The next day, Tower No. 9 site.
The joint front officers and decision makers who had been busy for more than a week in Neverwinter finally returned to the front-line command post.
But now it can no longer be regarded as a real front line.
Agatha noticed that on the map marked with the defensive circle, the railway front line had almost approached within 15 kilometers of the Taquila ruins, and the 5-kilometer radius was divided into green "safe areas". In the area nearly three kilometers in front of the ruins, a bright red area appeared, which was obviously the most striking change in a week.
"You guys are finally back," Dawn Morning Light, Filin Hilt hurried forward to greet everyone, and gave everyone a standard military salute.
The rest of the army and the staff also stood up one after another, saluting with joy on their faces, probably seeing the return of the backbone, and everyone's eyes showed a look of relief.
This ease also made Agatha feel a little relieved, and her colleagues could still laugh, which at least meant that the "dangerous area" that suddenly appeared did not threaten the entire Torch Project.
"Well done, it seems that everyone has not been idle these days." Iron Axe nodded with satisfaction, then walked to the map and tapped on the map, "Filin, come and report the situation, did the devil get reinforcements? ?"
"No, my lord." Dawn Chenguang replied, "It was a trench dug by the enemy."
"ditch?"
"Miss Sylvie was the first to notice the other party's movement. Some demons climbed out of the red mist corruption and started excavation work six days ago. After that, Miss Lightning confirmed the situation and noticed that there were demons moving in the ditch. , so it is marked as a danger zone."
Iron Axe, Edith, and Agatha looked at each other, "Trenches?"
"We also think so, because according to Lightning's hand-drawn drawings, although it looks very simple at first glance, its general layout is very similar to the trenches in front of the first army position. The front and rear transverse trenches are separated by ten to tens of meters. There are also multiple longitudinal grooves connected." The film booth spread out a rather scribbled drawing in front of everyone, "The biggest difference with us is that the devil uses more longitudinal grooves to gradually retreat, and basically all On a line, the deviation is at most two meters, so that the overall appearance is more regular."
"They are learning from humans." Agatha couldn't help but whisper.
If the rumors before the First Battle of Divine Will are taken as fact, it means that after nearly a thousand years, the devil has once again imitated humans.
"It's interesting," Edith said after pondering the sketch. "Those longitudinal grooves may not be used for retreat, but for attack."
"Well," Iron Axe agreed, "Hiding in the trenches can indeed reduce the chance of being hit by shrapnel, but they don't have weapons that can stand up to fortress guns, and a few trenches alone can't change the situation. Only one army can hope to win.”
"That's why they built the longitudinal ditch so close?" Fei Lin also quickly reacted, "If they are all next to each other, it can indeed shorten the travel time a lot."
"Then what should we do?" Agatha asked.
"Nothing needs to be changed." Beidi Pearl sneered twice, "Just wait until they are within the range of the artillery, and let the Heihe fire. Although it is a bit wasteful, His Majesty has prepared enough ammunition for this decisive battle... I would like to see it. , will they be able to dig trenches in front of us under artillery fire?"
Iron Axe looked at Filmin, "Is the construction of the railway going well recently?"
"The enemy's counterattacks are quite intensive, but the damage caused is not great." The latter reported, "It is almost impossible for the madmen to approach the position, so they rarely dispatch ground troops, and the attacks are mainly based on Terror beasts are the main ones. But judging from the number of ten to fifteen sent out at a time, Taqilari is estimated to be running out of terror beasts that can still fly. If it weren't for the cover of high-level devils, we could leave more. A lot of terrifying beasts."
"The Demon Slayer is on the move again?" Agatha frowned.
"More than once." Filin nodded, "and every time it attracted the firepower of the anti-aircraft machine gun team, and the terrifying beast followed closely to attack." He said this with a dignified expression, "Only every time I see it I just felt... I was fighting a real monster."
"How?" Edith asked curiously.
"It often inserts itself into the sky from the weakest defensive position, and after landing, it can instantly make the person watching it stunned for a few seconds. This is still when the soldier wears the God's Stone of Retribution." Fei Lin said slowly, "If not For example, workers who hide in bunkers but cannot control their curiosity will fall into extreme panic. The closer people are to it, the more severe the impact will be, and the fearful beasts waiting in the clouds They will take advantage of this gap to launch a surprise attack. Although Sylvie will inform the front line in advance every time he fights, it is still not easy to intercept the target diving down from the top of his head, and one or two hits will not bring It's lethal damage. The best we've had so far is breaking one of the enemy's arms after it hit the ground."
"It seems that the other party has times when they are not so lucky," Beidi Pearl smiled.
"The problem is that when it reappeared a few days later, the broken arm was restored to its original shape, as if it had never been hit at all." Filin's smile was slightly bitter, "If only that was the case, that's all. , we have Miss Nana, and they may have some kind of special treatment, just…”
"Just what?" Iron Axe asked in a deep voice.
"Several squads of soldiers responded to the staff, they felt that the movements of the Demon Slayer were becoming more and more difficult to capture, as if they were gradually getting used to this level of combat. In the past, a machine gun could seal its course of action, Force it to change direction, but now it requires the cooperation of two or three teams. If it weren't for these weapons and God's Stone of Retaliation invented by His Majesty, I guess... It might be able to kill all of us by itself. "
"In the days of the Federation, they did this." Agatha gritted her teeth, "and as long as she doesn't die, she will definitely be able to survive in the next battle."
"As long as... not dead?"
"High-level devils have evolved from constant battles. The more they are injured, the stronger they will be when they come back, both in terms of magic power and combat skills. There are many extraordinary people who die at their hands. , not only failed to cross that level, but made them go further." The Ice Witch closed her eyes, "But not every devil can survive a serious injury and recover in such a short period of time. own ability!"
"Do you mean... a high-level devil with both curse and self-healing abilities?" Iron Axe's expression became serious.
"It's very likely." When Agatha opened her eyes again, there was nothing but determination in her icy pupils, "Filin is right, this is a real monster, if he let it escape safely, I'm afraid it will happen in the future. It has brought us unimaginable trouble. It must be completely destroyed here in the place where the holy city fell!"
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