On the bridge of the Horn airship, John, who was sitting in a chair, was playing with the bullet casing pendant in his hand while looking boredly at the smoke-filled hill in the distance.

A man in a white lab coat stood next to him, his frenzied look in stark contrast to the boredom on his face.

The man's name was Martin, a biologist from the West Coast Colony of the Great Desert, and supposedly a Vault dweller.

John didn't really like this guy.

Not because this guy is a blue gopher, but because this guy is uncomfortable from head to toe.

Perhaps because of his constant dealings with corpses, he smelled of corpses.

However, this guy came with a letter of introduction from General Gurion after all.

Even if John didn't like it, it wasn't fitting to drive him down so shamelessly.

And these days, it's not easy to find a blue gopher who favors the legion.

After all, this guy is on his side.

"Dead Agent...... With just one cap of the dose, the plant can wither! Let the organs fail! Let the land die! And become a breeding ground for new toxins! ”

Listening to the god's babbling thoughts, John yawned with interest.

“…… We have at least 20 poisons that are stronger than this, so how strong is this 'death agent' of yours than them? ”

Martin smiled wryly.

"It's strong in the after-effect! Such as complications, such as contagion, and so on! It will not allow our enemies to die quickly, but will torment them, make them struggle with their sickness, and infect many more people. ”

John, who was originally unimpressed, suddenly felt a thrill when he heard this, and sat up straight from his chair.

"Contagion? Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

As he spoke, his eyes were already fixed on the soldiers who were crossing the river by bridge outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

That's his compatriots, after all.

Although he is a fool on land, he can't watch them die.

"Hey...... You don't have to worry," Martin continued with a dry laugh as he looked at the Captain of the Dead, "That's the expected effect, such as being super contagious, such as only working on people, and only on certain groups of people, etc. ”

"These effects haven't been realized yet, but they're coming soon...... And I have controlled the dose of the toxin, with the immunity of Willant, it will produce antibodies within an hour, and it is basically not threatened by this toxin. ”

"Basically." John gave him a meaningful look, not pleased with the ambiguous modifier.

"Yes."

Martin didn't deny it, nodded frankly, and admitted it very simply.

“…… I can't guarantee 100 percent, just like I can't guarantee that it's going to be sunny today, but 99 percent of it is, and it's acceptable at the top. ”

After a pause, he continued with a feverish expression.

"As long as the final version of this virus can be completed...... It will be like the ancient Black Death, purging most of the Brahsins from the land. ”

"Is that any good for us?" John glanced sideways at him, "We don't want a wasteland, just one in the Great Desert." ”

Sometimes he really couldn't figure out what the hell was going on with the higher-ups, including Ryan.

Compared to the other natives in their colonies, the Borneo were simply too docile.

This is simply a slave given to them by His Majesty the Marshal, and it is a waste to get rid of them.

However, Martin didn't understand what he meant, and just smiled.

"How did it become a wasteland? This is a wasteland! It's better to say ...... It's a bloodshed for the wasteland. ”

The flickering flickering flickering flickering in John's pupils made John feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything.

Crossing the river in the distance was the 360,000-strong 1,000-man team, under the command of Captain Woolf.

As a result of the tremendous progress made on the Eastern Front, General Gurion sent two additional 10,000 troops to this side, and also sent a group of officers to the Lion City to train the servants.

One of the reinforcements was the 360,000 men, who had defeated the Skeletons, an elite armored division of the Coalition, in the western part of Rydpur County.

A large force led by Captain Ryan was heading from the Lion City area, and the Horn airship was the first to deploy to the front line, and the 360,000-strong team was to establish an outpost on the other side of the river.

According to the judgment of Captain Ryan himself, if the Alliance and Borneo intended to snipe their logistical line, they would definitely use their brains at the bend of the Yongliu River.

Akal County is the most likely.

Whether there were Borneo guerrillas on the other side of the river or not, they had to go and take a look......

At the same time, in the western part of Akal County, in a small, nameless village less than 20 kilometers from the Yongliu River, the headquarters of the 360,000th Brigade was stationed.

Famine seems to have come here before the Willantes.

The local villagers had already moved out early, leaving only empty shacks and dilapidated tiled walls.

