This... was a real battlefield.
Everything I'd experienced before had been nothing more than running for my life. The only battlefield I'd ever seen was the one at the JN Military Region, where I'd witnessed a carpet
bombing.
I'd never before witnessed a battlefield where people fought each other to the death at such close range.
As I stood there, somewhat absorbed in the scene before me, the walkie-talkie Hao Zhong had given me on the city wall suddenly crackled to life.
"Commander! The southern wall is about to fall! We're already pulling back our forces and preparing for close combat!"
I froze. Still dazed by the vast scene around me, I picked up the walkie-talkie at my waist and asked hesitantly,
"What did you say?"
"The southern wall has fallen! We have less than ten minutes!"
Ten minutes?
How could everyone get out in an orderly fashion in such a short time? There were more than a hundred thousand people! It was impossible!
But even though I knew it couldn't be done, I still had to tell Hao Zhong, "Get the people moving immediately. The distance is ten kilometers... It'll be difficult to squeeze a hundred thousand
people through, but no matter what, get them into that passage!"
A ten-kilometer-long electromagnetic corridor had now been completed, though part of it was still occupied by the army. The vanguard of the insect swarm, the land crawlers, was only five
or six kilometers away.
Under these circumstances, I had no choice but to step in.
"Chen Wei, Chen Wei, can you hear me?"
Looking at the army nearby, I continued calling into the walkie-talkie. A moment later, a voice came through.
"Commander, I'm here."
"Good. We're advancing too slowly. I want you to install four towers at a time and speed