【Summer Five】Iron City Wall

No one would have imagined that shortly after Wutiao came to the outpost, the phantom species would launch a menacing attack.These non-human alien objects with different levels of intelligence stepped through the ice, startled countless snowflakes all the way, and their huge and twisted bodies made up half of the sky, covering the north of the defense line in a cloudy manner.

And the chaos in the outpost turned into a pot of porridge.Everyone was trying their best to keep calm, but those bold words just a moment ago disappeared in the tremor of the frozen earth, leaving only the soldiers of the two battle groups of Bailai No. [-] to pretend to be calm.

But the outpost is different from the rear military headquarters after all.No matter how fearful these fighters are, they still have the experience of standing on the front line all year round.Even though I was afraid, there was no chaos in the action, and I was able to follow the instructions of Wang Peng and other management personnel in an orderly manner, and connected the frontline situation with the rear communication to ensure that no information was left behind.

Wutiao went downstairs in a raging atmosphere and pulled Wang Peng out from the crowd.The major general had already put on his winter clothes, his brows were not serious, but he seemed extremely relaxed.

"Is there anything that needs to be reported to the commander-in-chief in person?" He asked, "I'm going to return immediately. If the military department also dispatches people to rush here, I hope to meet them in the buffer zone in an hour and a half. They are more stable. A base station with a faster transmission speed than the one I brought may be able to help."

Noticing Wutiao's hands on the military emblem, Wang Peng shook his head and squeezed out a smile: "I don't need it for now. Please keep in touch with the outpost at any time. We will continue to follow up the movement path of the phantom species and investigate the damage. The magnetic pole barrier in that area—business as usual, according to the program of action of the predecessors."

He is quick-witted and calm enough.Wujo gave him a few appreciative glances, waved his hands and said, "Go and return," and strode away.

The AI ​​was on standby in the parking lot, Wutiao got into the driver's seat, the vehicle started immediately, and drove towards the exit tunnel amidst the sound of the engine.At the moment of acceleration, the snow field rushed towards the face again, the white mist was covered with thick ash, pressing from the skyline to the city wall, and huge bodies of different shapes could be vaguely seen.

It's like a crumbling mountain, Gojo thought.He slammed on the accelerator and rushed back, sighing overwhelmed off-road, but he was rescued by the outstanding performance and safely survived the driver's merciless torture.The same snowy hills flew backwards, and Wutiao thought of Xia You and the phone he hung up for a moment, and felt a little astringent in his heart, and shook his head very quickly to suppress it.

He has always been too lazy to endure, but he just doesn't want to call the other party again - he knows that the five major generals he is nostalgic for are fragile and fragile, but if he still holds such a rope named "Xia Youjie" in his hand, he will live forever. Locked up out of breath.Knowing that he would never be able to cut this rope with his own hands, he tried his best to grind him in his head, as if by doing so, he could protect the other party from the impending doom.

The walls are coming soon.Iron-gray shadows rise from the ground, Wutiao slows down the speed, and sure enough, he sees a black square in front of the third buffer zone.He stopped at the front of the crowd, rolled down the window and raised his voice and asked, "Is Admiral Mordrian there?"

"The general is waiting for the logistics department!" A lieutenant colonel also responded loudly, "It is a different shift from ours, and it is estimated that it will take about an hour."

Gojo took stock of the current situation, pushed the door to get out of the car, walked up to the person in charge, and saluted: "I am Wujo Wu of Yexiao-I. Lieutenant Colonel, please report the situation inside the wall."

The name was like thunder, and the lieutenant colonel immediately stood at attention, and the upper of his shoe slammed with a "crack". "Yes! A small number of flying sci-fi fantasy species invaded 10-[-] minutes ago. The defense department opened the magnetic field a step later, and about ten of them slipped in; the central and northern parts of the second district, the southern part of the third district, and the fourth and fifth districts were all affected. At present, the phantom species have disappeared. was killed, and the magnetic field was successfully opened, and it is foreseeable that no further invasion will occur."

"Understood." Wutiao patted him on the shoulder, "Who is your army?"

