For the weaker side, the time to prepare for war is never enough. However, time, as the most basic law of the universe, does not flow because of the will of human beings.

In just five days, the figures of the mechanical octopuses finally came to the vicinity of Zion. That's a lot of closeness. The assembled soldiers, even standing on the tarmac under the dome, could feel the dull sound of vibrations coming from the direction of the zenith.

At this time, on the tarmac, hundreds of APU mechs were neatly arranged, quietly waiting for the moment when they were activated.

The pure metal structure of the fuselage, up to three meters of huge body, even in a static state, also gives people a strong sense of deterrence, its shape design combines the rough wild with the exquisite industrial structure aesthetics, the material and the gloss of the surface bring a cold metallic texture, the unprotected operation room completely exposes the human individual soldiers, this design that is easy to be killed in seconds has been complained by many weapon enthusiasts, including Yuan Hao.

But after coming to Zion and really talking to them, Yuan Hao knew that in addition to the practical needs of mobility and weight, there were all helpless compromises. This design also stems from the collective unconscious of humanity, as centuries of slaughter and enslavement have been permanent. Humanity's aversion to pure machines has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, so both designers and drivers agree that this design can add a bit of flesh and blood to this killing machine, and remind drivers not to forget their own blood and race.

Of course, there is also the fact that human beings no longer have more energy to develop more advanced mechas.

It wasn't until Yuan Hao came and provided them with the MS production technology that could produce another world, the Cosmic Century, that they could be regarded as setting up the technology tree of the humanoid mecha.

After these APU mechas, which are considered to be "eliminated", it is the Jim Guard that Yuan Hao is familiar with standing. Eighteen meters tall, relatively well-armored protection, helmet-like heads - these are more like people than APU mechs, and the caliber of weapons they use is also one size larger than APU mechs.

Five hundred and forty-four Jim Guards, which is the vast majority of the equipment that Zion has been producing at full strength for more than a year.

In order to better cope with this war, all Jim Guards are equipped with the most suitable weapons: 9-barreled 30mm caliber Grimm guns, 300mm anti-aircraft bomb rocket launchers, 90mm caliber machine guns, and beam spray guns that have been complained about by people from another world, but are very practical at the moment.

This is a simplified version of the Beam Rifle, which is easy to produce and has guaranteed power, but the biggest drawback is that it has too close range.

But no one cares about these at this moment, after all, playing defensive warfare on the tarmac side, the space is limited, and the combat distance between each other is almost within 3000 meters, but there is no need for rifles with strong penetration and long range.

So these beam guns, which have been optimized to be easily produced, have become every Jim Guard, using these beam guns as cannons on both shoulders, and Jim Guard as a guard weapon for pistols and the like.

"Are you ready?" asked Locke, the Supreme Commander of the Defense Force in front of the tarmac, calmly looking at the solemn soldiers.

"Always be ready!" the soldiers replied loudly.

"This is our last fight. If we fail, we won't see the sun tomorrow. Commander Locke pointed out the most brutal of possibilities in a deep voice.

“...... No one wants to die, so you must bring your death to your enemies. This is Zion's first line of defense, but the last line of defense.

If you fail and fail to hold on, the squid that breaks through here will spread from here to the whole city of Zion. Your wives, your children, your families...... Those who are unarmed will die at the hands of mechanical octopuses. As men, you must keep this terrible enemy against them. ”

Commander Locke's words sounded very cruel, but such cruel words made everyone frightened.

The reality is that humanity has no way back, and they must defend their way to their homeland.

"Boom!"

There was another vibration from the outer walls of Zion, and the pressure of the coming war had fallen on everyone. But all the soldiers looked as usual, and they all understood what they should do at this time. Countless logisticians shuttled between these huge killing machines, moving through their respective posts in a nervous and orderly manner, even if they occasionally passed by, they would only gesture to each other with their eyes.

"Separate, separate! Fourth Squad, stationed on the sixth tarmac, behind the fourth squad......"

"Twelfth Squad, go to the main square and garrison......!

