Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Battle (Collect!Recommended Votes!)
Zhang Wen took Zhang Shan, Jack, and Wang Chao to communicate with Holder's subordinates, since it was a newly formed team, they had to get acquainted with each other and coordinate with each other, and Jack was good at this, and the communication was handed over to him.
As for how to evacuate and maintain order, I practiced it many times before I came, and there were no major problems. Nelly knows almost every single one of the 56ers from Holder, and she has to admire her in this regard, and Holder admires and trusts her even more, which definitely has something to do with Nelly's appearance.
Jim also gave the order to appoint Nelly to form a temporary squadron (not fully formed) and be promoted to squadron leader, and Holder to deputy squadron leader, and the rank will be officially promoted after completing the mission. And Zhang Bowen successfully became the squad leader, it seems that Nelly is still the most supportive of him, only Curly Maojie is indignant, he even thinks that he should be appointed as the deputy squadron leader, but there is not even a squad leader. As for the 55 people of the standing army who re-formed 5 squads, all of them were their own people as captains, Zhang Bowen selected 5 people from them to strengthen the strength of the blue cat squad, so that his squad has 14 people, and these 5 are the best in physical fitness, and have the opportunity to become a raider driver like Zhang Shan, you must know that this is a battlefield, and only the strong can survive.
Looking at the vast sea of people in front of the passage, there was no end in sight, but most of the wide passage was closed, and only two people were allowed to enter at a time, and the new team members were puzzled.
"Why don't you open the passage a little bigger, we have so many people that we can't control it if we enter together?" Nelly asked Holder.
"Squadron leader, this is an order from the superiors, saying that they are afraid of spies entering. Holder said indignantly, obviously dissatisfied with the orders of his superiors, but he dared not speak out.
"Spy?...... "Nelly took a closer look and said, "I see, it's not a spy, it's a spy bug." You may not know this, but the Zerg has some weird bugs that are difficult to understand, and the spy bug is one of them. I've heard that that kind of monster can take on the form of any creature, and it is so vivid that it has the same breath and sound. The superiors didn't let us go of the passage because they were afraid that they would get in. The first two people enter is just the limit of the scanning system here. It would be nice to have a large scanning device, otherwise I don't know how long it will take to evacuate these people. ”
"I see, but at this rate, I don't know that it will take the year of the monkey to complete the evacuation, and the refugees outside are short of food and clothing, and I am afraid that it will cause riots after a long time." Holder sighed.
"I'll find a way to solve this matter, Han Dong, contact the above to see if I can get a large scanning device, if not, I can get two small ones." This will allow for evacuation to be twice as fast. ”
"Yes. ”
Five hours later, two small scanning devices were finally delivered, and all the passages of this thing were grabbing, and they were long gone. These two were specially cared for by Jim Renault, and I heard that they were dismantled on a battlecruiser.
Still, a day later, there was still a sea of people outside, and more and more refugees had fled from afar.
......
Just then, there was a commotion outside the passage.
"Run, ......"
"The bugs are coming. ”
"Help......
......
With the shouting, the dense sea of people frantically poured towards the passage, and the crowd was like a huge wave from far and near.
Zhang Wen was taking the time to study the core of the "astrolabe" at this time, and when he heard about the situation outside, he quickly put down his thoughts, called a few people to rush to the top of the wall, and arrived at the commanding heights with Nelly.
Ignoring the crowd, the distant scene shocked everyone.
From time to time, there are strange brown huge "packages" falling from the sky, and those inverted pyramid-shaped huge "sacs" that seem to be spliced together by four ten-meter-diameter meat balls have eight tentacles tens of meters long swinging at the end, which looks hideous and terrifying.
Boom Boom Boom ......
The sound of explosions continued, how could the defending troops sit still at this time, a large number of anti-control missiles were launched into the air, and they shot at the target at a faster speed than the airborne "bag", and a huge explosion occurred.
After the smoke passed, ninety percent of the airborne meat sacs continued to smash to the ground unscathed, a scene that sent chills down the spine of the soldiers in the field.
Obviously, the human anti-aircraft fire is very ineffective against this thing, although the missile is very powerful, but when the missile is close, I always don't know what the reason is, causing it to deviate from the target, exploding outside the effective killing range, only a few can hit the target, but it does not blow up the airborne capsule. They are still falling to the ground in flames, so huge, so fast, the consequences of falling to the ground can be imagined, a large number of civilian casualties.
"Oh my God, this is an airborne cyst hydatid, and it's full of mutant bugs. Holder said excitedly, his body trembling slightly, and an atmosphere of fear spread among the soldiers.
At this time, Nelly glanced at her teammates, and she was also full of surprise and fear. Why did the defense and control missiles miss? Missiles with more than 10 times the speed of sound were far faster than cysticosis, but with the exception of a few cystechids that entered the area of the garrison and were blown into pieces by concentrated fire, the others landed almost intact on the ground and killed a large number of people.
"Second Lieutenant Adela (Nelly's provisional rank), an order from the ship. Han Dong hurriedly ran to the front and reported.
