"Sir, we have successfully connected to the signal station in Via City, but the signal is extremely unstable. Currently, we can only receive monitoring images intermittently and perform short code transmissions," a liaison reported.
In front of the console, a man in a military uniform stared intently at the screen. His handsome profile face, with clear outlines, looks like he is no more than thirty years old, and the gold star and emblem on his shoulders show his identity as a brigadier general.
On the screen, 24 lens images with different orientations are unfolded, but snowflakes and ripples appear on the screen from time to time, and the signal reception is not smooth.
"Huh? Who is the second lieutenant wearing the command rank ring now?" A man with the rank of captain next to the brigadier general looked at one of the videos and asked in surprise.
In the video, a young lieutenant commanded the soldiers to fight against the Zerg. He had a resolute expression, his face was dusty, his eyes were bright and sharp, and the command ring on his right hand shone in the darkness.
The command rank is a marker temporarily assigned to a combat commander for identification purposes during wartime. It can issue signal instructions and visual cues to avoid confusion among soldiers because they can't find the commander.
After the city of Via was trapped, its military defense arrangement, war resource reserves, troops, and officer information appeared on the military desk for the first time. Brigadier General Rein Lancelot was the commander-in-chief in charge of the rescue. He knew the basic situation of Via City. He stared at Shang Ke in the video and said, "That's a fresh graduate of the Royal Military Academy. Born to Philmore, this inspection mission was assigned to Via City."
"What? Graduate?" Captain Lin Jie looked incredulous. "How could they hand over command to a graduate with no combat experience?"
Rein did not reply, but ordered the liaison to get in touch with Via City as soon as possible.
Half an hour later, the liaison officer reported: "Sir, I just received news that almost all of the senior officers in Via City were killed, except for a seriously injured captain, and more than 19,000 soldiers died. The current commander is Lieutenant Fillmore."
"In just three days, more than 19,000 people were sacrificed, and almost all the senior officers were killed?" Lin Jie and the others said in shock, "Impossible!"
Rein stared at the monitor for a long time, and said, "The information is wrong. The main force of the Zerg who attacked the country this time is not the ground beetle, but the ground appendage."
The shape of the ground beetle and the ground beetle are very similar, and it is difficult to distinguish it with the naked eye. The difference is that the back of the female ground parasite can give birth to poisonous larvae. The poisonous larvae are small in size, strong in jumping, fast in movement, and sharp in limbs. They can instantly tear the skin, pierce the human body, and release nerve paralysis. toxin.
What's even more frightening is that the gestation time of poisonous babies only takes 3 hours. In other words, every 3 hours, there may be a group attack of poisonous babies.
Millions of worms, even if only one-third of them are females, will be able to fire a terrifying number of juveniles.
As soon as Lein's voice fell, he saw countless fist-sized poisonous babies suddenly ejected from the sea of worms, crossed the defensive wall, and smashed into the interior of Via City like a hailstone.
The soldiers raised their light shields, only to hear a crackling sound, and countless poisonous young rushed into the defense line and began to fight with the soldiers in close quarters. Under the circumstance that the armed forces are fully prepared and emergency measures are taken, it is not a problem to resist several waves of poisonous infants. But as long as two or three days later, the weapons will be worn out in large quantities, and the situation will inevitably deteriorate. It is necessary to eliminate as many bugs as possible before the soldiers are still able to fight.
"Sir, be careful." While thinking, a poisonous child suddenly jumped up beside him and rushed straight towards Shang Ke's throat. When the two soldiers not far away saw this, their faces changed drastically. Just as they made the move to prepare for rescue, they saw Shang Ke moved and teleported back half a step. Later, he was stabbed by a dagger that flew out of his hand and was firmly nailed to the wall.
The soldiers were stunned, and this flying knife stunt made them stunned. Fillmore had been in Via City for several days, and his performance had been mediocre. The soldiers' impression of him was still "a handsome, generous, and ignorant of the suffering of the world."
The enhanced primary martial arts of Shang Ke are not surprising in the world of self-cultivation where masters are everywhere, but in a world dominated by technology, it is extraordinary. This is also the only way he can survive this war at present.