After the pre-war mobilization, the mechs were activated. The roar of thunder shook the whole of Zion, symbolizing the roar of Zion's strongest armored legion, and also a response to the invincible machine legion.

The battle was about to begin, and the fighters of the mecha infantry regiment began to set up. They, on the orders of the command center, rushed to their respective defensive positions. Although there were no trenches and no fortress fortifications, with the defense of the mechs themselves and the support of their comrades, they were ready to make the last preparations.

At this moment, they don't have much to say, all their beliefs converge and merge here, all their courage collides and sublimates here, and in the face of the ultimate moment of the survival of the race, Zion bursts out with an unprecedented surging fighting spirit, they want to fight to the death with a powerful enemy, and they have to fight against this damn fate.

People are busy with their blood, without identity differences, forgetting some small disagreements in the past, strong pressure and the mission of surrounding their homes and protecting their loved ones, blending them together. At this moment, everyone's heart is beating at one frequency.

The electromagnetic pulse gun placed on the ground also seemed to feel the agitated mood of the owner, and it made a low buzzing sound in the slight vibration, like a dragon spring in the box, and it roared when it heard the battle.

On the huge dome, the shaking was getting louder and louder, and the apron made of tens of millions of tons of steel began to shake slightly, and with the help of the pillar of light in the central position control center, it could be seen that the falling dust and debris were increasing dramatically, and the outer wall of Zion was already in danger.

The Zion Defense Force is centered on APU mechs and MS teams, distributed to various locations on the tarmac, and every three mechs are paired with two MSs as a combat group, and each combat group is equipped with an unequal number of death squads to make up for the weakness of the APU mecha's individual unprotected and insufficient melee ability - this is a match that is not in the movie, it seems that Zion's military is not completely brainless, and knows how to add a layer of protection to their individual soldiers.

Cobweb-like cracks began to appear on the hard dome, and the cracks quickly expanded and spread, and large chunks of concrete rained down, and a huge drill roared out of its head.

Ten seconds later, a giant cone-shaped drill bit with a diameter of several meters and a weight of hundreds of tons fell down and slammed into the ground, sending dust and splintered steel into the air for tens of meters.

No one cared about the falling drill, and everyone's attention was focused on the huge hole, and a chaotic and piercing buzz was coming in at an alarming speed from far and near.

Zion's flying fleet is mainly composed of Matrix Awakened people, while the APU mech team is made up entirely of natural humans born in Zion. Because Zion has been very closely protected for nearly a hundred years, most of them have never seen blood, let alone face the crazy attack of millions of mechanical octopuses in this life-and-death duel, many soldiers have rapidly increased their body temperature, their heartbeat rate has doubled, and their breathing has become more and more rapid, but they are extremely nervous.

As time passed, the vibrations above the dome became more and more violent.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the dome cracked, and a torrent of black metal surged out of the hole, and countless red electronic eyes and black steel arthropods fused and intertwined, forming a life-killing waterfall of death, which fell towards the heads of the garrisons that were already in formation.

Terrible!

A bone-chilling chill spread from everyone's hearts the moment the mechanical octopus appeared, and some recruits couldn't help but have a look of fear on their faces, and their morale began to drop.

Not good!

Captain McFanley, who was in charge of the front-line command, was secretly shocked when he saw this. He was keenly aware of the changes in his subordinates, and immediately roared, "Fire, my brothers!

With a face that is not angry and arrogant, and short hair like a steel needle, he stops there casually, and immediately has a momentum like an immovable mountain, which makes it difficult for people to look at. On the huge tarmac, he was the head of all the soldiers.

The roar was an order, and the soldiers, who were already nervous, involuntarily pulled the trigger under this sound.

"Dash...... Da ...... Da!"

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom!"

"Whew...... Shout...... Phew!"

Particle streams, bullets, anti-air shotshots...... With a roar, strings of streamers staggered in the air into a dense stream, swallowing the oncoming Death Waterfall in one gulp.

When the colorful net collided with the metal torrent composed of mechanical octopuses, the forward momentum of the machine army was fiercely slammed on the brakes, and the staggered and horizontal fire nets stubbornly resisted the huge kinetic energy of the machine army's high-speed advance.

