"'It's not as good as Ran Dan', huh?" Ranmaroke teased in the narrow corridors of the fortifications.

"It's really not as good as Ran Dan." Company Commander Afpa sounded a little angry, "Do you think that on the battlefield against Randan, we can't see a war engine of this scale standing on the enemy's side?" ”

"Perhaps." Ranmarok scoffed, "Then I wish you a life after this battle to continue to express this opinion." ”

"Even if I die here today, they are not as good as Ran Dan." Elder Afpa grunted and whispered, "Did you even see clearly? ”

Due to the differences in his specialties and functions in combat missions, Ranmaroke, as the Great Mentor of Firewing, has a better servo system and divination algorithm in the power armor than Commander Affopa. Even in such a fog of low visibility, with the help of the detection and divination devices and algorithms that were previously preset outside the fortifications, they had a clearer field of vision.

"Fourteen war dogs. My power armor can only barely detect a range of five kilometers behind the poisonous fog with the soothsayer we put outside the front line before, so I don't guarantee that there won't be more. "But, even if you don't mention them, there are at least thirty knights and twenty-seven tanks in this range—the chassis looks a bit like Rand, and you can't really tell what they are—that are approaching." As for the coordinated infantry, I have given up counting. ”

The detection range of five kilometers is almost indistinguishable from that of a blind man on the battlefield of this era, but considering that the visibility in the poisonous fog does not even exceed twenty meters, this is already a very gratifying figure.

"What about the speed at which they are advancing?"

"Slowly. They seem to insist on hiding in the fog. ”

Company Commander Afpa snorted coldly: "Coward." ”

As they spoke, it was clear that the first tentative round of long-range fire strikes had already begun. Even though they were now on the edge of the fortifications, they could easily sense the outpouring of anger from the gunfire fixed in the building itself through the vibration of the building itself. It took a half-second for the roar of the missile to reach their ears along the air, and thirty-four bright trails jumped into the framed sky in the observation port one after another, and swooped down on the poisonous fog in the distance.

Apparently, no one has come up with a proposal to try energy weapons. No one thought that the energy beam would be able to kill after passing through that kind of fog.

After another half a minute, Ranmarok spoke: "Good head, at least five tanks were blown up, three of which should have been completely stopped, but it didn't work." ”

It's not that the bombardment of the Ultramarines didn't hit more important targets, it's just that the missiles that fell on the Titans or Knights didn't have the desired effect due to various subspace reasons. The billowing poisonous fog was still unwaveringly approaching, and the speed seemed to speed up a bit.

"It's kind of a 'Twilight Raider.'" Company Commander Afpa snorted in displeasure.

"There are no 'Twilight Raiders' anymore." There was a clear anger in Ranmaro's tone, "There are no 'death guards' anymore. ”

The tremor of the building itself was heard again in the fortifications - this time for a completely different reason. The two Dark Angel veterans skillfully made defensive tactical moves in the tremor caused by the enemy shells, and even Company Commander Afpah turned on the team communication at the same time: "Report the loss." ”

Two minutes later, the first round of tentative bombardment by the enemy came to a momentary halt, and Company Commander Afpa apparently got the report he wanted. He shook the dust caught on his power armor a little, and said to Ranmaro, "Good news, their shells don't work very well against us - the damage of live ammunition is lower than expected, and the corrupted contamination and viruses cannot spread; Bad news, that means both sides have to fight closely. ”

"The good news, as long as it lasts another forty-three minutes, the three Titan Half-legions loyal to Lord Killiman will be able to arrive at the battlefield in turn." Ranmarok was obviously not idle for the past two minutes, "Bad news, in less than forty-three minutes, we will all have to die." ”

“…… Did you listen to the extreme warrior's public communication link? ”

"What? Isn't it possible? "Since we are in the same fortification, of course we should share the same strategic deployment." ”

"You little—" Company Commander Afpah scolded, "— forty-three minutes. I think in less than ten minutes they'll be stepping over our heads. ”

"At the moment, we can only hope for hot melt close-range shooting. Either that, put us in the barrel and shoot us at the Titan and see if we can jump and kill the crew inside. Ranmarok said bitterly.

"That's it, Ranmaroke." "Ask 'that one,'" he said, as if something had suddenly occurred to Commander Affopa, "and ask 'that one,'" he said, pointing with his thumb in the direction of the city behind him, which was almost a conventional hint to them, "if she has anything good to offer to back up." ”

Ranmarok was a little hesitant about this: "...... I'm not sure—"

"There's nothing 'uncertain' about. She's taken out our 'battle brothers who know how to use psionic energy', so don't you talk to her about it? Company Commander Afpa's tone was relaxed, "What are you coercing, she is not the original body." ”

This is, of course, the Lion King Leon El Johnson, who knew what the other party was saying, and Ranmaro, who knew what the other party was saying, glared angrily at Commander Afpa through his helmet.

