Steel steam and flame

"Fortunately, there is a long distance between us." Cassia said after getting off the ancient tree. The moment his body landed, his scarlet eyes glanced around, and he ran with all his strength in the direction of the artillery fire. , while controlling the fire gun in his hand in three consecutive bursts.

There are too many enemies, and he wants to reduce their strength as much as possible. And Cassia also felt that this was not the entire number of enemies, and there seemed to be only a few powerful people. Except for the commander just now, the strength of the others can only be described as average. In another metaphor, they are equivalent to those veterans. In many cases, they can only rely on their numerical advantage to make up for their lack of strength.

More than a dozen rounds of artillery bombarded the place instantly, exploding in the crowd, and the flames of the explosion instantly swallowed up a large area of ​​the surrounding enemies. The woods were brightly illuminated by the sudden fire, and everyone was wearing masks. In the chaos, no one recognized Cassia as an enemy for the first time. Most of them fell down in the snow now. After the explosion, some people heard the sound of only burning flames and stood up immediately, preparing to leave the area. I don't know if there will be another similar attack next, but I just need to leave this place where the enemy won't notice.

The idea is simple and most effective. The first group of people stood up, their faces reddened by the unextinguished flames rising around them, which also cast a faint dark red light over the large areas of snow. Thick smoke was rising from the sites where a dozen artillery explosions had occurred, and groaning people were lying around. They were affected by the force of the impact, bleeding internally and damaging their internal organs. Although most of the shrapnel embedded in their bodies are not fatal, if they are not removed from the body at the first time, the various infections that follow can slowly drag down their own lives over time.

The man who stood up patted his head, still feeling a little uncomfortable and dizzy. Everyone was affected by the artillery explosion, but the degree was different. After they saw the scene in front of them clearly, they were about to help those who were injured and groaning on the ground, when the sound of a rapid firing of firecrackers was heard not far from their side.

The weak red light from the muzzle was spitting out at the edge of the darkness, and the platinum bullets formed a bunch of three, drawing out dark trajectories. Before they could even pay attention, they had already exploded the heads of more than ten people.

"It's the enemy!" Many people got up from the ground and just stood still when they heard someone from the team members pointing in one direction and shouting loudly.

When looking over, some people happened to see the muzzle of the flame-breathing gun pointed directly at their own eyes. No, it should be said to their own heads. They could clearly see a ball of orange flames suddenly spurting out from inside, and then the scene in their eyes was permanently plunged into darkness.

Some people who were not hit by the artillery fire immediately chased after them. The enemy's figure was gradually turning into black and gray, and their clothes automatically changed color according to natural conditions. They have all fought against the enemy and have some understanding of this equipment.

The enemy was very fast, running extremely fast in the waist-thick snow. The snow seemed to turn into water at this moment, and was blown up by the impact of the running enemy, flying like waves on the enemy's body. both sides. It felt like the thick snow brought no hindrance to the enemy at all. All they saw was that after the enemy finished firing a magazine, he immediately threw away the musket in his hand, and then started running around the ancient trees like a snake, relying on the trunk of the ancient tree as a cover. Some people fired at the enemy with guns, but not a single bullet hit.

More than a dozen people immediately followed the enemy's traces and chased after them. But it was a little different from what they imagined. They were all surgeons, and the enemy could run in snow thicker than their waists as if they were on flat ground. But when they mustered up the strength to rush forward suddenly, the speed didn't seem to be as fast as they thought. The accumulated snow reached everyone's waist, and every step they took was greatly hindered by the snow, making it impossible to increase their speed.

They can only watch the enemy gradually shrink in their own eyes until they completely disappear. And things went far beyond that. More than a dozen people chased after him, and someone seemed to have stepped into something in the snow. Maybe it was the exposed tree root, because I felt that the thing was very fragile, and it broke without any effort, and I no longer felt any obstruction.

Nothing happened around him, and the enemy left horrific traces on the snow. They wanted to follow and continue the pursuit. After walking more than ten meters away, there was a sudden muffled sound of explosions behind them. They immediately turned around. Large swaths of snow were flying in the air. Nearly ten large craters of three to four meters wide were blasted out of the waist-deep snow. Next to him lay his teammates bleeding all over.

"Stand where you are and don't move. You follow the traces you walked back and don't chase anymore. With your strength, if you pass by, you will die." The commander noticed the situation here. There was blood on his face and forehead. He was scratched by a piece of flying shrapnel and half of his face was covered with tears. "There is an explosive device set in the snow. You guys probably accidentally triggered it when you ran over just now. I don't know if there is any in the snow in front of me. The current situation has already It is not suitable to chase a single person. You have also seen the attack just now. Like us, the enemy's main force is also nearby. Save your energy and prepare for what's coming next."

"Boom..." As soon as he finished speaking, the calm snow suddenly swelled up next to the dozen or so people. A huge number of shrapnel penetrated the snow and embedded itself in the bodies of the people nearby. . Blood immediately covered half of his body, and then patches of white gas emerged. Some of the blood that had lost its temperature had begun to turn into ice.

The commander's face suddenly turned dark and he didn't say another word. He just looked at the direction in which the enemy was fleeing, his eyes widened, and he looked at it with a serious face for a long time.

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"Major, the first round of attack has ended. A signal was sent over there. There are still four rounds of ammunition left, asking whether to continue the attack." In the darkness, in a concave terrain covered by rocks, there was only one line that was too weak to sustain. A fire that burns on its own. Next to the light and shadow in the gloom, rows of people holding guns sat close to each other, wearing cold hats and masks on their faces, with their heads buried. It was very quiet here, as if they were asleep, or like ancient objects buried in the soil, quietly waiting for something.

"No, keep them, and then give them to the enemy as gifts. That area has lost its value. After so much time, the enemy should have evacuated to the edge. The four artillery pieces cannot be used for bombing, and they are of little effect." The major said Shaking his head in the darkness, he said, "Everyone, get ready, the action begins!"