Chapter 361, done
"Report to the general! We have detected that the void shield in Fino City has dissipated!"
Upon hearing the news, Major General Du Shiliang, the captain of the Concerto and acting commander of the Tianma Fleet, immediately ordered: "Stop the attack immediately."
"what?"
"Ah what, there are our people inside!"
"Yes, General."
The order to stop firing was given, and the man turned around and asked: "Then when will we fight?"
"According to the orders of Commander Cao Hang and Commander Gu, we will fight again tomorrow."
"Yes!"
After sending the adjutant away, he stood on the bridge and stared at the planet in front of him.
He couldn't help feeling a little emotional: Everything was finally coming to an end.
He still remembered that there was a quarrel between himself and Commander Gu.
But that doesn't involve personal grudges, it just has some different views on work and tasks.
He didn't want the Pegasus fleet to continue to bombard Koroga's ground. In his opinion, that was meaningless.
He couldn't defeat Gu Hang, who was now the commander of the war zone, so he had no choice but to carry out the order.
Just follow the steps step by step. It is wishful thinking to ask him to do more.
But it's not that he really doesn't care about this matter, or the reason why he doesn't care is mainly because he doesn't think he can win a war like this.
He also didn't believe Gu Hang's claim that he would be able to solve the void shield problem above Fino City right away. He just followed Gu Hang's order to prepare for an orbital strike.
When the time comes, shoot down the shells that need to be fired, and the rest will be none of his business.
However, he did not expect that Gu Hang would actually do it.
How could A-level psykers and the elite troops from his so-called 'alliance' led by Gu Hang have such strong abilities?
How did they sneak into the city? How to turn off void shield?
Du Shiliang couldn't think of it.
But it doesn't matter.
The void shield is really gone, which means the victory of the war is very close.
Of course he will not carry out an orbital strike at this time. According to the commander's request, the strike will be tomorrow at the earliest. He understood that that should be time for the elite troops who had sneaked in to evacuate.
Not only are the elite troops infiltrated, but there are also a large number of regular troops inside the activated hive city. Their evacuation will also take time.
Shooting now is murder.
And whether the Void Shield was temporarily shut down or really destroyed... To be honest, Du Shiliang didn't know. But he decided not to be greedy for the current credit and just obey the orders.
Commander Gu is a capable person, and his orders are not random.
Then, Du Shiliang also further experienced more changes in the battle situation.
The anti-orbital gun firepower from the ground has been weakened a lot.
Those evil energy cannons that were a big threat to the fleet, especially the largest ones, gradually became silent in the following time.
After a while, one door couldn't be opened.
This further represents that the situation in Fino is improving.
Du Shiliang was full of confidence.
...
Gu Hang's heart was filled with pressure.
Gawaja must have discovered it.
Maybe there was just a little suspicion before, and they just sent out a Chaos Army Front.
Gu Hang had already sensed this thing when it came out and fought with Martins and the others. It was precisely because of the appearance of the Chaos Army Front that Gu Hang felt that Gewajia must have noticed it.
Chaos Army Front is a reserve demon. Although it is quite difficult to take such a step forward, the status of this thing under Gevaga's command must be very high, and the number will definitely not be large.
It's self-evident what it means to be able to use this thing.
But now, this big demon has been eliminated under the siege of Martins, Rizzo, and Gerrit.
Gu Hang blocked the thoughts conveyed by this guy, as well as the information about his death, and also fabricated false information to try to reassure Gevaga.
However, even he knew that it would be difficult to deceive Gewaga again.
The special features of the Chaos Army Front made it impossible for Gu Hang to fabricate a flawless lie. More importantly, Gawaja paid as much attention to his closest descendants as he did to ordinary lower-level demons. Not on the same level.
Under his very close attention, the lies spun by Gu Hang were easily exposed.
Gu Hang has already noticed the dangerous aura floating in the subspace.
He sensed the actions of Martins and others.
