Chapter 245, Peace of Mind Comes from My Son
What does security do?
Prevent assassinations, prevent riots, protect masters... They may have better training and equipment than the army, and are more professional in some tasks of protecting important persons. However, when the scene becomes a large-scale war, the difference in specialization, training methods, and weapons and equipment becomes a weakness.
The security forces lacked heavy firepower and anti-armor capabilities. It was difficult to counter artillery, and faced with the so-called Kingdom Knights, those sentinel mechas equipped with two Ranger-class Knight Titans, they were completely at a disadvantage.
Their numbers were far less than the enemy's. Under the impact of the enemy's huge cannon fodder, they had to withstand the bombardment of artillery, and also suffered the focused assault led by the Knight Titan and many sentinel mechas. The defense line of Gu's security was constantly compressed and broken.
The situation quickly became dire.
At this time, Wang Qi made another decision that she later regretted and might have been a wrong decision: to stay where she was.
She hoped to wait until rescued by the Angry Owl Star Legion in the town outside the city; in addition, they also contacted the Chamber of Commerce fleet in the sky, asking it to provide orbital support and send out landing spacecraft to pick up people from the air.
But soon, bad news came from all sides.
The Angry Owl Star army in the suburban town had also been attacked and was currently engaged in a fierce battle;
There was a rebellion on the Chamber of Commerce fleet in the space around the planet. Each of the eight Chamber of Commerce fleets controlled by Wang Qi had some unrest within the fleet. The four fleets directly under her control were not so bad, but the other four fleets that were allies had bigger problems.
In addition, the four armed merchant fleets controlled by Gu Ming were also threatening them, making it impossible for them to occupy the orbit of the planet.
What's more worth mentioning is that Black Arrow Star is not a place without air defense capabilities. It might be a big problem to go somewhere else, but in Pinsel City where the war broke out, there is an orbital air defense system that the Luman Kingdom spent a lot of money to import.
It is impossible to occupy orbit and carry out accurate orbital strikes; even if the few spaceships that were forcibly sent out overcome the interference and hijacking of Gu Ming's ships, they will be locked by the orbital air defense system of Pinser City in the process of entering the atmosphere and then be destroyed in mid-air.
The reinforcements could not arrive, air evacuation was impossible, the Knights of the Kingdom of Luman were advancing at full speed, and the defense line was shattered... At this time, Wang Qi realized that it was impossible to hold on and he had to break out.
However, it was too late to prepare for a breakout at this time.
Even when the decision was made to break out, three Sentinel Mechas acted as the vanguard, blasted open the door, and rushed into the banquet hall!
Everything became extremely chaotic.
The three Sentinel mechas were eventually destroyed. Wang Qi was not very clear about how they were destroyed. She just remembered that when she turned her head and was escaping with her bodyguards, she saw the three wreckages.
But the breakout process was not smooth sailing. They were intercepted and attacked many times, and her bodyguards died one by one. When she was almost at the end of her rope and had to use her last means to save her life, Lacroxia, who had fought his way out of the encirclement, arrived with dozens of special forces soldiers.
The 10th Special Operations Brigade deployed about 500 people to join the expeditionary force. The main force of them, together with the legion, were in the small town outside the city of Pinsel. Only the fifty most elite ones, led by Lacroxia, formed a team and joined Wang Qi's close security team.
But from the beginning to the end, their role was not important. They were more of a communication channel between the security forces and the main force of the Angry Owl Star in the suburbs. The main reason was that they were "outsiders" and were not of the same kind as the security team. On the one hand, they were not subordinate to each other, and they felt a little excluded; on the other hand, Lacroxia and other special warfare elites were essentially soldiers, and protecting important personnel was not their specialty.
But now, it's war.
This falls within their area of expertise.
Lacroxia led his men to eliminate the enemy forces that were harassing Wang Qi, and then continued to protect her and headed out of the city.
During this process, the number of enemies has always been considerable.
They sacrificed their comrades one after another and had to overcome difficulties again and again by dividing their forces to attract the enemy's attention.
Until now, Lacroxia had brought her to the edge of the city. They rested in an empty alley and argued for a while. Wang Qi herself was not safe yet, but she was still thinking about how to save the lords of the Chamber of Commerce fleet whose lives were unknown.
As a result, not only did La Croixa completely reject her request, but they also ran into trouble again.
Appearing outside the alley was a 'Knight of the Kingdom', a sentinel mecha.
Wang Qi is ready to assist at any time.
In her opinion, although this young man named Lacroxia was very skilled, he was alone now. How could he deal with a steel machine?
Not to mention, there are seven fully armed soldiers beside this sentinel mecha.
They had also encountered sentinel mechas during their previous breakouts and escapes. But when they encountered such situations, they would generally avoid them if they could; if they could not avoid them, they would usually split up their forces, let another team lure the target away, and then evacuate.
They were always very cautious and never tried to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Sentinel mecha.
But now, there is no escape.
Wang Qi was also ready to use her last life-saving measure, and used her psychic flintlock rifle, which had only four uses, to help Lacrosse fight.
However, this young soldier from the Angry Owl Star, who had just claimed to her that he would only protect her life and not obey her orders, left her dumbfounded with a series of performances.
Even in an alley, his figure showed extreme agility.
What a desperate scene it would be to see a Sentinel mech firing rapid-fire double-barreled machine guns in a narrow alley.
But Lacroxia managed to dodge them all.
He could run on the wall as if he was flying over eaves and walls, and he ran more than two meters high by stepping on the wall.
The Kingdom Knight chased him and shot, the bullets followed his heels, but none of them hit him. Even if the Kingdom Knight changed his method and planned to predict and use high-speed shooting to block all possible routes of Lacroxia's movement, he would be avoided in another incredible way.
