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But the imitators around didn't seem to have any surprises about the final outcome of this command tank. Just before the fire dragon roared and rushed towards them, they collectively braked suddenly and retreated several meters continuously, making this command tank take the life of a major general as a Price's decisive blow failed to achieve any results.

It has been more than three hours since the joint combat force landed in Belgium. The troops of the two divisions have shrunk rapidly during the three-hour battle. The last three brigades remained.

And under the purposeful hunting of the imitators, the senior commanders of the three brigades have all died. At present, the supreme commander of the joint combat force has reached the head of Colonel Frank in a downward pass.

After being away from the support of warships and naval forces, the road ahead for the joint combat force has become more difficult.

Although except for the areas where there are huge defensive loopholes in the joint combat force, the attack of the imitators on the force has changed from the violent offensive stance of the past, to harassment and blockage to preserve their own strength.

However, the imitators' attacks on the convoy did not stop for a moment. This joint combat force was attacked by the imitators hundreds of times in the first hour after landing along the road.

Even in each attack, the imitators often only take the initiative to withdraw their troops after destroying a few, a dozen tanks, or about one or two platoons of infantry units. The frequency still allows rapid attrition of the joint combat force.

It wasn't until the joint combatant commanders realized the folly of marching in long lines along the roads and ordered troops to cluster together and move forward in groups that the imitators began to harass them less frequently.

However, the consequence of abandoning the road was that the mobile speed of the troops was greatly reduced, which directly led to the fact that the joint mobile force's march of more than two hours only completed a quarter of the total distance.

The hilly terrain in the center of Belgium also seriously slowed down the marching speed of the joint combat troops gathered in a group. When the advancing direction of the troops was blocked by hills or forest terrain, the joint combat troops had to take a detour to avoid.

Three years have passed since humans withdrew from Belgium, and all kinds of vegetation have grown wildly in the past three years. You can occasionally see a few trees breaking through the ground on the road, let alone the wilderness far away from the road. .

This makes it seem that the joint combat force is still far away from reconciling with the human coalition.

In addition, the attacks of the imitators on the joint mobile force only decreased rather than stopped. Although the casualties of personnel and equipment decreased after the joint combat forces formed a group, in the continuous harassment and attacks of the imitators, in order to prevent the imitators from approaching , The ammunition and various fuel reserves of the joint combat force are also declining rapidly.

Originally, before the landing, the United Nations Army had prepared enough ammunition reserves for this joint combat force to carry out a 24-hour fierce war, but all the transport vehicles were the focus of attacks by imitators second only to senior officers.

During the landing operations, [-]% of the transportation troops in the last wave of landing sequences were wiped out by the imitators. Even if the American Fleet temporarily transported some ammunition supplies to the landing troops, the combined combat troops would still be out of the support range of the fleet. After that, regardless of the position of the transport unit, the damage rate of these defenseless units is doubled.

Although the beautiful country fleet on standby in the Heligoland Bay has also tried to use transport aircraft to replenish empty supplies in the direction of the joint combat force, no matter whether it is a large transport aircraft, or fighter jets and attack aircraft participating in escort missions, there are many imitators. suffered heavy losses from anti-aircraft fire.

Even if one or two transport planes managed to break through the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the imitators, they were often far away from the joint combat force's forward direction, and it was impossible for the joint combat force to find the ammunition supplies dropped.

By January 1, the ammunition carried by the remaining transport convoy of the joint combat force had basically bottomed out. From 11 o'clock in the morning, people or vehicles were forced to leave the team from time to time because of exhaustion of ammunition, fuel or exoskeleton batteries. Engage the pursuers of the Mimics.

And this kind of desperate blocking battle is doomed to huge sacrifices. Even if a few tanks or infantry squads form a combat team, it is difficult to be completely defenseless in all directions, and imitators who may emerge from the darkness at any time can easily Break through the defenses of these crouching troops and tie the remaining soldiers into hedgehogs.

However, even though the joint combat force began to consciously save ammunition after realizing that its own troops were about to run out of ammunition, the ammunition reserves of the joint combat force dropped rapidly to within the warning line. Problem with not being able to get resupply after being depleted.

