Battlefield of Civilization: From the Bottom to the First Citizen

Chapter 139 The Giant Beast Sets Sail

At the artillery position, the commander looked at his adjutant and asked, "Has no signal come back yet?"

The adjutant shook his head: "Captain, maybe they..."

Before he could finish speaking, the messenger came running over.

"Report: Signal band detected at location fourteen, five seconds ago!"

A glint flashed in the commander's eyes. "Number Fourteen." His eyes seemed to reflect the map of the front-line battlefield.

"Starting from position eighteen, a progressive attack!"

The adjutant opened his mouth, but didn't say what he was going to say, only replying with a "Yes, sir!"

At the front lines, facing the seemingly unabated onslaught of the marine energy beasts, the commander remained silent.

Those on the other side dared not breathe loudly.

Suddenly, another burst of rapid artillery fire came. Watching the trajectory of the shells, the commander finally showed a relaxed expression.

"Get the reserves ready. Charge out in three minutes and retrieve the corpses of those energy beasts!"

Boom boom boom boom boom—

A violent explosion occurred among the beasts, and even the seawater turned a shade of red.

Meanwhile, the assault team leader, who had just killed a level 1 mid-level beast king, subconsciously looked up.

The trajectory of the cannonball passed over their current position and fell towards the horde of energy beasts on the other side.

"Everyone accelerate, charge out!"

His voice was unrestrained, and behind him, in more than a dozen 'chariots' with fewer than twenty people, they accelerated again.

This time, they did not hesitate to use their remaining source energy and kept the barrier open.

Any source energy beast that dares to block their path will be smashed to pieces.

In less than a minute, they rushed to the flank of a front-line position and, with the help of the soldiers there, successfully entered the position.

"You've worked hard!" The squad leader looked at the blood on their bodies and smelled the fishy smell from the deep sea.

"Have we bought enough time for the front lines?" The commando captain glanced at the soldiers who were still firing.

"Yes, the reserves have already rushed out... Look, they're coming back!" The squad leader pointed to a group of soldiers.

Some of them were still covering the rear, but most of them were carrying soft-sided suitcases as tall as a person and moving towards this side in small, quick steps.

The thick smell of blood mixed with the fishy smell of seawater proved what was inside.

"How long will this fight last?" The assault team leader frowned as he watched the ocean energy beasts, whose offensive was weakening but still relentless.

He believed that his command and response in this raid were very effective, but in reality, of the thirty men in the squad, only twenty had returned, and several of them were unable to continue fighting for the time being.

Needless to say, he was well aware of the ammunition consumption rate under this barrage of firepower.

"I don't know about that. Maybe soon. After all, these marine energy beasts aren't truly fearless, nor are they inexhaustible." The squad leader shook his head, but there was a hint of optimism in his voice.

After all, he had also experienced those kinds of disasters.

That was the real challenge. Now, we can kill those energy beasts simply by firing continuously. Before, it took more than a dozen people working together to kill just one or two.

After all, the lack of weapons at that time was one aspect, and the weapons were not powerful enough to break through defenses, which was another.

"I'm going to report back. Be careful." The commando captain seemed to have thought of something as well. He nodded and saluted to say goodbye.

At the capital base, hurried footsteps approached from afar.

"Report: Battle reports have arrived from the five major coastal city bases."

"Put it here."

The amount of intelligence coming from all over the country was too great, so it had to be categorized and handed over to specialized personnel for review and judgment, and finally the information was summarized to form an overall picture.

"From what we've seen so far, the mech teams are performing very well, and we should promote them rapidly," a general said.

"But it consumes a lot of energy! The energy we provide for them for one day is enough to support the protective barrier we're setting up for three days!" Another person felt it wasn't worth it.

"This isn't about saving money! Heaven knows when these crazed energy beasts will suddenly panic and retreat, restoring peace to the coastal region!" The former looked at him. "Are you trying to buy time with the lives of your soldiers?"

"We should use high-powered missiles to attack the coastal waters, find the beast king hiding behind it, and wipe it out in one fell swoop!" Another general made a suggestion.

"That makes sense, but what about the defense of coastal city bases? There's simply not enough time for a temporary retreat!" Another general raised an objection.

"Perhaps, a small number of mech squadrons could be used to escort heavy bombers."

"All we need is to make those hidden beast kings show themselves, isn't that right?" The former thought for a moment and offered a solution.

This is a relatively safe approach.

"Let's conduct an experiment first, using Jingkou Port. That way, even if something unexpected happens, we can remedy the situation in time," the first general offered his idea.

"I agree..."

Immediately afterwards, the other generals raised their hands to vote.

Compared to other coastal city bases, the situation at Jingkou Port is much better.

After all, it was originally very close to the capital base, with sufficient troops and complete firepower.

Even mech warrior teams can provide rapid support.

Even so, faced with these ocean energy beast tides, they had no choice but to abandon the outer port they were preparing to connect to and use the original inner port base as a sniping position.

Just last night, they received orders from the capital to coordinate tactical actions.

Inside the barracks where the mech team was resting, several people were discussing this matter.

"Do you think they'll really use missiles to bomb the ocean?" one person asked.

"What? Didn't you see the defensive capabilities of the energy barrier before? If it weren't for this thing, this place might have been captured long ago," another person replied.

"Yeah, that's pretty strong."

However, I never expected the country to resort to such a wild combat strategy.

The former smiled as he said this.

Just then, the barracks door opened, and the person who came in said, "Everyone, get ready. We will take over the work of the sniper team and monitor the situation on the sea."

"Make sure you're all well-rested. Don't blame me if you lose your life later!"

The continuous artillery bombardment masked the gradually decreasing gunfire.

The mech squad is in position, waiting for the missiles to land.

On the sea, towering waves surged toward the shore with unparalleled force, carrying with them yet another batch of energy beasts sent to serve as 'cannon fodder'.

This time, however, some of the mid-level level one beast kings hidden among them stopped their advance.

A strong sense of crisis made them want to escape back to the deep sea as soon as possible!

boom--

Explosion, flames, high temperature, impact!

Their bodies were instantly mortally injured, and some of the unluckiest ones lost more than half their bodies, barely clinging to life thanks to the source crystal.

wow——

A jet of water shot into the sky, like a fountain, carrying the chill of the deep sea and spreading outwards, lowering the temperature.

Then, a huge, pale pink jellyfish appeared on the surface of the sea.

hum-

A strange sound wave rippled through the energy barrier, blasting the ordinary energy beasts that had been blocking its way into dust.

click-