In the heath of Sill, the Rangers and the Independence Company struggled to advance to their target locations amid Tadarin's assault. As they got closer to the evacuation point, they were attacked more frequently. For them, this naturally means that the withdrawal point is indeed their only hope of meeting with the main forces.

But things don't always go as planned. Platoon A, which was in charge of the front reconnaissance of the independent company, spotted a human unit being pursued by Tadarin during its advance. Platoon A, with the support of Platoon B, rescued the human unit and brought them back to the company headquarters.

Platoon B was responsible for the rear of the palace and the company, so that Ral could join Douglas in asking about the origins of the fleeing human troops.

It can be seen that these guys, like them, are all A1 marines, and the style and icon of the power armor are the same. These guys also recognized at a glance the battlecruisers they belonged to, so they were all friendly forces. But they don't remember that there were these guys in the independent company, and apart from the independent company, there should be no one else on the A1 ship to land.

Of course, there is another possibility, but it can only be the worst-case scenario......

"We belong to the 7th Infantry Company B Platoon...... It arrived at the surface during the last landing. The Marine replied, but in a very bad tone, "...... Looks like you're supposed to be the second landing force that landed before, right? ”

"Yes, we are the 17th Separate Company, and I am Company Commander Douglas. It's great to see you guys alive......"

"Don't be too happy, I'm here to remind you, don't go to the coordinates on the radio, turn around and leave immediately, you still have a way to live." The Marine's tone became stern, "Company Commander, this is our advice. That coordinate is a death trap, Tadarin has set up a heavy garrison there, and now turn around and leave you for a chance to escape. Otherwise, it's all over! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was a little confused. Ral's brow furrowed tightly, but this wasn't the place for him to speak. Douglas fell silent, his face under the reflective mask unknown, and there was no way of knowing what he was thinking.

There is no way to remain silent like this, and Jin next to him opened his mouth to take over the conversation: "...... How can we believe your words? The coordinates on the current broadcast are our only hope of rendezvous with the main force, and if we don't go there, will we starve to death in the wilderness of Schill? ”

"I don't have anything to convince you of me, because once you see the evidence, you can't get out of there alive. You can not believe me, and I don't think Tadarin's troops will be able to annihilate an entire company of your troops, but I don't think you will be able to escape in formation, and then I will have one more person next to me who will say the same thing to the next unbelieving force, and then do the same thing...... As for where to go, if you really don't have anywhere to go, come with us, we've been living in the wilderness of Ciel for nearly a month, and it's not impossible for you to survive until the fleet sends reinforcements......"

Before he could finish his sentence, the technical sergeant next to him received a communication from the Ranger and forwarded it to Douglas.

"Douglas, we have encountered a group of friendly humans who have escaped from the target location, and we are engaged in a firefight with the Astral forces pursuing them. I suggest that we halt our advance for the time being, send a reconnaissance team to reconnoitre, and then make plans after we get information. The rapid voice of the company commander on the opposite side came from the communicator.

Douglas didn't hesitate when he heard this, and immediately hung up the communication after simply replying "Okay", and then looked at the marine: "We received your advice." But I can't take your word for it. Then, he directly connected to the communicator to the platoon commander of platoon A.

Platoon A was immediately asked to halt its advance, turn around and join the main force of the company, and at the same time send a reconnaissance unit to the target location for combat reconnaissance. Platoon B and Company Headquarters also halted their advance, waiting for the Rangers and Platoon A to join up.

But the Marine seemed to be very dissatisfied, and immediately after hearing Douglas's arrangement, he said not to stop, and all the troops followed them out of the area at full speed. If the Rangers they were talking about had encountered a friendly deserter being pursued by Tadarin, it would be likely that Tadarin's side had sensed that their trap had been exposed. In this case, Tadarin, who has the advantage in equipment and firepower, is likely to encircle them with a direct sortie, so they must follow them and evacuate this area as quickly as possible.

This request was immediately rejected by Douglas. This was an obvious attempt to abandon the Rangers and Platoon A. With limited radio range, it is highly likely that they will permanently lose contact with the Rangers and Platoon A, and in this case, losing contact with friendly forces is one of the worst scenarios, and Douglas is naturally unlikely to agree.

The Marine seemed furious, but there was no choice but to remain silent and wait with them for the friendly forces to converge.

As the company halted its advance, they temporarily constructed a simple defensive zone on a small hill. Lal sent a squad on combat patrol to pick up approaching friendly forces and give early warning of a possible Tadarin attack. And an hour later, they received the first bad news - Platoon A was surrounded by a Tadarin unit.

The sound of firefighting on the radio was very intense, but the company had no manpower to help, so they could only silently pray that platoon A would be able to break through smoothly. After more than half an hour of silence, the communicator came the news of the deputy platoon commander of platoon A, platoon A had repelled Tadarin's pursuit, but suffered heavy losses, the platoon commander was beheaded by a Tadarin fanatic, the machine gun squad that was originally assigned to them was wiped out by the raiding pursuers before they could be deployed, and the other infantry squads also had their own injuries, and the casualties had not yet been counted, but it seemed that there would be no less.

The company headquarters could only ask Platoon A to drop the seriously wounded and quickly return to join the company. As for the reconnaissance team, they had been missing for 40 minutes, and Platoon A preliminarily judged that it had been eliminated by Tadarin's attack, so it had to choose to abandon them and evacuate as soon as possible.

While Platoon A was on their way to a hurried rendezvous with the company, the Rangers also received rather bad news: they had suffered considerable losses in the exchange of fire with the Tadarin pursuer, and that a mixed Immortal had inflicted considerable losses on them. Although they repulsed Tadarin, they suffered equally heavy losses, and after a brief sweep of the battlefield, they began to move in their direction at full speed.

After hearing the news, Ral felt that God was really playing a joke on them that they couldn't afford to play. Every time they feel that they are saved, they find themselves in a situation that is even more desperate than before.

(Gan, I suddenly realized that I seem to be too watery in these chapters.) I found out about this problem when I posted it. Sorry sorry, after that I tried to see how it didn't water. It's mainly written and written, and I forgot about it...... ）