"Yo, this little lieutenant seems to be doing quite well." Lin Jie couldn't help whistling when he saw this scene in the video. In just 2 or 3 seconds, the other party only moved half a step and swung a knife, which easily made the crisis invisible, showing an extraordinary reaction speed and adaptability.
Lin Jie called up Fillmore's school file, browsed for a while, and frowned, "His overall grades in school are so bad?"
Rein had also seen this file before, and did not express any opinion at this time.
"Brigadier General, do you think he's capable of doing this? Should we advise their superiors to choose another commander?"
"It's inappropriate to change generals before the battle." Lain's eyes were deep, and he carefully paid attention to Shang Ke's every move.
Lin Jie said no more. In fact, the outside world has almost given no hope for Via City, which is caught in the worm sea and worm sand storm. The warriors in the city are destined to die in this war in the end. Their sacrifices can save hundreds of thousands of lives and play a decisive role in the battle.
What other people can do is to record the battle as a certificate to seal the martyr in the future.
A wave of poisonous young attacked in the past, the Zerg still did not mean to stop, completely tireless. They only rest for three hours when day and night alternate. Only at this time can the soldiers take a breath.
Shang Ke ordered someone to take stock of the inventory, and the weapon consumption was faster than he expected, and it could only last for about 5 days. Although he knew that this was a difficult and protracted war, the actual situation still made his heart a little heavy.
One day later, 1,210 soldiers were killed.
Two days later, 2,375 soldiers were killed.
3 days have passed, 4 days have passed... The total number of dead soldiers has reached more than 20,000, and it is increasing every day.
This is the first time that Shang Ke has experienced such a tragic and real war. Watching the soldiers fall one by one, the living people didn’t even have time to place their remains. Pungent bloody and sour smell.
The soldiers were depressed, with despair on their faces and empty eyes, like wandering spirits.
On day 5, the arsenal was almost empty. The soldiers were holding empty weapons and wearing broken armor, facing the surging sea of insects outside the defense line, and everyone's face was filled with the breath of death.
Everyone who is watching the video can also really feel the despair and powerlessness.
Has it reached its limit
A new wave of poisonous juveniles attacked again, and the black insects poured down like a torrential rain. The soldiers raised their heads, and the dusk sky seemed to be gnawed out of black holes. With their physical exhaustion, they became very sluggish in both reaction and action, and there were not many people who acted for a while.
"What are you guys doing!" An angry shout broke the dead silence, and then a figure jumped up high, the sword light flashed, several poisonous cubs were divided into two, and a large piece of green mucus splashed in the air.
Shang Ke's figure flipped over, landed steadily on the ground, swept the long sword, and said loudly, "Without guns and shells, you can't even use swords and spears?"
During the conversation, another 4 or 5 poisonous juveniles were harvested, and the efficiency was even higher than that of using a gun.
However, most of the soldiers had lost their fighting spirit, and they only resisted a few times symbolically, and then let the poisonous young to tear themselves apart.
Shang Ke is not afraid of death, but he wants to live more than anyone else. Even if everyone gave up hope, he would not give up. Not only for the mission, but also to find him.
Under the siege of Poison Young, Shang Ke's body flashed and his long sword danced. His face was covered with green mucus, the buttons on his military uniform had all fallen off, and the messy hem of his clothes flew up and down with his movements. The sharp long knife reflects golden light and shadow in the dusk, and the command ring on the finger is like the eye of the brave, staring at this bloody world fearlessly.
The corpses of insects piled up on the ground, and the red of blood and the clear green were mixed together, forming a strong contrast and stimulating everyone's eyeballs.
The hearts of the soldiers seemed to be inspired, and the fighting spirit that had been extinguished was ignited again. They raised their weapons and roared to join the fight...
The battle lasted for 2 hours. When the sun and the moon alternated, the Zerg temporarily retreated, leaving the soldiers with less than 3 hours of rest.
Shang Jue sat beside the wall with his head lowered. A few drops of sweat mixed with mucus slowly landed on the knife surface lying across his legs.
"Sir, let's have something to eat." A soldier brought Shang Ke a jar of nutrient solution, looking at his cracked and blood-filled hands, his eyes couldn't help showing admiration.
"Thank you." Shang Ke took the nutrient solution and did not rush to drink it, but silently watched the surroundings. Although the scene was still tragic, the soldiers finally gained some vitality. After all, they just used cold weapons to successfully resist Overwhelmed by Poison Young's attack, he won a big victory.
