Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 135 Counter-Shock

Facing the counterattack of the Wuhua people, Jiatu's mind went blank.

He didn't instinctively raise his weapon until the warning of the horrifying outfit came on, aimed at an enemy closest to him, and pulled the trigger.

However, that martial soldier seemed to be a silver-ranked one too. The moment Jiatu aimed at him, he immediately leaped to the left, and Jiatu's bullets almost chased his heels and jumped over his body.

Military officers continued to be hit by bullets and fell to the ground, but their army of dozens of people displayed a combat effectiveness far exceeding that of the previous imperial soldiers.

They opened a distance of more than ten meters, and each of them attracted the firepower of several trainees. It took at least hundreds or even hundreds of bullets to eliminate almost every armed soldier.

And their traversing speed is also very fast, it only took them more than ten seconds to cross the distance of more than 100 meters!
"You continue to suppress the follow-up enemies, and we will be responsible for the rushing elite!"

Facing more than a dozen enemies who crossed the fire blockade, Wu Ning took the initiative to stand up.

Jiatu saw the officer of the Wuhuaren took out the fireball scroll on his body, unfolded it, and threw it towards the trench.

The firepower of the trainees who were a little farther away from them had been suppressed by the explosion, but instead of using the heavy machine gun on the exoskeleton, Wu Ning pulled out the long knife from his waist.

Seeing that the expedition team took out their melee weapons, the Wuhuaren officers also showed excited and bloody smiles.

"Retreat! Retreat to the second line of defense!"

Following Wu Ning's instructions, Jiatu and the others began to retreat to the second line along the traffic trench.

This is a trench dug by the Imperial Army. The first line of defense is a straight traffic trench, which cannot block bullets and shock waves, so it is not suitable for defense.

After the trainees left, Wu Ning and the others also took the initiative to confront the imperial officers who rushed into the trenches.

A military soldier whose belly was cut open by a bullet almost plunged into the trench with a shovel. After he landed, the scroll in his hand stretched out, and a lot of red light appeared on his body. The next second——

The corpse explosion that Jiatu had seen before turned the seriously wounded imperial soldier into a large bomb.

The crushed flesh turned into high-speed shrapnel and shock waves, almost leveling the entire trench.

The exoskeleton of Wu Ning and the others was instantly covered with a layer of flesh and blood, and even the machine gun was covered with a layer of red gelatinous plasma.

Even with the strength of the exoskeleton, [-]% of the effort must be used to tear off the glue-like things that quickly condense from the body.

But Wu Ning and the others obviously knew in advance how to deal with the imperials, and the long swords they pulled out in advance had already collided with the subsequent imperial soldiers.

The flesh-and-blood imperials are not their opponents at all, but the imperials are not entirely for the sake of rushing up and fighting them desperately——

With the detonation sound after another, almost the entire trench was covered with a layer of gelatinous plasma.

And Wu Ning and the others, who were protected by the exoskeleton, were fixed in the trench by layers of flesh and blood glue. Even with all the strength of the exoskeleton, they could not move an inch.

Fortunately, Jiatu and the others, who retreated into the second trench, used follow-up firepower to suppress the second wave of imperial death squads that charged.

At this time, with the help of trainees, they hurriedly peeled Wu Ning and the others out of the plasma——

"Thank you for your help... Please pay attention, this self-destruct spell is corrosive..."

Wu Ning was pulled out from the scorched plasma, she gasped, the shock wave of the corpse explosion, even with the protection of the exoskeleton, still seemed to be bombarding the metal shell with a sledgehammer, making her brainless until now buzzing.

Jiatu and the others looked at the protective gloves on their hands, and nodded.

With the reminder of the terrifying exterior, most of the combat information on the battlefield is public.

There's no reason Wooning knew and they didn't.

After the panic at the beginning, Jiatu and the others quickly suppressed the subsequent counter-shock waves of the imperial army.

The imperial army defending here has only about 300 people. Except for the officer corps composed of military personnel, most of them are fighting against the wind and defensive warfare. Therefore, to attack the defensive position composed of 30 trainees, at least About ten times the imperial army——

However, about half of the imperial defense forces have been lost in the coordinated artillery attack.

