Dimensional Alliance

This is partly because, in order to ensure a smooth operation, the staff department has repeatedly deduced the first-stage combat plan since January 1, repeatedly confirming that there are no irreparable loopholes in the combat plan, and did not see the success of the operation for a moment. , the hanging heart of the staff department couldn't let go for a moment.

On the other hand, the existing combat plan of the human coalition forces, after all, only includes the most preliminary combat plan for gaining a foothold in another world. How to act after landing in the other world, the human coalition forces are all concerned from top to bottom. Foggy.

The human coalition forces wanted to make more plans, but without actually confirming the specific conditions of the other world and the true combat effectiveness of the doppelganger, it was impossible for the staff to imagine the next combat mission out of thin air.

It can be said that the staff learned about the strange situation in another world almost at the same time as the frontline troops. When the human coalition forces questioned the staff, the staff had already found several possibilities.

Judging from the information currently held by the human coalition forces, the possibility of the shapeshifter voluntarily withdrawing is the highest.

If the doppelgangers really have the ability to go back in time, when the human coalition forces have achieved a technological breakthrough and found a tactic that can complete the landing at a very small cost, the doppelgangers will of course know that they cannot be around the portal. Block the offensive of the human alliance.

In this way, if the commander of the doppelganger does not want to suffer a disastrous defeat around the portal, then voluntarily giving up intercepting the human coalition forces around the portal and waiting for opportunities to find the defense loopholes of the human coalition forces on other battlefields becomes the only way for the doppelganger. choose.

The intelligence obtained by the human coalition later proved this conjecture in a disguised form.

When the MCV set up the advance base, the drones and iron ball troops of the human coalition had already circled the small town not far away. After confirming that there were no shapeshifters in the town, the human coalition dispatched Immortals head to town to explore.

Just as the human coalition forces speculated, human-made equipment can be seen everywhere in the town. Although most of these electronic devices are unusable due to lack of maintenance, the human coalition forces can still find a lot of them in shops and residential buildings. There are few valuable written materials.

After identification, among the various documents, commodity packages, or other written items found by the human coalition forces, the characters of Prussia and France account for a relatively high proportion. From these words, the human coalition forces can be sure that the planet under their feet is the earth, and their own The current location of the troops should be in the Belgium-Luxembourg-Switzerland area.

Based on this judgment, the human coalition immediately compared the topographic map taken by the drone with the topography of these areas in Europe, and quickly determined that its location should be near the Clichy district of Luxembourg.

After confirming that their forces are indeed on the earth, the human coalition forces then deployed an electronic warfare brigade to the world.

However, when the human coalition forces tried to monitor and decipher the radios of this world, the human coalition forces intercepted a large number of radio signals without much effort, and quickly learned the information conveyed by these radio signals.

This is not to say that the electronic warfare troops of the human coalition are powerful enough to crack the radio codes of a world in an instant, but simply because most of these radio signals are not encrypted, and they directly use plain codes for communication.

Through the monitoring of these radio signals, the human coalition soon had a preliminary understanding of the world.

First of all, as the human coalition forces speculate, the planet they are on is indeed the earth, and the thing called a "transformer" by the human coalition forces is an alien creature that fell into this world five years ago. Alien beings are called mimics or mimics.

Then, the situation in this world is not as bad as the human coalition forces thought at the beginning. Although the human race has lost most of Western Europe, with the joining of the multinational coalition forces, the human race barely stabilized its defenses and blocked the imitators. on the European continent.

Volume 979 Time War: Chapter 0946 Chapter [-] Say Hello

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Although the human coalition already knows that there are human activities in this world, and also knows that there are a large number of ground troops deployed in England, Denmark, Belarus, Ukraine, Ottoman, Italy, and Spain, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Adriatic Sea are also Traces of human naval activities can be found. It seems that the human coalition forces attack in any direction, and they can quickly get in touch with the humans in this world.

But to put it more bluntly, it is called "the human coalition forces can find the human forces in this world if they move in any direction", and to put it bluntly, "the human coalition forces are in the middle of the imitator's encirclement".

The human coalition has not forgotten that the main purpose of coming to this world is to find clues about the ability to go back in time, and to obtain some samples of active metals. Human contact naturally becomes the best channel to obtain relevant information.

