"Boom!"

Early morning.

Artillery shells fell one after another, causing billowing dust to rise from the middle to the south of Songlin Valley.

Looking at the smoke-filled highlands two kilometers away, Xiong Ya, holding the telescope in his hand, sneered and waved his big hand forward.

Upon seeing this, the centurion who was waiting eagerly on the side immediately loaded the rifle in his hand and called on the brothers behind him to move forward.

"Brothers, follow me!"

A group of looters raised their rifles and howled excitedly.

"Off with their heads!"

"Ouch!"

Although he raised his voice at the loudest level, the centurion did not rush to the front. Instead, he cleverly asked his subordinate centurions to lead the charge first.

The team of about 120 people was divided into three echelons on the left, middle and right. Each echelon had four teams of ten people and quickly advanced forward under the cover of the pine forest...

According to previous intelligence, there was a death claw lurking in this pine forest, and the brothers stationed at the northern outpost heard its roar.

Everyone opened their eyes wide. Even though their artillery had blasted the enemy's position into the sky, they did not dare to relax their vigilance at all.

At the same time, on the position that had just been cultivated by artillery fire, two young players slowly poked their heads out of the trench.

"Fuck... I'm almost deafened." His little finger dug into his ear, and the Silver Sword cursed and spit in his mouth with dirt in his mouth.

The father of Silver, who was squatting next to him, stretched his neck to look outside and kept asking questions.

"How many were shot just now? Did you count them?"

Silver Sword thought for a while.

"I don't know...about twenty rounds?"

Silver's father curled his lips.

"Tsk, poor guy!"

The fire ceased after only 20 rounds.

If you have the ability, smash two hundred rounds into it!

siskin!

Although the previous round of shelling was fierce, it did not have much impact on the players on duty on the ground.

Thanks to Brother Fang's foresight, he had already foreseen that the Ya clan would bombard their position without any sense of martial ethics, so everyone dug anti-cannon holes in the trenches in advance.

When the first artillery shell just fell into the forest in front of the position, the players squatting in the trench immediately hid in the hole.

By the time the marauders moved the shells to their positions, there was no one left in the trenches.

The anti-gun caves built in the trenches are five to six meters deep, and the walls and tops are reinforced with thigh-thick pine wood. Although the sound of cannons outside is earth-shattering, it does not affect the players in the caves.

cause any substantial damage.

After all, the power of the 100mm artillery is still too small.

Doubling the caliber and charge might start to work.

At the same time, the Burning Corps players who were sitting in the anti-gun cave to rest opened their eyes one after another and woke up from their sleep one after another.

Startled by the pair of eyes that suddenly opened, Silver Hand squatted at the entrance of the bomb cave and said in surprise.

"Damn, you guys are online so soon? I'm going to find someone to go down and call you."

Fang Chang shook his groggy head, looked at the dust falling on his legs, and immediately understood what happened, and said calmly.

"What's going on outside now?"

Silver Hand answered quickly.

"The other party poured dozens of artillery shells at us, and about seven or eight of them landed on our position, but we hid in time and there were no casualties!"

"If it can accurately explode to our position, there should be predator observers nearby..." After making a quick judgment, Lao Bai immediately looked at Ye Shi aside, "Ye Shi, go look for it on the mountain nearby.

, by the way, let’s take a look at the high ground to the north of us to see if there are any visitors.”

Ye Shi turned off his helmet visor and consciously grabbed the sniper rifle and backpack on the ground.

"Copy that! Guangfeng, let's go."

"Um."

As always, Guangfeng spoke little. He nodded, picked up the rifle and drone backpack that were lying next to him, and ducked into the hole with his body low.

The two left the shell-proof cave.

Fang Chang moved to the observation hole and took a look outside.

"...the shelling has stopped, and the opponent is probably planning to charge."

The pine forest down the slope was silent, and the early morning light filtered through the gaps between the trees. If it weren't for the shell craters that exuded the slightest heat, almost no one would associate this place with the battlefield.

However, through the observation hole that was almost covered by the soil, even if Fang Chang was not a perception player, he could still smell the murderous intention hidden under the silence.

Without hesitation, Lao Bai stretched out his index finger and tapped the VM twice quickly, switched the communication channel to the captain's voice, and shouted loudly.

"Everyone, go to the fighting position immediately!"

"Prepare to engage the enemy!"

Players who had just logged into the game immediately emerged from the anti-gun holes, rushed into the trenches and took up positions, loading their rifles and light machine guns.

At the same time, the 100-man team of predators passing through the forest finally touched the edge of the pine forest!

The two sides had a face-to-face meeting.

The centurion at the foot of the hillside had no time to think about why his artillery had been firing several rounds of high-explosive grenades at the high ground, but there were still so many people standing in the trench in front of him.

There's only one thing he can do now

"Fire! Everyone fire!"

Roaring loudly, the centurion decisively lay down behind the pine tree as thick as his thigh, and while shooting at the high ground with the rifle in his hand, he urged the centurion beside him to lead the troops to press forward.

Of course the players stationed on the high ground would not let them succeed. Lao Bai took the lead in pulling the trigger and fired the first shot in the defense of Songlin Valley.

"Free fire! Repeat, free fire!"

"Attention, all team members, hit me hard!"

The battle is about to begin!

As soon as the looters rushed to the bottom of the slope, they were suppressed back by the firepower sloping down from the high ground.

Seeing the ferocious firepower on the high ground, the looters were forced to stop charging, and one after another fell into the craters left by the previous shelling, using the fallen pine trees and rocks as bunkers, and started a fierce exchange of fire with the players on the high ground.

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Suddenly gunshots were heard going up and down the slope.

The battle situation is extremely anxious!

Seeing that the high ground ahead could not be conquered for a long time, Xiong Ya, who was standing on the north slope two kilometers away, looked anxious and couldn't help but curse.

"Have these idiots not eaten?"

Standing next to Xiong Ya, Tumen, who served as a staff officer, held a telescope in his hand and frowned as he observed the distant position.

The firepower is too intensive!

There were probably hundreds of people squatting in the trenches, and the people at the bottom of the slope were unable to raise their heads under the pressure of more than a dozen light machine guns. This position did not look like it had been washed by artillery shells.

"...Those people probably dug bombproof holes in the trenches."

Tumen couldn't understand.

No matter how he calculated, the opposite side only had 18 hours to build fortifications.

Even if they dig non-stop, it is not easy to dig out the trenches in such a short time. However, they not only dug out the trenches, they even dug holes to withstand shelling.:.

Even for a real gopher, this speed is a bit exaggerated.

Putting down the telescope, Tumen looked at the commander standing aside and said solemnly.

"The opponent has rich experience in field combat, so this battle may not be easy to win!"

Hearing the staff officer's evaluation, Xiong Ya's eyes flashed with irritation.

Especially thinking about the mocking eyes of the Torch Church apostle made him furious.

Not easy to fight?

He still doesn’t believe it!

Looking at the mortar that had just been set up not far behind him, Xiongya raised his voice and ordered.

"The mortars are on command!"

"Smash the high ground in front of the target!"
To be continued...