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

"Pack your things, let's go!"

The four of them walked quickly towards the side door of the hypermarket.

Before I reached the stairs, I suddenly heard voices in Ukrainian and very dense footsteps coming from above.

As Raphael walked, he raised his rifle and pointed it at the stairs to the third floor.

When the first figure appeared, he pulled the trigger.

The bullets flew past, and the first one hit seemed to be struck by a brake, and suddenly fell down, then rolled straight down the stairs.

"Enemy attack——!"

The people at the back reacted and started shouting and quickly dodged the incoming bullets; the dumber ones didn't react in time and were knocked down instantly by the flying bullets.

In less than a moment, all the armed men who came to support were cleared out by them. Those who came down either fled back upstairs or turned into cold corpses.

Raphael and his men quickly walked down the stairs while pulling the trigger.

After Raphael emptied a magazine, he did not change it. Instead, he threw the rifle behind him, pulled out the pistol from the holster on his waist, and walked quickly downstairs.

At this time, Lingyin became the vanguard again, sprinting ahead at the front, while Asuka and Luhui, who were walking behind, fired at the nearby corpses in an orderly manner.

Only after they finished the cleaning work did they change the magazines and quickly follow Raphael and Lingyin and leave.

When they arrived at the huge parking lot on the first floor, they found that the situation inside was much worse than they had expected.

There were many camping tents set up below, as well as dark green military tents. Candlelight was flickering in many places, making it look like a refugee camp.

However, the next scene made her retract her speculation of a "refugee camp". This was the living quarters chosen by the armed scavenging teams upstairs, that is, the area with the letter "B" painted on the wall.

The area surrounded by containers in the distance is where the slaves are kept.

If they went around twice, Raphael believed they would see the same situation as the New York City Library, or slaves as power, and the dead would be dismembered...

"How do we get there?" Lingyin looked towards the nearest parking lot exit. "Do we go around in a circle, or go directly to the Main River from underground?"

"Let's go out first. We'll walk along the mall." Raphael looked at Fei Niao and Lu Hui who were checking their equipment. "Can you figure out our location now?"

"Okay, no problem." Fei Niao's eyes still didn't leave the compass and map.

"Let's go."

But before they could take two steps, two guys with guns blocked their way. They were talking and laughing, and the cigarettes in their mouths flickered with their breathing, which was very conspicuous in the dark environment.

Raphael slowly put down his gun, carefully pulled out his military dagger, and moved towards one of them little by little.

Lingyin's actions were exactly the same as Raphael's. When they decided to assassinate, they assigned their respective targets.

The moment he got close to the target man's back, Raphael straightened his back, stood on tiptoe, and grasped his nose and mouth tightly with his left hand. The sharp tip of the knife controlled by his right hand had already penetrated diagonally from the side of his waist into the gap between the ribs and went straight to the lungs.

Although the man was not dead at this time, he was no different from a dead person.

With every breath, a large amount of blood and water rushed into the trachea and then sprayed out of the mouth.

I could clearly see him opening his mouth to say something, perhaps to vent the pain in his heart, but he could only gasp...

Gently putting the limp body down, Raphael wiped the dagger on the man's clothes, then grabbed the back of his collar and began to drag him to the corner.

The smell of blood doesn’t matter. The air down here is already turbid, and almost no one can tell where this unique rusty smell comes from.

After dealing with the body, Raphael changed the magazine for his rifle while pressing the intercom and asking, "Fei Niao, are you guys there?"

"We're in position. There are no enemies outside." The voice of a bird was immediately heard in the headset.

"Keep cover, we'll be there soon." Raphael answered, holding the intercom, "Don't shoot at us."

"receive."

Chapter 69: Prelude to the North

Passing through the cordon constructed by flying birds and green light, what comes into view is a small garden next to the building for guests to stop and rest.

The garden was quiet at this time, but the gunshots from upstairs were still going on.

Raphael raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was still early, but it was not completely safe yet. He had to race against time to do anything and could not waste any more time.

Asuka lowered her body and ran out with Luhui. They were now the guides of the team. The four of them followed the path in the garden, bypassing the winding blockade barriers, and arrived at the entrance and exit of the subway on the street in less than 5 minutes.

At this time, the subway blockade had been broken, and the streets were quite quiet with no pedestrians in sight.