In addition, after learning that this planet is also the earth, and that the human beings on the planet are facing the threat of aliens, the human coalition forces also began to revise the relevant plans, preparing to provide support to the human beings in this world.

Although judging from the relevant information intercepted by the human coalition forces, the humans in this world do not have enough technology to make the human coalition forces envious, but a world that has not been damaged in any way and does not seem to have encountered too much external threat is enough for human beings. The coalition has put more troops and resources into the world.

Among other things, in the timeline of the previous failure, it can be said that the human revolution world was basically destroyed by aliens without resistance, and the transfer of population, data and speed from the human revolution world to other worlds was destroyed. further speed up.

Among the worlds currently controlled by the human coalition forces, only the Ming world is relatively peaceful, and other worlds are more or less facing some external or internal threats. All kinds of important information about the masses and the human coalition can be of great help.

But the problem now is that even if the human coalition forces are very eager to establish a formal communication channel with the human forces in this world to further obtain detailed information about the imitators, the fact that the human coalition forces can successfully establish an advance base does not mean that The human coalition can march without scruples on the European continent.

The move of the imitators to abandon the ambush of the human coalition landing forces around the portal further proves that the imitators have the ability to predict the actions of the human coalition forces. If it is elongated, it is very likely that imitators will find a flaw.

The human coalition summarized several major failures encountered by the United Nations in this world. It is easy to find that all failures with major casualties basically occurred during the human attack, transfer and retreat.

Although the United Nations troops are often caught by imitators when they are defending positions, as long as the support troops can arrive in time, even if the United Nations troops cannot hold the defense line in the end, at least most people can be safely evacuated from the position.

——As for being attacked on the way to retreat to the next line of defense, that is another matter.

Therefore, even if theoretically relying on the giant mechas of steel soldiers to open the way, it should be difficult for the imitators to defeat the human coalition army in a head-on confrontation. march.

Bombing the imitators from space also quickly proved ineffective after rejecting the idea of ​​a ground force advance.

Perhaps the imitators have seen the orbital support capabilities of the human coalition forces in other timelines. When the human coalition rockets carrying reconnaissance satellites were launched and deployed in low-Earth orbit, the human coalition forces were surprised to find that their The main force of imitators is simply not found.

Although one or two encounters occasionally break out on the European battlefield in this world, whether it is the United Nations army in this world attacking the imitators, or the imitators ambushing the United Nations army, what the human coalition forces can detect The scale of all battles was basically kept below the brigade and regiment level, and the imitators controlled all battles within 10 minutes, which greatly restricted the human coalition's orbital bombing of the imitators.

In addition, despite the small scale of the campaign launched by the imitators, the casualties suffered by the United Nations Army in this world are not small at all.

Probably the imitators also understand that the human coalition forces have basically confirmed that they have the ability to go back in time. As long as the human coalition forces get in touch with the United Nations forces in this world, the humans in this world will soon be prepared for their ability in advance.

Therefore, about eighteen hours before the opening of the portal of the human coalition forces, the imitators no longer concealed their ability to understand all human deployments and plans, and launched more than 30 consecutive battles by pinpointing the defense loopholes of the United Nations.. , and each battle is to withdraw the troops after causing huge damage to the personnel or equipment of the United Nations Army.

This imitator's style of play made it difficult for the United Nations troops except Xia Guo to adapt.

Although according to the general definition of the standard of "victory" in a battle in the West, if the enemy can be repelled and the position can be held, then even if huge casualties are paid, it can be regarded as a victory.

However, in these more than 30 consecutive "victories", more than 8000 people were killed by the United Nations Army. There were nearly 12 casualties.

Even if the simple exoskeletons equipped by the United Nations forces in this world-for the human coalition forces, the exoskeletons equipped in this world are not even as good as the industrial-grade exoskeletons of the coalition government, so naturally they can only be regarded as simple exoskeletons-greatly reduce the number of infantry However, the casualties of more than [-] people still cast a shadow over the victory of the Normandy landing battle just now.

Of course, the human coalition has reason to believe that a large part of the reason for the imitators' beating up to the United Nations army in this world may be to kill chickens and monkeys. When the human coalition sees that rash actions or incomplete defense arrangements may cause huge After casualties, all follow-up actions of the human coalition forces may be postponed, buying more time for the imitators to test the defense loopholes of the human coalition forces, adjust the formation of troops and deploy troops.