Shang Ke replenished his stamina, then called a team and ordered them to fire hypnotizing bombs at the bugs 2 hours later.
The squad leader said in surprise: "We still have hypnosis bombs?"
"Only 15." Shang Ke replied, "It doesn't have much effect on bugs in battle, but they are exhausted now. Using hypnotic bombs can prolong their sleep time."
This is the last ammunition, and Shang Ke specially stays to use it at a critical time.
After the squad took orders, immediately went to the warehouse to get ammunition.
Two hours later, 15 hypnotic bombs were fired in unison, and the white mist slowly rose, quickly covering the bugs.
As expected, the use of hypnotic bombs at this time allowed the bugs to delay their attacks and gave the soldiers more time to rest.
There are more than 40,000 soldiers left, the ammunition is exhausted, the fighter planes are three, and the defensive wall is in a low-energy state. With this armed force alone, they will have to hold on for 6 days.
Shang Ke turned his head to look at the deep darkness outside the defensive wall. The lights suspended in mid-air cast two pale golden halos in his pupils. His fair face was still stained with unwashed blood and mucus, making him look like a night elf who had just gone through a war.
This scene was captured by the invisible electronic eye and teleported to another camp hundreds of miles away.
Rein was sitting in the command room, staring at those beautiful eyes through the video. The battle at dusk still reappeared in his mind. The young lieutenant's brave fighting style and flexible and graceful movement method aroused his fighting spirit almost instantly.
If he could, he hoped the man would survive.
At this time, the young lieutenant in the video moved, he got up and passed through several electronic eyes, and then walked into the command room. Rein could not see the situation in the command room. He was very curious, did the young lieutenant think of any countermeasures
On the sixth day, the fighting continued.
Shang Ke still took the lead, holding a long sword and killing the Quartet.
Without hot weapons, fighting against the Zerg with physical skills and cold weapons alone will undoubtedly be a huge test of the soldiers' physical strength and perseverance.
Soon, some soldiers could not hold on anymore. They were breathing heavily, sweating profusely, and there was white fog in front of them, and they could hardly stand even in battle.
A soldier slumped down, followed by the third, the fourth... As if contagious, more and more soldiers were withdrawing from the battle circle.
Forget it, why are you still working so hard? Anyway, you can't escape death. The soldiers looked bleak, and negativity flooded their hearts again.
At this moment, a large piece of mucus suddenly splashed onto the soldiers' faces, and in the hazy vision, a tall figure was still fighting with the insects.
It was Lieutenant Fillmore, their commander.
He hasn't fallen, he's still holding on.
1 hour, 2 hours... 5 hours... The other soldiers alternated, only their commander didn't rest.
After several hours of continuous fighting, it could be seen that the second lieutenant was extremely tired, his movements became slow, and the interval between battles became longer and longer, and finally he almost stumbled on his feet.
However, he has not given up and is still fighting.
The eyes of the soldiers began to heat up, and a surge of courage rushed to their hearts.
"Sir, let's come!" a soldier couldn't help shouting, "Go and rest!"
"Yeah! Leave it to us!" Several other soldiers also echoed loudly.
Shang Ke touched the blood on the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Are you sure you can hold it?"
"Of course!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
"Haha, good." Shang Ke stabbed a worm to death with a backhand knife, then raised an index finger at the soldiers, "Give you 30 minutes to deal with the worms in this area."
"Yes!" The soldiers were fighting intently, raising their weapons, howling and rushing towards the swarm.
Thirty minutes later, Shang Ke rejoined the battle group, and the soldiers became more brave. The breath of alpa was originally mutually exclusive, but Shang Ke's breath was like a hormone, stimulating the soldiers' nerves, making them feel like they were rejuvenated and their blood boiled.
As long as their commander does not fall, they will grit their teeth and persevere no matter how tired they are.
This young lieutenant is now their pillar and will, and their hope of survival.
When everyone in the outside world thought that the soldiers who lacked weapons and equipment could not defend the city of Via, they relied on their will and insisted on it until the seventh day.
On this day, the command room reported a piece of good news to Shang Ke, and found the mother emperor of the earthworm.