Him and their stars

The original building where Colonel Simon Vayali, Chief of Staff of the 38th Division, is currently located, was destroyed by high-altitude bombing by the Imperial Army half a month ago.

A total of six bombs fell at that time, five of which cut off the more than 100-meter-tall building on the spot, and the last one fell from the ceiling, smashing through the 40th floor and hitting the station in the basement. The hub exploded on the spot.

Fortunately, by that time, all personnel resident in the building had been completely evacuated. Only Simon Vayali, who has both ears and eyes, is left hiding at the top of the building, using energy detectors to capture and record all the heat sources of the other party.

Then, at the moment when the bombs invested by the empire tore apart the building, the powerful psyker took the record number's information and flew out from the top floor window with a flying body. He fell to the ground more than a hundred meters wearing the heraldry machine, and still rolled around in a mess. Fortunately, he was not injured.

Before entering the tunnel and slipping away, the last thing he saw was the moment when the tall building behind him completely collapsed.

You completed this building just one month before the war broke out. It is currently considered the tallest building in Marshal Li's Grad City and is located in the harbor area on the edge of the city.

Without the war, the building would have become a landmark for the burgeoning city. Even ignoring its function as a city shield generator, the building can even function as a beacon.

...Well, in this era, of course, shipping no longer needs lighthouses for navigation. However, for a historic city to be completed, the atmosphere must be well done.

As a result, this building was completely enlarged according to the proportions of the legendary Alexandria Lighthouse. There were even a large row of bronze statues erected around the building, which still looked quite classical.

Unfortunately, it only existed for less than two months. The ruins of buildings including it form this maze of ruins.

In front of Simon Vayali was a metal lump that had completely deformed. It was about the size of a medium-sized truck, squatting among a pile of broken rubble and broken steel bars, showing a heart-wrenching burnt black color.

Although a long time has passed, the heat in this iron lump has not completely dissipated.

The young commander with a sniper background quickly recognized that this thing was clearly the energy field regulator of the city shield generator - although it had been almost completely burned out of shape, the general outline was still there.

Simon wanted to laugh a little, so he laughed frankly: "I told Commander Schiller and General Longba at that time, don't build any city shields, they are useless. Not only can they not block the track at all, It will also become a target for bombing. He insists on erecting it on the tallest lighthouse here. Is that okay now? The tallest building in the city will be gone if it doesn’t exist! "

In fact, this city shield is certainly not designed to prevent orbital bombing. It was to prevent the Yaochi Empire garrison from shelling. When installing the city shield, the two veteran generals never imagined that all the imperial garrison would be wiped out within a few hours.

"It cost 1 billion and it's gone." Simon sighed again.

"Ju, did you actually spend 1 billion?" A sand civilian sergeant wearing a hundred-eyed giant mecha next to him was shocked: "My brother's salary in Tulong Factory is only 500 yuan per month, but it is enough to buy Three meat lizards and a hundred pounds of sand nematodes were killed."

"This is the so-called scissor difference. This is the price of a large city shield, and after all, the Alliance has given us a discount." Simon glanced at the other party: "Speaking of which, Sergeant Major Karaba, I remember that your brother will be here soon Now that I'm the monitor, my salary can be increased a lot, right?"

The sand civilian sergeant named Kalaba grinned, showing a row of fangs, but he really showed a little happiness under his teeth.

"Hehehehe. He said in the letter that he used the increased salary to buy me a pasture and more than 100 beasts, and also rented a mechanical dog. These things that belonged to the former city lord are now ours. .”

In fact, Marshal Li Gele has not received any information from the outside world for more than a month. The soldiers of the 38th Division are looking forward to the changes in their families' current lives using letters from home that are on average forty days old.

Simon said: "I heard that the Tulong Factory can already produce planetary shield generators. Even if it is a little worse than the alliance products, it will not be a big deal. By then, there will be no need to spend another 1 billion, right?"

Sergeant Major Karaba was slightly startled, and there was a hint of fascination in the row of fangs: "Is it made in our factory?"

"You made it." Simon smiled.

"...That's really great. It's really great." Sergeant Major Sha Min had mixed feelings for a while and didn't know what to think. But at this time, he suddenly felt something and quickly shut up and closed his helmet. The two Vulcan cannons attached to the back also moved to the shoulders, aiming straight ahead.

Simon, who was wearing a heraldry machine, simply stretched out his arm wrapped in armor and pushed the completely deformed metal mass away, revealing a path forward.

