Chapter 138, The Beast Slaughter Group (6.4k, please subscribe!)
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Henry couldn't hold it in and cursed.
It is true that Swan surrendered. From this perspective, the retreat of the deserters and the sudden attack of the green-skinned orcs did help a little.
However, Henry couldn't just hand over a garbage town that had turned into ruins to the governor and then say that he had fulfilled his mission, right?
With a dark face, Henry said: "What is the situation in District 5 now?"
"It's terrible. There's no time to build new fortifications there. Our people can only fight those greenskins in the ruins. No one knows whether those adventurers can hold on. I can only make sure that my people can hold on to the end."
"I will inform the Governor of this news as soon as possible, Mr. Swan. If you don't want to hand over a ruined garbage town to the Governor and disappoint him completely, please do everything you can to hold the line in the next few days, at least until the Governor's troops arrive."
Swan said in a deep voice: "I would do the same without you telling me, but please urge me. No one in Garbage Town wants Garbage Town to become a ruin, but sometimes it's not a question of whether or not they want to."
After that, he paused, then hesitantly made another request: "Also... can the troops stationed outside Garbage Town help?"
Henry hesitated.
He paced back and forth, feeling conflicted.
Without Swan's request, he had already thought of the fact that there was such a strong army outside Garbage Town that could serve as external aid.
But it comes with risks.
It should be easy to persuade Perbov and ask the Governor for authorization. Perbov is willing to fight, and the Governor, knowing that Swan has bowed his head and Junk Town has surrendered, should also be willing to let Perbov go to the war first.
But that means this combined battalion is going to fight the terrifying greenskin cluster!
Is that an easy target?
Perbov's combined forces battalion was indeed powerful. Beating those raiders was like killing pigs, but the greenskins were a completely different matter.
If there are heavy casualties, do you have to bear the responsibility yourself?
But in the end, he gritted his teeth and told Swann that he was willing to give it a try.
On the premise that Garbage Town is willing to completely submit to the Governor, it still has to be protected.
Taking over Garbage Town is of great significance to the Governor's expansion of power. It is the most important raw material production base around Renaissance City, and it is also the most powerful military force among the surrounding uncontrolled forces.
This is also the biggest step for my advancement.
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Just as Henry had thought before, it was not difficult to persuade Perbov to go into battle. After the Governor learned about the whole situation here, especially after he knew that Garbage Town might really allow those green-skinned orcs to break through the defense line in one battle, it was directly destroyed.
Gu Hang certainly doesn't want this to happen.
He granted Perbov the corresponding authority, allowing him to decide what to do based on the situation.
At the same time, the team led by Gu Hang himself also accelerated its pace.
As for Pobov, after obtaining authorization, he did not hesitate and quickly sent out his entire army to attack.
The fully mechanized troops quickly bypassed the garbage town and headed towards the so-called fifth district.
Along the way, all Perbov saw was chaos and war.
Many groups of adventurers who were temporarily assembled with huge sums of money formed teams and rushed to the Fifth District; but at the same time, Perbov saw even more adventurers retreating from the front line.
Among those who retreated, quite a number of them looked extremely embarrassed and frightened.
These are obviously the defeated soldiers who escaped from the front line.
On the other hand, there were some adventurers who were retreating without any signs of fighting. This type was a bit strange.
Perbov arranged for people to intercept several groups of adventurers, bring them over and ask about the situation on the front line.
From the defeated soldiers, he got a piece of news that he didn't know whether to consider as good or bad:
The battle in the front was still going on, but in the absence of fortifications, the orcs easily broke through and engaged in close combat, resulting in heavy casualties. Team after team of adventurers could not withstand such terrible casualties and retreated from the front line.
It is good news because the front line is still fighting and has not completely collapsed; it is bad news because it is about to collapse.
The information given by the other group of people who did not fight but retreated was more intriguing - they had received orders to retreat. These orders came from certain merchants or even agents who paid them to do so.
Perbov didn't know much about Garbage Town, but Henry, who came to the front line with his command vehicle, immediately understood what it meant.
The pessimists, who felt that Garbage Town could no longer be defended, withdrew the troops they had paid for, and no longer maintained the front lines and engaged in meaningless battles, but instead asked them to protect themselves and escape from Garbage Town.
It is even possible that the news that Governor Gu was going to take over Garbage Town had leaked out, which also prompted those businessmen and agents to flee.
Anyway, even if we manage to defend it, this garbage town is not ours, so why bother spending money to defend it? Let's just run away.
Thinking of this, Henry became particularly angry!
How can we save Garbage Town with these bugs?
