Data Wasteland

Dr2618-12-31, pm11:05

The last day of the resuscitation calendar year 2618, less than an hour before the new year.

Although it was late at night, the walls of White Tiger City were still brightly lit and full of voices. Countless incandescent lamps illuminate the night like day, and a large number of construction vehicles come and go on the city wall as wide as four lanes.

People of all ages, men, women, and children, carry sandbags and ammunition, while others carry machine guns and stack walls. In short, they are all helping.

White Tiger City has the largest and most solid city wall in the world. After more than 2,000 years and hundreds of repairs, expansions, and reinforcements, the city wall is 30 meters high, 50 meters wide at the bottom, and 15 meters at the top of the wall, which can accommodate four trucks in parallel.

The total length is 60 kilometers, and the walls are made of granite and reinforced concrete.

Because of its tallness and grandeur, it is unparalleled in the world, and is likened to the "wall of sighs" that blocks the underworld and the land of bliss in myths and legends.

The reason why such huge manpower and material resources were invested to build such a huge city wall is because of the extremely important strategic position of White Tiger City.

White Tiger City is a bridgehead for the Red Country to deter the entire Red Continent, but it is also a bridgehead for attacking the Red Country.

Once lost, the attackers can attack the Red Country from three directions, the Wolffang Fort to the north, the Twin Great Wall to the west, and the Duchy of Nice to the east. Its strategic importance is self-evident.

Standing on the tower of the city wall, looking down, there was a little fire in the darkness, and countless figures swayed.

Layers and layers of trenches spread outward until they were plunged into darkness.

"We are a regular army, why don't we defend the most favorable positions?"

A soldier stopped the action of shoveling soil and turned his head to look at the city wall above, as if he was a little puzzled about the arrangement of the summit.

"Because we are a regular army, we should leave a position that is easy to defend to the people." The team captain glanced at the other party, "Is it possible that this group of recruits/children are blocked in front?"

"I understand." The soldier nodded vigorously, then lifted the shovel and continued digging the trench.

On the other side of the trench, a young soldier was extremely excited, bragging to a middle-aged veteran, "You know, Princess Nangong just shook my hand and told me to come on!"

"Also, Prince Nangong is also there. He is leaning on my shoulders and telling me jokes like an old friend."

"Can you imagine that I am someone who has seen princesses and princes!"

The middle-aged veteran listened and sighed suddenly, then took out his cigarette, leaned against the trench and started smoking.

"Are you regretting that you missed the meeting with the princess just now?" the young soldier comforted, "Maybe there is still a chance..." Then he emphasized, "But I can't guarantee it!"

"You're still young..." The veteran took a breath and slowly exhaled.

"Young? What do you mean, I don't understand." The young soldier looked puzzled.

"These princes and nobles, who usually don't even bother to look at us, are so enthusiastic now, don't you feel strange?" The middle-aged veteran sighed, "I see, there is a high probability that we will not be able to go back."

"Impossible..." The young soldier said in disbelief. "The above said that we only need to stay for one day before the domestic reinforcements will arrive."

"We have two supremes, and the sand dog is not our opponent at all!"

"Are they truce?" The middle-aged veteran looked puzzled, "Why haven't I heard of it? What made them let go of each other's prejudices?"

"When the foreign enemy invades, we can make up for the time being." "Who did you listen to?" "Isn't it normal?" The young soldier said innocently.

"This..." The middle-aged veteran was speechless, smoking a cigarette in silence.

At the same time, at the edge of the trench, two soldiers were bowing their heads and whispering.

"Where are you going?" a soldier said, his eyes constantly looking around, as if looking for an opportunity to escape.

"I have an aunt in Donghaiwang who might be able to take me in for a while," said another soldier, then asked, "How about you?"

"I'm going to bypass Hongyan Volcano and go to Shin-Edo."

"New Edo's prices are high, and jobs are hard to find. It's hard for people like us to survive there."

"It's better to go to the city of the living dead than to die here."

"The gendarmerie is gone." "Then what are you waiting for, run!"

