Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 629 Main Road

25 kilometers to the east of the Bronze City Ruins.

It is now 37:[-] in the afternoon, and nearly two and a half hours have passed since the battle started.

The remnant of the 4000th Armored Division that survived the fusion tentacles attack has about more than 1000 people. Among them, the wounded have been taken to the rear of the battlefield by the transport ships of the three major fleets for treatment, and the remaining more than [-] people who are still capable of fighting are being rescued by It was incorporated into the left-wing corps that detoured to the east.

At this distance, the soldiers of the [-]th Armored Division could even see the outlines of the buildings around the Bronze City ruins with their naked eyes.

As a "military fortress", the ancient bronze city site is naturally surrounded by a high granite wall similar to a city wall. However, compared with the inner city buildings made of copper alloy, the material durability of this high granite wall is inferior. It's much worse. Today, only the ruins of the high wall are less than one-tenth of the original length.

From a distance, only a dozen sections of severely weathered rock pillars still stand scattered on the plain outside the ruins, just like the common stone forests in karst landforms.

The left-wing corps has been advancing to this position without encountering any blocking or resistance from heretical sects.

Compared with the tragic level of the frontal battlefield, the calm here made the soldiers suspicious—even a small number of soldiers began to suspect that everything they saw just now, including the terrifying monster buried deep in the ground, might be It's just my own illusion...

Of course, the soldiers of the [-]th Armored Division would definitely not have such an idea—the combat uniforms of many of them have been soaked in the blood of their comrades in arms. The strong fishy smell reminded this group of soldiers who just walked through the gate of hell... But even so, they still had a very strong sense of unreality to the scene in front of them.

The ruins of the ancient bronze city 25 kilometers away...seems to be an empty city?
A distance of 25 kilometers cannot be said to be close at hand, but for modern weapons, even squad-level equipment, there are several types that can attack targets at this distance, not to mention the various tanks and mechs of the armored forces. And self-propelled guns too.

With the scientific and technological power of the Alpha civilization, it shouldn't be too difficult for the fortress defense facilities to attack the enemy 25 kilometers away.

However, the ruins of the Bronze City did not take any offensive measures against the Ark Field Army, which was "at the gate of the city".

"Contact the Air Force Fleet overhead, they must see better than us in the sky." An officer waved to the communications soldier, "Ask them if they saw anything inside the ruins."

Within half a minute, the messenger immediately replied: "They said that no trace of heretical sects was found inside the ruins... The whole city seems to be really an empty city."

"That's impossible." The officer shook his head in doubt. "If this is an empty city, why did they place such a monster right in front of the ruins... Isn't that giant seed of erosion used to guard the ruins?"

The communications soldier didn't reply, and neither did the other soldiers. No one could answer the officer's question... In fact, everyone had the same doubt in their hearts.

If it was said that it was so easy to enter the ruins, wouldn't the sacrifices of those soldiers who had just died on the frontal battlefield be meaningless?

But no matter whether these soldiers believe that the ruins of the ancient bronze city in front of them are really an empty city, the order from the headquarters still has to be implemented-"If there is no resistance during the advance, directly attack the ruins of the ancient bronze city."

The Tenth Armored Division was only five kilometers away from the edge of the Bronze City ruins, and some enhanced soldiers with better eyesight could even clearly see the decorative embossed patterns on those buildings.

"Stop advancing!" The officer raised his arm, "The people in the second mobile team will serve as the reconnaissance unit, and the rest will stand by!"

As soon as the order was issued, a reconnaissance team consisting of six "Big Wolf" high-mobility tactical mechas and one "Beidou" high-power communication mech drove towards the ruins at full speed—four "Biao Lang" on air cushions. "He rushed to the front with a large-caliber fully automatic shotgun to open the way, and the other two "Biaolang" holding shields were responsible for pulling the slower "Beidou" and followed closely behind his teammates.

