Less than 20 minutes after the air raid, the entire northern urban area of Qingshi County had turned into a sea of fire.
The survivors from the northern suburbs of Qingquan City seemed to have tampered with their fortifications. The propeller-powered planes swept the roofs of the buildings, and soon the buildings were on fire like lighters.
The entire urban area was full of fire.
The scorching heat and thick smoke completely blocked their way to retreat to the south.
Awakened by the earth-shaking explosion, He Shu just got up from the bed and received the order from Lord Lion Fang from the messenger - asking him to take his men to put out the fire immediately.
Lord Lion Fang personally issued an order, and He Shu did not dare to neglect it. He immediately called his men who were shooting at the sky with rifles and rushed to the fire in the south.
However, what he did not expect was that as soon as he rushed to the fire with his men, a plane fell from the sky in front of him.
And it fell on the street less than 50 meters away from him!
He Shu was stunned at the time, and soon realized what happened, and then a ball of anger rushed to his forehead.
Thinking of the brothers who died tragically in the air raid and the boiling sea of fire around him, he didn't care about the task of firefighting, and without saying a word, he led the entire 100-man team to the crash site.
One hundred people blocked one, let alone a living person, even a mouse - even a cockroach, it would be impossible to slip away from his eyes!
And the fact is indeed so. .
The unlucky pilot ran around like a headless fly, and was soon blocked in a dead end by them.
Looking at the poor guy who was blocked in the alley and yelling, He Shu's mouth corners grinned, and his pupils were full of cruelty.
He stopped his men who were setting up a rocket launcher and ready to fire, and took out the smoke bomb and threw it into the alley with a grin.
Then, he waved forward.
"Catch him alive!"
He Shu swore.
If he caught that guy, he would make that damn pilot regret coming to this world.
He would try all the tortures he had heard or seen on that guy, until he squeezed all the information out of him, and then cut off his flesh piece by piece, and threw it into the oil pan in front of him to fry it into crispy meat.
He licked the corner of his mouth excitedly, but before He Shu could figure out where to start eating, a series of piercing screams came from the back of his head.
He Shu turned his head suddenly, and his sight just met the overwhelming rain of fire.
The whistling sound was like a pipe organ, and the concrete fortifications in front of it were like paper, and were blown up to the sky by the destructive power of crushing withering withered trees.
There was no time to lie down.
Even if he lay down, there was nowhere to hide.
A moment of fear and panic was imprinted in He Shu's eyes.
Then in the next second, he and his entire 100-man team were blown up into the sky along with the streets under their feet!
At this moment, in the air.
Driving the scarred glider, Luo Yu reached out to open the windshield and stretched his neck to look out of the cabin.
It didn't matter that he looked at it, he couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Oh my..."
This power...
It's too cruel!
In the area with a radius of 600 meters, at least 50 130mm rockets fell.
The saturated firepower delivered to the battlefield in an instant even drew a silent circle in the center of the blazing flames.
I wanted to pick up Coach Mosquito.
Now it seems that it should be unnecessary...
The ace pilots hovering in the air forgot to dive for a while, and the noisy gunfire on the ground also paused for a few seconds tacitly.
The world seemed to have been paused, only the hot smoke was still floating quietly.
At the same time, on the second floor of the department store.
Looking north through the reinforced window, Lion Fang's face was full of dullness, and Bernie, who was standing next to him, was also surprised.
The explosion that almost pierced his eardrums made him think that the other party had used a tactical nuclear bomb.
What kind of opponent were they fighting against...
Swallowing his saliva, Bernie comforted Lion Fang standing next to him, and also comforted himself.
"It's okay... This level of firepower can't last long."
"We only have a hundred-man team and two firepower points in the south. As long as they are not crowded together and bombed, the maximum reduction in personnel is 30%... 40% at most."
The loading steps of rockets are extremely cumbersome. It is normal to launch for ten seconds and reload for ten minutes, and it is expensive. If you can use twenty or thirty lives to exchange for nearly fifty rockets on the opposite side, it is undoubtedly worth it.
In fact, Bernie's judgment is not wrong.
