At two o'clock in the evening, there were no stars and no moon, and the snow was still falling.

The howling north wind was howling, and no one wanted to go out at this point in time.

The sentry in Daliao is on duty in the makeshift tower, and the shift must be changed every hour, otherwise it is easy to freeze to death outside.

In the eyes of that sentry, this time on duty is a superfluous move, are the people chasing the light army crazy? Want to carry out a sneak attack at this time?

He kept rubbing his hands and stomping his feet on the sentry tower to ward off the wind and cold.

I was looking forward to hurrying to an hour before he could go back and get into the warm bed.

Boom boom boom ~~~!

There seemed to be a faint sound coming from the south, but it was a headwind, so he couldn't really hear it.

I tried to keep my eyes open, trying to see through the snowy night as much as possible, and suddenly, there was a violent explosion in the north!

Clusters of fire burst into the taiga about a kilometer behind him!

Shelling!

It seems that the landing point is not accurate and missed!

The sentry grabbed the whistle violently, put it in his mouth, and blew it with all his strength.

Enemy attack!

Beep~~~! Beep~~~!

The mournful whistle accompanied by the sound of cannons woke the sleeping people.

Rutgers almost rolled over and got up from the ondol.

He slammed open the window and saw a red glow coming from the north.

"Quick! There is a case, and all get up and prepare for the battle! ”

As the alarms went down layer by layer, the sleeping soldiers of Daliao all hurriedly got up and dressed.

By the time they got up and went outside, the forest to the north was already burning.

Seeing this kind of scene, Rutgers's heart was cold.

It's the middle of winter, because the snow-covered forest is difficult to burn, and it must be the hands and feet of the Light Chasers to be able to catch fire so quickly.

He was already in the air, smelling gasoline and white phosphorus.

That's white phosphorus, a natural accelerant.

"What a vicious Tang Zheng, what a vicious chaser army."

The north wind swept in, and those taigas were like burning torches, spraying sparks out of the sky.

Mars covered the forest in front of them, and the fire quickly advanced towards the forest farm.

"General Rutgers, shall we put out the fire?"

The people who had finally organized themselves ran to Rutgers in a panic to ask, once the fire spread, it would definitely not be possible to live here.

Rutgers wanted to put out the fire, but just as he could open his mouth, a puff of smoke choked into his lungs.

"! No, the fire can't be controlled. ”

In just ten minutes, the whole sky lit up, and the pine trees had formed a sweeping trend under the double combustion of white phosphorus bombs and north winds, and this fire was not easy to extinguish.

At least north of the fire point, these more than ten kilometers of mountains and forests have no value to save.

Thick smoke had enveloped the entire forest farm, and the fire had spread to the edge of the forest farm.

Rutgers gritted his teeth with hatred, he knew Tang Zheng's plan very well.

This is to force his troops to go south, and it is conceivable that the light-chasing army must have arrangements in the south.

But at this moment, he has no way to retreat, and if he delays any longer, these people will be burned alive.

"Withdraw! Head south and get out of here. ”

The current situation is extremely critical, and the troops in Daliao can't take care of much, those who can get on the car get on the car, and those who can't get on the car run south on their legs.

As for the many heavy weapons and baggage, they are no longer in charge.

For example, towed artillery, rocket artillery, and some vehicles carrying vehicles and supplies are now too late to take away.

The army of 50,000 was now chaotic into a pot of porridge, rushing out of the forest farm in a swarm and heading south.

The fire demon raged, and with the help of the strong wind, it soon engulfed the residential area of the forest farm.

House after house burned, and the light of the fire reflected the red sky.

The air was filled with smoke and sparks, and the sound of crackling was endless.

The wild grass everywhere also became an accomplice to the burning at this moment, and when the north wind blew, one by one turned into a sea of fire.

Rutgers didn't expect this fire to be so ferocious, some of them walked slowly, and they couldn't even outrun the fire, and they were quickly engulfed by the fire!

He sat in the car and looked at the soldiers behind him who were engulfed in flames, and his whole eyes were red.

"Tang Zheng! Dog thief! Lao Tzu and you don't share the sky! ”

He cursed in his mouth, but he didn't dare to stop at all.

This continuous coniferous forest area is more than a dozen kilometers long, and they can only move away from the woods and walk through the otherwise deserted farmland.

But the farmland was also overgrown with weeds, and it was not a good place.

It's just that the wild grass burns and goes out quickly, and there is always some open space to escape while running back and forth.

At the coldest time, he no longer felt cold at all, only heat.

Hot! Fiery! Boiling hot!

He's okay here, those infantry who didn't have time to board the car in Daliao are the most miserable at the moment, their legs are trudging in the snow, and they will soon lose their strength.

Whenever a car passed by, they didn't care much, and just grabbed it and climbed up.

It doesn't matter if it's a truck, a jeep, or a tank.

On top of each tank of the armored forces, they climbed a layer like locusts.

A great escape of 50,000 people, a race against the Flame Death, unfolds between the woodland and the wasteland.

