Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 301 I Will Still Stand in Front of You
When the first casualty occurred in the flanking company, the bloody battle truly began.

The main force of the beast tide has truly arrived, and the battle has entered the stage of close-quarters combat.

Attack, relocate, resupply, attack again.
The intensity of the battle has increased to an unprecedented level, and the pace of the battle has become so fast that there is no room for people to breathe.

Of the three bombers already in service, more than one-third of their daily sorties are used for supply drops.

Even so, the supply lines on the southwestern battlefield were like a thin rope, ready to snap at any moment.

Yu Qian, who took over as class monitor, has not slept for 27 consecutive hours. There are too many things he doesn't know and too many skills he needs to learn.

So even when his team finally seized an opening in the battle, shook off the pursuing monsters, and gained precious rest time, he still had to maintain contact with Fuxi and constantly discuss and update the next battle plan.

He didn't know how much longer he could hold on.

But he knew that the battle against the beast tide would not end anytime soon.

Perhaps when I finally collapse, someone will step forward and take my place?

That "latecomer" had undergone more time of training and learning than I had.

Once he gets the hang of it, it probably won't be as difficult for him as it was for me.

Thinking of this, Yu Qian even felt a little gratified.

He took a deep breath, and a putrid smell suddenly filled his nostrils.

At first, he thought it was just because he hadn't showered for a long time.

But upon looking down to check, he discovered that a piece of rotting monster flesh had somehow gotten stuck in his chest holster, silently decaying in the spot where the magazine should have been.

He forced himself to swallow the rotting flesh out of his breast pocket, tossed it aside with disgust, and then wiped his hands on the damp ground.

The other team members who were eating saw his actions. Someone deliberately made a gagging face, and then suddenly laughed.

"Haha."

The first laugh rang out.

Subsequently.

"Hahahaha"

The crowd roared with laughter.

Yu Qian smiled awkwardly in agreement, then said in a deliberately stern tone:
"Everyone, check your equipment."

"Check carefully in every nook and cranny; any remaining rotten flesh might be carrying germs!"

"clear."

Everyone nodded with smiles and quickly got to work, checking each other's unseen corners.

This scene reminded Yu Qian of his days back in the capital.

In the capital city, many people sit together in a corner, checking each other's bodies.

However, back then, people were picking lice off each other.

And now, they are cleaning up the remaining flesh and blood of the enemies they have killed.

"Have you finished checking everything?"

Yu Qian asked.

"The inspection is complete!"

"All right!"

Everyone answered one by one.

Yu Qian raised his hand and said:
"Then let's end the rest and continue our journey."

"We need to get to the mobile supply point and get the next round of supplies."

"The battalion commander has arranged for people to inspect our vehicles and equipment. We should have about two hours to rest there."

"Then we can take a nap!"

"Roger that!"

At his command, everyone boarded the vehicle immediately.

The Mengshi vehicle roared loudly, its wheels spinning and splashing blood-red dirt everywhere.

This battle-hardened chariot remains steadfastly active on the battlefield, while behind it lie the mangled corpses of several monsters.
On the other side, the infantry-tank coordination group.

Huang Meng jumped out of the tank, and the fresh air that rushed in made him feel refreshed, but then the strong smell of gunpowder mixed in with the air almost made him choke.

"Depend on!"

"Why hasn't the smoke cleared yet?"

Huang Meng spat, and the gunner who followed him out of the tank shook his head and replied:

"We didn't start the fighting."

"It's smoke released from the Banghu defense line."

"I heard that the regimental commander collected a large amount of gunpowder to create smoke, and with the help of a small number of thermal imaging night vision devices given to the artillery, the effect was quite good."

"The smoke has spread to a range of more than one kilometer. The monster has now lost its direction of attack and is wandering around the perimeter of the Banghu defense line."

"We should be able to catch our breath now—the tanks are in bad shape and need to be repaired as soon as possible."

"What's wrong?"

Huang Meng frowned and asked.

"Automatic loading machine."

The gunner replied:
"The shaking is quite severe; it feels like it might break at any moment."

