Chapter 1578: Haze (Happy New Year's Day 2014)
Rapid alarm bells and whistles rang throughout the Second Military Station.
In the darkness, people could only hear the rumbling sound in the air, and they didn't know how many undead war fortresses were bombarding Station 2 from the sky.
Every second, a spell from a magic cannon landed inside Camp Two, exploding in a cloud of deadly smoke.
At the same time, the sound of thousands of insects crawling outside the No. 2 station sounded, and the swarm seized the opportunity to attack.
The officers of the coalition army ran back and forth in the fortress against the dark spells that kept falling overhead, shouting, "Everyone, go to the bunker." ”
"Ready to fight, ready to fight~!"
"Mortars in position, fire support. ”
“......”
Once they encounter the panicked soldiers, they do not hesitate to punch and kick the ruffians to force them to calm down, and then go into battle as best they can.
The long training of the security forces was not in vain, even in the face of a surprise attack from the enemy's air, after the first two minutes of confusion, the officers simply relied on the password to organize the soldiers of the various units in the camp and rush to their respective combat posts.
Countless incendiary bombs were shot into the air. The earth turned pale under the light of the incendiary bombs. The flares from the ground were too high and low to see the war fortress hidden in the night sky, but they could clearly see the terrifying shape of the insects rushing up from the opposite side.
Fierce gunfire rang out from all sides of the fortress at the same time.
The soldiers fired incessantly in all directions, blocking the enemy on the ground.
But the undead war fortress still raged above the fortress, and in a hurry. Some soldiers moved out of machine guns. Shoot at the blurred figure of the undead war fortress in the night sky.
This also inspired other soldiers. They also cursed and set their machine guns on the roof of the trenches and opened fire on the dive-ditching undead war fortress.
Dozens of machine guns opened fire in unison, and countless red tracer bullets shuttled back and forth in the air, intertwined into a dazzling web of fire.
An undead fortress of war burst into the sky's nets of fire, and was immediately struck by a flying bullet.
The war-torn fortress of the frightened undead suddenly rose to the ground, dodging the fire from the ground.
Simple air defense means achieved good results, and the fierce firepower forced the subsequent undead war fortresses not to dare to descend too low, and their artillery hit rate was naturally greatly reduced.
After the start of the enemy's air strikes. Lorraine made her way back to the headquarters against the flow of people rushing to the bunker, where the lord was at his combat post.
At this moment, there was already chaos in the headquarters, and the staff officers were yelling and shouting with the telephones leading to the various departments of the fortress.
"There is no artillery support for the time being, yes, no, the damned undead don't go, the gun emplacements in the open air can't fire. Do you want the undead to blow up all the artillery into the sky?"
"I know you're underarmed, but there are no reinforcements for the time being, and everyone is fighting. ”
"Hold on until our flight unit drives them all away. ”
"Hell. Where is our war fortress?"
"We need air support~!"
"I don't know where those sassy mages are, if you see them. Give them a shot for me. ”
"Those bastards, always slipping away when we need it most. ”
“......”
All kinds of roars and scolding rang out, and the command headquarters was noisy.
Losses and requests for reinforcements were being reported everywhere in the fortress, but now the command was blinded.
Lord Lorraine glanced back at the undead war fortress raging in the sky, the coalition's flying units had just finished a resupply job not long ago.
They were going to fly back to reload their weapons and ammunition, and then fly back again, presumably on their way at the moment. It is precisely because of this that when they hear the whistling sound of the war fortress in the sky, the coalition forces will be paralyzed and careless, and they will mistake it for their own war fortress.
The undead lichs have mastered the timing of their sneak attack. They may have been watching from the sidelines, waiting for this opportunity.
Until the Coalition's flying units arrived, the fortress had to endure the assault of the undead war fortresses.
Lord Lorraine couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's careless, it's still careless~!
He obviously has an advantageous flying force, both in terms of quality and quantity, more than the lich, but he was still caught by the lich and gave himself a cold drink.
As he thought, he pulled out a nail clipper and started in a moment's time...... Start trimming your nails.
Although the situation is unfavorable now, the soldiers under his command are fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and the officers are also commanding with all their might, although they cannot do it perfectly, but they have not made any serious mistakes.
At this time, there is no need for the lord to interfere indiscriminately.
As a commander, what he has to do now is to stabilize the feelings of the people as much as possible, and must not cause panic in the army.
Sure enough, seeing the lord leisurely manicuring his nails there, although the officers in the commander still kept yelling at the phone, there was a lot less anxiety in their tones.
Immediately, after they calmed down, they also passed on this feeling to the soldiers at the bottom layer by layer.
In just one minute, the soldiers had already gotten past the initial panic, the gunfire was getting denser and denser, and the line of fire of the machine guns that were strafing outwards was also lowered, and they began to fire purposefully and accurately, instead of the aimless and indiscriminate strafing at the beginning.
Even the machine guns that fired at the sky began to be grouped instead of swarming and firing indiscriminately.
