"...What's that sound?"
"You heard it, too?"
"It seems like something exploded."
"And there's more than one!"
Nearly 20 kilometers away.
Tieya, who had just left the city of Xizhou, was heading to Qingshi County with the 500 reinforcements he had invited. However, before they had gone far, they heard a faint roar from the south.
The sound was like rolling thunder, echoing in the valley, shaking the earth, and even the soil under his feet seemed to tremble under the power of the thunder.
The plunderers following Tieya whispered to each other, discussing in low voices what the sound was.
Tieya's face changed slightly.
Sensing a bad feeling, he immediately squatted down and lay on the ground, put his ear close to the ground and listened for a while, his face becoming more and more gloomy.
It was the sound of artillery!
There must be a fight ahead!
Tieya was surprised and incredulous. He couldn't believe that the survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City dared to come out of the wall and come to Qingshi County to cause trouble for them.
But now is not the time to think about these things. .
He must rush back to help the boss immediately!
Thinking of this, Tieya stood up from the ground without making a sound. Then, he looked at the group of looters carrying guns and cannons behind him and ordered loudly.
"Everyone speed up!"
"We have to get to Qingshi County before noon!"
"Run! Quick!"
...
North of Qingshi County.
The roadblocks and walls have been burned black, and since there is nothing to burn, the fire has gradually weakened.
The looters on the southern defense line retreated northward in panic, but they didn't know that the Burning Corps had already penetrated their rear, and a hundred players had been waiting for a long time.
As the fleeing marauders appeared in sight, nearly a hundred players ambushed on both sides of the street opened fire, and the crossfire opened up a rain of death on the street.
There was nowhere to hide.
In just a few breaths, hundreds of corpses lay on the ground.
Seeing that resistance was useless, the remaining marauders completely lost their will to fight, and either dropped their weapons and surrendered, or turned around and fled into the shadows under the ruins.
They obviously couldn't escape.
In the alley behind them, there was a lizard rubbing its steel claws waiting for them...
The battle was over.
Fang Chang captured a prisoner and asked a few simple questions in non-standard human language before learning that they had blocked two hundred-man teams.
But now there are only about twenty left...
Ordering the prisoners to stand in a row with their heads clasped and facing the wall, Fang Chang untied the mask of the exoskeleton helmet and walked towards Lao Bai, talking as he walked.
"... a total of 23, and some of them hid in residential buildings in the city. The exact location is unclear. They may be planning to fight guerrilla warfare with us, or they may be looking for an opportunity to escape."
Old Bai grinned.
"They can't hide, leave it to the brothers of the perception department to deal with it."
Ye Shi, who was carrying a sniper rifle, complained.
"I found that I am only useful at this time."
The offensive of the friendly forces on the front line was too fierce, and the fleeing predators almost rushed into their guns in a panic, so that his sniper rifle was almost useless. The number of heads in this battle may not be as high as the intelligence department's Kuangfeng.
"Don't say that," Old Bai smiled and patted Ye Shi's shoulder, "I have something important to trouble you later."
When he heard that there was something important, Ye Shi was immediately excited.
"What's the matter?"
Old Bai: "Our Mosquito brother is still alive, but he is probably buried. The manager asked us to see if we can save him."
If we can't save him, we will make up for it.
The sooner he dies, the sooner he will die.
Ye Shi was shocked when he heard that Mosquito was still alive.
"What the hell?! Is this guy so lucky?"
The lizard man standing next to him smiled and patted his arm.
"Let's go and see."
One can imagine how miserable Mosquito is now.
He can't wait to see what a bear looks like.
...
In the campaign, the position of friendly forces will be displayed on the VM. Even if it enters a poor signal area, the coordinates before the player loses contact will be marked on the map.
After determining the approximate location, the next thing will be easy.
As the player with the highest perception in the whole server, Ye Shi quickly found where Mosquito was buried with his super perception.
Two concrete stones that are as tall as a person just formed a triangle, blocking the falling rubble for Mosquito.
I have to say that this guy was really lucky. There was hardly a complete wall in the houses on both sides of the alley, but he who was hiding in the alley survived.
Old White, wearing a heavy cavalry exoskeleton, and Garbage, wearing a steel plate, stepped forward, clamped a several-ton concrete block with one hand, and suddenly lifted it a little.
