Chapter 51: Retreat (I)
In the hall, Renault's impassioned words fluttered, and Nora's words were heard again.
"Great presentation, but sorry to interrupt."
"How?" Renault asked.
"A new unit is coming, presumably with heavy weapons. If we don't evacuate quickly, I'm afraid the fortress will fall. Nora replied.
"No!" Then Stark's furious cry came: "The walls will always exist, and the fortress will never fall!" Don't worry, sir, I'll hold it! ”
The roar was accompanied by the fluttering spout of flamethrowers and the roar of bomb explosions.
Renault touched his ears, which were a little numb, and looked at everyone: "Looks like we have to speed up the pace." Everyone is ready to retreat, I will now send the location where I want to go, and the next plan to your terminal, everyone take a look, and ask me if you have any questions. Renault said as he sent the information that had been prepared to everyone present.
Because the test needed to collect information, the soldiers' terminals were always on their bodies, but they were locked and could not communicate with the outside world, but after Renault let everyone go, the terminals were unlocked and could receive information.
"What did she do? Sir. A soldier asked, pointing at Sarah.
Renaud looked at Sarah, thought for a moment and said, "Take her with you." ”
"Nope! You can't take me. Sarah exclaimed in surprise.
"Sorry ma'am, it looks like you're going to have to go with us." An officer had already walked over, grabbed Sarah's arm, and dragged her away.
After everyone had seen the plan, Renault asked, "Are there any more problems?" ”
Everyone shouted together: "No problem!" ”
Renault nodded: "Then carry out the order." ”
He turned and walked briskly outside.
A fierce battle on the ground is in full swing.
Two battalions and a reinforced company of the Oakville Infantry Regiment were already in position, firing wildly at a red-painted Hellfire II improved mech in the distance.
The fiery mecha is like a majestic god of war galloping on the battlefield, rushing forward wantonly.
Compared to Renault's Type III mech, the Type 2 has replaced the multi-barreled cannon that can fire a storm of steel, and is replaced with an ion flamethrower, which spews out enough flames to turn an entire building to ashes, making it a typical melee mech.
It is important to note that in interstellar warfare, not only melee combat using ion lightsabers is called melee combat, but also means such as ion flamethrowers with a range of less than 100 meters. This makes the Hellfire II a melee mech, but its performance on the ground is where it goes.
The Oakville Infantry Regiment was a standard light infantry in the Union army sequence, lacking heavy firepower, and in the face of the mechs, they were suppressed to the point that they were almost out of breath. Those artillery fires were almost completely useless against the red mechs, and only some special types of missiles could inflict limited damage on the mechs.
If it weren't for Renault's order to intercept and not kill as much as possible, Stark would have killed them all.
"Oh roar, turtle sons, come up!" Cruising on the battlefield like no man's land, Stark shouted.
The two flame launchers swayed incessantly, one flame after another burning on the flat ground, turning the entire area around it into a sea of fire.
A Predator missile flew low at altitude, and before it could get closer, it was shot down by a laser fired from a distance.
"Hey, Nora, that's mine!" Stark let out a cry of disgruntle.
"Come on, man, you've changed the Hellfire to the point where you're about to go to war with your fists, what are you going to do with the predators?"
Stark looked up to the sky and laughed a few times: "I use this!" ”
Just in time another predator flew over.
Stark's Hellfire jumped violently, and the flamethrower erupted with an unprecedented burst of flames, which coalesced into a huge fist and hit the missile, knocking it out of the air.
"God!" The commander of the infantry regiment, who was watching this scene from afar, was completely dumbfounded.
Even Nora froze, "How did you do that?" ”
"Hehe, I didn't expect that. I never thought my flame control could be combined with the flamethrower's flames, see, Nora, it's just amazing! Stark laughed: "I said when I was a kid that I was born to play with fire, but my mother always didn't believe it. ”
"That's not a reason for you to burn down the house, Stark." Nora replied.
"It's not a big deal." The fiery red mech shrugged its shoulders, and a stream of flames burst into flames, creating a spectacular red cloud in the sky.
"Compared to the current scene, it's really not big." A voice came out.
None other than Renault.
Behind him, a large number of soldiers followed.
"Thank goodness you guys are finally out!" Nora said in surprise.
"Hopefully it's not too late!" Renault replied: "Hold on for thirty minutes, we have to give the others time to retreat, Stark, is there a problem?" ”
"Piece of cake!" Stark roared, and the flames on the flamethrower suddenly rose, engulfing a large area of the front position.
At the same time, soldiers also came out of the hospital and rushed to the hospital in a procession. There were enough vehicles at the hospital for them to use, and soon, one car after another was pulling out of the hospital and flying everywhere.
"Quick! Fast! Fast! Standing in the corner of the building, Tycos shouted loudly.
It was a life-and-death retreat, and after learning of the escape from Edward's Hospital, the federal government would not let them go, and soon more pursuers would arrive.
