Last Totem Novel - Chapter 191

Chapter 191 Conditions

Two hours ago, a few minutes after Jiang Yun’s troops entered the center of the ant nest, thousands of red dots of light appeared on Tie Zha’s tactical map. In just a moment, the red dot was like a diffusing pigment, rapidly spreading towards the blue dot and corroding it.

Seeing this scene, Tie Zha immediately realized that the sixth garrison of the Dark Jungle was finished. Immediately after, he quickly drew the map and analyzed the situation around him. Not long after, he suddenly noticed a small pinch of blue light slowly moving towards the defensive line. He clicked on the dot of light, and a line of information immediately appeared above.

[Dark Jungle Guard 6th Brigade Thunderflame Mecha *65]

After thinking for a few minutes, Tie Zha gave up the idea of retreating.

First of all, it was too late to retreat. The weeping flies and sting insects moved too fast, and their marching speed was more than double that of humans. Secondly, even if the sixth squad fought to the end, they could only buy two and a half hours for the defense line. Unless his “werewolf army” could retreat alone, they would not be able to escape from the swarm of insects. However, the problem was that any guild on the defensive line would be on the verge of collapse if they left their posts without permission. If there was a breakthrough in the insect tide, they would be able to pinch back and forth, forming an encirclement.

Therefore, the first team to retreat would definitely be dealt with the most severely.

Thinking of this, Tie Zha immediately put away the tactical map, put his weapon on his back, hung up the walkie-talkie, handed over the base command to Deputy Commander Wang Hu, and then sneaked into the depths of the forest alone.

After killing a few wandering weeping lacewings, Iron Cinder summoned thirty scouting ants and spread them three hundred meters in front of him.

As he had expected, ten minutes later, General Li Qi sent an urgent notice, “The insects are attacking. In accordance with the Regulations on the Handling of Emergencies during Foreign War and the Regulations on the Emergency Response of Humankind to Foreign War, the Dark Jungle Garrison will automatically recruit all personnel, supplies and ordnance in the theatre.”

“All teams must defend the defensive line and wait for reinforcements to arrive. All personnel who evacuate without permission will be punished by the Supreme Military Court. Please do not defy the law!”

“The 3rd, 5th and 9th squads will join the battlefield in three hours and ten minutes. The 19th, 27th and 35th squads of the Dawn Expeditionary Force Airborne Division have already flown to the theatre. They are expected to enter the battle within four hours. Everyone, please hold on until the last minute!”

“All teams participating in defense will receive 500 credits and a silver medal.”

Iron Slag listened to the announcement as he accelerated forward. He constantly searched for and killed the weeping flies through the scouting ants in front of him, in order to increase the number of soldiers.

About an hour later …

Tie Zha sat on a towering banyan tree and opened the tactical map for a moment. There were more and more red spots in the center of the screen, and the blue spots on the periphery were gradually extinguishing. Seeing that the sixth garrison was about to be completely annihilated, he estimated that the defensive line would be affected by the insect tide within an hour, and immediately dialed General Li Qi’s voice communication.

“I demand retreat.” Tie Zha said in a deep voice.

General Li Qi shouted angrily, “No way! Retreating without permission will result in …”

“Tell Assistant Qin!” The iron slag interrupted him roughly and roared back.

“Alright, what exactly do you want?” General Li Qi sighed helplessly, “Retreat is definitely not possible. Once you retreat, the others will have a reason to retreat. If the insect tide breaks through the line of defense, we, the Dark Night Lighthouse, will bear the brunt.”

“I originally had 300 credits, but I came here to garrison 200 credits. The other two teams garrison 300 credits. This is already 1,100 credits. I have three teams here, and an additional 1,500 credits is definitely not enough.” Tie Zha counted.

“You” General Li Qi suddenly lost his temper and said, “Stop talking. There are a total of three thousand credits. That’s all I can give you.”

“Three silver medals.” Tie Zha reminded him that this was what he had promised in the notice just now. Although he didn’t know what use it was, it was definitely something valuable.

“No problem!” General Li Qi promised straightforwardly.

“Also, you must admit the organization of the Wolf Legion now.” Said Tie Zha.

“This …”

There seemed to be some hesitation on the other side, and Iron Cinder argued, “The ad hoc forces are not obliged to fight.”

“Private property checks are inevitable …” General Li Qi muttered.

“We are a team first, so the credits we earn this time are all ours. The review team then excludes the corresponding pension and the post-war portion of the private property.” Tie Zha Jia Qun said in a tone, “Remember! I’m talking about the post-war part.” Just now, he had carefully calculated for more than an hour, and had already thought of all the conditions.

“This …”

General Li Qi hesitated for a moment before Tie Zha continued, “If you don’t agree to this, I’ll take my men and leave now. I don’t care about military law. At worst, I’ll go back to the Northern Wilderness to see who can catch me. Besides, I’m an interim team. It’s hard to say whether the military law can deal with me.”

“Alright! Let’s do this.” General Li Qi said helplessly.

