Time goes back to the second half of the night before dawn.

Just when the Burning Corps and the Torch Remnants were in full swing, a hundred kilometers away in another abandoned urban area, a bloody battle was also entering the final Gaochao.

Hundreds of Conqueror V tanks and their coordinated infantry cut off all entrances from the ruins to the wilderness, as well as the possibility of the Celestial Realm of Fungi variants reinforcing the ruins of the city.

Immediately afterwards, more than 10,000 Willant infantry and tens of thousands of clone soldiers, under the cover of artillery, launched simultaneous attacks from more than a dozen directions, encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Torch Church and the mutant tribes trapped in the ruins.

Looking at the map of the Prosperous Era, this abandoned city once belonged to a large city called Hirota City, with a permanent population of more than 8 million.

But now it's the Wasteland Age, and the prosperity of the past has long since vanished, and only the rusty street sign still remembers its name.

After learning that the city might contain information about the Gestalt project, Lium did not hesitate to draw the nearest 370,000 troops to attack the attack, and ordered them to capture it before the Alliance's landing force came out on top!

Attacking was the Legion's 370,000th Troop and a glorious army of 30,000 clone soldiers.

The defenders are the Torch Knights of the Flame and the Lame Clan.

Although the name of the latter sounds funny, it is clear that the mutants of this clan are not really crippled, and it is unlikely that they will be crippled with the mutant's ability to recover from being reborn with severed limbs.

Contrary to the comical name, the mutants of this clan are not cripples, but are natural hunters, active in the mountains and forests of rugged terrain all year round, and are extremely adept at crafting traps and sneak attacks with high and low vision.

In the initial stage of the offensive, the 370,000th men of the legion suffered a lot at the hands of these "lame people".

But that's just the beginning.

When the Willantes found out that the mutants were going over and over with those few tricks, the rest of the matter was much easier.

Once they came across a possible ambush, they would either send clone soldiers up to test it, or simply shoot a few shells over and blow them up before moving forward.

The commander of the 370,000 squad was quite cautious in his decision-making, and in this way, he gradually encroached on the living space and activity area of the torch little by little, and finally forced the latter to a relatively open area in the center of the city.

The battle lasted three full days, during which both sides took a heavy toll on both sides.

However, the torch was already dead in the end, and the troops trapped in the city were only dying no matter how much they resisted, and they could not change the outcome of their final defeat.

By the third day of the offensive, the Legion had managed to break through the last line of defense, and the barrels of the tanks had almost gotten into the nostrils of mutants and Torch cultists.

The remaining 200 Torch cultists, as well as less than 1,000 mutants, are trapped in an abandoned commercial department store.

I guess the entrance to the research facility is there.

Not only that, but the Legion also found a "barn" in a nearby gymnasium where mutants kept captive captives.

The captives were unclothed, skinny, and most of them had sores on their bodies, as well as the marks of torture.

Some of them are presumably for the pleasure of mutants, and they are fed a lot of Naguo, and they are still dragged out of the dungeon with a broken expression.

The other part is presumably an experiment prepared by the Torch Church for itself, or a "talent pool". Although these people were not fed Naguo, they were also in a very bad mental state, and apparently they were not less abused.

There was a small disagreement between the middle and upper echelons of the 370,000-man squad about how to house the captives.

The traditional military aristocracy, led by the commander of Favri, believed that the spoils of the stronger should be disposed of by the stronger, as was the general practice...... Even if these trophies are defective.

Some of the newly-minted officers felt that the Legion should maintain its dignity in the Bond, as they were not engaged in a war of conquest, but a just war for the fate of all mankind.

There are also a few opinions that it is better to simply leave it to the other forces of the Sticky Community to worry about, so that others will not find fault, and the Legion will save itself trouble.

This minority opinion is represented by pangolins, a "seconded officer" from the civilian bloc.

