Chapter 5, Proper Usage of Welding Torch 2
The Marine who was originally beside Li De also took out his semi-automatic rifle and opened fire at the swarm, and at the same time began to move towards the two golden-haired team members.
Li De did not leave the cockpit, driving the mining SCV robot, holding a welding torch in his hand to join the evacuation team.
Karin herself is a sniper, and another member of Karin's squad is her sniper partner, so he is only armed with light submachine guns, taking care of the miners who come together, and serving as the last point of fire for the team.
Karin raised her one-and-a-half-meter-long sniper rifle, and a bullet struck the head of a giant mantis that was about to pounce on the stout black man, and the white brain and green bodily fluids of the bug exploded.
In this way, a total of six members of Karin's team, the ten surviving miners plus Kliman, had already organized themselves and ran towards the temporary fortress a few dozen meters away.
But the good times didn't last long, and just as they were running back, the bugs on both sides also rushed up.
Li De ran at the front of the line because he was in the SCV mining machine, and he was shocked when he saw the insects rushing up on both sides. Looking to the left and right, there seemed to be no one who could help stop these insects, so he made a gesture to the soldier with a light submachine gun and rushed to the left.
Karin's assistant, Heinrich, was a beautiful young man, probably in his twenties, and when he saw Lide driving the miner towards the swarm, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and fired in the other direction, hoping to delay the fire support of his other companions.
Kriman also calmed down at this time, and took out the pistol he carried with him, although it was a 9mm caliber pistol, but he also desperately pulled the trigger.
Karin also saw this, and hesitated to shoot at the left side of Li De's run, killing the giant mantis closest to Li De, thinking that this miner was going to use his own flesh and blood to delay those bugs, so he had to help himself.
But the next moment, her beautiful eyes widened.
The welding torch used by the SCV to cut the crystal can reach a flame of up to half a meter at its highest output. Now, in the hands of the machine piloted by Li De, this blue flame was like a sword, cutting through the body of a giant mantis.
The extremely high temperature destroyed the carapace of the giant mantis, roasting its internal organs, and when the torch left, the high-temperature charred wound did not shed a drop of liquid, because the water around the wound had evaporated instantly. A giant mantis collapsed to the ground after this seemingly light stroke, its four long legs twitched, and died.
In the next time, Li De himself didn't know how to do it, he frantically manipulated the SCV miner qì people in the cab, and kept waving the welding torch to the insects around him.
The mining SCV mech was originally designed so that miners could pick up bulky welding guns and huge fuel tanks, so the focus was on its load-carrying performance rather than flexibility. Therefore, Li De needs to do a lot of extra operations to make this big guy more flexible.
Li De's operation speed at this moment has exceeded that of normal people several times, if it weren't for his speed and strength improvement, he would have been tired by now. Now the bulky-looking creature is besieged by a dozen giant mantises, slow but always able to dodge the attacks of those long legs and jagged mouthparts.
After killing a few of their companions, those giant mantis also knew the power of the welding torch in Li De's hand, and they didn't dare to get too close. The long feet that occasionally stretched out to attack also cut off a few for Li De. The cut bugs screamed violently, and for a moment a stalemate was formed.
On the other side, everyone looked at this strange scene in amazement. A huge mecha more than three meters tall wielded a welding torch, surrounded by a dozen giant mantis more than two meters high, like a god descending to intimidate those insects. The giant mantis let out a low roar, dodging the hot flames left and right.
Kliman remembered what he had said earlier, "This TM is the correct way to use the welding gun." ”
Karin's team slowly gathered their firepower and moved closer to the makeshift fortress. Li De's single-mindedness on the left has given them tremendous confidence.
The big black man grinned and shouted into the intercom, "Head, I'm going to write this down with the battle recorder, it's incredible." If the federal army did this, Lao Tzu TM would be unemployed. ”
"Watch to the right! Your TM shells are blocking my view! A blonde-haired soldier shouted.
Although he also admired the courage of this miner who rushed forward from the bottom of his heart. But at the same time, I also know that in this situation, if I can't make it to the temporary fortress, then everything is over.
Even if they hold out to the makeshift fortress, can they wait for support?
At this time, in the fortress, facing more Zerg in front of him, Clark had not had time to check the battle in the direction of the mine. There were two squads with good firepower in the fort, as well as three engineers, a total of fifteen people trying to hold their last hope of survival.
