As the earth began to shake, the roar of artillery fire came from overhead.
"Get up, get up all for me. The first squadron guards the left line, the second squadron guards the right line, and the third squadron follows me to guard the middle line. Damn it, cheer me up, don't shrink like a maiden. Stop. Take up the weapon, load the bullet, and use fierce firepower to tell the damn bastards who is the master here, and let the bastards know that none of us is afraid of death."
Amid the roar of the officer, the soldiers in the trench got up one after another.
The same is true for King John. Although the hands holding the steel gun were trembling slightly, he was not afraid. It seemed that the trembling was just a reflex.
The ground vibrated more severely, and the explosion sound became louder.
"Come on, damn, come on! Today, someone will die here, but not us. Today, when the smoke clears, we will drink the enemy's blood. Kill—"
"kill-"
The officer jumped up first, and rushed out of the trench first. There were hundreds of soldiers behind him.
King John is a fighter of the third squadron, his task is to defend the central defense line.
At the moment of exiting the energy barrier, deafening explosions came from all directions, as well as the screams of wounded soldiers and the roar of the enemy.
In front of the line of defense, the enemy has occupied the ground position and is advancing towards the line of defense.
In fact, that is not the real enemy, but the enemy's vanguard, or cannon fodder used to send death, it is a group of huge beasts!
The shells kept falling and exploded in the herd.
It is a pity that for those thick-skinned beasts, the power of the cannonballs is not great enough, and the severe pain caused by injuries will only drive the beasts crazy.
"Hold your position and never back down!"
The squadron leader took the lead to enter the position and fired at the approaching herd with the only machine gun.
Following the soldiers around him, King John also entered the position and started shooting at the herd with his rifle.
This is not a battle, it can only be said that some actions are repeated mechanically, because the herd is not threatened before it rushes in. This is also a battle that determines life and death, because as long as the herd rushes in, everything can be destroyed, including the warrior's flesh. No one backed down, and there was no place for the fighters to back down, because behind them was the Fire Phoenix Fortress, the last stronghold on this planet, and the basis for all fighters to survive.
This battle has been going on for ten days, and the war on this planet has been going on for ten years.
It is definitely a miracle to be able to stay on this barren planet for ten years without back-up or even supplies Miracle. It's a pity that he tried his best and could only hold on for ten years. Although the Federal Army has repeatedly promised to send reinforcements and provide combat supplies for the defenders, it has never been fulfilled. No spacecraft of the Human Federation has arrived, and no reinforcements of the Human Federation have arrived. Only relying on the army guarding this planet, that is, 10,000 officers and soldiers, has persisted for a full ten years in front of a powerful enemy that is a hundred times stronger than itself, which is already the limit.
As the fortresses scattered on this planet were captured and destroyed by the enemy one by one, all officers and soldiers, including King John, knew that the Fire Phoenix Fortress would be their last battlefield. When the final battle begins, they will line up and die here.
However, none of the officers and soldiers regretted it, and none of them was afraid.
For all soldiers of the Human Federation, the death on the battlefield is the final destination, because they are mentally prepared before they put on the military uniform. Even more because they are not fighting for themselves, but for all their relatives, all friends, all compatriots, because without them fighting bloody battles on the front line, there would be no peace in the rear, and everyone they care about Will be poisoned by war.
All this has been going on for a full thousand years.
In this millennium, dozens of generations of the Human Federation have been fighting for survival.
Although we can only understand the glory of the human federation in film and television works, books, documents, and legends, this is enough for soldiers such as King John, because they all believe that as long as they can persist, sooner or later, mankind will Will once again become the ruler of the entire universe. They all know that the hero who once made mankind extremely powerful did not abandon his compatriots, but left temporarily. As long as he returns to the Human Federation, all enemies that pose a threat to the Human Federation will kneel at his feet. Therefore, whether it is King John or the others, it is only to wait for him to return and wait for him to lead the human federation to dominate the world again.
This is not just the hope of King John, but the hope of the entire human federation.
For King John, this hope is everything, and he is willing to give everything for this hope.
Of course, the hope for that powerful existence is not only related to education, but also has deep-seated reasons, but no one cares what it is, and no one even cares whether everything related to that powerful existence is real, because they are facing It is not a legend expressed in words, but a real enemy, desperate to destroy the human federation and destroy all human enemies!
"Stop shooting, mount the bayonet, and prepare for melee!"