Large pieces of rubble rolled down the gap.
Old White grabbed Mosquito, who was buried in the ruins, with his other hand, and pulled him out before he was buried alive by the broken stones.
"Oh my god... you guys are finally here. I've been shaking people on the forum for a long time, but there's not even a ghost." With his right hand on the wall, Mosquito, who survived the disaster, didn't care about the mud and sand on his body, and greedily breathed in the fresh air.
But soon, he was choked by the sand in his mouth.
Listening to his complaints, Old White smiled and patted him on the back.
"Okay, you're still alive, just be happy. If you go to the forum to ask for help now, you'll be lucky to get one!"
Ye Shi, who was standing at the entrance of the alley, came over and couldn't help teasing Mosquito when he saw his miserable look.
"Didn't you brag about your flying skill? Why did you fall down?"
Mosquito sighed, "Oh, there's nothing I can do! Horses stumble, people make mistakes, but your dog nose is quite sharp, you found it all for me."
When he heard that Mosquito not only didn't thank him for saving his resurrection coins, but also teased him as his lifesaver, Ye Shi immediately retorted with a smirk.
"Of course! My dog nose is very accurate in smelling stinky dog shit."
Trash couldn't help it, and laughed so hard that he held his stomach and choked, although that hoarse laughter was uglier than crying.
Fang Chang moved his eyes away with anger, and Kuang Feng, who was standing behind him, coughed dryly.
"...You two should stop hurting each other."
"Fuck, you're really mean."
Mosquito bared his teeth for a while and looked at Lao Bai.
"How's the battle going?"
Lao Bai said with a smile.
"It's over. The Skeleton Corps took the lead in taking down the printing factory. The Death Corps cleared the second line of defense. The Jungle Corps and the Storm Corps met at the entrance of the enemy's command department. The leaders of the predators, including Lion Fang, were all captured alive. Only a few scattered soldiers are still hiding in the ruins of the county town. They can't hold on for long. The NPC Corps has entered the battlefield and is probably counting the spoils now."
While talking, the signal light inside the helmet flashed. Lao Bai raised his arm and glanced at the VM, and found that a new task was updated on the screen.
[Task: Meet up with friendly forces at the exit of the city road (distance: 271m), and go to Songlinyu (distance: 9.7km300m) in the north of Qingshi County to establish a position on the southern slope highland to block the reinforcements of the Bone Chewing Tribe. ]
[Available reinforcements: 2 light trucks, ammunition...]
With a serious look, Lao Bai immediately opened the communication channel and called the soldiers of the Burning Corps.
"Attention all team members, the mission has been updated in your mission bar. Everyone go to the map to gather in the area marked. We will set off in three minutes!"
When he heard Lao Bai's words, Mosquito was immediately refreshed.
"Are you ready to work?"
Ye Shi rolled his eyes: "What does it have to do with you? You are not from our regiment."
Mosquito said with a smirk.
"You can't say that. As the saying goes, one day you are a father... I mean that I have been in the regiment, so I am yours. Good brother, please take care of me. Can't I be a military reporter?"
Lao Bai didn't say anything nonsense and threw him a picked-up ripper rifle.
"Set off in three minutes. Pick up the bullets next door. When you are done, you will go to the supply station."
Mosquito took the rifle and pulled the bolt, checked the receiver, and found that it was still usable, and said excitedly.
"Okay!"
Although he couldn't get any missions if he wasn't in the corps, Mosquito obviously didn't care about that.
Just play games.
It's all good.
The corps that supported the Burning Corps was a small corps of level 3, called the Silver Corps, with a maximum size of 30 people, but in fact only 20 were recruited.
Walking in front of Old White, Silver Sword saluted exaggeratedly.
"Twenty privates of the Silver Corps report!"
Mosquito glanced at these people and said in surprise.
"Oh, it's you?"
Silver Hand standing aside smiled embarrassedly.
"Hey, see you again."
Fang Chang looked at the IDs of several people on the VM and couldn't help but complain: "...Are you so obsessed with silver?"
Silver's father sighed.
"Mo Fa, actually we wanted to call it the Old Man's Corps at first... but the name didn't pass the review."
Fang Chang: "..."
