Mechanical City, temporary headquarters outside the city.
The deputy commander, who had just received the news. After receiving a call, the well-brained staff officer's expression became obviously gloomy. He came behind Sanming and said cautiously: "There are some problems with our front-line advancing troops."
Standing in front of the sand table model, Sanming heard the call of the staff officer and turned around: What happened?
The brain tissue under the translucent skin was slowly squirming. The staff officer with an overdeveloped brain organized his language and immediately reported the situation he had just learned truthfully: the news just returned from the front line, the first person who entered the city. echelon, they suffered an unexpected sneak attack during their advance. Although the vanguard fought back, they still suffered more than half of their casualties due to the unprepared sneak attack.
I remember that Sibylla and its drone defenses are still in a state of collapse so far, right? Sanming interrupted unhurriedly, but the strange thing was that her voice did not change at all because of the tragic blow on the front line. There was not even a trace of shock or fluctuation. Her tone was as straight as telling a story. Just like a trivial matter, logically speaking, there should not be any effective resistance organized in the city now, and a sneak attack that can lead to more than half of the casualties of the vanguard of many people is not something that the civilians in the city who have submitted to the tyrant Hyde can do. , not to mention that they cannot use violence under the lock of the brain control chip.
The staff officer nodded in agreement, and a thin layer of oily sweat oozed from his back and top of his head: "Deputy Commander, you are right, please allow me to explain in detail."
Sanming didn't answer, but used his eyes to signal the other party to continue speaking, quietly waiting for the staff officer to explain what was going on.
The staff officer also knew that the deputy commander was waiting for a reasonable explanation, so he did not dare to delay. After receiving the instruction, he continued to convey the intelligence sent back from the front line: According to the intelligence sent back by the surviving troops, it was not the drones that attacked them, nor the ones inside the city. The civilians living there, in fact, until they were attacked by the first echelon, the advance in the city had been overwhelming. The enemy, whether official or private, had not organized any effective resistance. However, not long ago, the ground in the city suddenly rose a lot. The firepower is equivalent to the pillars of small bunkers and many weird buildings. They can be lifted up and erected through the ground very quickly, and they can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Our vanguard troops were attacked by machine guns, machine guns and other anti-infantry weapons before they had time to escape. s attack
According to the reports of frontline survivors, those buildings are divided into several different types. Among them, there are two main types that need attention. One is a cylindrical column turret similar to a vehicle roadblock. It is also the largest number encountered by our army so far. building. They are all over the streets and alleys of the city. They can rise from the ground, fix themselves, and start to fire and kill our troops in just a second or two. The shooting ports can be opened everywhere on the surface of the column turret, ensuring close to the surrounding area. 360-degree coverage with no blind spots, and even alternate firing by rotating the turret body, allowing the machine guns in some firing ports to dissipate heat and replace ammunition. These column turrets are equipped with fragmentation grenades, machine guns, offensive grenades and other anti-infantry weapons Weapons, if we attack in one direction on an open battlefield without bunkers, it may be difficult to capture the blocking network composed of three turrets in a short time.
The other type is hemispherical small fortifications. They are basically distributed on several major main roads in the city. They quickly float up and are fixed on the ground by flipping. Judging from the destroyed armored vehicles on our side, these small forts The fortification is obviously a specialized anti-armor weapon.
In addition, there are some scattered reports, most of which are similar attack facilities hidden underground or in buildings, such as machine gun towers and rocket towers rising from the ground, flamethrowers deployed from building walls, etc.
Sounds like some kind of automated defense structure. Sanming raised his eyebrows with interest and commented, and the scale is probably calculated at the city level. If the frontline troops encounter it, there will indeed be a lot of casualties.
Yes, no trace of anyone operating inside the destroyed attack facilities has been found so far. The staff officer nodded and continued, Tyrant Hyde may have turned the entire city into a war fortress, but other than that, I don’t think this is the main reason why the front line was so severely damaged.
Sanming glanced at him and said calmly: Oh? tell me the story.
The staff officer hesitated for a moment, seeming to be hesitating whether to express his opinion.
He said it, but the hesitation in his mind was quickly dispelled: I think that in addition to the frontline troops being caught off guard, the troops who were subsequently approved to enter the city clashed with many troops in the first echelon, and the two sides were involved for unknown reasons. were hit by these automatic structures during the fight, which was also one of the reasons for the heavy casualties.
At least that's what I judged. Deputy Commander, there is a discord between the first echelon and the follow-up reinforcements, and they cannot coordinate operations well. In addition, more than half of the casualties of the former are lost. Continuing to stay on the front line may have an adverse impact on the battle situation, so I suggest Temporarily withdraw from the first echelon
Sanming listened quietly to her staff's advice. It wasn't until the latter finished speaking what she was thinking that she asked a completely irrelevant question: Do you know which teams make up the first echelon?
The staff officer was stunned. He didn't seem to expect that the deputy commander would suddenly raise this question. He answered without thinking: The first echelon is the infantry unit that was initially prepared and set off in response to your call, deputy commander. Since they were not assigned During the evacuation mission, they luckily escaped liquidation, so they were the first batch of troops to be assembled and fully prepared. The first echelon consisted of two-faced men who once came from the Church of the Soul of All Machines, and the Original Human Brotherhood. of Holmonks, and
As if he had realized something, his voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and his tone became weaker and weaker, until finally it was almost inaudible. The staff officer with a highly developed brain had already noticed with his sensitivity to scattered information. A horrifying fact. If you think about it carefully, the composition of the first echelon is all troops collected after the destruction of other resistance forces. Although they are nominally under the jurisdiction of Tekkadan, in fact they are clinging to the control of the troops. He refused to let go and refused to accept the disbandment and reorganization of the spearhead troops.