As a result, many fighters equipped with exoskeletons had to draw out their melee weapons to fight hand-to-hand with the imitators.

In fact, in the constant battles with imitators, the United Nations Army has discovered that in fierce battles, infantry units are prone to the problem of difficult supply of ammunition. Therefore, since the end of the Battle of Verdun, the United Nations.. The army has designed a series of melee equipment for exoskeletons, including fighting daggers, epees, swords and shields, and is consciously enhancing the close combat capabilities of infantry units.

Although equipped with exoskeletons, theoretically infantry units can also have good close combat capabilities after sufficient training. If they cooperate properly, it is not difficult for a squad to kill an imitator without damage.

But the problem is that the most important reason for the rapid popularization of exoskeleton equipment by the UN.. Army is because veterans lose quickly in battles with imitators. These can reduce the burden on infantry, and the exoskeleton with primary auxiliary aiming function can greatly reduce The training time for soldiers prevents the frontline from having no soldiers available.

Except for Asian countries that are far away from the battlefield and have a relatively sufficient number of soldiers, the intensive training time for recruits of the United Nations Army from enlistment to the official battlefield may be less than two months. If the battle situation is urgent, this time may be delayed. was cut.

In this little time, it is only possible for soldiers to master the basic shooting ability after the popularization of exoskeletons. The army also simply does not have enough time and energy to increase the necessary melee training for recruits.

Therefore, except for a few veterans in each regiment, most of the soldiers are using their lives to drive away the enemy in close combat with the imitators. A squad of infantry can be said to be looking for death when dealing with an imitator, and there are often only two or three Only when ten infantrymen launched a siege to the imitator together, can an imitator be wiped out after paying half the casualties.

When the joint combat force had to fight the imitators, the casualty rate, which had just dropped a little, began to increase rapidly, so that everyone suspected that they might not be able to leave the border of Belgium at all.

In addition to the rapid consumption of weapons and ammunition and a large number of casualties, after being forced into a quagmire of progress with imitators, the energy of this joint combat force is also declining rapidly.

Originally, this night landing operation was launched without any prior preparations. The 72nd Armored Division of the Beautiful Country and the Royal England Armored Division who participated in the landing could only take a nap for an hour or two before the mission started. The mental state of the personnel itself was not too high. good.

Even though the soldiers have put life and death aside, the close combat with the imitators is a huge test of their energy and physical strength. As time goes by, the physical and psychological fatigue of the soldiers is getting worse and worse.

And this kind of fatigue is very fatal to joint combat troops.

Originally, in front of imitators with the ability to go back in time, the actions of human troops have no secrets at all, but when more and more soldiers experience rapid decline in response and attention due to fatigue, joint combat troops can be imitated Defense vulnerabilities exploited by attackers have also become increasingly prominent.

Just three or ten minutes ago, after a hard battle all the way, some of the infantry units covering Major General Alexander's command vehicle had become unconscious due to the huge consumption of physical energy. Before these ground troops could adjust their state, five The imitators who only sprang out of the night quickly passed through their line of defense and rushed towards Major General Alexander's command tank. Until one of the imitators climbed onto Major General Alexander's command tank, the surrounding infantry units on guard did not stop. Respond with hindsight.

Although under the tenacious attack of Major General Alexander's guards, the five imitators were successfully repelled. In order to drive away these monsters, Major General Alexander commanded the infantry around the vehicle to pay more than 40 dead and 30 people at once. The cost of serious injuries to many people directly caused Major General Alexander to be ambushed by imitators and unable to save himself.

After the death of Major General Alexander, the joint combat force that broke out reduced the troops to three brigades. In these three brigades, the armbands of the United States and England can be seen at the same time, even though most of the soldiers in the reorganized troops are from each other. I don't know each other, but in order to complete the task, or in other words, in order to survive, this army still showed an unexpected unity.

It's just that the number of imitators ambushing on the way forward is still surprisingly large. Sometimes the joint combat force may only encounter a few or a dozen imitator units in the front, but if they have drones with night vision capabilities , they would find that the mines around them were densely populated with imitators who were constantly marching to find holes in the defenses of the Combined Forces.