In fact, it is true. After four months of extremely cold winter and two months of cold spring, only a handful of scavengers can survive.

It's a miracle to see talented people on the street.

After the tactical humanoid team evacuated, the many armed scavengers on the third floor and above finally went to the armory to find their rifles and courage.

Under the command of a leader, more than a dozen people cautiously went downstairs.

One of the scavengers holding an AKM took the lead and walked cautiously to the staircase platform between the second and third floors. When he saw several corpses lying below, he was stunned for a moment.

After all, no one knows whether the attacking militants have left.

When the young leader following behind him noticed that the younger brother in front of him had stopped, he quickly and carefully used the soldier's body as a cover and looked down furtively.

Of course he saw the corpses all over the ground.

The leader immediately poked the younger brother in front of him with the butt of his gun and said, "Go down and take a look."

The little brother who was pushed secretly swallowed his saliva, subtly tilted his head, and glanced back at the little leader. Seeing that the other party was thinking of taking action, the others who came with him stood in the distance and watched coldly, holding the double-barreled shotgun in their arms tighter.

He took a step slowly and walked down the stairs step by step.

After walking all the way to the hall, I immediately looked towards the main entrance for a moment.

The gunfight broke out from here, but it was extremely quiet here and no sound could be heard.

After finding no enemy, I breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and quickly turned to the right to see if there were any survivors of my own.

After a while, he didn't find a single living person. The small leader on the staircase platform looked down and saw that only one intruder was killed at the door, and the rest were gone.

……

July 2036, 7, early morning, on all roads between North Dakota, Minnesota and Canada.

The sky began to brighten slightly. Lieutenant Bertram Warner opened his eyes drowsily and looked at his watch. It was 1:44 in the morning.

Warner turned his head and looked at his subordinates around him. They were still snoring loudly and sleeping soundly.

He could only sigh in his heart, what a big heart. Before turning off the lights and going to bed, they were still excitedly talking about how much reward they would get after taking Winnipeg.

Warner simply got up and put on his clothes. He had a lot to do today. He shook the sleeping platoon sergeant Jack with his hand, "Jack? Jack, wake up!"

Jack raised his hand and touched his face and asked, "Warner, what's wrong?"

"Get up, we have a lot to do today."

Jack rubbed his sparse eyes and remembered what day it was. He waved his hand and threw off the blanket and sat up, then looked at the platoon leader and asked, "Should we call Dick, Jonathan and Foster over?"

Dick, Jonathan and Foster are the three sergeant captains of D Platoon. They are all veterans with rich combat experience.

This military action is the first time for all of them, because it means they will be taking action against their former allies.

Seize their land and expand the living space of the United States Federation in North America.

As members of the Marine Corps, they will serve as the vanguard of the entire army and break through the border defenses built by the Canadian Army.

According to the schedule, the entire platoon, the entire battalion, and even the entire 0230st Marine Division must wake up at 1, and everyone must complete combat preparations before 0350.

At 0400 sharp the Marines were to launch their attack.

Therefore, Warner planned to use this time to sort out with everyone the process of what needs to be done, how to engage in battle, how to continue advancing after breaking through the defense line, what to do if the breakthrough is blocked, etc.

"Clean up and call them all over."

"Okay." Jack agreed while stretching.

After seeing Jack get up, Warner walked out of the camp tent and headed towards the public restroom.

A few minutes later, the five main command members of D Platoon, who had finished washing, gathered in the tent where the platoon leader was.

The four of them sat around Warner's bed, on which was spread a map of "Turtle Mountain Provincial Park". There were many places on the map that had been marked with various marks.

Warner looked around at everyone's expressions before saying, "Everyone should know that the commander-in-chief made a televised speech yesterday and officially approved the war order."

For a moment, several people cheered in low voices. Although they all knew that the news was very exciting, they still couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.

Everyone knows that the Canadian army's combat effectiveness is weak. After half a year of emergency expansion, the total number of ground forces has only reached 4.8. Its main armored equipment is 122 Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks, and the rest of the vehicle equipment is not worth mentioning.

On the U.S. military side, the Marine Corps alone is approaching the 20 mark, and even after deducting the air and sea forces directly under the Marine Corps, it is still in an absolutely crushing position.