"It's alright."

Huang Meng shook his head and said:
"I asked Fuxi, and the automatic loader shaking is a common problem with the 30A tank, it's not a big issue."

"The shock absorption system is in serious condition now. The road conditions are too poor, and the wear and tear on the shock absorption system has reached 60%."

"If we don't replace it soon, we'll be stuck here and there."

"In addition, both cat cars have reached their limits."

"This is completely beyond repair. If we can't get enough replacements, we'll have to abandon our combined arms tactics."

The squad leader of the third squad, who was not far away, heard what he said and quickly asked.

"Commander, where are we going?"

"I do not know either."

Huang Meng sighed.

"Let's report the situation to Commander Shen first and see what his next move is."

"We have too few people, too much attrition, and the war has been going on for too long."

"Right now, almost every class has reached its limit."

"And the beast tide is still larger than 150 animals."

"It's getting tough—but the good news is that our mission is almost complete."

"Almost done?"

The squad leader asked in astonishment:

"How can it be almost finished? We still have so many monsters here."

"Do you really want to kill all these monsters? No way!"

Huang Meng said with amusement:
"Our original purpose was simply to cooperate with the Banghu defense line, using the hammer and anvil tactic to cut off the animal herds in the southwest and prevent them from merging with the animal tides in the northwest and due north."

"Now, according to reconnaissance intelligence, the beast tide from the northwest has crossed Yiyang and is continuing eastward."

"Only a few of those monsters deviated from the main route and headed towards Hanshui City."

"Next, we just need to hold on for another 24 hours to completely widen the time difference between the two monsters."

"At that time, the expeditionary force at the Banghu defense line will withdraw to Hanshui City to fight the elusive monsters."

"And then we can leave unscathed and return to Jinling New City."

"I understand," the class monitor said thoughtfully.

"So our next move is to clear out the beast tides on the south and southeast sides of Jinling New City, and then continue to the northwest to meet the beast tides there."

"After dealing with the beast tide on the northwest side, should we turn around and eliminate the beast tide on the southwest side?"

"Congratulations, you've even learned how to answer first."

Huang Meng proudly recited lines he had learned from ancient skits, and then gave the order:
"Let's all get moving now."

"We have limited time, so let's check our equipment as quickly as possible and then head to the mobile supply point for resupply."

“We can rest there for 3 hours.”

"Then we'll all get a good night's sleep!"

Banghu defense line.

He Shuo stood behind the defensive line, watching indifferently as the expeditionary force soldiers cleaned up the bodies of their comrades.

Just now, they had just experienced an extremely fierce battle.

Just as Li Xian predicted, this defensive line was actually a "glass line." If it was not breached, the casualties on the line would be so small as to be negligible.

However, once a breakthrough is made, the casualty figures will increase instantly, and may even push the entire team to the brink of collapse.

Just minutes earlier, their defensive line had been breached in the defensive battle.

Several red "blood embryos" emerged from the monster's corpse, but instead of launching an attack, they kept changing positions, using the cover of many giant monsters to dodge the dense bullets and artillery fire, and successfully crossed the clam lake to reach the front of the expeditionary force's defensive line.

There, the "blood fetuses" suddenly launched an attack, simultaneously assaulting the defensive line.

When they entered the makeshift trenches, a massacre ensued.

Sharp claws tore through the flesh of the warriors, while the panicked expeditionary force and the Christian guards who came from Jiujiang fired their guns aimlessly, trying to use their weapons to deal with the terrifying small monsters.

But all of this was in vain; they were too fast and too close.

The bullets not only failed to harm them in the slightest, but also accidentally wounded their teammates in the same trench.

Even though He Shuo had noticed the anomaly early on and joined the battle in time, the number of casualties had already risen to more than 20 in just over ten seconds.

By the time he finally cleaned up all the blood fetuses mixed in, the number of casualties had reached 36.

But this is not the most painful loss.

Both formations were completely disrupted, and even the artillery positions were affected.