"In the early hours of this morning, the outer space of the planet was attacked by a swarm, and our fleet had a fierce exchange of fire with it, and successfully repelled the swarm an hour ago. However, before the swarm left, a large number of airborne troops were dropped, covering almost the entire planet, and the ground anti-aircraft fire of our army was insufficient,......"
"Therefore, the higher authorities ordered us to take the initiative to attack, and each passage must send some troops to attack to kill the Zerg ground troops and reduce civilian casualties. After Han Dong read out the order, his hands were trembling, and he was already stunned when he went to the battlefield for the first time.
"Isn't there a main force, why do we need new recruits to attack?" Nelly was also a little frightened, and couldn't help but ask.
"Nelly, I asked Boss Jim, and he said that the main force has been sent out to encircle and suppress a large number of bugs, and we can only sweep the snow in front of the door now, and we need to solve it ourselves within ten kilometers of the passage. Han Dong said with a steady mind.
Nelly frowned, she didn't expect to participate in the battle just after arriving here, which was contrary to the original plan. Glancing at Hold, who was a little flinching, and the standing army soldiers on the side, he hesitated.
At this time, no one wants to go out, who knows how many insects are parachuted within 10 kilometers, and in the face of the choice of death, people will naturally choose to stay in the safe fortifications.
In the end, under Zhang Wen's encouraging and determined eyes, Nelly finally made a decision and ordered.
"Sergeant Holder, Squad Leader Zhang Wen, I will send two squads to destroy the insects that are slaughtering civilians. I need volunteers, and if there are not enough of them, I will force them. ”
This way is very good, Nelly only has one squad here, so the standing army must have a squad here. If they didn't have volunteers, they were handed over to Holder himself to force assignments. The words are soft and rigid, and it is not easy to cause rebellion.
Holder knew that Nelly had done her best, so they brought a team and sent them out, and if she didn't send someone on her side, she would be disobedient and disrespectful, and if she wanted to go to a military court, it would be worse than death.
In the end, a team of 10 volunteers came out of the Standing Army. This is an unspoken rule in the military, there are always people who have to carry out dangerous tasks, and this kind of task is basically done in turns. They carried it out this time, and next time it will be someone else's turn, in fact, the probability of death is about the same, after all, the war has just begun, and no one can hide from it.
The Blue Cat squad now has 14 people, and they want to leave Han Dong and Ottoman behind, they have no combat effectiveness, and it is useless to carry out this kind of assault mission. Moreover, Han Dong had to assist Nelly in command, and the Ottoman driver SCV kept shuttling back and forth to assist the robot in reinforcing the fortifications, so it was 12 people on a mission.
"Attention all personnel, please note that we are being attacked by a small group of Zerg troops, not the main force of the Zerg, please do not panic. Our army has already sent troops to clear the ,...... Don't congest the entry lane, please enter in an orderly manner, please enter in an orderly manner. ”
When the team members were worrying about how to get out of the crowd, the radio arrived just in time, calming the panicked people a little. After the soldiers were tough enough to maintain order, they finally made room for them to walk out of the passage.
Watching TV at home, or watching the crowds of refugees from afar, you can never really feel their helplessness and fear.
Faced with the threat of death, in the face of this terrible scene that may be torn apart and devoured by insects at any time, as ordinary people, they have no ability to resist. Hungry for a long time, psychologically tortured, and not in it, no one will understand their despair. At this moment, looking at these people, it is no longer to blame them for rushing to the Star Port Passage in an orderly manner, because even the team members themselves will do so.
Looking at these people, the team members walked more and more firmly, they were moved and inspired by some people, and they must kill the insects quickly and save them. Because in such an embarrassing time, most men still protect women and children by their side, and even let more children walk in front of the passage, and the old people consciously retreat backwards. They want to leave the seeds of hope behind. This small step back and humble step reduced the fear on the faces of women and children. The men spread their arms a little wider and protected them a little closer.
Seeing such a heart-warming scene made the heavy steps of the team members walk more firmly and faster.
There was also a little more hope in the eyes of the refugees, because this time the team that came out was different, they were not only fast, determined, but also extremely well-equipped. Wearing a brand-new individual marine mech, a C-14 electromagnetic spike rifle in his hand, a huge pistol hanging from his right leg, an alloy knife hanging from his left leg, his back is basically covered by a huge spike magazine, and a ring of grenades around his waist. The most eye-catching thing was the dark blue alloy shield hanging from his left shoulder, and the huge silver battleship logo on the shield flashed with glory. These people were armed to the teeth, especially the raider behind him who walked with a clattering sound, and his body was covered in bullet chains, as if each huge bullet could boost the confidence of the crowd.
How could the refugees notice the immature faces under the crystal masks, how could they know that these were teenagers, they only knew that this group of men and horses was much more imposing than the regular army that had come before.
"The Federation must have sent a large force to prepare for a counteroffensive"
This idea is passed on to the people around me. When people see hope in despair, positive energy spreads more easily, and this is the case at this moment.