Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

Even more terrifying are the machine guns.From genuine infantry fighting vehicles to fire support vehicles equipped with twin 30MM machine guns, grenade machine guns, large-caliber machine guns and other weapons on tank chassis, to modified armored trucks equipped with 23MM single-barreled machine guns or 14.5MM heavy machine guns, they are all being used fiercely. shooting.Wherever there were Imperial soldiers resisting, they quickly turned into a sea of ​​flames.The imperial troops who relied on simple fortifications to shoot were almost instantly torn to pieces by the crazy rain of bullets and the fortifications. No matter whether it was walls, sandbags, or the dead bodies of their comrades, they could not provide any cover.

Under the cover of such powerful firepower, the forward infantry easily touched the vicinity of the building.They threw grenades at every possible enemy hiding place, sending small grenades into windows with gun hangers, rotating wheels and sniper grenade launchers.As the tribune infantry advanced further, a fierce infantry exchange began.

What made the Imperial Army soldiers so depressed and crazy was that they clearly hit the Red Heads, but the opponent just staggered, and the bullets from the 95G-type automatic rifle poured over them - all combat infantry of the Protectorate Army had body armor. ; Armored infantry riding in infantry fighting vehicles also have lightweight powered exoskeletons, not to mention combat engineers wearing the same powered armor as the Shield Guard.

Relying on strong individual protection, the soldiers rushed forward bravely, using grenades and assault rifles to engage with the imperial army hand-to-hand.Relying on the remaining fortifications, the imperial army desperately strafed the red-headed infantry with machine guns - your tanks haven't reached here yet, let me see what you do!

These fortifications were then knocked down one by one by grenade launchers, bazookas and recoilless guns.From time to time, unlucky ones ignited by thermobaric or incendiary charges staggered out of windows on several floors and fell into half-cooked steaks.

A tank with a strange barrel appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the Imperial Army.Before the imperial army figured out what it was, a black and red scorching fire dragon sprayed over!

Flame tanks!

The fire tornado swept past, and the howling sound shook the heavens and the earth.The appearance of this flame-breathing tank brought the morale of the Imperial Army, which was already little left, to the brink of collapse.

The comrades in arms are rolling and crying among the ruins with a big fire, the fire dragon rolls and devours life among the ruins, the enemy army armed to the teeth is approaching from all sides; there are also tanks spewing high-explosive bombs, sweeping out the chain of fire and tearing everything apart Such a terrifying and unfamiliar scene made the Imperial Guards at a loss-the Third Army had never been involved in the civil war on a large scale before the "Berlin Operation", so the technical and tactical level of this corps was extremely backward.The best troops die just as quickly as conscripted militias, but the former can suffer more casualties.

The sound of tank tracks was getting closer and closer. One of the giant steel beasts was less than 200 meters away from the commander of the infantry battalion. The soldiers were struggling to stop the tank.Everything from rifles to grenades to Molotov cocktails were used.But those who tried to attack were either suppressed by the enemy's firepower, unable to lift their heads, or turned into sieves, unable to stop its tracks at all.

The smoke and flames were rushing, the fire dragon was rolling, and the guns were shaking the sky. The desperate soldiers of the imperial army raised their bayonets, howled and rushed towards the approaching civilian army, and then they were torn into pieces by the dense bullet rain. No chance to get close to enemies with automatic weapons!

The desperate attack of the imperial army could not even force the assault group of the tribunes to retreat half a step.The rescue task force passed here without any risk, and even had enough time to use drones to observe the battle situation.

"This is not war..." ACE muttered, "This is massacre!"

Mephistopheles moved his gaze away from the in-cabin display that was adjusted to show the perspective of the small drone: "This is the way to end the war! As you said, if this is an avoidable dispute, then Remain silent – ​​and if the fight is unavoidable, fight it to the end.”

"...It doesn't seem to have anything to do with our principles." Amiya's cheeks twitched.

"Hey, Amiya." Mephisto shook his fingers and smiled, "Everyone in Rhodes Island is a good person, sincere and kind, and this is not a bad thing. It's just that it's easy to see that if you act with pure humanitarianism." Get used to these dirty jobs..."

"—But what's the use of such a worthless conscience?!"

