Standard Terran Calendar, 41
Extreme star field, Demeter star field, Pandora galaxy, Paihang star, red sand mountain range
Devil's Crossing is an obelisk landmark erected at the intersection of the only road leading to Macon Mountain Camp, pointing east.
When night fell, Hedgehog looked for his commander everywhere, and finally found Stryker striding towards a trench next to the communication array, accompanied by one of his sergeants, so he hurriedly trotted to follow them.
"Give me the binoculars."
In the silence of the night, Stryker had to hold his throat to avoid being discovered by the enemy.
The sergeant beside him pulled out a brass telescope from his bag. Stryker took it and stood at the edge of the trench, scanning the outside of the trench.
Brunei, the leader of the second militia group of the Paiji Star, also came over, causing Stryker to smell a certain smell.
He glanced to the side.
"What are you holding in your mouth?"
Brunei took out homemade cigarettes and displayed them proudly.
"It smells like licorice. I feel like I'm addicted to smoking. Sir, can you see the enemy's position clearly?"
Stryker sniffed, forced himself to forget his craving for cigarettes, and then turned his head again.
"I could see the lights from the Voss camp, mostly campfires and shrine lights, and searchlights. It didn't look very nice."
Stryker rolled up the binoculars, jumped down from the edge of the trench, and handed the binoculars to Brunei.
At this time, the hedgehog had unfolded a map data pad that stood on a metal tripod. Stryker adjusted the knob-like lever on the edge of the data pad to make the data pad interface slowly glow.
After that, he inserted a ceramic data chip that contained nearby geographical data, and then straightened the screen to show it to the officers standing aside.
"This is the Devil's Canyon."
Stryker pointed the tip of his long Catachan saber at the screen, as the distant artillery opened fire as if to emphasize the point. The battlefield map shook with the violent shock wave, and the soil from the top of the trench was shaken off. .
It was the third day that the enemy was bombarding the garrison position closest to Voss Camp.
"The canyon is about four kilometers wide and 12 kilometers long. Its west side is surrounded by mountains, where the enemy's position is located. At the end of the enemy's position is Voss Camp. This fortress was built three hundred years ago and consists of a circle of three It was surrounded by ten-meter-high granite walls, but the place was controlled by a stubborn bastard who disobeyed orders and was quickly overrun when the armies of Chaos invaded, turning it into a fortress for the enemy."
Everyone is very clear about the facts explained by Stryker. Camp Voss originally had high hopes, and relying on its strong walls may become a stronghold to block the enemy's advance.
But unfortunately, this camp belongs to an ancient local family. They hate "outsiders" like Stryker, so they refuse the garrison's request to enter, claiming that they can protect their homeland.
But it turned out that they couldn't do it. The solid city wall only lasted for three hours and fell before Stryker could even come to support.
It doesn't matter if they die, but the problem is that another important point of Camp Voss is that it controls the only dam in the Red Sand Mountains.
The Red Sand Mountains have a hot and arid climate. Although the mines are rich in resources, water resources are very scarce. Except for a few mountain springs, there is only one Red River, and Voss Camp is located at the uppermost reaches of the Red River.
Stryker now still has nine explorer fortresses and almost half a million soldiers and civilians. These people basically rely on the Red River for drinking water.
But this lifeline was strangled by the enemy.
In order to solve this problem, Stryker thought of many ways and executed several plans, but they all ended in failure.
Obviously, it is no longer realistic to recapture Voss Camp, so the only way is to destroy the dam so that the enemy cannot control it——
"The only feasible solution——"
Stryker pressed a button on the side of the screen to display another area on the screen.
"The Red River is wide and flows slowly, even more slowly during this season of the year. Most of the river has dried up. We can walk along the dry river channel, which makes it difficult to be discovered."
"How many people are participating?"
Brunei suddenly said, this strong man was still smoking intently, blinking occasionally.
"About a thousand people. Of course we have to advance in the dark. After half an hour, the troops will be divided into skirmish lines of thirty people to advance in order to avoid exposing our whereabouts."
Stryker tapped another area of the screen.
"After investigation, we found that there is an ancient artificial river here. It has been in ruins for thousands of years, but the water gate is still intact. After arriving at the predetermined location, we entered through the water gate of the ancient river. There should not be any defense there, and Wen Second Lieutenant Lai, the militiamen commanded by you stormed the drainage outlet on the west side of the city wall to attract the enemy's attention."
"Can."
"After we break into the dam, we open the floodgates. The team commander must select soldiers with experience in using explosives and ensure that one of every ten people has a full explosive or blasting tube. The rest of the team must cover him when the demolition hand explodes. "
As Stryker spoke, the officers were silent except for the relentless bombardment of enemy artillery in the distance.
"In ten minutes, the whole team will set off."
The officers dispersed quickly,
When Brunei left, his eyes followed the intersection of the position and Stryker.
Due to the heavy artillery fire, he clenched his fists and hit his chest twice, silently wishing good luck, while Stryker nodded in response.
They were strangers half a year ago, but now they are friends of life and death. This is the special magic of the battlefield.
Soon, the team set off.
There were no problems at first, as they moved through the shadows of the river without alerting any enemies.
But Stryker found this smoothness a bit strange.
When he arrived at the scheduled assembly point, he adjusted his night vision goggles and looked around.
The surrounding environment appears green in the field of vision of the night vision device. The dam is about 1,300 meters wide and 150 meters high. It is a majestic building that can introduce water from the Red River to drive the power generation device. Therefore, it is not only related to In addition to the water supply in adjacent areas, it is also designed to provide power supply to the entire area.
The sluice gate must have been lowered, as there was no current flowing.
Stryker tapped his tiny communication bead.
"What's going on with the augur?"
The auspicious operator heard the commander's call and responded, walking through the reeds to where Stryker stood behind the rotting wooden dock.
"Report, there is no response from the auspicious device."
Hearing this, Stryker smiled slightly, his exposed teeth reflecting the starlight.
"Very well, keep an eye on this thing."
After saying that, he led the team towards the ancient waterway. It was located on the side of the rock wall, and there was still shallow water in it that had touched the heels.
The water gate of the ancient river channel is a pile of rocks, about five meters high. Under Stryker's order, the blasters stepped forward and began to place explosives.
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