Chapter 60: Surprise Attack
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Shortly after the governors finished their meeting and prepared to leave the hive, General Barritt, who was at the forefront of the confrontation, received an order from the marshal.
The order was simple: all members of the Second Army led by Barrit were to immediately prepare to give up the confrontation, because the people of the First Army were not enemies, and as the people of the God-Emperor, everyone should try their best to bridge the conflict.
The order sounded very nice, but Barritt felt that the governor wanted to compromise, otherwise how could he say such nice words.
After this period of contact during the confrontation, Barritt felt that the people of the First Army were just a group of angry people who had escaped death. They did not want this nest to be set on fire by war. After all, this was also their home.
After receiving the order, Barritt immediately ordered the army to assemble, and then went to the First Army himself.
"The Hive has compromised." Barritt walked along the position to Gray, who was arranging for the new recruits to be transported, and showed him the order. "We don't need to continue the confrontation."
Gray immediately took the order and checked it carefully, then scanned it and sent it to Qin Mo, and then said to Barritt: "Congratulations, you have been worried about being attacked by us all this time, can you rest assured now?"
"I'm worried because I don't know whether your powerful legion commander will compromise with the top leaders." Barritt smiled and shook his head.
"He's certainly not going to compromise. He's going to find the mastermind behind the attack, execute him, and be done with it," Gray said.
Hearing his calm tone, Barrett's heart, which had just been relieved, was hanging again. He felt that the shadow of war that had just dissipated was now hanging over his head again.
After thinking for a long time, Barritt could only whisper: "Please tell your legion commander that we still have to put the overall situation first. The nest is our home, and we can't let it be destroyed."
"Please tell the Governor if you can see him." Gray also whispered to Barritt, "Each of us has paid a huge price and sacrifice. This matter will not be resolved so easily. Let him be prepared to atone for his sins."
"You are quite arrogant." Barrett rolled his eyes at Gray, turned around and walked towards his own army.
At this time, the people of the Second Army had begun to gather and prepare to evacuate.
Everyone gathered together, rejoicing at being able to withdraw from the front line of the confrontation.
Although they were not allowed to talk and laugh loudly during the assembly, the discipline of the planetary defense force was not strong, and everyone was very happy, so the soldiers not only talked and laughed loudly, but even talked and laughed in front of Barrit.
Barritt was also very happy. He even joined in the conversation and told the soldiers what gifts he would buy for his wife and children when he returned home, and that he would hold a party to celebrate the fact that he had not died in the confrontation.
Gray and his soldiers looked at these happy people and felt inexplicably happy.
Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. No one will hate the soldiers of the Second Army. They are just following orders and being deployed here.
Life in the lower nest is always miserable, but at this moment, in the area in front of this blocked passage, the people here are very happy.
Gray looked at the people in front of him with a smile, until his smile disappeared instantly when he heard the prompt sound from inside the helmet.
"Warning, warning, large number of objects approaching at high speed detected."
"Warning, warning."
Before Gray could react, his shoulder cannon automatically extended from the power armor and fired several small beams of light into the air.
The same was true for Andrada and others present.
The sound of the light beam being fired alerted Barrett. He looked at Gray angrily, thinking that it was Gray who ordered the active attack.
But Barrett did not utter the words of rebuke, because he heard a shrill scream coming from the air, which was the sound of falling shells.
Barrett stood there, looked back blankly, then turned to look at Gray, opening his mouth a few times as if he was saying something.
The next second, a dazzling explosion flashed where Barritt was standing, and he, along with the people and objects around him, were evaporated.
A large number of shells fell immediately afterwards.
The soldiers of the First Army immediately entered combat status and sought cover on the battlefield.
The shoulder cannons of the Guards' power armor were still firing small beams of light to intercept the incoming shells, so our side was safe for the time being.
But the Second Army was in a terrible state.
They were gathering, all gathered together, almost to the point of being packed.
As the shells fell among them, Gray saw a horrific scene he had never seen before.
The explosion instantly evaporated hundreds of people at the center, and then the shock wave spread out in all directions, shattering human bodies. Huge amounts of debris were thrown into the sky and then fell all around.
"Defense!" Gray stopped watching the miserable plight of the Second Army, because instead of being a spectator, he should immediately organize a defense in the surprise attack.
Upon receiving the order, the commanders of each regiment immediately commanded their soldiers to enter trenches and bunkers under the bombardment.
This position, which originally belonged to the Second Army, was expanded and reinforced, and now serves as a good protection.
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Two hours later.
Bottom nest.
After the war started, the command building in the center of New Cato was put into use, but because the war broke out too urgently, everyone inside was in chaos.
In the corridor on the top floor, Qin Mo and Yao En, wearing the Royal Guards power armor, walked forward one after the other.
Everyone who passed by them leaned against the wall, saluted hastily, and then went on to do what they were supposed to do.
Qin Mo walked to the door of the combat meeting room and pushed it open.
Klein and some other senior staff in the room gathered in front of the holographic image to discuss things. When they saw Qin Mo, they immediately stepped back to make way.
Qin Mo walked up to the holographic image and watched it.
The holographic image has shown the situation of the entire battlefield. Our army has held its position and defended against the attack with advanced weapons and equipment.
But the enemy did not just attack positions outside the passage; they had already begun preparing to establish a defense line in the lower nest area near the passage.
"As expected, the war has started..." Klein looked miserable.
"Let the army destroy the fixed weapons on the position, and then teleport back to the base nest." Qin Mo ignored Klein's complaints and told him his orders.
Klein immediately picked up the communicator and conveyed the order on the communication channel, and then asked in disbelief: "We are retreating?"
"The passage was originally blocked, and the positions in front of the passage have lost their meaning after the confrontation turned into a war." Qin Mo stared at the holographic image, "They have to withdraw, gather, prepare, and then teleport directly behind the enemy to launch an assault."
"I see." Klein suddenly realized.
Qin Mo then worked with those present to develop a detailed teleportation assault plan, including where the unmanned artillery should be teleported to begin shelling, and the teleportation locations of each regiment.