Chapter XXVIII, Battle of the Highlands 2
Li De, who almost fainted, was helped up by his companions and sat on the ground. The soldier who helped him sit up saw that there were blood stains in his lower abdomen, and quickly tore Li De's clothes, but what he saw was indeed an intact abdomen and eight-pack abs.
"Are you alright?" The medic asked.
"It's fine." Li De replied with some difficulty.
"That's good, hurry up, it's dangerous here." The military doctor patted Li De's helmet, bent over and left. Military doctors on the battlefield are always the busiest.
Li De also quickly got up, full of doubts. He also felt that his recovery speed did not seem like something that humans could have. Thinking of the mouthful of mushroom blanket I just ate, it seems to feel good in my mouth.
Take another bite and see? No, how could I have such an idea? Li De shook his head desperately, and ran the thought out of his head.
But after running two steps forward, taking advantage of the fact that his teammates around him didn't care, Li De bent over, picked up a fungus blanket with one hand, and observed it carefully.
Looking at the dirt-like thing in his hand, Li De pursed his lips, looked up to see that no one around him was paying attention to him, and ate it again.
This time he really felt the smell of the fungus blanket. It's a bit like a mixture of artificial protein meat and spinach, and it's not too bad! Li De comforted himself in his heart, after all, his behavior was beyond that of humans.
I ate the fungus blanket again, and my stomach didn't have the same reaction as before. When I felt that I had discovered it during the previous meditation, I could suddenly feel the energy inside my body.
Does this have the effect of lifting the Force? It was as if he had discovered a big secret.
Li De looked at the chaotic battlefield around him, there was flesh and blood flying everywhere, and there was no way for him to feast here. So he took an automatic rifle, loaded the collected magazines into the ammunition pack, and followed the other Marines to the front line.
The war continued, when the Middle Route Army was fighting with the Zerg, the north and south also launched attacks, and for a time humans besieged the high and low plains from three directions, squeezing the Zerg's positions from three sides.
By the afternoon of the battle, everyone was tired. After a day of fighting, they began to become numb, and they just did the action of firing mechanically. The Marines had haggard faces and hoarse voices, sweat soaking their hazmat suits over and over again. But no one dares to stop, and to stop now is tantamount to death.
General Douglas then issued a new directive. Stop the charge, retract the line, and hold on to today's victory.
After the order was delivered, the soldiers in front finally stopped their advance and slowly retreated under the cover of artillery fire. It's as slow as the ebb tide, guarding against the bugs from time to time.
Finally, in their own positions, only corpses and scorched earth were left all over the mountains, quietly telling the tragedy of the day.
No one wants to fight the Zerg at night, those big bugs have very good night vision, even if they are equipped with night vision devices, humans will only expose more weaknesses in the dark.
Back at the camp, Company D did the usual assembly and count. There were no more than 20 people standing, but there were 150 when we left this morning. In addition, 18 people were sent to the field hospital, and there are now fewer than 40 people in D Company.
During the daytime battle, Company D's luckiest man was a guy named Freddy, who was following behind the big group and had not fired a single shot before he was cut in the ass by a tongue thrust. Then he was carried back by the medical soldiers, and now he is lying on the hospital bed waiting for the nurse's sister to serve.
The bearded company commander was also slightly injured, and his left hand was wrapped in gauze, and there were faint blood stains oozing out. His cigar was long gone, grinning, showing his yellow teeth, and speaking to the wolf-bรจi soldiers. "You're all doing well! From today onwards, you're all real soldiers! It's TM who has seen blood. In the future, you can also show off in front of others about how many damn bugs you have killed. โฆโฆโ
After some reprimands and encouragement, the company commander asked everyone to disband, go eat something, and recover their bodies. But Li De was left alone.
"I looked at your table today, and it was very unexpected." The company commander put his uninjured right hand around Li De's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Chief Allen asked me to keep an eye on you, it seems that it is really necessary!"
Li De's heart tightened, for fear that the other party would find something.
"You kid killed more bugs today than any of us, it's really TM. Those bugs are like they have met a nemesis! Hahaha! The company commander patted Li De's back vigorously with his hand and said, "Don't worry, boy." I will repay you for your merits, and I believe that soon you will become a non-commissioned officer or officer. You'll have to remember who's helping you. โ
After hearing this, Li De smiled and said to the bearded company commander: "Of course, Lampard company commander, you are my first company commander!" โ
"Hey! The kid has a chance! Tomorrow it shouldn't be our turn, so you can rest. "When I'm done, the bearded company commander turned and walked away.
Li De's hanging heart was finally put down, and he was still wondering why Alan wanted someone to stare at him, and he originally thought that the fungus blanket he had secretly brought back had been discovered.
