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A demoralized army staggered across the wilderness.
No one in the legion raised a flag, officers and soldiers all lowered their heads, and their steps were as heavy as if they were tied with stones.
They were the coalition army that was defeated in Green Valley.
When they just evacuated Green Valley, there were more than the number of people shown here, there were more than ten thousand people, and the number of people continued to decrease in the relentless pursuit of the commandos, and now there are only over two thousand people left.
The commander sat on the mutant rhino and looked around at the dejected soldiers. His expression was three parts lonely, three parts unwilling, three parts regretful, and one part self-mockery.
There are a total of 30,000 soldiers defending Green Valley. It’s not that Novak doesn’t want to deploy more, but the space on the top of the mountain is limited and can only accommodate 30,000 soldiers.
Recalling Novak's solemn admonition "Don't underestimate Lake" and how he had mocked the Lake soldiers in formation before the battle as foolishly waiting to die, the commander pulled the mutant rhino to a stop.
The adjutant who was walking dazedly beside him noticed that the huge figure had disappeared from his peripheral vision. He turned his head blankly to look for him, and saw the rhinoceros stopped a few steps behind him. He quickly turned around and ran over.
"What's wrong with you?"
The commander bowed his head in silence.
The adjutant seemed to understand something and consoled him, "This is not your fault. No one expected that Lake's magic crystal cannon would have such a long range."
The commander smiled, but his smile was inevitably a little bleak: "It's not my responsibility?
Marshal Novak warned me that the range of Lake's magic crystal cannon is not yet certain, but it is definitely far beyond common sense.
How did I cope?
We clearly knew that Lake had a magic crystal cannon that could shoot very far, but since we didn't see it in our sight, we didn't take any precautions."
The adjutant opened his mouth to explain, but after thinking for a long time, he realized that the facts were indeed as the commander said.
The two were silent, with only the breeze and the soldiers' low footsteps around them.
After a long while, the commander jumped off the rhino's back and said, "I'm not going back."
The adjutant was stunned: "Where are you going?"
"I am ashamed of Marshal Novak's trust. How can I go back with dignity?"
Hearing the commander's determination to die, the adjutant said anxiously: "Sir, if you lose the battle, you must commit suicide, then..."
"Alright." The commander waved his hand to interrupt him, his arm stiff in mid-air for a moment before returning to his side. "Of course, you don't have to commit suicide if you lose a battle, but this time is different. This failure was due to my stupidity and carelessness."
"You are not a big shot, you..." The adjutant suddenly heard a whistling sound of an object breaking through the air above his head, and subconsciously stopped talking and looked up.
The sky was thick with white clouds and the source of the sound could not be seen.
The commander also looked up, confused: "Such a commotion, a high-level flying monster?
But... I don't remember any nearby kingdoms that have high-level..."
Halfway through his words, the clouds were suddenly stirred, and after a moment, a magical beast spread its wings and swooped down.
Its body is covered with layers of scales, even its wings are spread out. Its jaw is hideous, reflecting a metallic sheen, as if announcing the cruelty of its owner. Its limbs are also very strange, with its two hind legs similar to those of land monsters, but its front legs are perfectly connected to its wings like a pterosaur.
The commander's dull pupils reflected the huge figure of the Warcraft, and he murmured: "Flying dragon..."
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The Lake Commandos were ordered to hunt down the coalition forces.
The captain did not dare to delay. After replenishing the ammunition and the sacrificed team members, he immediately chased in the direction the coalition forces fled.
The coalition forces did not escape for long, and the commandos caught up with them in about half an hour.
The commando team had recruited new members, but their numbers were still far less than those of the coalition forces. Logically speaking, the coalition forces only needed to turn around and counterattack, and it wouldn't take long for them to eliminate the pursuers.
However, the commander was worried that Lake's reinforcements were not far away, and coupled with the shadow left by the sniper, he decisively picked out a few hundred people to cover their retreat and continued to flee.
The commander's speculation was both right and wrong.
Lake had reinforcements, but they were not combat troops, but a baggage train responsible for transporting supplies. However, the sniper did catch up, so his order was not wrong.
The small team of a few hundred people was naturally unable to stop the commandos' attack and was quickly wiped out.
The assault did not continue the pursuit immediately afterwards, but stopped where they were and waited for the baggage train to arrive and replenished their ammunition before setting off again.
The figures of pursuers appeared in the field of vision for the second time, and the commander of the coalition forces did the same thing, leaving someone behind to cover their retreat.
The two sides kept repeating this.
Once again, the remaining enemy troops were completely wiped out, and the captain sat on the grass with his gun waiting for the supply team to arrive.
The team member moved closer and said, "Captain, I heard that the factory in Kedun City is breeding a kind of monster. Not only can it carry more than a horse, but it can also run faster than a horse."
"Where did you hear that?"
Another team member took over and said excitedly: "More than that!
That monster can run without eating food, and it doesn't have any problem with physical energy consumption!"
