Chapter 3, The Prisoners

It was a four-and-a-half-hour journey from the makeshift camp to the abandoned cave society.

The elites of the Marine Corps, in the manner of a small detachment of five people, were all scattered as pioneers and scouts. Gu Hang took the victim Patel and his large army of servants and advanced steadily.

Halfway through, Gu Hang received a report from the Marine Corps reconnaissance team that they had found a small transport team, which should belong to the 'prisoners' tribe.

Gu Hang authorized Yan Fangxu to lead the Marine Corps and some of the servants to annihilate them and try to capture them alive.

Captain Yan is the elite of the navy, and there is no accident when he does this little thing.

However, when Gu Hang listened to the confession of the living mouth, his mood was not beautiful.

Gu Hang asked Patel to come over and said to him, "It seems that these robbers never intended to let you go. ”

Patel also saw the situation of the convoy, and looked resentful: "Yes, they transported a large amount of high explosives, let alone blow up the gate of the Abandoned Cave Society, even if it is enough to blow up the mine and bury us all in it." ”

Gu Hang shook his head and added: "Not only that, according to the information obtained from Captain Yan's interrogation, they have already discussed with the greenskins in the ruins of the high wall, and the more than 900 people of your Waste Cave Society should all be used as high-quality rations, ready to be sold to those green-skinned beasts." ”

"What?!"

Patel knew that the Prisoners were a group of wasteland bandits who were absolutely malicious towards them, but he was still shocked by their ferocity.

The description of the 'green-skinned beast' is apt for those mutants. They are not only found in the Angry Owl, but are widely found in all parts of the universe, and are also known as the 'cancer of the universe'.

They are not male or female, and reproduce by relying on the spores that grow from the ground and their food.

It stands to reason that they don't need to buy any rations, but the two things that these green-skinned beasts love most in their lives are to fight, and the other is to eat the brains of intelligent creatures. The former is their nature, and the latter is the means by which they upgrade their technology.

These beasts that grew out of the land were indeed primitive and savage at first, carrying stone axes and sticks. And when they eat enough and smart enough brains, technology will also develop rapidly, with iron weapons, guns, cannons, and even interstellar navigation......

Their belligerent, devastating nature, the more powerful they are, the more they become a scourge that ravages everything.

It stands to reason that such a race should be the enemy of all mankind. The Empire does have a kill order for the green-skinned orcs, kill them all when they see them, and then purify the land to destroy the spores to ensure that they don't grow again.

But...... Policies are policies, and implementation is another matter.

The angry star, the taxes can't be paid, the food and clothing in the planet can't be guaranteed, the forces of all parties are full of contradictions, the whole planet is in chaos, and the governor is forced to farm by himself...... In such a situation, it is true that a robber like the 'prisoner' cannot be expected to have any feelings for the fate of all mankind.

It's just that not only is it not hostile, but it is intolerable to do business with these man-eating beasts.

Cleaning up the green-skinned beast, this is what Gu Hang must do.

Not now, of course.

According to the confession, the number of greenskin tribes in the so-called ruins of the high wall is in the thousands, and at least they have evolved to the level of possessing automatic weapons, and there is not much generation difference between them and the humans on the planet in terms of equipment. If you want to clean up those animals, it is definitely not something that Gu Hang can do with the strength in his hands now.

Luckily, the 'ruins of the high wall' are quite far away, so I don't have to worry too much about it for a while.

The most important thing to deal with is the group of wasteland raiders who threaten the Abandoned Cave Society.

Now, Gu Hang already knew their exact information.

Four kilometers outside the mine, where the Abandoned Cave Society is located, the 'prisoners' have set up a makeshift camp. These guys never thought that the Waste Cave Society would dare to come out and fight them in the field, so they didn't prepare for any fortifications.

"Good chance, we can launch a raid! Our mortars can do a good job! Yan Fangxu looked excited.

"Okay, that's it."

After a short rest, there were still two hours to go, and they were in place in the early hours of the hour.

The speed was increased because he was worried that the convoy would not arrive for a long time, so that those bandits would notice the abnormal situation.

After a rapid march, they still needed some time to recuperate before attacking.

The thirty elite soldiers of the Marine Corps are fine, but the servants need to rest. They don't shout tired, but they do, and fatigue reduces their ability to fight.

According to Yan Fangxu's suggestion, the soldiers will set off again in 45 minutes, and in an hour, the mortar position will be shelled.

At the location where the camp of the 'prisoners' could already be seen from afar, Gu Hang patiently led the team to rest, eat nutritional paste and meditate to replenish their physical strength, and build a mortar position......

He knew that his patience now was to wait for a while to be able to finish the battle.

……

Kaga was inexplicably irritable at this moment.

In these days, it is not easy to be a raider. They haven't opened for a while, and all supplies will be exhausted. The food is okay, and you won't have to worry about breaking the Waste Cave Society. Even if these miners don't have much physical reserves, hundreds of people can be used for a long time after slaughtering and making jerky.