However, what he didn't know was that the hundred-man team sent by Lion Fang to put out the fire was not scattered in the ruins, but all ran to block the lone pilot on the opposite side.
Because they didn't have enough radio equipment, they didn't even know that the previous round of barrage coverage directly destroyed their entire company...
...
South of Qingshi County.
The junction of the forest and the urban area.
Standing on the half-collapsed viaduct pier, Chu Guang, wearing power armor, was overlooking the entire battlefield through two hummingbird drones.
A quarter of an hour ago, the vanguard composed of the First Corps and players had arrived at the front line, built a temporary command post and set up a radio station on the front line, and included a ten-kilometer radius within the communication radius.
At the same time, the ten self-propelled rocket launchers of the Goblin Corps Artillery Group also completed their deployment and launched a round of saturation firepower strikes on Qingshi County.
"Shocking firepower..."
Holding a telescope in his hand, Vanus, who was standing next to him, was full of surprise on his face.
Although he participated in the formulation of the battle plan, the power of the New Alliance rocket launcher far exceeded his expectations.
Chu Guang smiled faintly.
"Does the position in front look familiar?"
Vanus thought for a while and said.
"... It looks like the command style of the 210,000th Expeditionary Force. They are good at digging trenches, building bridges and front-line fortifications."
"It seems that I will meet an old acquaintance soon."
Vanus smiled helplessly and did not respond to this sentence.
"The saturation fire coverage has ended. The opponent should not have recovered from our artillery fire yet. I suggest starting the next plan now."
"That's what I plan to do."
The chat time is over.
Chu Guang stretched out his index finger and tapped the side of the helmet, calling out the holographic screen.
After a pause, he ordered in a calm voice.
"Xiao Qi, update the No. 2 battle plan on the VM of each corps!"
The energetic voice came to my ears.
"Okay, Master!"
At the same time as the words fell, Chu Guang grasped the warhammer hanging behind him, and pointed it forward neatly under the eager eyes of the players.
"The fortress of the Bone Chewing Tribe is just ahead, let's smash their front teeth."
"All troops - forward!"
The players who received the attack order, who could no longer restrain their legs, responded with a shout that pierced the clouds and cracked the rocks.
"For the Alliance!"
"Long live Dawn City!"
"The administrator is awesome!"
"Demacia!"
"Ahhh!"
The neat but not uniform slogans resounded throughout the battlefield, and the battle to liberate Qingshi County officially began.
Under the cover of supporting firepower, the players followed their respective corps leaders to advance, and some even excitedly blew the charge horns they made.
Long before the operation began, the headquarters of the new alliance formulated combat plans 1, 2, and 3 based on the intelligence collected in advance.
These battle plans accurately define the specific steps of action for each corps, and the commander will decide which plan to adopt based on the actual situation on the scene.
In the campaign, corps of different sizes will undertake different battlefield tasks, and the calculation rules of scores will also be different according to the type of task.
Some teams are responsible for attacking strategic facilities, while others are responsible for advancing the front line and seizing points. In principle, highly mobile teams are responsible for interspersing and encircling, and highly breakthrough teams are responsible for attacking.
As for the tactical choices that are accurate to each player under the corps, they are decided by the corps leader and the team members.
After so many battles, players who are competent for the position of corps leader are all high-level players who are deeply trusted by their teammates.
They know better than anyone how to maximize the potential of their team. And the fact that their team members have been able to follow them for so many versions is enough to prove their personal charm or organizational ability.
The size of the corps can determine the upper limit of the corps, but whether it can recruit enough people requires the player's own efforts.
Whether it is to have fun with teammates or to pay them wages in reality, Chu Guang will not interfere as long as it does not affect the server rules.
The perspective returns to the front line.
The printing factory located on the edge of the county town is the first line of defense of the Bone Chewing Tribe in the southern part of Qingshi County, and it is also the first nail stuck on the players' way forward.
The 100-man team led by Iron Hand was ordered to garrison the area. They deployed two 12mm heavy machine guns and two 60mm mortars here in advance, and mobilized slaves to dig trenches with a total length of nearly 1,000 meters, and deployed barbed wire and spiked wooden stakes at the front of the trenches.
