Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 628 Detour
"The Ninth Armored Division was completely wiped out! The Tenth Armored Division suffered heavy losses! The special engineering units were completely wiped out! Preliminary estimates of casualties were over 8000 people! Brigadier General Aliyev, the commander of the Ninth Armored Division, was also killed!"

"Let all troops retreat fifteen... no, retreat twenty kilometers!" Trenz hissed, "immediately ask the information department to build a data model of the target and calculate the maximum attack range of the target—in addition, let the air force fleet Also raise the altitude and keep a safe distance of more than [-] meters from the target!"

The fusion tentacles of the giant Seed of Erosion stretched out more than ten kilometers in length, that is to say, it could even use its tentacles to attack warships at an altitude of [-] meters.

Of course Trenz is clear in his mind that letting the troops retreat now is equivalent to giving the initiative to the heretic sect... But if he doesn't do this, I'm afraid the entire main force will be buried under the attack of the fusion tentacles.

It never occurred to him that the Heretic sect didn't even use the defensive facilities of the ancient bronze city ruins, and only relied on a giant erosion seed to stop the army's offensive pace and deal a heavy blow to the field army.

Counting the troops who broke into the combat area to attract tentacles, the number of casualties has exceeded 10,000 people in less than an hour after the battle... You know, in the past five years, the total number of casualties of the field corps combined, It didn't reach five figures either.

Trenz clenched his fists, and the next second he realized that his palms were covered with sweat—this would be a hard fight, although he had already prepared himself mentally from the beginning, but the difficulty of the fight , It still greatly exceeded his expectations... Even in the first few years after the Ark landed on Planet Alpha, those classic battles that were included in military school textbooks, there was no situation where tens of thousands of people were lost in an hour of battle.

Not to mention whether we can win miserably...Trentz looked at the overall situation of the battlefield, and he couldn't even see a glimmer of hope for victory.

Those who voted against...Trentz glanced indistinctly at the old lieutenant general next to him...maybe they were right.

It's a war that can't be won, it's a "don't do" -- and they can't get it, despite their best efforts.

But he is a soldier, and a soldier can only obey orders. He can order the troops to retreat [-] kilometers, but he cannot make them retreat to the ark and the base—he is the commander, yes, but he has no power to end the battle .

Trenz didn't have the time to find a tissue, so he directly pulled up a corner of his cloak to dry his sweaty palms, and then put his hands on the touch screen again.

"Leave the Heavy Artillery Unit and the Second Fleet to stay and contain the giant seed of erosion with firepower. The rest of the troops are divided into left and right wings, bypassing the battlefield directly in front, and joining No.20 and No.20 Seventh Infantry Division."

He rarely used "gambling" to command battles, but this time, he had to gamble.

If the heretic sect focused its defense on the front of the ancient bronze city ruins, and only a few blocking troops were set up outside the city in other directions, or there was no resident combat force at all, then he won the bet, otherwise it would be a full game All lose.

Trenz hated the feeling of betting the outcome on uncertain events, but now he could only do so.

The time was so tight that they didn't even have the chance to carry out early reconnaissance - even if it was a surprise attack, doing so would definitely be a taboo for military strategists...

"Why are the undead crew so anxious to launch an attack on the ruins of the Bronze City?" A question flashed through Trenz's heart, but he immediately threw it out of his mind - he was just a soldier, he He only needs to obey the order to direct the battle, and other things are not something he needs to consider.

Even if this is a battle that is doomed to failure.

Cannonballs, missiles, lasers, and plasma continuously fell on the giant Seed of Corrosion, but compared to its huge size, the damage these attacks can cause is too insignificant, not to mention, it only takes a few minutes , the limbs torn apart by the shrapnel will heal, and the scorched tissue burned by the plasma will fall off on its own and recover as before—not only did the new limbs not become weak, but they also grew layers of scaly hyperplastic tissue, The place that was originally injured was strictly protected.

This giant seed of erosion... It is evolving during the battle, and any trauma will stimulate the adaptive adjustment of its body... If it continues to fight like this, it will only become stronger and stronger.

To use the old saying that seems a bit vulgar, it is-"Anything that doesn't kill it makes it stronger!"

Trenz quickly realized the problem and called off the heavy artillery and Second Fleet attacks.

For the first time since he graduated from the military academy with full marks and then joined the Field Corps, he regretted his command operation—if he hadn't used the crystal energy bomb to lift the surface just now, maybe it wouldn't have prompted With such an obvious change in the giant seed of erosion, those fusion tentacles will not appear, and the Ninth Armored Division will not be wiped out at this point in time.

At the cost of losing the entire "ronin" team and more than 1000 soldiers died in battle, the result of the battle was to make the enemy stronger-this "exchange" was unacceptable to him.

"Don't you use active ammunition to suppress it?" the old lieutenant general asked, "Judging from the attack of the previous ronin squad, the effect of the active cells of the meat-eating worm on this monster is still very obvious-although it is very strong, it is very powerful. It is still a mutant species that belongs to the Seed of Corrosion, and has the common weaknesses of all Corrosion Seeds."

"No." Trenz flatly refused, "Precious resources can no longer be wasted on meaningless battles. If the troops can break into the ruins of the ancient bronze city from the two wings, they will directly face the enemies of the heretic sect, I can't let them fight unkillable monsters with conventional weapons."

"Then if this giant erosion seed starts to move..."

"Then wait until it starts to move." Trenz gritted his teeth and said, "I wish it would rush towards my command post now—as long as I can lure this monster away, I will use myself as bait does not matter!"

"Transfer the command of all the remaining drone units to me! The heavy artillery unit and the second fleet withdrew from the frontal battlefield and turned to support the friendly forces on the two wings!" He issued a new order.