Mephisto suddenly leaned forward, his eyes sharp: "I only know that I am not as tall as an old-fashioned rifle. When I was begging and wandering on the Northwest Tundra, the infected people on the Northwest Tundra were chased by black dog pickets. The poor peasants who planed food in the snow were exploited to death by tax collectors! From the northwest tundra to Chernobog, the aristocrats never cared about the lives of the infected and the poor. They even wanted to take what we had left Take it too!

"You think we shouldn't rebel, you think we are cruel, when I was in the woods in the winter for stealing a piece of bread, when I was chased by the imperial devils with bayonets, what kind of island are you, and where are you? Pity? When did they have pity? Our people?!"

There was silence in the entire cabin.

Mephisto leaned back, still aggrieved: "Are we crazy? Cruel? Let me tell you, Chernobog is one of the most developed cities in Ursus, and it's also the city with the most violent anti-infectionists! I wish the city would be razed to the ground, with no one left in it—but I can't!"

Mephisto was silent for a moment, and his voice calmed down: "I don't have any right to violate discipline. Because the Reunification Movement and the National People's Army can get to where they are today, it is not enough to rely on aircraft, tanks and cannons, but also rely on scientific organization, Dogged determination and -- unshakable discipline, it's not that we're 'good guys'.

"And we decided to unite farmers, workers, soldiers, citizens and even small and medium nobles. The infected are still a minority in society, so that we can become the majority, while the enemy is isolated. So we will not kill Chernobog No one will stay behind, let alone open fire on civilians wantonly. If I have to say it, our ferocity is to make the enemy stop resisting as soon as possible, end the battle, and let Chernobog escape from the torture of war as soon as possible.

"This is our kindness."

Mephistopheles finally said: "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. As allies with subtle differences from ideology to practical interests, we should all learn to remain silent when appropriate. We apologize for any offense." "

PS: I will ask for leave tomorrow, and maybe the day after tomorrow, because I have to accompany my mother for a medical examination.Please excuse me.

Chapter 60 Under the corner of the battlefield

The convoy finally returned to Peterheim Middle School without any danger. At this moment, the commandos from the periphery had joined the landing zone, and the entire situation around them had stabilized.This has turned into a pretty solid landing zone.

Helicopters came and went, bringing in personnel, artillery vehicles, loading up ammunition, and taking away the wounded.There is already a material dump and an ambulance here.Heavily armed assault troops rolled in from the streets, and fighters jumped from helicopters poured out of the school to join them.

Trucks and armored vehicles kept bringing the wounded and the dead from the front.Military doctors and health workers haunted the hastily erected tents, and the remains of martyrs wrapped in white cloth were lined up on the ground in long rows.

But just outside the tent, the wounded who were either sitting or lying down did not seem to be downcast at all.The tank soldier boasted that he pushed the barrel of the cannon into the enemy's window and fired it. The infantry retorted that you can't catch prisoners. Lou dare not be considered a hammer...

Everyone's clamor was interrupted by the terrifying bang in the distance - the Tribal Army medium bomber dropped a ground-penetrating guided bomb weighing two tons, and sent the stubborn fort into the sky.

People stared silently at the tall fort trembling and "jumping" in the dull explosion.In the next second, the upper half of the fort turned into fragments flying in all directions, and the lower half fell down tremblingly, stirring up dust waves that soared into the sky.

Cheers rang out between the queues running out of the school and the stretchers being brought in.Even the wounded waved their fists and shouted: "Pretty, kick the ass of these imperial devils!"

One family is happy and the other is sad.The Rhode Island operators who were huddled next to the landing area waiting for the helicopter were in an uproar, their eyes widened: "Amnesia?!!!"

The medical operator at the side said cautiously: "Well, although it is extremely rare, there are indeed precedents of memory impairment after waking up from frozen sleep..."

People's discussions and shouting were just about to start when they were suppressed by the terrifying roar.Everyone turned their heads together and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

The sound of shelling has been continuous since about six o'clock in the morning, and has become accustomed to people in and around Chernobog, turning it into some kind of automatically filtered "background noise."But this shot was different - it was very close!