One of the engineers controls the fort's own fully automatic cannon, firing countless bullets into the swarm. Cooperate with the soldiers of the two squads to form a firepower network, so that the Zerg in front of it cannot break through for the time being.
The other two engineers operate small maintenance machines and micro-drones, one ready to repair the damage that comes in at any time, and the other to provide Commander Clark with more images.
There was a roar from the communicator at all times, and the two squads in the foxhole were eleven men, and they were in charge of the two-wing mission.
The Brooklyn squad on the left flank has a better firepower and can withstand the pressure temporarily; On the right flank, the Harrison team has no snipers on the team, and they also need to rely on the assistance of the fortress and cooperate with each other to stop the influx of bugs.
The welding torch in Li De's hand continued to wave, swinging left and right plus the rotation of the fuselage, and the giant mantis circled for a long time, but after all, he was hit by those insects.
Now the SCV he is driving has a broken leg of a giant mantis stuck in one leg, and the output power is only about 40 percent of the original.
A cooling pipe on the back has also been cut, and now there is no air conditioning in the cockpit, and it is as hot as a steam room. But Li De still insisted and cut the body of a giant mantis.
Eventually, his mech's left arm was bitten by a giant mantis, and after a harsh sound of metal breaking, the left arm was bitten off, and only a few connectors hung there. Now, the god-like mecha is as broken as scrap metal in a garbage heap.
Not far away, the miners were already approaching the fort, and the door of the fort slowly opened, and under the cover of two marines, Kliman was the first to storm the fort.
And the two marines who came out of the fort were completely stunned when they saw an SCV with only one arm not far away, holding a welding torch in their hands and desperately trying to stop the bugs.
No one could believe that anyone could drive that hulking hunky machine and fighting with the dexterous giant mantis for a minute. Yes, it has only been a minute since Li De rushed out to face the battle.
But this minute seemed to Leede and Kliman as long as two years.
Li De was completely insane, he pulled the joystick frantically, screaming, and his whole body was already soaked with sweat for several layers. Perhaps it was the fear of death that stimulated his potential, and Li De felt that the SCV armor that had accompanied him for more than a month was like his own body.
After biting off his left hand, he seemed to think of the one-armed old man at the edge of the garbage dump, and remembered how he had taught him to beat up those thugs in order to grab something valuable in exchange for wine.
With your right hand up, your body is pulled back, your weight is shifted to your left foot, and your lower hand is lowered, and then your weight is shifted to your right foot, while your right hand is swinging forward. This action dodged the three attacks of the insects, and in the counterattack, it directly cut off the mouthparts of a giant mantis.
The big guy rushed into his own swarm of insects in severe pain, causing a little chaos and being killed by other insects.
Click! SCV's right foot was also impaled by the long foot of a giant mantis. Compared to the shaking upper body, the mech's feet move at a speed that is not at all comparable to those bugs that are known for their speed. Soon after the battle, the bugs also discovered this situation, and now Li De's two legs are equivalent to being abolished.
"Damn!" Seeing that his mecha was no longer able to fight, Li De glanced back at the situation of the fortress. The surviving miners and Karin's squad have all entered the fortress.
The black man who entered at the end reluctantly glanced at him, and said something to the two soldiers who came out of the fortress to cover, as if he hoped that they would come to help Li De evacuate safely. The two soldiers glanced at each other, but did not move. No one wants to leave the fortress at this time, and that is to die.
Li De adjusted several adjusting valves in a row with both hands, making the mecha turn its back to the swarm, and then opened the hatch, dodging the attack of a giant mantis's long legs in extreme danger, and jumping off the broken miner mecha.
As soon as he landed, he sped towards the makeshift fortress. At this time, he was still about thirty meters away from the fortress, and with the speed at which he ran with all his might, it would take less than a few seconds to reach it.
Just when he had just run away a little more than five meters, the mecha behind him suddenly exploded with a bang, and a huge wave of air knocked Li De to the ground and rolled forward a few meters.
The huge explosion came from the SCV's torch fuel tank. When Leede left, he adjusted the pressure on the fuel tank so that it was in an unstable state. Sure enough, after withstanding a few heavy blows from those bugs, it finally exploded.