Kuang Feng: "..."
Good fellow.
If we really call it this name, 50% of the casualties are probably caused by friendly fire.
Mosquito laughed and patted the newcomer on the shoulder.
"Not bad, not bad, you have ambition! I'll protect you in the future!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, now that everyone is here, let's set off quickly." Lao Bai looked at the Silver Sword and continued, "According to the task assigned by the command, we need to go to ten kilometers away to establish a defense line to block the enemy, and dig trenches... Are you okay?"
"Don't worry, brother." The Silver Sword pulled out the engineer shovel and said with a beaming face, "Meanwhile - oh no, we are professionals in digging pits!"
Lao Bai: "..."
...
The other side.
Near the Qingshi County Department Store.
Since the battle was over, most of the players relaxed except for those who received patrol missions and went to the checkpoints to punch in.
Midnight Killer was fiddling with the double-barreled shotgun he had just snatched from the looters, wondering whether to take a picture of it as a collection when he settled the spoils later.
The Battlefield Atmosphere Group was standing next to the captives and posing, asking me to help take pictures. The latter was obviously impatient and began to roll his eyes.
As for the Storm Troops leader, Brother Fountain was asking his teammates how much ammunition they had left, counting the ammunition consumption, and muttering to estimate the score.
Except for the score slaves, ordinary people may find it difficult to experience this kind of fun, but Fountain is always happy to calculate.
As for Tail?
He is lying in Sis's arms at this moment.
"Woo woo woo, Sis! It ignores me!"
Gently touching Tail's head, Sis said comfortingly in a coaxing tone.
"Well... after all, it likes Rourou."
"What the hell! Hey, you guy, move away, don't rub your nose against me!" Rourou pushed the brown bear's nose away with his paw, trying to drive it away from him.
Seeing that he was rejected, the brown bear crawled to the side with a wronged look on his face, but after a few seconds, he tiptoed back.
He looked like a dog licker.
Oh no, it should be a bear licker!
Unable to bear it any longer, Sisi sighed: "By the way, Rourou, you see how pitiful it is, why don't you... take it in."
Rourou crossed his paws and shook his head desperately.
"NO! I refuse!"
The cat ears on his head moved slightly, and Zhima Paste, who was helping Rourou to smooth his fur, suddenly thought of something and said with bright eyes.
"Speaking of which, we haven't named it yet."
As soon as he heard the name, Tail immediately got out of Sisi's arms and raised his hand excitedly.
"How is Xiao Hei?"
Sisi said with a subtle expression.
"I'm a brown bear... not black at all."
It looks black just because I haven't taken a shower for a long time. Maybe it will look good if I take a shower in the river.
Zhimahu tilted his head.
"Then... Big Brown?"
Sisi sighed.
"It sounds even weirder."
Sure enough, it's too difficult to expect these lovely teammates to come up with a normal and nice name.
It's a pity that this game doesn't even have a random naming function.
"How about... Teddy?"
Finally.
Everyone unanimously agreed with Sisi's name. It just so happens that Teddy bears are also brown. Although this one looks a little "a little" bigger, it can barely be related.
And Rourou also hopes that this name can make it a little more gentleman, so that it won't lick its fur all the time.
In order to prevent this guy from hurting other people, especially accidentally hurting NPCs who can't be resurrected, Weiba plans to buy it a mind interference collar after returning.
Although the NPC store is out of stock, it must be in the loot seized this time.
If it doesn't work, you can collect it from other players who bought it before.
The only regret is that the mental connection requires intelligence attributes, and there is no intelligent player in the group. I am afraid that I will have to trouble Teng Teng or Brother Quanshui to tame this guy.
"I am so envious." Looking at the brown bear being ruaed in turn, I said with envy.
Damn it!
He also wants to be intimate with girls.
The battlefield atmosphere group laughed and hooked his shoulders.
"Why, you also want to find a bear? Brother, help you."
"Get out!"
Not far away, at the door of the department store.
Two jungle muscle guys wearing KV-1 exoskeletons, one on the left and one on the right, carried the tied up Lion Fang and walked out of the building.
With a height of two meters and a weight of one hundred kilograms, he was as burly as a bear, but now he was being chased like a dead dog.
