Chapter 67: Blitzkrieg
From the first intensive bomb launches, to the later sporadic explosions, just when the Legion thought it could finally catch its breath, the entire night sky was lit up again.
A new round of artillery fire struck again.
The soldiers who were guarding the bomb shelter inhaled poisonous gases, and they wanted to retreat for unknown reasons, but as soon as they left the bomb shelter, they were dropped by sulfuric acid thrown from the air.
It's better for the sulfuric acid to fall on the clothes, at least it doesn't come into contact with the skin immediately, and the terrible thing is that some of it falls on their heads, hands...... Some soldiers were curious about what was falling from the sky, after all, there had been no rain in the ruined city for hundreds of years, and some of them were panicked and thought that a miracle had come......
As they looked up, sulfuric acid fell on their faces, necks, and eyes.
It's not just pain.
The feeling of burns and burns went straight to the bottom of their hearts, and their hands holding the guns were no longer strong, because the concentration of sulfuric acid was high, and some skin tissues quickly died, and many people had blisters on their hands and faces, and they wailed, constantly blowing on their burned hands with their mouths, hoping to lower the temperature to reduce the pain.
It's just that...... It doesn't help.
There is only one best way, and that is to wash it with running water.
The most scarce thing in the ruined city is water, and each soldier has a ration of water every day.
As they wailed towards the ruined city, phosphorus bombs exploded in the air, and countless flames fell like meteors.
This time, they no longer have nowhere to run.
The high temperature of nearly 1,000 degrees after burning burned through their military uniforms, followed by skin, flesh and bones.
The flames were blazing, and the screams resounded through the heavens and the earth.
A war correspondent filmed the scene.
Name the photo: Doomsday Fireworks.
Later, this photo was wildly reprinted by various countries and won an award.
At the same time, various countries began to sign agreements to ban the use of phosphorus shells on the battlefield, for which people spontaneously took to the streets to protest the brutality of the coalition forces.
The war correspondent, who just took pictures, was later scolded for depression, left the journalist profession, and died in depression.
Because it's not fireworks.
This is hellfire.
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The coalition soldiers who had set off earlier soon arrived in the city of ruins.
In order to attract the attention of the defenders, they began to charge, but when they were about to reach the range of the defenders, they feigned defeat and began to retreat.
The soldiers defending the city did not receive the order to charge, so they could only stay in their positions and watch the coalition retreat, regroup, and make a comeback.
After doing this a few times, the officers defending the city noticed a problem - it seems that the number of coalition soldiers on the opposite side has been decreasing?
But there were no bodies on the battlefield between the two armies.
After all, neither side is desperately attacking.
At first, the gunfire on the side of the coalition army was very dense, and many figures could be seen in the distance.
But now there are only sporadic gunshots, beating and beating......... Where have all the people gone?
There must be some kind of conspiracy on the side of the coalition forces, and the general defending the city received the order to pursue at this time, and immediately gathered his army to launch a charge.
In a sense, the battle was the first victory for the Ruined City, as their charge quickly paid off, and the coalition forces quickly retreated, disappearing into the endless night.
What they didn't know was that hundreds of coalition soldiers had already changed into ordinary clothes and sneaked into the ruined city from near the battlefield under the cover of night during the battle just now.
While the defenders were cheering as they repelled the enemy, the convoy of trucks that had been heading south of the Ruined City also reached the southern edge of the Ruined City.
At the forefront is Peiguo's newly developed land tank, which is not afraid of gunfire with a steel plate, and it roars towards the camp of the defenders of the ruined city, with only one purpose, to break through the defense and enter the ruined city.
The attack of grenades and rockets slightly blocked the progress of the truck convoy.
However, the soldiers defending the city did not last long.
Because the truck convoy was followed by Peiguo's tank fighting vehicles.
The tank fighting vehicles formed a triangle and rushed first towards the defenders.
Large-caliber artillery, anti-aircraft machine guns with no less than five hundred rounds of ammunition per minute............ In less than three minutes, the legion defenders were completely routed, the defensive position was torn open, one tank led the way in front, and after the other two tanks were broken, the truck convoy finally entered the ruined city under the protection of the tanks.
It was at this time that the mutants received orders to defend the city.
They are free to attack, and they can receive a reward for getting a 'dog tag' representing the status of a Coalition soldier - each soldier has a nameplate representing his or her identity, with the number and name of the unit and the position on it.
The reason why the dog tag is called is partly because the soldiers are treated like dogs, but more because the brand resembles a metal tag on a dog's collar.
The homicide bounty has also been doubled.
One dog tag, two gold coins.
If you have 10 dog tags, you will be rewarded with an additional 30 gold coins in addition to 20 gold coins.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.