After turning off the communication, Iron Slag’s mind moved, and more than three hundred scouting soldiers immediately wandered around, instantly feeding back information within a thousand meters to his mind. After confirming that there were no more dangers, Iron Slag opened the tactical map again and began to study it.

Most of the garrisons on the defensive line were the Seventh Guard Corps, which was responsible for surrounding them. The other three barracks belonged to the Academy Alliance, and one of the barracks belonged to the Wolf Legion. The total number of troops on the defensive line was around 1,800, which was at an absolute disadvantage compared to the swarm of insects.

Fortunately, the human troops in motion were easily surrounded by insects, while the humans guarding the positions had a great advantage. Even simple trenches, barbed wire, and bunker walls can greatly limit the charge of weeping flies. Unlike the sixth brigade that had been attacked, the garrison troops here were scattered, and there was artillery support from behind. The swarm of insects did not dare to gather to charge. Simple defensive lines can also maximize the advantages of human long-range weapons and weaken the melee combat ability of the weeping flies.

Also, there was plenty of human ammunition in the camp, which was different from the sixth battalion that attacked. With Tie Zha’s understanding of the Screwing Chrysopa and the Stinger Bug, it shouldn’t be a problem to maintain this line of defense for one to two hours, but the premise is that there shouldn’t be any deserters …

Judging from the tactical map, the right wing of the Wolf Legion was the camp of the Seventh Garrison. There were more than two hundred troops stationed there. It was relatively reliable. After all, they were regular troops. The left wing was the Falcon Legion of the Academy Alliance, with less than a hundred troops and only four mechas, so they might not be able to defend it. However, this was the end of the story, so he could only do his best.

Right here, Wang Hu’s voice came from the walkie-talkie, “Guild Leader, twenty Thunder Flame mecha of the sixth garrison have requested to enter the camp to participate in defense.”

“Do they listen to our orders?” Tie Zha asked.

“They expressed their willingness to accept our command and dispatch before the end of the war, but …” Wang Hu paused for a moment and said, “There are very few artillery shells left. They can barely fire two rounds at the same time.”

“How many artillery shells do we have in stock?” Iron Slag asked again.

‘”Very abundant. There are a lot of artillery shells from the Original Warbeast Corps and the Black Knights of the North. Just now, Mu Qianhe counted more than 400 explosive shells and more than 50 armor piercing shells, enough for 15 rounds of 30 Thunderflame Styles. There are also 12 incendiary shells. However, the rules of the Dark Jungle do not allow the use of incendiary shells.”

“Accept their request, and then distribute five rounds of artillery shells to them, leaving Mu Qianhe in charge.” Said Tie Zha.

“Yes, sir.” Wang Hu replied loudly.

“Also” Tie Zha added, “Place them in the front row. If necessary, you can use machine guns to help defend them.”

After making the arrangements, Tie Zha jumped down from the tree and continued to search for the lone weeping flies to maintain the operation of the scouting army. These three hundred ants needed large numbers of carcasses to feed, hatch, and replace the old and the new. After using it for this period of time, Tie Zha discovered that once the number of soldiers exceeded the threshold of three hundred, he would gradually feel dizzy in his mind. This feeling of dizziness will become more intense as the number of soldiers increases. In order to ensure clarity of mind, he only had about three hundred at present, and the slightest bit of discomfort would immediately lessen.

Half an hour later, on the tactical map, all the blue spots representing the sixth garrison were extinguished, and the red spots also disappeared from the map.

Tie Zha noticed that the red spots had spread out in all directions before they disappeared. After a brief moment of thought, he understood the swarm’s intentions. They were prepared to disperse their attacks rather than concentrate on breaking through a point of defense. In the face of human cannon coverage, large swarm of insects would become the primary target. However, if they could attack multiple defensive areas at the same time, they could minimize the range of the artillery.

Most importantly, the ultimate goal of the swarm was not to break out of the encirclement, but to maximize the consumption of human troops. This can be seen from their strategic intentions that all their actions are aimed at competing for a larger space for survival. Second, in a sense, humans are both their opponents and their prey.

At the same time, this was also the final reason why the sixth garrison of the Dark Jungle did not retreat. Retreating would result in more than half of the soldiers dying in a “low resistance” state, unable to effectively deplete the swarm of insects. Therefore, they would rather stay and fight to the death than leave a corpse to escape.

What was truly terrifying about the swarm of bees was that the corpses of the soldiers in this area would turn into thousands of sting insects. Due to the lack of resources and minerals in the dark jungle, there were no spirit ores and black oil; Therefore, only plants can devour the hindworms and can only hatch low-level plant life forms, not low-level semi-plant and semi-animal life forms. To do so, they need to devour large numbers of animal carcasses in order to obtain the resources needed to hatch thorns.

When the middle region of the nest was completely dark on the tactical map, Tie Zha immediately dispatched a legion of soldiers and ants to a fan-shaped area 2km ahead to monitor the latest movements of the swarm.