The United Nations Army has not yet figured out whether these alien monsters with both biological and metal characteristics will also experience fatigue, but the imitators who set up an ambush circle in advance and wait for work at least have enough troops to rotate, and will not The combat effectiveness of troops has declined due to prolonged combat.

The joint combat force fought as they went, but in the process, people were repeatedly attacked and killed by imitators, or were forced to stay behind because of exhausted ammunition - or wait to die - until the joint combat force reached southeast Belgium At the time of entering the Ardennes Highlands in the north, all the armored units in the joint combat force had been completely lost, and the number of infantry still capable of combat was less than 2000.

"This task is impossible to complete..." Seeing the imitators outflanking the front again, Colonel Frank put the last clip on the machine gun on his arm, and then pulled out a half-person-high, palm-width gun from behind. The epee swung twice in the void, with a miserable smile on his face.

Behind Colonel Frank, the remaining human troops were either swearing or cursing God, or were silent, but no matter what they were saying at this time, their movements were still in unison.

With the magazine loaded and the blade unsheathed, since it is impossible to complete the task and return to their hometown, these remaining soldiers will fight to the last moment for their homeland.

"Soldiers, draw your swords," Colonel Frank's voice carried over the radio, "follow me!"

However, before Colonel Frank took two steps with his epee, the imitators who were still surrounding the Joint Operations Force gave up the siege of the Joint Operations Force as if they had received a signal, and they were all evacuated in the blink of an eye. net.

Colonel Frank quickly figured out what the imitator's signal was.

All I heard was a series of whistling jet engines from the sky, followed by a large dazzle of fire in the dark night sky where no light could be seen.

Although there is still a certain distance between the rising position of these fire dragons and the position of the joint combat force, in a series of explosions, the wind-like airflow began to rage on the ground, and the soldiers wearing exoskeletons were blown away like flowers and plants in a storm. Staggering to and fro, some fighters of the joint combat force who were closer to the center of the explosion were even blown away.

Then, more ballistic trajectories tore through the night and chased in the direction where the imitators were evacuating. I saw streamers of light continuously passing over the heads of the joint combat troops and crashing into the dark Ardennes Highlands.

Immediately, countless glaring clouds of fire lingered around the joint combat force. The fire light dispelled the night and reflected the red sky. At this moment, the lingering imitators also receded with the night.

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Volume 982 Time War: Chapter 0949 Chapter [-] Contact

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"The fourth UAV formation has been launched at the target location, but no large-scale imitator troops have been found. These monsters have begun to retreat before our arrival, and we have not even caught their tails."

"Continue to implement the plan to bomb and clear the imitator-infested areas to ensure that we can safely take the attacked human troops out of the theater."

"understand!"

When the United Nations forces in all directions were caught in the attack of imitators, the headquarters of the human coalition forces was still brightly lit, and various orders were continuously conveyed to the various troops, and the human coalition base was busy.

When the various troops set off from the station, the detection satellites of the human coalition forces had already monitored the abnormal movements of these troops, and communicated with the United Nations Army on this issue.

When the human coalition learned that the marching target of these troops was Luxembourg, many people in the human coalition once thought that the commander of this world was crazy, and euphemistically explained the danger of this operation to the UN.. Army.

It's just that the commander of the United Nations Army was already dazzled by the two major victories in Verdun and Normandy. Even on the day when the Normandy landing battle started, the total number of casualties of the United Nations Army in all directions had reached more than ten Ten thousand people, but this still cannot prevent the commander of the United Nations Army from continuing to implement the plan.

The subsequent battles also proved the judgment of the human coalition forces. In addition to the joint operations of the beautiful country and England that landed in Belgium, which were beaten to less than one brigade by the imitators, the multinational coalition forces from Denmark, the Apennine Peninsula, and Normandy are also leaving the United Nations. After the military positions were supported, they were constantly ambushed by imitators. Among them, the direction of Normandy suffered the most losses. Before January 1, there were only more than 10 troops left from the 12 troops when they set off.

Although the human coalition has not established a formal communication channel with the human forces in this world, it is impossible for the human coalition to watch the human fighters in this world die. Since 1:11 on January 1, the human coalition has been continuously Send reinforcements in every direction.