"You can also connect directly to her communications, why don't you go yourself?"

"Because I'm about to talk to the big blue brother about orbital strikes," Commander Avopa said here, referring to the original cast Inje Felix, "I have to make sure that those of us who like to enclose territory can accept me firing a tornado at the battlefield in extreme situations." ”

"you, Zantick. You'll consult with them when you decide to drop a Tornado? Ranmarok cursed a Caliban expletive, and then said vindictively before connecting the communication with Rika Fujimaru, "Also, do you really think she's not the original?" ”

The "original" here is obviously only taken literally. Although there was no conclusive evidence for Ranmarok's speculation, it was indeed enough to make Company Commander Afpa brainstorm for three seconds in a highly tense state before the battle.

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“…… I'm not sure. In the communication link, Rika Fujimaru's slightly distorted voice looked a little hesitant, "I'll go to the highest tower and take a look." ”

Ranmarok knew that, as it stands, the bell tower of Taylos Cathedral was undoubtedly the tallest building in the city. Considering that most of the other towers had collapsed under multiple rounds of bombardment, the view from above would be very open - but he was still not sure that with the eyes of mortals, he could see the frontline fortifications sixty kilometers from the city center.

He probably asked this question unconsciously, because Fujimaru Rika was answering him, "I have my own way." If you want me to count the number of bricks, you can't do it, but it's okay to aim for something the size of a War Dog Titan. ”

"'Aim'?" Ranmarok wondered, "What to aim at?" ”

"I'm not sure! Give it a try one by one from small to large! I don't know for what reason, Fujimaru Rika's voice also seemed a little anxious, "If this is the final battle, then I definitely don't want to just 'bulldoze a wave' without thinking about it, but the enemy must have reinforcements after this, and it will take time for the 'temple' on our side to completely connect the leylines, and under the premise of long-term combat, I can't throw out the things that have been used once for two or three days here!" That would only increase the intensity of the war in vain! ”

Ranmarok didn't really understand what she was talking about, but the sound of a firefight in the distance of the fortifications made him think too much: "Titan! So far, seventeen War Dog-class Titans have been observed! As long as they can be stopped, the remaining lines of defense themselves can barely cope! ”

As the Chaos Legion approached, after crossing a line about two kilometers ahead of the fortifications, the enemy was indeed weakened by a strange loss: the poisonous fog suddenly thinned, the demonic engine let out earth-shattering wails and whining, and the cultists let out bewildered and frightened sounds. The contamination and flies that had been attached to them quickly wilted after crossing that line, and the psionic protection that surrounded them weakened, making things look a little better—but only at the look.

The enemy is still being driven forward by something, and the gap between the two sides in strength and firepower still exists. Moreover, the explosive bombs and energy beams in the enemy's hands can still work, but the evil god corruption in them does not work. Ranmarok had no doubt that the Titans, who had become slower to move after crossing the line, would be able to tear down the entire fortification as easily as a child dismantled a building block.

"Successfully visualize the enemy, first try to use conventional fire." Rika Fujimaru's voice came from the communication link.

"We've tried conventional live-fire weapons, but with little success!" Ranmarok reported back to what he had seen before, "The Void Shield will stop most of them, and a few fish that slip through the net will not be able to cause effective damage!" ”

At this time, there was some kind of strange murmur coming from the link on Fujimaru Rika's side. Ranmarok guessed that it was the sound of multiple promethium fuels firing and performing aerodynamic propulsion in two seconds, but he couldn't match the sound to any of the missile's propulsion modules he knew of—and he wondered if it was really some kind of missile.

"It was predicted." Rika Fujimaru's voice replied smoothly, "I paid attention to the additional 'Invincible Penetration' status on the loadout. ”

"What-"

Ranmarok's question was drowned out in a continuous tremor, and he immediately realized that this would definitely cause a large attrition of the living forces within the battle line. The loud sound of enemy shells hitting our fortifications made it impossible for him to hear anything for a while, and the instinct of war made him turn his attention to the nearby observation window while stabilizing himself. The rumbling of artillery fire gradually came together, both from the enemy and ours, and the makeshift building he was in trembled as if it had been hit by an earthquake.

The tremors made it take him an extra half a second to get to the observation window. Immediately afterward, he realized that he had missed something:

The seismic tremors weren't all due to artillery fire - a Demon Titan that seemed to have been set on fire by a dozen molten warheads and successfully wounded by all of them could have the same effect as it slowly fell.

Mi (six o'clock).

It is a super Indian (Bow Rank Arjuna). Gollum uses Super Indian.

(End of chapter)