But don't say, even if the human coalition forces thought of this reason, in the face of the imitator's conspiracy, the human coalition forces can only deploy according to the imitator's expectations.

After the first round of emergency meetings held by the General Staff, the human coalition immediately revised its action policy in the new world. Except for the space fleet and space battleships, the human coalition only sent The world dropped less than 1 troops, and replaced it with a large number of Regg multi-purpose vehicles, front-line air bases, legions of immortals, a large number of unmanned units, and fifteen MCVs.

The human coalition is going to use this series of equipment to continue to strengthen the defense around the portal. By 1:10 p.m. A fixed fort encloses more than 8 kilometers around the portal.

If the imitators continue to attack the human coalition and interfere with the progress of the human coalition's construction, the human coalition even intends to directly build Luxembourg and its surroundings into a military fortress.

However, based on the current tactics of the human coalition forces step by step, extending the defense line a little bit, if the imitators really attack the human coalition forces, it is really hard to say who will suffer more serious losses.

While turning to the construction of defensive positions in an all-round way, the combat meeting of the human coalition forces has not ended. Until the construction of the second line of defense outside the portal began, the relevant meeting has not yet ended.

In addition to continuously strengthening the defense forces around the portal, the human coalition mainly discussed at the meeting the specific timing and method of contact with the human forces in this world. Humans are exceptionally united in dealing with imitators.

According to the information obtained by the Human Coalition, in the first year after the imitators came to the earth, after a series of battles annihilated the main forces assembled by Prussia and France, the major countries in the world formed countermeasures under the leadership of the United Nations. A multinational coalition force of imitators.

Judging from the information received by the radio, the number of countries directly participating in the battle has reached more than 30. In addition to the permanent members, Poland, Iran, Tianzhu, Brazil, Ottoman and other regional military powers have also sent support troops to Europe.

As for those weak countries that are difficult to provide military support, they are also doing their best to provide material and logistical support for the joint force.

And in order to avoid internal conflicts among human beings, after the establishment of the United Nations Army, all countries must unconditionally cancel any form of sanctions or economic blockades against other countries. In the following years, even Cuba received a lot from Wounded and refugees from Western countries.

From this point of view, as long as the human coalition forces clearly show their hostile attitude towards imitators, they should be able to immediately gain the favor of most countries in the world.

But the problem is that the imitators probably also know that letting the human coalition forces get in touch with the United Nations will make their situation more unfavorable. Therefore, when the human coalition forces try to send radio signals to the outside, the imitators begin to monitor the range of human coalition forces. Expand the electromagnetic interference of the whole frequency band.

According to the information intercepted by the human coalition forces when they first entered this world, the imitators had never conducted electromagnetic suppression against the UN..army before the human coalition forces entered this world. , or it means that the electromagnetic suppression force of the imitator has just been included in the combat organization of the imitator.

Considering that the ability to go back in time can give the imitator unlimited possibilities, even if the imitator really does not have electronic warfare troops at the beginning, as the Babylon Federation No. 3 project originally envisioned, as long as the imitator can go back in time During the period, the relevant research projects will be advanced a little bit, and it will be able to complete related technological breakthroughs from scratch within "one day".

However, this does not mean that the human coalition forces have absolutely no means of contacting humans in this world. After all, the range of electromagnetic interference that the imitators can carry out is only near the defensive positions of the human coalition forces, and when the human coalition forces first entered this world, they already had After obtaining the plane coordinates of the low-earth orbit, a medium-sized space fleet containing more than 70 ships was deployed to the world.

The human coalition forces can use the portal in the space battleship to send orders directly to the fleet at any time, and get in touch with other human forces on the ground through the space fleet.

But in a heart-to-heart comparison, if a large group of warships suddenly appeared in low-Earth orbit when the human coalition forces were fighting aliens, the human coalition forces would immediately think that these space battleships were likely to be reinforcements for the enemy. The fleet then got in touch with the human coalition forces and claimed that they were with him. Under the preconceived image, it was difficult for the human coalition forces to trust the space fleet as soon as they came up.

And the way to prove yourself is simple and simple, as long as the space fleet of the human coalition forces bombards an area where the imitators are infested, it will naturally clarify their position very well.