The Belgian landing force, which is relatively close, was supported by six drone brigades, and the Danish and Apennines directions were supported by the space airborne forces of the human coalition forces. In addition to smashing down the Immortal Legion of more than 400 people, they also used the plane coordinate positioning device carried by the Immortals to directly send two steel soldiers to this battlefield.

"Brigade Commander, Wu 9 on the opposite side has rushed down!"

At 1:11 a.m. on January 2, the UAV unit carried out a round of indiscriminate bombing on the imitator-infested area. The ground unmanned unit also arrived near the battlefield at a slower speed. At this time, the joint combat force The surroundings are no longer surrounded by imitators, so the human coalition unmanned combat vehicle unit just wandered around the periphery of the United Nations Army, and immediately pursued in the direction where the imitators evacuated.

However, the "patrol" of the unmanned tanks of the human coalition caused another burst of yelling on the radio of the joint combat force.

Colonel Frank knocked on his ears. Since the arrival of the human coalition support, the noisy voice on the radio made his already dizzy brain dizzy. Neither the regimental commander nor the battalion commander could calm down the soldiers.

Especially when the unmanned ground unit of the human coalition forces passing by their own front line, in the identification friend or foe system of the United Nations military exoskeleton, got the judgment of "five nine" with a sense of age, the discussion of the surviving soldiers began again. Can't stop.

But look at the car body that is less than one person tall, the exaggerated speed that can run seventy to eighty kilometers per hour in the Ardennes Highlands at night, and the angular turret. All tanks - all very different.

Perhaps it was also because these tanks could not find any matching data in the database of the identification friend or foe system, and in the end they could only match them hastily based on their dark green body and the five pairs of road wheels hanging below them. "Five 9" is a model that will cause a crisis of confidence in the identification friend or foe system.

But having said that, even if the human coalition sent over to support Colonel Frank's tank, when at least [-] tanks formed a formation and passed in front of Colonel Frank, under the constant attacks of the imitators, it was already a bit of a panic The joint combat force can also relax a little bit.

Of course, while the joint combat forces were relieved by the arrival of the human coalition forces, the human coalition forces were very dissatisfied with this operation.

No matter what type of support the human coalition forces sent to these areas, twenty to four to 10 minutes before the arrival of the human coalition forces attack, the imitation forces besieging the UN.. Except for the imitators that attract firepower, the massive attack of the human coalition forces did not achieve very good results.

Although before the departure of the human coalition support troops, the human coalition forces had already given up on the imitators to block the human coalition forces around the portal. This result was expected, but when the human coalition forces dispatched support troops to various regions with great fanfare, they only wiped out When there were less than [-] imitators, the human coalition army felt more clearly the difficulty of imitators, opponents with the ability to go back in time.

The only good news is that, including the imitators killed by the human coalition forces and the various United Nations forces during the march, the human coalition forces collected enough samples for experiments overnight, as long as the human coalition forces can get the imitators from the corpses of these imitators If we can crack the secret of time regression online, then the human coalition will also be able to find a way to defeat the imitators.

"Regroup the troops, everyone put down their weapons, stay where they are and don't move."

In addition to being able to harvest a large number of imitator corpses, the indiscriminate bombing of the human coalition forces can still play a little role. At least when watching the human coalition forces ignite the surrounding highlands into a sea of ​​​​flames, all United Nations troops can quickly There is a very clear judgment on the current form, and there will be no irrational behavior.

"They are probably the target of our mission this time, don't act rashly, wait for the other party to contact us." Colonel Frank issued an order to the surrounding troops.

Although Frank didn't know how many enemies the human company coalition forces could eliminate in this bombing, he could also feel that the activities of imitators appearing around the Ardennes Heights would decrease rapidly after a long period of time, even if the troops Stay where you are, and you shouldn't be attacked by imitators again.

The joint combat troops didn't have to wait too long, and the "contact" that Colonel Frank mentioned appeared in front of them, but the appearance of the human coalition liaison officer was so horrifying that Frank and the others lost their speech ability for a while. .

Above the heads of the Joint Operations Forces, several groups of huge fireballs fell to the ground with wind and fire from outside the atmosphere. Under the surprised eyes of the soldiers of the Joint Operations Forces, these groups of fireballs changed orbits and decelerated several times in succession, and finally It landed smoothly at a position more than 50 meters in front of the joint combat force.