In addition, 20 Iron Fist rocket launchers and ten 7mm light machine guns were sent to the trenches. If they attacked from the front, it would be a hard battle. The crossfire pouring from the roof and the trenches would become a nightmare for the infantry.
Chu Guang certainly would not let the players rush up and send them.
Before attacking the area, four 100kg bombs and 24 100mm howitzers landed on the Iron Hand Centurion's position.
Before the first round of fighting began, the mortar positions deployed by Lion Fang in the printing factory and the heavy machine guns on the roof were directly hit by the long-range firepower of the New Alliance.
After a round of firepower coverage, the concrete factory building, which was originally intact, was already crumbling under the bombardment.
However, before the predators hiding inside could recover from the bombardment, another round of dense mortar shells fell on their heads.
"Fuck! These people are not done yet!"
Spitting out a mouthful of bloody sand, Iron Hand, wearing a baseball helmet, pressed his head tightly against the ground, feeling both frightened and terrified.
Before joining the Bone Chewing Tribe, he was a gladiator who fought in the underworld. Although he had fought with others many times, he had never seen such a scene!
Previously, he followed Lion Fang to burn, kill and plunder in the central part of the Valley Province, and occasionally encountered some tough guys, but those survivors were nothing more than a few homemade cannons or cannons bought from big forces.
The former is powerful but has poor accuracy. It looks very powerful but actually can't blow up anything. Although the latter is accurate, it basically stares blankly after the shells are fired. Often, only one or two charges are needed to beat those unprepared weaklings into abandoning their armor and armor.
Unlike these crazy people...
The shells were thrown over their heads as if they were free, and the planes in the sky were also sweeping their positions round after round.
Listening to the roar of the artillery fire, Tie Shou felt his teeth trembling, and the hand holding the gun could not control the trembling.
He was an awakener.
However, the power flowing in his blood vessels could not bring him any sense of security!
"Boss! How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?"
"Where are our artillery!"
Our artillery?
Listening to the panic shouts of his subordinates, a miserable smile appeared on Tie Shou's face.
Although he didn't know what was going on behind, looking at the planes flying in the sky, he could guess with his toes what the artillery position was like now.
Especially after the previous round of rocket coverage, he had completely given up the fantasy of supporting firepower.
At this time, the mortars of the New Alliance stopped bombing the position, but Tie Shou's pounding heart was raised to his throat instead.
He knew what the end of the shelling meant.
Trying to integrate fear into the sound and throw it out of his chest, Tie Shou, who was holding the helmet, let out a hysterical roar.
"Prepare for battle!!"
The mortar launched a round of smoke bombs, and the front of the battlefield was instantly covered with thick smoke.
The light machine gunner poked his head out of the trench again, but when the predators opened the safety and prepared to shoot, they were horrified to find that two armored trucks with welded steel plates rushed out of the smoke first.
The light machine gun sprayed flames, and bullets hit the truck like raindrops, but only left egg-sized dents on the steel plate.
Ignoring the rain of bullets, the truck turned slightly to the right and turned sideways towards the predator's position.
Then the predators in the trench were horrified to find that two quadruple anti-aircraft guns were pointed straight at their faces.
"High explosive on the gunner!"
The canyon fleeing mole, who led the infantry behind, excitedly patted the side of the vehicle and shouted to the player sitting on the gun position.
"Aim at their machine guns and shoot them for me!"
At the same time, two flat quadruple anti-aircraft guns all sprayed out thick and long flames!
Bang, bang, bang——!
Accompanied by the roar of the machine guns, hundreds of 20mm high-explosive shells instantly poured over the heads of the predators, and the main and deputy shooters next to the light machine guns were instantly killed. The raging shrapnel and the exploding flames turned the serpentine trench into a hell on earth in an instant.
The iron hand holding the light machine gun was killed on the spot, half of his head flew out of the trench, and the deputy squatting next to him was so scared that his legs went weak and he completely lost his will to fight.
A predator mustered up his courage and tried to fight back with an iron fist rocket launcher, but the distance of 300 meters was just out of his range.
