Chapter 6, The Longest Yard
"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. No one wants to come out of the fortress again and rescue Li De.
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 spread his legs and 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.
Inside the fort, as soon as Kliman stormed the fort, he yelled at Clark: "There is another miner in the back, let someone pick him up!" ”
Clark didn't see Li De's previous appearance, and turned his head to look at Kliman in surprise, not knowing what kind of miner would make this usually steady overseer so excited. I thought it was just the first time that the other party faced such a scene, and the flustered words.
After all, in this situation, it is not a wise choice to risk sacrificing Marines to pick up a miner. Just as Clark was about to say something, he suddenly heard a loud bang.
The self-detonation of the SCV caused a lot of confusion in the insect swarm, and the fire directly burned the two giant mantises, and for a while the other insects also retreated. Clark looked at the fireball that was rising not far away, and asked coldly, "Do you still need to save people?" ”
After about five seconds, Li De slowly got up. He felt like he was about to fall apart, his hands and knees must have been injured in the tumble just now, and he didn't know what the injury was now. There were also a few scratches on his face, the clothes on his body were unbearable, and his boots were broken.
Li De struggled to get up, his eyes blurred in the direction of the fortress, and he crawled forward with both hands and feet. He operated the SCV just now, and he consumed all his body, even if his strength had increased greatly, he now felt a little weak.
After climbing a distance, he tried to run, and Li De was anxious, eager to grow his wings and fly to the haven that was only twenty meters away.
The people in the fortress in the distance also saw the man running towards them, and shouted loudly.
Li De ran a few steps forward, and several giant mantis appeared behind him. The bugs quickly caught up again.
Bang~! A gunshot rang out, and the giant mantis behind Li De was hit by a rush, exploding a green liquid.
Karin's figure appears in the doorway of the bunker, holding her proudest heavy sniper rifle. The gun had been kept in the fortress until now it had been so heavy that it had finally unfurled its hideous fangs.
Li De felt that his whole body was burning, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead water. The brain gives the command to take a step, and the body can only run forward little by little.
Karin helped him deal with a bug in the back, but more mantis were still rushing towards the fortress.
Fifteen meters!
Ten meters!
Five meters!
There is still the last yard, which is about to approach, and Li De shouted in his heart: "I want to be a general, how can I die here!" With a roar in his heart, he took another step forward.
There is only one yard left, one step away. The one yard apart became the longest yard. It is the boundary between life and death.
Behind Li De, a giant mantis approaching had already arrived at Li De's side, and it was less than two meters away from Li De. It opened its bloody jaws and roared and bit down on Li De.
Seeing that Li De was about to die in the mouth of this insect, a figure suddenly rushed out of the bunker, the speed was like lightning, and before everyone could react, he caught Li De, who was about to fall, put up his arm, and pulled him to run towards the bunker door.
Click~~! The bug's big mouth misses.
Bang!! Karin killed the bug with one shot.
It's here! The two men finally fell together on the ground of the fortress. Karin quickly flashed as well, and the two soldiers closed the door to the bunker.
Li De fell to the ground, gasping for air. Feeling the luck of escaping death, I think about the danger of the last yard of distance. The man who looked at him who rushed out of the bunker and pulled him in was Karin's assistant Heinrich.
"Thank you!" Lead stretched out his hand stained with blood and dust and squeezed Heinrich's hand.
Heinrich squeezed Lid's hand tightly and did not speak.
The miners and Karin team on the side looked at Li De with admiration and gratitude, if it weren't for the magical watch of this black-haired boy just now, at least half of them would not have been able to reach this side safely.
Although it is not a permanent solution in the bunker, it is only about 20 kilometers away from the forward base, and the support troops will definitely arrive soon, all they have to do is to hold on until their own people arrive.
"Boy! You can do it! Kliman said. He patted Li De's shoulder vigorously, regardless of Li De's state at the moment, which made Li De gasp.
The miners around him also looked at Li De with gratitude and admiration and said, "Where did you learn this SCV control?" What a TMD cow! ”
"Cow man! I'm willing to worship you as a teacher! A bearded miner said in an adoring tone.
"You! You! You are truly our savior! "A few frightened miners, even though they were already men in their thirties and forties, were about to cry.
Feeling their eyes and hearing these voices, Li De also felt a little proud in his heart. Although it was thrilling just now, it was worth it.
Suddenly, everyone got out of the way, heavy footsteps came, Clark walked up to Lid, and said coldly to the two people lying on the ground, "It's okay, can you still fight?" ”
"As long as I can move my fingers, I can continue to fight." Li De lay on the ground and gritted his teeth and said these words.
Hearing Lide's voice, Clarke's eyes widened, and he said to the adjutant beside him, "Help him deal with it, wait a moment when he can walk, bring him to see me." Then he turned and left.
Clark's lieutenant brought a medical kit, treated the superficial wounds for Lid, replaced his worn pants and shoes, and washed his face with water.
Li De himself was not too injured, but he was out of strength. After resting for almost an hour, Li Dehui slowly walked to the command room of the fortress.
When Reid walked in, Clark didn't look up. He had just contacted the forward base, and the base had already known the news ahead, and the support troops were already gathering and leaving.
At this time, he was directing the Marines in the bunker and the foxhole outside, and set fire to stop the insects that surrounded him. After being busy for a while, Clark turned his head and said coldly to Li De, "How did you know that we were in ambush?" ”
"There's something wrong here, I didn't notice it at first, but then I finally thought about it. These crystal mines are not originally here, but those bugs have made them. ”
"Why can't I see it, and how do you judge this?"
"The soil and rocks here are different from those in the mines, so it should not be possible to generate crystal ore. And the timing of the appearance of this crystal mine is also very strange. Reed was about to continue, but Clark interrupted him.
"Have you ever learned to shoot?" Clark asked.
"I taught it all when I was enlisted in the army."
"Alright, go down and get a gun. I'll wait until all the bugs are killed. I'm not done with you. ”
"Yes, sir!" Li De saluted and left the command post, leaving a suspicious Clark behind. After a while, Kliman walked into the command post again.
"All the miners are armed, can they hold out for a while now?" Kliman asked anxiously.
"It should be possible, at least for two hours, I hope reinforcements can come sooner." Clark tried his best to hide the worry in his heart and the sweat in his palms. As a manager, he has to be calmer than everybody.
Kriman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That kid just now, did you see that?" ”
"Yes, where did he come from?"
"I remember him coming from Arkansas. I just arrived here a month ago, and now I'm a miner in the seventh group. How? Are you interested in him too? ”
"Kirb, Hobbs, take your men to meet the Matata and them, and be careful not to let the insects control the wings." Clark didn't reply to Kliman immediately, looking at the battle situation on the screen in front of him, he quickly issued a few instructions.
Then he slowly looked at Kliman and said, "This person has a problem, you have to keep an eye on him." He doesn't seem to be that simple. ”
After this reminder, Kliman thought carefully about the previous situation again, and nodded sternly. "Hmmm! Now that I think about it, there are indeed suspicious circumstances. I see, so I'll go down and have a look. So he turned and left.
In the fort, the original 1 Marine squad and Karin squad are inside the fort. The miners also took weapons from the armory, and gave some fire support.
So far, there have been no losses other than a few fighters on the foxhole side at the beginning.
At this time, Li De also held a semi-automatic rifle, and at a shooting hole in the north, he fired at the swarm outside.
The bugs didn't seem to have a strong desire to attack anymore, and gathered around the periphery, as if waiting for something.
Li De looked at the current situation, five minutes had passed, and those bugs still did not fight. Li De frowned and thought, "It's not good! "Immediately turned on the one-way call of the communicator.