The straight-line distance is only 300 meters. Everyone can see muzzle flashes and gunpowder smoke rising into the sky beyond the middle school wall and several small buildings around it.Four 160mm mortars from a heavy mortar company deployed in a small square not far away and began to implement close artillery support.Not far away, there was a strike group clearing out the enemy's strongholds, requesting something powerful enough to level the enemy's fortifications.

boom! ! !

Several 160mm mortar shells penetrated the roof of a small building in the distance and exploded inside.The Rhode Island operators were stunned to see that the two or three floors on the roof of the building were bursting out in all directions, and the flashing muzzle flashes at the windows disappeared without a trace - not only Defenders, three floors of that small building were directly wiped out!

Boom! ! !

Another round of salvo fired, and all the shells hit the positions of the imperial army colleagues in the distance.The entire artillery position was instantly flooded by the surging smoke and flames. The four 76MM cannons were blown into parts. Army artillery blasted blood and blood.

Boom boom boom! ! !

It was the kind of earth-shattering vibration and loud noise again. Four heavy mortars fired in turn, dropping a shell in an average of six seconds. Each shell hit a group of mushrooms as high as 30 meters. shaped smoke.When the perverted artillery fire ended, the commander of the assault group came from the channel of the heavy mortar company: "Alright Hammer 08, thank you for your assistance."

"Bayonet 55, please report the damage effect."

"We are collecting the enemy's body."

At the same time, next to the drop zone, the wounded ended their argument and shut up in the attitude of admitting defeat to the "God of War".And the artilleryman sang happily: "The love for our hometown is burning in our hearts, and we will fight to the death for our dear motherland!"

The people around me cheered: "The city is burning, smoke is everywhere, and the god of war is roaring in the dense forest!

"Ilyich's order, comrades of artillery! The motherland calls us, comrades of artillery!

"Thousands of artillery from the battlefield, for the mother's tears, for our motherland—fire! Fire!"

With a gloomy expression, Dubin looked at Amiya, who was comforting the doctor, and then at the happy Tribal Army wounded: "Ha, our allies are very motivated..."

Linguang said, "And they don't worry about their future at all. They just need to enjoy the joy of victory."

Ace opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.But Command hurriedly came over and said: "The arrival time of your helicopter will be delayed by 8 minutes."

Ace stood up with a crash: "What happened, Mr. Command?"

Comand explained: "We are now going to launch a large-scale bombardment of several positions where the enemy troops are concentrated. The Bad Guy was accidentally injured by shell fragments when returning to the voyage. You don't want your helicopter to have an accident again, do you?"

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Of course, our artillery has been tepid for so long, and all rocket launchers have ceased firing for this round."

"Okay then, we—"

All sounds were drowned out by the sudden sound of gunfire.Comand looked at the face-to-face ACE opening and closing his mouth, but couldn't hear a single syllable.

Filling the eardrums, there is only a howling that seems to tear the nerves; filling the eyeballs, there is only half of the sky that has completely turned red and yellow.The roar was like a storm sweeping across the desert, with no gap at all!

It seemed that the never-ending gunpowder smoke and dust could cover the sun, but Casimir's Shining Knight stood up involuntarily, feeling as if a second sun had risen on Terra.

The Terra People's Protection Army's love for artillery is extremely passionate, and their love for rocket launchers can only be described as abnormal: Twelve-unit 107MM light rocket launchers are in the regiment's artillery company; using modular ammunition boxes, they can be mounted together The "Hail" self-propelled rocket launcher that fires 122MM and 220MM rockets is in the artillery regiment of the division.They constitute the main force of the rocket artillery of the artillery force of the People's Liberation Army.And the guys directly affiliated with the group army and even the front army are even more crazy - the long-range rocket launcher "Tornado" that can use 300MM and 370MM modular ammunition boxes, and even short-range tactical missiles, fires at Chernobog from dozens or hundreds of kilometers away!

There are thousands of long-range and self-propelled rocket launchers in the entire Chernobog Front Army, and they are all invested in this attack!

The shooting of "Hail" is like a gust of wind and rain, covering the target in the terrifying fire rain of 122MM and 220MM; shatters solid targets with high precision.Under unprecedented "bad weather", tens of thousands of rocket shells fell on Chernobog within one minute.