The staff officer almost subconsciously assumed Sanming's identity and conducted a simple psychological profiling. However, the answer he finally got made him feel a bone-chilling chill rising from his tailbone and rushing straight to his forehead.
what do you mean
Leave it alone. Sanming did not hide her intentions from the staff at all, and she was very confident that the other party would understand what she meant. She turned to look at the map of the city hanging on the wall, which was densely marked with lines and troop locations, and smiled.
Some scum are not worthy of living in the new era, not to mention some scum that are unwilling to accept transformation. I believe that the tyrant Hyde is also very happy to help us clean up the trash.
The fire net woven by the machine gun turrets blocked all access to open areas. The steel storm composed of countless bullets pierced the air, smashed the glass of the building wantonly, fell on the walls and streets, and scattered the gravel and smoke. rise.
This place is located at the intersection of a street. Cylindrical column turrets are distributed in twos and threes at the intersection and four extending streets. This area is completely blocked with unmatched fire suppression. In addition, the street is almost unobstructed. There is no bunker that can withstand the anti-infantry weapons of these cylindrical turrets, and the resistance forces that were temporarily blocked here have no way to destroy these turrets and lift the blockade of the area.
The one-eyed man and his team members hid in the building bunker. Sometimes they bent down to pass through the windows broken by the machine guns, and sometimes they crawled forward and used the cover of the building to avoid the strafing machine guns, quietly walking through the building like ghosts. between buildings.
Those sudden turrets outside were an unexpected incident that no one expected. In the first round of attacks, more than half of the people fell into the steel storm composed of cylindrical turrets. But the fortunate ones were those who surrounded them. The scumbag allies of the One-Eyed Man's team acted as human shields, so that the One-Eyed Man and his team members miraculously did not suffer too much damage. Only a few unlucky ones were hit in the hands and feet by stray bullets. Compared with those who were directly torn apart by the steel storm. People are much luckier.
Something was not going well for the Two-Face team. The troops he left here were almost wiped out in the surprise attack from the cylindrical turret. The originally stalemate situation between the two sides immediately changed due to the destruction of the balance of combat power.
Now they are the hunters, and they are pressing forward step by step, while the hunted prey is hiding in the buildings and running around in panic.
boom! boom!
Two gunshots rang out, and the last two guards beside Two-Face were also hit by electromagnetic bombs. Their bodies were paralyzed and fell to the ground unable to move. Ryder rushed forward first.
On the stairs, the assault rifle in his hand continued to fire. With the assistance of machine aiming, he accurately shot down the firearm in Two-Face's hand with several rounds of bullets. Then more people rushed up the stairs, pointing various firearms at Double-Face. people.
What on earth do you want to do! Didn't he just kill a few two-legged sheep? The two-faced man was stunned. He had raised his hands to show that he would not resist, but this did not prevent him from roaring with electronic sounds. It was unreasonable! Take a clear look at the situation outside! Now there are foreign enemies that are eyeing us. We should unite to fight together, but you are thinking of killing me? What on earth are you thinking! Junqu Pavilion
The team members slowly separated, and the one-eyed man walked out of the crowd: You did something wrong, we are just seeking justice for those people.
Two-Face never thought that such an answer would be waiting for him. The expression on the half of his face covered with bionic skin became even more distorted: Crazy! Only children can be so stubborn in distinguishing right from wrong
But before Two-Face finished speaking, he was interrupted by the one-eyed man. He pinched the speaker installed at his throat, and then pulled hard and disconnected the speaker's line connection, making the world quiet. Then he raised the large-caliber revolver and pressed it firmly against the red-gleaming prosthetic eye of the Two-Face Man: If a person can't even distinguish the basic right from wrong, then I still suggest that he be humanely destroyed as soon as possible and reincarnated.
After saying that, the one-eyed man rounded up his fist and hit Two-Face's face, slightly denting his alloy face. At the same time, he raised his hand and fired, and the specially modified large-caliber electromagnetic paralysis bullet burst out of the chamber, hitting him. A burst of dazzling electric light emitted from Two-Face's chest, and the electric whip formed by the violent discharge was incited crazily, and his body kept twitching with the electric whip. The sizzling sound of electric current passing through resounded through the room, filling the air. The air is filled with the smell of ozone.
Soon, the room became calm. Ryder skillfully took out the alloy rope and tied Two-Face and the other two people tightly, and disarmed them. Except for those who were killed by machine guns, One-Eye Everyone in the team used non-lethal weapons, and even if they were hit, they would only be temporarily paralyzed and paralyzed, so it was necessary to disarm them.
Even the electromagnetic paralysis bullets in the one-eyed man's large-caliber revolver are only slightly more powerful than ordinary types of ammunition.
Ryder, who quickly completed the restraint, returned to the one-eyed man: Captain, all restraints are completed.
Wait until we get back and send these grandsons to the trial court. The one-eyed man clapped his hands. He neatly removed the electromagnetic paralysis bomb in the revolver and replaced it with a new bomb nest. All of them were loaded with live ammunition. Now we have to find a way to destroy the outside. Those forts
