When Ding Xiangchen, who was baffled when he heard that the search force only went out at noon and came back in the evening, he dropped all kinds of work and found Kjer in a bubble dragon tank, intending to ask him what the situation was. After all, the team clearly did not encounter a battle, and there was no such thing as fleeing back after being defeated by the enemy, so the problem here must be quite strict, and it has been so strict that the uncle is unwilling to believe it.

Also, please don't question the name of the tank, God knows what those guys in the Federation thought in the first place, anyway, the name of this active main battle tank in the Federation is indeed called "Bubble Bobble". Rumor has it that because while everyone was racking their brains to think about the name, a guy who was nervous suddenly turned on the TV in the office and said that he wanted to change his mood, and it turned out that a cartoon called "Bubble Bobble" was playing in the Federation, and then ......

There is no then.

Of course, this is just a rumor.

Maybe it's because the name is too much, but in short, the table of this tank is indeed a bit like a bubble, and it can't be tough with the Empire's White Tiger tank at all. With the advent of the Tiger Hunting Mech, it gradually took a back seat and became a mobile command post and a firepower platform to cover infantry operations.

That's exactly what Kjer did.

"What the hell is going on, why did you come back so soon?" After the two saluted each other, Ding Xiangchen was the first to ask puzzled, "What did you find?"

"We're in trouble, and it's a huge problem. Kjer looked down and pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, "The drones did find the enemy's base, but it was not a group of defeated soldiers gathered there, but many full troops. If only it were like those leper dogs in the morning, they still have a lot of air power. Hell, I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, the other party owns the ship. That's right, it's the kind of battleship that flies in the sky. There are also quite a few small aircraft, and there are nearly 100 of them that can be confirmed before the drone is shot down. ”

Ding Xiangchen immediately understood the reason why Kjer fled back with his troops immediately, because the coalition forces did not have any air support, not to mention, the opponent's combat power was far beyond his imagination. Although he confirmed his guess, Ding Xiangchen was not happy at all: "This is definitely not the power that Bellock can develop. If he had such terrifying combat power, he would have used it a long time ago, and he would have let it rot here and mold after he hung up?"

"It's the demonic forces from another world that your empire says it is, although I didn't believe it until today. "This map is our only valuable gain this afternoon, just a little rudimentary. Well, we are in this location now, and the demon base that was discovered is here, and it is not very far away. They have quite a few ground troops, most of them leprosy dogs, with other strange creatures in between. However, their exact combat capabilities are unknown, and they appear to have a small amount of mechanical equipment for which their purpose is similarly unknown. Of course, our ground forces are not weak, and a head-on confrontation should not be a problem. Can ......"

"But the air power of the other side is a big problem. Ding Xiangchen tore off his hat and grabbed his scalp and said in pain, "Is it a battleship flying in the sky? There is no such thing against the sky, and just a hundred flying machines are enough to blow us up." Colonel Kjer, what do you say about this?"

Kjer took a deep breath and said, "Yes, hold on and wait for help, or run away." Oh yes. In the image sent back by the drone, I saw a tower. ”

"A tower, you mean the artificially made kind?"

"Yes. It seemed to be some kind of spatial teleporter or something. It's something like that anyway. Kjer obviously didn't know how to describe it, so he simply chose to give up, "Anyway, that thing has created a portal that can often be seen in science fiction movies and is maintaining it, as for what keeps coming out of the door, I don't need to say, right?"

"No, you've made it clear. Ding Xiangchen nodded understandingly. "We should ask for reinforcements and find a way to destroy that tower, and it's better to have the people above send some more anti-aircraft weapons down. Well, it's really the people 'above'. ”

Watching the young colonel's upward gaze, Kjer ignored the humor: "Maybe we can try to retreat to the ground, so that we can exert our air power." You know we're all used to fighting with the support of an air force with air superiority. It's really uncomfortable to suddenly not even have a helicopter. ”

"But the next time we try to go underground, it won't be as easy as it is today. Besides, there is a ceiling here, and no matter how much the other side tosses, they will eventually be subject to height restrictions; and when they come to the ground, it is still a question mark whether our planes can beat the enemy's air force. ”

This time, Kjer was silent for a long time, and finally patted the shoulder of the former Housheng seriously: "You are right, this forward position really cannot be given up casually. You are an expert in defensive warfare, and all federal forces are under your command. What needs to be done from us, just say. ”

Ding Xiangchen curled the corners of his mouth slightly: "Thank you." All in all, let's call for reinforcements first. ”

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After Yakumo Murasaki "teleported" me and Emmilina to the battlefield she said, we were all stunned on the spot. It's not that the battle was raging, on the contrary, it's over. The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, blood, and burning, and I bet even the exhaust fumes from chemical plants smelled much better than that.

