Chapter 361, Mission Completed
"Report to the General! We have detected that the void shield of Fino City has dissipated!"
Upon hearing the news, the captain of the Concerto and acting commander of the Pegasus Fleet, Major General Du Shiliang, immediately ordered: "Stop the attack immediately."
"ah?"
"What? There are our people inside!"
"Yes, General."
The order to stop firing was given, and the man turned around and asked, "So when do we fight?"
"According to Gu Hang... Commander Gu's order, we will fight again tomorrow."
"yes!"
After sending the adjutant away, he stood on the bridge and stared at the planet in front of him.
He couldn't help but sigh: Everything is finally coming to an end.
He still remembered that he had an argument with Commander Gu.
But that does not involve any personal grudges, it's just that there are some different views on work and tasks.
He didn't want the Pegasus fleet to continue bombarding Korojia's ground forces. In his opinion, that was a meaningless thing.
He couldn't get over Gu Hang, who was now the theater commander, and had no choice but to follow orders.
Just follow the steps and do it. It's wishful thinking to expect him to do more.
But it's not that he really doesn't care about this matter, or rather, the main reason why he doesn't care is that he doesn't think he can win the war by fighting in this way.
He also didn't believe Gu Hang's statement that he could solve the void shield problem above Fino City immediately. He was just following Gu Hang's orders to prepare for the orbital strike.
When the time comes, he will fire the necessary shells, and the rest will be none of his business.
However, he didn't expect that Gu Hang actually did it.
A-level psychics and the elite troops led by Gu Hang from his so-called "alliance" actually have such powerful abilities?
How did they sneak into the city? How did they disable the void shield?
Du Shiliang couldn't imagine it.
But it doesn't matter.
The Void Shield is really gone, which means victory in the war is just around the corner.
Of course, he would not launch an orbital strike at this time. According to Commander Gu's request, the strike would have to be carried out tomorrow at the earliest. He understood that this should be the time for the elite troops who had infiltrated to evacuate.
There are not only elite troops that have infiltrated, but there are also a large number of conventional troops inside the activated hive city. Their evacuation will also take time.
Firing now would be murder.
Whether the Void Shield was temporarily shut down or really destroyed... To be honest, Du Shiliang didn't know. But he decided not to be greedy for the credit and just obey the order.
Commander Gu is a capable man, and his orders are not random.
Next, Du Shiliang further realized more changes in the battle situation.
The anti-orbital artillery firepower from the ground has weakened a lot.
Those evil energy cannons that posed a considerable threat to the fleet, especially the largest ones, gradually became silent in the following time.
After a while, one of the doors couldn't be opened.
This is further evidence that things are improving in the city of Fino.
Du Shiliang was full of confidence.
…
Gu Hang felt full of pressure.
Gawaja must have discovered it.
Maybe there was just a little suspicion before, so he just sent out a Chaos Army Vanguard.
Gu Hang had already sensed it when this thing came out and fought with Martins and the others. It was also because of the appearance of the Chaos Army that Gu Hang felt that Govaga should have noticed it.
The Chaos Vanguard is a reserve demon. Although it is quite difficult to take such a step forward, the status of this thing under Gowaga must be very high, and the number will definitely not be large.
It goes without saying what it means to have reached the point of deploying this thing.
And now, this great demon was destroyed under the siege of Martins, Rizzo and Grit.
Gu Hang blocked the thoughts conveyed by this guy, blocked the information of his death, and also made up false messages in an attempt to reassure Gewajia.
However, even he himself knew that it would be difficult to deceive Gewajia again.
The peculiarities of the Chaos Army made it impossible for Gu Hang to fabricate a flawless lie. What was more crucial was that the level of attention that Gowaga devoted to his closest offspring was definitely not on the same level as that devoted to ordinary lower-level demons.
Under his very close attention, the lies woven by Gu Hang were very easily exposed.
Gu Hang had already sensed a dangerous aura floating in the subspace.