Yes, he did. At noon, when the war eased a little, Li De temporarily found a military kettle that had been pierced, stuffed it with a fluffy fungus blanket, and at the same time did not forget to eat two more bites himself
After a big battle, the appetite of the soldiers will not be very good. It was the first time for many people to see so many dead bodies and such a tragic scene. On the front line, they vomited until their intestines were about to flow out, even if they had returned to their companions, but as long as they remembered that picture, they would have a sour stomach, where would they have the appetite to eat those semi-liquid artificial proteins again. A lot of people start to feel sick again when they see that rotten flesh-like thing.
It's not the first time that Li De has been on the battlefield. Although it was a little uncomfortable to think about the experience during the day, it did not delay him from eating dinner. Moreover, I don't know why he felt that his appetite was particularly good today, and not only did he finish his ration, but also solved the food of a recruit who couldn't eat on the side.
After nightfall, in the camp tent, Li De lay alone, and the other three people who lived with him died in the daytime battle. He secretly took out the fungus blanket he had collected during the day and studied it carefully in his hand. But his eyes weren't microscopes after all, he couldn't see bacteria, and he didn't know what kind of energy and material structure was in this furry thing. I thought I couldn't study anything anyway, so I just ate it in one bite.
After taking a big bite, Li De felt a sudden reaction of the energy in his body. Thinking of how he felt during the day, he immediately closed his eyes and began to meditate.
The effect of this meditation surprised Li De, who not only "saw" the flow of energy in his body, but also felt that the energy was flowing in a fixed direction. Those routes followed a few movements given to him by Karin, forming a cycle in the body.
After running a cycle, Li De felt that his spirit had been exhausted by the day's battle had recovered a lot. And he found that just now there was also a stream of energy coming out of his stomach, adding energy to his body.
It seems to be working! Li De verified his guess. The next cycle of energy begins.
A night passed quickly.
The next day, General Douglas again commanded the troops.
However, when the people came to the lower edge of the highlands, they were surprised to find that the fungus blankets that they had cleared yesterday had been recovering the highlands today. Although the buildings of the Zerg were nowhere to be seen, the surface of the purple fungus blanket made the warriors feel extremely dignified.
Everyone's expressions were solemn, if this is the case, then yesterday's battle was not fought in vain? So many sacrifices, but not an inch of land?
General Douglas frowned, and discussed with the staff officer for more than ten minutes, and then changed the formation of today's attack. General Douglas decided to use his powerful firepower to strafe the Zerg's mushroom blanket position and then let the large army go up. Then hold on to the land you have regained and force the bugs out little by little.
At the command of General Douglas, rockets flew out of the sky, and magnetic howitzers flew over the heads of the troops at high speed. The rockets landed on the Zerg's position, and the strong explosion made the earth tremble, and the high ground suddenly became a sea of fire.
The fire burned for more than ten minutes, and just when the flame was about to be extinguished, the next round of ** came again, and the raging flames had already burned out the fungus blanket.
The fire lasted for nearly an hour, and even the stones on the ground were melted by the heat. The soldiers did not understand why General Douglas would do this. At this moment, in the burning flames, the figures of pit vipers suddenly appeared.
More and more giant mantis and pit vipers emerged from the ground, they could no longer stand the scorching heat of such a high temperature, and when they came out of the ground, they retreated in the direction of the Zerg base. But they became a ball of fire on the ground and were charred.
At this time, the soldiers who did not know the situation realized that the general had done this to drive the bugs away. When they charge again, they won't be ambushed by the Zerg like they were yesterday.
The Zerg side was also unwilling to be lonely, hundreds of balls of light flew out of the high ground, as well as green poison sac bombs and self-detonating flying insects, and the two armies began to fight without meeting.
On the human side, two mechanized battalions were equipped with Pig off-road vehicles and Wolf off-road vehicles, and countless anti-aircraft guns were erected on the roofs of these vehicles. The Ripper anti-aircraft fire system was activated, and countless bullets formed an anti-aircraft net, shooting down poison sacs and self-detonating insects that had not yet flown to the human position.
"Air defense with energy weapons." General Douglas ordered. Suddenly, thousands of laser cannons attacked the air, forming a network of light to stop the fall of the Zerg electric ball. Countless balls of light exploded in the air, emitting dazzling firelight and electric snakes all over the sky.
These balls of light are highly concentrated plasma that cannot be broken at all with ordinary bullets. But even the air defense system of the laser laser still slipped through the net under the attack of tens of thousands of light balls.
The ball of light fell to the ground, and the plasma splattered. Vehicles and equipment are overloaded with these plasma, emitting black smoke; The Marines were unable to dodge, and were so electrocuted that they foamed at the mouth, and some even died of shock.
For a time, there was some confusion on the frontal front of humanity. General Douglas ordered all Marines to stand back for the time being, leaving the mechanized battalion to defend in front while long-range fire from the rear continued to strike.
Just after the order was given, the Marines stepped back slightly, leaving some room for the mechanized troops. At this time, a sudden change occurred.
A large number of bugs suddenly appeared from the ground where the Marines were standing, the same as on the first day, but in greater numbers, and, in addition to the giant mantis, there were also a large number of pit vipers.