Steel steam and flame

The sound of the kinetic energy-assisted armor's joints when running was all hidden under the background sound of the rain curtain. At nearly three meters high, they did not even exist in the rain curtain at this time, including their black shadows. The intertwined gray and white curtains became a barrier that isolated the members of the organization from them for a while, but this barrier would not last long. When the distance got closer, the temperature sensing ability would eventually become the eyes representing death.

Weapons that were already modular are beginning to wake up. It was a rapid-fire machine gun mounted under the arm, with a triangular barrel and a caliber of less than seven millimeters. It was equipped with a matching flame suppressor, which could almost eliminate the generation of muzzle flames at small calibers.

Strong logistical guarantees and information sources made them aware that this heavy rainstorm was a known thing. The specific falling time may be slightly off, but it is only within an hour. Already prepared for the response, the raindrops hit the chiseled alloy piece, and then gathered into a stream along the streamlined body with a certain industrial aesthetic, and finally converged on the ground.

The micro-computing core inside the armor has begun to work at full capacity. According to the program debugged for each person in advance, the auxiliary effect of the kinetic energy armor has begun to appear. The defensive ability that can withstand a few acid platinum bullets head-on is their biggest reliance, and the power and speed brought by the armor, as well as the improvement in all aspects except flexibility, can make the surgeon inside become a killer when the armor is activated. The basic elements of a machine.

A thin metal sheet on the outside of the head mask unfolded, revealing a lens-like glass observation window. It can gather the surrounding weak light to the greatest extent, similar to mechanical low-light vision. When combined with the operator's own vision, it can be seen as another physical enhancement in low-light capture. And as a wide-angle that enhances the field of view, what can be observed from the same angle is much more than the operator's eyes.

There are five people in a team, and each team has a temperature-sensing surgeon as the source of information. The flames generated by the falling aerial bombs were in the distance. Each team calculated the approximate distance to the enemy, joined forces with each other, and maintained a large arc of encirclement in an orderly manner.

Free attack is just a way. Wearing auxiliary armor, they also understand the difficulty and danger of fighting on a rainy night. The purpose is to urge the retreating enemies under shelling to make them retreat towards the gap in the encirclement, and finally drive them within the predetermined range. The means of annihilating the enemy was a final round of artillery bombardment. The people in the kinetic energy-assisted armor didn't understand why the commander would make such a plan. Most of them believed that just relying on their own team members would be enough to reduce the number of enemies who survived the bombardment to single digits.

Enemies that abandon heavy weapons can no longer threaten kinetic armor. Pneumatic weapons are full of uncertainties, but instead of using coated bullets to carry out intensive strafing at a distance, they prefer to use the four concentrated gunpowder shells on the back for bombing, or use kinetic armor. Cold weapons cut off the enemy's body.

A large number of aerial bombs fell in an orderly manner, and the kinetic armor's walking turned into running after about ten meters. The arc-shaped encirclement formed by more than a dozen teams gradually narrowed, and the distance gradually approached the boundary line where the enemy could be observed. The fingers are already pressing on the button in the glove. When it reaches the boundary line, a horizontal bullet cutting line will unfold.

At the same time, Cassia, who was trying her best to suppress her body, suddenly felt that the source of danger that caused this situation had disappeared. The danger signals all over the body lost their warning target for a while. In a very short time, they disappeared from Cassia's perception and completely disappeared.

Exhaling a breath of hot gas, Cassia looked in a certain direction in the darkness, then retracted her gaze, focusing on carrying her luggage and following Isha and the others.

"Induction detection between the experimental subject and me." The memory of danger induction that night in Larsa Country without any warning emerged in his mind. Cassia knew that this time it was the same situation. The sudden rise of danger induction was the same as that night. There are too many similarities. He remembered the photos taken a few days ago that he had never seen before, "Probably a small part of them have been spread within the empire. The temporary exchange of information caused a large conflict of information among the enemies, so that's why at this time Find out the specific situation. There will be no shortage of sensor detections in the future, and maybe there will be a few more in the future."

