Chapter 085: Retreat

The night was already deep, and the snowflakes flying over the southeast mountains of Manta City finally stopped, and although the sky was still dark and black, the snow all over the mountains reflected the night as if it were day.

"Buzzing" one or two banshee fighters with bright searchlights, still shuttling back and forth between the valleys. In the valley, which had once been the execution ground, dozens of armored personnel carriers formed a makeshift camp and bonfires lit to reflect the figures of exhausted Marines. Even the mecha chariots were silently parked around the camp, lazily raising their muzzles and casually aiming at the hillsides.

After a carpet search in the middle of the night, the rebels found nothing but the entrance to the underground base. As the supreme commander of this force, Maier was very annoyed by this, but he was a little helpless. The ground forces searched all the mountains within a radius of more than ten kilometers, and the banshee team even expanded the aerial search range to nearly fifty kilometers, but still did not find a single ghost.

"Damn, did these bastards all get into that underground base?" Maier looked up at the dark canopy and muttered to himself depressedly. According to the information obtained from the command, Meier always believed that the one who could destroy an entire armored detachment was definitely a unit above the battalion size. He didn't believe that there was a superman in this world who could overturn the Banshee Mecha Chariot and the armored detachment of dozens of Marines with just one mecha he had snatched.

To add insult to injury, he had expected to get some information from Command about the underground base, preferably a detailed holographic diagram, but just a few minutes ago, the Command responded that it could not find any details about the underground base, and Myer was furious, calling his intelligence department a bunch of idiots.

Although among the rebel units that reoccupied the city of Manta, there were the remnants of the 4th, 7th, and 23rd Corps that had participated in the Battle of Manta. However, these remnants of the defeated army did not have any information about the underground bases scattered all over the mountain. Moreover, in that fierce battle, the computer console that stored the details of the "dungeon" Jihua was accidentally destroyed. Therefore, neither the rebels nor the federal army know much about this huge dungeon Jihua.

"Sir, Major Brian has requested to speak with you!" As Mel pondered how to dig out the bastards hiding underground, the lieutenant named Da Niu peeked out of the armored command vehicle and shouted. After sending the Bisol squadron into the underground base to search, Meier transferred Marine Group Leader Brian and asked him to take another Marine squadron and several tank mechs to guard the entrance to the base to pick up the Bisol squadron.

"Did you find anything this dog day?" Meier's heart moved, and he hurriedly got into the armored command vehicle, took the communication headset to connect the channel, and scolded: "Brian, you shit, if there is no good news, Lao Tzu will kill you first!" "When Maier goes into battle, he wears high-performance officer armor, but he doesn't like to wear a helmet with a communication system.

"......" Hearing Mel's scolding, Brian on the other end of the communication channel was speechless for a moment, and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Brigade commander, then you better shoot me first!" ”

"Fuck, what's the fart!" As soon as Mel heard Brian's tone, his heart was filled with ignorant karmic fire, and he scolded impatiently.

"Sir, two minutes ago, a series of explosions and fierce gunfire were heard in the passage of the underground base. After that, the communications officer who was in charge of liaising with the Bisol squadron could no longer contact the Bisol squadron! ”

After listening to Brian's report, Meier's face suddenly became gloomy. "Fuck, a whole squadron, more than eighty well-armed Marines, and that's it? These bastards are so fucking amazing! Thinking about it, Maier felt a pang of anxiety in his heart.

"Sir......" Brian called cautiously.

"Then did you send someone in again to check on your shit?" Mel came to his senses and asked.

"Sir, my subordinates have sent a team into the tunnel, and it is estimated that they will be able to find out in a while!"

"You idiot, let your team get out of the tunnel for Lao Tzu immediately!" For front-line commanders like Brian, who are severely lacking in brains, Meier has always wanted to kick them back into the womb. "Damn, the whole squadron is finished, you fucking send another squad to make after-dinner snacks for others! You shit, don't give Lao Tzu Lang any more precious marines! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Brian on the other end of the communication channel responded again and again, and it is estimated that he was secretly glad that if Maier was in front of him, then he would at least be beaten by Maier again. Then, Maier heard Brian ordering the communications officer to give the order to retreat to the Marine team that had entered the tunnel.

"Brigade commander, what should we do now? Is it just at the exit of the passage? After giving the order, Brian listened to the silence in the headset, and hurriedly and cautiously asked.

"Brian, immediately have people prepare explosives for blasting, and let the chariot detachment assist you to blow up and block the hole!" After a moment of silence, Meier's thin face frowned, and he said in a cold voice: "Lao Tzu wants you to guarantee that the hole that collapsed will not be blasted open by the turtle grandchildren there with nuclear artillery!" ”

"Brigade commander, will you just let go of the enemy troops hiding in the underground base?" After listening to Myer's order, Brian was obviously a little incomprehensible.

"......" Maier, who was full of black lines, had the urge to strangle this idiot major captain immediately. After enduring it for a while, Mel finally roared and scolded: "You dead pig braincase, just give Lao Tzu an order|!" No matter how verbose I am, I'll bury you in that tunnel! ”

"Huh? Yes, yes, the subordinates will carry out the order! Brian was taken aback and hurriedly responded.

"Big bull, send a report to the general!" Maier threw down his headset and said to the communications lieutenant next to him, "Our unit has completed the search mission, and the remnants of the enemy army have retreated to the underground base below the mountain. Due to the complex terrain and heavy casualties of our troops, in order to save the precious life of our army, it was decided to adopt special means to block the enemy troops in the underground base, in order to trap the enemy army! The general's approval is hereby requested! Colonel Meyer, commander of the 34th Brigade of the 9th Corps! ”

With that, Maier got out of his armored command vehicle and looked up in the direction of the hillside where the underground base was located. There was a faint flicker of light, presumably a chariot mech that provided a light source for the busy Marines. The two ammunition trucks roared out of the valley camp and headed straight for the hillside.

A moment later, there was a loud "boom" from behind the hillside! Although the flames of the explosion were not visible, the faint tremor on the ground made the corners of Mel's mouth raise in satisfaction.

"Pass my order, all units are ready to collect the team and return to the base!" Maier commanded triumphantly.