As they prepare to enter the battle Pat reached out to Alex to give him something. "Mr. Alex I would like you to have this as a bullet to kill the Apostle off." Said Pat. "What's this for? Is this some kind of special ammo for Miller?" Said Alex as he grabs it to look at it. "Well, yes it's special ammo that was made by your Precursor specifically to kill the Apostle Heretic.
You only get one so use it wisely at the final blow when you face the Apostle." Said Pat as the elevator reaches the surface gate at the forest the Soldiers spreads out the area as per plan that they'll be expecting company coming in their way. As the sound of rotors echo from the distance their ancient tech of helicopters came close as everyone prepared to take them down with weapons made to take those machines down.
"Ready when you are Sir." Said the head gunner. "When they reach under our position fire them all up." Said Pat. The gunner nodded and gave the orders to the other anti-air gunners.
Meanwhile the ground forces with Alex and the others... "Let's wait until they crash down to search around us. Then we strike." Said Jacob. As distant echoes of AA guns started to fire few of the helicopters were successfully shot down and killed their passengers. Some were successfully taken down to be ambushed.
While the other helicopters had munitions on board and started raining fire on the ground forces. "Blind firing won't help them you know." Said Elise. As the soldiers came down from some of the helicopters who survived the AA guns attack.
"Here they come!" Said Alex as exchanging fire began and with foot soldiers of the enemy pushed due to their armor they were slowed down due to the harsh environment and the traps laid down upon by Alex's group to take them down one by one.
"Got your back, Sir!" Said one of the soldiers who protected Alex from the rear flank. "I owe you one anyways there's a lot of them. Keep firing." Said Alex. "Will do Sir!" Said the soldier as he returns fire taking down multiple enemies. As Alex expected these foot soldiers they have aren't normal soldiers as they attack blindly and mindlessly without remorse of hitting their own friendlies. "These ain't normal soldiers we have here." Said Alex.
"Talk about brutal training these guys must have gone through." Said Night. "Maybe not even training from the looks of it." Said Jacob. "Seems like they're born killers." Said Elise. As gunfire and blood, exchanging bodies around from left to right the winner of this attack might show that Alex is having the upper hand due to their environmental advantage.
An hour into the battle the enemy calls for a retreat and stops their first wave of attacks. "I'd say that was successful." Said Jacob. "Sure it was! We crushed them when they came right at us." Said Elise. "I'd say we've done phase 1 correctly but from what I can feel this is just a trial. And more attacks are inevitable." Said Pat.
As they return to the base with preparation for the next waves of attacks. "I got info from the interrogation team. So I have a question for you guys... Are you okay fighting in complete darkness?" Said Pat as he hands Alex some Night Vision goggles. "Sure, anything to win this war." Said Alex as he prepares his ax at hand.
Nightfall arrives and the soldiers report movement in the forest. "Everyone, Phase 2 is a go!" Said Pat through the radio. Everyone heads outside again to hide in the thick terrain of the forest with the deep dark green environment shadowing their locations and staying hidden as groups of enemies scatter in the dark and damp forest ground. And stealth attacks had begun taking down enemies by the group without making a fuss.
"Any second when they realize no one is responding they'll be alerted so be prepared." Said Pat. "Got it. Take them down before they go agro after learning they're being ambushed." Said Alex. "Ready when you are Alex." Said Jacob in the northeast of the forest. "Also ready when you are Alex." Said Night in the southwest area. "We're locked and loaded here Alex." Said Elise in the northwest. "Okay in the count of three we'll take them out." Said Alex.
"3... 2... 1... Now!" Said Alex as the gunfire started to rain down on the unsuspecting enemies with the muzzle flashes showing that there were hundreds of enemies in the forest showing glimpses of the soldiers of the resistance while Alex and his team slashes down the remaining enemies who escaped the massive volley of bullets. "Phase 2 is underway and is going as planned." Said Alex. As his team and the soldiers taking down them like flies. "We're keeping them in check seems like it." Said Jacob over the radio.
"The tide of the battle is still on our side everyone but try not to be too relaxed for now this is still just the first day of war." Said Pat. "We did a good job everyone they're doing their second retreat." Said Alex. "Well done indeed, we did our best out there." Said Night as they celebrate back to back forcing the enemy to retreat. But that celebration was short when Pat said. "I have a bad feeling for the next attacks." Said Pat. "If so we got to be prepared." Said Alex. As they return to base to patch up those who got injured in the crossfire and the planning for Phase 3.