Chapter 912 The Last Life-Saving Straw

"Attack! Attack! Consume the energy of the energy shield! They won't last long!"

"Concentrate the fire! Concentrate the fire!"

"Don't retreat! Get on top of me! Powered armor troops are opening the way ahead!"

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The Revolutionary Alliance launched wave after wave of fierce offensives against the Jiange Fortress. Although the fortress seemed to be in danger every time, every time it was just a hair away from being able to capture it. The Revolutionary Alliance But there will suddenly be a situation where the successor is unable to follow up... This is the real world, not an RTS game where you can dispatch troops with a click of the mouse. The recruitment of troops is far from being as simple as those who have not experienced war imagine. Jiange Fortress is like Like a giant meat grinder, it kept grinding the Revolutionary Alliance troops one after another under the city wall.

Looking at the stalemate, the commander of the Revolutionary Alliance could not help but frowned. He hesitated again and again before giving the order to retreat. In the eyes of a rookie, it seemed that each round of attack was just a little bit closer. That's all, but no matter what, that point just can't be broken through...

This is not a coincidence, but a trap set by the opponent. In fact, the defenders of Jiange Fortress still had strength to face the Revolutionary Alliance's offensive. It was only due to the deliberate arrangement of the opponent's commander that they created a In order to give the illusion that the fortress can be taken down at any time, the purpose is to attract the troops of the Revolutionary Alliance as much as possible to carry out a strong attack and destroy the effective strength of the Revolutionary Alliance army to the greatest extent.

The energy consumed by the giant energy shield that can cover the entire fortress is absolutely a terrifying astronomical figure. In this case, the shorter the battle time, the more beneficial it is to the defending organization.

Under the cover of power armor and heavy firepower, the Revolutionary Alliance troops retreated in an orderly manner beyond the range of the organizational army and began to regroup. The organization also turned off the energy protection of the fortress the first moment the exchange of fire stopped. Shield, and at the same time sent a large number of engineers to the city wall to begin repairing the fortifications damaged in the previous battle.

The energy shield used by Jiange Fortress is different from the individual energy shield installed on Thor's Hammer. Due to the special energy transmission sequence, this fortress-style energy shield has "unidirectionality", that is to say , after facing an external attack on the fortress, the defensive characteristics of the energy shield will be activated to the greatest extent, blocking or weakening the attack from the outside as much as possible, but the bullets fired from the fortress are It can easily penetrate the shield. Although the power of the bullet will be somewhat weakened, it is not at the same level as the weakening suffered by the attacker.

The reason why Jiange Fortress was able to withstand so many rounds of fierce attacks by the Revolutionary Alliance was naturally due to the large energy shield that had just been assembled not long ago... Of course, Qi Lin also played a key role in it.

The news that the organization would install a fortress-level energy shield in Jiange Fortress naturally could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Revolutionary Alliance. For this reason, the Revolutionary Alliance directly reported that the eight gates had just been assembled on the production line and had not even been tested. The annihilation cannon was sent to the front line. This was originally a key killing move used to target the energy shield of Jiange Fortress, but Qi Lin happened to encounter it first. Although Qi Lin almost fell here when he attacked the Revolutionary Alliance logistics force that day. He had eight annihilation cannons in his hands, but when he broke out of the siege, he destroyed four of them.

With half of the firepower suddenly lost, it becomes very difficult to defeat the fortress-level energy shield with four annihilation cannons, especially since there is a manual control team of more than a hundred people behind the energy shield. They can enhance or weaken the local output flow of the energy shield through manual operations, thereby strengthening certain parts of the energy shield or directly opening a fire window so that their own artillery shells can fall on the Revolutionary Alliance positions without attenuation. above. Similarly, when detecting the firing of the annihilation cannon, they can also actively create a gap to allow the annihilation beam to pass directly through.

The annihilation beam cannot touch the energy shield, so naturally there is no way to consume the energy of the shield through ablation.

Originally, the eight annihilation cannons might have made the energy shield control team busy and difficult to deal with, but now that the number has been reduced to four, it will be much easier to deal with it.