Of course, simply counting the number of people is meaningless. Although the west coast has suffered serious collapse fluid pollution and produced widespread ELID radiation, Canada has not suffered the second round of collapse fluid pollution like the United States, and its intact area where people can live is still very large.

The Marine Corps only had three ground divisions, and two of them arrived at once;

The army directly took on a big task and brought in two light infantry divisions, one air assault division, two mechanized divisions and one armored division.

Although they are all called divisions, the actual units responsible for combat are the brigade-level combat units under their administrative jurisdiction.

This unit is the basic deployment unit of the Army, usually including multiple arms, the unit size is often the same as a brigade, and is equipped with support and firepower units; the commander is usually a colonel, but in some rare cases it may be commanded by a brigadier general.

The organization of a brigade combat team is mainly based on the necessary units that enable it to break away from its original unit and fight independently.

In addition, the artillery support of the brigade combat team mostly comes from the divisional artillery unit of the original unit. The current US Army is organized based on the brigade combat team.

Under this organization, all divisions that had previously not been organized into independent brigades due to lack of internal support have been rebuilt.

Units such as the 1st Armored Division or the 25th Infantry Division have been rebuilt to have the ability to deploy one or more brigade combat teams anywhere in the world.

These modern brigade combat teams are designed to operate independently, with the firepower of a mini-division.

Warner felt that such an investment might be excessive, but he was of low rank and his opinions did not matter much, so the opinions of a small Marine lieutenant were insignificant.

It would be better to study the day's work carefully with the veterans in the platoon. Making fewer mistakes can save one more life and kill one more enemy.

Chapter 70 Survival Competition

The wake-up call sounded at 0230 sharp. At this moment, it was pitch black outside.

Logistics sent up some hot coffee and food, and despite many rumors, no one in the platoon really believed that the Canadian Army could stop them at the border.

Some say this is just a battalion of marines. We will march from here to Winnipeg and finally take Ottawa;

Some people say that half of the army has been deployed, and the current troop strength has almost reached its peak since the Gulf War.

The plan that was finally approved was to carry out a "joint offensive operation to wipe out all Canadian troops." They wanted to commit decisive forces all at once, rather than engaging in a futile war of attrition by gradually increasing troops like in the war on terror.

Once the war starts this time, the US military will launch a large-scale offensive simultaneously rather than a piecemeal attack.

According to the campaign objectives, air and sea forces will launch operations simultaneously to strike all key facilities and transportation hubs on the ground and on the east coast, while destroying the Canadian military's command structures at all levels.

Alaska will have three National Guard combat brigades deployed to fight, maneuvering downward from north to south.

For ordinary soldiers, rumors were often the only source of information. Even if these rumors were not necessarily completely true, they usually had some truth to them.

Warner missed his classmates in military school very much, because they always found a way to bring him the latest news.

The boarding time was brought forward to 0320. Warner and his team found that the crew had started earlier and all the equipment that needed to be preheated had been prepared. The only thing left was for the driver to step on the accelerator to increase the engine speed and output.

What they will face next are countless small lakes and wetlands. Although there are roads, they are not very good, so the amphibious vehicles used by the Marines are the best choice.

These lakes are roughly classified as glacial lakes, and their formation is all related to the erosion of Quaternary glaciers.

Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Lake Michigan, which are located in the border area, are the world's largest freshwater lakes.

Fortunately, their main attack direction is not in the Great Lakes region, otherwise they would have to suffer a round of ELID wide-area radiation before joining the battle.

In this direction, the US military chose to mobilize two National Guard divisions for defense to prevent the Canadian army from making a desperate move to change its home.

"...Did you hear that? The roar outside is getting louder." Jack nudged Warner, who was still studying the map after getting in the car, with his elbow.

"Yeah, let's go. Hope everything goes well."

Warner finished speaking, and then added: "Canadians had better face reality."

He is actually very worried. After all, a large number of domestic high-tech and military-industrial enterprises were destroyed in the disaster 30 years ago, and many of the heavy equipment currently in operation are the result of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If the Canadian army finds some way to fight to the death, it may further weaken the strength of the US military.

The reconstruction work is not so easy to carry out. In the past, they laughed at the fact that Russia's technological development relied entirely on archaeology. Now that they have personally experienced it, they feel mixed emotions.

"It's not so bad that a lieutenant like you should be worried, Rembert Warner?"