This is undoubtedly likely to lead to a complete collapse!
The combined battalion led by Perbov continued to advance, while Henry borrowed the communication equipment on his command vehicle to contact Swann, who was still in the garbage town, and informed him of the situation there.
Swan said he would find a way to solve it.
Not only are they limited to dealing with those who want to escape, they will also try to gather the defeated soldiers and do their best to maintain the battle line.
Henry was somewhat relieved to hear Swann's assurance.
If the boss of Garbage Town really wants to stop the spread and deterioration of this situation, he should have a way.
But there was one thing that made Henry feel unsure: what if Swann wanted to run away too?
He asked himself to trick Pobov into going to the front line just to buy time to transfer supplies and wealth. What should he do?
To put it bluntly, he was afraid that Swann would deceive him.
For a moment, he actually felt somewhat confused.
Seeing that Perbov had already given the order for the artillery support company to deploy its formation, he said to Perbov:
"I'll stay here." After a pause, he continued, "I can't help much even if I go to the front line, so I might as well stay here. Leave me a radio so I can communicate with the inside of Garbage Town at any time to ensure that there are no changes inside. If everything goes well, I will try to gather some defeated soldiers and retreating troops here. If...if there is really a big problem in Garbage Town, I will notify you as soon as possible and will not let you get stuck in the quagmire alone."
"Okay, let's do this."
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Half an hour later, at the front line of the fifth district.
As expected, the battle continued, and many adventurers were still resisting, but they had no advantage at all. The green-skinned orcs coming back from afar killed these adventurers one by one, and from time to time a whole team of adventurers collapsed and retreated.
Among them, the most determined fighters were those wearing grey combat coats. On their arms, they also had uniform armbands, which were in the shape of a spear piercing through the orc's head from bottom to top.
This armband represents an adventure group that was only established six months ago but has expanded rapidly in the past six months: the Beast Slayer Group.
This is a group of people who are determined to take revenge on the green-skinned orcs. Its founder and current leader is named Ruggie Likoshi.
Li Kexi was once the leader of a medium-sized adventure group. He often hung out in Junk Town. He was generous, enthusiastic, and loyal, and was well-known in the entire adventurer industry.
Six months ago, his regiment encountered a group of green-skinned orcs and was almost completely wiped out. He and a considerable number of his comrades were captured by those green-skinned orcs.
He saw with his own eyes many of his closest comrades-in-arms having their heads split open and their brains eaten, and their stomachs ripped open and used as food by the greenskins.
This even includes his wife and two sons.
Later, this small orc camp was raided by another group of adventurers, and Li Kexi escaped in the chaos. Since then, he disbanded the previous team and established a new adventure group named "Beast Slaughter Group" with the intention of revenge.
Anyone who has a grudge against the green-skinned orcs and is determined to destroy them can join the adventure group. In fact, this is no longer an adventure group, and their main goal is no longer to explore the ruins, scavenge, and collect high-value items, but to hunt the green-skinned orcs.
In the past few years, there are many people who have hatred against the green-skinned orcs. Some people are frightened by the strength, brutality and bellicosity of the green-skinned orcs, but of course there are also people who are aroused by anger and hatred.
They gathered in the Beast Killing Group and started a war with the green-skinned orcs.
Such a team is of course a good thing for the Garbage Town, which is facing an increasingly serious threat from the greenskins. Although they do not produce, no longer scavenge, and rarely accept employment, the merchants and agents of the Garbage Town are still willing to generously donate to them, providing them with weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, and even additional financial support.
With the support of hatred within and funding from outside, the Beast Slayer Group expanded rapidly in six months. At the same time, they were indeed the most determined and best-performing team among all the adventure groups in Junk Town in fighting against the green-skinned orcs.
Their original defense zone was not in District 18, nor in District 5. However, after the outer defense line of District 18 was penetrated and penetrated all the way to District 5, they had to retreat to avoid being outflanked.
At the same time, they also realized that the breakthrough of the green-skinned orcs was not over yet. If they were allowed to continue charging forward, the garbage town that served as their rear base might really be lost.
Li Kexi brought more than the usual number of Beast Slayers to the Fifth District for reinforcement, trying to plug the gaps in the defense line.
Then, as the battle went on, his troops became the main force.
The other friendly forces retreated one after another, and in the end only a small number of people were left to fight alongside them.
Holding a privately modified shotgun with three huge barrels tied together, Li Kexi pulled the trigger and fired dense large-caliber shotgun shells, smashing a green-skinned man's head at close range. Then, he spat out the cigarette that was almost burned out in his mouth with a "Pooh" sound and looked around.
