Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

The bomb exploded with such force that the sound was so loud that the ears almost lost their function.

When the clattering sound of shrapnel ended, none of the four of them was in a hurry to crawl out of their respective shelters. Who knows if there will be a second round?

However, his commander was a very bold man as he carried out support at dangerous distances at night without ground guidance.

After a while, after confirming that there was no subsequent bombing, the four little ones looked at each other in amazement: it all happened too fast, and it was completely different from their training memories when the instructor shouted "Bombing - Hide".

"Is anyone injured?" Asuka asked.

Raphael and Luhui replied politely, "No, everything is fine."

"Does being splashed with mud count as an injury to me?"

This outrageous statement suddenly gave Fei Niao a dangerous thought: It would be better to just blow this guy up. After two minutes of silence, she uttered a word:

"Shut up."

"Yes, Mother Asuka is really scary."

"I'm going to shoot."

Asuka smiled at him, answered softly and took out a pistol.

"Ahhh, there's no need for that. Really, there's no need for that. Hahahaha..."

With an awkward laugh, Lingyin replaced the new 250-round belt feed box for her XM100.

"...Now, is the front safe?" Luhui asked. She got up from the ground with her gun and carefully looked around.

Raphael pulled her down with force. "I don't know. Judging from the sound and the height of the explosion smoke column, I think it should be a 1000-pound bomb. It may be a MK-84 1000-pound aerial bomb equipped with a GBU kit."

As if in some kind of answer, they heard a series of dull and crisp gunshots in the distance, which sounded like rolling thunder.

The silence after the bombing was broken by the sound of artillery fire, but immediately a bright green flash appeared in the sky.

"What's going on?" Lingyin pointed to the sky.

Raphael looked in the direction she pointed, and saw four balls of light hanging in the air at different heights, like lanterns.

Then they heard a fanatical and excited howl, followed by more intense gunfire and explosions.

More bright "pearls" suddenly appeared in the air and then slowly fell down.

"...Welcome to the Western Front of World War II." Lingyin said jokingly.

"Okay, the flares were unexpected."

Raphael shook his head. What a wonderful show. More flares appeared, and then, the night sky was filled with screams again.

It seemed that the supporting fighter was still patrolling its combat position, ready to drop the bombs on the racks if the ground forces needed them.

Both sides are well prepared, and it looks like this battle will not end easily.

The battle between the guardian of the treasure chest and the brave who want to obtain the treasure will continue.

"What to do now?"

Raphael was a little distressed. The flares were thrown around like they were free, lighting up the entire area like daytime. Anyone who went up there would be discovered.

To be honest, she felt that the huge casualties on the attacking side might not have been caused by the air raid, but rather by the illumination provided by the flares, which made it easier for the seven-man team to visually search for the enemy.

The depth of field and brightness provided by night vision goggles require the human brain to adapt. When it is as bright as day, they are completely free from restrictions, and the speed at which the images captured by the naked eye are processed in the brain is beyond doubt.

The killing efficiency increased visibly. Not only Raphael noticed this, but Suzuyin also discovered that her prey was being taken away by the shooter at the airdrop container.

"Ah...how could there be such a person!" She kept complaining.

Lingyin frantically ravaged the hunter's hat. She didn't like this kind of guy who stole people's heads.

As time gradually approached morning, the unidentified armed forces finally slowed down their offensive. Their morale dropped to the lowest point due to the increasing casualties.

At this moment, the drizzle has been falling for an hour.

The rain was getting heavier and the wind was getting stronger. This was the first time many people had experienced such bad weather since the winter - some of the conditions were beyond anyone's expectations.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the raindrops were hitting everyone like fine needles. They whipped their wet pants, making it almost impossible for the guys who were lacking in clothes and food to survive.

Chapter 52 Messy

It's almost dawn.

The mist slowly cleared and the temperature barely changed, cold and damp.

The outdoor temperature in Frankfurt should be only about ten degrees Celsius. The weak air flow helps the mist to moisten the body temperature of all living things silently.

The armed men in front never gave up attacking the forest area where the containers were located, and each attack began with indiscriminate shooting.

All their attacks so far have been repelled.

As a result, the F15E Strike Eagle on duty in the distant airspace was forced to drop all the ammunition it was carrying.

The US military, or at least the NATO team, hid in the bushes and shot at the exposed outsiders.

Because they were deployed in a scattered manner and the direction each person was looking after overlapped with that of his companions, there were no casualties throughout the night.

Although they were attacked at the beginning and engaged in a fierce battle, and the situation seemed critical at the beginning, in fact, they only suffered minor injuries such as shrapnel cuts that did not affect their movements.

The threat came from the sniper in the squad, who was hiding in a high position and shooting at targets at close range.

Even when the battle is over, the shooter stays in his hiding spot, looking for someone to hunt.

For the attackers, the shooters hiding in the bushes fired at varying frequencies, and their bullets always hit their prey inadvertently, leaving only a very few lucky ones to escape.

In the heat of battle, a sniper's fire would not attract attention.

But as the fighting subsided, the armed men trying to seize the airdropped supply containers finally became aware of the sniper's presence.

The survivors tried in vain to escape, but when they saw the body lying on its back, they were immediately terrified.

They were immediately caught in a dilemma. Some of them tried in vain to escape, but were immediately shot dead in the open field. Before they could run into the woods, they were hit by nearby shooters.

For the humanoid squad, hidden snipers are not uncommon, but searching for them is a headache.

Thermal vision cannot function as it should when it is blocked by bushes.

To their surprise, among the armed men trapped between the two teams, there emerged opponents who were willing to sacrifice their lives to create a chance for others to escape.