After destroying the demon engine supporting the evil void shield, they abandoned the incapacitated Warhound Titan, and the remaining teams divided into two groups to destroy the anti-orbital evil cannons.
In this moment, three of the nine L-level evil energy cannons had been blown up. On the way, they also knocked off some smaller ones.
After the superposition core of subspace and real world guarded by Thomlison was blocked by Gu Hang, and another important demon engine was blown up, the remaining enemy forces were quite panicked.
In fact, there are still a lot of them left, but firstly, there is no way to get nearly endless replenishment. Secondly, after the command system fails, the demons will become like headless flies, and their morale will collapse. A high degree of organization and discipline have become impossible to talk about.
This is why Martins and his team, after destroying the Demon Engine, went to blow up other anti-orbital guns relatively smoothly.
There is not much left before the scheduled three hours.
Gu Hang thought for a moment and then sent a psychic message towards them.
"Abandon the current goal and rush back at full speed."
The two teams are now at war. A large number of enemies were slaughtered by them with almost no resistance; important anti-rail guns were destroyed by them one after another.
However, there is no need to worry about the discipline of the team.
Although he was a little confused, since it was Governor Gu's order, no one would violate it.
Everyone started to retreat.
When the two teams reunited and returned to the central core area, Gu Hang finally felt relieved.
During this process, Gawaja has not yet appeared.
However, the terrifying turmoil in the subspace cannot be ignored, and Gevaga has not yet appeared.
It is true to run away before it comes. Keep one-third of the manpower and almost all the psychics here at all times, just to be able to run at any time.
The demons who wanted to retake this place were blocked by the troops; the psykers maintained the teleportation circle without triggering it in order to be able to activate it at any time and run away at any time.
This was Gu Hang's request.
The raid was boldly planned but extremely cowardly in its execution.
Be cowardly and be safe.
The current few hundred people are already the capital of the cutting-edge troops that Gu Hang has accumulated over the past few years. There are only a little over 20 Knight mechas produced in-house and black box in total; there are six War Dogs. Most of it got here. Not to mention that the training of space warriors not only costs gift points and productivity, but also takes time to grow the recruits' superhuman organs.
They brought more than 600 or nearly 700 people, but now there are only more than 400 people left. The loss is really not small.
But Gu Hang didn't have time to feel heartbroken.
After raising an army for a thousand days, the tip of the sword is made, and it is natural that it will be used at critical moments.
This is the moment of truth now.
No matter how much we lose, achieving our goals is the most important thing.
Now, it's the last step - safe evacuation.
After the troops have made arrangements, they will go back in the last wave; the rest, according to the pre-arranged and rehearsed pattern, step onto the teleportation circle one by one and teleport away.
The last remaining troops, after throwing out all the explosives, temporarily destroying the passage and repelling the enemies in front of them, also stepped into the teleportation array.
When leaving, there is no need to be as cautious as when sneaking in.
He had neither the time nor the courage to sneak through the subspace controlled by Gevaga.
However, the current location, which is the core area of Fino City, and the superposition state of the subspace, interfere too much with psychic transmission.
The risk of directly tearing open space and teleporting over long distances from Fino City is too high, and it is very easy to get lost due to subspace interference.
To be lost is to destroy the group.
But Gu Hang also has a way.
The Kingdom of Storms is a very good springboard. It is also part of the subspace, and it can be controlled by oneself. It can take the initiative to respond. It has full safety and can jump there with teleportation. After the jump, Gu Hang took the initiative to open a link from the Kingdom of Storm God to the real world. The relevant road signs have been prepared in Mingyan City. Returning from the Kingdom of Storm God to the real world will be extremely smooth.
In fact, this entire journey was exactly what Gu Hang expected.
The terrifying turmoil in the subspace made people fearful, but Gevaga finally took a step slower.
Looking at the sky in Mingyan City, Gu Hang's heart was filled with joy.