However, the imitators have adjusted their tactics before the appearance of the human coalition forces, and they will not let a large number of troops appear within the shooting range of the human coalition space fleet. Those alien troops that the human coalition warships can attack are basically the same as The United Nations Army is getting mixed up, and the ground bombing at this time is likely to cause accidental damage to the United Nations Army troops, and on the contrary, it will aggravate the misunderstanding between the two sides.

As for the use of landing ships to transport envoys, it is also a way to explain directly to the major countries in the world. However, if the two sides fail to reach a consensus, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be shot down by the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower if they rush to the ground. .

Of course, the human coalition forces also know that without using the invisible force field to cover the portal and the space fleet, the human forces in this world can also discover the abnormalities in Luxembourg and low-earth orbit through reconnaissance satellites. If the human countries of the world get in touch and remain silent for a long time, it is very likely that the leaders of all countries in the world will misjudge their own position.

Even though the General Staff has not yet discussed the method of contacting the human forces in this world, at 1:10 pm on January 10th, the human coalition forces also broadcasted to all countries in the world using space warships.

However, the human coalition probably didn't expect that this time, in the eyes of the human coalition, it was just a broadcast of "saying hello", and what kind of waves would be caused in this world.

Volume 980 Time War: Chapter 0947 Chapter [-] Reckless Action

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Belgium, Brussels, on the evening of January 1, at 10:23.

"This is the acting brigade commander of the US 257th Armored Brigade, Fletcher Amoreg. Our ammunition is about to run out. In 30 seconds, our department will use all our firepower to open a passage for you. Please do your best to break through! You must To complete the mission, find the base of the aliens!"

Although the purpose of the human coalition broadcasting to this world is mainly to show their goodwill, so that the human forces in this world will not misunderstand the position of the human coalition before formal contact with the human coalition, but the human coalition obviously miscalculated the United Nations. .Army's desire for strong allies.

From the perspective of the human coalition, at least compared with the East Asian coalition, CHC, etc., the forces that may be destroyed if the human coalition arrives later, the human coalition in this world has successfully limited the scope of activities of aliens to Europe area.

Even though the United Nations Army is still at a disadvantage in the face of the aggressive attack of the doppelganger, the number of lands lost to aliens has gradually increased every month or even every day these years, but the overall situation of human beings has not yet reached the point of desperation .

However, compared with the East Asian United and other countries that have been in wars and conflicts for more than a hundred years and are basically accustomed to the state of war, all countries in this world have obviously not been able to adapt to the tension or control caused by the long-term war with aliens. .

Even apart from the separation of wives and children caused by a large number of casualties and the financial crisis of the government, for the human forces in this world, the damage caused by the imitators to the human economy is enough to shatter countless families.

Since the full-scale war between humans and aliens, the economic development of various countries has basically come to a standstill. Although a large number of heavy industrial facilities, including many third world countries, have been added to support front-line battles, most of the world's major industrial production capacity After turning to provide supporting parts or processing for the military industry, both the per capita GDI and the real living standards of the people are declining year by year.

On the one hand, after losing this important industrial production capacity in Europe, humans in this world have to use many original civilian factories to fill this part of the lack of production capacity; on the other hand, many high-precision equipment manufacturers in Europe have been copied After being engulfed, human beings must give priority to supplying many products that could have dual-use military and civilian uses to military production.

For example, in the chip manufacturing industry, most of the orders of chip manufacturers have been filled by the military enterprises of various countries. For the masses of the world, electronic products such as computers and mobile phones have degenerated from daily necessities to hard to buy even if they have money. Once the electronic equipment in the hands of the masses is damaged, they may not be able to access similar products in the next few years.

If the light industry that is related to people's livelihood can be described as "large-scale shrinkage", then industries that have a strong correlation with social stability, such as finance and tourism, have suffered a devastating blow.

London, Wall Street, Tokyo and other financial centers fell from the altar in the first month after the aliens appeared. Almost every day, investors performed trapeze. Life without hope of living will die in the same place.

Compared with London and Tokyo, the beautiful country has obviously suffered more serious damage in this round of financial collapse.

While the financial industry, one of the pillars of the United States, collapsed due to the arrival of aliens, the country also had to accept a large number of European refugees. It was not done in the way expected, but the beautiful country has been running a deficit for several years.