When the artillery unit cooled down, the subsequent shelling cut off the possibility of the imperial soldiers regaining their positions.

During the period, the army mage group of the imperials also provided a certain degree of fire support, but was quickly discovered by the rotor drones shuttling over the forest, and was attacked intensively by the artillery troops.

For the same reason, cavalry units were also completely unable to deploy.

After the first attack, Jiatu and his trainees sat in the trench with their assault rifles in their hands, listening to Wu Ning and the others' liaison report with the rear position.

In the meantime, countless artillery and spells swept over their heads, and then exploded at an unknown distance from them.

This is the first time Jiatu and the others have participated in this kind of "regular army" level battle.

It is completely unimaginable that a real war actually operates like this.

The enemy's shock troops were wiped out at the rear assembly points before they even got close to the position.

And after a whole night of bombing, Jiatu and the others went to attack the second line of defense of the imperials, only to see a piece of scorched earth and dead bodies.

The "infantry" unit of the trainees only played the role of bait and occupation in the entire battle plan.

"The imperial army suffered too many casualties in the previous counterattack, and has given up the second line of defense."

As one of the few frontline commanders who knew the whole battle, Wu Ning comforted Jiatu and the others.

And after defeating the defense line of the imperial army, all resistance forces seemed to have completely disappeared.

Jiatu and the others advanced all the way, but they didn't see any imperial soldiers or other rebels until the ruins of Razor Town.

"According to the report from the rotor drone...they seem to be retreating in the direction of Tianhuo Peak."

What Wu Ning said gave Jiatu and the others a very bad premonition.

really.

When Jiatu and his team of trainees in charge of the flank arrived near the ruins of the castle of the Nordwald family, the other two ground troops in charge of the main attack direction also arrived here.

Compared with Jiatu and the others, the losses of the others were even greater. Jiatu saw the destroyed combat exoskeleton and other wounded with familiar electric burn marks on it. Roughly speaking, the others should have encountered other people The nobles of the empire lost more than a dozen people.

But with sufficient preparations, the expedition team also has many ways to deal with those imperial wizards.

So after losing two or three exoskeletons in the battle, and with the assistance of captain-level explorers like Nolan and Sun Simiao, they forced back the opponent's high-level wizards.

Jiatu's trainee team is not responsible for the main direction, so there are not many high-level support explorers, but according to Wu Ning, there are also a few team leaders.

It's just that the high-level wizards of the imperial people didn't show up, so they didn't show up either.

When Jiatu and the others arrived at Nordwar's family castle, Nolan and the others were already studying how to stop the ritual circle of the Beloved Department.

But after several days of research, the conclusions cannot be stopped directly.

"The power at the outermost edge of the magic circle is of the space system. With our current ability, it is completely impossible to break this kind of magic."

Wu Ning chatted with Jiatu and the others based on the gossip that flowed from the core layers of the second and third teams.

"The empire knows very well what kind of spell is most effective for us door openers."

"...Witchcraft of the space system...can my rituals come in handy?"

Hearing what Wu Ning said, Jiatu couldn't help but feel moved, and immediately suggested.

But Wu Ning shook his head:
"You are not the only space explorer in the expedition team - they have tried it, there is a space anchor in the inner layer of the magic circle - you can think of it as a super stable space, ordinary space spells, cannot function in this situation.”

"So there are other space-type rites..."

Hearing Wu Ning's answer, Jiatu couldn't help but sat down with some disappointment.

It was the first time he heard that his etiquette was not unique.

"After all, it's not easy to dampen your enthusiasm..."

Seeing Jiatu and the others' disappointed expressions, Wu Ning couldn't help but smile:

"As long as we are human beings, our natures are pretty much the same, and the desires we can think of are pretty much the same, so don't pay too much attention to it - etiquette is not so much your 'genius', it's better to say it's your 'development' Direction', so it's good to look at this matter with a calm mind."

If it was changed before, Wu Ning's words might still make the trainees like Jiatu feel a little unconvinced.

But after personally experiencing the war between the Empire, the Timberwolves, and the Expedition Team, they also fully realized that their personal "propriety" can play very little role in such a situation——

After all, so what if you could fly, make explosions, and cover yourself in dirt?
It's not like the empire doesn't have similar witchcraft and engraving abilities.