Although the survivors of Borneo have red clay to eat, not all places have it.

Only the settlements of large populations or the farms of the aristocracy had the basis for the cultivation of large tracts of laterite.

Crowds are key.

It is not enough to have more people, but also to exploit them ruthlessly enough to make some people live like animals.

After all, it's not a serious food after all, but as long as you can eat a bite of beans, no one will want to eat that thing to deal with.

Woolf sometimes felt that they were not here to occupy the homeland of the aborigines, but to save the natives who had almost degenerated into primitive people from their ignorance.

No matter how free and dignified the inhabitants of Saifan Harbor are, they are much more decent than during the reign of the witch camel.

The inhabitants of the Lion City will soon be the same.

All they lost was a few wooden sheds and beggars, and it wouldn't be long before they would have clean and tidy streets, and even sewers that they had never had before.

on the command vehicle.

The adjutant stared intently at the screen, looking at the repaired pontoon bridge and the troops who had successfully reached the other side of the river, and his tense expression finally stretched a smile.

“…… The 1,000-man team has crossed the river without incident, hehe, it seems that we still think they are too smart. ”

The staff officer on the side frowned and reminded calmly.

"Don't be careless, our opponents are not only the locals, but also the Alliance."

The adjutant grinned and said unconcernedly.

"I know the alliance is a nuisance, but there are so many of them, there is always something to take care of."

Like in the battle at Lion City, the Alliance's forces caused some trouble for Captain Ryan in areas other than the frontal battlefield, and then they were served on the plains and turned into a new medal on his chest.

Even if the alliance they are about to face is real, there is nothing to fear.

Woolf pondered for a long time, and suddenly her heart moved slightly.

"I remember...... The airship's precision firepower needs to be lowered before it can be deployed? ”

The adjutant was slightly stunned for a moment, glanced at the staff officer, and then nodded cautiously.

"That's right, what's wrong?"

The fire control system of the airship is divided into two modes, one is to disperse the barrage, and the other is to carry out precision shelling.

Due to many reasons such as recoil and wind resistance, it is often necessary to drop the anchor chain before launching a more precise firefight.

In other words, if their troops are too close to the enemy, it may be difficult for supporting firepower to come in handy.

Thinking so, Woolf immediately made a decision, looked at the adjutant and ordered.

"Let the support team prepare, and aim the shooting Zhuyuan in advance in the direction of our 1,000-man team."

Although he wondered whether it was necessary to do so, the adjutant dutifully received the order.

"Yes!"

At the same time that the order was issued, nearly 100 "Fireball" self-propelled guns were divided into three groups and drove from the concealed area to the nearest shelling point and completed their deployment.

On the other side, the 1,000-man detachment, led by Commander Taute, had successfully crossed the Yongliu River without encountering any attacks.

As if asleep, the Borneo army surrendered its entire position.

Looking at the quiet woods, the ten-captain sitting in the reconnaissance vehicle couldn't help frowning, and his eyes were attached to the observation mirror of the electric shaking machine gun, and he got closer.

He wasn't the only one who felt there was a problem, but the driver in the driver's seat was the same, rubbing his palms against the steering wheel with an alert expression on his face.

"It's a bit strange here......"

Staring intently at the scope, the Ten-Captain said casually.

"Did you find anything?"

“…… It's because I didn't find anything that I thought it was strange. ”

The driver shook his head, swallowed nervously, and continued staring at the dense woods.

"Where the river bends, there are still hills next to it, and there is no more suitable ambush point than this...... However, it was as if they had disappeared and gave us this great location. ”

The soldier sitting in the back seat whistled and grinned and teased.

"Maybe it's been lost by our shelling."

The Heavy who was sitting next to him also interjected with a smile.

"I don't rule out the possibility, I've heard that these natives don't even have gas masks."

"I really don't understand what the brothers in front of me are doing to be disarmed by these things."

"You remind me of that poor slug."

"Haha, I really don't want to remember that guy-"

Almost as soon as the words fell, a huge impact slammed into the side door.

The metal jet pierced the door in an instant, and the hot shards knocked half of the soldier with the machine gun on his back.

The riflemen on the side were so frightened that they lost their souls, looking at the body that only half of their bodies were left and the black blood that had spilled half of the carriage, and they shrank to the ground in fright.