These four annihilation cannons basically failed to play a big role in the fortress attack. Instead, the defenders of the fortress destroyed another one with a railgun after positioning it.

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"These grandsons... have finally given up..." Seeing that the Revolutionary Alliance finally could not withstand the pressure and temporarily withdrew from the battlefield, the senior colonel who had been directing the battle at the frontline command post couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and reached out to wipe his face. beads of sweat.

Just as the commander of the Revolutionary Alliance thought, the colonel was indeed luring the Revolutionary Alliance to continuously launch strong attacks, and try to eliminate the effective forces of the Revolutionary Alliance army as much as possible while the fortress still had sufficient energy... This kind of trap is very effective. , but it is also very dangerous, just like dancing on the tip of a knife. If you are not careful, you will fall into a place of eternal destruction...

Fortunately, that did not happen... In the past four hours, Jiange Fortress withstood six waves of offensives from the Revolutionary Alliance, destroying more than 500 powered armors and killing 20,000 people. The above-mentioned Revolutionary Alliance soldiers, but the losses suffered by the organization were not even one-fifth of the opponent's.

This battle loss ratio has made the colonel very satisfied. Although the organization was once at a disadvantage after losing the Evolutionary troops, it finally managed to temporarily regain a victory with the powerful defense system of Jiange Fortress.

"Count the casualties, rescue the wounded, and notify the people below to send up two more sets of reactor components. Also, we need five hundred... no, one thousand boxes of 'anti-radiation', and let them get it done immediately!" , the colonel wiped away a trace of blood that slowly overflowed from his nostrils with his thumb, took out a small bottle from his pocket, poured out two small pills, threw it directly into his mouth and swallowed it.

The amount of energy required for a fortress-level energy shield is not an exaggeration, even if it is described as massive. And with the current level of human technology, the only thing that can provide this level of energy... is a large nuclear reactor.

In the entire Jiange Fortress, the most heavily defended thing was neither the colonel's headquarters nor the arsenal where ammunition was stored, nor the several passages connected to the ground. It was the three nuclear reactors located in the core area of ​​the fortress.

Since the reactors were assembled in a hurry, the only means of isolation was a thin graphite shell with a metal mesh. As the fission reaction progressed, radiation continued to escape into the fortress... If now If someone had brought a Geiger counter, the alarm would have been going off.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Jiange Fortress has become a lightly irradiated area, and the radiation dose is still rising slowly and steadily... Everyone knows that if you continue to stay in the fortress to fight, This is no different from chronic suicide.

"Sir... why don't you go to the isolation area to take a rest first? Your body..." The sharp-eyed adjutant saw the colonel's action of wiping the nosebleed, and immediately said the proposal worriedly.

The isolation area is the only place in the entire fortress that has complete radiation protection measures, but it is now crowded with countless wounded people, and stretchers are constantly being carried in from the outside.

The senior colonel is not young anymore, and there is already a patch of white frost between his temples. Even if he is an evolution, his body is definitely not as strong as a young man. There are signs of side effects caused by radiation pollution on his body. Extremely obvious.

"It's not necessary, I'll just take two more pills." The colonel waved his hands disapprovingly, supporting the edge of the table with both hands, and his hawk-like eyes kept patrolling the holographic map.

"Sir... the radiation concentration is already very high. If you fall, there will be no one in the fortress to take command of the overall situation!" the adjutant continued to advise.

He is much younger than the senior colonel, and his evolutionary level is one level higher than the senior colonel. Even in this environment, he feels very uncomfortable, and the unspeakable pain tortures him every moment. Not to mention a senior colonel whose body and rank are inferior to those of an adjutant.

"If I fall, you will be the one to pick me up." The colonel stared into the adjutant's eyes, and after a few seconds, he turned his head back again.

The adjutant stopped talking, but clenched his fists vigorously.

Everyone is under tremendous pressure, everyone is on the verge of collapse, everyone is struggling to support... This is war, even if you are a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles, or there are thousands of withered bones under your feet The general, no matter who he is, will not like this feeling. No one can enjoy war...except for the madman who has taken too many drugs.