"Reporting to the major general, we are the garrison troops sent directly by the headquarters."

"How many people have actual combat experience against fantasy species?"

Hearing this, the lieutenant colonel puffed up his chest and said proudly: "Everyone! There is only one requirement for the garrison to continue serving: to fight the fantasy species on the ground. We have all participated in different battles, large and small, as part of this interspecies battle." Sentinels of war will never disappoint the general."

Looking back, these phalanxes were really calm, at least on the surface.Wujo knew that they didn't show their cowardice largely because they hadn't seen the scale of the offensive with their own eyes—after all, even people like the outpost who dealt with monsters day and night were quite frightened, regardless of a group of people. How many times have you planted a little boy?

But at least the headquarters made the right choice: always send out a team responsible for laying the groundwork and establishing a communication camp, at least it must be an old team like the current one with all the experience in fighting against the enemy.Otherwise, you haven't even been out of the city wall, and you can just tremble and tremble, and you have to make a snot bubble to affect others.

The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and Wutiao glanced at the terminal, just in time to receive a call from Wang Peng.He answered immediately, and the other party hurriedly said: "The movement speed, path and damaged barrier of the phantom species have been detected."

Wutiao exhaled lightly, and the oxygen generator built into the winter clothes hummed, causing headaches.But he was used to it anyway, so Wang Peng didn't notice the difference, and continued: "Okay, have you reported it to the headquarters?"

"It has been reported as soon as possible." Wang Peng said, "General Mordrian wants to find you. I told him that you are already on your way back and will receive the communication soon."

He spoke quickly, but his words were very clear.Wujo thought for a while and added: "Thank you. Also, tell your subordinates: No one has experienced an interspecies war. It is natural to panic and panic at a time like this, and there is no need to worry about it."

The person in charge of the outpost paused, and after a while, thanked him softly.

After the communication was hung up, Wutiao immediately dialed Admiral Mordrian's phone number, and after the other party picked it up, he said, "The outpost has found the exact location of the broken barrier. Do you want to implement α tactics?"

The old man sounded like he was sitting in a rickety armored vehicle, and his voice was also bumpy: "Do you have a suitable candidate?" He didn't sound like he agreed, and was about to speak out against it, but Wutiao said before he could speak: "I go."

"What?" The general roared angrily, startling the whole vehicle and the lieutenant colonel at the end of the buffer zone, "Are you out of your wits? Although this extremely traditional tactic is the most efficient in theory, it is not suitable for actual combat." It can't be you anyway, only this..."

When it comes to how to win the interspecies war, the records in the history books are the most intuitive.Research has found that the boundary markers that naturally exist between regions have a magnetic field that cannot be perceived by humans, and the resonance spreads over a wide range, but it is disgusted by the phantasmagoria, and it is similar to natural enemies for them.Therefore, the walls of the Iron City Wall itself incorporated the magnetic structures extracted from many boundary markers, and logically gained the ability to repel phantom species.

In order to make the border line more stable, humans created a buffer zone through the first interspecies war, and used the magnetic force of the boundary stone to form the first line of defense surrounding the city wall, driving the phantom species hundreds of kilometers away; the second time Although the interspecies war suffered heavy losses, this line of defense was pushed back hundreds of kilometers again, and another batch of boundary stones was used to build a second line of defense.

As for the third line of defense where the outpost is located, it is a brand-new boundary line built by the scientists of this generation who put in boundary stones while the phantom species are seasonally dormant. It also means that human beings can detect and avoid phantom species attacks in advance. maximum range.

With the passage of time, the magnetic power of the boundary stone will gradually weaken, and it will not even be able to play the role of expelling phantom species.At this time, the army will select the most fearless team to go to the defense line, and install the newly separated boundary stone into the core device, so as to maintain the safety of the barrier.And this time, a large part of the reason why they were deterred by the large-scale assembly of fantasy species was here-a boundary stone on the third line of defense ran out of energy ahead of time, so it was easily broken through by the enemy.