He sensed the actions of Martins and others.
After destroying the demon engine supporting the evil void shield, they abandoned the Warhound Titan that was no longer able to move, and the remaining team split into two groups to destroy the anti-orbital evil energy cannons.
In this short while, three of the nine L-class evil energy cannons had been destroyed. On the way, they also knocked down some smaller ones.
After the core of the superposition of the subspace and the real world guarded by Tomlinson was blocked by Gu Hang and another important demon engine was blown up, the remaining enemy forces were quite panicked. They scattered at the first blow and were defeated at the first charge.
In fact, they still have a large number of them left, but on the one hand, there is no way to get almost endless replenishment, and secondly, after the command system fails, the demons will become like headless flies, their morale will collapse, and their already low degree of organization and discipline will become out of the question.
This is why, after destroying the Demon Engine, Martins' team was able to bomb other anti-orbital guns relatively smoothly.
There is not much time left before the scheduled three hours.
Gu Hang thought about it and sent a psychic message to them.
"Abandon the current goal and rush back at full speed."
The two teams were now engaged in a fierce battle. They slaughtered a large number of enemies who had almost no ability to resist, and destroyed important anti-orbital guns one by one.
However, there is no need to worry about the team's discipline.
Although they were a little confused, since it was Governor Gu's order, no one would violate it.
Everyone began to retreat.
It was not until the two teams reunited and returned to the central core area that Gu Hang finally felt relieved.
During this process, Gowaga had not appeared yet.
However, the horrific turmoil in the subspace can no longer be ignored, and Govaga has not appeared yet.
It is true that you should run away before it comes.
One third of the manpower and almost all the psychics are kept here so that they can run away at any time.
The demons who wanted to retake this place were blocked outside by the troops; the psychics maintained the teleportation array, waiting for it to be activated and escaped at any time.
This is Gu Hang’s request.
The assault was boldly planned, but extremely cowardly in its execution.
Be timid and safer.
The hundreds of people at present were the capital of Gu Hang's cutting-edge troops accumulated in the past few years. There were only a little over 20 Knight Mechs, including self-production and black box production; there were six War Dogs. Most of them were brought here. Not to mention the training of Space Marines, which not only cost grace points and productivity, but also took time for the superhuman organs of the recruits to grow.
They brought more than 600 or nearly 700 people with them, but now only more than 400 have returned. The loss is quite large.
But Gu Hang didn't have time to feel heartbroken.
It takes a thousand days to train soldiers and make the tip of a sword, and naturally it will be used at the critical moment.
This is the critical moment.
No matter how much you lose, achieving your goal is the most important thing.
And now, it is the last step - safe evacuation.
The rear guard troops were arranged and they would be the last wave to go back; the rest, according to the pre-arranged and rehearsed pattern, would step onto the teleportation array one by one and be teleported away.
The last rearguard troops, after throwing all their explosives at once, temporarily destroyed the passage, repelled the enemy in front of them, and then stepped into the teleportation array.
When leaving, you don't have to be as cautious as when sneaking in.
He doesn't have the time or the courage to sneak through the subspace controlled by Govaga.
However, the current location, which is the core area of Fino City, and the overlapping state of the subspace, have too much interference with psychic transmission.
The risk of directly tearing open space and teleporting over long distances to leave Fino City is too high, and it is very easy to get lost due to subspace interference.
To be lost is to be destroyed.
But Gu Hang also has a solution.
The Kingdom of Storms is a very good springboard. It is also part of the subspace, and it can be controlled by itself. It can take the initiative to respond, and it is safe. You can jump there by teleporting psychically. After the jump, Gu Hang will take the initiative to tear open a hole from the Kingdom of Storms to the real world. The relevant signposts have been prepared in Mingyan City, and returning to the real world from the Kingdom of Storms will be extremely smooth.
In fact, the entire journey was just as Gu Hang expected.
The horrific turmoil in the warp was terrifying, but Govaga was ultimately a step too slow.
