with earmuffs but were still choked enough to complain loudly, a feeling of being bullied by dogs in Pingyang spontaneously. (To be continued......)
PS: Today I finally saw a live lizard, which I found in the slippers next door, and the screams of the female colleague next door scared us all. All I can say is that this little guy is lucky to go to the right bedroom, and the brother who slept with me told me last night that he wanted to eat test meat, and he estimated that a mouse could be eaten alive.