Chapter 368 – Exile (10)
Since the Russian Allied Forces communicated in plain text, we were able to hear it clearly.
[Do not spare your shells! Pour out everything you have!]
[A reliable sponsor is with us! Whether they are alive or dead, shoot them first.]
However, there was something that could not be ignored.
“Wait a minute, is that reliable sponsor really us?”
“Maybe so?”
Artemis shrugged.
“Isn’t sponsor the most unfamiliar word in the world these days? “Is there anyone other than us who would do something like that?”
“I don’t know about the surveillance system, medicine, or food, but there was no promise to provide even ammunition.”
No matter how much we practice Soviet-style big brother diplomacy, we do not give away ammunition carelessly.
It is even more difficult if it is a foreign warlord who is not of the same race and may be an enemy depending on the situation.
“In the first place, words tend to gain weight and become distorted when you see them from person to person.”
The Russian army was fiercely attacking.
Some Exiles even slipped on the blood and flesh of their compatriots.
As in the attack on the sawmill village, there were groups who tried to attack on both sides, but it was pointless.
Since they occupied the high ground and had a perfect formation, there was no chance of the fire being dispersed, and the defense line breached.
“They say that if the operation goes smoothly, think of yourself as falling into a trap.”
The situation is too good to repeat the U.S. Military’s maxim. The counting exchange rate exceeded 200:0.
While slaughtering so many people, the Russian army did not suffer a single scratch.
At this rate, the greatest damage will be blisters on the feet of a few soldiers during the march.
[They retreat!]
The Exiles hurriedly returned to their lair, trampling on each other.
It feels like watching troops fleeing after being killed in droves while trying to break through a trench position in World War I.
However, unlike the human army, which suffered heavy casualties when retreating, they escaped steadily.
This is because the much stronger back and buttocks are shown to the enemy instead of the face, which is a vital point.
Competent officers quickly caught on to that part.
[Riflemen, shoot the wounded first! It’s hard to hit a healthy guy, and shooting him in the back won’t give you an effective hit!]
Exiles crawling with broken limbs and dripping blood were shot here and there.
“I thought they would scatter in all directions, but they are returning to their nest? “It is a judgment that we are thankful for.”
Since we are derived from an infectious agent, can we not give up our instinct to form a colony?
The shouts of the Russian Allied Forces echoed throughout the plain.
[Stop shooting! Stop shooting!]
[What kind of idiot is shooting into the sky? Are there any bullets left?]
The officer corps controlled the ammunition waste of its troops. In particular, he severely reprimanded the sky shooting that usually occurred after a great victory.
The command issued a new order. Three military trucks race towards the nest.
According to the operation plan handed over by Krylov, this will be an action unit to bring out Exile if he hides in his lair and does not come out.
The truck stopped 50 meters in front of a field littered with the corpses of Exiles.
[Don’t be nervous. We have strong support behind you.]
At the command’s command, the truck moved forward again, but stopped again 10 meters ahead.
[What are you doing? There is a mess everywhere with dead bodies and artillery fire. Are you going to start an operation there?]
As the commander’s voice became irritated, the truck started again.
However, as it passed through the ground covered in blood and flesh, its speed decreased significantly, and it came to a sudden stop when one of the people it thought was dead stood up.
The lower half of the body was gone and the guy, spilling his intestines, crawled towards the truck with his only remaining arm.
Ta-ta-ta-tang!
The soldier holding the installed machine gun immediately opened fire.
Since he was already in a dying state, he died instantly from the first few shots, but the shooter did not stop.
He continued shooting even though his head was completely smashed, and his upper body was reduced to nothing.
[Stop shooting! That guy is already dead. Even if you shoot when shooting, keep pressing the accelerator! What is Lieutenant Sergei doing? If you stop one more time, put a bullet in the driver’s head!]
[Sorry!]
The commander couldn’t stand it anymore and started screaming.
It would be an especially embarrassing sight not only for the various warlords but also for us as secret collaborators.
Afterward, a few more dead animals emerged, but the truck did not stop. I didn’t have the strength to crawl anyway, so all I could do was scream in place.
When they got close enough to the nest, the trucks stopped. This time, even the command staff didn’t say anything.
Young soldiers who had just taken off their boyish clothes got off. What they have in their hands is an RC car.
A platoon of soldiers holding a remote controller each set an RC car in the direction of the nest.
A liquid tank presumed to be chemical bombs was mounted on the top, and a nozzle device for spraying it was also visible.
[Start now. Now is the perfect opportunity. Turn their nest into a gas chamber.]
At the command’s command, a double-digit number of RC cars began running across the land.
Several Exiles with their faces exposed from the pit are glaring at the approaching RC cars.
The distance between the two was less than 30 meters, and the man rushed at them like a moon, and just in time, the RC cars spewed out poisonous smoke.
“You managed to secure chemical bombs.”
For monsters that do not need to adhere to war ethics and cannot deal with gas, biochemical weapons are the best alternative.
However, an industrial base is needed for production and management, and consumable items such as gas masks and decontamination agents are required to prevent damage to friendly forces.
Due to international law, the stockpile was small compared to ammunition and shells.
Therefore, regardless of its effectiveness, most of it was used up during the infection war and subsequent survival, and now there is virtually no remaining.
What the Russian Allied Forces are currently using appears to have actually been scraped up from the last remaining items.
[Keheeeeek-!]
Exile, which was about to rush in, touched the gas and immediately ran away.
Likewise, those who were peeking out from the hole also ran inside when the gas seeped in.
[Good!]
[At best, they are just beasts. Try hiding somewhere.]
As the RC cars majestically disappeared into their den, the Russian army roared once again.
