"His Majesty the Pope, Lieutenant Erwin Greco of the Imperial Immortal Army salutes you."
After giving a military salute to the mechanical incarnation less than five meters away from him, Erwin stood respectfully, waiting for Yang Tianyi's orders and questions.
During this period, he glanced guiltily at the tall figure behind the desk with his back to him, and secretly thought to himself that it was thanks to His Majesty that he promptly responded to the message sent by the communications corps to the mainland of the empire, and gave them the coordinates when they were desperate, otherwise it would have been impossible. Captain Ritz and the other seriously wounded men may have returned to their hometowns long ago.
Two hours ago, when a group of vanguards raced against time to drive to the building on the coordinates, after some communication, they discovered that the mechanical clone of the Pope was actually here, and they were not surprised by their arrival. This can be seen from the fact that the robot doctors have prepared the operating room and medical bed in advance.
Now all the injuries of the wounded have been healed, regardless of their severity. Although several seriously wounded are still sleeping due to excessive wear and tear, Erwin believes that as long as tonight is over, all the soldiers will be able to return to their best physical and mental condition.
"I have read your report, but I still hope that the Second Lieutenant can answer a few questions for me personally, such as what do you think of the enemies encountered in this attack, and why they were able to cause such heavy casualties to the Pioneer Army? .”
Yang Tianyi, who was far away in the spaceport, turned around and put down the blurry but tragic battle report in his hand. He controlled the messaging robot and looked at Erwin, who was lowering his head to think, and quietly waited for the other party's answer.
He is not the kind of bastard who likes to expose people's scars, but he is curious about what kind of enemy can make these military elites, who are only one in a million, kill and injure more than 30 people in less than half an hour of fighting. Except for the seriously wounded, almost Everyone wins.
It can be said that without his help, the severely reduced Pioneer Army, let alone continuing to perform its mission, could be regarded as worthy of His Majesty's trust by being able to regain its strength within a month. After all, those bloody gunshot wounds and knife wounds were all alone. It requires a lot of time to rest.
In the atmosphere of silence, Erwin, who gradually recalled various details of the battle, told some information that he could not clearly describe when writing the battle report. His tone revealed his resentment towards the ferocious enemy and his sorrow for the death of his comrades.
First, he explained why the kidnapping team led by Captain Fritz was unable to fight back during the enemy's sneak attack. At the cost of five deaths, they only received one confirmed kill from the enemy.
"The enemy's armor is quite strong, and even the weakest part is difficult to be penetrated by the assault rifles we equip. Since all members of the kidnapping team were lightly armed and did not carry gas-explosive bullets or heavy weapons, this led to their It is extremely weak against enemies wearing heavy armor."
Speaking of this, Erwin remembered the situation at that time. Many team members had used up all the gunpowder bullets in a magazine, but they were unable to bring down an enemy whose armor did not look too bulky. He could not even retreat. , but the enemy's bullets can easily penetrate one's own body armor and even bunkers, killing and injuring the personnel behind them.
Before ordering everyone to replace gas-blast bullets, only his sniper rifle could barely injure the enemy on the entire battlefield. However, based on observation, Erwin believed that ordinary gunshot wounds did not seem fatal to the enemy, because he saw several enemies still standing and persisting in fighting even if bullets penetrated their chests or abdomens.
However, after the team members began to use air-blast bullets to face the enemy, the almost one-sided situation on the battlefield was immediately relieved - because the air-blast bullets will automatically detonate when they come into contact with objects, the shock wave and high-speed shrapnel formed by the explosion make them very effective against heavy armor. The enemy's lethality is much stronger than ordinary gunpowder bullets.
No matter how solid the armor is, it is difficult to withstand the all-pervasive shock waves and shrapnel. Many enemies who were jumping up and down in the hail of bullets just now showed their true colors immediately after being hit by gas blast bullets. Their legs fell to the ground and twitched. From time to time, there were still wounds on their bodies. Electricity and sparks erupt, which is quite similar to that of a robot.
But for Yang Tianyi's conjecture about whether the enemy was a mechanical creation, Erwin gave a negative answer.
According to his observations, although most of the enemies' bodies clearly showed signs of modification, most of them were biological tissues and organs that everyone was familiar with. Even though they were particularly shocked by their robot-like resistance to strikes, the snipers never doubted that they were human.
"Unfortunately, the enemy's reinforcements were very fast and powerful, and most of the corpses were recovered during the breaks in the battle, so we only collected some parts and fragments that fell off from their bodies due to the battle. We hope it can be helpful to the experts... .”
In the middle of his words, Erwin suddenly slapped his head and said in surprise as if he remembered something: "That's right! And the guy who was blown into two pieces by the captain. I remember that one of the team members took his away during the evacuation." Upper body.”
After he hurriedly went downstairs and took out the half of the body that was almost no different from charcoal from the trunk of the car, Yang Tianyi immediately arranged for several robot doctors to dissect it and sent all the data to the scientific research headquarters and other worlds. Group branches are analyzed and studied by resourceful scientists.
