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"Get up, get up all for me. The 1st Squadron guarded the left line of defense, the 2nd Squadron guarded the right line, and the 3rd Squadron followed me to guard the central line. Damn, cheer me up, don't cower like a bitch. Pick up arms, load your bullets, and use your heavy fire to tell the damn bastards who is the master here, and let the bastards know that none of us are afraid of death. ”

Amid the roar of the officers, the soldiers in the trenches climbed up one after another.

King John was the same, although his hands were trembling slightly, he did not feel afraid, as if the trembling was just a reflex.

The ground shook even more, and the explosions became louder.

"Come on, damn it, come on! Today, someone will die here, but not us. Today, when the smoke clears, we will drink the blood of our enemies. Kill—"

"Kill—"

The officer was the first to leap and rush out of the trench, and behind him there were hundreds of soldiers.

King John was a fighter of the 3rd Squadron, and his task was to hold the central defensive line.

At the moment of exiting the energy barrier, deafening explosions were heard from all directions, along with the screams of wounded warriors and the roars of enemies.

In front of the line, the enemy has occupied surface positions and is advancing towards the line.

In fact, it was not the real enemy, but the enemy's vanguard, or cannon fodder used to send them to death, which was a group of huge beasts!

Cannonballs kept falling, exploding inside the herd.

Unfortunately, the cannonballs were not powerful enough for the hard-skinned beasts, and the severe pain from the injuries only drove the beasts crazy.

"Hold your ground and never back down!"

The squadron leader was the first to enter the position and opened fire on the approaching herd with the only machine gun.

Following the warriors around him, King John also entered the position and began to shoot at the herd with his rifle.

It wasn't a battle, it was just a mechanical repetition of movements, as the herd was not a threat before it rushed closer. It is also a life-or-death battle, because the herd can destroy everything, including the flesh of the warrior, if the herd rushes closer. There was no one to retreat, and there was no place for the warriors to retreat, because behind them was the Fire Phoenix Fortress, the last stronghold on the planet and the basis for the survival of all warriors.

The battle has been going on for ten days, and the war on this planet has been going on for ten years.

To be able to hold out on this barren planet for ten years without backup, or even material supplies, is definitely a miracle, a miracle created by the greatest general of the Human Federation, that is, General Yu Hongyang, the commander of the legion. It's a pity that he did his best, and he was only able to hold on for ten years. Although the Federation War Department repeatedly promised that it would send reinforcements and provide war supplies to the defenders, it never materialized, and not a single Human Federation ship arrived, and not a single Human Federation reinforcement arrived. It's just that relying on the legion guarding this planet, that is, 10,000 officers and soldiers, to hold out for a full ten years in front of an enemy a hundred times stronger than itself, which is already the limit.

As the fortresses scattered on this planet were captured and destroyed by the enemy one by one, all the officers and soldiers, including King John, knew that the Fire Phoenix Fortress would be their last battlefield. When the final battle comes, they will be killed in line.

It's just that not a single officer or soldier regretted it, and not a single officer and soldier was afraid.

For all the soldiers of the Human Federation, dying on the battlefield is the ultimate destination, because they are mentally prepared before putting on their uniforms. All the more because they are not fighting for themselves, but for all their relatives, all their friends, all their compatriots, because without them fighting bloodily on the front line, there will be no peace in the rear, and the people they care about will be poisoned by the flames of war.

All this has been going on for a thousand years.

During this millennium, dozens of generations of the Federation of Humans have been fighting for survival.

Although we can only learn about the glory of the Human Federation in film and television works, books and documents, and legends, it is enough for King John and other soldiers, because they all believe that as long as they can persevere, then sooner or later, human beings will once again become the rulers of the entire universe. They all know that the hero who once made humanity incomparably strong did not abandon his compatriots, but only left temporarily. As long as he returns to the Human Federation, then now all enemies who pose a threat to the Human Federation will kneel at his feet. So whether it's King John or anyone else, it's just to wait for him to return, and for him to lead the Human Federation to dominate the universe again.

This is not just the hope of King John, but the hope of the entire Federation of Mankind.

For King John, this hope is everything, and he is willing to give everything for this hope.

Of course, the hope for that powerful being is not only related to education, but also to the deep-seated reasons, but no one cares what it is, and no one even cares whether everything related to that powerful existence is real, because they are not facing a legend expressed in words, but a real enemy, an enemy who is desperate to destroy the Federation of Mankind and destroy all mankind!

