Dianyuan Defense

The cold voice of Li Dawei rang out over the walkie-talkie.

"Attack! Detonate!"

"Rumble..." At the end of the mountain road, the stone cliffs on both sides were blown apart by a massive amount of explosives, completely sealing the path.

"3rd Company, 3rd Company, block the rear intersection!"

"Copy that!" Gathering more than half of the battalion's heavy machine guns, vehicle-mounted autocannons, and mortars, they instantly blocked the rear intersection. Sandbags that had been prepared long in advance were stacked one by one, rapidly forming a defensive line.

"Rumble..." The Bloodthirsty Tank herd was halted by the landslide ahead, falling into instant chaos. Dozens of wild boar monsters scrambled in a mess. The leader monster let out an angry roar, knocking aside the disobedient monsters scurrying about, and the herd slowly calmed down. "Roar! Roar!" Then, the lord-level Bloodthirsty Tank, leading its subordinates, turned around and charged toward the rear.

"Boom! Bang bang bang bang..."

Bullets swept across in a dense barrage as if they were worthless. The leading Bloodthirsty Tank, a full four or five meters tall and over ten meters long, charged forward like a tank. Bullets and small-caliber rapid-fire cannon shells hitting it were like a tickle, merely scraping off a layer of skin. Its deliberate, reckless charging provided cover for the dozens of beast-general-level Bloodthirsty Tanks behind it.

But in this dense rain of bullets, even with its size, it could not protect everything. The Bloodthirsty Tanks behind it were constantly knocked down, killed, and turned into piles of minced meat.

"Roar!" The Bloodthirsty Tank went completely mad, charging forward regardless of the cost. Even for it, a lord-level monster, it dared not let the rapid-fire cannons hit it continuously. It couldn't break its defense once or twice, but what about a minute? Two minutes? Sooner or later, it would be pierced and killed! Therefore, only by charging out could it survive!

There were also firing points on both sides constantly strafing. In the less than one-kilometer-long mountain road, only five monsters, including the leader, remained of the Bloodthirsty Tank herd.

"How can this be! The crossfire from the autocannons only broke a layer of skin? How is that possible!" the instructor said in disbelief, his face full of despair.

"Mortars! Don't stop the mortars! Slow down its charging speed!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"...

"Everyone! Everyone, build a defensive line behind the 3rd Company, establish firing points! A defensive line every 200 meters! Even if we have to die, we must stop it! Otherwise, we are all sinners! If there is no defensive line, use people to fill the gap!" Li Dawei no longer had his usual calmness, shouting loudly.

After speaking, he solemnly took out a vial of emerald-green potion. "Instructor! You go, personally inject this potion into Nian Kai! Give him this backpack!"

The instructor frowned. "What is this?"

"Don't ask! Nian Kai knows! Go! Execute the order!" Li Dawei roared sternly.

"Yes!" The instructor saluted and quickly left with the items.

Artillery shells could not delay the Bloodthirsty Tank for long. In the blink of an eye, the Bloodthirsty Tank rushed to the 3rd Company's defensive line. Wang Ji only had time to grab Lao Bao and a machine gun and dodge to the side.

"Boom!" The defensive line made of sandbags and stone piles was instantly smashed into flying debris.

Wang Ji and Lao Bao were caught by the shockwave and flew out in the blink of an eye, landing heavily in a small ditch by the side of the mountain road more than 20 meters away.

"Da da da da..."

The defensive line behind could not be established in time; there were only firing points composed of countless machine guns acting as a defensive line. But the Bloodthirsty Tank didn't care at all, charging directly into the barrage.

"Boom!" Soldiers and firearms were all shattered into flying parts. A blood mist filled the air.

"Boom!" The last defensive line was also completely smashed.

Ahead, only one figure stood straight in the middle of the road. It was Nian Kai! I don't know what kind of potion it was, but Nian Kai had actually stood up and still had combat capability.

"Everyone! Get down! Find cover and get down! Quickly get down! Cover!" Li Dawei shouted urgently over the walkie-talkie.