Although this person comes from the civilian clique, his background is not small, but he is a talent discovered by General McClown, and it is said that he single-handedly hunted the mother of a dead claw, and can be called a hero among people.

After the defeat of General McEllen, he led the officers of the empire across thousands of kilometers to evade the encirclement and interception of the alliance, and finally successfully joined forces with the main force of the legion in the desert, and killed nearly 1,000 alliance soldiers on the front line!

With this achievement, he rose from the rank of a servant army to a regular army, and fought with General Griffin in the desert until the eastward expansion faction lost ground.

This legendary experience was enough to occupy at least two columns in the newspaper Triumph.

And when it comes to this legendary experience, he also has some connections with the top bosses of the officers present.

The captain of the 370,000th Brigade was Colway.

This person is the officer who overcame the pangolin all the way and escorted it back to the rear.

As for his promotion resume, that's another legendary story.

To be honest, the Battlefield Atmosphere Team itself felt that this was too coincidental, and it happened to be his old acquaintance who was sent to the front line for reinforcements, and then he happened to be seconded over.

But it saved him a lot of trouble.

There is often a risk of goofs when working under other Willantes, but there is no need to worry about working under this one.

Because after all, they were good brothers who had been born and died together, and Colway had never doubted him even once.

Seeing the argument at the command table, Colway coughed vigorously.

"That's enough, I'll say a few words."

The crowd fell silent and looked at him in pairs of eyes.

After a moment's pause, Colway spoke slowly in a majestic voice.

“…… I think the pangolins have a point, because in the eyes of the survivors in the east, even if we give the captives good food and drink, they probably think that we are abusing those people, and it is better to let them take care of themselves. ”

Seeing that General Coleway, who had not spoken, was off the field, the captain of Favri, who was standing at the command table, twitched his eyebrows fiercely, and couldn't help but speak.

"General, I must remind you that, in the tradition of our Willantes—"

"Then you go pick a few."

Favry froze, looking at Colway in confusion.

“…… Pick a few? ”

Colway shrugged.

"If you think one of those captives is pleasing to the eye, take it back and raise it. But I have to warn you that the marshal's rules are the greatest rule of all with me, and that you must treat your servants well according to the standards of Triumph, and don't expect to kill them. ”

If Favry was only physically unwell when he heard the previous sentence, the corners of his mouth had already begun to twitch when he heard the latter sentence.

Raise this bunch of garbage according to Triumph City's standards?

If he wants to do this, it's crazy!

Seeing that no one objected, Colway tapped the table with his knuckles.

"Then it's decided, gather the captives first, and then wait for the arrangements of the relevant relief agencies of the Adhesive Community, and see if they will be sent to Weifu City or find them a new home nearby."

After the battle in the province of Luoxia, or rather after getting to know the Pangolin, his opinion of the Wastelanders has changed a lot, and it is not as extreme as before.

In fact, it was not only him, but also many officers of the Eastward Expansion faction.

After returning to Triumph after the defeat, they all seriously reflected on the reasons for their failures, especially whether they had gone too far in what they had done.

As many wastelanders have commented, they have laid down a large area of land that spans the entire western part of the Midstate continent, but in fact it has not solved any problems.

The cycle of rebellion and suppression was repeated in the territory controlled by the four legions, and there was never true peace anywhere except Triumph City.

He wanted to try to solve some problems.

He didn't have the ability before, but now that he is the captain of the ten thousand masters, he already has this ability.

Even if he has only one star on his epaulettes.

The captives were over, and this was just one of the smallest episodes in the battle.

Shortly after Colway announced the plan, the quartermaster brought the group a supper for tonight—two charcoal-roasted lambs sprinkled with cumin and peppercorns.

At the same time, the signal corpsman stood at the door of the command tent and made a report, bringing news from the front.

“…… The commander of the torch refused to surrender, saying that he would fight to the last moment. ”

Looking at the two fat lambs in the tent, the signal soldier couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Colway cut the leg of mutton with a dagger and replied casually.

