The sky was filled with guns and cannons. Countless bullets hit the boulder, splashing countless sharp shards that scattered like flowers.
Xu Le hugged his gun and leaned against the boulder. His eyes looked at the forest diagonally above him. It seemed like he was ignoring the whistling bullets that were extremely close to him, as if he was on a small boat cruising through the waves. In reality, his body was already tense.
Then, he inserted the black wire on his left wrist into the back cover of the Cayenne light machine. Almost at the same time, his left hand that was holding the gun shook, and the Cayenne bent down in the middle. After aiming the barrel at the boulder, the scene on the riverbank appeared on the helmet's holographic screen through the optical fiber.
Tut tut tut! The Cayenne next to the boulder spat out flames and shot toward the opposite side of the river. However, a moment later, his right hand shook violently, and the semi-metal gun that he was holding was shattered by the Empire's gunfire.
The boulder behind him was also shaking non-stop, and the tremors made his back feel numb. It was not hard to imagine how powerful the Empire's firepower was.
Amidst the smoke and the mournful sound of the rain of bullets, he said something loudly into the communication system. From the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help but glance at the mangled body not far from the boulder. The official was already dead. He still didn't know his name. Right now, he could only see the curly hair that was plastered in blood.
Xu Le quickly made his own judgment. This couldn't be an ambush set by the Empire because the enemy couldn't have predicted that this was a top-secret mission for the Bureau of Proclamation. However, the enemy's firepower was so strong that they didn't know how many people were on the other side of the river. It could only be said that Team 7's luck was extremely bad.
Looking at the tattered miniature workbench next to the Bureau of Proclamation official's body, he made the most important judgment in annoyance: the Charter Network repair data inside was useless.
"32 degrees west!"
Bai Yulan's voice rang out in the battlefield system. His voice was still calm, but he spoke much faster than usual.
Faced with the sudden and violent firepower of the Empire, Group Seven was instantly stunned. However, the veterans and the well-trained new recruits reacted in the most professional manner. In the shortest amount of time, they found cover that was reliable and unreliable. As they dodged, they began to counterattack. However, at this moment, several members had already fallen by the riverbank.
Terrifying gunshots rang out continuously on both sides of the riverbank. Occasionally, tree trunks would be hit, emitting a trail of smoke and countless pieces of hard bark.
Da Vinci fell into the sand beside the riverbank. His left knee was hit, and he tried his best to use his elbow to crawl to the side of the forest.
Whoosh whoosh! Amidst the crisp but monotonous gunshots, there were bullets that brushed past his body from time to time. White spots appeared on the round rocks and then exploded. The shrapnel began to jump irregularly. In just an instant, there were a few more holes in his hard ceramic bulletproof vest, and there were a few more bloody holes in his legs.
Da Vinci's eyes widened as he looked at the forest that was right in front of him, yet seemed so far away. It represented temporary safety, and a strong sense of unwillingness and fear rose in his heart. He used his hands to grab the sand, elbows to the hard rocks, and crawled desperately, but he was suppressed by the rain of bullets on the other side of the river.
His facial features became pale and distorted due to the pain, but this son of the governor of Xixia State clenched his teeth and didn't make a sound. He bravely and valiantly remained silent, unwilling to distract his comrades who were organizing a counterattack.
Xu Le's face was also very pale, but his eyes were very bright, brighter and brighter. This was because he realized that he and his team had entered a desperate situation. In the distant forest, there were shadows moving. It should be the Empire's soldiers who had crossed the riverbank from downstream and were preparing to flank their escape route.
A fierce expression flashed across his face that was full of smoke and dust. He fiercely tore off the data cable connected to the back of the Cayenne machine gun. With a click, he mechanically loaded the gun and pulled the trigger. Amidst the bursts of gunfire, leaves flew up and shadows fell.
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Just as Xu Le had predicted, the desperate battle by the riverbank was not an ambush by the Empire. Since the beginning of the war between the Federation and the Empire, planet 163 had always maintained a large scale of peace. However, the Empire's people could clearly smell the sinister and terrifying smell under the peace.
Especially in the past few days … The Glory Of The Charter was like a noose. Although they couldn't see where this black noose would land, they could feel that this noose was getting tighter and tighter.
On this planet, there were dozens of teams like Group 7. They abandoned heavy equipment that could expose their location and silently and cautiously carried out the surveillance network repair work like ants. How could the Imperial expeditionary Force not notice and be vigilant? It was just that they couldn't find these guys who suddenly appeared and disappeared like wandering souls.
The Empire's soldiers wanted to know where the damn surveillance equipment was, but the Federation had never activated it … Fortunately, they had soldiers who were not afraid of death and were not afraid of hard work, so they used the simplest and most primitive method, which was the human wave tactic.
On both sides of the Rocky Mountains that spanned the north and south of the planet, the Imperial expeditionary Force sent out countless small teams to the dangerous forests, rivers, and plains. It was like gambling with their lives, and they hoped that they could win this gamble.