In order to stabilize the domestic economy, the beautiful country has issued six consecutive war bonds in the past year alone, but this still cannot solve the financial problems of the beautiful country.

In addition to the sharp plunge of the financial industry due to the appearance of aliens, the impact of a series of crises such as the fall of Europe, Lucia's transformation into the front line, and the economic collapse of the beautiful country have had a huge impact on the world like a tsunami. The basic interruption of trade can bring many companies and even countries to the brink of bankruptcy.

Asian countries that are far away from the battlefield are also severely damaged in this endless round of economic crises. The industrialization process of Southeast Asian countries that has just begun to improve is directly interrupted. Japan, which relies heavily on imports and exports, can only rely on material rationing and military control. Even Xia Guo, a large number of enterprises closely related to foreign trade filed for bankruptcy. With the loss of frontline troops, the recall of a large number of retired and reserve troops, and the rapid laying of a large number of heavy industrial factories, the unemployed population of Xia Guo The data still maintains a trend of increasing every year, and it is about to break through 20.00%.

The direct impact of the economic downturn is social and political turmoil, especially in countries like the Beautiful Country, where racial and cultural conflicts are already very sharp. It is also impossible to provide these European refugees with the life they want. As a result, protests and demonstrations have become the norm in this country.

However, no matter how the residents of the beautiful country or the European refugees protest.. under the circumstances that the global available resources and production capacity are given priority to the military field, even if the beautiful country wants to solve the problems of these demonstrators.. The appeal is also weak.

So while the unemployment rate in Xia Country continued to rise, the crime rate and incarceration rate in Beautiful Country also jumped like a rocket, and the law and order in many areas of Beautiful Country even deteriorated to a level comparable to Tianzhu’s slums—of course, they were imitators The Tianzhu slums before coming to the earth.

Of course, whether it is the crime rate or any other indicators, it is also a tolerable "labor pain" for the leading groups of most Western countries-after all, no matter how the quality of life and security environment of the bottom civilians deteriorate, these "big men" will not "Have too much influence-but with certain trends of thought generated by social unrest, it makes them feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.

Although under the general background of "the people of the world unite to fight against aliens", Hexia Kingdom did not take the initiative to add chaos to other countries and engage in some export of ideology... ideology, but if the needs of the people grow If the time is not satisfied, the people will naturally begin to doubt whether the current path is correct.

Take the United States as an example. Although the previous president was automatically re-elected because of the war with aliens, last year's polls in the United States showed that in addition to the donkey and elephant parties, there is another first that scares them. The three parties actually got a support rate close to 15.00%. Regardless of whether the people who support the third party understand the ideological program of the party or not, the masses are gradually awakening and breaking through the propaganda blockade and information cocoons of various media in the United States. This incident is enough to make the leadership of the beautiful country feel uneasy. If the war continues, it is difficult to imagine that the beautiful country will not suddenly change color - or split up in the next few years.

Therefore, when the reconnaissance satellites of various countries in the world suddenly discovered a large military building in Luxembourg, in less than twelve hours, it transformed Luxembourg from an abandoned wasteland into a military fortress, and they are doing so because of these When people panic because of the appearance of the buildings, the owners of these buildings suddenly claim through a space fleet that they are humans from another world, without any hostility, how can they not make the United Nations Army ecstatic.

As for the use of Chinese instead of English by these alien world forces that claim to be the "Allied Forces of Humanity" to make announcements, in the eyes of various countries, it is actually a small problem of insignificance.

After all, in order to gain the support of Xia Guo, Europe and the beautiful country have completely released the technological blockade of Xia Guo. It can be seen that even after human beings have won the war against the imitators, the rise of Xia Guo is a predictable and unpredictable thing. To block things, a group of outsiders who speak the same language as Xia Guo appeared at this time, and in the eyes of the leaders of various western countries, they are in debt.

And these are of course impossible to discuss openly on the radio or the Internet, so the human coalition forces are currently ignorant of these situations.

Therefore, when the human coalition forces are still concentrating on strengthening the Luxembourg military base, the United Nations in this world is already very eager to establish a formal relationship with the human coalition forces, and continue to communicate with the human coalition space fleet. At the same time, with the exception of the Eastern Front troops who were too far away from the human coalition forces, most of the troops from various countries sent troops to Luxembourg in an attempt to communicate face-to-face with the human coalition forces.

