Time: October 24, 7:02 in the morning.

(Some of them were listed as 14th before, but they have been corrected now)

The sound of horns signaling the retreat of the orc attacking troops once again sounded on the battlefield.

This time the orcs' retreat was finally real; after almost 4 hours of high-intensity fighting, these powerful creatures like big animals were tired and seemed to need a rest.

You need to eat some breakfast, drink some water, and take a short rest to maximize your combat effectiveness.

Looking at the orc attacking troops retreating in an orderly manner in the Horn, there was no opportunity to take advantage of them.

Hu Biao decisively gave up the idea of ​​pursuing him. After exhaling a long breath from his mouth, he relaxed a little and felt tiredness surge up like a tide.

The main reason was that during the four-hour battle, he not only had to fight constantly, but he was also very nervous mentally, which took an astonishing amount of physical energy.

If possible, he really wanted to find a place to lie down now.

Even Hu Biao, who is now a high-level Wolverine, feels and behaves like this. Naturally, the other people in the fortress are even more unbearable.

For a moment, I didn't even notice that the ground was littered with large and small bullet casings, and it was not comfortable at all to lie on it.

The indigenous defenders, who seemed to be exhausted, and even the team members, lay flat on the ground, not wanting to move at all.

Because the people who escaped from other forts before dawn generally suffered few casualties in the battle,

They had also worked very hard in the previous battles, so in Fortress No. 2, which now had an area of ​​more than 200 square meters, the ground was suddenly filled with people.

Although Hu Biao also wanted to be like these people, lying on the ground and taking it easy.

But he also knew that there was still a little more than four days before the end of the second phase of the mission.

Similar to the high-intensity battle that just ended, I don't know how many times I have to go through it to get to the end of the mission.

If he wants to persist until that point, he must live like a shrewd housewife, making good use of every force and combat material in his hands.

For this reason, after Hu Biao lit a cigarette, he just took a few puffs and burned the cigarette until it was almost done.

With a flick of his finger, Hu Biao ejected the cigarette butt far away from the shooting hole.

Then, he explained through the headset to Yang Dongli and Bai Xiang, who were in charge of command in Fortress No. 3 and No. 5 respectively:

"Lao Yang, Bai Xiang, you two will do the statistics immediately.

You will make careful statistics of the combat troops, weapons and equipment, reserve ammunition, and points in the personal accounts of team members in the fortress where you are located.

Once the statistics are complete, report them to me immediately."

The above explanation is naturally because Hu Biao wants to know how much money he has on hand and how much money he can use before he can make some more reasonable arrangements.

Afterwards, Hu Biao made arrangements for some other personnel in Fortress No. 2:

"Xufeng, go and count the troops in Fortress No. 2, and then divide them into three shifts to guard them in turn. They should be replaced every three hours. You can't attack them all in a swarm, otherwise you will die from exhaustion.

Husky, take someone to stew your specialty braised beef with potatoes, the one with more beef and less potatoes.

Many people may end up with their last meal, so don't treat them harshly.

Frost, contact me with the big shots at the fortress headquarters and tell them that they want us to guard here like nails to help them contain the attacks of these orcs.

Then we need to show sincerity, we need large-caliber standard rifles, ammunition, reinforcements, and artillery support; otherwise, we won't be able to hold on for long."

The reason why Hu Biao still dares to make so many demands now.

That was when he clearly realized that after Fortress No. 38 was unexpectedly solved by the orcs, there were only three fortresses 2, 3, and 5 left on the first line of defense, and their importance was greatly increased.

Enhanced.

As long as Hu Biao and the others hold on here, the orcs will have no way to attack the second line of defense with all their strength.

Therefore, Hu Biao believed that he was qualified enough to make some not-too-excessive demands to the big shots at the fortress headquarters...

In fact, this is also the case. When Hu Biao and others were busy doing various things, they were opposite their position, about three kilometers away.

Several captains of ten thousand and a bunch of captains of thousands, like stars accompanying the moon, surrounded a tall orc and appeared in a hidden frontline headquarters.

Just judging from the extremely respectful look on the face of the accompanying orc.

You will know that this is an orc with a terrifying height of nearly 4 meters, and fangs about ten centimeters long are exposed on its mouth.

It is in California that the most powerful chief among the orc Hellscream tribe is quite famous among the entire orc clan: Garu Hellscream.

He picked up a captured human six-fold telescope and carefully examined the situation at the Immokalee Fortress several kilometers away.

Garu Hellscream asked in a slightly surprised tone:

"What's going on? The largest fortress on humanity's first line of defense has been taken down. Why are there still three small fortresses on the left wing?"