A feeling of sadness arose in his heart.
He knew that this might be his final burial place.
At this moment, the number of green-skinned orcs who have rushed forward from the gap in the defense line may have exceeded three thousand; and conversely, apart from his three thousand beast-slaying group, the other adventurers who are still fighting at this moment may only be about one or two thousand.
According to past experience, if you want to defend against the attacks of the green-skinned orcs, especially when they are at close range, you need at least ten times the number to win; and five times the number to hold out.
Although his Beast Killing Group had mastered some special skills in the long-term battles with the greenskins, and had specially targeted weapon modifications, the best they could do was three against one.
Now, the difference in numbers between the two sides is not even twice as large, and according to experience, they can no longer hold on.
But beyond the fifth zone, there is no more line of defense.
His adjutant has come to ask what to do more than once.
The answer he gave has never changed:
"The only solution is to fight to the death!"
He himself had a strong will to fight, and he also understood that if he allowed these green-skinned orcs to overrun the Garbage Town, there would be no chance of revenge. The greenskins would gain a larger living space, and humans would be completely defeated in this area.
He has made up his mind to die.
But the Beast Slaughter Group was on the verge of collapse.
Even though the Beast Slayers' performance was better than any other adventure group, they were still human. Hatred and anger allowed them to fight more fiercely than others, but they were still afraid. When faced with a battle in which they were sure to die, not everyone could truly die bravely.
He already felt that many of his brothers were already wavering.
He was a little anxious at first, but soon calmed down.
Let's go, let's go, at least a few more people can survive. In such a desperate situation, I just want to die in the battle with these greenskins, and I don't necessarily want others to do the same.
After struggling to load the bullet, he strode forward. Another green-skinned orc howled and rushed over. The three brothers beside him opened fire. The green-skinned orc was shot several times but stood firm. He raised his crudely constructed gun and pulled the trigger, quickly killing two people.
The third man rushed forward, holding a long-handled broadsword, and chopped at the greenskin's head.
The skin was torn and blood was flowing, but the head could not be split open as it was stuck in the skull.
But the greenskin pulled out a hand axe and chopped off the head of the brave Beast Killer warrior with one blow.
The greenskin pulled the long knife out of his head, roared to the sky with blood all over his face, looking like a madman.
"Bang!"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he came to the greenskin within five or six meters, pointed his exaggerated three-barreled shotgun at its head and fired.
The green man, with his face covered with bruises, fell backwards.
Rubbing his shoulder which was in pain from the recoil, he saw two more orcs approaching.
At this moment, he suddenly had no brothers around him, and it was obviously too late to reload the three-barrel shotgun in his hand.
He dropped his gun and took out the Beast Slayer's iconic long-handled broadsword.
This should be the last battle before death. I don’t know if I can replace an orc before I die.
You can't chop off the head, limbs or torso, because that won't be a fatal blow. You can only chop off the neck. And you have to use enough force and control the angle of the blade entering the flesh, so that you have a chance to cut off the cervical vertebrae.
He only had one chance to kill with a single blow. If he failed, the greenskin's physical strength, which far exceeded that of humans, would tear him to pieces in an instant.
He took a deep breath, waiting for the final moment to come.
The two orcs were getting closer and closer, one in front and one behind.
They seemed to be in a hurry to get forward, fearing that if they were slow, they would lose the chance to kill.
At this moment, a loud noise came from behind, and at the same time, a rocket with a tail flame came.
The rocket exploded right in front of him, hitting the two monsters in front and behind, knocking them over. The one in the back was killed, but the one in the front landed not far from Li Kexi.
Without caring about his hair being singed by the tail flame, Li Kexi quickly walked forward and chopped off the monster's head with three strokes.
Only then did he have time to turn his head, and saw a group of unfamiliar soldiers coming from behind him.
It was just a three-man team, two of them with guns and the other carrying a rocket launcher.
The rockets just now were naturally fired from their hands. At this moment, the rocket launcher was taking out new rockets from the large tactical backpack behind him and stuffing them into the rocket launcher; the other two were firing continuously at a green-skinned orc that was still in the distance and was trying to approach.
The guns in their hands also made Li Kexi feel unfamiliar. He had never seen such guns before. They were black and completely different from the iron rifles held by many adventurers. At first glance, they were well-made.
Looking in the direction of the shooting, the orc who was being targeted was obviously hit by bullets one after another.
There was a distance of about a hundred meters between the two sides.
What does a hundred meters mean? From a distance, the orc was not much bigger than a small black dot.