Wang Ji sensed something unusual and quickly dug into the ground beneath him, forming a place to hide.

In the blink of an eye, the Bloodthirsty Tank rushed in front of Nian Kai. In the Bloodthirsty Tank's basketball-sized, blood-red eyes, an excited light appeared. It had finally charged out! The previous defensive lines hadn't blocked it for long, and this last person... would be knocked away just the same!

Nian Kai's eyes were filled with strange emotions—attachment, reluctance—which finally turned into determination. "Die!"

With the nerve reflexes of a war-general, at the final moment of colliding with the Bloodthirsty Tank, Nian Kai slammed the button in his hand, "..."

First, there was a vast expanse of white light, with everything around, above, and below becoming snow-white and translucent! Then came the shockwave and the torrent of the explosion. A mushroom cloud over a hundred meters high instantly rose from the spot.

"It's a nuclear bomb! A tactical nuclear bomb!" Wang Ji was extremely shocked! Wang Ji remembered what Lao Bao said, "The cruise missile didn't kill it last time..." "It will definitely work this time! If the higher-ups say it works, there must be a way!"

"It really works! Damn it, a nuclear bomb!" Wang Ji lay flat in the pit.

Ten minutes later, when everything settled, the survivors crawled out of the pits one after another. Those who hadn't hidden in the pits were already gone. Even a micro-tactical nuclear bomb was still a nuclear bomb.

Only a few dozen people survived, swaying on the scene. Over a hundred people died under the impact of the Bloodthirsty Tank, and dozens died in the shockwave. The Bloodthirsty Tank herd had been completely wiped out, and the Sharp Knife Battalion had suffered heavy losses.

Two days later. Big Stone Mountain.

The seriously wounded had been evacuated back to the New Base City with the evacuation vehicles. The remaining 65 people had been stationed at Big Stone Mountain to rest and reorganize. As new recruits were constantly re-enlisted, the Sharp Knife Battalion was restored to its 400-man establishment.

"Sharp Knife Battalion, assemble!" The stubble-faced Li Dawei issued the order.

"Mission: Hold Dianyuan! Time: 4 days and nights! Everyone, follow me!" Li Dawei said coldly.

3rd Company. Only Lao Bao and Wang Ji remained of the familiar faces. Lao Bao had become more reticent. And Wang Ji had been promoted to deputy company commander, concurrently serving as the first platoon leader.

"Dianyuan? Lao Bao, tell me about Dianyuan!"

Facing Wang Ji's inquiry, Lao Bao said, "Actually, the previous Jiangkou Town and this Big Stone Mountain all belong to Dianyuan County. This defense of Dianyuan is to build a defensive line in the north together with other 112th Division troops!"

The north? Isn't that a plain? There is no danger to defend.

Lao Bao said, "100 kilometers to the north, the wall of the New Base City is being built! That is the hope of all of us in the Jiangnan region! Therefore, even if all of us in the 112th Division die and our bones turn to mud, we must block the monsters! We cannot let the monsters destroy it and affect the construction of the wall!"

Wang Ji was silent for a few seconds, then nodded heavily. "Understood!"

Traveling 50 kilometers north, the Sharp Knife Battalion arrived in front of a defensive line under construction. Here, barbed wire was dense, and trenches were a full five or six meters deep and over ten meters wide with the help of large machinery. And there were dense firing points for anti-aircraft autocannons, anti-aircraft machine guns, and heavy machine guns. Behind them, rocket launcher vehicles were lined up one after another.

The Sharp Knife Battalion was assigned a one-kilometer-long section of the defensive line.

"355 ordinary soldiers, assigned by company and platoon, use thermal weapons to attack the monsters! The remaining 45 warrior-level soldiers, as special operations squads, cooperate with snipers and are mainly responsible for clearing monsters that break through the defensive line. Prevent these monsters that break through the line from destroying the defenses!"

"Dianyuan Defense, we must hold it!" Li Dawei said coldly.