After the thunder fell, clouds of smoke rose into the sky, and the mobile city once again trembled amidst the roar of red artillery.The Imperial Army's last circular defense line in the core area of ​​the city center turned into a sea of ​​fire.

After one salvo, no more shots were fired.But people remained silent.

Until the sound of guns sounded again in the distance, a hoarse and cheerful singing voice suddenly sounded nearby: "Just as pear blossoms are blooming all over the sky, there is a gentle veil floating on the river!

"Katyusha stood on that steep bank, and her singing sounded like a bright spring."

People turned their eyes in a hurry, and saw Mephisto leaning against the tree confidently, singing.

The red team special forces sitting around him joined in unison: "Katyusha stands on that steep bank, singing like the bright spring."

The wounded happily joined the chorus: "The girl sings beautiful songs, she sings about the eagle on the grassland; she sings about her beloved, and she also hides her lover's letters.

"She is singing about her beloved, and she also hides her lover's letters!"

The rocket barrage and sharp whistling reappeared, but it turned into a steady and continuous shooting. The "Bad Guy" appeared in the sky, and the Rhode Island officers escorted the doctor to board the tiltrotor. The last scene I saw before leaving Chernobog was amidst the roar of the "Katyushas" , The commanders and fighters of the National People's Army who sang "Katyusha" together.

**

When I saw Lindong, the head of the Ursas student self-government group, and her followers again, Mephisto was holding a tablet and studying his possible next mission.When the civilians approached, he quickly switched off the electronic map marked with the latest battlefield situation, looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lin Dong frowned and said with a gloomy expression: "What should we do? There are thousands of people here. Your defenders just let us stay."

"Our army's stable occupied area, and underground bunkers, it's not a bad thing to wait here for two or three days." Mephisto asked, "Do you want to run out and suffer stray bullets or shells?"

"It's hard for middle school students to stay in a place where they can't turn around after lying down." Truth replied, "I suggest evacuating people as soon as possible."

"That's difficult. All the main entrances and exits of the city are now either targeted by the Imperial Army or have become our army's supply lines."

Thousands of people are not very many.However, the discipline of the students cannot be overestimated, and each of the precious entrances and exits is now overcrowded and busy.How can these little ancestors be allowed to create traffic hazards casually.

Lie Xia couldn't help complaining: "Before you came, we were squatting in this school and couldn't go out. After you came, we were still squatting in the school and couldn't go out. You came here for nothing."

Mephisto curled his lips: "Before we came, there were only a bunch of rookie recruits with large bolts outside the wall who were ordered not to let people out; after we came, there were 50 people fighting to the death outside the wall, and tens of thousands of cannons were sent out. Full-scale bombardment. We won't stop it, we really won't stop it. But if you want to die, you can try it."

Wu Ai suddenly said: "My home is only three blocks from here."

Mephisto said indifferently: "If everyone wants to go back to their home, then we must take a city tour of Chernobog."

"I don't ask for any protection!"

Mephistopheles asked: "Have you understood the dangers you may face and the price you will pay?"

"Yes!"

Mephistopheles nodded: "No one is stopping you, and you don't need anyone's approval. You only need to be responsible for your own choices. Have you thought about it?"

"Mom and Dad, it's very important to me." Absinthe replied.

"It's a pity, I can't understand." Mephisto said calmly, "Goodbye."

After a brief silence, Absinthe said "Thank you", and disappeared in a few breaths.

Lin Dong was obviously very dissatisfied: "You are such a bastard, so what should we do?"

Mephistopheles glared: "You are more anxious than I am! It's not like you guys are ruining things. I should be leading the team to attack the core tower now, instead of sitting here at the landing field behind and writing reports! I am a captain and a special forces soldier. The boss will take care of fifty people. You go find someone else."

"No one else is paying attention!"

"Nonsense, it's a war! Which division and battalion commander is free to talk to you?"

Mephisto took out an envelope from his pocket while answering: "Here!"

"What is this?" Zao Lu asked suspiciously.

"Letter of introduction, in my own name, introducing your assistance and support to our army's work behind enemy lines. Take this and someone will come to receive you." Mephistopheles said, taking out something from his pocket and throwing it out .