Being able to hit the target accurately at this distance not only shows that these unfamiliar soldiers have accurate shooting skills, but also means that the rifles in their hands have very reliable accuracy.
If we use the rifles commonly used by adventurers, even if we aim very accurately, the bullet will go a hundred meters away and no one will know where it will go.
In fact, the firearms used by the greenskin orcs were similar, or even weaker. The guns in the hands of the greenskins were incredibly powerful. Within the effective range, one shot could often smash a person's entire upper body. However, their effective range was only within 50 meters, and it was considered reliable. Beyond this distance, it would also deviate greatly, which was even worse than the iron barrel rifles in the hands of the adventurers.
Because of this, the regular fighting distance between adventurers and the green-skinned orcs in the past was within a hundred meters.
Between fifty and one hundred meters, the adventurers have some firepower advantages, but the greenskins can rely on their thick skin and flesh to rush within fifty meters, and then they are completely no match for them in a shootout.
One shot from the other team can kill a person, but on our side we have to pour a hundred bullets from a small water pipe to kill one greenskin. How do we fight this kind of battle?
What's more, after the greenskins reach fifty meters, in addition to shooting, they will not stop, but will rush to a closer distance to take advantage of the guns' powerful but low accuracy.
Or to be more direct, rush into close combat distance and resolve the battle with cold weapons.
Often at this time, the morale of the human adventurers completely collapsed. Except for the Beast Slayers who dared to use their swords to fight the greenskins at a ratio of more than five to one, no one dared to fight these monsters in close combat.
But these new, unfamiliar infantrymen seemed a little different.
Not only do they have extremely valuable rocket launchers, but the rifles in their hands can still be effective from a hundred meters away.
This means a lot.
The orc that was charging towards here was hit by at least thirty bullets when he was fifty meters away. He fired two shots, but both missed.
Then, it continued to rush forward, and when it was within fifty meters, it finally could not withstand such frequent blows and fell to the ground and died.
It was not just this infantry group that was shooting at them. There were two other infantry groups that had apparently also discovered its trail and were shooting at it with six guns.
Li Kexi couldn't help but feel envious.
I envy the bazooka and I also envy the gun.
At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder: Where did these strangers come from?
He had a wide network of contacts, and knew most of the adventure groups around Garbage Town, including the more famous ones. But he had never seen any group with such good equipment.
He saw someone waving at him.
Li Kexi hesitated for a moment, but still walked over.
He asked, "Which group are you from?"
The person waving at him was also confused for a moment, but then he quickly reacted: "We are not from the adventure group, we are warriors from the New Alliance! I am Sergeant Luke Duffy."
“…”
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming, and Li Kexi didn't even know what to say for a moment.
Sergeant Duffy saw the armband on his arm and asked, "Are you also from the Beast Slayer Group?"
"……Yes."
"Then go to the rear as soon as possible. Many of your comrades are regrouping. We still need your help. We need to work together to clear out these dirty green monsters."
Li Kexi was stunned again.
His will to die faded.
If there was still hope of winning, then he really shouldn't die. If possible, he was looking forward to seeing more green monsters die in front of his eyes.
"Sergeant Luke Duffy, I'll remember you. I'm Li Kexi, the leader of the Beast Slayer Group. We'll meet again if we're lucky."
"You are the leader?" Duffy was startled and said quickly, "That's great! You should go to the rear, your brothers still need you to lead them."
"You are right."
Li Koshi picked up his gun and went in the direction Luke Duffy pointed.
As I walked a little further, I heard the sounds of intense gunfire and bazooka firing from behind me.
He couldn't help but look back and saw that the ten soldiers formed three combat teams and did not continue to move forward, but instead held their current position. In front of them, a group of about twenty greenskins were coming towards them.
Li Kexi's heart sank.
Especially seeing those two rockets only killed three greenskins. Ten soldiers fired bullets from a distance, even with concentrated fire, only killed two at a long distance.
There are fifteen left!
They have rushed to a very close distance.
At this distance, it would take at most a few seconds for these monsters to rush at the soldiers' faces, and they wouldn't even have time to change magazines or reload their rocket launchers with new ammunition.
Li Kexi was not optimistic about their fate and hesitated whether to turn around and fight alongside them.
That certainly wasn't a wise move, but... they had just saved his life, so was he going to turn his back on them and live in disgrace?
Just as he was struggling and hesitating, he heard two more rumbling noises coming from behind him.
Turning around, he saw two steel behemoths driving out from behind a building.
One of them was a tank, a Challenger tank that he had seen once before. The other was a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle that looked a little thinner but more powerful.
They fired at the green orcs at the same time.
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