Unbeknownst to him, his pants were already wet, half of them were the blood of his comrades, and half of them were the urine he hadn't held.

It's completely different here than in the Great Desert.

In the Great Desert, the deadliest threat is nothing more than the indigenous Molotov cocktails or remote-controlled bombs planted on the side of the road, and there has never been a weapon capable of penetrating their vehicles.

Even not so long ago, their allies had been deflated by these equipment.

Because of their arrogance, they ate again in the same place.

The deflected front of the car slammed into the tree, the driver's forehead almost slammed into the window, and everyone sitting in the car shook violently.

"——!"

“RPG！！！ It's the people of the alliance!! ”

"Calling from the right!"

"Joe is down!"

"Get off! Fast! ”

There were dark circles on the ten's eyes, and he scolded and turned the direction of the rocket aimed at the pistol, and he didn't care whether he saw the person suddenly sweeping the shuttle first.

The driver slammed the door open with his shoulder, and the rest of the soldiers got out of the compartment, leaning on the compartment as a cover, firing in the direction from which the rocket was fired.

Soon another rocket hit the hood in front of it.

A jet of hot metal instantly poured into the engine, and the fragments of the crash pierced the glass of the driver's seat.

"!!"

Looking at the cobwebs covered with bulletproof glass, the ten-division commander sitting in the gunner's seat scolded angrily, and while directing his subordinates to spread out to both sides, he called for reinforcements in the rear.

"This is a scout team! We are under attack by enemy guerrillas! We need reinforcements! ”

A noisy current sound came from the headphones, followed by an unhurried sound.

"Roger, report the number and location of the enemy!"

"I don't know! Damn it! They're right in our faces! Captain Ten looked terrified, gritting his teeth and controlling the electric machine gun to fire, while trying to discern the direction of the enemy's attack.

However, the situation at the scene was too chaotic, and the bullets seemed to be coming from all directions, and some of them even came from behind.

They've already scouted that area, where did these guys come from?!

It seems that he heard the anxiety of the battle.

The originally unhurried voice in the communication channel gradually became serious.

"Understood, we've sent reinforcements to your position, hold on!"

"Roger!"

The Tenth Elder roared in response.

At the same time, the barrel of the electric machine gun was forced to cease fire due to overheating.

With a curse, he grabbed his rifle hanging aside and hurried out of the open car.

And almost at the same time that he stopped fire and got out of the car, another RPG rocket hit.

This time the rocket hit the fuel tank directly, and the flames of the explosion rose into the sky, overturning the entire car.

The ten-captain fell to the ground with a muffled snort, and one soldier was directly crushed under the car before he could dodge, and he died before he could even scream.

Looking at the exploding reconnaissance vehicle, everyone's eyes were full of horror, and they were even more confused in the hurry, not knowing what to do.

"The captain is down!!"

"! Who's going to wake him up?! ”

"I can't get by!!"

“@#%！”

The machine gunner who was holding the machine gun cursed, and suddenly fired a shuttle of bullets into the distant woods, then gave the machine gun to his teammates next to him, and quickly crawled in the direction of the captain.

Unfortunately, he had barely left cover when a whoosh bullet flew in and pierced his helmet.

The machine gunner fell to the ground without saying a word, and the surrounding soldiers fell into complete panic.

"It's a sniper!"

At the same time, 200 meters away on the dirt slope, a player with a sniper rifle took a deep breath and moved his scope to aim at the next target.

"The Heavy is off! Someone took his place! ”

The other player placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Don't finish the shot, leave a few bait."

The player holding the sniper rifle fires a "bang", knocking down the soldier who took over the machine gun.

"Roger! I'm counting. ”

At the same time, four armored personnel carriers, led by an infantry fighting vehicle, struck from the edge of the Yongliu River in the direction of the friendly attack.

The 20-mm guns and 10-mm machine guns suddenly strafed the forest, and the accumulated fire suppressed the rain of bullets rushing towards the reconnaissance team for a while.

However, the Willant sitting in the car did not notice the whispering of trees and bushes beside him.

As they hurried over to reinforce their allies, two squads with anti-tank equipment and light machine guns had already circled their flanks to complete their deployment.