The mutants begin to fight.
Many of them thought that after the war was over, they could leave here and find a random country to live the life they wanted.
For example, take a hot bath every day, and marry a pretty lady who can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen.
They were tasked with attacking the coalition convoy that had entered the ruined city.
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Legion Command Center.
Before, the two major armies of the Eastern Crusade Army and the Patriotic Army looked at each other and hated each other, and in the same city, because of interests, there would inevitably be friction, but there has been no major conflict for so many years, which is also the reason why the two legions can cooperate quickly when Peiguo and the Stardust Federation announced the start of war.
After all, they are facing two countries this time, and if they divide and lose, they will lose both, and if they cooperate, they will be beneficial.
The coalition declared war, and the next day bombers bombed the military headquarters of the two families, which made them suspect that there were agents of Peiguo or the Federation in the ruined city.
Now that the war is about to start, the entire ruined city is within the range of the coalition bombers, and for safety, the command centers of the two legions have been merged, and some of the ground has been transferred underground.
Now they were only about a hundred meters away from the temple, which was a relatively safe distance in their opinion, after all, the coalition forces would not attack the temple.
The leader of the Eastern Expeditionary Army is a soldier named Qi Chuanlin, he looks like a tiger, he is in his forties this year, he is in the prime of life, he was once a soldier of the Ming Peiguo, he participated in the rebellion of the Northwest Army twenty years ago, and then led a group of men down to the ruins, twenty years have passed, the original army of less than 200 people, has grown to more than 20,000 people now.
The reason why Qi Chuanlin named himself Dongzheng was because he thought that one day he would be able to return to Peiguo and restore the reputation of the person he had sworn allegiance to.
The Northwest Army rebellion...... No, not a rebellion! In Qi Chuanlin's view, that war was a coup d'Γ©tat by the Peiguo royal family and a purge of political enemies!
And the leader of the Patriotic Army, named Xu Dingguo, he is over half a hundred years old, and unlike Qi Chuanlin's rebellion, he is from the Stardust Federation and is a staunch atheist.
Xu Dingguo opposes theocracy and affirms secular life, and he thinks that there is no god in this world? Some are also pretending to be ghosts...... Such statements were quickly classified as infidels in the Stardust Federation, and they were soon found to be imprisoned...... After three years in prison, the new federal president took office, and he was pardoned and released from prison, only to ...... He didn't stop there.
Xu Dingguo was not convinced.
He wants an explanation, saying that the Federation respects human rights, and dares to claim freedom of speech because of the crime of speech? Is it not a lie that God loves the world?
The Stardust Federation gave him an explanation:
He was deported and cannot return to the Stardust Federation for the rest of his life.
In the following years, he went to Dayizhou and Dayouzhou, and traveled and spoke that people should live in the present and not pin on the ethereal tomorrow...... The gods are just legends, what is the legend? It's fake, it's unreal, it's a fiction of people's fear of the unknown.
The two continents were surprisingly unanimous in their attitude towards his arrival: deportation, too.
Some people are famous for their devotion to the gods, and some people are famous for slandering the gods. Xu Dingguo was the latter, and he began to make a name for himself on the continent.
With fame, he lived in Peiguo for a period of time, and also gained some social status, because Peiguo is a non-faith country, he lobbied everywhere and gave speeches, and was extremely beautiful for a while, and then left Peiguo for unknown reasons.
Some people say that it was because he didn't know how to pursue Princess Peiguo, offended the aristocracy, and someone wanted his life, so he could only leave Peiguo and come to the Great Wilderness.
It's just that no one expected that he, who was still an unknown person in the Stardust Federation, would become a representative of a force after a few decades.
He named his legion Weiguo, I don't know if it was because he had a national character in his name, or because of the ideal country in his heart.
At this moment, Xu Dingguo's hair has turned gray, and he has long lost the vigor of his youth, he is standing in front of a simple map, thinking about something silently.
Qi Chuanlin on the side smoked a cigarette, and from time to time picked up the wine jug on the side and drank a small sip - he was not sluggish at the moment, but had an indescribable sharpness, just like he had been advocating attack for the past two days.
And Xu Dingguo felt that he should be defensive.
In Xu Dingguo's view, if so many people from the coalition army enter the ruined city, it will be like a pot of water poured into the sea, and they will soon disappear without a trace.
And Qi Chuanlin doesn't think so, the Great Wilderness Continent is short of resources, and the coalition forces are fighting across borders, so they must seek speed, otherwise if the war reaches a stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable to the coalition forces.
It's just that Xu Dingguo didn't listen to him.
