Chapter 496: A bloody fight
"Is this the first time we meet?"
When the two chapter masters took the lead and walked forward to have a conversation before the bloody fight, Erso seemed quite relaxed.
Martins, who was standing opposite him, did not look so calm.
It was obvious that he was trying to calm himself, but the anger in his eyes could not be concealed.
Hearing Erso's greeting, Martins slowly pulled out a cold smile from the corner of his mouth: "Not really, I shot a bomb at you on the Leo Shield 9."
"Hahaha!" Martins' words seemed to make Erso laugh. After a moment, Erso restrained his smile and said sarcastically: "I remember that battle. It was a great victory. I killed six redbuds and four phoenixes with my own hands. But I don't remember your explosive bomb. It seems that it didn't have any effect at all."
Martins remembered that battle vividly. His company and the Redbud Company were ordered to garrison on the planet called Livshield 9. They were attacked fiercely by the Fury Regiment and suffered heavy losses. Many of his good brothers died in that battle.
"I hate that I couldn't kill you that day."
"Oh? Then you have a chance today." Erso was still smiling, not taking Martins seriously. "Why don't we just fight the first battle and see if the explosive bomb you shot a hundred years ago can hit me today."
He was trying to provoke Martins into making an irrational choice. If the two chapter leaders engaged in a fatal fight first, it would indeed push the fight to a climax immediately, but at the same time, the risks would become huge.
Erso was absolutely confident that he could win. He wanted to kill Martins with his sword in this first battle and gain the upper hand.
Martins was almost ready to agree.
But at the last moment, he still breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let our warriors compare first. You might get so angry that you want to leave. Then I will kill you."
"Haha," Erso stared at Martins and said, "Then I'm afraid my warriors won't give me this chance and will kill all of your 100 new recruits very quickly. However, even if that happens, I will mercifully give you the 101st chance. As long as you dare to come out, I will accompany you."
"We'll see."
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After returning to his own formation, Martins was still feeling angry.
He felt that he had not performed well in the argument just now and had indeed lost to Erso in terms of verbal skills.
This made him feel very unhappy.
However, the conversation was over, and he couldn't bring Erso back to argue again.
I can only feel depressed.
However, he quickly reacted.
What's the point of arguing with words?
The final result will still be down to gunfire and knives.
He asked Rizzo, "Are our fighters ready?"
"We are always preparing. The morale of the 100 people named by the Governor is high."
At this point, Martins was somewhat emotional: "How did the Governor know that these 100 people were our best 100 warriors? Moreover, after a little training after the propaganda came, their already strong strength level was able to further increase!"
Rizzo gave a mysterious smile: "Perhaps this is the Governor's gift."
Martins was stunned for a moment and didn't reply.
He always felt that old Rizzo was becoming more and more weird.
Regardless of him, Martins looked at the other person standing next to him:
"Brother Cardoso, according to the plan, you will be the first to fight, is that ok?"
Carduso is the captain of the First Company of the Phoenix, and one of the survivors of the century-long expedition who first came to the Angry Owl Star with Martins. He is almost the strongest person in the entire Phoenix except for Martins himself. Compared with Martins' strength, he is only slightly inferior.
It is most appropriate for him to fight this battle.
"No problem." Carduso responded absentmindedly, his eyes always fixed on a person in the opposite Fury Legion's formation.
"Are you looking at Cao Boyang?"
"Yeah." Carduso came back to his senses and nodded. "I heard that he is now the captain of the Fury's company. I wonder if I will have the chance to meet him later."
Martins knew why Carduso would want to meet that guy named Cao Boyang.
The reason is similar to how he hates Erso. Carduso also had a very good brother who died at the hands of Cao Boyang.
Among these four old fellows who have lived for more than a hundred years, who among them doesn't have a blood feud with Nuyan?
Martins thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you call him? Maybe he will come down."
“That makes sense.”
Carduso tucked the helmet he was about to put on back under his armpit.
He walked out of the army and shouted to the opposite side:
"Cao Boyang! Get out here and die!"
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"Lao Cao, he asked you to go out."
"Then other brothers, wait, I'll go first. You don't have to wait too long, I can kill him in a few minutes." Wrapped in a heavy Terminator power armor, Cao Boyang twisted his neck indifferently, "I let that guy run away a hundred years ago, and after a hundred years, he still died in my hands."
After saying that, he also walked off the stage.
The equipment gap between the two is still very large.
Cao Boyang was basically fully armed. In addition to the Indomitable Terminator Power Armor, he carried two rocket launchers on his shoulders and a heavy bolter machine gun under his left arm. If it was a war, his most commonly used weapon was actually a Thor's Hammer. But today, he saw Karduso across from him, so he put down the Thor's Hammer and replaced it with a power sword.
This is not letting up or deliberately not using the most convenient weapons, but rather selecting equipment in a targeted manner.
Because the opponent, Carduso, was not wearing a Terminator, but just an ordinary tactical power armor - it's just that the model is a bit rare. The 'Majestic' power armor is a good thing that can make many regiments quite jealous.
To deal with an opponent wearing conventional power armor, it is inappropriate to use a melee weapon like Thor's Hammer, which is more than enough to attack heavy units. A more flexible power sword would be much more suitable.
To be honest, Cao Boyang's equipment is much more expensive than Carduso's. If Cao Boyang is in a war, wearing such equipment, the role he can play is many times stronger than Carduso. Fire suppression, charging into battle... he can do everything.
But dueling is another matter.