Looking at the Velantes 100 who were getting closer and closer, Laplace slowly raised his hand, and then clenched it into a fist.

"Fire!"

At the moment when he gave the order, ten rockets with tail flames suddenly rushed towards the infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers that were racing wildly.

Because the rocket was just stuck on the edge of a safe distance, it was so close that the crew had no time to react, and could only collide with the rocket solidly.

The most unfortunate was the infantry chariot, which crashed through the driver's seat with a single RPG shot, and broke down on the side of the road with a loud explosion, crashing into an old tree the thickness of a thigh.

Two of the other four armored personnel carriers had their engines blown out and one had their compartments blown.

There was also a car that overturned because it turned too sharply, but it was also a blessing in disguise that it didn't eat the RPG.

The dazed Willantes hurried out of the car, and before they could figure out where the rockets were coming from, they were dazed by the sudden gunfire.

Tracer light flew through the trees, opening up deadly nets.

"Spread out! Fast! ”

The centurion, who was the first to get out of the car, shouted at the top of his throat, then cowered behind a scrapped armored car, trying to observe his surroundings.

However, the whizzing bullets came from all directions, and it was impossible to tell where there were more people and where there were fewer people.

An armored vehicle alone could not stop the ferocious fire, and he could only lie on the ground in embarrassment.

The surging fire came from all directions, and the Velantes soldiers who got out of the car were beaten one by one and couldn't find the north, so they could only lie down on the spot, and then fire back in the direction where the gunfire came.

The whole battlefield is in chaos!

You can only hear the sudden gunfire and sporadic explosions, but you can't see where the enemy is!

Seeing that the situation was critical, the centurion, who was lying next to the armored car, immediately took off the communicator hanging on his shoulder and shouted loudly towards the communication channel.

"It's a team! We were sniped by an enemy ambush! ”

"Their firepower is too high! There is at least one team of 1,000 people surrounding us! ”

As soon as his words fell, there was a sudden scream of "whoosh" in the distance.

Before he could react, the flames of the explosion burst into flames on the battlefield.

The two Willant soldiers were blown up, and their exoskeleton-clad bodies rolled to the side.

The centurion, who barely raised his head, glanced over the position, and finally a hint of panic was written in his eyes.

"! It's a mortar! ”

On the edge of the Yongliu River.

Commander Taute, who was in command at the front, listened to the roar in the communication channel, and his heart was also very anxious.

However, his fighting quality is still good in the end, and he did not panic because of the sudden situation.

The enemy is in the woods!

And at least the size of a thousand-man team!

It's still the regular army of the Alliance!

Without any hesitation, he immediately connected to the airship's communication channel.

"This is the 1,000th team of the 360,000th team! We are under intense enemy fire and need artillery support! ”

At the same time, Taote quickly reported the coordinates of the shelling.

After a brief cacophony of electricity, an answer was quickly heard in the communication channel.

However, this answer made Taote's mood sink to the bottom.

"This is the Horn, and we can't grant your request...... The airship is on the move, we can't deliver precision fire, and direct fire will cover you all within range. If you still want support, keep at least 1 km away from enemy units. ”

A kilometer?!

You can't retreat to the other side of the river!

In his heart, Taote greeted all the eighteen generations of his ancestors on the other side, and then glanced hurriedly at the other side of the river, but quickly turned his head back.

Why retreat?

The other party was nothing more than a group of stragglers, who only bit him a reconnaissance team and a team of hundreds.

According to reports from the front, the enemy is no more than a thousand-strong team, and as long as he pushes his troops up, he can trample the grasshopper that bit his toe to death in minutes!

And if he retreats at this time, then his reputation as a coward will not be able to escape.

Knowing what was at stake, Taute no longer hesitated, grabbed the communicator and shouted loudly.

"All the infantry get out of the car! The second and third hundredth reinforcements to the two wings of the first hundred! ”

"The rest of the combat units of all levels are advancing into the forest! Destroy all the enemies you see!! ”

Hearing the commander's order, the Willant people on the bank of the river let out a roar of high morale.

"Roger!!"

"Oooooooooo!!oo

The mighty army marched towards the forest, seven of which were in a straight line towards the hilly hinterland, while the other two hundreds, like a vice, swept into the scorching battlefield.