About half an hour later, the remnants of Daliao emerged from the smoke area.

The flames behind him were still burning, but the wooded area had burned to the end, and the flames had stagnated there.

Only the sparks and smoke in the sky are still blowing to this side under the guidance of the strong wind.

Looking at the fiery red sky behind him, and looking at the countless remnants of soldiers around him who seemed to have escaped from the coal kiln, the pain in Rutgers's heart was indescribable.

This sudden fire not only completely broke his deployment, burned his baggage, and even caused him to lose tens of thousands of troops!

At least 10,000 brothers were completely buried in the fire.

Tang Zheng gave him the bitter fruit of failure at the cost of a mountain forest.

But he had no time to grieve and suffer, for in the darkness of the night, the attack of the Light Chasers had already begun.

The sound of rumbling chariots sounded in the south, and it was the arrival of enemy tank troops.

Rutgers was still a little glad that his armored units were still intact, and the tanks were all rushed out of the fire.

"Armored troops, face the battle immediately, although the Light Chaser Army has taken the lead, but the overall strength of their troops is insufficient, as long as we defeat them here, then we can still turn defeat into victory."

"The rest of the people are assembled with the battalion as a combat unit, pay attention to the formation not too close, and prepare to launch a counterattack, since Tang Zheng set fire here, then their command headquarters should also be near here, defeat his headquarters, and we can get back everything we lost."

After successive combat orders were issued, the troops in Daliao also showed unusual military qualities, and after suffering huge losses, they were able to quickly assemble and counterattack.

The tank troops are rumbling into battle, and at this moment they have no choice but to have a head-to-head duel with the Light Chasers here.

The order was given, and Rutgers quickly contacted Volcano City and requested helicopter reinforcements.

But at this time, he was surprised to find that the radio station could no longer contact Volcano City.

He clearly remembered that after the troops camped and settled, he also talked to Ferdinand, but he didn't expect that he couldn't use it now, and there was no doubt that this was also Tang Zheng's ghost.

However, at this time, Rutgers was still full of hope, he still had 40,000 troops here, and there were some rocks and scattered trees around him that could be used as cover, and he could still arrange defenses on the spot.

As long as it holds out until tomorrow morning, helicopter units will come to support.

No, it could have been faster, because Ferdinand should have sent a helicopter to support him soon if he couldn't reach him.

Maybe by six or seven o'clock tomorrow morning, the plane will arrive.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning, and he didn't believe that his troops couldn't hold out for more than three hours.

The battle began, and the artillery of the Light Chasers began to bombard this direction.

Rutgers' troops dispersed, and the thick snow of the wasteland became a natural bunker to exploit.

It's just that they have now lost their baggage, and those cannons are left in the sea of fire, and there is no effective means of counterattack, so they can only endure it temporarily.

But Rutgers also knew that artillery alone could not end a war, and sooner or later the Light Chasers would have to kill them.

This thick snowy wasteland, except for helicopters and tanks, almost no vehicles can kill it, armored vehicles are difficult, and Rutgers is not afraid.

He began to consciously protect the anti-tank infantry and anti-aircraft infantry, and all those armed with bazookas and individual anti-aircraft missiles had to be protected, and if the results of the tank battle were not satisfactory, they had to be ready to fight the enemy tanks.

The rumbling battle had already begun, and about ten kilometers away from the wasteland, the tank battle began.

The two armored battalions of the Chasing Light Army, scattered left and right, attacked in a fan shape.

200 tanks against 300 tanks, 2 to 3 battles, Daliao side has a slight advantage.

But they also have a disadvantage, which is the failure of the radar system.

Affected by the electronic interference of the Light Chasers, their radar is no longer working.

Fortunately, they were also experienced in combat, and after discovering that the radar was out of order, they fired a batch of flares.

In this way, in this wasteland, their observation glasses and the naked eye can still see things, which is still a lot of help for combat.

After all, the Light Chasers didn't have a place to hide here, and they were still able to fight back.

Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, and their strength is basically equal.

The smoothbore guns of the tanks bombarded back and forth, and the brutal armored battle began.

But when the battle began, the armored troops of Daliao found that the facts were somewhat different from what they imagined.

The tank skin of the Chasing Light Army is too thick!

On my side, it is also a main battle tank, and the caliber has not cut corners, why is it that if the bombardment continues, the tank over there is only slightly injured, which basically does not affect the continuation of the battle.

And the tank on his side was seriously injured in one shot, and when the two guns went down, basically even the turret was opened.

After discovering this, the tanks in Daliao immediately changed their tactics.

They began to fight in groups, often with several tanks in a circle, and if the tanks of the Chaser Army approached, they opened fire en masse.

It's not a great tactic, but it's good to stall for time.

If the Light Chaser Army wants to take them down, it must pay a lot of price.

But Tang Zheng's side didn't give them a chance to delay at all, and in the face of the opponent's tank huddle, it was time for the Apache to go into battle.

(End of chapter)