They have to get out of here before then!
The soldiers were well trained to make the retreat well-organized and unfazed, and they quickly found a working vehicle under the guidance of their commander, and then launched to leave.
Fortunately, there were no major problems at this stage, and although there were occasional minor incidents, most of them were quickly resolved under the command of the officers.
Thirty minutes passed quickly, and most of the soldiers had left the ground and left.
Renault looked at the time and said loudly: "Corkscrew, how many people haven't come out?" ”
A tall and thin officer replied loudly: "There are more than two hundred, Renault!" ”
His name is Alec Darvel, and he is the one who used to live with Renault in a nursing home, and like Renault, he has the rank of captain, but he willingly obeys Renault's orders.
Renault glanced at the battlefield in the distance, Stark was still idly wandering around setting fires, and the whole situation seemed to be under control, but Renault frowned.
He said: "Time is running out, let them go faster!" ”
"It's a bit difficult, and the rest of the people are searching for the information you requested." Alec Darvel replied.
The soldiers didn't do nothing but retreat, and in the information Renault gave everyone, some soldiers were asked to search the entire hospital and get as much information as possible before leaving.
The information of the soldiers, the information of the government, and even the information of the beasts, all the information Renault wants.
"Stop the search and come out immediately." Renault ordered: "We are running out of time. ”
Alec Darvel hesitated: "Is it necessary to be in such a hurry?" I saw that those soldiers simply could not break through the defenses of the fortress. ”
"That's not the problem." Renault pointed to the battlefield in the distance: "Did you see the actions of those soldiers of the infantry regiment?" At first, they were still trying desperately to attack, even if they knew it was useless, they didn't give up their efforts. But if you look at it now, they are barely moving, huddled behind the chariot defense, firing cold guns. What does this mean? ”
"Does it mean they gave up?" Alec Darvel asked.
"No, it means their reinforcements are coming." Renault replied.
Alec Darvel was stunned, and finally blurted out, "Oh,! ”
He turned his head and ran towards the hospital building: "All the remaining people come out quickly, give up the search, and get out of here!" ”
The soldiers who received the order ran out of the building one after another.
Renault glanced at it, didn't see Claire's figure, and hurriedly grabbed a soldier who rushed out and asked, "Where is Claire?" Why hasn't she come out yet? ”
Like this group of soldiers, Claire was also tasked with searching for hospital information, mainly because she was originally the starship's medical officer, and of course she was indispensable for searching for hospital information.
"I don't know, sir!" The soldier hurriedly replied and ran away.
Renault raised the terminal and shouted, "Claire, come out quickly!" ”
There was no response.
This made Renault's mood suddenly tense.
A soldier hurried over: "Sir, I just saw the medical officer in the building over there, she seems to have found something!" ”
Renault looked back and saw a building not far away.
As soon as Renault raised his hand, a mobility disc fell at his feet.
Jumping on the mobility wheel, Renault flew forward: "Corkscrew, you come to organize the retreat, I'll go to Claire." ”
The travel disk flew to the opposite building with the Renault brush, and at the same time opened the location search.
Soon, the red dot representing Claire's location appeared on the terminal, and Renault flew towards the red dot until he reached a room on the top floor, where he finally saw Claire.
She was standing in front of an alloy door tinkering with something.
"Claire! I told you to retreat immediately, why disobey the order? Renault unceremoniously shouted a lesson.
Claire replied without looking up, "I know, but I'll have to wait until I'm done." ”
"What is so important?" Renault stepped down for cross-examination.
"I was caught in this hospital a few days ago and saw with my own eyes that Karui had put a box behind this door."
"Karui?"
"Ibi Karui, the director of this hospital."
"I thought the director of this hospital was named Edward. Do you know what he put in the house? ”
"I don't know, but I saw that he was personally sent in under the protection of Major McLaren...... Damn, I can't open this door! Claire kicked the safe in anger.
"Let me come." Renault stepped forward, pressed his hand against the door, and began to feel the structure inside.
The power of the mind seeps into it, skipping all the steps and gently plucking the lock strings.
Syllable!
The door opened.
Renault and Claire looked at each other.
Claire said leisurely, "I've never heard that telekinesis can be used like this. ”
"That's because you've never seen telekinesis." Renault pushed the door open.
Behind the door are three chests, the top of which is a black leather suitcase.
"That's it." Claire yelled as she pointed to the black suitcase.
Renault rushed up and grabbed the black suitcase, threw it to Claire, and took the two boxes below with him: "Since you're here, you're welcome." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Just as I was about to open the box to take a look, the call of the bottle opener was already heard from the terminal: "Reinforcements!" Their reinforcements are coming! Hurry up and retreat!! ”
Renault grabbed Claire and ran out: "Quick, quick, quick!" ”
The commuter was thrown, and the two flew downstairs.