The Empire's surprise attack caught the traitors off guard. A rebel leader-like figure stood up as if to direct a retreat, but his right eye exploded from its socket to make way for the bullet that passed through it, and he opened his mouth to his companions.
Yelling never-ending encouragement, a dozen bullets exploded from his chest, cracking and dismembering his torso. Hayes didn't know how many people he shot, but nearly all of them were killed, just as he was in
Panting and desperate, he didn't even know their names.
Until finally, he saw a short figure tremblingly picking up the blood-stained gun. Under the gray-brown hat was a desperate and childish face.
He was probably only twelve or thirteen years old, and his dirty fingers struggled to lift the rifle, which might be a bit heavy for him.
"Don't--"
As soon as Hayes opened his mouth, the boy's head disappeared in a flash of light. Hayes turned his head and saw Winter holding up the laser gun, gasping in fear.
Then he looked at Hayes and swallowed.
"Monitor, me."
Hayes forced a smile and patted the other party's shoulder.
"It's okay, you're just too nervous."
While defeating this wave of enemies, the assault boat had also risen into the air. Hayes and the others then gathered together and headed towards the target point.
They were walking along a track that seemed to be in disrepair, looking at the deserted city in front of them. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Hayes saw a bullet-riddled wooden sign standing on the side, slightly tilted to one side.
The sign's sarcastic greeting made him pause and wonder if he was really where he thought he was.
The sign reads:
Welcome to Happy City.
After retracting his gaze, no matter how intently Hayes stared at the desolate city in front of him, he could not see any movement or any other signs of the enemy.
It still looked as gray, featureless, and lifeless as when I first saw it.
About an hour later, they rejoined the main force of the regiment. Even now, Arni still can't figure out where the anti-aircraft missiles that attacked them came from. According to the intelligence, the enemies in this world called Blood Diamond Planet are basically some huddled in the mines and
Thugs in the ruins, and occasionally some abandoned vehicles.
But this world is quite important, because there is a special crystal mineral underground - Lantai Blood Crystal Salt Mine. This mineral can play a very good role in optimizing the promethium refining industry and is of medium price.
Minerals, and the purity of the Lantai blood crystal rock salt mine produced in this place is very high. Before the Huron rebellion, it was a planet that was mainly developed by Angstrom. Therefore, most of the facilities in this world were also built in the past casting world.
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After the rebellion, the Hurons naturally did not do any damage to this cornucopia, and most of the minerals produced by the planet were turned into weapons and equipment made by Angstrom, and were even sold as far away as the Heretic Forge World in the Eye of Terror.
, which can be regarded as a very important resource-producing place for the Red Pirates.
So this is also the reason why Arash has invested three to four million troops in this world. Angstrom has urged the expeditionary force to recover the world several times to alleviate the current tight supply of promethium in the Maelstrom area.
According to intelligence, this planet should not have too many enemies or too strong resistance. Arash did not arrange for Space Marine support, but only sent out the Astra Militarum, while the main force of the White Templar was solving the only problem in the Bloody Skull Galaxy.
A world that can produce palladium, that planet is more important and Soshyan personally ordered that it must be captured quickly, because there seems to be something wrong with the military currency in the rear, and a large amount of hard currency is urgently needed for stability. Of course, a treasure house will naturally have more powerful ones.
Guard, the red pirate defense force of that world is also stronger.
Of course, the soldiers didn't know why they were fighting. They only knew that their commander asked them to come to this cold world and kill any enemy.
This was originally a small city where a large number of miners, managers, guards and people who served the mines gathered. Therefore, there were no tall spires or nest cities. Most of the buildings were no more than three floors. The streets were basically composed of cement and stones.
, abandoned minecarts, trucks and trailers can be seen everywhere, rotten servitors piled up on both sides of the road, most buildings have been destroyed, and attacks by artillery and fighter planes have left almost nothing worth destroying here.
There are no enemies, no targets, it seems that everyone here has run away.
Gradually, the soldiers and even the officers relaxed. Arni also guessed that there should be no enemies here. After all, the city was not big and there was no place to hide. He then planned to let the troops rest in the city for a while and plan to attack them.
The mines outside the city are blocked.
Occupying the city was only the first goal of their regiment. After that, they had to clean up the mining area. At this time, other imperial troops also arrived on the ground one after another. Five other regiments were deployed around Happy City. Many of them
I also want to go to the city to do some repairs.
The soldiers began to "seize the land", and complete buildings were the first choice. After all, the ground temperature on this planet during the day was only 17 or 18 degrees, and it would only get colder at night. Plus, when the wind blew, no one wanted to camp outside.
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"Hey, look, there's a safe."
Some soldiers soon discovered "treasures" in the building. Generally, as long as the Astra Militarum is not an important trophy, the officers and political commissars will turn a blind eye to the soldiers' behavior, hoping that they will make a small fortune.
Given the opportunity, many people immediately took action to rummage through boxes and cabinets.
Some soldiers searched the kitchens and warehouses, trying to find something delicious to eat as a souvenir.
boom--
When they moved cabinets, safes, and even pots and pans, explosions sounded one after another.
As a mineral world, the most indispensable thing is explosives.
"What! What happened!"
Arni, who was sitting at the dining table eating lunch elegantly, heard the explosion. He quickly stood up and walked to the window to look out the window. He saw smoke billowing from many buildings and soldiers rolling and crawling out of the doors and windows.
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"what happened!"
Hayes was also confused. At that time, he was also "treasure hunting" with Hashet. However, the experienced Hashet soon discovered that something was wrong. There were a large number of hidden mines and trip mines deployed in the city, and they were placed under the bed boards and in the corners of the walls.
Even places as hard to spot as toilets seem to have hidden secret passages.
Hashet immediately made a judgment. This city built on the mining area had probably been dug through long ago. It was not that there were no enemies, but that the enemies were all underground!
So he quickly ran out of the house with Hayes and summoned the company members, but explosions continued one after another, and everyone panicked.
The soldiers held their guns and looked around in panic on the street, but could not see a single figure. At the same time, some officers took out portable augers, but found that there were a large number of targets flashing around them, even overlapping them——
call out!
Gunshots rang out, and a soldier in front of Hayes clutched his chest and fell to the ground, but he didn't even know where the enemy was, so he could only pull the nervous Winter and hide against the wall.
Boo hoo hoo——
More gunshots rang out from all directions, as if the whole city was boiling. People kept falling down screaming, while others blindly fought back, but only knocked down some walls.
But it didn't take long for them to discover that there were many hidden gun holes in the buildings in the city. The attackers came out of nowhere and hid in the buildings to shoot at them. For a moment, it seemed as if every brick in the city was covered with bullets.