Michel speeding away on the city looking the exit road to rute 64 was blocked with infantry vehicles and apache on the sky, slowed down and opted to retreet from where he come'd, to exit from south-east into rute 301, to go south passing Carolina State and go into Georgia all the way.
Looking at all this problem of people following him around, he choose the best option to deal with this and fast, that was to go directly to Malivore on Fort Valle, Georgia. It could help to eliminate him from the memory of all people his prescense, and get his threat level to low. Also with a slight gut feeling he thinks that maybe Malivore wouldn't like to have him inside the pit, for sure will get him out, even if don't Hope later will get there and will exit with her.
Getting successfully all the way out from Richmond without problems, a little more relaxed leaving all that amount of troops and equipment, it seems all the involved parties looked forward to him going to Mystic Falls way.
-A unknown time later -
On a small road, a armoured personnel carriers team is speeding forward. There are still 70 kilometers away from the next important town, Fayetteville.
A triad scout team riding a two-wheeled motorcycle quickly jumped off the motorcycle and reported the situation to the second lieutenant wearing the insignia.
After listening to the troop report, Edward thought for a moment and immediately ordered the soldiers to start action.
"Sergeant Bucky, lead your team to the hillside in front of you and set up an ambush immediately. Once the mine explodes, launch a violent strike immediately." Edward turned his head and shouted to a young sergeant next door to him.
"Yes, second lieutenant!" Edward, who came at the beginning as a veteran, was still a little unconvinced. But after coming all the way, they realized that they had been mistaken.
The talent of the second lieutenant in front of him is far beyond what they can compare. So they obeyed Edward's orders unconditionally.
"Sergeant Bill took your team to set up landmines immediately. The time for the target to retreat is running out. We need to hurry up and deploy them soon. This place is no different than the other roads, HQ has assembled several front troops here." If you can run now, run quickly and you'll be done.
-A moment later-
With a loud noise, the detonator ignited the explosives in the mine the moment the car speeding away on the road was lifted, and hundreds of steel balls erupted instantly. Because the steel balls sprayed out from under the bottom of the car, the entire road was blown into a big hole.
At the moment of the explosion, the general-purpose machine gun had already started suppressing fire on the hillside. Bill's team ambushed by the roadside also opened fire one after another.
The dense firepower instantly caused more than a dozen explosions in the car zone.
The few mortar brought here fired directly in the place. Those high-explosive shell slides into the barrel, and the firing pin directly ignites the shell's primer. The driving force of the primer directly sends the open-lead mortar out of the bore and straight to the target area to explode.
"Suppressing firepower of the machine gun team, don't mess up, don't you want to die? Don't mess up."
After all, there are more than 100 people in total mess here.
Michel who rushed from the inside car when exploded instantly, instantly took a look at his body which was being put into a sieve of bullets, skin peeled, muscles and meat teared while being regenerated instantly at the same time, conscious of his dilema almost wishing for his body to be hard enough to ricochet the bullets, his body produce a kind of energy that made like a force shield around him stoping them, taking the chance of a fleeting relief, instantly.
Michel started listening to the firepower configuration of the paramilitary army and the density of mortars, already knew that there were not much troops here. It's just a small army, if i don't fight this group, maybe i will be finished, there is still a chance for him to fight hard.
That's why he started to counterattack immediately. Entering into the woods killing a few troops with his fists only and picking their heavy machine gun that was just shooting to him from the vehicle and began to suppress firepower. The heavy machine gun has a shield, which can effectively block some stray bullets and explosion fragments while using his a viewing port that allows the machine gunner to see the target in front of him with peripheral vision.
*Da da da! Da da da!*
After Michel heavy machine gun started to open fire, the triad army immediately adjusted its firepower. But its lethality is no joke, Michel while using his superspeed and enhanced senses and eyes is like a precise sniper with that heavy machine gun doing kills after kills almost surgical
The heavy machine guns of both sides started a confrontation of firepower.
Edward picked up the binoculars and looked at the situation in the distance to observe the position of the heavy machine gun.
"It seems the target is a capable person, who can actually arrange it like this after adapting to the situation," Edward couldn't help but praise when he looked at the situation in the telescope.
"Second lieutenant, shall we fight?" Corporal Makensie asked looking at the enthusiasm of the fight ahead. After all, for such a good thing, everyone wants to go up and take a merit.
"Are you impatient?" Edward asked, putting down the binoculars and turning to look at Makensie behind him with an anxious expression on his face.
"Of course I'm in a hurry, such a good opportunity, I must take a good fight," Makensie responded to Edward's words. At the same time, the submachine gun on his back were also held in his arms, ready to charge at any time.
