novelhk Chapter 410 Annihilate the Enemy Vanguard!
Chapter 410 Annihilate the Enemy Vanguard!
Seeing the enemy charging towards them in a huge wave, Mu Xingchen turned around and looked at a tank behind him.
"You, see him off on his journey."
Mu Xingchen pointed to the US military commander standing on the tank's hood.
"Yes, sir!"
After saying that, the tank commander gave Mu Xingchen a standard US military salute.
Only then did he crawl inside the tank and issue the attack order to the gunner.
Without hesitation, the gunner next to the driver fired a shell at the jeep two kilometers away.
With a deafening roar, the jeep two kilometers away from them was instantly destroyed.
As for the scarred man standing on the roof of the jeep, he was naturally smashed to pieces.
However, he must have anticipated this outcome, otherwise he wouldn't have formed this suicide squad to shout messages from the front.
"Major General James, how much firepower does our armored division have left?"
As the enemy troops, covering the entire mountainside, rushed towards them, Mu Xingchen, perched atop the armored vehicle, couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"The enemy only deployed a reinforced brigade this time. Our tanks can only fire half a load at most. If we fire a full load, the enemy's main force will be behind us, and we'll be in trouble. We only brought two loads of ammunition in total."
Major General James, who was observing the enemy situation from the top of another armored vehicle, responded to Mu Xingchen beside him.
The US Army's main battle tanks can only carry 45 rounds of ammunition at a time. A "basic load" means emptying the tank's magazine completely in one go, while a "half load" means firing half and leaving the other half.
"Alright, once the enemy gets close enough to engage, fire half a unit of their force. The enemy has several demon squads joining the battle; they can fly and are very agile. Pass the order down: no need for precise aiming, just unleash a barrage of artillery fire to kill as many mutated demons as possible."
Mu Xingchen also knew that this group of tens of thousands of people was not the main force of the other side.
Therefore, he could understand Major General James's concerns.
After all, their armored division had already fought two major battles with Mo Fei, and their ammunition was really running low.
In addition, they were constantly driving and pursuing the enemy, marching at a rapid pace almost every day.
This also resulted in supplies being delivered to the rear in a less than timely manner.
"clear"
James nodded, then jumped off the roof of the armored vehicle to adjust his radio.
Seeing the enemy approaching firing range, Mu Xingchen pushed off with his left toe and leaped from the top of the armored vehicle into the air, a hundred meters high!
He activated his Gale ability, and his entire body was enveloped in a blue whirlwind.
The swirling wind rose from below, blowing his black hair wildly.
Enveloped by that whirlwind, he could briefly float in the air using the wind's power.
At this moment, Mu Xingchen's eyes also changed from pitch black to azure blue!
Even those blue pupils blazed with fierce blue flames!
After pushing his Gale ability to its limit, Mu Xingchen suddenly raised his arms towards the sky.
The next second, two blue wind swords, each three zhang long, materialized in his palm!
He swung the two ten-meter-long swords made of wind and slashed horizontally towards a point a hundred meters in front of his own position!
Two ten-zhang-long blue sword energies were seen slashing out from the two super-long wind swords!
And it grew to five times its original length at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The two sword energies, each fifty feet long and burning with blue flames, slashed fiercely at the ground in front of the position from the left and right!
The two sword marks met, forming a barrier that was a hundred feet long!
The land where the deep canal had been cut open instantly burst into a wall of blue flames, fifty feet high!
But the wall, which was pulsating with blue flames, was still spewing out strong air currents from bottom to top!
Without a doubt, this was Mu Xingchen unleashing his full power to create a super wind barrier!
As Mu Xingchen used the Wind Barrier, the two blue wind swords in his hands shattered with a crash.
At that moment, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Mofei Legion drove to within three kilometers of the enemy.
They fired shells relentlessly toward the US military positions.
The muzzles of the more than one hundred tanks were continuously spitting out tongues of fire.
Even the nearly two hundred armored vehicles were firing small-caliber shells at the enemy positions.
The deafening roar of cannons was like an enraged god unleashing the most severe punishment upon this land!
In an instant, nearly five thousand shells of varying calibers flew toward the blue wall of flames in front of the US position.
They were immediately intercepted by the high-pressure airflow from that blue wall!
They all sparked from a distance of 100 meters from the US military positions.
Although the wall of flames was not damaged in the slightest, the deafening explosion was putting immense pressure on everyone's nerves.
Upon seeing the enemy launch an artillery barrage, Major General James also radioed all the tanks in the armored division to issue an attack order.