Until just now, the two were arguing, and now the reason why the two shut up is because the coalition forces have taken the lead in the charge.
They didn't see the situation on the battlefield, but the battle came back in time.
The 30,000 men of the Eastern Army barely fought back under the technological suppression of the coalition forces, suffered heavy losses, and had lost their combat effectiveness.
Not to mention organizing a decent charge to fight back, even the treatment of those wounded and sick soldiers is a big problem.
"If the Legion attacks head-on, I'm afraid the losses will be even heavier." Xu Dingguo said as he picked up his pen and marked a point on the map, which was where the coalition tank and truck convoy had just appeared.
"If we don't attack, we'll only be eaten away by them little by little." Qi Chuanlin still insisted on his opinion.
Seeing that no one could convince anyone, the two fell silent again.
The candlelight in the basement was a little dim, and the makeshift command was even more rudimentary, but any dream, like the two of them, began in obscurity.
"Our army is a little backward in equipment." Qi Chuanlin tried to persuade Xu Dingguo: "So we can only use the tactics of crowds to defeat the coalition forces in one go." β
"Did you rush over?" Xu Dingguo looked helpless: "They have aircraft cannons, and they have biological and chemical weapons. Saying that, Xu Dingguo smashed his fist on the map: "Even if I die, I will pull a cushion." β
"If I were to die, I would have died twenty years ago." Qi Chuanlin's face was domineering: "But before they die, why should they be hurt, let those who are high above know that the world does not revolve around them." β
"Now it's up to the mutants." Xu Dingguo was deeply touched by Qi Chuanlin's words: "I hope they can block the offensive of the coalition forces." β
"Even if you can stop it for a while...... It will take at least ten days for the pirates to deliver the ammunition they promised. β
"Ten days ......" Xu Dingguo pondered: "I guess I can't wait, unless a miracle happens." β
At this time, new news came over, and Xu Dingguo picked up a pen and drew it on the map.
"What do they have in their truck? Why keep rushing this way? Thinking like this, he looked at Qi Chuanlin, Qi Chuanlin was a soldier of Peiguo, and he should know something about the army of Peiguo.
"I'm afraid it's Peiguo's latest mecha in the truck." Qi Chuanlin expressed his guess: "It is rumored that a battle mech team has come over, and they haven't shown up tonight. β
He said and stood up: "I'm afraid our command post has been exposed. β
"You mean they're coming for us?"
"If it weren't for the temple next to it, I'm afraid the bombers would have come a long time ago."
"What now?"
"Two ways, either fight or hide."
"Where can you hide if you hide again?" Xu Dingguo smiled wryly.
"Then let's go check it out." Qi Chuanlin said and walked outside: "Lao Xu, if we are still alive tomorrow, I will listen to you." β
His voice had just fallen.
There was a scream outside, and a dense burst of gunfire.
The two of them looked tense and immediately rushed outside.
Under the night sky, a two-foot tall battle mech was surrounded by countless soldiers.
A steely body, strong arms, huge fists, and two heavy swords on the back of the mecha.
In addition, on the shoulders of the mech, there were several muzzles of medium thermal weapons, which were hit by the screams of the soldiers just now.
Within a radius of three zhang from the mecha, no one dared to approach.
There were bullets hitting the mecha, and I don't know what material the mecha was made of, and it didn't take any damage at all.
Rumble!
Numerous explosions rang out.
The Federation soldiers who had infiltrated the Ruined City had arrived with dozens of grenades each.
In the stealth and darkness, they saw the soldiers surrounding the mecha in front of them, and directly threw the grenade over.
"Retreat! Fall back! Xu Dingguo shouted to his subordinates.
And Qi Chuanlin shot a tentative shot at the head of the mecha.
In the mecha control cabin, Lin Tian's face was indifferent.
It is inevitable that people will die in war, and sometimes the more people who die, the better the chance of winning the war.
And his idea was to end the war with as few deaths as possible.
So he came up with a decapitation plan.
Through the monitoring system, he has locked on Qi Chuanlin and Xu Dingguo, as long as these two people are killed, the beheading operation will be considered a success.
The rest of the soldiers are nothing more than a plate of loose sand...... The coalition forces will give some more temptation of benefits, and I believe that it will not be long before the two major armies of the so-called ruined city will collapse.
In the control room, Lin Tian operated the mechanical handle.
The next moment, the mecha moved.
"The consequences of your impulsive recklessness are nothing to mention in the face of this world."
"But it was a disaster for the families of those dead soldiers!"
"So, you two tie up and end this war."
Lin Tian's voice spread far away.
In the firelight in the sky, the big mecha seemed to enter a no-man's land, and came to the two of them in the blink of an eye!