"That's why I asked Bill and Bucky to go to ambush. Remember that you can't be rash as a lider. You have to be responsible for your brothers. You are not a commando, but a squad leader. These ten or so brothers all rely on you. Look at the situation in front. Although they have surrounded the target, he still have a lot of strength in fighting, like a trapped beast. If the gap is blocked, he will either fight to the death or surrender. Watching the situation in front, it is obvious that he will not surrender easily." Edward's words awakened the impulsive Corporal Makensie.
"I understand, Second Lieutenant, you really deserve to be a talented student who graduated from West Point, and you are better than us," Corporal Makensie couldn't help but praised Edward.
"Look more and think more, don't hesitate to take the shot, the opportunity on the battlefield disappears in the blink of an eye," Edward continued, looking at the fierce battle ahead.
At the same time, the scouts came rushing from behind.
A two-wheeled motorcycle was covered in mud, "Second Lieutenant Edward, there is a large group in the rear, about 400 people, coming along the road."
They all want to retreat to Raleigh, even if the objetive is chasing and intercepting, there will always be lucky troops who can rush over. There is a saying that there is no unparalleled strategy, which is to prove every encirclement battle there is a chance to fail.
It looks that is impossible to annihilate the enemy, but it is almost impossible form him to destroy all of us. As long as people want to live, no matter how powerful the beast, there will always be people who do not want to die. Seeing this, Edward immediately ordered Makensie to prepare to block.
"Makensie took your men and placed all the landmines available on the road to slow down the pace of the supernatural beast, and evacuate immediately and go to the city in the north to meet up," Edward ordered immediately after hearing the scout's report
"Yes!" Makensie immediately called his men to act immediately. There were only two soldiers left beside Edward. The motorcycles started and the three of them rushed straight to the hillside where Bucky was. "Second Lieutenant, why are you here?" Bucky asked after seeing Edward.
"If the battle can't end in a few minutes, evacuate immediately and go to the north to the city Raleigh that was on the way, when we came here." "Understood, Lieutenant," Bucky nodded in response.
Then the soldiers were urged to increase their firepower. Unless it is a street fight or an encounter, basically they shoot at each other hundreds of meters apart. Whether it is the heavy machine gun or submachine gun, the weapons are superior in performance in the distance of 200 meters refers to where to hit. As for whether he can hit the head that is moving and dodging after he abandoned the place, it depends on the heavens luck.
Not everyone is a sharpshooter and can follow the target at that kind of speed. But the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon are top-notch in terms of marksmanship and endurance.
As the troops who were about to raise their guns and broke out again.
Michel was looking the situation change on the field that looked like preparing to retreat he choosed to do the same but keeping with the plan of Georgia, there were too many bodies dropped to count on the little battlefield, seing that time was tight, got out running to a motorcycle that got safe from the battle on the side, going all the way south, trying to use his power with the thinking into protecting the bike and him at the same time with the shield.
Seeing that it was no longer possible to stop the opponent, the troops could only let him leave.
Although these people narrowly escaped death, once they recovered, they would all be veterans fighting against supernatural elements. After all, the events experienced are far beyond human comprehension. The combat effectiveness of veterans is far greater than what a certain number of recruits can replace.
So when it can't be intercepted, it can only maximize the damage. "Sergeant Bucky, there are not many bullets left," the machine gunner shouted, looking at the remaining ammunition belt.
"Withdraw!" Bucky immediately ordered the soldiers to evacuate without hesitation.
Both Bill and Makensie chose to retreat at about the same time.
There are discarded supplies and unattended wounded everywhere on both sides of the road.
As for those who are dead or not dead, no one cares about anyone now, because they don't want to be the next fertilizer.
No one wants to go on that road, so the rest must run for their lives.
They all retreated from the road on the way to Raleigh to regroup.
A group of vampires and witches, was running along the road to intercept Michel, but there was bad news along the way, which completely reduced out their morale.
Michel while retreating on the bike got a premonition and choosed to do a swift dodge a little, it was a that moment a big dragon appeared on the sky breathing fire to him from his side, that got deflected by the magic shield, looking at the dragon annoyed after getting away of the troops, his eyes got bright sky blue and fangs showed up, making the shield stronger, wishing for something to kill the dragon he extended one hand and from it a dozen of lightning bolt flyed away into the sky and then strucked down on the dragon, putting him down from the sky, killed or alive unknown to him, but he will not stop to see what happened, continued fast on the road.
but while advancing he leave'd behind a little present for anyone following him, he kept sending lightening bolts to the sky, amounting more than a thousand fast, so they get delighted like me, trying to survive too, just like him now, because for sure will not be just so little numbers that where ambushing now.