First, two tank regiments of the 1st Armored Brigade raised their guns and launched a salvo at the enemy's rapidly moving mechanized forces and the Demon Vanguard.
Then two tank regiments from the 2nd Armored Brigade raised their gun barrels and prepared to fire!
The 140-plus tanks of the 1st Armored Brigade fired 20 shells each before ceasing fire.
Subsequently, the 170 tanks of the 2nd Armored Brigade also unleashed the same firepower as the 1st Brigade.
More than 6,000 120mm shells were fired at the enemy.
Half of the shells completely covered the enemy's mechanized forces at the forefront!
The saturation bombardment of three thousand shells caused thick smoke to rise from the land two and a half kilometers away.
After this round of artillery fire, more than 100 enemy tanks and nearly 200 armored vehicles were all destroyed!
However, more than half of the red-skinned demons flying in the air managed to evade this round of artillery fire.
The remaining two hundred or so mutated demons roared and flew toward the enemy's position.
They looked determined to avenge their brothers.
After the 1st Armored Brigade easily destroyed the enemy's mechanized forces, the shells of the 2nd Armored Brigade also fell in unison.
But those shells weren't aimed at the enemy's demon vanguard, but at the human soldiers in the rear.
More than three thousand shells exploded around the enemy, and countless lives were lost in the blink of an eye.
However, the enemy troops, numbering over ten thousand, were scattered and ran at varying speeds, so the salvo from the 2nd Armored Brigade only destroyed half of them.
The remaining enemy troops continued their reckless charge towards the American positions.
After firing half a round of artillery, Major General James ordered the tank crews to quickly replenish their ammunition.
Be prepared to launch a full-scale saturation attack to deal with any potential enemy main force that may appear later.
After the two tank brigades ceased fire, the two hundred armored vehicles at the forefront of the position also aimed their machine guns at the red-skinned demons flying in from the sky.
Although the armored vehicles were equipped with small 75mm shells, they still inflicted significant damage on those mutated demons.
After James gave the order to fire, the armored vehicles at the forefront of the position, which served as fortifications, also began to unleash their firepower.
Another four thousand small-caliber shells were fired, almost forming a large-scale shell net that covered the demon in the sky.
Needless to say, half of those red-skinned demons, who weren't even first-generation super soldiers, were instantly blown to bits!
The remaining hundred or so demons roared angrily at the enemy lines, flapping their wings even faster.
Seeing those red-skinned demons flying forward recklessly, Mu Xingchen, who was observing from a hundred meters in the air, also became ruthless.
He spread his hands out, his palms surrounded by blue flames, and he vigorously activated his Gale ability.
Soon, four enormous blue tornadoes suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of the dissipating blue wall of wind and flame!
After it formed, the tornado rapidly expanded until it became a blue hurricane, hundreds of feet high and ten feet wide!
With a furious roar from Mu Xingchen, the four hundred-foot-tall hurricanes swept towards the enemy army side by side!
The powerful winds whipped up dust and dirt from the ground, tinging the blue of the hurricane with shades of yellowish-brown.
Its terrifying howling wind sounded like a roaring abyssal beast, sweeping towards the demons who had gone mad!
The remaining hundred or so red-skinned demons all fled in panic when they saw the hurricane approaching.
Despite their incredible speed, more than thirty demons were swept away and torn apart by the raging storm.
After escaping the hurricane, the few remaining red-skinned demons flew madly toward the US military positions.
However, the four towering hurricanes did not dissipate; they continued to sweep towards the more than 5,000 enemy soldiers running behind them.
At this moment, Mu Xingchen had already returned to the ground from high altitude.
The blue wall of flames that blocked their position a hundred meters away also completely dissipated at that moment.
After landing on the ground, Mu Xingchen couldn't help but gasp for breath a few times.
Although he has "officially" entered the realm of the third generation of super soldiers.
Even with his "divine body," he was somewhat overwhelmed by the ability to unleash such wide-area attacks and defenses.
Upon seeing Mu Xingchen land, a Chinese army lieutenant named Chen Guanhong stepped forward to inquire.
"Commander, how are you? Are you alright?"
"It's alright, phew... Get the brothers ready, shoot down all those red-skinned turkeys flying in the sky! Phew... Phew..."
Mu Xingchen watched as the red-skinned demons rapidly approached.
Ignoring his breath, he quickly gave Lieutenant Chen the order to attack.
"Yes, Commander!"
After saluting Mu Xingchen, Chen Guanhong immediately turned and ran towards their remaining six hundred Huaxia soldiers.
