Chapter 160: Together in the Boat
Coming down from the "Shadow", on the way to the command center of the base, Yang Yi and the others felt more profoundly.
There were many officers and men in the garrison, but most of them were wounded, and many of the lightly wounded were fighting with wounds. It's just that there's no other way to go. Prometheus has been blockaded by the fleet of the Silicon Alliance, and the base is surrounded, surrendering will only lead to an even more tragic death. There is nowhere to run, and the only thing left to do is to keep fighting with a glimmer of hope. Obviously, the morale of both the officers and the soldiers was very low.
It's not that the officers and soldiers are afraid of death, it's that they don't have the right weapons.
Along the way, Yang Yi has been paying attention to observing. The main armament of the officers and men of the garrison was electromagnetic guns, and the ammunition distributed to the soldiers was mainly ordinary guns and ammunition. Not to mention that the power of the electromagnetic gun is limited, even if you use armor-piercing bullets, you may not be able to kill strong enemies, and you can use ordinary bullets to make it even more powerless. As for the heavy weapons that can kill the enemy, in addition to those heavy tanks, there are only a few small-caliber machine guns mounted on hovercraft, and there is a huge shortage of ammunition. The garrison was able to hold on not by the weapons in its hands and its fearless will to fight, but by the energy barrier that shrouded the base, as well as the ecological maintenance system that was always in operation and driven by the original energy.
The temperature in the base was very low, about minus 50 degrees Celsius.
Not to mention the Silicon Phantom Warriors, even human warriors are difficult to move normally in such a cold environment, but no one complains, because the cold temperatures have a greater impact on the enemy. Even if this effect only slows down the enemy's movement, it is of great significance.
Can this battle continue?
Led by the officers who came to meet them, the group arrived at the command center and met the base commander, Colonel Carr, a real iron-blooded soldier.
Colonel Karl is almost three meters tall. It has typical Saxon physiognomy characteristics, and is extremely burly, and at a glance you know that it is infinitely powerful. At the first glance of the colonel, Yang Yi saw that he had a tenth-level primordial body, just because there was no suitable primordial energy converter. It is only an eighth-level soldier. Even so, he is still the strongest presence in the base. In addition, the deep scar on his face shows that he has a lot of combat experience.
Iron-blooded soldiers like him are rare in peacetime.
In Yang Yi's memory, only Colonel Luo Changkong, who was at Outpost 914, was such an iron-blooded soldier, those soldiers who stayed in the rear all their lives, sat in the office all day long in front of documents, and those who had been stationed on the front line for a long time. There is a fundamental difference between a soldier who is constantly threatened with death.
"You've seen the situation here, so I won't say more." Colonel Carl was very direct, and glanced at Yang Yi and the others when he said this. "Which of you is the commander?"
Lin Feng stood up and didn't let Yang Yi come out.
"You ......"
"Lin Feng, captain of the Special Reconnaissance Brigade of the Third War Zone."
Colonel Carl was slightly stunned, and looked at Lin Feng seriously.
Obviously, he knew Lin Feng, at least he had heard of Lin Feng, and knew that there was such a colonel in the Third War Zone. It is also known that Lin Feng is Lin Xiaoting's granddaughter and the current pilot of the "Fire Phoenix". It's just that. His eyes showed that he didn't expect Lin Feng to be so young.
"This is Colonel Shen Chengwen, the squadron leader of the strategic squadron, and the most powerful member of the special investigation team."
Carl's gaze turned to Shen Chengwen and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
"This is Major Yang Yi. A member of the Special Squadron, my partner and garrison, a rising star of the Special Reconnaissance Brigade. ”
Carl just glanced at Yang Yi, and didn't even nod his head to say hello, obviously not taking Yang Yi seriously.
"This is Colonel Jackson. The new members of the special investigation team, in the team led by Yang Yi, are talented warriors and have very strong combat power. ”
Carl looked at Jackson in surprise, and then glanced at Yang Yi again.
Obviously, Lin Feng's introduction made him feel very confused.
Jackson is a colonel or a warrior, and Yang Yi is only a major, and he only shows the strength of an eighth-level soldier, how can Jackson be his subordinate? Although Lin Feng did not say that Jackson was Yang Yi's subordinate, in Yang Yi's team, he was equivalent to Yang Yi's subordinate.
A colonel officer with the rank of a warrior turned out to be a subordinate of a major officer at the rank of an eighth-rank warrior!?
Not to mention Carl, others would have been surprised and incredulous.
"Colonel?"
"Hmm......" Carl came back to his senses and said to Lin Feng, "I'm glad you guys were here, to be honest, we can't hold on anymore." It's just that what I want to know is, how many officers and soldiers did you bring over? ”
"It's all here."
Carl was stunned again, and looked at Lin Feng in disbelief.
"A few of us are team leaders, and the other officers and soldiers have arrived with the 'Shadow', and they are all outside, there are a total of forty-four officers and soldiers, all of whom are soldiers."