The lord couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and he was very proud in his heart: he was not chaotic in the face of danger, and he was not surprised by changes. Although it was attacked by the enemy and temporarily lost air supremacy, it was able to fight back with great success. is worthy of being the little brother brought out by himself.
At this time, Lester, dressed in pajamas, walked out of the headquarters with sleepy eyes.
When he was old, he was inevitably in poor spirits, and when there was nothing to do, Lester went to bed early. This will be woken up by the commotion outside.
The old man also wore a nightcap on his head. In order to protect his beautiful beard. There was also a silk pocket tied to his chin, and all the beard was covered in it.
What surprised Lord Lorraine was that Lester was dressed in a very festive red, with a red hat on top of his head and white hair, and he looked as cute as Santa Claus.
Lester yawned and casually asked, "What's the mess?"
Lord Lorraine sighed, and said very leisurely: "The war fortress of the undead has come. ”
"No...... Undead ......" Lester shook. Suddenly came to his senses, a pair of old eyes widened, and said in surprise: "You mean those lichs took the initiative to call?"
Lorraine pointed to the night sky outside and said, "Yes~!, you see, their war fortress is attacking our fortress. ”
Lester gave Lorraine a blank look and said, "I'm not here for a while, and you guys made such a big mess?"
He paused for a moment, looked at the pitch-black figures in the sky, and couldn't help but say, "Those shrunken turtles are finally willing to crawl out of their shells." I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. ”
Lord Lorraine could only smile bitterly and nodded, and said secretly in his heart: This obviously has nothing to do with you. "Yes, we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. ”
"Where is our flying unit?" Lester asked with a frown, but he didn't find a war fortress of his own.
"The Coalition War Fortress just finished resupplying an hour ago," Lorraine said, "and it should be on its way here."
Even the fastest Eagle Fighter Wing takes more than ten or twenty minutes from the time it receives the signal to take off and arrives here. ”
"It means that during this time, no one will come to chase them away. Lester nodded slightly, and then said disdainfully: "So, your set of alchemy or something is not reliable at all, and at the critical moment, you have to let our mage come." ”
As he spoke, the Archmage of Lester tore off the cloth pocket from his beard, picked up his staff, and strode out of the underground bunker of the headquarters with great strides, standing outside the door and looking up at the undead war fortress flying overhead.
Then he slammed the staff in his hand to the ground.
At that moment, Lorraine seemed to see a flame coming out of the old man's body, and his whole person was burning with the ** of battle.
In the popular saying of later generations, Lester is a powerful and competitive player, and the more urgent the moment, the higher the old man's will to fight, and the better he plays.
The undead war fortress had been hovering above the fortress for more than ten minutes, and after encountering machine-gun fire on the ground, they turned to attack the wall of Station 2 in an attempt to make a gap in the station.
As long as the station is breached, millions of bugs can easily flood in and flood all the coalition forces here.
It's just that the walls of the fortress are wide and sturdy - in order to build the walls quickly and effectively, the sappers fill the stones with square cages woven with wire, and then build them one by one, and the dark spells are not very effective in attacking the walls.
After the successful sneak attack, the lich has not been effectively countered by humans, and their vigilance has gradually relaxed.
And over time, they also discovered the weakness of the machine gun. Although the fire is fierce, it is not fatal.
For a better attack effect, they even dared to withstand the fire of machine guns on the ground, reducing to a height of several tens of meters from the ground.
Since the lichs were focused on the periphery of the fortress, no one noticed the Archmage of Lester in the dark.
Just as they were bombarding the wall, all of a sudden, a bucket of thick blue lightning lit up, spanning between the ground and the air between the undead war fortress, and slammed straight into an undead war fortress.
The surface of the war fortress that was hit suddenly exploded into a cloud of sparks, and the arc of electricity twisted and spread along the shell of the war fortress, flying in all directions.
The war fortress was like an arc shell. The next second, a spark of electricity burst from inside.
Rest's spell pierced the shell of the war fortress and spread all the way to the interior.
Not knowing what Rest's lightning spell struck, a purple-red flame erupted inside the undead war fortress. Orange flames rushed out of the window, tongues of fire licking the shell of the war fortress.
The battered fortress shook violently above the fortress, drawing cheers from the soldiers who were fighting.
Just when everyone thought it would fall into the fortress, the war fortress stubbornly pulled up again. Slip north.
And the rest of the war fortresses were also taken aback by this spell. They give up the battle in front of them. They all pulled up and hid in the air, and the top of the fortress suddenly emptied.
Although Lester won the blow, he was not very happy, but shook his head regretfully, smacked his lips and said: "It's a pity, the shell is too thick, otherwise I will definitely be able to knock it down this time." ”
Lord Lorraine shrugged, for the lichs. It is enough to have Rester's deterrence.
The night sky in the south suddenly lit up with a red, yellow, and green light, and rushed towards the fortress with a whistling sound.
The soldiers burst into a tidal wave of cheers.
That must have been the flying units of the coalition forces, only they had bright anti-collision lights installed.
Then, several flares were dropped from high in the sky, illuminating the surrounding night sky.