Taking advantage of the thunder that rippled through the air from time to time, Cassia put aside her thoughts and continued to observe her surroundings.

"The enemy has begun to encircle! All members immediately retreat along the railway track to the four o'clock direction at full speed!" The voice of the man's owl suddenly continued after it was disconnected not long ago. Several scarlet signal flares rose one after another, bypassing the winding route, and connected into a small fuzzy arc in mid-air, telling the organization members the approximate location of most of the enemies.

The distance of more than a thousand meters was continuously shortened in the pursuit between the two, and they were completely within the range of each other's perception. It would not take more than a minute.

"Now all the small teams gathered together leave half of the people behind to defend, and the rest continue to evacuate, keeping a certain distance for interval cover!" Adolf "knows" that the enemy is approaching, but what he can provide to the team at this moment Not much help. Trevikan left the head of the team shortly after the bombardment started and went to the other side of the wilderness alone to contain the powerful surgeon among the enemies.

Even so, another different powerful inductance phenomenon appeared on the other side. Although it was vague, it tied most of Adolf's attention there and did not dare to distract it at all. The distance from Cassia has always been kept within his own extreme reaction range, in order to prevent the strong ones among the enemies from making sudden attacks.

Adolf, who knew that he was completely restricted, was helpless. In his eyes, the kinetic energy armor in the induction was just a delicate toy, and it would not waste any effort to clean it up. But now he is the one who thinks cleaning the kinetic armor is easy, and he is the one who doesn't have the energy to clean it.

After reaching a certain stage of strength, he knew the danger that a moment's inattention would cause to him. Compared with others, with the power and speed of his own explosion, a little focus on his own traces can put him within the effective attack range.

At this time, another strong man of the enemy consciously revealed more traces for Adolf to sense, but he still refused to attack. His purpose is obvious - just to contain you, so that you can't and don't dare to let go to deal with dozens of kinetic armors.

I have to admit that this is indeed a very effective method, making Adolf's already helpless mood become violent.

"Bang!" Adolf fired, and a flare flew out. His voice sounded in the communication at the same time, "Attack in the direction of the flares!" Several flares were fired one after another, and Adolf pulled out his pistol. He still wanted to help other members of the organization. Unlike General Pullman, Adolf himself is a member of the organization, but his position and position are different because of his different strength.

He also climbed up from the grassroots level step by step, and experienced many tasks and battles in the process. Many times, as long as he is allowed, he does not want the people around him to die in the mission.

There was a strange sound in the distance, a sharp crackling sound like arcs entangled with each other. A sound that only Adolf could capture immediately. It was a warning and a naked threat from the other party. Adolf breathed out and had to put back the pistol, and his energy suddenly shifted to the other party.

Members of the organization began to shoot tentatively in the direction of the signal flares. The man's owl's voice appeared in the communication again at this moment. He was constantly correcting the enemy's current position and direction, but only a small part.

"Nighthawk, Isa, pay attention to your left! An enemy is approaching!" There was an explosion in the communication, and the owl and the other party had already encountered each other.

Under a thunder, Cassia captured the sound wave image. The interference of the rain sound is too dense and the image is very blurry, requiring continuous comparative analysis. Trevicon's departure from the top team is good news for Cassia, at least for now, as some restrictions will be lifted without being noticed. After the sound wave pulse is turned on, the rain screen blocks the view, and the darkness of the night disappears. Images within a two-kilometer radius appeared in his head, and the nearly three-meter-high kinetic energy-assisted armor was a particularly obvious target.

"Nearly seventy, the current team cannot handle it at all." Cassia knew the improvement that kinetic energy armor brings to surgeons, as well as the threat and oppression they bring to the enemy. "I don't know if the gap in the encirclement is intentional. But this situation is definitely not normal. The organized team has no choice but to run towards this gap... Adolf and Trevikan should have been restrained, otherwise these enemies should have become corpses at this moment..."

