Chapter 3, The Imprisoned
It took a total of four and a half hours to travel from the temporary camp to Huidongshe.
The elite Marines were all spread out in teams of five to serve as vanguards and scouts. Gu Hang led the victim, Patel, and his large army of servitor battalions and advanced steadily.
Halfway through, Gu Hang received a report from the Marine Corps reconnaissance team. They discovered a small transport team that should belong to the 'Prisoners' tribe.
Gu Hang authorized Yan Fangxu to lead the Marines and some servitor soldiers to annihilate them and try to capture them alive.
Captain Yan is an elite member of the navy. He can do such a small thing easily without any surprises.
However, after Gu Hang listened to the living confession, his mood was no longer beautiful.
Gu Hang asked people to bring Patel over and said to him: "It seems that these bandits never intend to let you go."
Patel also saw the situation of the transport team and looked resentful: "Yes, they transported a large amount of high explosives. Not to mention blowing open the door of the Wasted Cave Society, even if they blow up the mine and bury us all to death, It’s enough inside.”
Gu Hang shook his head and added: "That's not all. According to the information obtained from Captain Yan's interrogation, they have already negotiated with the greenskins in the ruins of the high wall. Your Wasted Dong Society's population of more than 900 will be regarded as high-quality Rations, ready to be sold to those green beasts.”
"What?!"
Patel knew that the 'Prisoners', a group of wasteland bandits, were absolutely malicious towards them, but he was still shocked by their ferocity.
The description of "green-skinned beasts" is appropriate for those mutants. They don’t only exist on Raging Owl, but exist widely throughout the universe, and are also called the ‘cancer of the universe’.
They have no distinction between male and female. They reproduce by relying on the symbiotic spores in their bodies to fall off and then grow out of the ground. The same goes for their food.
Logically speaking, they don't need to buy any rations, but the two things these green-skinned beasts like most in their lives are fighting and eating the brains of intelligent creatures. The former is their nature, and the latter is their means of technological upgrading.
These beasts that grew out of the earth were indeed primitive and barbaric at first, fighting with stone axes and wooden sticks. And when they eat enough and smart enough brains, technology will develop rapidly, with iron weapons, guns and cannons, and even interstellar navigation...
Their warlike and everything-destroying nature makes them more powerful, the more they become a natural disaster that wreaks havoc on everything.
Logically speaking, such a race should be the enemy of all mankind. The empire does have a killing order against the green-skinned orcs. Kill them all on sight, and then purify the land to eliminate the spores to ensure that they will not grow back.
But...policy is policy, implementation is another matter.
On the angry owl planet, taxes cannot be paid, food and clothing cannot be guaranteed on the planet, and there are many conflicts between the various forces. The entire planet is a mess, and the governor is forced to farm his own land... Under this situation, we really cannot expect to be imprisoned. How could a robber like the "Dead Man" think about the fate of all mankind?
However, not only are they not hostile, but they are also doing business with these man-eating beasts, that is intolerable.
Cleaning up the green-skinned beasts is what Gu Hang must do.
Of course, not now.
According to oral confessions, the greenskin tribes in the so-called high-walled ruins number in the tens of thousands, and have at least evolved to the point of possessing automatic weapons. There is not much of a generational difference between their equipment and the humans on the planet. Cleaning up those animals was definitely beyond what Gu Hang had at his disposal right now.
Fortunately, the 'high wall ruins' are quite far away from here, so there is no need to worry too much for the moment.
The most important thing to deal with is the group of wasteland raiders who threaten the Wasted Dong Society.
Now, Gu Hang already knew their exact information.
Four kilometers away from the mine where the Wasted Dong Society is located, the ‘prisoners’ built a temporary camp. These guys never thought that the Feidong Society would dare to come out to fight with them, so they didn't make any preparations for defenses.
"What a good opportunity, we can launch a surprise attack! Our mortars can have a very good impact!" Yan Fangxu looked excited.
"Okay, let's do it."
After taking a short rest, it took them just over an hour to reach the destination, which was still two hours away.
The reason for speeding up is that the transport team will not arrive for a long time and the gangsters will notice the abnormal situation.
After a quick march, they still needed some rest time before launching an attack.
The thirty elite soldiers of the Marine Corps were fine, but the servitors needed to rest. They don't cry tired, but they do get tired, and fatigue will reduce their ability to fight.
According to Yan Fangxu's suggestion, the soldiers will set off again in forty-five minutes, and an hour later, the mortar position will launch a bombardment.
From a position where the 'Prisoners' camp could be seen from a distance, Gu Hang patiently led the team to rest, take nutritional ointments and sit quietly to replenish their strength, and build a mortar position...
He knew that his patience now was to be able to finish the battle later.
……
Kaga was feeling inexplicably irritable at the moment.
It's not easy to be a plunderer these days. They haven't opened for a while, and all supplies are running out. The food is okay, once you defeat the Wasted Cave Society, you won't have to worry about it. Even if these miners don't have much food reserves and there are hundreds of people, they can be used for a long time if they are slaughtered and made into dried meat.
