Chapter 897 Atrocity
The only thing Stryker can be sure of is that the enemy is very powerful and numerous, and their shabby nest may not be able to hold on for a few hours.
Crawlers are designed to crawl smoothly over rough terrain, and now the hedgehog was driving so fast that both of them were shaking in the cab.
"It would have been easier if the governor died, but ended up leaving this fucking mess to me."
Thinking about it, Stryker stood up.
About half an hour ago, Governor Adisak, who had lost all retreat, used a global broadcast to announce at the last moment when the enemy was about to rush into the governor's mansion that he would hand over the title of governor and all the power of the planet to the supreme military commander of Paiji, Shi Cui. Colonel Ke, then activated the preset bomb and committed suicide.
A dusty wind blew outside the car and swept across the sun visor in front. The last beam of light had fallen behind them, and there was only darkness ahead.
Strike grabbed his headband and took it off. He was out of breath and needed to calm down.
However, those horrific images still kept popping up in his mind.
It was even difficult for him to describe the terrifying forms of the things he saw. Was it a monster or a demon?
But now, the only thing he can do is to immediately gather everyone from the 183rd Catachan Regiment, as well as those who can still fight. He does not intend to continue to defend Attica, which has become a dead place.
A simple strategic plan began to form in his mind - to preserve as much strength as possible, and to use the complex terrain of Paidu to deal with the enemy until the empire's reinforcements arrived.
And this is what the Catachans are best at.
In the next hour, Stryker worked hard to recover most of the 183rd Regiment. The original configuration of 800 people now only has more than 600 people left.
The vast majority of the mortal garrison has been defeated, and Stryker no longer wastes effort to gather them.
It sounds cruel, but it is very realistic. If you bring too many tow bottles, the 183rd Regiment will most likely be annihilated in Attica, and the entire Paiji Star will inevitably fall.
Therefore, Stryker must abandon the hive, and everyone in it.
They began to retreat toward the swamp outside the city, passing through the outlying buildings of the hive city, rushing down the embankment, and passing through the concrete fortifications on a six-lane highway.
The driveway was littered with vehicle wreckage, and huge oil tanks were burning with blazing flames. Under the traffic signs that were blown to pieces but still flashed speed limits and directions, Stryker urged the strong men. keep going.
The cannons still roared from the hive dome, but Stryker would never look back.
To reach the swamp, they must pass through a large workers' settlement. The corridors of these residential areas are marked with signs motivating the workers to achieve their work goals and praising the Emperor.
They saw no enemies, but
the halls and corridors of the residential area were littered with bodies, and broken glass and broken plastic littered the ground.
Fires were burning in some areas and the air was filled with floating cinders that looked like incandescent snow.
There are also flies, those black flies with fat bodies.
Flies were buzzing, radio traffic was deafening like a crossfire, and some psychic phenomenon had effectively cut off any support, or anything else.
"What is the progress of the floating barge fleet now?"
Hearing Stryker's voice, the correspondent pressed the communication bead and replied:
"They have basically Evacuate, according to the plan you made, sir. The floating barge fleet is now concentrated towards the Olympus Foothills camp, but the psychic power is destroying the planet's navigation system. No one knows how many can reach it in the end."
Colonel Stryker raised his head and looked at the purple corrosive turbulence in the sky.
There was no doubt that no matter what aircraft, they would be disoriented in this nightmare storm.
So close to the power of chaos, the colonel himself felt dizzy and his sense of balance was gone.
He felt nauseous, there was pain in his temples, and goosebumps arose.
A dozen people had suddenly suffered nosebleeds along the way, and several others were convulsing and vomiting. It was obvious that continuing to stay in the hive would lead to death. Stryker's plan had been proven to be absolutely correct.
Now they are almost out of this area.
"Be careful, you stinking pigs!"
Stryker roared in a suppressed voice: "We are still in the hell nest!"
The 183rd Catachan Jungle Fighters made their way through a buzzing cloud of flies and down a corridor strewn with torn plastic and scraps of paper.
Suddenly, something seemed to explode one kilometer away, and the shock wave shook the ground.
Stryker walked to the corner of the hall and motioned for his soldiers to come over. The hedgehog following him was shooing away flies and mumbling some imperial prayers.
This may be the oath of allegiance to the Emperor that he learned in his hometown.
Home...
This was once someone's home, Stryker suddenly thought of this cruel fact.
Once upon a time, in this noisy old high-rise building, in this noisy old corridor, hard and humble workers came back from their shift in the manufacturing factory, cooking shabby meals for their tired children.
"Hedgehog!"
He pointed to the stairwell.
"Check over there."
The hedgehog wiped his mouth, stretched his neck, like a pianist getting ready to play, and then took out the hot water heater he used when hunting in the jungle of his hometown. Imaging night vision.
Through the night vision goggles, he carefully scanned the area.
"Sir, nothing unusual was found."
"Okay."
So they continued to move forward cautiously, covering each other, and walked forward along the broken stairs that had been bombed.
While walking, Stryker noticed a corpse on the ground. The man's head had been cut in half, and he still held a frying spoon in his hand.
The colonel sighed,
Go into another corridor.
There is a smell of burning human flesh here,
Strike walked along a wall and looked at the rubbish and broken furniture everywhere in the ruins.
Looking towards the wall, under a pile of chaos symbols painted with black paint, dolls and children's toys were nailed to the wall.
Strike stared at the dolls nailed to the wall, feeling inexplicably angry.
He could think of how many families and friends had lost their children forever.
“Huh!?”
Suddenly, Stryker noticed a detail, a detail that shouldn’t be there if it were a doll.
The next moment, he realized with shock and anger that these dolls were not all children's toys -
"I fuck his bloody mother's chaotic garbage!"
Stryker could no longer control his roar and roared, startling the other Catachan warriors.
They had never seen the commander in such an angry shape, like a Catachan demon whose egg had been stolen.
But the colonel did not explain much. Instead, he led the soldiers quickly through this hell on earth, from the protective wall on the edge of the city into the primitive jungle full of dangers, and they were also the only survivors in the entire Attica. .
(End of this chapter)