During this process, most of the Empire's teams either waited for more than ten days and nights until their supplies were exhausted, or they were discovered by the Federal Army and attacked to death.
However, the Empire's team by the riverbank was obviously luckier. They just waited there helplessly, but who knew that they would really encounter a Federation team, and this team had an official from the Bureau of Proclamation. How could they let go of such a good opportunity?
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After half a minute of silence, the Empire's mobile mountain grenades started to bombard again. The ground on the riverbank began to tremble, and the loud noise almost covered the command in the communication system. Broken limbs flew on the sand, and explosions sounded in the forest from time to time. The dry leaves under the hot sun began to burn vigorously.
Screams of Group 7's team members could be heard occasionally in the forest, and the counterattack gunshots kept ringing.
A team of Empire soldiers was approaching from the forest downstream, and Group 7 was in danger of being pincered from the front and back.
A sharp beeping sound rang in the earpiece. Fortunately, there was no mission area at this time, so the signal connection was not cut off. Group 7 had been desperately calling for air support from the Federation.
After killing the two closest soldiers of the Imperium and suppressing the soldiers of the Imperium downstream with the firepower on the right, Xu Le breathed quickly and leaned against the trembling rock again. Feeling the numbness on his back, he lowered his head and began to count seriously.
"Seven, six …"
He was calculating the firing interval of the Empire's Sharp Rabbit Mountain Cannon. As a professional engineer, he had been on the frontline for a long time and learned a lot from the old members of Group 7. When he heard the sound of the Empire's cannon and the bullet tracks, he confirmed the model of the enemy's main firepower.
When he counted down to three, his pupils suddenly shrank. He knew that this was the time, so he shouted into the communication device, "Big Bear! West 32, look up three degrees and shoot horizontally! "
Almost at the same time, Magnolia's voice quickly added, "Fifteen degrees to the left and right!"
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In the woods on this side of the river bank, there was a sudden burst of popping sounds. A burst of bright flames, like a shooting star, tore through the air in this area, carrying the smell of burning and death, and blasted into the dense woods on the other side of the river bank.
Darin's autocannon finally unleashed its might. Within a 50 meter radius of the forest opposite the river, countless trees cracked and crumbled, slowly falling down. Those ferocious bullets exploded with a loud bang, like white clouds of smoke. These clouds of smoke swept from left to right, forming a straight white line.
The firepower on the other side was instantly suppressed by this fierce barrage. Who knew how many Empire soldiers were torn apart and turned into flesh and blood. Just the heavy trees that fell and burst apart crushed more than ten Empire soldiers to death.
Xiong Linquan crouched behind a horizontal tree in the forest, his eyes wide open. His entire body trembled along with the vibration of Dalin's autocannon. However, his powerful arm strength and shooting ability allowed Dalin's six lines of fire to not deviate from the direction that Xu Le and Magnolia were pointing at.
The three old members of Group 7 crouched beside him, quickly and continuously supplying the chain magazine. At the same time, they used their own bodies to protect Xiong Linquan's safety. From time to time, stray bullets would hit their helmets or bodies, causing them to tremble. However, in the next moment, they would fearlessly crouch back up and continue with their work. Their faces were cold and incomparably silent.
The firepower of the Empire soldiers on the other side was suppressed. Taking advantage of this short period of time, Xu Le was like a stone. He suddenly shot up from behind the large rock and rushed into the forest. While escaping into the forest, he stretched out his right hand and tightly grabbed onto a wounded soldier that he had been observing for a long time. He brought that person along and quickly left the exposed river bank.
He didn't pay attention to who the wounded soldier was. He only knew that at the beginning, that person had been hit by the Empire's armor-piercing bullets and couldn't move due to his heavy injuries. Using the same simple reason, he escaped the shooting range of the Imperial army like a cheetah and ran into the forest. He didn't notice that his butt had gone numb for a moment.
The forest was filled with smoke and gunfire. Xu Le stared in the direction of the river bank. He knew that Group 7 had to retreat immediately. However, the problem was that compared to escaping danger, his first priority should be to complete the Bureau of Proclamation's mission.
It had nothing to do with repairing or many other things. He was very clear that if Group 7 couldn't complete this mission, then the Federation's reconstruction of The Glory Of The Charter would have a huge problem. Perhaps the fluttering flag of the Federation wouldn't be able to fly at all. Instead, the black hibiscus flag of the Empire would be dazzling and eye-catching.
The person who was carelessly rescued by Xu Le was Liu Jiao. She had been shot in the abdomen, and there was a terrifying wound in the blood.
He turned around and was about to brace the rain of bullets from the Empire to rescue the wounded soldiers of Group 7. However, in front of him on the right, a veteran arched his body and quickly rushed out. He rushed towards Da Vinci, who was in the sand and didn't dare to raise his head due to the rain of bullets.
That person was Xiao Shisanlou.
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