"Stop shooting, get on your bayonet, and get ready for melee!"

Under the orders of the squadron leader, the officers and men adjusted the attack patterns of their weapons one after another, and some elite fighters also took out melee weapons specially designed for combat.

By this time, the shelling had stopped.

Although the herd was huge, under the heavy shelling, not a single beast reached the vicinity of the defense line, and all of them fell a hundred meters away from the defense line.

It's just that this is only a prelude to the battle.

If there is anything that the human legion fears the enemy, it is definitely ferocious artillery fire. It can be said that in any battle, on any battlefield, as long as the legion is thrown into battle, the artillery strike of the human legion is enough to make the enemy fearful. That's why the Human Legion is best at defensive warfare. With a strong fortress and enough places to deploy heavy artillery, the human legions can fight an enemy a hundred times their size. If the perimeter defense line is built in advance and fully deployed, the position of the human legion will be as solid as steel. It can be said that in the past thousand years, the human legion has relied on such a strong defensive combat capability to withstand the siege of many enemies. Although the jurisdiction of the Human Federation has been shrinking, and one planet after another has fallen, the enemy has also paid a terrible price for this, and in almost all battles, the enemy's casualties are hundreds of times that of the human legion.

It's a pity that there are too many enemies.

Although the human legions fought bloody battles and thousands of soldiers followed one after another, for a thousand years, the Human Federation lost almost all of the outer galaxies, but did not win a single counterattack, let alone regain lost territory. In other words, everything the human legion did was actually just to buy time, or to let the defeat come a little later. As for how long it can last, it is obviously not something that a grassroots soldier like King John can know.

On the position, blue smoke appeared.

"Come on, damn it, come and die!"

Like the other officers and soldiers, King John activated the energy protection system, and a thin energy barrier appeared, enveloping him.

This barrier is equivalent to armor, but it is like paper paste, extremely fragile, unable to withstand deadly attacks, and can only protect human officers and soldiers from toxic substances. What's more, maintaining this barrier is a battery, an energy reservoir to be exact, with an extremely limited capacity, which can only operate for a few hours even at the lowest power, and at most half an hour in combat condition. As long as the energy is used up, even if you are not killed by the enemy, you will be poisoned by the poisonous gas released by the enemy.

Those blue smoke are the poisonous gases released by the enemy.

Of course, this statement is not very accurate. Humans need oxygen, but the enemy does not, and the enemy breathes a much less oxygenated gas, which contains a component that is highly toxic to humans, so that if you inhale it, you will die. It's just that it doesn't die immediately. Hallucinations are first produced, and after about ten seconds there is loss of consciousness, followed by generalized convulsions. If you don't put on the mask within 30 seconds, you will be completely immobilized due to nerve paralysis and eventually suffocate to death. In fact, in most cases, you will not die of suffocation, because the enemy will follow the poison gas, so if you lose consciousness, you will be killed by the enemy.

It wasn't long before the blue smoke spread to the vicinity of the trench.

This time, instead of shouting, the squadron leader quietly rushed into the blue smoke, and the other fighters did the same, not a single one shouted loudly.

The point is that the enemy has no sight, but an extremely keen sense of hearing.

As the officers and soldiers on the front rushed into the blue smoke, the shelling began again. It's just that the shells didn't fall, they all exploded in the air. What's more, after the explosion of these shells, there were no fragments that could be used to kill and injure the enemy, only a deafening explosion.

Obviously, that's the key.

In fact, the human legion was able to hold out for ten years by relying on this kind of shell.

The sound of violent explosions cannot kill the enemy, but it can interfere with the enemy's sense of hearing, so that the enemy cannot accurately grasp the situation on the battlefield, thus creating opportunities for front-line officers and soldiers to approach and kill the enemy. Although the violent explosion also had a certain effect on the human warriors such as King John, it was not serious, nor fatal, at most it was only a temporary loss of hearing, and the human warriors were still able to detect the enemy with their eyes.

This tactic has been tried and tested time and every time.

Of course, a veteran like King John, who has been fighting on this planet for ten years, knows what to do and how to take out the enemy.

After entering the blue smoke, King John completely calmed down, which is the experience of veterans.

All the human warriors, including him, only had thirty minutes. They must destroy all the enemies who come up within these thirty minutes. If more than thirty minutes pass, they will either retreat or be poisoned, and whichever option is chosen, they will lose their positions.

So, will they be able to defeat the enemy again in these thirty minutes? (To be continued.) )