Chapter 550: Fire at the White Mist
Alexei turned around in surprise.
".Ash?"
Ash was wearing full body armor, his expression was as cold as ice, and he raised one hand forward, on which was a thick parchment scroll.
"According to the commission issued by the Lord before the war and the Holy Charter of Castel, I have the highest decision-making power for this battle. You must not retreat in the next battle and must rely on the fortress to hold on. This is an order, Archbishop Alexi, please execute it."
The command room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The technical priests looked at the commission in Ash's hand in shock, and then turned to look at Alexi.
Alexi glanced at the warrant in Ash's hand, which not only had Hughes' signature on it, but also his own.
Before the war, Hughes gave the supreme command to Ash, and he knew about this.
Zeus usually does not directly participate in commanding battles. The battles of the Banshees are often handed over to Ash, while the battles of the Skitarii and its affiliated armies are the responsibility of the Imperial Truth.
This time, Zeus personally brought all the banshees to the front line, and there was nothing wrong with handing over the command to Ash.
But what Alexei found strange was that he glanced at Nini beside him, and there was also shock on her face.
So Alexei took a deep breath and said:
"Is this what the Lord meant?"
"No comment."
"I see. Do you want to take over command?"
"No, the specific deployment and command will still be carried out by you. I just changed the direction of the decision. The next battle will rely on the fortress instead of evacuating."
"good."
The priests in the command room breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the two had quickly reached a consensus.
This was the first time they saw Archbishop Alexi and the Banshee leader Ash making conflicting decisions.
The war had already begun, and if there were two voices in the highest command room, it would likely lead to extremely dangerous consequences.
It was just Ash's request. The Tech Priests couldn't help wondering, can they really hold this fortress? What was Ash's intention in asking them to hold on here? The next battle was not difficult, but the faces of the expeditionary forces gradually became solemn.
"Captain Hodge, this can't go on!" a soldier shouted over here.
"The bones are not difficult to deal with, but the white mist is advancing slowly. It will come sooner or later!"
Hodge was also a little upset, but he was the squad leader after all, so he had to comfort the soldiers at this time.
"Don't worry, the lord is in this fortress, we will be victorious."
Zeus's name was like a curse. The soldiers who were originally a little shaken immediately became firm. The political commissar who had just stood up to boost morale looked around and sat back down in disappointment.
Not long after, teams of Banshees in heavy armor appeared from the depths of the fortress. They did not utter a word, but the collision of steel and concrete was like the most intense war cry. Wherever they went, the soldiers there began to cheer.
Gwen looked at the banshee who came to her side and couldn't help but feel excited.
She still remembered the Banshee's overwhelming combat power on the battlefield, and she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief - when the Banshee came, everything would be fine.
Gwen glanced at the banshee and saw that all six of her hands were holding dragon breath cannons.
The slowly advancing white mist gradually caught up with Bai Gu. In the mist, Bai Gu's recovery speed suddenly increased. He was finally no longer suppressed and stood up successfully, which made the mist move faster.
"Eight hundred meters!"
“Five hundred meters!”
"Three hundred meters!" the observer shouted.
The soldiers felt somewhat depressed, but with the Banshee right beside them and the lord behind them, their morale was boosted under the pressure.
"Two hundred meters!" The observer's voice was already breaking. The moment his voice rang out, Hodge shouted, "Prepare the Dragon Breath Cannon!"
In the fixed gun positions of the fortress, the soldiers of the expeditionary force tightly gripped the dragon's breath cannons in their hands.
The Dragon Breath Cannon has too much recoil and needs to be held by hand. Apart from the extraordinary people who use their strength to resist it, the only way to offset the terrible recoil is to fix it on the fortress.
Also, due to its short range, it was rarely used. Many expeditionary soldiers used the Dragon's Breath Cannon against the enemy for the first time, and excitement appeared on their faces.
"One hundred meters! In range!"
"Open fire according to the previously designated fire coverage areas!"
All the dragon breath cannon arrays on the entire front line burst into brilliant light at the same time.
The scarlet fire dragon rushed outward, carrying with it a polluted jet that covered a distance of a hundred meters in an instant and rushed into the white mist.
The fog stagnated for a moment, and the thick white that was unable to dissolve was stained with a hint of bright red.
However, the expeditionary forces outside the fog seemed to hear faintly some kind of roar.
If you look closely, it's more like a wail? Gwen held the machine gun and slowly frowned.
For some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity from the white mist.
In a room somewhere in the back, Hughes lay quietly on the bed, his eyes dull, like a puppet.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered for a moment, but after a moment they became blurred again.
At that moment, Zeus returned to this body and opened the mind link immediately.
"Ash, how's the battle going?"
"The Dragon Breath Cannon has greatly slowed down the White Mist's progress, but it hasn't completely stopped it. Should we continue? The White Bones are about to exceed the firing range."
"Keep firing, don't stop, even the bones have to be shot. If you can't hit the machine gun position, use explosive packs, you must hold it!"
"Understood."
Ash carried out Zeus's orders expressionlessly. She also believed that the White Scourge could not be stopped and would eventually advance into the fortress.
But so what? She was willing to trust Hughes and follow his orders, just like the countless soldiers in this fortress who were defending their posts.
The order was instantly transmitted to all parts of the fortress through the mind link. Will, steel, gunpowder, supernatural powers, and all applicable forces were twisted into a rope and transformed into fire dragons and bullets that flew out of the fortress like blooming flowers.
However, Zeus had no time to appreciate this miraculous blossoming scene. He switched to the body of the worker Zeus at the fastest speed and immediately extended his will along the silk thread.
"How long will it take? The white mist is about to surge up to the fortress!"
"Soon! If I weaken Bazel's will a little more, I will be able to take control from him!"
Feeling the voice of little Gwen on the other side of the thread, Hughes suppressed his anxiety and said in a deep voice: "When all this is over, you have to explain to me what is going on!"
"No problem - if I can really live until then."
(End of this chapter)
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