Before the war officially started, Gojo proposed the α tactic at the commander meeting: let a small team carry the boundary stone to repair the defense line, and when the magnetic field takes effect, the subsequent influx of fantasy species will not be able to get involved; Destroying the phantom species that have entered the defense zone is the same as the previous two times, and it can be called a "war victory".

But unlike the usual situation in the security field or during the dormant season, executing Plan Alpha meant traveling across the entire battlefield, going deep into enemy assembly points, and completing the reloading of the boundary stone without being disturbed.It is extremely difficult for most soldiers to even escape a phantom species, regardless of crossing the front line and breaking ground under the nose of the enemy.

Therefore, although this tactic is the most reliable, it is extremely difficult to implement in an engagement situation.Modrian considered sending out the Night Owl squad, but the enemy was at present, and this troop almost represented the highest level of combat power of the Iron City Wall. If he acted rashly, he might only be at his own disadvantage.

Who would have thought that Wutiao would simply propose to go himself—not to mention that he is alone, Ye Xiao's top officer is almost the brain and heart of the team, if it were Mordrian, even if he was killed, he would not agree to take risks .

"There is no one more suitable than me." Wutiao listened to the tremors of the ground, and his words were still teasing, "Achieving the highest standard mission with the least amount of damage-compared to the Ye Xiao's team who can't get out, I am better." Is it efficient?"

The city wall shook, and follow-up troops continued to step on the frozen ground and stop around the phalanx.The camp has been gradually established, lit by the bonfire protected by the driven armor, and the soldiers are arranging their armaments, trying to dispel the lingering fear in their hearts by holding their guns tightly.The sense of oppression brought by the phantom species comes from biological instinct. Unless the genes are as good as five, no one will have to endure a considerable degree of deterrence and panic.

That's why the five clauses are not taken seriously.He has always been the craziest and most daring, and everyone in the headquarters knows it. Naturally, he knows that if the major general makes up his mind, no one can persuade him.

There was a thumb-sized pitch-black stone in the sealed bag close to the chest, and the five pressed it through the clothes, and let out a breath slowly.

"Don't worry, I won't go alone." He looked at the approaching enemy, "Let the debugged destroyer provide cover. In addition, I need a guide."

The people from the headquarters had already gathered around Mordrian to listen, and they immediately said: "No problem, just mention it, we will send someone from the personnel department..." "No need." Wutiao went off-road again , and moved neatly to put the ignition on, "Xia Youjie, a professor at the School of Automation, State University, District [-], come find him."

After all, with the accelerator at the end, the off-road roared and sped away.

The contact was not broken, and Admiral Modrian immediately arranged for someone to contact Xia You, and at the same time asked Wu Tiao nervously: "Are you going in such a hurry? Have you brought the boundary stone?" Then he realized that he had asked a stupid question, If he didn't bring the key items, how could Wutiao tell the conditions for going alone?

Thinking of this, Gojo didn't answer the question, and instead said: "It's a four-hour drive from the B10 area of ​​the third line of defense where the problem occurred. I need supplies before leaving the buffer zone. Let the logistics station closest to the gap be ready, I'll be there any minute."

"Okay, I've already sent a text message." The old general's tone was still very aggressive, "But how many times have I said that Project α is inherently dangerous. Where is the highest risk on the battlefield?"

Wutiao turned a deaf ear and didn't bother to explain that today's iron city wall is no longer "he must".He turned the gear to accelerate, turned his head to wait for the earphone channel to turn on, and at the same time said to the headquarters: "Remember to let the destroyer cover me, obey the order, and don't waste ammunition before leaving the range."

Before the words were finished, the gray-black wave at the end of the horizon had turned over hundreds of meters, like a high wall that pierced the sky and the earth.Wutiao's complexion remained unchanged, he stepped on the accelerator even deeper, and the tracks worked violently, pushing the whole car forward.

A magnetically dumb "Hello" suddenly sounded in the earphones.

"Can you hear me?" Xia You cleared her throat, "This is a temporary shelter in the second district, the background sound may be a bit noisy, bear with it."