Under the order of the squadron leader, the officers and soldiers adjusted the attack mode of their weapons one after another, and some elite fighters also took out melee weapons specially used for fighting.
At this time, the shelling had stopped.
Although the herd was huge, under the fierce shelling, none of the beasts reached near the line of defense, and all fell 100 meters away from the line of defense.
However, this is just a prelude to the battle.
If there is something in the human legion that makes the enemy feel terrified, it is definitely fierce artillery fire. It can be said that in any battle, on any battlefield, as long as the legion is used as a unit to fight, the artillery strikes of the human legion are enough to make the enemy feel fearful. That's why the human legion is best at defensive operations. As long as there is a strong fortress and enough places to deploy heavy artillery, the human legion can fight against a hundred times more enemies. If the perimeter line of defense is built in advance and fully deployed, the human legion’s position will be as strong as steel. It can be said that in the past thousand years, the human army has relied on such a strong defensive combat capability to withstand the siege of many enemies. Although the jurisdiction of the human federation has been shrinking, and planets have fallen one after another, the enemy has also paid a very heavy price for this. In almost all battles, the enemy's casualties are hundreds of times that of the human legion.
Unfortunately, there are too many enemies.
Although the human army fought bloody battles and thousands of soldiers succeeded, the human federation has lost almost all the outer galaxies for a thousand years, but it has not won a single counterattack, let alone regained its lost ground. In other words, everything the Human Legion did was actually just to buy time, or to let the defeat come later. As for how long it can last, obviously not a grassroots soldier like King John can know.
On the battlefield, blue smoke appeared.
"Come on, damn it, come and die!"
Like other officers and soldiers, King John activated the energy protection system, and a thin energy barrier appeared, covering him.
This layer of barrier is equivalent to armor, but it is paper-like, extremely fragile, unable to withstand deadly attacks at all, and can only prevent human officers and soldiers from being harmed by toxic substances. More importantly, it is a battery that maintains this barrier. To be precise, it is an energy storage device. The capacity is extremely limited. Even if it is reduced to the lowest power, it can only work for a few hours, and it can run for up to half an hour in combat. . As long as the energy is used up, even if it is not killed by the enemy, it will be poisoned by the poisonous gas released by the enemy.
The blue smoke is the poisonous gas released by the enemy.
Of course, this statement is not very accurate. Humans need oxygen, but the enemy does not. The enemy breathes a gas with much lower oxygen content, and this gas contains a component that is highly toxic to humans, so just inhale this gas. Will die. It's just not immediate death. Hallucinations occur first, loss of consciousness after about ten seconds, and then the whole body convulsions. If you cannot wear the mask within 30 seconds, you will lose your mobility completely due to nerve palsy, and you will eventually suffocate and die. In fact, in most cases, you will not die from suffocation, because the enemy will follow the poisonous gas, so as long as you lose consciousness, you will be killed by the enemy.
After a while, the blue smoke spread to the vicinity of the trench.
This time, the squadron leader did not yell, but rushed into the blue smoke silently, as did the other soldiers, none of them yelled loudly.
The key is that the enemy has no vision, but has an extremely keen sense of hearing.
As officers and soldiers on the front burst into the blue smoke, the shelling began again. However, the shells did not fall and all exploded in the air. More importantly, these shells did not produce fragments used to kill the enemy after they exploded, only the deafening sound of explosions.
Obviously, this is the key.
In fact, the human legion can hold on for ten years, relying on this kind of shells.
The violent explosion sound cannot kill the enemy, but it can interfere with the enemy's hearing, making it impossible for the enemy to accurately grasp the situation on the battlefield, thereby creating opportunities for frontline officers and soldiers to approach and kill the enemy. Although the violent explosion has had a certain impact on human fighters such as King John, it is not serious or fatal. At best, it is only a temporary loss of hearing, and human fighters can still detect the enemy with their eyes.
This tactic has been tried and tested, and it worked every time.
Of course, veterans like King John who have been fighting on this planet for ten years all know what to do and how to kill the enemy.
After entering the blue smoke, King John completely calmed down. This is the experience of the veteran.
Including him, all human warriors only have thirty minutes. They must eliminate all attacking enemies within these thirty minutes. If it takes more than thirty minutes, they will either retreat or be poisoned to death, no matter which one they choose, they will lose their positions.
So, can they defeat the enemy again in these thirty minutes