Of course, what Lacroxia did was not to dodge bullets. In essence, he predicted and dodged before the machine gun fired.
Moreover, no matter how amazing his physical fitness and reaction speed were, he couldn't really hide forever. But just two or three seconds was enough.
During this process, the grenade launcher in Lacroxia's hand also fired a string of bullets, accurately killing all the accompanying soldiers around the Sentinel Mech, and at the same time hitting the observation sight of the Sentinel Mech.
Only about ten explosive shells were fired in total, but he used extremely accurate shooting skills to achieve all this while moving serpentinely.
Even, it didn't take seven bullets to kill the seven accompanying attendant soldiers. Using the micro-explosion characteristics of the explosive bomb, four bullets were enough; the remaining ten bullets all hit the observation sight of the Sentinel mecha.
The sight structure of the Sentinel mecha is strong enough, but it cannot withstand ten precise bursts of fire.
The area on its head, which was similar to the human eyes, was blown to pieces.
Suddenly, the attack of the Sentinel Mech became chaotic - the Kingdom Knights inside could not see the situation outside.
Now, the operator inside, pulling the lever, was put into a very embarrassing situation.
He could lift up the visor of the Sentinel. Although it had a considerable number of auxiliary system functions and observation functions, since it had been accurately detonated, it must be abandoned. Afterwards, he could also fight with his own eyes.
But... he didn't dare.
In the battle just now, he had personally experienced that the enemy he was facing had almost completely accurate shooting skills. He had never seen such a person in his life, and he was no longer just a sharpshooter.
He was afraid that if his helmet was lifted up, he would be hit by a bullet in the head.
He would suffer the same fate as the people around him who just fell down in two seconds.
However, soon he no longer had to think about this issue.
After a moment, an extremely burning sensation passed through my chest.
In the extremely narrow cockpit of the Sentinel mecha, the Kingdom Knight couldn't even lower his head to look at his injuries. But he could feel that his heart and left lung had been completely burned through.
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Watching the Sentinel Mech fall, Lacroxia confirmed that it had completely lost its combat capability.
He put the fully charged plasma pistol back into the gun bag on his leg, turned around and found Wang Qi again.
The shock on Wang Qi's face had not yet dissipated: "You...are all the soldiers under your governor as powerful as you?"
"Uh..." Lacroxia really thought about it, and then said very seriously: "Not really."
"I overthink it. How could there really be so many warriors like you? But since you have the ability to destroy a sentinel mecha, why didn't you use it before?"
"Because of the risk." Lacroxia said, "If I had made a mistake just now, I would have died. I don't mind life or death, but if I die, my mission to protect you will not be accomplished. So, unless it is a last resort like just now, I don't want to take risks."
"So that's how it is... It's a pity for those soldiers who were divided to attract the enemy's attention."
"It's nothing to be ashamed of. This is their mission." Lacroxia said. He thought for a moment and added, "And don't act like they've already sacrificed themselves. They are the most elite warriors. It's not that easy for them to die. Along the way, I've left them our special marks. If they see them, they'll follow us all the way."
"I hope so."
Although he said this, Wang Qi actually didn't hold out much hope.
Lacroxia didn't say much, just urged them to get on the road quickly.
A fight just broke out here and it's no longer safe.
And a few dozen minutes later, a scene that surprised Wang Qi happened.
Not only did Lacroxia lead him almost out of the city of Pinsel, but just as he said, his comrades actually followed the scent and came here.
There were fifty people in total, and when they returned to the team, there were still forty-two. Although they looked a little embarrassed, they were able to complete the task of attracting the enemy's attention and get rid of it. After that, they only lost eight people all the way here, and according to the intelligence exchanged between them, they killed at least two hundred enemy soldiers along the way.
This was a rather exaggerated performance, and Wang Qi felt a little numb.
She originally thought that a warrior like Lacroxia was unique, but she didn't expect that his comrades, although not as powerful, were also so strong.
——How could it not be strong? The soldiers that Lacroxia picked out and brought to her were all the most elite soldiers of the 10th Brigade. This meant that these soldiers were all T2-level warriors trained by Gu Hang in the soldier card system, and were eliminated only after reaching the last stage in the process of selecting new blood for the Space Marines. Each of them cost Gu Hang 11 points of grace. And not everyone has the potential to be trained to this level.
In contrast, the security forces around Wang Qi, who were hired at high prices and trained to be loyal, were not so good. None of them betrayed him, but almost all of them were wiped out.
At this point in the situation, Wang Qi had no other ideas. He just followed Lacroxia and others and continued to break out.
On the way, they contacted the Alliance Expeditionary Force headquarters again and learned that a reinforcement force was on the way.
It took some time, but they finally connected with the troop.
That was a team from the 38th Mechanized Brigade.
All 18 Lion tanks of the brigade were pulled out, along with more than 100 infantry fighting vehicles and more than 2,000 mechanized or motorized infantry, who raced all the way.
After the two sides reunited, Wang Qi was protected by the army and finally put his heart at ease.
But then, she had another strange feeling: when she looked around, everyone seemed unfamiliar.
She hardly knew the people around her.
None of these people were her subordinates. Her needs would be met as much as possible, but in reality, no one would directly obey her orders.
These were the assets accumulated by her useless son whom she had hated so much in the past. Now, if she wanted to survive in this alien land, she had to rely on these people.
However, besides the feeling of 'uncomfortable', she also inexplicably felt a sense of security.
This sense of security comes from super soldiers like Lacroxia; from the outstanding individual strength of the special forces; from steel monsters like the Lion tanks and infantry fighting vehicle clusters...
From her son.
(End of this chapter)
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