"Reporting to the commander, the Revolutionary Army retreated to the valley four kilometers away from the fortress and began to camp on the spot." A soldier controlling an unmanned reconnaissance drone shouted.

"I understand, keep staring at them."

Due to the existence of the electromagnetic interference field, the drone cannot fly very far away from the fortress, four kilometers, which is almost the limit distance that the drone can barely conduct observations. Moreover, at such a distance, many details cannot be captured. , obviously, the opposing commander has also taken this into consideration when choosing the retreat distance.

"He is an opponent worthy of seriousness..." the colonel sighed silently in his heart. In the old days, he had commanded dozens of battles, including battles of this scale, but he could be forced into such a situation. This is really the first time I have encountered an opponent in this situation.

"How is the situation over at Jianmen Pass Building? Can we get in touch?" The colonel turned to another correspondent and asked.

"We can contact them, but they are still insisting. The Revolutionary Alliance has not given up the attack on Guanlou... The defenders of Guanlou requested support. They need a large amount of ammunition, medicine and soldiers."

"Support..." The colonel gritted his teeth, but after all, he still did not issue the order for support.

Now that the passage between Jiange Fortress and Jianmen Pass has been completely cut off by the Revolutionary Alliance, if you want to reinforce Jianmen Pass, you must reopen the passage between the fortress and the Pass Tower, and actively give up the advantage of the fortress and join the Revolutionary League in the wild. It is undoubtedly a very stupid move to engage in an encounter.

Even... after losing the protection of the fortress, the Revolutionary Alliance did not need to send troops to intercept the reinforcements. It only needed a single shelling to reduce the reinforcements and the materials they carried to ashes.

"Tell them... let them hold on for a while longer. We... are unable to provide them with support for the time being." The colonel sighed.

"yes."

The correspondent nodded and repeated the colonel's words to the defenders at Jianmen Pass. But after a few seconds, he stood up from his seat, took off his military cap, turned around and said to the colonel: "Sir ...The first floor of Guanlou has been lost, and our army has begun an indoor battle with the enemy...The defenders of Guanlou said...that they will live and die with Guanlou..."

The corners of the Colonel's mouth moved slightly, but he still didn't say anything.

At this point in the battle, the importance of Jianmen Guanlou is no longer as high as before. The energy shield of the fortress has been completed and put into use. In other words... the defenders of Guanlou have completed their Mission, but they... I'm afraid they will never come back.

"Sir! I have another way!" the adjutant said suddenly.

"What can I do?" The colonel's eyes twitched slightly and he asked immediately.

"That Qi Lin! That Qi Lin who attacked the Revolutionary Alliance artillery positions and logistics troops before! Didn't the above say that an agreement has been reached with him? Let him help support Jianmen Pass! With his ability... maybe he can do it Arrive!" the adjutant said quickly.

"He... you may not know what kind of agreement the higher-ups have reached with him. We do not have the power to directly command him. We do not even have a way to contact him. Whether we can take action, when we can take action, and where we can take action are all completely Depending on his own wishes, we cannot..."

"At least give it a try. The people above may have a way to contact Qi Lin! Sir! There are hundreds of brothers over there at Jianmen Pass! They are all elites. If we can let him If they come back alive, they will definitely be a fighting force that cannot be ignored!"

The adjutant was right. The defenders at Jianmen Pass were indeed the best among the elites under the Colonel's command. They even included the Colonel's own personal guards... If they were not elite, they would not be able to support them at this time.

"Okay, I'll contact the higher ups. I hope I can..." The colonel did not continue. Instead, he walked to a separate compartment at the very back of the headquarters. There is a dedicated phone there, and you can directly communicate with the speaker of the parliament. Through the call, the words can be transmitted to the "adult" who has just woken up through the speaker of the parliament.

Although it sounds ridiculous, that Qi Lin, the guy whose name is still on the wanted list of the organization and consortium alliance, may really be the last life-saving straw for the Jianmen Pass defenders...