Even if there was only a clue about the enemy on one screw, he would dig it out from the charred corpse!
While the robot was still cutting the biological tissue and mechanical structure of the scorched corpse step by step according to the process, Yang Tianyi and Erwin stood outside the one-way window of the operating room and continued to chat about the bloody battle a few hours ago.
"Not only are the armors and body modifications, the weapons used by the enemies are also very advanced and of a complete range. From assault rifles to submachine guns and pistols, as well as folding knives hidden in the body for close combat, they are all extraordinary."
The sniper was obviously depressed when he talked about the intelligence about the folding blade, because he thought of those comrades who were beheaded or disemboweled with long knives because they did not understand the enemy, and watched them desperately use their rifles and daggers to cut each other. Blocking the enemy's powerful and heavy slashes with the long sword was simply a nightmare memory.
Erwin dared to say that he had never been afraid of anything except his father's sticks since he was a child, but this time he was really shocked by the enemy's ferocity, and even felt fear and panic about it.
However, Yang Tianyi knew that this was nothing to be ashamed of. No Immortal Army soldier would be afraid of injury or death, but for them with a firm will, there are always some things more terrifying than death. Watching their comrades die without being able to do anything is naturally one of them. one.
After learning that the weapons used by the enemy were roughly the same in principle and even power as the electromagnetic weapons currently installed by the group, Yang Tianyi felt a long-lost sense of crisis in his heart - unlike the many civilized empires in the world of stars that were like gods compared to the group, the former was Customers that can be resolved through business negotiations, but the guy the Vanguard Army encountered this time is a life-and-death enemy.
Unless he is willing to give up the world of District 9 and the countless resources that have been invested in the war, Yang Tianyi believes that no rational person can do this just because the enemy's technological level is no less than that of the group.
This is the rule of the game of war. Before the situation changes obviously, no player will feel that his chips are not enough or that he will definitely lose. As long as the balance carrying the bets of both sides has not tilted significantly, every being who manipulates the war will fight with all their strength until complete victory.
At least now the group has an advantage over the enemy, because now they have only exposed the weakest part of their strength. And rather than being exposed, it is better to say that Yang Tianyi deliberately showed false information to the enemy.
If he guessed correctly, the enemy's high-level officials must be analyzing and reviewing this battle now, and they may very well have concluded that the combat effectiveness of the Immortal Army is not something to be feared.
After all, the battle loss ratio between the two sides is really very different. Looking at the entire battle, even with the blessing of gas blast bullets, the empire basically has to pay the price of five or six Immortal Army soldiers losing their combat effectiveness to replace an enemy.
There is no shame in defeat because of backward equipment. Since the enemy's technological strength is so strong, the upgrade of the equipment of the Immortal Army must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. At least it cannot be weaker than the enemy encountered this time, so as to prevent the soldiers from being vulnerable in future battles. Suffered the same problem again.
After letting Erwin return to the team to rest and prepare to leave early tomorrow morning, Yang Tianyi looked at the body that had been dismembered into eight pieces on the operating table, and controlled the robot's eyeballs to move slightly, instantly magnifying what he looked at in the form of a projection. Dozens of times, the internal and external details of the entire wreckage were immediately revealed.
Unfortunately, after repeated destruction by two grenades and sticky explosives, the bulletproof armor and modified organs on the corpse that should have contained many clues have been completely damaged and twisted, and are no longer of value for further sampling and research.
But soon the robot doctors discovered a neural slot for inserting a data chip on the back of the remains. In order not to damage the chip in the slot, the robots used a laser scalpel to carefully cut open the area around the slot, including the skull. All biological tissues included are wrapped in chips and taken out from the big hole in the head.
As the robot doctor used tools to peel off and wipe away the flesh and blood residue attached to the chip, he turned the side with the production information toward the window. Yang Tianyi, who was using the robot's perspective to zoom in to watch the anatomy process, also squinted his eyes and looked at what was supposed to be on the chip. The strange symbol I saw for the first time felt inexplicably familiar.
With his excellent memory, he carefully recalled where he might have seen this sign. After searching for the relevant information in his mind, he suddenly opened his eyes. A trace of visible surprise appeared in the deep black pupils, and then It's a deep solemnity.
Realizing that the enemy might be more difficult than imagined, Yang Tianyi immediately ordered the robot doctor to stop the dissection and put all the remains and parts collected by the soldiers from the battlefield into a special alloy box that could isolate the signal. The waiting group's Javelin-class frigate, which is on standby in Earth's high orbit, dispatches personnel to recover it.
After issuing several instructions in succession in just two minutes, he gradually relaxed. After sitting on a comfortable recliner and stretching, Yang Tianyi stared at the looming asteroid belt in the distant space and muttered to himself. : "I really didn't expect that the group's opponent this time would be you..."
"Arasaka Company."
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