After Kong Jie killed four giant bugs in a row, he finally solved the wave of bugs with his comrades, and quickly replaced it with a live magazine. Only then did he notice that his comrades around him had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood on the steps.
At this moment, a figure flashed into the corridor from behind. He seemed to be carrying something in his hand. He must be the health worker rescuing the wounded.
The next wave of bugs hadn't come yet. Kong Jie breathed a sigh of relief, climbed up quietly, sat down with his back against the wall, took off the water bottle from his waist, unscrewed it and took a sip, holding it in his mouth for a while before he stopped.
Swallow slowly.
The kettle is full, but we don’t know how long we will have to wait for this wave, and we don’t know when the supplies will be delivered, so we must save a little.
He raised his head slightly and put the back of his head against the wall. This posture made him feel more comfortable. His eyes that seemed to be closed were facing the spiral staircase. Suddenly, it seemed that a ray of sunlight was shining through the top of the stairs!
This is the eighth floor of the fortress building. The lower seven floors are occupied by insects. From here on up, only humans belong.
Looking back now, Kong Jie still couldn't figure out how the bugs invaded. First, everyone retreated above the second floor and completely abandoned the first floor. Then the bugs attacked the second floor. Everyone resisted while retreating upwards, and then
Then the insects kept attacking, and the defenders kept retreating upwards.
In order to block the insect's offensive, the defenders blew up three of the four spiral staircases in the fortress building, leaving only the last one, and established a circular position along the steps to block the insect swarm from a high position.
Due to the concentration of troops from several directions, the blocking operation was very effective. No matter how brave the insect swarm was, it could not break through the blocking of the defenders.
However, the defenders also suffered heavy losses in the ongoing battle. Now all the defenders in this building are concentrated here. If the insect swarm breaks through the blockade, they can completely occupy this building!
Kong Jie is the kind of soldier who doesn't like to use his brain and does whatever the superiors say, but today he suddenly had a thought: Why is the bug staring at the fortress building?
Ordinarily, bugs should not have any pursuit of the house, but these bugs are different. They keep fighting against the defenders regardless of life and death. Is it just to annihilate the defenders?
Just kidding, do insects know what it means to eliminate living forces?
While my mind was full of thoughts, I was suddenly awakened by a whistle, and a voice shouted not far away: "The bugs are coming, prepare to fight!"
Kong Jie let out a long sigh, resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and quickly lay on the ground and set up his rifle.
This time there were more insects than the previous two times combined, a large group of springtails and a large group of stinging insects. They crowded together and scrambled to climb up.
The defenders were never used to bugs, so Company Commander Tong immediately ordered shooting. In an instant, there was a loud sound of gunfire, and the deafening sound of gunfire filled the spiral staircase and continued to echo in everyone's ears.
The swarm of insects encountered a head-on attack, but they were not disorderly at all. Some springtails continued upward, and some jumped from the left to the right, and then jumped back flexibly, using various different ways to attack the defenders' blocking line.
However, the spiral staircase is only so big, and no matter how flexible the springtail is, it cannot jump out. The closer the insect is to the blocking line, the more dangerous it is, and it may be bitten by the rain of bullets from top to bottom at any time.
The springtail doesn't care about that much, its only action is to charge, charge, and charge again.
In comparison, spiny bugs are much smarter. They always hide behind springtails, looking for every opportunity to make a cold shot, and their retrograde bone spurs hit the defenders above from time to time.
Whenever this happens, the health workers waiting in the corridor will rush out immediately and carry away the injured or bodies as quickly as possible.
However, after a short while, the battle between the two sides had become intense. Bullets and bone spurs were coming back and forth. While the insects were dying in large numbers, the defenders also suffered heavy casualties.
Kong Jie's comrades in the same class were either injured or sacrificed. He was the only one who was still holding on. The thought of being injured or not was not in his mind at all. His only thought was to kill more bugs.
When you run out of bullets, replace it with a new magazine immediately.
The magazine was out of use, so he quickly picked up the machine gun left behind by his companion... He fired continuously without hesitation, turning the barrel of the machine gun red. Fortunately, the bullets were all out and the chamber was not exploded.
The defenders' blocking line suffered more and more casualties, but the insect swarm did not care about the life or death of the insects. If one died, one would be killed. The entire defense line was in danger.
Seeing that he could no longer hold on, Captain Tong finally showed mercy and added another group of people to strengthen the defense line, and the sparse rain of bullets became intensive again.
This time, the additional personnel not only brought rifles and machine guns, but also a lot of grenades. There were a few soldiers who were responsible for throwing grenades. They threw them down as hard as if they were free. In the blink of an eye, there were continuous explosions below, and people were alive.
Bugs, dead bugs, and half-dead bugs all flew away in the explosion. A few lucky ones were able to fall back down the stairs. Most of the bugs were lifted off the railing by the shock wave and fell into free fall.
The bones of insects grow on the outside, so they are indeed much stronger than humans, but if they fall from this height, they will not die but will become disabled.
The grenade was very effective. From the company commander Tong to the ordinary soldiers, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The soldiers still don't know that Captain Tong has already prepared for the worst. Once the insect swarm breaks through the blockade, he will immediately blow up the spiral staircase. Even if the only passage is destroyed, the insect swarm will never be able to attack!
Fortunately, the defenders held the line of defense and did not give the insects a chance to break through.
After repelling another round of attacks from the insect swarm, the soldiers quickly replenished their ammunition and were ready to face the next round of attacks.
Captain Tong received bad news - there was not much ammunition left!
Regardless of the casualties, he still has nearly two companies of troops in his hands. As long as he has enough ammunition, he can keep the insects at bay. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Without bullets, the guns in the hands of the soldiers are worse than fire sticks.
, how to fight this battle?
Before the insect swarm attacked, he quickly contacted the command center, hoping that the command center would provide support.
However, this fortress building has been isolated from other fortress buildings, and several nearby fortress buildings have been attacked by insect swarms, so there is no extra ammunition to support this place.
The defenders could no longer hold on, so the command center simply ordered Captain Tong to lead his team to withdraw to the rooftop. The command center would find a way to pick up the defenders in this building.
Captain Tong was unprepared. He was surprised for a while after hearing the order, and then gave the order to the defenders here to withdraw to the rooftop.
The first to be evacuated were the lightly and seriously wounded, and then it was the turn of combat units. Kong Jie and his comrades were among the last batch of blocking troops to evacuate.
No one said anything, but only they knew what they were thinking.