"We respect his choice, and since he took the initiative to seek death, let's let him drown in our artillery fire with that smelly delusion."

This battle has entered the final stage, and whether the other side surrenders or not actually has no effect, at most dozens of corpses are thrown in the department store.

The Legion needs researchers for the Torch, especially those with information on the Completed Lifeform Project.

"Yes!" The signal soldier gave a military salute and was about to turn to leave, but was stopped by Colway.

"Wait a minute."

Calling out to the messenger, Colway tossed the severed leg of mutton.

Looking at the communication soldier who was caught in a hurry with a surprised face, he said with a hearty smile.

"I'm so busy that I'm hungry, eat while walking on the road, don't get down to business."

"Yes!

”

The messenger looked at him gratefully, gave another military salute, and hurried away.

After watching the messenger leave, Colway didn't bother with any red tape, just beckoned everyone to eat while it was hot.

The officers at the command table were not polite, they pulled out daggers and cut meat in large pieces, and ate with laughter, and the tent was very lively for a while.

"This lamb is well roasted!"

"It would be even better if I had another glass of wine!"

"Haha, you're thinking weirdly beautiful."

"Wait until the war is over! There is endless wine and meat to eat at the celebration banquet! ”

"That's exciting."

Instead of participating in everyone's conversation, the Battlefield Atmosphere Group's attention was all focused on the buffet in front of them.

As a high-level awakened person, his meal can be high or low. If you just maintain normal body functions and eat seven or eight points full, three or four kilograms of mutton is enough.

Really open the belly to eat, both sheep can be stuffed in, at most a few times to run to the toilet.

If he pays for his own food, he will generally take it easy.

But eating and drinking at public expense, anyway, he didn't have to pay for it himself, so he naturally opened his belly, and finished half a sheep in a few clicks, making Favri next to him dumbfounded.

Is this guy a pig?

When Favry came to his senses, there was only a sheep's ass left in front of him.

His brow twitched a few times, and he was about to say something weird, when the curtain of the tent was lifted again, and another communications soldier trotted in.

"Report! The reconnaissance unit received news that an explosion was found 100 kilometers southeast of our headquarters! Suspected of being an air strike by the Coalition's suspected Union coastline forces! ”

When the officers heard this, they stopped eating and looked towards the door of the camp.

"100 kilometers to the southeast?" Colway frowned slightly, stared at the map and pondered for a moment before finding the location.

It is the ruins of Haibei City, and the distance from there to Hirota City, like the distance to the coastline, is about 100 kilometers.

However, it is obviously more difficult to get to the coastline from there, after all, the tunnels built during the Prosperous Era have collapsed, and you have to climb over the mountains.

Apparently aware of the problem, one of the officers said with a frown.

"Is the coalition landing force advancing so fast?"

Another officer standing next to him also thought for a long time.

"I've heard that they've just taken Vault 182 and are now moving in a different direction and launching an airstrike 100 kilometers away...... What exactly do they want to do? ”

"I can't see it easy," Favry stared at the map for a moment, his eyes narrowing slightly, "...... The roads from where the Alliance landed to the area of their air raids were rough and at least a third of them were hilly, so there was no need to venture in that direction if it was to join up with their main forces. ”

After a pause, he glanced around at the other officers at the command table and continued.

"There is only one other explanation, that there is something terrible hiding in the area where they are attacking, and they don't want it to fall into our hands, so they plan to get ahead of us."

"I can even conclude that their actions tonight are not just airstrikes, there must be airborne troops to follow!"

The officers at the command table exchanged views in a whisper, and they all felt that there was some truth in this analysis.

The battlefield atmosphere team buried their heads and drank saliva, pretending to choke themselves when they ate meat, but in their hearts they were sweating for the brothers of the Burning Corps.

The other officers present may not know, but he knows it in his heart.

The Burning Corps does have operations there, and the big fish to be caught is not small, and it is the base camp of the Torch Church in the entire Haiya Province region!