In the blue-white light, the beautiful figures of more than a dozen Eagle fighters flew over the fortress's head, and then suddenly turned, like fierce tiger sharks, circling around the fortress with great momentum, searching for traces of the enemy.
At this time, the figure of the undead war fortress was already missing from the night sky. They don't know where to hide anymore.
Soldiers on the ground emerged from the trenches and looked at the Eagle fighter unit flying above them. waved his fist at them, and at the same time shouted excitedly: "It's only here at this time, when we need you, where are your grandsons~!"
Soon, the war fortress of the coalition forces also rushed over and recaptured the sky near the fortress.
The flying unit pursued some distance north, but failed to catch the undead war fortress, and the lich ran away.
Eventually, the mages were afraid of being ambushed too far, so they all retreated, signaling safety.
Lester dozed off at first, then patted Lorraine on the shoulder, with a triumphant smile on his face, and said, "If you can't do anything again, remember to call my old man to get up." ”
Then he hummed "I stood on the city tower and watched the mountain view......", Shi Shiran went back to make up for sleep.
Looking at the old man's proud back, Lord Lorraine secretly said in his heart: It seems that it is necessary to re-educate and educate the mages and uncles of the flight unit.
After worrying about his head, Lord Lorraine returned to the battle on the ground, the first time the swarm had attacked at night, and they usually all shrank back at dusk.
Night battles are very disadvantageous to the soldiers of the coalition forces, and the range advantage of the coalition forces will be greatly reduced.
Lord Lorraine had thought that the night would definitely not be easy, but fortunately, the threat from the air was lifted and the artillery could be put into battle again.
But unexpectedly, after the initial panic, the troops holding the bunker managed to block the attack of the swarm, which was easier than during the day.
Lorraine personally went to the bunker at the front to find out why, in the darkness the death knell beetles were in a mess, crawling around before the race, many of them running in the wrong direction.
It turned out that the swarms were all night blind, and they couldn't see anything in the dark, but they only acted by feeling, and many of them ran to the side before they reached the fortress.
This also explains why the swarm retreated as soon as it arrived at night the other day.
Without the undead war fortress, the swarm's attack at night did not last long, and the battle lasted an hour before the enemy retreated.
As soon as the day dawned, reports of losses from the ministries began to be counted.
It's just that it was bombed by the undead war fortress for more than ten minutes, and the casualties were higher than those of several days of fierce fighting.
Most of them were injured by dark spells during the first round of attacks on the enemy's war fortress.
The unhappy Lord Lorraine threw down the report and walked out of the underground headquarters, only to see the bombing inside the fortress.
There are large and small craters smashed by the magic cannon everywhere, and the mage is removing the remnants of the dark spell and doing harmless treatment.
Several semi-underground warehouses collapsed during last night's air strikes, and soldiers were digging through the collapsed rocks to salvage supplies.
Two war fortresses were parked on the landing site, and the medics brought the wounded and sick who had been treated urgently and evacuated to the rear for treatment.
The soldiers around them watched quietly, not knowing whether to sympathize with them for being injured or envy them for being able to stay away from the battlefield.
The only thing that could put Lorraine at ease was the underground warehouse where the ammunition was stored.
It was in vain that the Lord spent a lot of money excavating these underground warehouses, and they withstood the continuous bombardment of the magic cannon last night.
Lorraine couldn't imagine what an explosion would have been like if the warehouse where the shells were stored had been breached.
Lester appeared beside Lorraine flutteringly, looked left and right, and said, "It seems that last night the loss was not small." ”
Lorraine smiled and said, "But we finally fished out the lich, and we can't say that there is no harvest." ”
Lester looked at the swarm outside the fortress that seemed to have not decreased at all, and said, "It can be seen that the lich is running out of patience, and the enemy is probably going to start fighting desperately at this point, so we have to be more careful." ”
Loud alarm bells echoed through the fortress, and the swarm of insects surrounding the fortress rushed to the fortress walls again, and the battle began again on a new day.
The artillery of the fortress seemed to be about to suffocate the bombing last night, and all of them were shot out in one go, and the rumbling cannon sound resounded through the fortress.
At first, as in the past two days, bugs repeatedly rushed up, and machine guns, flamethrowers, and mages all came into battle inside the fortress, killing them in the path leading to the fortress.
War fortress carriers bombs and incendiary bombs ploughed over and over again.
But after a few hours, the sky suddenly darkened, and fog rose over the wasteland.
It was faint at first, and visibility was several miles.
As time went on, the fog became heavier and heavier, and by 10 p.m. the fog surrounding the fortress became very noticeable, and the visibility of the soldiers inside the fortress was only a few hundred meters.
At this rate, at night, a thick fog will severely block the soldiers' view.
Lord Lorraine looked at the insect tide army hidden in the heavy mist, and said secretly in his heart: How did you get to the barren land, the haze is still so heavy, and this fart is too strict to admire the 2.5 Yan zhòng. (To be continued......)
PS: It's a new year, I wish you all a happy new year.
Ask for a commuter pass for the first day of 2014. Thank you.