The New Alliance has copied the Iron Fist of the Legion many times, and even made several extended versions. It is too clear about the parameters of this thing.
The rocket with a tail flame flew only more than 250 meters away before falling to the ground weakly. Because the terminal fuse was not triggered, not even a piece of grass was gnawed off.
"Brothers! Charge!"
Seeing that the defense line of the predators had begun to collapse, Brother Mole excitedly blew the whistle and led the Skeleton Corps to charge under the cover of two quadruple anti-aircraft guns.
Except for the six crew members + gunners who did not move, the forty-four infantrymen each had an LD-47 processing soldier shovel.
Only the Elf King Fugui held a semi-automatic with an extended barrel in his hand, and the bipod was replaced with a long bayonet. He shouted "Ura" excitedly while charging.
The rounds of bombardment had brought the morale of the predators who were holding on to the printing factory to the brink of collapse. With the death of the centurion and the death-threatening whistle, they could no longer restrain the fear in their hearts. They abandoned their positions and fled backwards regardless of the order to defend the position.
Of course, the mole would not give them a chance to regroup. Two quadruple anti-aircraft guns fired wildly at the looters who jumped out of the trenches and fled.
Soon, there were only a lot of broken limbs and arms left in the open space from the trenches to the printing factory, and not even a complete body could be found.
"Don't surrender your guns - very good, squat down with your hands on your head."
Irena, who jumped into the trench, just raised the muzzle of the gun to aim at a looter, and found that the other party had thrown away his weapon, so she did not continue to fire, but signaled the man to squat on the ground with his hands on his head.
The score for prisoners is higher than that for kills.
The score is contribution points and money.
Their mission is to capture the printing factory. Now that the mission has been completed, there is no need to waste bullets in extra places.
Not far away, the mole brother has already rushed into the factory with his men, and the battle has entered its end.
At this time, Irena found that the soil in the trench under her feet had been wetted by blood and turned into mud. And he was stepping on a half-body, and it was impossible to tell what it was just from the shape.
"Hiss... This is too bloody." Irena smacked her tongue involuntarily.
Before they rushed over, the three teams of ten people guarding here could not even fill one.
At this time, the Elf King Fugui limped into the trench and cursed.
"Fuck, I didn't fire a single shot and it was over. I was also hit by a bullet in the leg. I don't know which bastard did it!"
As he said, he glared at the prisoner.
"Is it you?"
The prisoner trembled, didn't understand what the man said, and didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only bury his head lower.
Elf King Fugui didn't make things difficult for a surrendered prisoner. He took out a bandage from his bag and bandaged himself simply.
"It looks like this battle is about to end." Irena looked towards the north side of the trench, which was the direction of the county town.
The Death Corps led by the Edge Brother has launched a charge and started a street fight with the looters stationed in the abandoned residential area.
The heavy exoskeleton cannot be used in the narrow terrain, and their "semi-open armored vehicles" cannot drive into the ruins, so the cleaning work can only be done by light infantry.
From the fierce gunshots, you can hear how fierce the battle there is. The looters hiding in the corridors and alleys are like trapped beasts in desperate situations. It is not easy to find them all and eliminate them one by one.
But Irena is not worried about them.
As one of the few LV10 Corps in the New Alliance, the combat effectiveness of the Death Corps is definitely T1 level, and there are many high-level players who rank high in the whole server.
The reason why the team looks bloated is mainly to take care of the newcomers who want to join the group, so they took the most "economical" human sea assault route.
Different Corps have different rules. Some Corps only recruit acquaintances, some only want strength or awakened people, and some don't care about sequence and level, just have fun.
The Death Corps belongs to the latter. Apart from not being afraid of death and obeying orders when fighting in a group, there are no other requirements. They can come and go freely outside the battle.
At this time, the old Mole, covered in mud and blood, holding an assault rifle, walked towards the two from the direction of the printing factory with excitement.
"... The printing factory has been taken! The new task is to rest on the spot and take care of the southern gate to Qingshi County for our friendly forces!"
The Elf King Fugui, who had just bandaged his thigh, asked excitedly.
"Is the war score out?"