The two soldiers dropped their shovels, slumped out of the trench, and ran towards the pitch-black field.

There are not a few deserters like this, and the military police can't control it at all, they can only turn a blind eye and let them escape.

After a long time, a white light appeared in the sky, and dawn was coming. After fighting all night, the defenders' fortifications were basically completed.

The city walls are full of sandbags, and the trenches on the ground are crisscrossed and stretched for dozens of kilometers.

Opposite the city, in the vast expanse of fields, a large number of troops appeared.

Maroon-skinned sand people rode camels and bathed in the morning light. A large number of trucks carrying mechs followed, and the roar of the engines was deafening.

On the radio that he carried with him, the speech of the Great Chief Saladin IX was playing.

"My brothers and sisters, in front of you is our former homeland, the holy city of Eucalyptus!"

"1,700 years ago, our ancestors settled down here and created a great tribal civilization."

"However, the savage and greedy people of the Red Country were not satisfied with the rich land of the Ambergris River and brought the war to the Holy City."

"Our cities were looted, our tents were burned, our men were killed, our women were ravaged, and our great chiefs were burned at the stake."

"The blood feud of our ancestors, we have never forgotten. The last wishes of our ancestors, we will keep them in our hearts!"

"Retake the holy city, take back our homeland!"

"The **** of Set has made a prophecy, and victory will surely belong to us!"

"Warriors of the desert, raise your machetes and make the world tremble again!"

The pre-war speech full of passion and blood completely ignited the fighting spirit of the sand people, and they sent out a shocking battle cry and tried their best to instigate the camel charge.

There was no declaration of war, no traditional artillery duel, and a huge and tragic war kicked off.

"For the Holy City!" "For the glory!" "Long live Gratam!" "Kill!"

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of camel cavalrymen rushed towards the trenches in front of White Tiger City, like ten thousand beasts galloping, unstoppable.

"The sand dog is here!" "Don't stand still, grab a gun and hit me!"

The defenders of White Tiger City had just put down their shovels, and before they had time to take a few breaths, they were forced to pick up their guns and shoot at the frantically rushing enemy troops.

On the battlefield, gunshots were heard everywhere, and the fire flew, and the bullets brushed the body of the camel cavalry, drawing blue light one after another.

"Get the black titanium bomb!"

Following the order of the garrison commander, the soldiers in the trench stuffed a box of black titanium bullets into their guns and fired at the enemy.

The black titanium warhead has special effects on psionic armor, making it easier to penetrate the defense and kill the body.

A shuttle of bullets burst out, blasting a large group of blue flames on the camel cavalry. When the black titanium warhead hits the psionic particle, it produces a violent explosion.

The powerful impact overturned a large number of camel cavalry to the ground, and the weaker ones were punched through their bodies on the spot and killed on the spot.

But this little damage could not stop the desert army from charging.

The next moment, countless camel cavalry rushed into the trenches. The first batch of camels stepped into the air with their front hooves and tumbled into the trenches. Their heavy bodies overwhelmed a large number of defenders.

The sand people on the camel flew down, pulled out their machetes and slashed at the defenders. The soldiers of the Red Country were equally brave, drawing tactical daggers to meet them.

In the narrow and muddy trenches, the soldiers on both sides scuffled together, slaughtered and screamed.

Countless camel cavalry passed by overhead, as if the ground beneath them was not a ravine, but a flat ground. The madness and sturdyness of the sand people were vividly displayed at this moment, regardless of casualties or cost, even if they injured one thousand enemies and lost eight hundred, they would overwhelm the enemy in aura.

The criss-crossed trenches and the defense line that stretched for dozens of kilometers were washed away in just a few minutes.

The positions of the defenders were like rice fields gnawed by locusts, leaving no armor wherever they went. Only 20 minutes after the start of the battle, the desert army advanced to three kilometers from the wall of White Tiger City.

The main force and heavy firepower of Tezera were concentrated here. With the support of powerful firepower, the footsteps of the desert army finally slowed down.

But all this is just the beginning...