Steel steam and flame

"Leader." Cromwell sprinted back to the room where he was resting, and took out a special communicator to contact the leader of the rebel forces. The communication was connected, but there was no immediate reply, as if he was thinking about something.

Cromwell was also waiting, not thinking about what he should say. I just contacted the General Air Defense Base and got no response three times in a row. If this was because of the influence of the steam furnace, the result was still the same after he returned to the main communications room.

A feeling of dizziness immediately spread from his feet to his head. Cromwell had figured everything out, but he was still not sure. He gave himself a few minutes to use various methods to determine the situation of the general air defense base. The final results are all the same, and they can't be contacted. It's not that the signal is affected by unknown factors. What comes out is always a "sizzling" electronic noise that doesn't change for a long time.

Cromwell immediately contacted Daniel, hoping that the other party would immediately contact the team they sent there. With less than a minute left, Danielle's serious voice, which changed its timbre, completely shattered Cromwell's last vestige of fantasy.

"What happened?" The voice of the rebel leader was very steady. It was late at night and early in the morning. Needless to say, this was definitely not good news.

",,," Cromwell opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment. Without the total air defense base, the protection of the sky domain will completely disappear. When the realm above his head was completely open to the king's power without any hindrance, Cromwell could not imagine the consequences. No wonder there was only one person, and the team behind Danliel and the enemy they were worried about was still on their way over.

At this time, I thought about many things clearly, but it was too late, and it would not make any sense to know them.

Taking a deep breath, Cromwell suppressed his heart that started to beat, and slowly told the leader of the rebel forces about the general air defense base: "People will be immediately transferred to the information and valuable materials. I will stay at the base, With a few teams to resist the attacking army of the king's forces, we will delay their steps as much as possible here at the volcano base..."

",,,Chief..." Cromwell wanted to say "I'm sorry". Cromwell knew very well how much trust the leader gave to him when he was chosen by the leader to become the general manager of the mining base and conduct research, manufacturing and assembly of armor. At this moment, the trust that inspired him seemed to be eroded by a deadly mold, turning into guilt and self-blame that weighed on him.

What the leader said later was intended to make him persist as much as possible. They were all comforting words. This was just that the war had started in advance, and it was already expected. Cromwell, who was in a strange state, heard vaguely. He had decided not to go back. His final result would definitely be ruins together with the mine base.

"After transferring the information and supplies, you will be divided into small teams to break out from different routes. At that time, the troops from each stronghold will set off to rush to the junction, and will pick you up on the established route along the way..."

When Cromwell woke up from his own confusion, he found himself sitting in a chair. Danielle was on the side, talking to someone on the phone. Seeing that he woke up, Daniel cut off the contact, walked closer and said, "I contacted Mr. Macdonald and informed him of the situation here. He will send a team of thirty people over, all of whom will be the team leader and vice-captain." , I can get here by the morning of tomorrow at the latest, hoping to alleviate the predicament here."

Cromwell took a long breath, and his pale face returned to some rosy color: "No need, in an hour or two, I will divide the army into small groups to break out from the mine base. The enemy will definitely be bombers first. With the combat aircraft, it has lost its anti-aircraft weapons, and the remaining things cannot pose any threat to it. The attack time will be early in the morning, maybe two or three hours in advance. In short, thank you, Miss Daniel, for your recent help. ”

The communicator interrupted Cromwell, and the contact was disconnected within a few seconds. The content was what Cromwell had expected. Although Janet and Ockham arrived at the third anti-aircraft weapons launch platform in time, they faced the enemy's madness in the final attack and were defeated at a huge cost to the enemy. Declare destruction.

The enemy escaped with less than seven or eight men, but this did not make Cromwell happy. The real danger is far from coming. The other party only suffered the loss of more than thirty people. Soon, tens of thousands of troops from our side will be buried with these people. Both ends of the scale are always tilting towards each other.

"It would be nice if I had some more time." Cromwell thought to himself. Even if only one armor is completed by then, it will become a killing machine on the battlefield. And correspondingly, the mobile rail heavy artillery built on the original rail line on the mine base can also be put into use reluctantly. The enemy's ground troops will no longer be a threat due to the power and range of the orbital heavy artillery. The mine base will also become a truly important stronghold that can influence the direction of the war.

"Miss Daniel, I have a request here." Cromwell stood up and said to Daniel solemnly, "There is no possibility of rescue here. Soon, I hope you can help transport information and valuables." The supplies go back to the leader."

"The core of the super vapor compression device?" Danielle stared at Cromwell's face and agreed to this request.

Various orders were quickly conveyed through the local area radio. Although it was late at night, countless lights were lit in a large area somewhere in the mine. An army of tens of thousands is not a large number, but having to move most of them within a few hours is still not a very good idea.

Danielle left Cromwell and on her way back to the lounge, she sent a message to Patrick who had already gone to an important storage warehouse.

Surprisingly, no one answered. When the third communication was still electronic noise, Danielle was already on the way there.

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Looking at the people covered in blood around him, Weimer wiped his face, but he showed a smile and an inexplicable mixture of emotions. There were seven people left, but two of them were left behind due to serious injuries. Five people, this is the final number.

There were no more pursuers behind him, and Wimmer could finally feel at ease. The tightness supporting his body disappeared, and his feet immediately lost strength. Weimer leaned against the tree trunk and sat down slowly. He raised his head and looked at the night sky through the gaps in the leaves, as if he saw planes loaded with ammunition taking off from the runway.