Chapter 185: The Wind Rises
Alan climbed an ironwood tree and disguised himself with the strangely dense branches. Picking up the delicate binoculars, I saw a few wooden toons erected around the campfire in front of me, on which three Federation soldiers were dying. A knife demon was digging a large muscle from the chest of one of the soldiers with a sharp knife and placing it in the hands of a skinny sword demon by the campfire.
The demon bit off a small piece of raw meat with his mouth, threw it into the campfire, and then screamed. The surrounding sword demons shouted with their weapons held high, and then rushed towards the soldiers, using the weapons in their hands to cut off pieces of flesh and blood on the soldiers.
The scene was terrible.
Alan almost shattered the binoculars as he took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and carefully slide down the tree trunk.
Dive back the way you came.
When we arrived at the place where the pontoons were stored, Moder had already arrived early. His eyes were red, his chest heaved and he lowered his voice and said angrily, "Look what those bastards have done!" ”
Alan was silent, and after a few moments, everyone else returned, and everyone was furious. Alan immediately contacted the base and reported the coordinates. After taking notes, Corges said, "Come back at once, don't alarm them." ”
"Yes, sir." Alan ended the communication and looked at the others: "Let's go, go back to the base first." There is nothing we can do with a few of us. ”
In fact, there were at least three tribes in that camp, totaling more than 3,000 people. The six of them couldn't make any waves at all, and they were angry, but they could only leave silently in the pontoon.
I traveled overnight, and it was already morning when I returned to the Blood Eagle base. After several sergeants reported to Cojes, Allen was ordered to go back and rest. On the other hand, Berry used telecommunication to get in touch with the directors of the two bases, Eldraine and Niru.
"Colonel Berry, are you saying that there are three tribes of demons gathered in the Temu Hills?" Colonel Donny, the director of the Eldraine base, was a middle-aged man with a large combed back, two mustaches, and a pair of turquoise eyes with a solemn expression.
Colonel Berry clasped his hands and nodded, "Judging by what our men have discovered, it is. Two, the Ironwood Hills are located right in the middle of our three bases, and are the main route for our transportation. The Knife Demon Tribe chose to gather in this location, and in my opinion, it must not be accidental, but has some kind of plan. I also informed you the other day that one of the tribe's armies appeared in the Wind Erosion Wasteland. If there is one, there will be two, three! If we let the Horde's coalition attack any of our bases, our losses can be imagined. ”
"So Colonel, what good mention do you have?" Colonel Antu is old and Berry is fooled, but the image is elegant. He has light brown hair and glasses on the bridge of his nose. He is the head of the Nilu base, and he is cautious and meticulous by nature.
Colonel Berry took two steps back, and a tactical deduction platform rose on the ground, on which the complete terrain near the Ironwood Hills had been projected, and the Brain had simulated the appearance of the Tribal camp at the coordinates reported by Allen. Colonel Berry said in a deep voice, "Look, you two, this is the camp where the Sword Demon Tribe is located. The Ironwood Hills are located to the southwest of our base, according to the records of our base. Every May and June, the monsoon blows from the northeast to the southwest, and the monsoon is violent, and it can even blow people down when the wind is at its strongest. Calculate the time, the monsoon season is almost here. We intend to set fire to the forest in this area when the wind blows. The two also knew that the ironwood tree was dry and flammable. When the wind fuels the fire, it will inevitably cause a fire that spreads throughout the hills. ”
Colonel Antu's eyes lit up, and he said, "If the fire enters the forest, it will force the enemy to retreat to the southwest." It would have been wonderful if, at this time, our combined forces with Colonel Downey had been ambushed at the exit of the hills. ”
"That's right, I can't help but want to see the surprised expressions of these sword demons." Colonel Downey geared up and said, "Berry, you will be in charge of this operation." We don't have to wait for death to spread them, and when they send troops to arrive, maybe we'll already be cleaning up the battlefield. ”
Berry held the tactical table in his hand and leaned forward and said, "So, this plan is called the wind rising!" ”
The wind is blowing!
Alan exhaled, his eyes narrowing slightly, looking in the direction of the southwest. On the roof of the dormitory building, the outline of the Ironwood Hill could be faintly seen, where the tribe of the three sword demons was hidden, and in the past two days since returning to the base, it has been a long time to see any movement from above. Every time he thought of the Federation soldiers being mutilated and killed alive by the Sword Demon, devouring flesh and drinking blood, it was as if a flame was burning in his chest.
He finally understood why Coggers would say that there is no compromise on the chaotic battlefield, and that the war will only stop if one side is destroyed. The sword demon eats people, and humans burn with the blood of the sword demon. The hatred between the two parties, I don't know when it was planted, the only thing that is certain is. This resentment will only get deeper and deeper, and it cannot be resolved.
There is no justice in war, only position.
"You're here." Kirgeth's voice rang out from behind.
Alan looked back in surprise, and the Major pressed his mechanical arm against the military cap on his head to keep it from being blown away by the wind. Corgeth looked in the same direction and said softly, "It's windy." ”
Alan said, "Has the wind stopped?" ”
"That's right, the wind only blows in this direction, but it doesn't happen often." Ke Ges said indifferently.