These seven machines directly entered the main road of a certain sector of the Ancient Bronze City Ruins, and rushed forward for two kilometers in one breath along the nearly ten-meter-wide main road, and did not stop until a crossroad appeared in front of them.

"The reconnaissance team reported that at a depth of [-] kilometers, no enemy was found, no resistance was encountered, and the ruins themselves showed no signs of activation, nor any abnormalities."

This news was quickly transmitted to the troops on standby at the rear through the high-power communication equipment carried by the "Beidou" mech. Not long after, the Tenth Armored Division continued to advance towards the ruins of the ancient bronze city. The ship also began to slowly sail into the airspace directly above the ancient bronze city ruins.

"Don't let your guard down, search every room of every building on both sides of the street carefully, and don't let go of any clues."

A mammoth tank stood at the front of the team, followed by three heavy-duty defensive mechs in parallel. The three giant shields like door panels were combined to form a slowly advancing shield wall. Weapons such as rocket launchers, howitzers, and technical laser cannons, as well as fire support mechs like hedgehogs.

Behind these armored vehicles are thousands of infantrymen wearing power armor and tactical exoskeletons. They hold various weapons in their hands and follow closely behind those iron bumps.

"Infantry-tank coordination"...a very mature tactic 1000 years ago, it is still extremely practical, especially in this kind of street fighting, where heavily armored tanks and mechs can serve as infantry in battle. The bunker in the open area, and the infantry can help the armored vehicle clear some enemies in the dead zone of attack, or remove some obstacles that the vehicle cannot eliminate.

"Don't let go of every building. It doesn't matter if you advance slowly. We have already entered the interior of the ruins, and the primary goal has been achieved—"

Many of the entrances to the buildings in the Bronze City ruins are locked, and relic hunters cannot enter the interior to investigate—but it is not the same for the army. The high-power laser cutting machine installed on the armored vehicle only takes a few minutes to cut Open a half-meter-thick alloy door, and if the defense facilities have not been activated, pure "physical anti-theft means" cannot stop an organized army from advancing.

"Could the information be wrong? The defensive facilities of this ruin don't look like they've been activated at all..." The officer in the vanguard murmured in his heart. Although he wasn't a ruin hunter, as an officer of the Field Corps, he had He has carried out combat missions in many ruins, and he is very clear about the power of the defense facilities in the ruins of the Alpha civilization... To put it bluntly, he has already prepared the troops under his command from the beginning The entire army was wiped out, and they couldn't feel the psychological preparation at the entrance of the ruins, but now, they came in so ostentatiously.

"Could it be that the people above are so eager to assemble the troops because they expected that the heretic sect would not have time to activate the defensive facilities of the ruins? As for the super giant erosion seed on the frontal battlefield, it is to delay our pace and buy time for the activation of the defensive facilities A pawn?" The officer raised his head and glanced at the friendly fleet in the sky a little irritably, he felt that this should be the most correct explanation, but he always felt that there was something wrong.

If we want to delay time, why didn't any blocking forces be set up in other directions of the Bronze City site?

Among other things, putting a few mutants together with the weapons unearthed from the ruins of the Alpha civilization, can delay it for a few minutes, right?

But now they were let in so easily, which made the officer feel that this ruin...is like a trap.

At this moment, a sudden gunshot interrupted his thoughts, and the officer hurriedly looked around, only to see a soldier at the edge of the queue fell down clutching his neck, his body was twitching continuously, bloody red Foam kept gushing out from between his fingers.

"Enemy sniper! The six-story building at ten o'clock, the second window from the left!"

"Pierre was shot! The bullet penetrated through the gap in the exoskeleton, as if it pierced his trachea! Medic! Medic come here! He needs to be operated on immediately to save him!"

"Raise the shield! The mecha raises the shield! We need a bulletproof bunker with an inclination of at least 45 degrees!"