Although they were destined to have no chance of escaping, they still chose to hold on, fighting to the end even if they were destined to die.

It was obvious that this group of armed men, seemingly dressed in tattered clothes, were consciously enduring casualties, hoping to use their deaths to create certain conditions that were not yet known.

Without the humanoid squad approaching from behind, this weak army might be able to achieve their stated goal.

Their preparations had to be said to be thorough. They even took out flares for night battles. From the sound of the firing, one could roughly guess that it was a mortar-fired type.

It was that their commander did not seem to make any correct decisions in the second half of the night, causing them to suffer meaningless casualties.

On the other hand, considering the current situation, the team guarding the treasure may take the opportunity to escape. Raphael removed the IR laser indicator on the handguard rail and sent out the identification code in infrared laser mode.

The light emitted by the indicator working in this mode can only be seen when the low-light night vision device is in effect.

If the other party is indeed the US military, they should know that there are special forces operating under the name of "USEC" in the Main-Frankfurt area, so they should give a correct response in the same way.

Raphael switched to low-light vision and sent out a second identification signal at the same frequency.

By this time, the rain had stopped.

There is no reason to say that the laser signal cannot be seen. This is identification data developed by SOCOM, which includes information such as identity, unit affiliation, and number of people.

Considering that they arrived here after the "Blue Light" pulse, there was no reason for them not to contact their superior commander for confirmation after seeing the identification signal.

Once they learn that it is a friendly unit, they should give a signal reply, which should include the squad name and wireless communication frequency.

Once the two parties establish radio contact, they can inform each other of the rendezvous point or meet on the spot.

In short, we should never act deaf and dumb like we are doing now, as if we saw nothing.

"Raphael, why didn't they respond? Are they all dead?"

Luhui felt the dead silence and eerie atmosphere of the forest, and felt uneasy as if being scratched by a cat in his heart, but he couldn't tell why.

"Raphael, put the M7 rifle up."

Asuka gave the order indifferently, then took out the M79 grenade launcher with a sawed-off barrel and pulled out a grenade painted with red lines.

"I see." Raphael pulled out the magazine and took a look. The remaining amount was enough to kill at least seven or eight people. "Do you want an extra plug? If the core is broken, you will be imprisoned in my mind."

Asuka rolled her eyes at Raphael and said, "No, you should keep this plug for yourself."

"what ever."

Then Raphael asked Lingyin to go to the top of the hill at their 7 o'clock direction and not to open fire no matter what happened without her order.

Her arrangements for Luhui were not so detailed. She just told her to look after the surroundings. If there were any other accidents, she would be needed to join the battle immediately, at least to buy time for Raphael to retrieve the core of the bird.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

Four smoke grenades landed one after another. Four balls of red smoke were spread out in all directions by the wind and waves caused by the explosion, blending with the light morning mist.

"I'm going."

Raphael squeezed Fei Niao's shoulder and told her that they were ready to rescue her.

The birds flew over the brush, past shallow craters and smelly mud, carefully avoiding debris and overturned trees.

The smoldering flames emitted thick, pungent smoke, which was not completely extinguished by the drizzle before sunrise. The suffocating nausea stimulated the birds' ventilation ducts.

To her left and right, one could see the burnt remains of various military equipment.

As for their owners? They should have disappeared in the violent explosion.

Fei Niao followed the Z-shaped route and groped cautiously towards I.

When she got past a clump of grass half a person's height, she could see the general outline of the bombing center. More black smoke and smoldering flames appeared before her eyes. It was a terrible sight.

Through this, she could feel the brutal atmosphere of the battle, similar to the scene after Nero burned down Rome.

The only difference is that this sea of ​​fire is made worse and more crazy by the screaming shells and deadly explosions, which gives the onlooker the feeling that she is witnessing the end of the world.

"This is the power of an aerial bomb," Asuka said, speaking in a nonchalant tone.

"Can you see them?"

"No," Fei Niao said, squeezing the PTT button, "They left a long time ago."

At this moment, a new sound appeared in the air - like a mosquito buzzing in your ears.

Its intensity grew stronger and stronger, as if it was heading towards the bird that had flown into the sea of ​​fire.

Chapter 53 Fourth and Fifth Party Participants

"Run," Raphael yelled.

Fei Niao pulled his foot free, threw the gun behind him, and ran backwards violently, finally diving into the crater dug by the aerial bomb.

The noise had died away as it passed her, reduced to a cloud of smoke and flying mess that exploded like a firework.

Nothing else, just this one shot.

A palm-sized piece of shrapnel spun past her head and hit the ground next to Fei Niao.

The shrapnel landed so close to Fei Niao that she could even feel the heat of the metal shrapnel on her face, and the muscles in her back began to spasm.

"Just a little bit!" Raphael shouted, "Retreat."

After she finished speaking, she threw a blue smoke bomb out, completely covering Fei Niao's retreat in the swirling smoke.

Asuka heard Raphael's voice calling from behind.

"There must be someone keeping an eye on this area - judging by the sound, flight trajectory, and equivalent, it should be an air-to-ground missile."

Asuka said:

"Okay, that drone and the airborne troops have nothing to do with us."

Everyone looked in the direction of the red fog and took turns to cover each other and retreat.

The air-to-ground missile Fei Niao mentioned had a very small equivalent, so the sound of the airflow being pierced was only heard when it flew nearby.

This weapon is unlikely to be launched from a fixed-wing fighter and is more commonly seen on attack helicopters or drones.

It must be guided by laser to accurately hit the target. This weapon is usually used to deal with targets such as tanks and armored vehicles, and it is also effective for ground attacks.