Looking at the sky of Mingyan City, Gu Hang's heart was filled with gratitude.
Now that we are here, we don’t have to worry about that fat guy showing up.
Powerful demons of its level can only appear in places where the erosion of the subspace has been particularly severe - that is, the core area of Fino City.
The peripheral areas of Fino City could not support his existence, not to mention that they were now in Mingyan City.
Koroja's reality veil is not that fragile yet, so there is no need to worry about the Great Unclean One coming here to cause trouble for him.
Gu Hang, feeling relieved, asked Martins and the team to go down to rest, while he himself went to the highest point of Mingyan City.
The view was good, but he still couldn't see Fino City, which was hundreds of kilometers away. But he still stood here and looked in that direction.
By the way, communications with the front-line combat troops were also established.
After chatting for a few sentences, Gu Hang roughly understood the current situation on the front line.
Although he and his elite troops withdrew, there were still millions of regular troops in the city of Fino.
These troops suffered heavy casualties and made a significant contribution to disrupting the strength of the connection between the subspace and the real world. Without them, Gu Hang's previous operation of leading the troops to infiltrate the center of Phinos would have been much more difficult.
Now that their mission in Fino City has been completed, those regular troops no longer need to continue.
An hour ago, the front line had already begun to gradually withdraw troops.
They would have a whole day to evacuate Fino.
One day later, the orbital bombardment from the Pegasus fleet will be an all-out effort to destroy an entire hive city.
Although the time is short and the task is heavy, there is still good news.
The difficulty of evacuation is not at the same level as a frontal attack and occupying a part of the area inside Fino City.
It's not just the difference between attack, defense and retreat, but mainly because the enemy had some inexplicable reactions two or three hours ago.
There seemed to be something wrong with their command system. Many troops became disorganized and their attacks on the positions occupied by human forces also became slow. This reduced their pressure suddenly and they could at least take a breath.
The troops, whose defensive pressure suddenly decreased, began to retreat gradually. The front positions were abandoned one by one, and the positions in the rear had to be defended first. After the people in the front retreated, they began to retreat.
The entire evacuation operation and plan were relatively orderly.
Retreat is not defeat. The biggest difference between the two lies in the organization of the troops.
Although the Plague Demon Army has suddenly become very chaotic, it is still aggressive. If they just run and lose their organization, there will definitely be heavy casualties in the process of being chased, and the speed of evacuation may not be very fast.
At this point, the main elite troops should be able to withdraw relatively safely. And after 24 hours, most of the troops should be able to withdraw.
And if there are troops that haven't withdrawn by then...
There's nothing we can do about it.
Objectively speaking, with a force of about a million people and the enemy still engaged, one day is likely not enough to withdraw all the troops in an organized manner.
But there is no way.
By then, the troops that have not withdrawn will probably be buried along with the city of Fino.
Gu Hang didn't want to see that scene, as he felt like he was betraying the soldiers on the front line. But he had to calm down and make the necessary decision when necessary.
After the demon engine in the underground core of Fino City was destroyed, Gu Hang ensured that within one day, it would be impossible for another demon engine to be built inside Fino City to support the void shield.
If we extend this time to two days, it still probably won’t be possible.
There's no guarantee in three days.
Gu Hang didn't dare to set the time of the orbital bombardment to a particularly extreme time point.
If we really want to withdraw more regular troops and extend the time to two days, what if the void shield really rises?
So many people died before, and it was all in vain.
Gu Hang has conveyed the relevant bombing orders to the Tianma Fleet; the final deadline for evacuation has also been informed to Li Kexi, the front-line commander.
All that’s left is to wait and watch the big fireworks in Fino City.
Overall, Gu Hang was in a good mood and everything was going roughly as planned.
But just as he was smiling and had time to ask someone to get him a cup of hot tea, just as he took the first sip, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart:
He felt that a powerful being had dealt a severe blow to his Kingdom of Storm God!
(End of this chapter)
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