Destructible weapons and consumable ammunition are difficult to replenish. The major forces were not willing to do business with these marauders, only the greenskin tribes were willing. Although the green skin technology is not easy to use, the weapon failure rate is extremely high, and the ammunition is easy to misfire, and in their hands it is far less powerful than in the hands of the green skins themselves...
But it's better than nothing.
To be honest, Kaga despises the most abundant ore in the waste cave society. This thing is heavy and worthless, so it will be difficult to sell it as stolen goods. But the nine hundred people in the cave are good things. They can be used as their own food rations, and they can also rush to the ruins of the high wall to sell them for green weapons. Isn't it wonderful?
Driving people is much easier than driving sheep.
For this reason, the ‘Prisoners’ were almost deployed in full force. Except for a few old, young, women, children and housekeeper brothers who stayed in the old nest, the main force was brought out by Kaga, and there were more than a hundred people. There are many people in Huidong Society, but few guns, so there is nothing to fear. Being able to survive in the wasteland for so long mainly depends on the good terrain. Kaga personally investigated that mine, and it was really easy to defend but difficult to attack. The entrance to the cave was sealed tightly with ore and metal, and a heavy door was used to close it from the inside. It was really impossible to open it with human power.
Yesterday they tried to blow up the door, but failed because the force was not enough. In desperation, he could only send his confidants back to his lair to transport the explosives, which even contained concentrated explosives at the bottom of the box.
His patience was exhausted, and he couldn't trick the miners into opening the door. He just waited for the explosives to come and blast it open.
It was supposed to be something that should be done today, so there was no need to rush, but Kaga still felt depressed. Judging by the time, his transport team should be back, but why is there no movement at all?
He had already urged his men to use radio communication to try to contact the transport team, but could not be contacted.
This made him even more uneasy.
Half an hour ago, he sent out a small team to search the situation according to the circuit, but so far, there has been no response, and even the radio contact has been lost.
He was thoroughly alert.
Such a strange situation had to make him feel fear and hesitation.
Those who were not cautious enough would have been buried in the wasteland with no trace of their remains.
He made up his mind to send out four or five small teams to go out to investigate; at the same time, he also ordered the entire team to prepare and plan to set off collectively to explore the situation back.
Suddenly, a subordinate came to report: "I contacted the transportation team and said it is on its way back. It will be here soon."
Kaga's brows suddenly furrowed: "Why haven't we been able to contact you before?"
"He said there was something wrong with their radio. It had just been repaired. He was afraid that we would be worried, so he sent a message right away."
Kaga thought for a moment and then ordered: "Go and reply: Damn it, did you get fucked up by zombie dogs on the road, so slow? Come back quickly! If it's too late, half of the loot will be deducted from you!"
After finishing speaking, he quickly walked outside and shouted to the brothers who were getting ready: "Quick, quick, quick, we're leaving right away! Don't stuff your damn bullets like this, just bring as much stuff as you can. Take it with you, throw away everything else! Get ready for a breakout! ”
The subordinate who had just listened to his order was a little confused. He caught up two steps and asked: "Boss, this...I..."
"What are you doing? Go and send the message right away. After you finish the message, pick up your gun and follow the team!"
"Why?" The boy was still stunned.
Kaga gave him a slap on the head: "Someone is definitely targeting us! It's best to blind the other side. If it works, it's best. If it doesn't, I'll kill you for being slow!"
After saying that, he stopped paying attention to this stupid boy, took his own gun, called his brothers and prepared to leave the camp.
As soon as he reached the door, he heard a whistling sound coming from the sky.
His face turned green instantly.
This is the sound of artillery shells!
"Lie down!"
He quickly lay down and cursed: "Fuck! You're still blowing it up with a fucking cannon... bah bah... don't let me catch you... bah..."
The rumbling explosions made him almost unable to hear his own voice. He just tried to use swear words and harsh words to vent the fear in his heart.
He guessed that someone was targeting them, and even thought that the worst case scenario might happen - he was surrounded.
But what he didn't expect was that the person targeting him actually had a cannon in his hand!
Fortunately, he was not unlucky. Apart from his ears ringing and his head a little confused, nothing much happened.
He stood up from a squat and looked around.
The artillery that bombarded them should not have a large caliber, and seemed to be just mortars. If it were really a heavy artillery, with a dozen or so rounds covering it densely, I am afraid that everyone in the entire camp would be dead.
But despite this, in their simple camp without solid fortifications, these mortars still caused considerable damage.
At a glance, at least twenty brothers were either dead or missing arms and legs.
The rest of the people were also stunned.
But now is obviously not the time to be in a daze. If you continue to stay here, you will be waiting for death.
He yelled: "Rush! Hurry! Rush out!"
But at this moment, gunshots were heard outside.
We were really surrounded! After the artillery fire, the infantry followed!
The only good news is that the sound of gunfire was still a little far away. It seems that the few teams he sent out earlier had an effect and started a fight with the people.
This is the only chance of survival.
He yelled: "Back up! It's a critical moment. Anyone who doesn't want to die will be beaten hard by me!"
At this moment, the second round of shelling arrived.
(End of chapter)