The reason for this action was that Taote judged that there were other ambushers in the forest.

I have to say that he judged very accurately.

Unfortunately, however, he apparently underestimated the number of ambushers.

It is not a thousand troops stationed here at all, but the Death Corps of the Alliance and the 30,000 troops of Borneo!

It's just a team of 1,000 people, and filling it in is no different from sending it to death......

"Good guys, the Willant people are starting to save grandpa from the gourd baby."

Looking at the troops advancing into the forest, the debt big eyes that were crawling behind the bunker smashed their tongues in surprise.

"Fueling tactics is a taboo for soldiers, I remember that these big noses weren't so stupid before?" The construction site guy lying on the side was puzzled and muttered.

"They're so confident that they won't be able to hook a big fish this time."

Pressed the excited voice, he had already touched the edge of the front line and paddled to open the safety of the rifle, and shouted towards the communication channel at the same time.

"The first group of artillery fired! Xu Jin's barrage pushed to the river and gave me their pontoon! ”

"Two groups of artillery smoke! Immediately retreat to the hiding point after three rounds of barrage! ”

"Brothers in the first battalion! Follow me! ”

With that, he put the short whistle around his neck in his mouth and blew it vigorously.

"Shh——!h

The cacophony was like an arrow piercing through the forest, startling the Willantes who were advancing towards the forest.

Especially the cannon sound that rang out immediately afterwards made Taute, who was following the front-line troops forward, panic.

Support artillery!!

It's not just a team of 1,000 people stationed here!

However, it was too late to react at this moment.

The clamor of the waves almost hit him in the face with the roaring explosion!

"Kill, !!"

It was as if those people had been conjured out of thin air, and it was as if they were trees that had come to life.

They wore plain military uniforms, gas masks, and carried bright bayonets and rifles in their hands.

"Fire !!"

Taute yelled at the communication channel.

In fact, there was no need for him to give an order.

At the same time that whistle sounded, his troops were already engaged in an exchange of fire with the troops killed in the forest.

Sudden gunfire weaved through the forest, followed by a steady stream of deaths.

The number of those people seemed endless.

They were like a tsunami ashore, drowning several hundred-man teams under his command in an instant.

The reconnaissance troops that were still asking for help until a second ago had no signal, and the two hundred-man teams that rushed over to reinforce were also caught off guard by the halfway ambush, so they could only flee in the desert.

Roars and exclamations rang out in the communication channel, and a hint of horror finally appeared on Tauter's face.

What kind of troops are they fighting against?!

"Gas Mask ......"

His Adam's apple moved, and he swallowed involuntarily.

Don't......

Is it the Death Corps?!

It's not just the Willantes who are shocked.

Isher, who was watching the battle from a distance, and the soldiers of the 30,000-strong team were also stunned.

They were shocked not only by the fighting power of the Alliance soldiers, but also by their indomitable courage and morale.

Life and death seemed to have been put on the back burner for them, and when the whistle sounded, everyone did not hesitate to climb out of the trenches and charge towards the enemy.

And it wasn't a suicide raid without a plan.

After aiming at the enemy's flaws, they stabbed a steady and fierce blow with the bayonets in their hands.

In the face of an imminent surprise attack, even if the Wilantes' airship saw it, it could only be anxious.

Standing next to Ischer, a centurion lowered his voice and muttered with difficulty.

“…… Thankfully, they are our friends. ”

If he could, he would rather face the Willantes than fight this group of fierce guys.

After all, even the Willantes, who claim to be a fighting race, are likely to surrender.

And when these guys fight, it's simply a never-ending posture, and no one can stand it.

Isher didn't speak, just stared intently at the group of comrades who were fighting to kill the enemy.

An officer was ignited in his heart and couldn't help but look at him and ask.

"Don't we really have to go up and help?"

Isher shook her head.

"They said, it's not time for us to get on yet."

Now what they have to do is to learn, and when the time comes, they will have the opportunity to play.

And at this moment, a deafening cannon sound suddenly came from the distance.

The voice came from far away, and it came from the ground.

Hearing the sound of the cannon, the faces of all the officers watching the battle changed in unison.

"It's the artillery of the Wilantes!!"

(End of chapter)