a few days later.
South of the Fertile Plain, Tower 10.
Boshan was lying outside the turret, watching the outline of the ancient city in the distance. She had seen reports of the Northern Expedition in the weekly newspaper, and knew that it was once the famous city of witches in history, Taquila. The devil traveled thousands of miles to capture it, but was eventually repelled by the First Army.
And now, they will defeat new enemies here and retake Taquila.
One minute... Thirty seconds... Ten seconds...
She counted silently, plugging her ears.
"Boom boom boom" The roar of artillery sounded behind him. The continuous tremor was transmitted to the body through the ground, and she could feel a slight tingling in her arms. That is the artillery's 152mm fortress gun pouring firepower on the target. Compared with the short-barreled field gun on the tank, its momentum is completely different from the same level.
"Team Leader, haven't you gotten used to the sound of the cannons yet?" the pilot Bei said jokingly. He sat cross-legged at the front of the car, holding a box of instant food in his hand. This is also what she admires about the other party. Even on a battlefield where corpses are scattered everywhere and the stench of evil beasts wafts everywhere, he can eat as usual. "That's not going to work. You have to learn to let your ears filter out those irrelevant noises so you can stay focused at all times."
"I think your ears are just not very sensitive." Bo Shan looked away expressionlessly. Although the driver and gunner are both experienced veterans, according to regulations, the commander is the leader of the crew. Besides, in terms of her actual age, she might be a little older than the two of them. "The only thing I need to listen to is the sound of the screaming magic stone. It's neither the cannon nor your nonsense, understand?"
"Team leader... You are really mean." Bei smacked his mouth, "I thought the witches were all sweet and lovely, just like Angel Nana..."
"The witches five years ago were still the devil's minions, the incarnation of evil."
"Well, no one likes you."
"Whoever said that, I think the team leader is very good." Gunner Shure interjected, "He is straightforward, capable, and has never joined the army, but he can adapt to the battlefield in a short period of time. He is completely a commander. The top choice."
The two of them looked at Shure in unison.
The latter was stunned, "Why, did I say something wrong?"
"No," Bo Shan shrugged, "although you tested ten guns and nine airs during training, you are not useless."
The gunner showed an expression of enjoyment.
"It's alright, let's not talk about this." Bei quickly changed the subject, "By the way, the team leader, who was the man who was waiting for you outside the camp when you were at the tower 9 station? He also seemed to be wearing first-class clothes. Military uniform, is it your friend?"
"Why are you asking this?"
Bello said a little embarrassedly, "I saw a medal on his chest, so it's not easy to get to know someone who can get a medal. He should be a very powerful guy."
"I do know him, but he's not that great. Without me, he would have become food for evil beasts." Bo Shan pretended not to care, but his tone couldn't help slowing down a lot.
"Wow, you are too strict..."
Before she could finish speaking, she covered her ears.
Another round of deafening shelling.
The unprepared Bei was shocked by the rolling roar and grinned.
And this time, after the sound of the cannon, three green flares flew up, which was the signal of the attack.
"It seems that your attention is not very focused." Bo Shan patted the side steel plate of the turret, "The No. 12 crew, set off immediately!"
Bei didn't retort, but dropped the can in his hand and slipped into the car through the driver's window. Shure also retracted into the narrow turret and was ready for battle. No matter what the normal situation was, at the critical moment, the two were still unambiguous.
Boshan raised the observation glass and saw that under the attack of the artillery unit, many evil beasts had run out of the ruins and fled towards the north. Looking back, the soldiers of the First Army were divided into dozens of squads, and they were advancing steadily following the rut marks of the tanks.
This battle is obviously not used to deal with ordinary mixed species.
The deeper they went into the plains, the more blade beasts they encountered, from one in the first two or three days to several a day today. Since it is difficult to detect with the naked eye, it is far more difficult to deal with than ordinary evil beasts. There is no doubt that the strategy of the upper echelons of the military is effective. "Scream-Resonance" can find targets outside the range of short-barreled guns and then annihilate them, but the enemy does not seem to be just a simple beast.
They would hide behind various shelters and launch a surprise attack on the army. The blow of artillery fire can scare away the evil beasts, but it cannot scare them away, so it took a lot of effort to retake the fortresses along the railway. After paying a certain price, the First Army quickly established a set of tactics centered on armored troops. Originally, the Musketeers only regarded tanks as scouts, but now they have learned to rely on them to clear fortifications.
The Taquila ruins in front of him were by far the most complex non-wild battlefield.
Half an hour later, the No. 12 car group, one of the vanguard units, drove into Taquila City, and next to Boshan were the No. 9 and No. 17 car groups. According to the plan, they will be responsible for cleaning up the area from the main street to the West Side Plaza and retaking the two fortresses set up here.
Looking at the surrounding scene, Bo Shan couldn't help feeling that her scalp was numb. The many stone buildings made the situation in the city extremely complicated, and also greatly reduced the detection range of the Screaming Sigil. She has now monitored multiple sources of magic power, but she has never been able to locate it. specific target.
"How did you guys get here before?"
"It's very simple, as long as you kill the Red Mist Tower and those bones, the devil will naturally retreat." Shure replied, "Have you found the enemy?"
"Not yet. But for sure, there are a lot of monsters hidden in this city." Bo Shan gestured to the soldiers behind him, making them get closer to the tank, and at the same time lengthened the distance between them and the other two groups of vehicles. distance.
It didn't take long for a gray concrete fort to appear at the end of the street. Although the First Army was forced to abandon this place, these solid fortifications were not damaged by the enemy.
It was at this moment that a scream became louder.
Bo Shan frowned, that was not the sound a blade beast should have.
She looked at Amy, the captain of the No. 9 crew, who shook his head to show the same puzzlement.
When driving past the fortress, the humming of the rune was so loud that even Pei could hear it.
Out of prudence, she stopped the two car crews temporarily, and decided to go to the square to take a look, and by the way activated the Resonance Sigil at hand. Even if the target is not a blade beast, she also wants to see where the source of magic power is pointing.
Soon, a flash of light appeared out of thin air, pointing directly to the center of the square not far away, and there was nothing there at all.
Did she encounter a new invisible enemy
No, Bo Shan soon discovered that the stone bricks on the surface of the square seemed to have been pried open by something, and there were black corrosion marks around.
That thing is hidden under the ground!
As soon as the thought came, the mud under the stone bricks suddenly arched up. A monster composed of flesh and ribs crawled out of the ground, and at the same time spit out a bunch of "transparent bodies"! If it weren't for those things still clinging to a bit of goo, Poshan wouldn't be able to separate them from the background.
Almost at the same time, the screaming seal issued a high-pitched warning, and she suddenly realized that those things were all blade beasts!