Shouts rang out one after another immediately, but the formation of the soldiers did not appear chaotic—these people were veterans who had experienced many battles, and a mere sniper could not disrupt their formation at all.

A heavy defensive mecha immediately took a step back and used a huge shield to protect the infantry behind it. Two medical soldiers quickly passed through the crowd and ran to Pierre who was shot.

A dozen soldiers wearing power armor formed a circle around Pierre, using their bodies to provide the medical soldiers with a safe bunker where they could perform operations.

As for the window where the sniper showed his head, it was filled with more than a dozen rockets the moment he fired the shot.

Dense explosions came from the inside of the building, followed by thick smoke billowing out of the windows.

Even if the sniper retreated to the cover immediately after firing the shot, he would never have time to run out of the range of the explosion.

Sayings like "the enemy of a sniper can only be another sniper" are only applicable to small-scale mercenary fights, and in war, there is always only one way to deal with a sniper ——

That's fire coverage.

Simple, crude, and it works.

About ten seconds after the explosion, the three-headed Seed of Corrosion, which had not yet completely "transformed" and still had scorched human fragments hanging from its tentacles, jumped out of the windows and slammed into the street. Then squirmed and rushed towards the Tenth Armored Division.

Without the officer's order, several soldiers who were specially responsible for dealing with the Seed of Corrosion had already jumped over the mechs and tanks and rushed up.

The weapon in their hands is a special steel fork with a length of more than five meters. The end of the steel fork is fixed on the gauntlet of the power armor, and the front end is a pair of movable mechanical claws, which are directly powered by the engine of the power armor.

These soldiers, in a group of five, directly clamped down on the rushing Seed of Corrosion with steel forks. Although the power of the Seed of Corrosion is terrifying, the power that can be erupted by soldiers equipped with high-power power armor cannot be underestimated. In the five-on-one wrestling, these seeds of erosion were directly fixed in place, unable to move forward.

At this time, it was the turn of several other precision marksman rifles to appear on the stage. They all wore a heavy special helmet on their heads. The power of the gun has been magnified many times. With this thing, they can quickly lock the position of the "nucleus" in the Seed of Corrosion. One shot pierces the explosive bomb and the other is an active bullet. Two shots directly take away a Seed of Corrosion.

This is the fastest and most ammunition-saving way for the Field Legion to destroy a small amount of Corrosion Seeds—of course, if they encounter a large number of Corrosion Seed attacks, they can only choose saturation attacks to "cut the mess quickly"... Saturation attacks though It kills faster, but the consumption of active ammunition is also extremely terrifying.

The special team here has already dealt with the three seeds of erosion, while the medical soldiers on the other side have also performed emergency surgery on Pierre.

The medical soldiers directly cut Pierre's throat, clamped the blood vessel with a hemostat, and connected him to a simple extracorporeal circulation device. This emergency treatment method seems rough, but at least it can make the skin El was out of danger in time and maintained his vital signs for more than six hours.

Such injuries can only be treated by the field hospital in the rear or the medical room of a large airship, but it is still in the combat stage, and it is impossible for them to let the airship come down to pick up people for just one soldier, so they can only I can temporarily wrong Pierre to lie down in the compartment of the armored car for a while.

"Continue to advance." The officer said, "Pay attention to the commanding heights of the buildings everywhere. For suspicious locations, you can directly apply for fire reconnaissance."

For some reason, after being sniped, his anxiety and doubts seemed to dissipate a lot... Anyway, they still encountered a certain degree of resistance, and the ancient bronze city ruins were by no means an empty city.

[PS Thanks to Qi Jiujiu for the 5000 starting coins. 】

[PPS said that I haven’t slept well in the past few days... the day after the bone piercing was done, the puncture site was in pain and I couldn’t sleep, and the next two days I was waiting for the result. I finally felt at ease, but I had a toothache in the middle of the night. I went to find the leftover painkillers until four o’clock in the morning and took it. I can fall asleep with my head on the keyboard...]

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