"How can it be so fast? Which battle is not settled after a day," the Mole sitting on the edge of the trench took a breath and continued with a smile, "But I feel that this time the MVP is definitely stable!"
In less than five minutes, the first line of defense was conquered, and fifty people beat a whole team of 100 people to death, and captured twelve!
The most important thing is that no player fell!
It was a textbook-style "infantry-tank coordination" breakthrough play. It was worth it that he and his teammates dug pits and practiced so many times in the northern suburbs!
If there is no MVP, it can only be said that the friendly forces opened things.
The three were chatting and slacking off. At this time, the group of jungle muscle guys with green armor also drove into the city under the leadership of Midnight Killer.
According to Operation Plan No. 2, if the air strikes and artillery bombardment did not cause the collapse of the department store, the task of storming the enemy's command post would be completed by the Jungle Corps and the Storm Corps.
As for the Burning Corps, it should have been inserted into the southern part of the battlefield at this time to guard against enemy reinforcements and cut off the retreat of the Lion Fang Thousand Man Team.
Those guys are the real ruthless people. The few leaders with the highest combat power in the whole server are in it. Even if they face the front and back attacks of the enemy reinforcements and the Lion Fang Thousand Man Team, they are confident that they can deal with it calmly.
However, Mole estimated that they should not encounter reinforcements.
It is 20 kilometers from the northernmost end of Qingshi County to the urban area of Xizhou. Even if the other side reacts immediately, it will take time to mobilize reinforcements.
A mere thousand-man team obviously can't last that long.
"... The Jungle Corps has begun to advance. It seems that the second line of defense has been taken by the Death Corps." The mole glanced at VM, nearly half an hour ahead of schedule.
Elf King Fugui looked up at the sky.
"By the way, our plane has begun to return."
Irena said with a subtle expression.
"Can they land safely?"
"Haha, I don't think so!"
Just when the people of the Skeleton Corps had completed all their tasks, the Jungle Corps and the Storm Corps that had penetrated deep into the city had already met the enemy.
The two teams were divided into two different attack directions, and launched a fierce attack on the plunderer's position in a pincer attack.
"Crazy! Completely crazy!"
Standing at the forefront of the battlefield, Midnight Killer, wearing a KV-1 exoskeleton, held an LD-47j light machine gun in his hand, excitedly shouted and pushed forward, while madly firing at the predators behind the roadblock.
The power beasts lined up beside him, one by one, had the same style as their regiment commander, firing bullets as if they were free.
The players in the back row, who were also wearing exoskeletons, removed the shoulder armor and arm guard of their right arms and hung them on their chests, throwing grenades outside the human wall, blowing up the predators suppressed behind the bunkers.
In fact, bullets are free, and only affect the battle score.
But is this a big deal for the chicken killer?
He and his good brothers obviously didn't care about this thing.
It's all good!
On the other side, the Storm Corps was also progressing smoothly.
Under the command of Brother Fountain, the battlefield atmosphere group led a platoon of soldiers with the perception department, and took the lead in breaking through the entire 100-man team of the Predator.
After being beaten back step by step, the Predator could only take out the trump card and release the mutant brown bear that had not been tamed with the mind interference device.
However, before the brown bear could roar, it was slapped against the wall by a big white bear wearing heavy steel armor.
"Roar!"
The meaty who pressed the mutant brown bear against the wall roared at the bear face, but the hesitant expression was still somewhat reluctant.
The mutant brown bear that was pinned down probably didn't understand why this guy had white fur and was wearing armor, so he just stood there without resisting.
Rourou looked at his teammates anxiously.
"I, I, I, what should I do next?!"
Wei Tai got close to the big bear that was pinned against the wall, took a look, touched his chin and thought for two seconds, and suddenly spoke.
"Maybe it's in love with you."
Rourou almost choked on his saliva.
"Puff! How is that possible! How did you come to this strange conclusion!"
Wei Tai: "Huh! Isn't it very reasonable?"
Zhima Paste, who followed from behind, had a look of confusion on his face.
"It seems like there are complaints everywhere..."
