When the scarred Rangers finally joined up with the Independence Company and exchanged information on each other, they discovered that Ciel's situation had become worse than expected.

Whether it was the independent company standing still waiting for the rendezvous, or the Rangers running all the way to the assembly point, they were constantly harassed by Tadarin's small force, which meant that they were always under Tadarin's sight. They had been in the area long enough, but Tadarin's main force had not been able to attack them in any way, and they concluded that this was most likely a precursor to a massive siege, and that if they did not leave, they might not be able to escape, as the Marine had suggested.

So, they had planned to stop for a while to straighten out, and they immediately dismissed this foolish idea and found the marine, hoping that he would take them away immediately. Time was pressing, so he naturally didn't have the time to taunt the two company commanders, and nodded and agreed to their request. The whole army simply cleaned up the traces left behind, and quickly set out for camp under the leadership of this group of marines.

Since they were no longer acting separately, the ranks were naturally larger than before, and the original column action was transformed into a horizontal march, with Lal's B platoon at the lead, a platoon of the Ranger at the rear, and a platoon of the Ranger in the middle, with the A platoon of the independent company and two platoons of the Ranger spread horizontally.

Tadarin's attack also came as expected, and they were soon attacked by a group of Tadarin's troops who had arrived in a hurry. But strangely enough, there are no such annoying units as the Immortals in this group, but they are still basic infantry units such as the Zealot, the Stalker, and the Mechanical Sentinel. Although there were more than the single-digit squads, the threat level was reduced, because more numbers meant that they were larger and less concealed, and the difficulty of hitting and running skyrocketed, and the opponent was also planning to stop them head-on, which made it easier for them to repel the Tadarin troops.

As they left the area and entered a rugged mountain range, Tadarin's assault had largely faded away. For those Marines who are on high nerves, this is pretty good news.

In response to Douglas's doubts, the Marine said that Tadarin was not good at mountain warfare, so they would naturally not rush into this hill to engage the main human forces. Of course, there is obviously something wrong with this statement, but since the other party doesn't want to say it, Douglas can't continue to ask.

This mountain range is indeed marked on the combat map, but it is far away from the mission area and is itself on the edge of the Tadarin defense zone, so its actual value is very low. But right now it does seem like a good place to hide.

Soon, after a detour with the Marines, they finally reached a hidden valley. As they crossed several checkpoints, the scene in the valley stunned both the Rangers and the soldiers of the Independent Company - this was a relatively complete human base.

“…… Where is it? ”

"Welcome to our temporary shelter, which will soon be your refuge if nothing else." The Marine walked in with his own men without looking back.

Soon someone came to greet the overwhelmed survivors. The two company commanders were taken away by a man who looked like officers, while the others were placed in a temporary area that had been demarcated, where they were assigned a supply depot. Of course, it is not enough for a large army of more than 200 people, but no one is picky at this time, and it would be good to have a supply depot.

The Marines who had brought them with them came back to them after a while, as a receptionist for the base where they didn't know where they came from. It was at this time that Lal learned the origin of this base from the mouth of the Marine who led him.

This temporary shelter, as they call it, was originally established by the remnants of the Morbus Expedition. The expedition was not completely annihilated by Tadarin's forces, and the remnants fled through the wilderness of Syl, eventually fleeing to this hidden valley in disarray, trying to escape Tadarin's attack.

Compared to the Separate Company and the Rangers, the expeditionary team was more fully staffed, with all kinds of combat, logistical, scientific, and engineering personnel, and they quickly managed to gather some available resources to establish this temporary shelter.

After losing contact with HQ due to the lack of equipment capable of interstellar communication, they concluded that the Mobius Foundation would definitely send someone to continue the operation. They didn't expect Mobius to send someone to search for them, but they knew that the Mobius Foundation would definitely not give up the artifact, so they began to find ways to reach beyond the mountains and even near the original base to ensure that they would be the first to know when someone arrived.

And reinforcements did come, that is, Renault and Yang Yi's fleet. Their first landing attempt attracted the attention of the remnants, but soon the landing force was completely lost from the fleet due to the encirclement and radio jamming of the rapid reaction forces. This group of remnants sent a small team to pick up a group of remnants of the landing force that had broken out and wandered in the Hill Wilderness, and incorporated them.

After hearing the news from these remnants, the people in this shelter naturally breathed a sigh of relief. After sharing information with each other, the two sides began to prepare for the arrival of the next landing force. And they did wait.

More than half a month later, the second landing force was even larger, but the end was not much better. Due to the presence of radio interference, the landing force in various places scurried around like headless flies without contact with their superiors, trying to survive the harassment and encirclement of Tadarin.

The first thing they spotted was the Rangers and the Separate Company that had just rendezvoused near the Mobius base. But before they could go up to make contact, the radio interference that had been hanging over Schill was briefly contacted, and the news from the fleet command immediately made everyone unable to hold back.

Due to the rapid resumption of radio interference, the squad located near the base that had intended to make contact with the Rangers and the Independent Company was unable to learn of the orders from the base, and decided to rely on their familiarity with the terrain to go to the location given on the radio broadcast.

However, as soon as they arrived near the target location given by the broadcast, they found that an extremely heavy exchange of fire was going on at the location. Tadarin's rapid reaction forces surrounded the reinforcements that had landed on the surface. They decided that the human friendly forces were at a disadvantage and would not be enough to repel Tadarin's forces, and decided to retreat. However, during the retreat, he was discovered by the reconnaissance force on the outskirts of Tadarin, was pursued, and finally fled until he met the A platoon of the independent company that was heading to the target location.