But what really struck me was not the poor air quality, but the almost layered bits and pieces of hunting corpses on the slope in front of me. The corpses had even filled in the deep pits blown out by the shells, and they were even slowly sliding down the slope due to the lubrication of blood, which made people's scalps tingle for a while. I could barely make out that most of them were the corpses of the leper dogs that the demons had used to attack the Shield of the Wings, with a few other creatures in between, but the ghost didn't know what they were.

At great cost, these curious climbers finally captured their target, a small clearing at the top of the slope. There were numerous apparently hastily dug foxholes, riddled with bullet casings, and bunkers made of stone, wood, and something taken from huge fungi, presumably used to set up machine guns or park chariots. There were a large number of grayish-white bone serrations stuck in the positions, some of which were stuck in the bodies of some of the hapless soldiers, who were the only ones the monster had achieved.

There were a lot of messy footprints and car marks on the ground, and it was clear that the humans had abandoned their positions and retreated under the cover of artillery fire from the rear.

"Emilina, demons have always fought like this?" ”

Who would have thought that the blonde girl shook her head lightly: "There is no such thing." No matter how many casualties there were, these improved low-level monsters didn't matter to the demons, and only killing them would make the other party feel pain. As I've said before, these batwings have a small population, so they use cannon fodder to consume the enemy in every battle, and wait until they are exhausted to destroy the opponent. Perhaps the commander of the army was trying to deplete the demon's living force by guò defense, but it seems to me that it is the ammunition of the human that is being consumed. ”

Ammunition was meant to be consumed - and considering that it would be quite difficult to resupply this hellish place, I kept my mouth shut.

Taking us to a nearby mountain that is extremely steep even if a monkey wants to climb up, Yakumo Zi, who overlooks the entire battlefield, opened the paper fan and covered his face lightly: "Well, it's a very barbaric but effective method, after all, war is about attrition." Whoever can't hold on first loses. And little girl, if I'm not mistaken, that dog-like monster must have been made, right?"

"What, it was made?" I said, widening my eyes in astonishment, "How much, is it really 50 crystal ores?"

Emilina slammed a knife on the top of her head: "Not really. Those monsters can be crafted from a variety of materials, such as protein, wood, and ...... The fragments of corpses on the ground. Got it, Zhou Yi, today you killed 10 monsters with great effort, and tomorrow the demons will be able to use their corpses to make 6 more. This kind of war of attrition is simply endless, and it doesn't work at all to play defensive counterattack or something in the face of the demon army, you will only consume yourself to death. ”

That's why the alliance to which the blonde girl belonged would not hesitate to divide its forces to the greatest extent and attack the demons and the Mantius clan who were accused by them at the same time? Why does this girl have such sharp aggression under a sweet and charming appearance, I finally understand a little bit today.

Should I say that she really deserves to be the daughter of the little queen of the black-haired blonde Lori who dared to cross the plane and take the initiative to attack the other party after she had no difficulty driving the demon away from her hometown?

"I see what you mean, but there's nothing wrong with that. I looked at the well-placed defensive positions of the coalition forces on a hill and said, "The demon's forces have suffered a lot of losses from such a mess before, and now they are rushing to invade before they are ready, and I doubt how far they can go." Besides, the empire will definitely send reinforcements, as long as the coalition forces hold out until that time, it is not certain who will lose and who will win. ”

"Have you forgotten the demon's aerial battleships?" Emilina gave me an angry look, "Maybe there aren't many of them, but they're definitely not an opponent for the fighters." What's more, humans can't get air support here. At least not for the time being. (To be continued......)