After the fireballs surrounding these extra-atmospheric objects dissipated, the joint combat force could see clearly that these extraterrestrial visitors turned out to be a few robots completely wrapped in metal.

These robots are about two meters tall. They have a jagged long sword hanging on their legs. They don't carry any weapons other than that, but these robots can land safely from outside the atmosphere without any protection. From this point of view on Earth, the joint combat force would never doubt the combat effectiveness of these robots.

Including Colonel Frank, many United Nations soldiers who saw these "robots" thought at first that they were controlled remotely by AI or human coalition forces, until the robots headed towards the Joint Operations Department after the heat dissipated. After walking over and formally contacting them, they realized how wrong their estimation of the human coalition was.

At this time, the joint combat troops had just supported each other, got up from the shock wave generated by the explosion just now and reorganized the team, even though this group of human coalition forces drove away the imitation troops that besieged them, but when these robots walked up to them In front of them, everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

"I am the commander of the 2nd Company of the Immortal Legion of the Human Alliance Army, Anatoly, and I want to talk to your commander." These robots walked at a speed that seemed not in a hurry, but actually was very fast. Arriving in front of the remnants of the Joint Operations Force, and stopped ten meters in front of the Joint Operations Force, he said slowly.

The self-proclaimed Anatoly Immortal used the Chinese first, and only repeated it in English after finding that the soldiers in front of him had no reaction to it.

Although the human coalition forces have tried their best to restore the voices of the immortals during their lifetime, they can still hear a hint of electronic synthesis when they speak, but what surprised the soldiers of the joint combat force is that even with the electronic synthesis voices, they can still hear the sound from the immortals. Some helpless tone can be heard in the second retelling in English, which is obviously something that AI cannot do.

Not to mention that the robot in front of him uttered the name "Immortal", which sounds very subtle and imaginative.

Of course, the fact that he called himself "Anatole" with an obvious Slavic name, but first spoke fluent Chinese has been subconsciously ignored by the joint combat forces.

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January 1 at 11:3 a.m.

Since the immortals of the human coalition contacted them and explained that the human coalition would "escort" them to the base in Luxembourg, Colonel Frank did not know how many times he was shocked. What an outrageous thing, when there will never be a feeling of surprise in this life, the human coalition will always come up with something new that can break Frank's three views.

From the time when the human coalition sent an orbital transport plane to pick up the joint combat force on the space battleship, to the instant transfer of the joint combat force to the Luxembourg base through the portal, "What_the_hell..." has become Frank's most repeated phrase during this period.

Although the Immortals can also carry the plane coordinate positioning device to send the combined combat forces directly back to the base of the human coalition forces in Luxembourg, but since the human coalition forces have already blown up the Ardennes Highlands, the surroundings are no longer facing the imitator air defense firepower. Naturally, the human coalition forces don't mind letting Colonel Frank and others take a trip in space, so that the United Nations can have a clearer understanding of the military strength of the human coalition forces.

The performance of Frank and others also proved that the choice of the human coalition forces was correct. Even after a major war, when the joint combat forces saw the space battleship floating in the earth orbit through the side window of the orbital transport plane, and passed the space battleship's When the portal arrived at the Luxembourg base, Frank and the others were extremely cooperative and quiet, except for the surprised emotions. Even if the human coalition forces asked them to disarm all before entering the space battleship, the soldiers of the joint combat force did not raise it. any objection.

Of course, if Colonel Frank was only "surprised" by seeing the space fleet, then when they arrived at the Luxembourg base through the portal, the expression on Frank's face could only be described as "horrified".

When the European region has fallen into darkness, the Luxembourg base controlled by the human coalition forces is still brightly lit. Even if the overall arrangement of the human coalition forces for the Luxembourg base cannot be seen from the air, just being in this building complex is enough. Enough to shock Colonel Frank.

Judging from the extended path of the lights shining into the sky, Colonel Frank preliminarily estimated that this base of the human coalition forces has already covered the surrounding land of more than ten kilometers.

According to the information Colonel Frank has learned, it has only been 24 hours since the outsider arrived in this world. The productivity and infrastructure construction capabilities shown in this are enough to shock everyone.