Of course, when the human coalition began to broadcast the human strength in this world, they subconsciously ignored a very important thing.

From the perspective of the human coalition, since they can quickly realize that the imitator has the ability to go back in time after learning about the ability of the imitator, all human tactics and actions may be unilaterally transparent to the imitator , then the humans in this world have been at war with the imitators for five full years, and the humans in this world should know this information earlier than the human coalition forces.

Therefore, neither the broadcast of the human coalition nor the major countries in the world that followed up with the human coalition fleet had any discussion on the time-reversing ability of the doppelganger, which directly caused the United Nations... miserable failure.

On January 1th, troops from six divisions marched towards the Luxembourg area from the three directions of the Apennine Peninsula, the Jutland Peninsula, and Normandy. In order to reduce the risk of being intercepted by imitators during the land march On the night of January 10th, the joint forces of England and the United States organized two divisions to land in Belgium overnight.

Although after receiving the landing mission, the joint forces of the two countries that landed in Belgium were already mentally prepared to fight a tough battle, but when the distance of more than 300 kilometers from Belgium to Luxembourg really turned into a road of death, one by one. The surviving troops still felt a pang of sadness as the imitators disappeared from the radio one after another in the constant ambushes.

The 72nd Armored Division of the Beautiful Country and the Royal Armored Division of England were engaged in landing operations. After three total annihilations, they were reorganized, but in terms of troop formation and weaponry, these two troops can already be regarded as elite troops in the United Nations Army.

However, such an "elite unit" was constantly attacked by imitators during the landing in Belgium, as if the victory in the Normandy landing battle was just an imitator deliberately released to paralyze the United Nations. Each division lost nearly [-]% of its troops.

And the next march to Luxembourg was even more of a nightmare. Since the front line of the joint combat force was stretched, there have been imitators rushing through the fire blockade line, mixing with the human troops in various positions, equipped with Simple exoskeleton infantry units can still rely on tanks as shelters to avoid losses as much as possible by virtue of their own range and mobility advantages, but tanks and infantry combat vehicles, which are listed as priority targets by imitators, are not so lucky.

Just like the simulation of the human coalition forces in the thinking world, the tank units that cannot quickly transfer the muzzle and lack the ability to progress can hardly be in the imitation that is approaching, except that the reactive armor worn by themselves can blow up the imitators. or troops.

However, due to the fact that the march of the United States and England's joint combat forces was too long, the positions attacked by the imitators could not form a dense enough fire net, and the imitators who bullied the tanks had enough time and opportunity to change themselves The body of the tank triggers the reactive armor on the tank at the cost of a small "tentacle". When the reactive armor of the tank is in a position that cannot be handled, the imitator can launch a fatal blow to the human tank.

The commander of the US 257th Armored Brigade died in battle a long time ago, and now only Colonel Fletcher, the head of the 82nd Tank Regiment, has given the task to the unit, and before him, the "acting brigade commander" also sacrificed three, he Already the last commander of the 257th Armored Brigade.

However, Colonel Fletcher is probably the last acting brigade commander of the 257th Armored Brigade, because the 257th Armored Brigade has also reached the point of exhaustion, and the surviving 17 tanks are not enough for a regiment. Under the siege attack, there is no possibility of breaking out.

Colonel Fletcher didn't know how many imitators were hidden in the surrounding night, but since his troops had no hope of breaking through, he might as well try his best to cover the surrounding friendly forces to break through the ambush circle of the imitators. Continue on to Luxembourg.

So under the order of Colonel Fletcher, the 257 surviving tanks of the 17th Armored Brigade all gave up their attack targets, turned their guns to the marching direction of the troops, and poured all their ammunition in the southeast direction. During the process, imitator units continued to stab tentacles at the surviving tanks of the 257th Brigade until the tanks were destroyed by the imitators, and the 257th Brigade did not back down.

Volume 981 Time War: Chapter 0948 Chapter [-] Fire Clouds Surrounding

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November 1, 11:2 a.m.

"I can't break out, the troops will be under the command of Colonel Frank!"

I don’t know how many times this roar came from the communication channel of the joint combat force, and immediately a command tank surrounded by imitators made a loud noise from inside, and after actively detonating the remaining ammunition, it turned into a rising fire dragon , pounced on the approaching imitator.