When we get here, we don't have to worry about that big fat man showing up.
Powerful demons of its level can only appear in places where subspace erosion has been particularly severe - that is, the core area of Fino City.
Even the fringe areas of Fino City cannot support his existence, let alone the fact that they are currently in Mingyan City.
Koroga's reality curtain is not that fragile yet, so there is no need to worry that the Great Unclean One will come here to cause trouble for him.
Gu Hang, relieved, asked Martins and his team to go down to rest, while he himself climbed to the highest point of Mingyan City.
The view was good, but the city of Fino, hundreds of kilometers away, was still invisible. But he still stood here, looking in that direction.
By the way, communications with the frontline combat troops were also connected.
After chatting for a few words, Gu Hang roughly figured out the current situation on the front line.
Although he and his elite troops withdrew, there were still millions of regular troops in Fino City.
These troops endured heavy casualties and made their way in, making a very significant contribution to disrupting the strength of the bond between the warp and the real world. Without them, Gu Hang's previous operation of leading the troops to sneak into the center of Finos would have been much more difficult.
Now that their mission in Fino City has been completed, those conventional troops no longer need to persist.
An hour ago, the front line had begun to gradually withdraw troops downwards.
They would have a full day to evacuate Fino City.
One day later, the orbital bombardment from the Pegasus fleet will go all out to project firepower with the goal of destroying the entire hive.
Although the time is short and the task is heavy, it is not without good news.
The difficulty of evacuation is not at the same level as a frontal attack and occupying a part of Fino City.
It's not just the difference between attack, defense, and retreat, but also the fact that the enemy had some inexplicable reactions two or three hours ago.
There seems to be a problem with their command system. Many troops have become clueless, and the attack on the positions occupied by human troops has also become slow. This has caused their pressure to drop sharply, and they can at least take a breath.
The troops whose defensive pressure was suddenly reduced began to gradually retreat. The forward positions were abandoned one by one, and the positions in the rear had to be defended for a while. After the people in front withdrew, they began to retreat.
The entire evacuation operation and plan were relatively orderly.
Retreat, not defeat. The biggest difference between the two is the organization of the troops.
Although the plague demon army has suddenly become very chaotic, it is still aggressive. If you run blindly and lose your organization, you will definitely suffer relatively large casualties during the pursuit, and the evacuation speed may not be that high.
With the current situation, the main elite troops should be able to withdraw relatively safely. And after 24 hours, most of the troops should be able to withdraw.
But if the time comes, some troops will not withdraw...
There's nothing we can do about it.
Objectively speaking, with a scale of about one million people and the enemy still entangled, one day is probably not enough to organize all the troops and withdraw them.
But there is no other way.
The troops that have not been withdrawn by then will probably be buried with Fino City.
Gu Hang really didn't want to see that scene, he felt a bit like he had betrayed the frontline soldiers. But he must be cold-hearted and make the necessary decisions when necessary.
After the Demon Engine in the underground core of Fino City was destroyed, Gu Hang ensured that within one day, it would be impossible to create another Demon Engine inside Fino City to prop up the void shield.
And if this time is extended to two days, it probably still won't be possible.
There was no certainty in three days.
Gu Hang did not dare to set the orbital bombing time to a special extreme time point.
If the time is really extended to two days in order to withdraw a few more conventional troops, what if the void shield really rises?
So many people died in front of them, all in vain.
Gu Hang had already conveyed the relevant bombing orders to the Tianma Fleet; the deadline for evacuation had also been informed to Li Kexi, who was in command at the front.
The rest is just waiting to see the big fireworks in Fino City.
Overall, Gu Hang was in a pretty good mood, and everything was roughly within his plan.
But just when he was smiling and still had time to find someone to make a cup of hot tea, and as soon as he took the first sip, he suddenly felt shocked:
He felt that there was a powerful being giving his Kingdom of Storms a hard blow!
(End of this chapter)