When the air raids stopped, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. Fire burned dead branches and made crackling sounds. Broken corpses were mixed with scorched earth all around. The vegetation here will definitely be more prosperous in the coming year.
In a bomb-proof cave, Theodore held a gun and felt the vibration above his head disappear, and some color finally returned to his face.
"The bombing is over, squad leader, we survived."
Theodore kept shouting, because everyone's eardrums were shocked to the point of deafness, and they couldn't hear anything they said softly.
Hiding in the artillery cave is an infantry squad from Squid Tai Kingdom. Except for the squad leader and deputy squad leader, the others are all conscripted militiamen and temporarily captured strong men.
The first time I went to the battlefield, I encountered a bombing of this scale. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the squad leader, a veteran who had served for seven years, turned pale at this time. After the bombing stopped, he stayed for a long time before his consciousness seemed to return. physical body.
"The bombing is over, the bombing is over."
The squad leader opened his eyes wide and touched his body to confirm that there were no missing parts, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Squad leader, let me go out first to see how the situation is. If those bastards from the Jieko Group attack, I will kill ten or eight of them."
Theodore's tone Fanatic, he is the staunchest believer in the Squid Religion. Others are captured young men. He took the initiative to sign up to join the army to punish the evil heretic of the Jieko Group.
"Come back, do you want to die?"
The monitor grabbed Theodore and said angrily.
"It is better to die vigorously than to live in vain. It is my honor to sacrifice my life for the gods."
Theodore argued that in modern society, people like him There were very few fanatics left, and the other recruits looked at him very strangely.
"I'll go out to check first, and you guys should stay in the bombproof hole first."
The squid squad leader was still very responsible. He crouched on his waist and took the lead in crawling out of the shell-proof hole under the nervous eyes of other recruits.
As far as the eye can see, the trench defense area that was originally located in a small forest has been flattened. Huge craters are spread all around, turning the ground into a honeycomb.
The squad leader looked around and saw that the trenches here were interconnected with each other, and there were many separate anti-gun holes, dividing the large troops into pieces and scattering them around.
This defensive zone is the only way to the western district of Jerusalem. They are already on the front line, but it is just a bombing.
What the squad leader saw was a large number of destroyed bomb-proof holes and collapsed trenches. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
When he tried to contact his superiors via radio, there was no response at all.
Because the command system and communication sites here have been attacked by the air force of the Jieco Group, some ground-penetrating bombs dropped by fighter planes destroyed the command system deep underground, causing the Squid Kingdom to collapse. The command of the army has now become extremely chaotic.
Just when the squad leader had a headache, the ground shook slightly.
On the distant horizon, steel behemoths smashed into the smoke. Thick and long metal legs stepped into the battlefield. The cold fuselage and the black muzzle shone with the color of death.
Those were spider main battle mechas. Nearly two hundred main battle mechas were separated from each other by 200 to 300 meters, creating a wide attack fan.
Rows of steel behemoths walked through the battlefield. The roar of engines came like thunder. The long metal feet pressed against the soil. The torrent of steel they formed pushed forward step by step. The iron hoofs trembled. The earth seemed to be awakened by an invisible roar, like a natural disaster. generally.
The squad leader's breathing stagnated, and an uncontrollable tremor swept through his body and mind.
"The enemy's 1st Mecha Combat Brigade has launched an attack. Everyone, quickly enter the defensive position."
The next moment, the squad leader roared.
The soldiers in the anti-gun caves crawled out one after another. After seeing the Jieke Group's main battle mecha unit, each of these recruits showed fear in their eyes.
A spider main battle mecha is equivalent to a four-story high-rise building, is heavily armored, weighs hundreds of tons, and is a steel monster that travels at a speed of 85 kilometers per hour.
What you see in front of you is not a steel monster, but nearly two hundred mecha troops charging towards you at high speed.
Any normal human being can't help but feel fear. Just like the ancient infantry facing the formation of heavy cavalry, the formation of the spider main battle mecha is even more exaggerated.
After Theodore saw the spider main battle mecha, the blood all over his body seemed to have been poured with cold water, and his hands and feet were even a little reluctant to arouse.
Originally, he thought that death was just that. As long as he could kill the heretics, he was willing to give everything he had.
But seeing the real war, he found that it was completely different.
Although his thoughts were fanatical, the spontaneous fear in his body made him realize that his heart was far from being so firm and fearless.
As Theodore watched, the sunlight filtered through the smoke of the battlefield and fell mottledly on the shell of the spider main battle mecha, reflecting the cold metallic luster. The 203 main gun rotated, and there was a chilling sound. Chi filled the battlefield.
Boom!
There was a loud noise and the spider mecha's main gun roared, announcing the start of the ground offensive.
A stream of fire flashed at the muzzle, followed by an explosion of smoke, debris, and human body parts, and soil and vegetation were mercilessly thrown away.
Theodore hurriedly picked up the rocket launcher, and a shell landed on a trench on their left.
A squid infantry platoon was originally stationed there, but it was hit by a 203mm cannon. The shells weighing hundreds of kilograms accurately fell into the trench.
