At this moment, in a large square of the Kunlun Mountain, Colonel Guo was boosting morale. He raised the laser rifle in his hand high and shouted, “Everyone, the enemy has penetrated the interior of Kunlun Mountain! But due to the current communication environment, the military equipment inside the spaceship cannot be activated temporarily, and our ‘The Kunlun Mountain’ has fallen into the most critical state… The survival of humanity is hanging by a thread.”
“Whether we can defeat the enemy army depends solely on us humans! This is a war of civilization, with no possibility of surrender!”
All the soldiers showed anger on their faces.
After counting the numbers, about five thousand soldiers could be pulled out to the frontline. Fortunately, in the new civilization, men basically had to serve a few years of military service after adulthood, and there were indeed a lot of hidden militiamen being urgently mobilized.
Then, the staff officer, Ye Junchang, adjusted his glasses and stepped forward to announce, “Everyone, the communication device of the Power Armor has been put into the shutdown state. Before receiving formal notification, it is strictly forbidden to activate any communication device!”
“So under these harsh conditions, we can only adopt a strategy of fighting while retreating… Apart from some critical areas that must be held, all other areas can be strategically abandoned… Everything is just to buy time!”
“We must delay them! We are the civilization’s strongest spear and also its strongest shield!”
“Enough talk, everyone ready, put on your Power Armor and follow me!” Guo Qiang roared, and flames spurted from the back of his Power Armor…
Outside, a real storm of bullets was raging; the first wave of combat between intelligent robots had already begun!
To gain firsthand information, Old Guo had already stationed himself at the frontline, observing the enemy’s strength. The battle situation was more difficult than imagined; he saw various human robots in stand-alone mode, buzzing around like headless flies, with a casualty ratio starkly exaggerated to 10:1.
The enemy robots were composed of a large wave capable of jetting at the tail, these tiny unmanned drones intensely firing in coordination, with remarkably high accuracy. If they hit some critical parts of the Power Armor, the oxygen inside would leak out substantially, causing soldiers to suffocate to death.
This is the essential difference with or without a control center…
In just half an hour, amid the siege of numerous intelligent robots, the human defense forces had already suffered small casualties and several isolation doors were broken through swiftly.
Humans could only fight while retreating, utilizing favorable terrain for defense, while more and more soldiers were rushing from distant places.
“Chief of Staff, we can use small nuclear bombs and other heavy weapons for defense!”
Ye Junchang had put on his contact lenses, shook his head, and replied, “It’s pointless. Even with nuclear bombs, only a small portion of the enemy’s robots would be destroyed, but it would cause massive damage to the Kunlun Mountain itself. What we need to do is delay as much as possible… Using smoke grenades and the like would be more appropriate.”
He sighed softly, “These most external military channels originally had very adequate defensive measures, various laser networks and automatic rifles could easily turn these intruders into trash…”
“The enemy’s most desired targets to breach would inevitably be the Captain’s Room and military control centers like the command departments. If these points are breached, humans could not even launch nuclear weapons together with annihilation…”
“Can we only fight by taking advantage of the enemy’s unfamiliarity with the terrain?” Ye Junchang desperately pondered.
But now, there was no perfect strategy. Each strategy required a certain amount of luck.
Everyone was silent, just silently shooting, shooting, shooting; various smoke grenades filled the vacuum, but because there was no air, the effect was not very good.
There was no air around, no sound, no gravity underfoot, no electromagnetic communication, everybody was fighting alone; even if a comrade was nearby, there was no way to cooperate.
This was an indescribable silence; all that could be heard were their own breaths and heavy heartbeats.
Someone was shot and fell, and was quickly dragged back for emergency aid.
Waves of robots charged like cannon fodder and were quickly destroyed.
Half an hour later, the enemy’s large forces had surrounded from all directions, and Ye Junchang waved his flashlight, signaling everyone to retreat to the next area.
People knew that the current retreat was just a strategic withdrawal.
“Hold on, we must hold on!”
“… Retreat to the next isolation door.”
Suddenly, a laser hit Colonel Guo’s shoulder blade, causing a deep, burning sensation as if his blood was on fire!
The oxygen inside the Power Armor leaked crazily, causing him to lose balance instantly in this zero-gravity environment.
Then, Colonel Guo felt himself being pulled relentlessly to the rear medical station.
“Medic, medic, the Colonel is injured, hurry and save him!”
Colonel Guo saw that the person dragging him was a deputy commander, and could not help but slap him, tremblingly cursing, “To your own head, I’m not dying!”
“Get back to the front and command!”
Old Guo saw the deputy commander hastily leaving and saw the medical room filled with a large number of injured soldiers moaning in pain.
Being hit in the shoulder blade, he did not qualify for emergency surgery, but the intense burning sensation made him whimper lightly, then with trembling hands, he administered a painkiller to himself, just lying on the stretcher gasping for breath.
In the zero-gravity area, electromagnetic guns and gunpowder weapons had gradually been phased out. These kinetic weapons were not lacking in power, but in a zero-gravity environment, without a fixed brace, it was very easy to throw oneself upward.
Thus, the most commonly used weapon was still the laser rifle, which, having no recoil but possessing powerful pinpoint ability, allowed the Power Armor to supply the needed energy for laser weapons reliably.
Coincidentally, the enemy’s robots also commonly used laser weapons, with greater power than those of the humans.
Guo Qiang gasped a few times, feeling a scalding sensation at his injured area, as if he had been severely scalded by boiling water. In reality, this kind of damage was far worse than being scalded, as the body fluids and surrounding blood hit by the laser would all boil, causing second-degree burns to the surrounding muscle tissue. His condition was still considered manageable; he wouldn’t die immediately, but amputation was inevitable.
If it had hit an internal organ, the chance of instant death would have increased greatly.
“Damn it… Little Ye, it’s up to you now.”