He was shot twice in the chest, with a piece of gauze wrapped around his head. His ferocious face was expressionless. Even when he was pressed down, he was not honest. His eyes were always looking left and right for a chance to escape.
However, with two power players watching from the side, it would be a coincidence that he could find a chance. Although he was a thousand-man captain and an awakener, he was just a bandit leader after all.
When he saw a blue power armor appear in front of him, a trace of despair flashed in Lion Fang's eyes. Guessing his next fate, his expression became calm instead.
Chu Guang looked at him and said.
"You are Lion Fang."
Lion Fang narrowed his eyes.
"You are Chu Guang."
Seeing the arrogant and powerless attitude, Lu Bei, who was standing next to Chu Guang, clenched the rifle in his hand, but was stopped by Chu Guang.
Looking at Lion Fang, Chu Guang said calmly.
"You will be judged and get the punishment you deserve."
Judgment?
Lion Fang sneered.
These guys who claim to be civilized people just want to send him to the so-called court to humiliate him. He knows the means of those survivors too well.
"Whatever you want, anyway, I've lived a happy life for half my life."
Chu Guang nodded.
Very good.
In this case, he will not have any complaints when he is hung on the city gate.
Surrendering in front of the battlefield can be spared, and stubborn resistance will never be forgiven. This is the rule he set after the establishment of the new alliance, but this is only for those insignificant minions.
After all, these people can still use the excuse of life or coercion as an excuse to get away, and the new alliance just needs prisoners of war to serve as laborers to do the dirty and tiring work that ordinary people are unwilling to do.
But for a thousand-man captain like Lion Fang, there is no excuse to get away with it.
As the "bandit leader" of the plunderers, there is only one way to survive, that is, repent before the battle begins and surrender with his troops.
As for now?
It's too late to say anything.
Chu Guang looked at the guard wearing an exoskeleton and gave an order.
"Take him away."
The guard put his right fist against his chest and accepted the order.
"Yes!"
Shiya obviously knew his fate, and laughed a few times with his head raised, but after being punched a few times, he soon calmed down.
After settling the tasks of the two strength players, Chu Guang took Lu Bei and the remaining 30 guards to the mark of shackles on the VM map.
Before the war, it was a middle school with a 2,000-square-meter temporary shelter facility underground, but now it has become a dungeon for the Shiya tribe to hold slaves.
For the Bone Chewing Tribe, slaves are both food reserves and coolies. They will keep the strong and fertile ones, and the rest will decide their life and death based on their mood.
The heavy hand guard held the door lock, and Chu Guang exerted force lightly, and the door lock twisted like a twist, and then broke into several pieces.
Throwing the torn door lock aside, Chu Guang pushed open the rusty iron door. Before he entered, a foul and rotten smell came to his face.
In the darkness, a pair of lifeless eyes looked at him standing at the entrance of the dungeon.
Behind the rows of iron bars were men, women, and even children, but there were no old people... I think they should have been dealt with.
Most of them had no clothes, and many of them only wore a piece of rag on their bodies. The uncovered skin was covered with centipede-like scars.
Some people even had their arms and legs removed and lay on the ground motionless, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.
It is hard to imagine what kind of inhuman torture they had suffered before.
Facing the uninvited guests who suddenly stepped into the dungeon, the faces of the slaves showed neither panic nor any joy, only numbness and confusion.
Chu Guang looked around and finally stopped his eyes on one of them.
There were no whip marks on his body, but there were many strange tattoos.
A trace of panic flashed in the man's eyes. Facing the power armor that was looking directly at him, he finally couldn't hold back the fear in his heart. He pulled out the grenade from under the haystack and rushed up with a roar, wanting to die together.
"Ahhh! I'll fight you!"
However, no matter how fast he moved, he couldn't be faster than the guards selected by Chu Guang himself.
The moment he stood up, a series of blood holes burst out on his forehead and chest, and the pulled grenade fell from his hand.
"Sir, be careful!"
Lv Bei was startled and was about to step forward to protect the manager, but he saw that the manager was one step faster than him and reached out to pick up the grenade.
Then he squeezed it hard.
The grenade, the size of a can, was like a plastic bottle with the lid opened, and was squeezed into a ball by the powerful steel palm.