The Terminator armor is thick and can be equipped with many equipment that tactical power armor cannot be equipped with. However, its bulky and inflexible characteristics cannot be compensated in any way.
If the level of both users is low, then there is no doubt that the person with the Terminator set will be able to rely on the equipment advantage to directly crush the opponent; however, if both parties are experts, that may not be the case.
The Alliance is not poor, and Karduso is not low in status in the group and cannot be allocated good equipment. They are enemies, so there is no such thing as letting them go or looking down on them. If Cao Boyang wants to match what Karduso has, he can match it.
No, of course it's for victory.
Flexibility and skill are the keys to Carduso's victory today.
But at the beginning of the battle, Carduso encountered a very serious crisis.
The duel site was very large, a city ruin with a diameter of about two kilometers. However, for the Space Marines, even if the terrain was complex, they could cross it in just a few minutes at full speed.
If they get close to each other, the many long-range heavy weapons Cao Boyang carries will have no room to be used.
Almost as soon as the broadcast announcing the start of the battle sounded, he squatted down with his legs and took a horse stance. The built-in scanner had roughly locked onto Cardoso's position, and the two rocket launchers on his shoulders began to fire rockets.
One after another, rocket launchers with long tails of flames flew out, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, passing over many ruins of buildings, and accurately locking onto the area where Carduso was.
He did not fire all the rockets at once, but fired them one by one in a very rhythmic manner. He accurately calculated the position and movement possibilities of Carduso and blocked many of his routes. The core goal was to stop this Phoenix veteran from hiding in the ruins of the building to avoid the explosion damage.
Don't even think about it! You'll be blown up on the way!
And Carduso could only keep moving flexibly during the bombing.
Of course, his speed was not enough to allow him to completely avoid the explosion, but tactical power armor was still power armor. As long as he avoided the core area of the explosion of the precision rocket, the threat posed by the aftermath in the edge area would be relatively low.
However, in this process, he was almost unable to close the distance between the two sides, and he must not make any mistakes himself, otherwise if he was hit head-on by the rocket launcher, he would be seriously injured if not killed.
The disadvantage of Carduso not choosing heavy equipment came as expected.
Although he was fine after being bombarded so far, the key point was that the means of attack by Cao Boyang on the opposite side had almost no risk cost, and Carduso could only passively take the beating.
If they made a mistake, they would lose; if they made no mistakes at all, they would just waste all of Cao Boyang's rockets. He must have more than 20 rockets in his two rocket nests. How much energy would Carduso have to expend to dodge them all?
Just as they were thinking this, all the spectators saw a blue beam of light that penetrated the entire duel arena and hit the rocket nest on Cao Boyang's left shoulder!
Those present were all elite Space Marines, and they certainly recognized that the shot came from a plasma gun, and it was a charged shot.
But... when did Carduso draw his gun and charge it? Wasn't he blown away by the rocket? How could he have the time to do this?
Moreover, the distance between the two of them was nearly two kilometers, and there were countless building ruins blocking the way. How did Carduso hit them?
Casimir Erso, who was watching the battle from a distance, had a completely gloomy face.
There is nothing magical about this. It's just that the person can concentrate on charging the plasma gun while constantly analyzing and adjusting his position during the dodging process until he finds an unobstructed gap between the two sides.
The gap was extremely narrow. What was even more terrifying was that Carduso was still under bombing. It was already extremely difficult for him to avoid being bombed and adjust his position, not to mention seizing the opportunity at that moment to carry out accurate shooting at a distance of more than two kilometers.
All Erso could say was that this was an amazing skill.
Ask yourself, is there anyone in the entire Fury Corps who can do this?
There are a few top players who, after special training and practice, may be able to complete this "performance".
But unfortunately, this is not a performance, but a life-and-death battle.
Even in this actual battle, the Phoenix was at a disadvantage. This was the territory controlled by Fury, and the duel location was also chosen by them. They were able to observe and study the terrain in advance, but the Phoenix did not have this condition.
In actual combat, even Erso himself didn't think he had the confidence to fire such a shot at the critical moment.
However, this man who was unknown in the war a hundred years ago actually did it!
Just veterans?
Impossible.
Even the team champions don’t have this ability!
Phoenix, the captain of the first company, can actually display such strength!
He couldn't help but look at Cao Boyang with some worry.
From the beginning of the battle to now, Lao Cao's firepower suppression showed an extremely outstanding method. However, Karduso's magic shot directly surpassed him in performance points.
However, Lao Cao's actions were actually quite decisive.
As the rocket nest was pierced by plasma, he violently untied the connection structure between the rocket nest and his body and threw it far away.
The rocket nest exploded in mid-air.
If Lao Cao had been a little slower in making his decision, he would have suffered severe consequences from the explosion of the rocket nest.
Carduso also took advantage of this opportunity and began to move forward quickly, taking advantage of the ruins of the city.
Obviously, he wanted to close the distance between the two sides and even wanted to engage in close combat.
Lao Cao was not afraid either.
The captain of the Fury Regiment also went deep into the ruins of the city with heavy steps.
Erso, who was watching the battle, couldn't relax his nervous breath.
Carduso's performance was too scary. He could only hope now that this Phoenix veteran, who was an expert in long-range shooting and not outstanding in close combat swordsmanship, would at least not be so cruel.
This is possible, otherwise, Carduso's ability would not be just that of a company commander.
But seeing that Carduso seemed eager to engage in close combat, Erso did not dare to completely trust his own judgment.
He could only watch the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer...
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