When 120mm shells rained down from the sky, the shells that could flatten half a basketball court in one shot plowed the ground repeatedly at intervals of 20 meters. No one could survive such power——

Even if there is, it will be in a daze, facing an electromagnetic rifle bullet that can penetrate 5mm armor plate.

War is fighting industrial might—

For the first time, Jiatu realized what this sentence meant.

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However, as the expedition team under the command of Nolan took action for the first time, the goal of this campaign was undoubtedly a failure.

Indeed, they took the castle of the Nordwalds, as expected at the beginning of the war.

But after losing more than 20 explorers, they only wiped out about four reinforcement companies of the Imperial Army, and the ritual circle, which was the key to the battle, could not be stopped——

Even Wendy Nordwar, who is connected to the center of the magic circle, is unlikely.

They couldn't even see the appearance of the girl in the center of the magic circle that shone with lightning and mist.

Concerning the next direction of the war, it was another night of disputes and discussions.

After the number of explorers increased, the opportunity for the trainees like Jiatu to attend the meeting and study also disappeared.

Almost all meeting decisions must be relayed by Wu Ning.

And in this big debate that lasted for several days, the situation in the tree wolf world is getting worse and worse.

Jiatu and the others could gradually feel the ice, snow and cold wind coming through the sky-fire barrier——

Finally, with the gray snow that covered the entire forest one day, the shelter also made a decision——

Retreat and abandon the world of the tree wolf clan!
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The order to retreat came suddenly.

In the temporary camp for trainees, Jiatu and the others are still hurrying up to practice courtesy and marksmanship, hoping that they will be more useful in the next battle.

At this moment, Wu Ning shook off the snow on his cloak, walked into the central tent from outside the camp, and announced the latest instructions from the refuge and the frontline meeting.

"Give up here?! Are we not protecting the tree wolf world?"

Hearing this decision, most of the trainees were somewhat unacceptable.

They can't accept the feeling that they seem to have done something, and it seems that nothing can be changed.

But Wu Ning looked very calm:

"Yes, in our previous battles, we have exhausted the material reserves that the expedition team has transferred to the Timberland world over the past few decades, and now it is too late to mobilize resources from the shelter—"

"Up to three days. After three days, the Great Barrier of Skyfire will collapse, and the wizards of the empire will get the 'divine body' of the Mother of Skyfire. The tide of corpses will also completely destroy this world."

"What if I use my courtesy?"

At this moment, Jiatu thought of his own etiquette again.

But Wu Ning looked at him and shook his head: "I said before that there are also space-type abilities in the expedition team—but the key to transferring materials is not the materials in the space, but the large amount of materials passing through the 'gate' Time, the impact on the 'door'."

Looking at their surprised eyes, Wu Ning said calmly:
"As the person in charge of guarding the 'Gate' for four or five years, I know very well that almost every time a large amount of material transfer is involved, it will have an irreversible impact on the door. The collapsed hunter's hut you saw before was caused by the transfer of materials. impact."

"Then my etiquette..."

Jiatu murmured.

"It was specially approved by Captain Sun Simiao."

Wu Ning looked at Jiatu and nodded: "He said to give you a little 'master' spirit, so that you will have enough motivation."

"...As a result, our efforts are not so much protecting this world as accelerating its destruction..."

Jiatu smiled bitterly, feeling that Sun Simiao and the others had really played a big joke on him.

"Well, that's it."

Wu Ning looked at the silent trainees and nodded: "The door is on the verge of collapse, which is also the core reason why the elders agreed to the 'Blood Exchange Plan', because we alone can't last for more than ten years—— Only by obtaining the teleportation channel spell from the empire and gaining the ability to open 'doors' alone, can we continue to maintain our connection with the tree wolf tribe,"

"But we failed..."

Wei Wei murmured.

"Yes, so I can only give up here."

Wu Ning's voice was very bitter, but at least it was calm: "It's better—you have to give up the tree wolf world, at least it's not an unprepared thing for the elders and the senior management of the refuge, isn't it?"

　I was busy yesterday, so I postponed the update until today, there are many things at home, alas
　　
　
(End of this chapter)