The situation in the dark was quickly analyzed, and Cassia had many things she couldn't figure out. This attack is for the experimental subject to sense himself, and it is just to confirm his identity again. Or after the identity is determined, the enemy has actually started a plan against him.

A spot of light appeared again in the sky, and the next round of aerial bombardment would be one minute later, roughly coinciding with the time when the kinetic energy armor would pursue the team.

"We have to find a way to break through the enemy's encirclement! That gap is the approximate location of the next round of bombing!" The leaving owl had already circled the entire separated team in a short period of time. Several assembly flares were raised several hundred meters away, dyeing all the rain curtains in the area red.

Hundreds of meters away, dozens of bright lights lit up immediately, instantly dragging out a tail of light. The place where the owl sent out the signal flare suddenly burst into flames, and a dozen fireballs merged into one, turning into a mushroom cloud rising into the sky.

"Don't reveal your current position." The owl's voice was breathy, demonstrating with practical actions the dangers of exposing your position. He is very familiar with these kinetic armors and also knows the enemy's combat mode. "We must unite some people to tear apart the encirclement, otherwise we will be driven into the bombing range!"

"Owl, you take command next." Adolf's voice appeared at the right time. He really didn't have any more energy now. The other party has closed the distance and locked themselves in, "I will help you clean up the big trouble." The last sentence is a comforting word, but it is also self-imposed pressure.

At the same time, on the other side, General Pullman sensed the enemy's aura and basically judged the direction in which the artillery and shells were coming. After a minute or two, he arrived at this location under the heavy rain.

After standing here for a few minutes, General Pullman and the other party not far away, or just a few dozen meters away, became statues in a tacit understanding, standing still, letting the strong wind and rain hit him.

From time to time, Adolf's voice came from the communicator, as well as some captains' explanations of the surrounding situation. Most of them were dull and distorted explosions. General Pullman narrowed his eyes slightly as a new round of aerial bombs flew right over his head. He looked up and combined with the voice in the communication, he had a rough idea of ​​the situation on Adolf's side.

When I set off from Larsa, I felt a lot of helplessness in my heart. But Pullman also knows that even if there is too much dissatisfaction and irritability to vent, he must do something now. For yourself and for others who don’t know anything.

With a heavy sigh, Pullman began to move forward, and did not stop until there was an obvious warning sign on the other party.

"Is this really good for us?" He spoke, and his thick voice reached the enemy's ears with a sense of proficiency, "That's almost enough. I think this is a tacit understanding before the arrival of the Red Star, and it's still For this kind of thing. There are enough corpses left on the other side, which will definitely allow you to communicate to the next level. You also have a communicator beside you, and you also know the general situation behind us."

Seeing no answer, General Pullman continued. He believed that the other party knew what he was talking about. This was the unified way to deal with large-scale frictions on the battlefield during peacetime: "If this continues, I think we can no longer stand here and enjoy the cold rain. We are all For the sake of their respective missions, I think your mission requirements have been met. When it’s time to stop, give the other party some time to breathe, it won’t be difficult for you!”

"Or are you prepared from the beginning?"

"I don't want to fight with you at this time. As operators who have entered the fifth stage, we all know where our respective limits are, and we also understand that this kind of thing is not good for both of us. But if you want to gain some battle today experience, I am also happy to accompany you. Or do you really think that this point in time is the final stage of our respective actions? There will be a long period of time that we need to spend carefully and leave our energy behind. better?"

General Pullman pointed behind him at this time: "You understand, there is no way I will let this round of aerial bombs fall on the crowd!"

"I hope that in the final stage, the two of us can meet each other." The other party's voice was hoarse, and he deliberately treated himself.

"That can only depend on our respective luck. I hope your wish can come true." General Pullman said, turning around at the same time as the other party. As they distanced themselves, the breath between each other quickly weakened, until they could no longer be sensed. disappear.

Soon after, a bomb dropped, and a sea of ​​burning fire appeared under the heavy rain.