His eyes soon came into contact with a humanoid mecha. It was a Panzergrenadier. The weak point between the breastplate and the neck had been pierced, and smoke was still rising from the wound. Before they could look at the name tag on the corpse's breastplate, there was a huge explosion at a street corner further away, at the intersection of the ruins of the two towers.

Simon picked up his modified light spear rifle and fired a bright ray in one direction.

The imperial soldier who was preparing a brazen sneak attack through the explosion fell out from a high point on the second floor, his helmet and head already cut off.

All the soldiers behind him quickly entered combat positions and formed an encirclement formation.

At this time, a slightly fuzzy voice suddenly appeared in the communication channel filled with noise.

"The city-wide wide-area communication shield can be maintained for another hour. The enemy reinforcements have regrouped and are advancing rapidly. At the current speed, it will take up to two hours to enter the city."

Although it was blurry, Simon could also tell that it was the voice of the division commander, Brigadier General Schiller.

"Two hours? Can you regain your organizational skills so quickly? I thought that after a period of bombing, it would take at least four or five hours to stop the attack."

"The empire's reinforcements are led by Major General Hongkas. He is a land warfare expert with ruthless methods and determination. He is quite famous. It seems that he has some real abilities." Brigadier General Schiller said. .

"All non-human generals in the empire who can become famous have real abilities." Simon said.

"...In addition, according to the report of the 04 observation aircraft, there are a total of 9,597 M7 land combat mechas, 124 M7-s special mechas, and M7-x captain mechas within the encirclement of your department. Forty-four units are setting up a defense line in Shihua Square; in addition, M7 528 units, M7-s units 250 units, and a heraldic machine unit are making an assault on No. 1 Central Station and have already crossed They reached the junction between the 4th Regiment and the 9th Regiment. The 1st Regiment has already met the enemy with them and is currently fighting."

"Understood, we are actually near the scene." Simon said.

It must be admitted that when the enemy loses communication, it can still establish a defense line on the spot and carry out counterattacks at the same time. The Imperial Panzer Grenadier is indeed worthy of being an elite in all battles.

But no matter what, when the other party entered the city, he became blind and deaf. Although our own communication conditions are restricted, at least they are still usable. You can rely on your home field advantage to concentrate superior forces to attack various nodes of the enemy. If this fails to quickly wipe out the enemy, then you can find a place to bury yourself.

"There is also good news. Brigadier General Mando has also been airdropped into the battlefield and is in area 1466."

"Oh, we are old acquaintances. Although we have beaten him back many times, he has never died and is still a strong and strong warrior. Wait... I remember that Instructor Takai is also operating near Area 1466?"

The Wulfling general who was familiar with the "Principles" was almost considered the best general.

After being a "prisoner" with almost unlimited movement for half a month, and observing a training session between the 38th Division and the militia in the city, he said that the young men of the 38th Division are indeed good ones, with tactical literacy and There is no lack of fighting will, but there are still many areas that can be improved.

For example, the techniques for axes and warhammers are rough. The Empire's military equipment skills are still very useful in hand-to-hand combat and charge. I was once a general and was proficient in six imperial military martial arts. Do you want to learn them? I can teach you!

In this way, Takai became the special guest instructor of Marshal Li's Grad Defense Command. Because he said that he was no longer an imperial general, he could no longer be called a brigadier general, and because he had not yet been appointed by the Community Defense Committee, there was no new military rank, so he was called "instructor" by everyone.

Simon Vayali still trusts this old Wulfling warrior.

On the one hand, it is because he does not have any military power, and there is no so-called best friend; on the other hand, in a battle last week, this Woflin instructor personally participated in the battle in order to rescue his students.

In any case, this Wulfling who likes to read banned books should be the first imperial general to fight on the battlefield since the outbreak of the war, right? If the earth knows about his existence, he will definitely be used as a propaganda template.

"They are all brave and strong Wulflings, and they are all psychics. It will be a fierce battle." Simon said. He was still a little worried about the loss of his comrades, so he thought about rushing over to support him immediately.

However, he had just opened the map and was about to choose the nearest route when he heard Brigadier General Schiller speak again, with some shock in his voice: "Well, the latest news just came, Brigadier General Mando of the Empire has been killed... …”

"Hit, kill?"

"It is said that Instructor Takai distanced himself and fired at the opponent at close range to finish the two energy boxes of the blaster cannon, and then he went up and chopped off the opponent's head with an axe."

"So that's it, this is the secret of the martial arts of the Imperial Stormtroopers!" Vayali was shocked.

"I think...he is obviously influenced by you." Brigadier General Schiller said.

Well, I was also influenced by my boss. Wayali smiled and said: "In this case, we will definitely resolve the battle within an hour."