"Forty-eight in total, including you?"
Lin Feng nodded, indicating that this was what he meant.
Carl froze, looking like he didn't know what to say.
"Colonel, our mission is clear, to assist the garrison in guarding the military base on Prometheus until reinforcements from the First War Zone arrive."
When Lin Feng said this, Carl smiled bitterly.
"Although we are from the first war zone, the enemy will not discriminate against us, and we will not have any reservations. Now that we're here, we're at your command. Lin Feng paused slightly, and then said, "Please rest assured, Colonel, we will carry out the orders you give without reservation." ”
"Colonel Lin Feng, I don't look down on you, it's just ...... Ay! ”
Lin Feng's brows jumped a few times, although he saw what Carl meant, he didn't know what to say.
"Colonel, just say what you want." Yang Yi took a step forward and said, "We have come here, and we will be in the same boat from now on." If the base falls, we won't end well. We have to work together, and we need to trust each other unreservedly. If we don't even have the most basic trust, even if it is not our 48 soldiers, but all the officers and men of the special reconnaissance brigade, it will be useless. ”
These words inevitably made Carl take a few more glances at Yang Yi.
"yes, don't treat us as outsiders." Shen Cheng smiled when he heard this, and said, "There are fewer people, but we will definitely do our best." If you have a task, just send it to us, preferably challenging. To tell the truth, it is the tradition of the special investigation brigade to go wherever there is danger. ”
Karl nodded slightly.
Obviously, if he can't trust Yang Yi, then Shen Chengwen's words are very convincing.
Among Lin Feng, Yang Yi, Shen Chengwen and Jackson, except for Jackson, the only thing that Carl can't see through is Shen Chengwen. Although according to Lin Feng's introduction, Shen Chengwen was only a squadron leader, and he was a tenth-level soldier, after seeing Shen Chengwen for the first time, Carl believed that Shen Chengwen was not just a tenth-level soldier. Carl felt that Shen Chengwen's strength would not be below Jackson.
Shen Chengwen's words also woke up Carl.
Jackson must be a human warrior, if Shen Chengwen's strength is not below Jackson, he is also a human warrior, and Lin Feng is a tenth-level soldier, and he also has the legendary "Fire Phoenix". Although Yang Yi's strength is a little worse, he also has the combat power of an eighth-level soldier. It's just that the combat power of these four people is equivalent to the total number of troops stationed at the base, and if the forty-four soldiers outside are not too bad, the strength of this army will be very amazing.
Where can the officers and men of the special reconnaissance brigade go?
Although he was not from the Third War Zone, Karl had long heard of the Special Reconnaissance Brigade and knew that the officers and soldiers of the Special Investigation Brigade were genuine soldiers. In addition, for hundreds of years, the special investigation brigade has always adhered to the principle of preferring shortage to excess, and its strength has always been maintained at about 500 and has never been expanded.
It can be said that the Special Reconnaissance Brigade is the most elite unit in the Third Theater of Operations.
Thinking of this, Carl secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When he received that the Third Theater would send troops to support, Karl still felt that the above was fooling him and did not take it seriously. When Lin Feng and the others arrived on the "Shadow", Carl also thought so, feeling that the third war zone sent a group of rabble. In any case, the contradiction between the Third War Zone and the First War Zone has existed for a thousand years, and Prometheus Star is the forward fortress of the First War Zone and has nothing to do with the Third War Zone. Carl couldn't think of any reason for the Third War Zone to help the First War Zone defend Prometheus. If it is just an attitude to maintain unity within the army, then it is only ordinary troops that are sent.
Only now did Karl believe that the Third Theater of Operations had indeed sent reinforcements, and that they were an extremely powerful one.
"Colonel?"
"It seems that you are not here for a vacation."
Lin Feng was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Since you have made your attitude, I will not beat around the bush with you." As Carl spoke, he used the controller to pull up a three-dimensional map from his light brain, which was the three-dimensional map of Prometheus Star. "This is Prometheus, the base is on the North Pole, where the green point of light is."
Yang Yi and others surrounded and looked at it carefully.
"There's another base on the other side of the planet, the South Pole, and it's also a military base, but it's guarded by a few mercenary legions." Carl said as he showed the geocentric tunnel that connected the north and south poles. "This tunnel goes directly through the center of the earth and connects the two military bases. Theoretically, we could use this tunnel to travel to the South Pole. Unfortunately, the tunnel fell before you arrived. ”
"Fall?" Shen Chengwen's brows jumped a few times.
Karl nodded slightly and said, "We have lost contact with the Antarctic base, and we don't know the situation over there. What's more, the enemy is able to use the tunnels to launch attacks from underground. Although the attack has not yet come, it does not mean that the enemy will abandon this means of attack. ”
"What do you want us to do?" Yang Yi asked very directly.
Carl glanced at Yang Yi and the others, did not hurry to speak, and his expression was not very good-looking, and he seemed a little embarrassed. (To be continued......)