Yes, even if you include the two hundred people who were taken away by Qi Lin and Leng, the Chinese army only has a little over eight hundred.
Although there were two thousand people who came out with Mu Xingchen at the time, after a year of fighting.
Even if Mu Xingchen tried his best to save his compatriots, he still couldn't avoid casualties.
Those six hundred Chinese soldiers were originally intended to protect the safety of Mu Xingchen, the commander-in-chief.
But since the commander had given the order, they naturally had to carry it out.
The six hundred Chinese soldiers weaved through the US defensive formation and loaded their Flame-class armor-piercing rounds.
They first pulled the trigger on the red-skinned demons flying in the sky!
"Open fire!!"
Seeing that the Chinese army had already launched an attack, Major General James immediately ordered his soldiers to attack as well.
The nearly four thousand American soldiers behind the fortifications immediately raised their guns and fired fiercely at the red-skinned devils flying in from the air.
When the demons saw the enemy firing at them, they skillfully dodged the bullets while also conjuring fireballs and throwing them at the American positions.
However, the sheer number of both sides was overwhelming, and in no time, the seventy mutated demons were killed by the intense firepower.
But at this moment, the enemy human soldiers who were not swept away by the hurricane also rushed to a distance of 1,500 meters from the position.
Although they were reduced to less than four thousand men, their fighting spirit remained high.
It's like they're on stimulants and don't know fear.
Seeing that the enemy was about to approach the position, General James once again gave the order to attack the two hundred armored vehicles.
Those armored vehicles only used half a round of shells when they fought the demons before.
With ammunition still remaining, they immediately adjusted their cannons and unleashed their remaining firepower at the oncoming enemy troops!
Another four thousand 75mm shells were fired in a salvo.
It landed amidst the fleeing enemy troops, leaving a deadly trail of flames.
Without a doubt, the Mofei Legion of less than four thousand men was wiped out by this bombardment!
The enemy troops, numbering only a few hundred, continued to charge forward recklessly, clearly indicating that they had been severely brainwashed.
They showed not even the slightest fear in the face of death.
It's a pity they used their bravery in the wrong place; if only they had been just as fearless when fighting the aliens.
Then they are heroes of human civilization, not traitors.
It's outrageous that they fawn over aliens while being so insane towards their own people.
Without a doubt, they truly deserve to die!
They don't deserve any pity at all!
Seeing that the enemy was almost wiped out, Major General James quickly ordered the armored vehicles to replenish their ammunition.
Meanwhile, the US troops behind the fortifications also allowed the enemy to enter their firing range.
Then both sides opened fire simultaneously!
The sounds of AK47 and M16 gunfire quickly filled the battlefield.
However, the enemy forces were too few in number and lacked any fortifications or bunkers to conceal their positions.
The gunfire stopped shortly afterward; all the enemy troops had been wiped out.
It was already 4:30 PM. The two sides had only been fighting for less than an hour when the Mo Fei Legion was completely annihilated. [Most of the time was spent letting the enemy get into range; the actual fighting only lasted about half an hour.]
In contrast, the US military suffered fewer than two hundred casualties. [Most were hit by fireballs from the mutated demons; very few were killed or wounded by AK-47s.]
This battle was a resounding victory.
This is the battlefield of the mechanized age; as long as there is enough ammunition, there is no need to sacrifice human lives.
Of course, the main reason is that Mu Xingchen's super wind barrier is too abnormal.
Otherwise, enemy tanks and armored vehicles could also inflict considerable losses on US positions.
Having a shield that can intercept enemy artillery fire over a large area would be like having a cheat code in battle.
After the firefight ended, the medics quickly carried the wounded and the dead away from the position.
No one cleaned up the battlefield, and no one collected the enemy soldiers' corpses; the bodies of those enemy soldiers and demons were left lying on the battlefield.
At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky pressed down even lower, and rumbling thunder rolled through the clouds.
It looks like a downpour is coming soon.
It's going to rain.
Seeing flashes of lightning occasionally streaking across the clouds, Mu Xingchen's expression turned solemn.
"This rain looks heavy, should we go back?"
Major General James walked over and asked a question.
Indeed, he did not have the authority to order the army to retreat; on the battlefield, there is only one commander-in-chief.
That is the global defense commander appointed collectively by the allied countries.
He was only there to assist the other side in eliminating the demonic forces; he had no authority to command militarily.
Strictly speaking, he was a deputy general sent by the US high command to be under Mu Xingchen's command.
Or rather, deputy commander.