Chapter 4, The Longest Yard

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 two minutes. 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 on the edge of the garbage dump, and remembered how he taught him to beat those big children 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 they didn't take action, and neither of them wanted to leave the fortress at this time, 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 ten 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 broke out.

The self-explosion of the mecha 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.

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 expression, and turned his head to look at Kliman in surprise, not knowing what kind of mine soldier would make this usually steady overseer, who was close to middle age, 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 case, risk sacrificing Marines to pick up a miner. Just as Clark was about to say something, he suddenly heard a loud bang.

He quickly looked at the fireball that was not far away, and his face was stern. "Do you still need to save people?" Clark asked coldly.

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 are also a few scratches on the face, a wolf on the body, and a boot is broken.

After struggling to get up, he looked vaguely in the direction of the fortress with his eyes and crawled forward with difficulty with his hands and feet.

The speed was not fast, and after climbing a certain distance, he tried to run, and Li De was anxious, eager to grow his wings and fly to the shelter 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 Karin's figure appeared in the door of the bunker, holding her proudest heavy sniper rifle in her hand. 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 gave the command to take a step, and the body ran 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. There was still one last yard to get closer, and Li De only felt that his legs were filled with lead, and it was difficult to take another step.

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 bit down on Li De with its open mouth.

A figure suddenly rushed out of the bunker, 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 dodged in 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. Look at the man who rushed out of the bunker and pulled him in, Karin's pretty assistant Heinrich.

"Thank you!" Lidd stretched out his bloodstained hand and squeezed Heinrich.

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 a dozen miles 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.

Heavy footsteps came, and Clark walked up to Li De and said coldly to the two people lying on the ground, "It's okay, can you still fight?" ”

"Just give me a brief. As long as I can still move my fingers, that's fine. Li De replied.

Hearing this, Clarke's eyes widened, and he said to the adjutant beside him, "Help him deal with it, wait until he can walk, and bring him to 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 is mainly because he fought in SCV before, and his body is overdrawn too much, and the wound will be fine. After resting for almost an hour, Li De 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, which had already learned the news from the front and was assembling support troops.

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?" ”