Alan stretched out, feeling where the wind was coming, and nodded, "Indeed, the wind has been blowing from other directions before. How did today's wind come from the northeast, is this a monsoon? ”
"Pretty much, every year in May and June, there will be such a wind direction." Corges lowered his head and said, "So this is also the time for us to act. ”
"You mean?"
"As you can imagine, we're already planning a joint operation with the other two bases, and the operation is codenamed Wind Rises." Ke Ges snorted coldly: "The wind is rising, just to wait for the wind direction to change. Alan, your team has been incorporated into tomorrow's battle sequence, remember to rest early today and have a big fight tomorrow! ”
Alan straightened up, clenched his fist to his chest and said, "Yes, sir." ”
Corges smiled and waved, and Alan happily left, he was going to tell the others the good news.
These days, Willik and the others are holding back a breath of anger.
Now it's finally time for catharsis!
In the previous battle of the Wind Erosion Wasteland, Allen's team lost five soldiers, and now they have all made up for it. The newly arrived soldiers did not have any doubts about Allen as before, and they were able to survive the battle of Beast Tooth Mountain without dying, and Allen's strength was naturally no longer stupid enough to question it. What's more, there are fierce men like Willik and Bloy in this squad, and the recruits are proud to be assigned to this squad.
Alan returned to the dormitory, and as soon as the wind rose action, everyone's feelings were high, and they couldn't wait to set off immediately to fight the knife demon. Of course, this is impossible, so you have to be prepared and recharged. Alan meditated all night to temper the source power. By the time we gathered the next day, the whole person was in the best condition.
At sunrise, the gates of the Blood Eagle base opened, and troop transport trucks drove out of the base. Colonel Berry dispatched 1,000 combat soldiers, including nearly 100 non-commissioned officers and three majors. Only Major Luda and about 400 defenders were left, and the convoy was equipped with two all-terrain land combat vehicles in addition to transport trucks. The colonel himself was still carrying the buggy and set off with the convoy.
When the chariot dragon came to a halt fifty kilometers from the Tiemu Hills, the two land chariots each with a hundred soldiers scattered on both sides of the hills, while the main force dismounted and walked towards the hills in a rapid march. In the evening, when the hills were in sight, Berry gave the order. The special regiment pressed towards the hills first, and the hundred soldiers were all armed with flamethrowers. A team of ten people, under the unified command of their respective non-commissioned officers, arrived at the hills, and fired a flame dragon to ignite all the ironwood trees on the northeast side.
Suddenly, the flames soared into the sky, and even the sky was dyed blood red. The monsoon winds blowing from the rear drove the fire to the southwest, and soon burned over the small half of the hills. Together, the fire represents the official start of combat operations. At this moment, the two base armies that were already on standby on the other side of the hill had already cleared a fire barrier, and they were waiting for the sword demon to run out and die.
Waiting is undoubtedly an ordeal, and the soldiers at the base are full of energy to do a big job. Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, and they began to see a sword demon being driven out of the fire from the hills. Seeing this, the commander of the base immediately launched an attack order. So across a huge hill, in the northeast of Berry, you could hear gunfire coming from the other side.
The battle began, but the battle ended quickly. Berry frowned at the sight of green flares bouncing in the night sky to the southwest, but still let the two standby land trucks fire lime bombs to extinguish the fire. After more than an hour of this, the fire in the hills was suppressed, and when the wind blew away the smoke, Berry began to let the main force into the hills. For some reason, a shadow cast over his heart.
The battle came too smoothly and ended sooner than he expected.
Alan followed his men deeper into the hills, and came to the camp he had found that day, which had been almost burned to the ground, leaving behind a lot of wreckage. There were only a few corpses of the Sword Demon in the camp, and it seemed that the Sword Demon had evacuated with the opportunity. It wasn't long before Colonel Antu and Downey arrived at the rendezvous with their respective men. As soon as he met with Berry, Colonel Antu said in a deep voice, "This may be a trap. ”
Colonel Berry's heart pounded and asked, "What's the situation?" ”
"There are very few sword demons intercepted by our side, and according to our post-war statistics, there are less than two hundred!" Colonel Antu sighed lightly, "I'm afraid the Sword Demon Tribe has already left before we arrived, leaving only the men and horses to clean up the aftermath." ”
"If so, where did they go?" Colonel Berry frowned.
It's night, and the wind is blowing. As soon as the Underworld star arrives at night, the temperature plummets. The wind blowing at low temperatures was as sharp as a knife, and even the sentinels on duty at night were reluctant to be exposed to the wind all night. Luther rubbed his numb hands, blew on hot air, and walked back to the sentry post. The room temperature in the sentry post warmed his body, and then he saw that his partner was already asleep against the corner.
"I said Jerry, that's not good. If Sergeant Louie had seen it, I'd have been scolded. Luther patted his partner's shoulder angrily, not wanting the other party to fall to the ground if his body was weak. Only then did Luther see that his partner's body against the wall was covered in blood! R1058