The Banghu defense line experienced a brief gap in firepower, and taking advantage of this gap, two giant monsters swam across Banghu Lake and entered the attack range.

Their heavy bodies crushed the humans beneath their feet, and their enormous bone spikes precisely reaped lives one by one.

There wasn't much time to make a more reasonable response. After firing a rocket and a recoilless rifle at the first monster, He Shuo watched helplessly as Zhou Yan, the Holy Blood Guardian, led a squad to charge at the second monster, detonating the monster, which had been modified from an anti-tank mine, right beneath it.

Three of the four Holy Blood members escaped, but the last one died in the explosion as if he had been freed from his fate.

His blood mingled with the monster's blood, completely staining the defensive line red.

The monster was eventually killed, and He Shuo finally used his last trump card, releasing a massive amount of smoke.

With their vision obscured, the beast tide temporarily retreated.

However, the number of casualties at the Banghu defense line instantly exceeded 70.

More than one-tenth.

This is even under the condition that the situation was handled quite promptly.

He Shuo didn't know if his team could hold out if the "defense line was breached" again.
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On the contrary, Li Xian seemed to have suddenly gained confidence, and his mood became more elevated.

"We can stop them."

Li Xian began by saying:
"These people have trained hard; they now have the courage to face monsters!"

"As long as they dare to face the monster head-on, we can win!"

"no."

He Shuo slowly shook his head.

"They didn't just train hard; they had no way out."

"The morale of the troops is getting increasingly high, and we must carefully control the intensity of this tension."

"Too loose won't work, too tight will cause it to break."

“This intensity.”

"In short, we must hold out for 24 hours."

"Notify everyone to rest on the spot after disposing of the body."

"Whatever good things we have left, bring them all out."

"This is very likely the last meal for most of the people here before they sacrificed themselves."

Jinling New City.

Chen Jian stood in the square outside the main passage of Base 011, and in front of him stood 120 carefully selected soldiers, mainly composed of veterans of the Chinese Army and outstanding new recruits from the reserve team.

These soldiers now have a new designation.

Huaxia Army, First Assault Company.

Like the previously established infiltration units, they also have their own tasks.

This task is very simple and can be fully expressed in just one sentence.

That is, under Chen Jian's leadership, they left Base 011 and went to the south side of the base to confront the beast tide that was gathering near Baima Town from the south and southeast.

This time, they are not just trying to restrain and block the beast tide.

They intend to use all the weapons at their disposal, at any cost, to completely annihilate this beast tide.

The firepower configuration is already at its maximum.

Tanks, towed artillery, rockets, unmanned combat swarms, Attack-17 drones, and suicide trucks carrying nuclear weapons.
All the most elite personnel and all the most advanced equipment are gathered here.

They had no reason to fail, nor any chance to fail.

If they fail to complete their mission, then the interconnected operational plans cannot proceed.

Ultimately, the Chinese army will most likely be forced back into Base 011 by the overwhelming beast tide, where they will face a slow death after detonating all their nuclear weapons.

The responsibility of the assault company is heavy.

Looking at those faces, slightly tense yet full of vitality due to their fighting spirit, Chen Jian took a deep breath.

He then turned on the microphone and spoke to the soldiers below:
"Our mission is already clear, and each platoon leader and squad leader has already briefed everyone on the mission. I won't go into details here."

"I just want to reiterate one point."

"The assault company is the most crucial force in our war against the beast tide."

"If we win consecutive victories in our offensive, we will be victorious."

"If we suffer repeated defeats in our offensive, we will most likely suffer another defeat as well."

"Therefore, every soldier and every comrade in the assault company must give it 200% of their fighting spirit."

“You have more than just your families and our homes behind you.”

"You carry the hopes of the entire Chinese nation, and even the entire human race."

"We will surely liberate humanity from the clutches of monsters."

"We will give everything for this noble goal."

"Now, everyone get ready."

"Check your equipment and pack your weapons."

"We'll be leaving soon."

"This time, I will lead the charge."

"I will still stand in front of you!"

(End of this chapter)