"Emmm... Anyway, it surrendered, we won't kill prisoners of war," Sis stared at the obedient brown bear and thought for a moment, then nodded, "It's decided, it will be the second mount of the Rourou Knights in the future!"
Rou Rou: "Wait, what the hell is Rourou Knights!? And it was agreed to be the White Bear Knights, how come there is suddenly another brown bear?!"
Zhimahu: "Huh? I thought the complaints were about mounts."
Sis subtly moved his eyes away.
"After all, white bears are too rare here..."
Tailing completely changed the subject, with his eyes shining and giving a thumbs up.
"Oh! Rou Rou did a great job! We captured a big guy, let's see who dares to say we are the atmosphere group this time!"
The White Bear Knights are registered in the Merchants Guild. Although the name is the Knights, it has nothing to do with the concepts of knights and legions.
But this is not important.
A long time ago, Wei Ba and Si Si had mixed in with Brother Quanshui's team, and they simply dragged Zhimahu and Rourou in as well.
The three of them wore light cavalry exoskeletons worth 10,000 silver coins, and Rourou's equipment was also bought with the money he earned from running business before.
Although he bought the equipment with his own money, it did not prevent Wei Ba from leading the team to rush to the front.
Not far away.
Brother Zhandi had already led his men into the department store, and there were loud gunshots inside, accompanied by the explosion of grenades from time to time.
It seemed that the battle was quite fierce.
Lion Fang did not surrender, and still led his personal guards to resist stubbornly, but as the gunshots gradually deepened, the so-called resistance was obviously a dying struggle.
Soon, the Jungle Corps, which launched an offensive along the main road, also successfully defeated the defense line arranged by the plunderers along the road, and chased the defeated soldiers all the way to the bottom of the building.
The Jungle Corps and the Storm Corps successfully joined forces.
After the two corps commanders negotiated, it was decided that the Jungle Corps would send a team of ten people into the building for support, and the rest would guard the entrances and exits of the building.
The space inside the building was limited, so only so many troops could be deployed.
The collision volume in this game was very real, and there was no such thing as penetration.
The operation of firing by passing the barrel through teammates could not be played here, and too many people standing in one place would only get in the way.
"...It seems that the battle is over."
In the south of Qingshi County, next to the wreckage of the road.
After accessing the players' cameras through the backstage, Chu Guang switched to the first-person perspective of the [Battlefield Atmosphere Group], watching this brother kick open the closed iron door with one foot, rush into the Lion Fang's hideout with people, and press a group of predator leaders on the table and wall.
'Don't move! '
'Hold your head with both hands! '
The video sound was noisy.
The signal inside the building was poor, the picture frequently froze, and it shook violently.
However, it did not affect Chu Guang's appreciation of the frustrated and dejected expressions on the faces of the plunderers.
After this battle, the passage from Qingquan City to Xizhou City will be completely opened, and nothing can stop him anymore.
The railway of the New Alliance will arrive at the front line with the supply convoy. As the continuous supply is sent from the rear, he will use intensive artillery fire to tell the plunderers of the Bone Chewing Tribe where they should really go.
"Three hours faster than the battle plan expected... The combat effectiveness of your residents is simply incredible."
After watching the pictures shared by Chu Guang on VM, Vanus couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.
Even if it is a young army composed of reserve officers, I am afraid it may not be able to do better than them.
Perhaps when he makes a battle plan next time, he can consider some more radical offensive strategies to maximize their advantages.
Looking up at the sky, Vanus continued.
"We ended the battle before noon. The Ya clan headquarters in Xizhou City may not have received the news yet."
"That's great."
Chu Guang smiled faintly.
"We can push the front line forward another ten kilometers."
The copper mine is located on the west side of Qingshi County, in the geological park of Renlian. If we want to ensure stable production, it is not enough to keep the front line in the north of Qingshi County. We have to move it forward a little further.
He has studied the map. There is a col ten kilometers north of Qingshi County, which is just right for building the defense line on the high ground on the south side.
Vanus hesitated.
"Is this too radical? If the opponent reacts quickly enough, I'm afraid they won't leave us too much time to dig fortifications."
Chu Guang shook his head and said in a relaxed tone.
"That's just right to catch them off guard!"