Of course, what makes Colonel Frank feel a little bit more balanced is that besides him, the other troops rescued by the human coalition forces have their mouths no smaller than his, except for one... new recruit?

"Hello, I'm William Cage, so you don't need to introduce yourself. You are Yu Hongjiang, from the world of the Human Revolutionary Union. Behind you are Chen Xi, Deng Wuyong, Andreev and Boris. This is our No. .15 meetings, I hope to communicate with your commanders, I have very important information to inform you."

Before the human coalition came to pick up their personnel to introduce themselves, this recruit took the initiative to greet them, and judging from the expressions of the human coalition personnel, this recruit seemed to be right?

Volume 983 The War of Time: Chapter 0950 Chapter [-] The Good Friday of William Cage

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William Cage was very clear about his cognition and positioning from the beginning to the end. Therefore, before he obtained the ability to go back in time, he could confess to the commander-in-chief of the United Nations on the Western Front that he was a coward. After he determined that he had acquired the ability to go back in time, Cage also sought help from other people for the first time.

Cage is very clear that it is absolutely impossible for him alone to reverse the victory or defeat of a battle, even if the imitator matrix will not try to find him when he goes back in time, relying only on him personally, the The progress is also very limited. If he wants to achieve the level of one against a hundred and one against a thousand, he may need to die thousands of times back and forth to achieve it.

What's more, human talent and physical fitness always have limits. Now that Cage has been "reborn" hundreds of times after his death, he has only gradually progressed from a propaganda officer who knows nothing to the level of an elite veteran. Although such veterans have been consumed in large numbers on the battlefield, given the huge population base, they are still not scarce in the United Nations Army. ..

Even after finding out the deployment of the imitators by relying on the ability to go back in time, Cage can know the deployment and action routes of the imitators in advance, and use the information difference to eliminate hundreds of the lowest-level units of the imitators in one battle, but this little kill The number of enemies is not enough to turn the tide of the battle for a battle of 10 people.

Although Rita Verataski clearly warned Cage after Cage had first contact with her, don't try to explain to others, especially the high-level UN.. He may be imprisoned or even dissected by the United Nations Army, but Cage has disclosed relevant information to others more than once.

On the one hand, it is because of Cage's lack of confidence in his own abilities, and on the other hand, under the tremendous pressure of countless deaths but no hope in sight, Cage can only kill imitators by showing others Use your own singularity to relieve your own pressure by harvesting the surprises of others.

It’s just like what Rita Veratarski warned him, no matter if Cage tells the soldiers, instructors or the general commander of the United Nations Army’s Western Front, they will respond to Cage’s behavior of “foreseeing” Surprised, but none of them really believed Cage's rhetoric.

——In other words, even if they believed the intelligence that Cage said that "aliens have the ability to go back in time and have set up an ambush in Normandy", the United Nations Army has already prepared everything for this landing battle Under the condition of preparation, it is impossible for them to temporarily change the landing plan.

The appearance of the outsiders made Cage want to tell other people. Although Cage still doesn't know whether the group of outsiders who claim to be the human coalition will believe the information he provided, as long as they can get the information of the human coalition Support is always better than him fighting alone, right?

But the only problem is that William Cage has now been turned into a deserter by the Commander-in-Chief of the United recruits.

And probably Cage's previous remarks seriously offended the commander-in-chief of the Western Front. Even after the victory in the Normandy landing, the commander-in-chief had no idea of ​​restoring William's identity and reputation.

In the situation where the human coalition has basically become a life-saving straw for the United Nations, any action other than the government organizations of major countries in the world that wants to communicate with the human coalition needs to be approved by the United Nations, even if there is one Rita Veratarski, a combat hero of the United Nations Army, endorsed it. With Cage's experience, he could not get permission to communicate with the human coalition forces.

Therefore, for the troops participating in the march from Normandy to Luxembourg, the only way Cage could think of was to have close contact with the human coalition forces.

It's funny to say that before the human allied forces arrived in this world, the landing battle launched by the Western Front troops of the United Nations Army in Normandy suffered a huge defeat. All the troops thrown into the beach were wiped out, even the supporting fleet And there are not many fighters left.