The squeezed grenade was like a misfired cannon, making a muffled bang.
Looking at the cluster of sparks leaking from between his fingers, Chu Guang casually shook his hands and threw the slag and scrap metal on his hands aside like dusting.
The dungeon was silent.
All the guards, including Lu Bei, were stunned by this scene.
Except for a few people who had followed Chu Guang for a long time, most of the guards saw the skills of the administrator for the first time.
Although there were equipment factors involved, the courage and courage to calmly pick up the grenade and "extinguish it" alone was not something that ordinary people could compare to...
Chu Guang didn't care about the pairs of admiring eyes and gave orders.
"... This guy should be the guard of the dungeon. You should pay attention to who has no injuries and let others identify him."
Want to sneak into the slave pile and escape?
Haha.
Do you think I'm blind?
"Yes! Sir."
Looking around at the slaves in the dungeon, Lv Bei's eyes burned with anger, his fists clenched unconsciously, and his teeth clenched.
"These beasts..."
The inhumane scene in front of him reminded him of his experience in the Blood Hand Clan dungeon.
That memory was like hell...
Chu Guang glanced at the young man, but did not comfort him.
The war between the New Alliance and the Bone Chewing Tribe has just begun, and the maggots living on the corpses of the Human Alliance are far more than just the Bone Chewing.
The tragedy that happened on the mother planet is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are far more cruel things than this, and he will see more in the future.
After a pause, Chu Guang slowly opened his mouth and continued.
"In addition, I need you to count the number of people rescued, their names, where they came from...if they still remember. If you really can't ask, don't force me, just use the number instead for now."
"I will give you fifty trucks in a while, and you will be responsible for sending these people to the north of Dawn City. The rest will be handed over to Old Luca, who will be responsible for settling these poor people."
"After finishing these tasks, I need you to bring back fifty trucks of building materials from the warehouse. The specific list will be sent to your VM later, and the staff of the logistics department will wait for you in the warehouse in the north of the city."
"The war has just begun. We need to rebuild the defense line in the north of Qingshi County to prepare for the counterattack of the Bone Chewing Tribe."
They only destroyed a thousand-man team.
There are still tens of thousands of looters stationed in Xizhou City. They also have machine guns and cannons, and may even have other good things from the Legion.
Only a solid defense line and reliable logistics can help the New Alliance win the entire war. In terms of consumption and persistence, no one is the opponent of the "players".
With his right fist against his chest, Lu Bei accepted the order in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
The situation here was handed over to the Guards.
Chu Guang then contacted Heya, who was studying the mother nest samples in the medical laboratory, through Xiao Qi, and asked her to lead a medical team from the south of Shuguang City to the refugee home in the north of the city to establish a simple temporary disease control center there.
Although she was reluctant to leave the laboratory, Heya was still able to distinguish between the important and the urgent. At the urging of Fudu Qi, she rolled her eyes and left the shelter.
The sanitation of the dungeon was very poor.
At least 500 people were crammed into a space of 2,000 square meters.
Considering the health of these slaves, if they are not properly handled, it is very likely to induce influenza or even a more serious plague.
Fortunately, Shuguang City has sufficient drug reserves, and with Heya, a knowledgeable and talented biological expert, disease prevention and control is not a problem for her.
12 noon.
The Second Corps, led by Liu Ding, arrived near the No. 1 Middle School of Qingshi County. With him arrived fifty trucks and fully loaded ammunition, supplies and mining equipment.
The mining of the copper mine will start within two days.
A professional player with geological exploration experience has received a mission from the scientific expedition team and set off with two NPC soldiers to the nearby Renlian Geopark for field survey.
Since it is a half-mined mine pit, and the geological park has preserved the early old mining equipment of Renlian, it will not be difficult to confirm the specific location of the vein.
With the arrival of equipment and manpower, the resumption of production will soon begin.
With the help of fifty new strength recruits, the 120 soldiers of the Second Corps quickly completed the unloading of supplies on the truck.
After that, the truck and the driver will be handed over to the Guards Corps, and Lü Bei will take 20 guards and the 671 rescued survivors to the north of Shuguang City.
Considering that as the war continues, more survivors will definitely be liberated later.
After thinking for a while, Chu Guang decided to set up a temporary settlement on the front line of Qingshi County at Luca's suggestion.