Not only that, but sparks and green smoke immediately erupted from the mechanical octopus that first hit the fire net, and the evil electronic eye quickly extinguished, turning the killing machine that countless Zion warriors had turned into a pile of scrap metal in the blink of an eye.

The mechanical octopus in front was scrapped, the back continued to move forward, and then met the staggered projectiles, and then scrapped, one after another, endlessly, scattered parts and sparks fell like a torrential rain. For fifteen seconds, not a single mechanical octopus could break through the blockade of the electromagnetic net.

However, almost at the same time, the sound of gunfire in this space stopped abruptly. It's not that they don't want to keep shooting, it's that they don't have a way to keep shooting. The novice soldier nervously pressed the firing button and didn't let go, and as a matter of course, he shot the bullets in the magazine. The magazines ran out, and the firepower naturally ran out.

The torrent of metal that had been trapped in the fire net suddenly fell, and then swelled violently, quickly swelling into a huge metal sphere that kept wriggling, which was the result of at least ten times the mechanical octopus pouring in at the same time.

Thousands of mechanical octopuses rushed out of the rear at the same time, forming a larger, tighter metal net, and everyone on the tarmac roared to them. The voice that rapidly expanded in the field of vision, the cold electronic eyes that were blood-red, almost shocked everyone.

"Second line of defense, rebound...... The logistic soldier is responsible for changing the ammunition! The APU armor takes precedence over the bullet chain! The mecha with the main weapon and ammunition empty quickly switches to the secondary weapon! Boys, take it easy...... You're doing a good job, but be careful...... Own ammunition. Captain McVanley, who understood that newcomers would be nervous, did not insult the soldiers, and he gave the right orders loudly to calm the soldiers' nervousness.

"Yes!" The initial panic disappeared in the boss's yell, and the soldiers, who were slightly stunned for three or four seconds, reacted quickly. As mecha pilots, even if they have never been on the battlefield, they are always the elite of Zion. Hard training can still make them react instinctively.

That's enough!

Gunfire rang out again. Unlike the last time, the sound was not so loud, and the line of fire was not so dense, but it seemed much more rhythmic. And the effect produced by this is not much worse than the previous wave of random fighting.

Various electromagnetic field warheads specifically aimed at the mechanical octopus were also taken out for use. They burst into brilliant blue in the air, but they were surprisingly intertwined with each other, intertwining into a huge blue web in the air.

The net caught the mechanical octopus that continued to pour in, and burst after 0.1 seconds, and the dazzling electromagnetic current burst out of light and heat on a larger scale again. Countless arcs of electricity suddenly burst out from the inside of the stacked mechanical octopus, as if the sun dispelled the dark clouds, and the thick blue arc jumped wildly on the bodies of thousands of mechanical octopuses, crawling all over the entire machine army in an irregular form, and the instantly high power surge broke through the energy source inside the mechanical octopus, and the enemy's electromagnetic energy was also forced to join the dance music of energy rage.

Blue light, piercing screeching sounds, crazy sounds.

In an instant, the thunder and air explosion caused by the super-strong electric tearing through the air almost broke everyone's eardrums, and the fiery electric strobe temporarily erased the concept of color from everyone's retina.

Countless mechanical octopuses fell and frantically smashed on the ground of the tarmac, and were built into countless hills one after another.

The environment of the battlefield has become complicated.

But it's better that way. Following Captain McFanley's orders, many human soldiers took refuge in a gap made of mechanical octopus wreckage with an EMP gun in their arms, and set up simple bunkers.

This was after the end of the first wave of resistance.

Under the resistance of the Zion soldiers, the vanguard of the mechanical octopus was carried away by a rain of bullets.

As a result of the battle, it turned out that using Zion's original small APU mech to defend against the large MS worked wonders in the war against the mechanical octopus.

This is indeed something to rejoice in.

However, the situation on the battlefield did not allow the soldiers to show any emotion. Because the warning from the command has arrived again: "Attention, the second wave will arrive in a minute!"

"One minute! everybody run!" Captain McVanley roared, "Now, every minute, every second counts. ”