In order to avoid being targeted by the legion, they deliberately limited the density of the firepower, but they did not expect to arouse the vigilance of these people.

He glanced at Colway's expression, and saw that the latter had clearly been persuaded by Favri's words, and that a contemplative expression appeared on his face.

The old man of the battlefield secretly said in his heart that it was not good.

Although even if the Willant people found out, they would not dare to rob it openly, but it would always be a dispute when it was put into a meeting of the Sticky Community.

It's sloppy......

Just as he was scratching his ears and cheeks in a hurry, Colway suddenly set his eyes on him.

"I'd like to hear from you, Pangolin Commander."

The old man of the battlefield smiled bitterly in his heart.

My opinion is ok......

What can I say at this time?

Seeing that the other officers also turned their eyes to him, especially the Captain Favri, who was always unaccustomed to his identity, there was a playful expression in his eyes...... It was as if he was already expecting him to make a fool of himself.

"I see the same as Captain Favri, General." Although there are 10,000 reluctances in his heart, the battlefield still maintains his loyal and honest personality.

Favri, who was still counting on his jokes, was obviously not satisfied with such an answer.

Without waiting for General Colway to speak, he spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"I thought I would hear something different...... Unexpectedly, once our pangolin commander reached his own field of expertise, he would only repeat what others said. ”

Some officers born into traditional military aristocrats couldn't help but let out a few snickers, and those who didn't laugh couldn't help but pout.

Most of them had only heard rumors of this pangolin, but they had never actually seen him on the battlefield.

So far, the qualities they have seen from this guy are just that they can eat it.

But what's the use of eating a lot of light?

The big guys in the "purge" group are all rice buckets, but they are only rice buckets.

The Battlefield team ignored their ridicule, mainly not taking the NPC's ridicule seriously.

However, although he didn't care, Colway glanced at Favry with a displeased expression.

"Captain Favri, you should be realistic. If there is a problem, speak out, if there is no problem, shut your mouth, don't see the problem and don't talk about it, and don't sing the opposite tone for the sake of the opposite, what do you think? ”

Seeing his boss looking at him with displeasure, the mocking expression on Favri's face narrowed slightly.

"I think...... You're right, sir. ”

Colway stared at him intently.

"I hope you really think so, and you should really learn from your fellow Pangolin Commander, who will never disagree with all your ideas just because you don't like him."

"Yes......"

Stared at by the burning eyes, Favry could only nod his head, but Colway was not satisfied with his answer.

"That's all you have to say?"

Favry took a deep breath and turned to look at the pangolin standing across from the command table.

"I'm sorry, Pangolin Commander, the contemptible Favri...... I sincerely apologize to you. ”

The Battlefield Atmosphere team could sense less than a tenth of the sincerity in his words, but he wasn't interested in embarrassing this guy.

"I accept your apology."

"Thank you......" Favry bowed slightly, his eyes not looking at him.

"Very well," Colway nodded approvingly, paused and continued, "Going back to what we just discussed, the Coalition has made small moves in our path. Whatever they find there, we're going to have to go there and take a look and get back what belongs to us...... It just so happened that the battle in Hirota City was over. ”

As he said this, Colway continued to look at Favri.

"Captain Favri."

"In!"

Favrij straightened up, waiting for his dispatch.

"I need you to lead your men to the southeast, and be sure to arrive at the old site of Haibei City before early morning...... The Coalition has gotten there before we do, and we're going to expand our area of control as much as we can before they find anything. Remember! It is important to avoid direct military friction with the alliance unless they strike first. ”

"Yes!" Favry gave a military salute and said with a blazing gaze.

Colway nodded, then looked back at the pangolin.

"Pangolin Commander, you follow Favri. Your task is to knock him out and bring him back to me when he is overwhelmed by the blood, so that your men don't have to follow. ”

"Yes, General......" The Battlefield Atmosphere Group nodded in agreement, but there was still a hint of hesitation on their faces.