The location was temporarily set at the department store where Lion Fang was stationed.
The lobby of the department store is spacious enough, and the walls with a lot of steel bars can withstand the bombing of 100 kg bombs, so the safety is quite reliable.
The space on the second and third floors can be transformed into a temporary save point, which is convenient for professional combat players fighting on the front line to log in and out and save.
The underground garage not far from the department store.
Equipment and supplies seized from the looters are piled here.
After completing the inventory of supplies, Liu Ding walked up to Chu Guang, saluted, and reported in a loud voice.
"The seized materials have been counted! Among them, the light weapons include 811 bolt-action rifles, 312 automatic rifles, 377 submachine guns, 27 light and heavy machine guns, 37 tons of ammunition, and some grenades and mortar ammunition."
"In terms of vehicles, the corps seized a total of 12 transport trucks, 5 machine gun pickups, and 1,200 liters of fuel."
"In terms of food, nearly 1,000 tons of green wheat and sheep's horn potatoes, as well as 300 cubic meters of nutritional paste and a large amount of air-dried meat of unknown composition were seized."
"In addition, there are nearly 300 cubic meters of cement and 400 cubic meters of sand and a large amount of steel bars. Judging from the quality, they should have been produced not long ago."
Hearing the end, Chu Guang's face showed a trace of surprise.
Good guy.
This is to repair the tortoise shell to the end.
But to be honest, with the construction level of those predators, it is already good to be able to build the fortifications like this.
According to the intelligence collected by the strong, there are a large number of water tanks and wells distributed throughout Qingshi County. There are smooth roads connecting the ammunition depots, and they do not affect each other with the defensive fortifications and roadblocks that block the attack.
Ordinary looters only dig for minerals and build earth walls. As for where to dig and how to dig, they don't care so much.
A few disabled deserters can guide the looters like this. No wonder this legion can dominate the western part of Zhongzhou Continent.
Chu Guang secretly remembered this in his heart, and then looked at Liu Ding who was standing aside.
"The construction of the front-line fortifications will be handed over to your second regiment. I will give you another 200 manpower. You must complete the northern defense zone within 48 hours."
"Yes!" Liu Ding clasped his hands and accepted the order, and immediately called his subordinates to work.
It is now one o'clock in the afternoon.
Chu Guang estimated that even if the looters of the Bone Chewing Tribe were stupid, they should have reacted after so long.
Given the organization and discipline of the raiders, it is almost impossible for an army of 10,000 people to be assembled in just one day.
Even if it is ready-made ammunition and weapons, it takes time to drag them out of the warehouse and distribute them to the soldiers.
Without any preparation, the units are rushed forward in a frame. In the game, it is called rushing, but in reality, it is called queuing to send.
Chu Guang can even boldly speculate that 80% of the Ya clan stationed in Xizhou City did not expect that the new alliance would choose to launch a regiment-level offensive in early April, which is the season of spring ploughing, and it took less than a morning to capture the south gate of Xizhou City.
"We have at least 72 hours..."
Staring at the holographic map displayed in the helmet, Chu Guang thought while locking his sight on Songlinyu, about ten kilometers north of Qingshi County.
The marks of the two corps, one large and one small, had arrived at the coordinates he set half an hour ago, and should be digging trenches along the contour lines at this time.
It is the middle of Qingshi County and Xizhou City. There are mountains on both sides, with dense vegetation. The slopes and valleys between the two mountains are like the gate to hell.
If an artillery position is set up here, the range of 100mm artillery can just frame the southern urban area of Xizhou City.
"... As long as we can drag the Chewing Bone Tribe in Songlinyu for three days, we can stabilize the front line in the north of Qingshi County."
"If we can hold on until the seventh day, we can push the artillery to the face of the Ya Clan!"
At this time, the two corps icons on the map flashed red light slightly, and the [Enemy] icon popped up at the same time.
Immediately afterwards, an unknown number of troops were marked on the map.
The Burning Corps, which was deploying on the front line, had discovered the other side, but did not exchange fire. It seemed that the other side did not discover them.
Chu Guang frowned slightly, and a bit of surprise appeared in his eyes.
Reinforcements from the Ya Clan?
"So fast?"