As soon as the voice fell, a tiger man, a captain of ten thousand men, immediately knelt on one knee on the ground.

He said: "I am reporting to the Chief, that in the hands of the defenders of these three fortresses, there is a powerful weapon called a thermobaric bomb.

The quantity is unknown and we don't know when it will be launched, which makes it impossible for us to launch a full-scale attack.

In order to dig through the underground passages to the second line of defense, the fortress where the four electromagnetic guns are located; now all the mole bloodline orcs have invested in those areas, and there is no time to deal with these small fortresses.

But please don't worry, Chief, my most beloved son died in the hands of these humans.

So please give me a little more time, I will definitely capture those fortresses and let the human defenders die in the most painful way."

After hearing this, Garu Hellscream nodded noncommittally.

Then in his mouth, he gave a deadline:

"According to the plan, we need to use continuous attacks to consume the strength of the defenders and pull out some surrounding defensive offensives. Finally, at 4 o'clock on the 27th, we will launch a general attack on the Immokalee Fortress.

In one fell swoop, we will eliminate the strongest defense line of humanity in California and take this piece of land given by our ancestors into our hands.

So if by that time, Khan Tiger, you have not been able to capture these small fortresses, you'd better give me an explanation in the most honorable way."

After saying that, Garu Hellscream walked straight away from the front line, with no intention of continuing to command.

The main reason is that in his opinion, there is no longer any suspense in this war.

After seeing off his chief, the Tiger Captain immediately issued a new order: "Let the warriors seize the time to eat, and then launch a new attack. These humans cannot be given much time to breathe.

The order is passed, no matter who is the first to rush into the first line of defense, the last three fortresses.

Those below the rank of captain of ten are promoted to three levels in a row and are rewarded with one thousand gold coins; those above the rank of captain of ten are promoted to one level and are rewarded with two thousand gold coins. In addition, our Tiger family owes him a favor.

As long as it is a reasonable request, we will definitely satisfy it once."

With such a promise, the eyes of the thousands and centurions under him suddenly shone brightly.

It is precisely because of this that after about twenty minutes.

On the bottom floor of Fortress No. 2, Husky just used a big spoon to fish out a piece of potato from a military pot, and found that the potato immediately gathered energy and stewed until it became mushy.

Hu Biao also just got a statistical table written on cigarette box paper. The statistical table stated:

Now among the three fortresses 2, 3, and 5, in addition to the 50 people from the Zhongzhou team, there are still 7 netizens and 372 indigenous people.

The headquarters promised that as long as they persisted until night, they would provide certain reinforcements.

When reinforcements come, they will also bring some supplies.

At the same time, other people also calmed down a little after a short rest, and then felt a little hungry under the smell of food.

The warehouse manager's shrill voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears:

"Lao Hu! Those damn orcs are charging forward again."

"Don't worry, according to the grouping just now, the first group of people will prepare to fight immediately; the remaining members will eat quickly and rest immediately after eating.

Xu Feng, I remember you still have a thermobaric bomb there, prepare it for me to throw it out."

Hu Biao crumpled the statistics table he had read into a ball, stuffed it into his pocket, and explained it quite calmly in his mouth.

Otherwise, what else can he do...

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In this way, whether everyone in the Zhongzhou team wanted to or not, they could only stick to the first line of defense like nails in the three fortresses that were now isolated.

In the constant attacks of the orcs, the weapons and ammunition on hand, personnel, and even system points were consumed.

One day later, at early two o'clock in the afternoon on the 25th, Hu Biao was angry because of the stalemate of the war, and he still shouted and directed the battle for too long.

So my voice, which had long been hoarse, started shouting:

"Bacon, let me destroy the mortar position at 5 o'clock in front of the position; please note, you can only use one thermobaric bomb at most, and the rest can use ordinary artillery shells~"

Such an order was issued because the orcs found several m129 mortars from nowhere and kept firing at the fortress.

This thing's 120mm caliber is not a fatal threat to the fortress.

The three fortresses 2, 3, and 5 are still strong in terms of their solidity. However, a 120mm mortar hit the top, which caused a lot of shaking.

But when the wind was blowing towards the fortress, and the orcs fired smoke bombs from time to time, this approach became quite disgusting.

Not only did Hu Biao spend another sum of points to equip the indigenous people with some gas masks.

To prevent them from almost coughing out their lungs when coughing.

To make matters worse, the smoke floating in front of the fortress greatly affected their sight, making them unable to shoot accurately and causing greater casualties.
To be continued...