Destructible weapons, consumed ammunition, these are not easy to replenish. And the major powers are not very happy to do business with their raiders, only the greenskin tribes are willing. Although the greenskin technology is not very easy to use, the weapon failure rate is extremely high, and the ammunition is easy to mute, and it is far less powerful in their hands than in the hands of those greenskins themselves......

But it's better than nothing.

To tell the truth, the most abundant ore in the Waste Cave Society, Kaga can't look down on. This thing is heavy and worthless, and it is not easy to sell the stolen goods. But the nine hundred men in the cave are good things, not only can they be their own rations, but they can also rush to the ruins of the high wall and sell them for green-skinned arms, isn't it beautiful?

It's much better to drive people than sheep.

For this reason, the 'prisoners' are almost out of the nest. Except for a few old and young women and children and brothers who took care of the house, who stayed in the old nest, the main force was brought out by Kaga, and there were more than 100 people.

There are many people in the Waste Cave Society, but there are few guns, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The main reason for surviving in the wasteland for so long is the terrain it is in. That mine cave, Kaga personally went to investigate, and it was really easy to defend and difficult to attack. The entrance of the cave is sealed with ore and metal, and then closed from the inside with a thick door, which is really impossible to open with manpower.

Yesterday they were already trying to blow up the door, but failed, the equivalent was not enough. In desperation, he could only send his henchmen back to his lair to transport, and there was even concentrated explosives at the bottom of the box.

His patience was exhausted, and he couldn't trick the miners into opening the door, and when the explosives came, the blast would be over.

It was supposed to be done today, so there was no need to rush, but Kaga still felt upset. Judging by the time, his convoy should be back, but why is there no movement at all?

He had been urging his subordinates to use radio communication to try to call the contact convoy, but he could not reach him.

This made him even more uneasy.

Half an hour ago, he sent a team to search for the situation according to the loop, but so far, there has been no response, and even the radio has lost contact.

He was completely alert.

Such a strange situation had to make him afraid and hesitant.

Those who are not prudent enough have long been buried in the wasteland, and their bones are gone.

He made up his mind to send out four or five squads and go out to investigate; At the same time, he also ordered the whole team to get ready, and planned to set off collectively to find out the situation back.

Suddenly, a subordinate reported: "I have contacted the transport team, saying that it is on the way back, and it will arrive soon." ”

Kaga's brows furrowed: "Why can't you get in touch before?" ”

"He said that their radio was a little out of order, and it had just been repaired, and he was afraid that we would be worried here, so he sent a message right away."

Kaga thought for a moment and ordered: "Go and reply: Dog's day, are you fucking zombie dogs on the road, so slow?" Come back quickly! Late the loot will deduct half of you! ”

After saying that, he walked briskly outside and shouted to the brothers who were getting ready, "Hurry up, let's go at once!" Don't fucking stuff your bullets, take as many things as you can with you, and throw the rest! Let's go! Get ready to break through! We're being targeted! ”

The subordinate who had just listened to his order was a little confused. He took two steps after him and asked, "Boss, what ......is this?" I ......"

"What are you? Hurry up and fuck the word, get the gun and keep up with the team when the word is over! ”

"Why?" The kid was still stunned.

Kaga knocked him out on the head: "Fucking someone's eyeing us!" Blind the other side, it's best to be useful, and if it's useless, you'll die slowly! ”

After that, he stopped paying attention to the stupid boy, took his gun, beckoned his brothers and prepared to leave the camp.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard a whistling sound from the sky.

His face turned green in an instant.

It's the sound of cannonballs!

"Lie down!"

He quickly lay down and scolded: "! And fucking blow up the ...... Phew...... Don't let Lao Tzu catch ...... Phew......"

The rumbling explosion made him almost unable to hear his own voice, and he just tried to vent the fear in his heart with swear words and hard mouths.

He guessed that someone was eyeing them, and even thought that the worst could happen - he was already surrounded.

But what he didn't expect was that the person who was eyeing him still had a cannon in his hand!

Fortunately, he was not unlucky, except for the buzzing of his ears and the fact that his head was a little confused, there was nothing to do.

He half-crouched up and looked around.

The artillery that bombarded them should not be of a large caliber, it seems that it is just a mortar or something. If it is really heavy artillery, this round of more than a dozen rounds will be densely covered, and I am afraid that everyone in the entire camp will have no bones.

But despite this, in their humble camp with no strong fortifications, the mortars still caused a good amount of damage.

At a glance, at least 20 brothers are either dead, or they are missing arms and legs.

The rest of the people were also stunned.

But now is obviously not the time to be stunned, and to continue to stay here is to wait for death.

He yelled, "Rush! Rush! Rush out! ”

But at this moment, there was a gunshot outside.

It's really surrounded! After the artillery fire, it was the infantry who followed!

The only good news is that the gunshots are still a little far away, and I think it was the few squads that he had sent out before, which played a role and exchanged fire with people.

This is the only way to live.

He yelled, "Help! It's a critical time, and those who don't want to die will be beaten hard! ”

It was at this time that the second round of shelling arrived.