Hodge froze, then immediately scrambled up to the observation post and shoved the sentry aside.
If the White Calamity really appeared ahead of them, they were all done for!
He looked ahead, and his heart skipped a beat.
It really was a mass of white bones, right in front of them!
"It's over, it's over... Wait!"
Hodge's eyes suddenly widened. "Only the white bones are on the tracks—the White Calamity hasn't arrived yet!"
His voice cracked as he shouted, "Machine gunners, take out those white bones! Quickly! Take them out!"
If they took out the white bones, the fog would slow down, and they might be able to rush through before the white mist reached them!
The distance exceeded the machine guns' range, but every heavy machine gun that could fire immediately opened up. At a life-or-death moment like this, no one bothered calculating angles. They roughly aimed and fired at once, blanketing the area with firepower!
Many soldiers even raised their rifles and started firing despite knowing the range was insufficient.
But bullets had their limits. Their powder charges were strictly fixed, so they could only reach as far as they could reach. Beyond their effective range, bullets could still travel quite a bit farther, but this distance even exceeded the heavy machine guns' maximum range.
The bullets sprayed upward lost all momentum in midair and could only fall limply back down. They were still far from the white bones.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
Hodge cursed loudly. Despair gradually filled the soldiers' faces as they watched the white mist being drawn closer by the white bones. At this rate, the train would inevitably crash into them.
"What do we do, what do we do..." Hodge tore at his hair and looked at Ash with an almost pleading gaze. "Lord