The captain asked in confusion: "Is it still a monster? Even the most powerful monsters will get tired, right?"
"I don't know about that, but that's what I heard."
Hearing this, the captain came back to his senses and said seriously: "This is a military secret. Where did you hear it?"
The team member was frightened and looked panicked: "I...I really just heard it."
"What I'm asking is, where did you hear that from?"
The team members sensed the seriousness of the matter from the captain's stern tone and murmured timidly: "It's just... I heard it from others... others..."
The captain looked at their performance and understood what was going on: "Do you have family members working in the factory in Kedun City?"
The two team members remained silent, but their frightened expressions answered the question.
"This is not a trivial matter..." the captain said sullenly.
He was a little distressed.
The family of a team member leaked military secrets without permission, and as a superior, he should have the responsibility to report it. He knew the family situation of the two team members very well, and they lived on the salary paid by the factory and the legion.
If their superiors learn of this, the team members themselves will be dismissed from the military and their families will be forced to leave the factory.
Thus……
The captain's thick eyebrows were twisted, as if expressing his inner struggle.
The team member secretly glanced at the captain's face and finally realized how stupid he had done.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly stood up and said, "Captain, I will confess to my superiors when I get back!"
Another team member also stood up: "Me too!"
The captain looked up at the two for a long time, then stood up with his hands on his knees: "I'll go talk to him. My instructor is an officer of the Third Army. I can ask him for mercy... maybe there will be a chance of a turnaround."
"Really...really?" Of course it would be best not to be fired. After all, their livelihood now depends entirely on the factory and the legion, they asked expectantly.
"I don't know." The captain sat back on the ground in annoyance. "You have also read the recruit manual issued by the legion. The military regulations are very strict."
Recalling the various rules and regulations in the manual, as well as the warning at the end that "violations will be severely punished by military law," the light that had just appeared in their eyes slowly dimmed.
"I'll do my best." The captain saw the supply team driving horses in the distance, stood up and comforted the two of them, then gathered the soldiers to collect ammunition and continued to chase the coalition forces.
As we gradually approached the heartland of the Allied Kingdom, the flat terrain began to undulate and the mountains on the roadside became taller and taller.
The coalition forces lost soldiers one after another, but there were still thousands of people. The roads in the forest were too narrow to walk on, so they took the main road. The commandos, on the other hand, had less than a thousand people in total. After a little thought, the captain decided to abandon the main road and go into the woods and take the mountain road.
Although it was their first time in a foreign country, the commandos were not troubled by the unfamiliar terrain.
On the eve of accelerating the frontline advance, Domit ordered the soldiers to use drones to draw an extremely detailed map of the entire Allied Kingdom.
The captain took out the map and looked at it for a while, then led the team members through the forest.
This was a shortcut. It would have taken at least an hour to catch up with the coalition forces, but they only ran for twenty minutes on the mountain road and saw the coalition forces marching along the wide dirt road through the gaps between the trees.
"Boost."
The captain had been frustrated for a long time as he was blocked by hundreds of people every time. Now that he had a chance to get ahead of the coalition forces, he naturally would not make the same mistake again.
Rushing to the front of the coalition forces at an accelerated speed, the captain ordered the soldiers to set up positions at the edge of the woods and open fire at full force as soon as the coalition forces came into range.
As the coalition forces approached, the captain saw an enemy soldier riding on the back of a pack rhino, dressed much more noble than the soldiers.
The head coach?
The captain couldn't help but feel excited.
If they can successfully kill him, it will definitely be a great achievement, and maybe their punishment can be reduced so that they don't have to be dismissed from the legion.
Unable to resist the temptation, the captain moved forward alone, closing the distance and lying in ambush at the edge of the woods.
His idea was that since he was the enemy commander, he must be well protected, and the chances of killing him would be greater if he was close to him.
"Ready, fire when I sound the gunshot.
After giving the order through the Bluetooth headset, he adjusted his breathing until it was even and when he felt that he was in the best condition, he closed his left eye and put his other eye close to the sight.
The red dot on the lens silently adjusted the angle. After locking onto the target's head, the captain became extremely focused, waiting for the target to come into range.
The coalition forces were unaware of the danger and continued walking towards the trap.
Almost there, almost there... huh?
The target suddenly stopped, talked to the officer next to the rhino, and then jumped off the rhino.
Found us?
impossible.
The captain's doubts were immediately dispelled when he saw that all the soldiers except the target were walking towards him.
why?
He felt confused, but he had no way to ask the person in charge, so he had to wait patiently.
After a while, the target and the officer suddenly looked up at the sky.
The captain was a little confused. What were they doing?
What's so good about the sky? Is it possible that the gods have come again?
After thinking for a while without any results, the captain looked up at the sky, looking for the source of the target's abnormality.
Obviously, as professionals, the coalition commander and his adjutant have perception superior to that of the captain.
The two heard the sound before they saw the flying dragon swooping out of the clouds. The powerful strength allowed them to see all the details of the flying dragon at the first time.