"In this way, only the headquarters and the guards directly under the headquarters will be left on the frontal battlefield." The old lieutenant general said, "It's too dangerous to do so."

"You should get out of here quickly too." Trenz took off his windy cloak and general uniform, walked quickly to the wall, and took out the battle uniform and helmet hanging in the equipment cabinet, "Also, if I was killed, please transfer the command directly to the hands of the Undead Crew... I think, at this time, they must be watching this battlefield closely."

"Are you really planning to use yourself as a bait?" The old lieutenant general said anxiously, "No, doing so is against the regulations - you have a more important command task on your shoulders, if you die, the troops will instantly fall into chaos! "

"Then if the giant seed of erosion recedes towards the ruins of the ancient bronze city, do you think we still have a chance to break into the ruins?" Trenz retorted, "Without the commander, at least the combat power of the large army can be preserved , if I lose them, what good is a poor commander like me?"

"The giant seed of erosion obviously has a high IQ, and I even suspect that it is directly manipulated by people from heretic sects." Trenz continued, "If they knew that this battleship was the commander's flagship, they would definitely Prioritize me as the target of attack, so—"

Before Trenz finished speaking, the old lieutenant general had already taken the helmet from his hand and put it on his head.

"The army cannot be without a commander. If you want to set up a bait, I can do it." The old lieutenant general suddenly straightened his back—Trentz discovered at this time that this old general who was originally a bit hunched , the height is nearly 1.8 meters five, when standing upright, he is half a head taller than himself.

"The escape boat has been arranged for you, and the backup command and communication system has also been moved there." The old lieutenant general looked at Trenz firmly, "The one who should leave is you."

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense, this is not your style." The old lieutenant general said, "It has never been an old man like me who created a new era. Our last value is to be a stepping stone for young people, to support them and let them to climb to higher ground.”

"..."

"I don't know if this battle can be won. If even you have no chance of winning, then it is even more hopeless for someone else to take command."

"...I understand." Terence bit the tip of his tongue and nodded vigorously.

"Ha, I didn't expect my dead wood to burn again at the last moment..." The old lieutenant general suddenly smiled at Trenz and closed the helmet's visor.

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Hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield, Ke Lan and the others are still moving forward in the collapsed tunnel - relying on the strong power of the Blasphemer Mech, the rubble blocking the tunnel has not become an obstacle. They and the ruins of the ancient bronze city The distance between them is also shrinking little by little.

"Under the rock directly in front, it seems to be pressing human bones." Valentina's voice rang through the team's communication channel, and Ke Lan immediately signaled her to stop, and then Ke Lan jumped directly from the mine car He came out and walked to the place where the bones were found.

This is indeed a human skeleton. Judging from the equipment and uniform fragments scattered around the deceased, it should be a member of the elite support team sent into the tunnel to perform search and rescue missions after the gopher team lost contact.

Calculated according to the time, it has only been a few hours since his death, and the bone in front of him looks like someone who has been dead for several years, and even the soft tissue between the bones and debris has been eaten away. ——According to the natural decay rate of the corpse, it will take at least one to two years for microorganisms to decompose all these things, and it must be in an environment suitable for the growth of microorganisms.

"These people were killed by those black beetles..." Layton drove Augustus up, "It feels like being attacked by army ants, there is no flesh and blood left... ..."

"Well." Ke Lan nodded, "It should be. By the way, have you contacted the main force?"

"The interference from the frontal battlefield is still very strong, but the people at the mine base said that they managed to get in touch with Division No. 15," Layton said.

"Isn't No.15 Division a unit placed on the frontal battlefield?" Ke Lan recalled the assembly diagram that he had glanced at before, "Since the mine base has successfully contacted No.15 Division, it means that they have left The original position?"

"Yes." Layton nodded. "According to the liaison officer of No.15 Division, they are carrying out a roundabout mission. Instead of attacking the ruins from the front, they are moving to the two wings."

"Divide the troops? No... It's not like dividing the troops. It's impossible to turn the troops to the two wings when the battle is tight on the frontal battlefield... That can only show one thing, the commander of the main force may have given up the frontal battlefield! "Ke Lan analyzed immediately.

"Give up the frontal battlefield? No way?" Layton said in shock, "Could it be that hundreds of thousands of people can't deal with a single Seed of Corrosion? At the beginning, Leviathan was successfully crusade with just a fleet, and now it's in the hands of the commander. You have at least the main force of three fleets in your hands, can't you beat them all?"

"The two cannot be compared... Seed of erosion, if there is not enough restraint, it can proliferate and regenerate infinitely." Ivan said, "Even if the commander makes all the main battleships of the three fleets hit However, the seed of erosion can still recover in a very short period of time. Only the living cells of the flesh-eating worms, or the special stones brought back by Ke Lan, can kill this creature."

As Ivan said, he subconsciously touched the grooves on his mechanical prosthesis with stalagmite fragments embedded in them.

Whether it is the living cells of flesh-eating worms or stalagmite fragments from seabed caves, these things are like water to fire for the species of erosion—although in most people's perception, water is the It can be used to put out fires, but when the gap between the two reaches a certain level, the so-called restraint relationship doesn't make much sense.

This is how the idiom "a drop in the bucket" comes from.

"I feel that our advance speed can be slowed down a little bit." 33 interjected, "If the main force chooses to make a detour, it will take at least several hours to organize another attack on the ancient bronze city ruins."

[PS Thank you for the 5000 starting point coins rewarded by book friends, do I understand the truth; thank you for the 100 starting point coins that you can't see through. 】

【PPS Thank you for your concern and blessings. The results of the bone wear report came out today. After half a year, the MRD (Minimal Residual Disease) is still negative. It has been a year and a half since the end of the treatment, except for the slightly weaker immunity and weak physical strength. Other than that, everything is fine with me. 】

(End of this chapter)