He also wanted to work hard to help his old friends do something, but he had no choice but to do it.

Seeing that the pangolin looked like he wanted to say something, but he didn't know whether to say it or not, Colway said with a kind smile.

"If you have anything to say, say it quickly, don't hold it in your stomach."

The battlefield atmosphere group nodded, his brain was spinning quickly, and he suddenly thought of something, and said with an idea.

"I'm thinking...... It would take seven or eight hours to get from here at the earliest, and by the time we got there, we were afraid it would be too late. ”

"I think the opposite of you," Favry glanced at him, but didn't say anything sarcastic, just laughed, "and when the Coalition forces are almost dead to the torch, we will be killed as reinforcements." When the time comes, we will not only solve their 'urgent needs', but also be able to take the spoils out of their hands as a matter of course. And instead of having reason to blame us, they have to thank us. ”

"Haha, that's what I think about this too," Corway said with a smile looking at the dumbfounded pangolin, "At that time, there weren't many airborne troops left in the Alliance, and even if they wanted to send some more people over to control the territory in hand, it would take time, and we could just take advantage of this time to create some fait accompli." ”

Damn it!

Dirty!

These NPCs are so dirty!

The battlefield always complained vigorously in his heart, but he had to make an admiring expression on his face with a false and aggrieved expression.

"I see, it's me who is a shallow learner......"

"Don't be presumptuous, I've seen your skills, and what you're good at is not sitting in a tent and commanding." Colway smiled and comforted him, and then said, "It's going to be decided, you two go quickly." ”

"Yes!"

The two of them responded and gave a military salute, and then withdrew from the command tent.

Standing at the door of the tent, Favry gently adjusted his collar, glanced at the pangolin standing next to him, and said with a smile.

"The general has seen your ability, it's a pity that I haven't seen it yet, I hope to see you show your hand."

Annoyed by this guy, he was a little impatient, and the old man looked at him with a sincere face and said.

"The general asked me to do it when you were overwhelmed by the blood, are you sure you want me to show my hand?"

"......" The center of his eyebrows twitched, and Favry finally resisted the urge to attack, just glared at him fiercely, and walked away with a cold snort.

The old soldier followed him, but he prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the old friends in the south would hurry up, and he had really done his best......

After a whole night of marching, during which there were more than ten clashes with monsters in the realm of heaven, the thousand-man team under the command of Favrij finally arrived at the edge of Haibei City at dawn after paying more than a dozen casualties.

There were not many gunshots heard on the entire ruins, except for the old man who was still grinding in the battlefield, the rest of the people involuntarily quickened their pace, feeling in the direction of the explosion.

Finally, near a piece of abandoned concrete wreckage, the Legion's thousand-strong team and the Coalition sent troops to land from the Dead Coast completed the "rendezvous".

This was probably the first meeting of the troops of the Southern Front and the troops of the Northern Front.

Even if neither side wants to see each other so early.

However, when they saw that the person leading the team was actually a battlefield veteran, many players widened their eyes in surprise.

"it!"

"Good Fellow......"

"Battlefield?!"

Seeing that the blue gophers were all staring directly at the pangolin beside him, completely ignoring his true commander, Favry couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart.

"What are these guys doing?"

The old soldier of the battlefield frantically hinted with his eyes that these dogs should not make trouble, and at the same time farted without blushing and heartbeat.

"In Luoxia Province, I killed a lot of them...... They should be greeting my family. ”

Although both sentences are true, they are farting when they are connected.

Favry didn't know it, and was stunned when he smelled it.

However, this guy probably remembered an interview he had read in the Triumph newspaper before, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded clearly.

"I see......"

But at this moment, his eyes suddenly rolled, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"In that case, it's up to you to negotiate with them and let them obediently give up the land under their feet."

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "??? ”

it?

This guy is sleepy in the lake?!