There was only a roar, and that section of the trench was completely destroyed by the explosion. More than thirty squid soldiers also exploded, leaving no one behind, and they turned into pieces of meat and scattered everywhere.
Bah!
A broken leg happened to fall in front of Theodore. I didn't know it was the unlucky guy's leg. After it fell on the ground, the broken leg twitched a few times reflexively, scaring Theodore so much that he took several steps back. "The enemy is coming!"
The roar of Squad Leader Squid awakened Theodore from his fear.
Ahead, the torrent of mechas was rapidly approaching. The twelve-meter-tall, massive body weighing hundreds of tons had already reached the range of anti-armor weapons.
"Bazooka, anti-tank missile"
The squad leader commanded his men while frantically using radio equipment to contact the command post in the rear, looking for fire support from the rear.
Whether it’s tanks, armored vehicles, rocket launchers and artillery, or helicopters, anything is fine as long as they have heavy firepower. We can’t just let their infantry fight against the main spiders with crude weapons. Mecha!
However, the squad leader’s request fell into vain and was destined to be an extravagant wish that could never be realized.
Squid Taiguo's heavy weapons suffered heavy losses due to the air strikes. Now there are Luanfeng strategic bombers and Magic Bird fighter jets cruising overhead. Any exposed heavy firepower will be targeted by the Air Force. .
This is the advantage of having air supremacy. Having an air force is basically equivalent to opening the entire map, and war becomes very simple.
Spider main battle mechas moved forward in the smoke and dust. The high-explosive shells fired by the 203mm main gun were also excellent for attacking infantry.
The simple defensive positions could not withstand the bombardment of such powerful artillery shells. With each shot, a large number of human body parts were thrown high into the air.
After entering one kilometer, other weapons of the spider main battle mecha also opened fire one after another.
In addition to the 203mm main gun, the Spider main battle mecha also has 2 30mm cannons, 4 20mm cannons, and 8 12.7mm heavy machine guns. Coupled with its own super high defense, the biological The sarcoma combined with armored steel plates can effectively protect against enemy firepower, making it a walking firepower bunker.
When these steel monsters step onto the battlefield, it is almost a one-sided massacre for the infantry.
The machine gun broke the human body into two pieces, and the machine gun bullets fell on the human body, leaving huge gaps.
The main cannon roared, bullets rained down, and the spider main battle mecha's ferocious firepower suppressed the entire audience.
As soon as many soldiers hiding in the trenches emerged, their upper bodies were broken by machine guns and they were thrown several meters away.
The roar of the engine was intertwined with the explosion of artillery fire, and the defense lines were torn apart one by one. The spider main battle mecha advanced like a broken bamboo, and everything in the way was destroyed.
Theodore was shaking because just now, their squad leader was hit by a 30mm cannon.
Tens of thousands of joules of machine cannon blasted his upper body to pieces, and blood and minced flesh splashed all over his face.
At this time, a spider main battle mecha had arrived five hundred meters away. Its cannon was firing, and the roar of the main gun could be clearly heard.
Theodore's face was full of nervousness. He was holding a rocket launcher tightly, his palms full of sweat.
"Come closer."
Theodore looked at the few remaining soldiers around him. They knew that they would die faster if they ran out of the trench now.
Time seemed to freeze. Theodore carefully looked at the approaching steel beast, and every breath was filled with tension.
The distance is getting closer, Theodore has already shouldered the rocket launcher.
But at this moment, he seemed to see a few small black dots jumping off the spider main battle mecha.
That is the genetic warrior who accompanies the spider main battle mecha in combat, making up for the spider main battle mecha's shortcomings of flexibility and lack of vision.
Theodore's breath froze because he met the eyes of a genetic warrior.
The opponent's eyes were full of cold murderous intent, and he held two Gatling guns in his hands, with the muzzles of the guns turning.
Theodore noticed something was wrong and quickly retracted his head.
But his teammates reacted a beat too late, and when they tried to dodge, it was already too late.
The bullets swept through like whips, and several of Theodore's teammates were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest by the hail of bullets, falling down and dying in front of Theodore.
Under the horrific fire suppression, Theodore could not raise his head at all. He could only hear the continuous sound of gunfire around him. He huddled in the trench like a quail and shivered.
Suddenly, the suppressed Gatlin stopped. Theodore subconsciously hugged the rocket launcher, and then raised his head.
As a result, Theodore saw the sky above his head darken just as he got the rocket launcher.
A spider main battle mecha came over his head, crossing the trench while blocking the sunlight above him.
"God!"
Theodore's expression was dull, and then a long metal leg of the spider main battle mecha was lifted up and stepped hard.
Bang!
Theodore's entire body was trampled to pieces, his body was trampled into the mud, his internal organs and fractures were shattered, and the rocket launcher was trampled to the point of being twisted and deformed.
Until his death, Theodore did not fire a single shot.
He was said to have died vigorously, but in the end he died in a cowardly manner, which was very disgraceful and he became one of the insignificant cannon fodder in this war.
The only effect is to make the limbs of the spider main battle mech stained with blood and flesh, which will need to be cleaned carefully later. This is also the end of most of the Squid Kingdom infantry. (End of chapter)