"Very good! I will respond at entrances 14 and 18." Brigadier General Schiller paused behind the communication channel and reminded: "Also, we have just discovered that an imperial drone is attacking 04 The location of the observation machine is close."

"Discovered?"

"It was only a matter of time before it was discovered. It's an unexpected surprise that it can be used today. I never expected that adding a layer of paint would improve the concealment so much."

The so-called No. 04 observation aircraft is a small drone that has been hovering over Marshal Li Grad, equipped with a wide-area detector and a communication relay. It lurks high in the sky and is equivalent to an observation post overlooking the battlefield in the entire city.

You know, the entire city of Marshal Li's Grad is now covered by a wide-area electromagnetic interference barrier. The reason why Simon can still maintain communication with other friendly forces is because of the high-altitude operation of this drone.

If it were normal times, this aircraft would have been discovered and shot down by the empire. However, a certain special paint with mysterious origin brings about a qualitative difference in invisibility.

At this time, the news of the local Blood Gate Battle had reached Marshal Li Geler in circles. It is said that those lightning strike ships that performed extraordinary feats used this kind of paint. As a result, they had already rushed into the enemy's innermost warning range and were just discovered. But at this time, if they wanted to defend, it was too late.

And this kind of paint is used on objects in the atmosphere, such as the automatic submarine that brazenly attacked the Imperial military formation just now, and the No. 04 observation drone suspended in the sky. With the addition of this special paint, the heat source of the drone is almost completely shielded, and the endurance of the optical camouflage covering it is also increased several times.

As for the recipe for this paint, of course it comes from a certain omnipresent "Dragon of the Dawn." However, it is unclear where the latter came from.

Brigadier General Schiller and General Longba believed that this was also one of the big rockets sent by the alliance veterans. After all, considering the scandal between Chief Yu and the "Union Princess", this possibility is naturally the most logical.

Simon is guessing that this may be related to the ruins of the Enlightened One excavated by Xinyumen. Maybe, Boss Yu Lian dug out some black technology from ancient times, intercepted it on the spot, and handed it over directly to the Red Star Institute.

However, there is no need to think too carefully about this kind of thing.

Again, we cannot expect our enemies to be dull, stupid single-celled organisms. In fact, no matter how advanced the technology is, no matter whether this observation drone is really in an elusive latent state, the enemy will definitely find out the clues after working for a long time.

Now, as the imperial siege troops approach, thousands of drones have already crossed the charred fields and pounced on Marshal Li Grad, like a swarm of wasps with stingers. Similar.

They may still not have discovered the existence of the No. 4 observation machine, but as long as they get close enough, it will be a matter of time before they discover the target.

"I estimate that it will only be more than an hour before we lose communication." Brigadier General Schiller said.

Simon repeated the current situation again, and then said with a smile: "One hour is enough for us to wipe out the remaining enemies and finally evacuate. After entering the tunnel, we can use wired communication at most."

"Then, the enemy's main force will still be able to enter Marshal Li's city of Grad unimpeded."

"Then, the ruins of this city and the passages under the ruins will turn into a cemetery. It is theirs and ours. This is expected." Simon said.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, young people, you are so energetic! It's really enviable." Brigadier General Schiller sighed, and then said seriously: "I will only give you 80 minutes. If you can't reach the evacuation channel in time, I will According to the original plan, these entrances were destroyed.”

Probably to show his determination, Brigadier General Schiller immediately shut down the communication. Simon Vayali felt a little want to laugh. This older teacher always seemed a little deliberate once he was forced to act as a bad guy.

Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten to ask something.

Just as this thought flashed through Simon Vayali's mind, she suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from behind. A row of alien soldiers wearing hundred-eyed giant mechas had already passed her current position and strode forward. The ground rushed towards the continuous explosions in the distance. The one rushing at the front was Sergeant Karaba, who carried two Vulcan cannons on his shoulders and wielded a crystal battle ax in his hand.

With the death of Brigadier General Mando, the Imperial Armored Grenadier trapped in Liyun Shuaigrad City is about to face destruction.

Then, he heard the roar again. Those were our own soldiers hidden in the ruins, attacking with the assembled 107 cannon. The target was of course not the grenadiers inside the city, but the advancing enemy reinforcements outside the city.

After they complete the bombardment, they will immediately push the gun body and move to another place.

In future battles, a considerable number of soldiers will not retreat underground. The ruins in the city, as well as the surrounding mountains and oceans, will be their battlegrounds.

"Oops, I seem to have forgotten to ask, what's going on over there with Mengjiao?" Simon finally realized what he had forgotten.