It went perfectly according to the operation plan.
[Pilots, slow down. Never one car should overturn. You must push it in as deep as possible.]
[All troops ready to fire. When cockroaches crawl out, step on them cleanly.]
According to the testimony of a surviving soldier, the inside of the den is winding like an ant cave.
Although it is difficult to use drones operated by the Russian military, you can explore without any problem with an RC car.
They are one of the strongest armored units in the era of destruction, but they don’t seem to be using toy cars seriously.
But I had no intention of mocking it.
This is because not all armies have abundant conditions like ours. They use the best tactics in their situation.
[The pilots must drive to different dens at the fork in the road. Spraying time is up to 8 minutes. Even if we can’t kill them all, we have to spread the gas as much as possible.]
The command center was busy managing dozens of pilots.
Meanwhile, about 20 troops wearing gas masks and chemical, biological and radiological protective clothing were seen getting on a military truck.
They are carrying explosives that appear to be TNT.
Apart from pouring gas into the den and shooting and killing those that jump out, it seems like they are planning to collapse the vulnerable den.
The risk may still be high, but now that poisonous smoke is flowing from dozens of holes, it is no longer considered a suicidal act.
However, there is one strange part.
“Why isn’t a single one crawling out? “Is the cave deeper than you think?”
There must have been at least one Exile jumping out and vomiting, but it was quiet.
If you listen to the radio, you can see that among the dozens of RC cars, not a single one has flipped over and their nests are being filled with poisonous gas.
[Jitongsil! Something is strange! I went this deep, but I can’t see a single one.]
An officer who looked inside the underground nest with an RC car camera reported.
[Isn’t it obscured by gas?]
[No. Countless amounts of excrement and bone fragments have been found piled up here and there. But I can’t actually see the monsters.]
Half of them were killed in battle just now, but there were still hundreds of them left.
However, there is no movement within the cave, not even a snout.
“There is definitely no back hole.”
Some animals that live in burrows, such as rabbits, create a rear escape route.
However, both we and the Russian Allied Forces have already confirmed this several times.
Even if there was a hole that was missed, the exiting Exiles would have been discovered by us observing from the sky.
[It’s a dead end! There are already 4 RC cars that have reached the end!]
Anxiety began to appear in the voice of the RC car unit officer.
[It doesn’t make sense. Where on earth have they all disappeared to? Isn’t there another hole?]
Likewise, the panicked leadership tried to polish things up, but they couldn’t find something that wasn’t there.
“These bastards can’t believe it…”
There was one word that passed through my mind at that moment.
This is something that the North Korean military, the main enemy of the Republic of Korea, loved very much.
“Is it a tunnel?”
“You mean a tunnel?”
Artemis and I looked at each other and said at the same time.
It was a terrible family for the couple to like with all their heart.
But Artemis immediately shook her head.
“It’s unlikely. Even an organism like a vampire sea anemone digs a burrow for a year.”
Digging a hole in the ground is a more difficult task than you can imagine.
And that too in an instant! Breaking through is something that is only possible in the realm of movies and games.
However, ominous premonitions tend to have an unnecessarily high hit rate.
“Seismic wave detection.”
Artemis said.
The image of the Exile nest dripping poisonous dance has disappeared from the screen.
Instead, an aerial screen showing a large area of the operation area appeared.
Although the drone does not have an earthquake detection facility, it was possible to capture and visualize the overall shaking of the terrain.
As the screen changes to resemble a thermal image, a huge vibration wave appears in red.
It was moving from the Exile nest towards the hill where the Russian main force was located.
“Inform the Russian command immediately!”
“It’s already happening.”
As soon as Artemis finished speaking, the voice of the command staff in confusion was heard.
[What is this? What is in the ground?!]
Officially, we are not involved in the operation.
However, the command staff seemed quite surprised and openly questioned us.
“Tell them we have to get out of there right now!”
“I’m already doing that too.”
Unlike the chaotic command center, the waiting Russian troops were calm.
It’s not because they’re mentally strong, but because they don’t know what’s going on.
There were even soldiers giggling and joking with the gunner next to them.
“Urajil!”
I got up from my seat and got on the VR machine.
Even though I didn’t know how the situation was going, I had an intuition that I had to send a relief force right away.
As the VR machine closed, the battlefield screen was linked through the brain implant.
It took about 20 seconds to reach the link after taking my eyes off the central control room screen and getting on the machine.
Meanwhile, a cataclysm was already taking place on the battlefield.
* * *
The first screen that arrived in my brain connected to the cyber network.
It was an explosion in the middle of the Russian army camp.
The eyes and ears of the drone carrier feel as vivid as my own body.
“Guuuuu-!”
The cause of the explosion was an earthen dragon larger than a bus. I think it would look like this if you combined the texture of a centipede with the shape of a caterpillar.
The tunnel monster that burst out of the Russian camp flew tens of meters like a flying fish and dug into the ground on the other side.
The process was so unrealistic and quick that the soldiers just stared with dumbfounded faces.
“Aaaaah!”
Only after the soldiers caught up in the tunnel monster were crushed and screamed did they all come to their senses and aim their guns.
“Shooting dog…”
Before the officer’s order was given, shots were fired here and there.
However, about half of the tunnel monster’s body had disappeared into the ground.
The bullet hit the back, but it appears that it did not penetrate as no body fluids splashed out.
In fact, the skin must be incredibly hard to dig through the ground in an instant.
“Now, wait! “Don’t shoot!”
“Stop shooting!”
The order to urgently stop shooting was buried amid the gunfire and confusion.
“Wow!”
“Pfft!”
The soldiers came to their senses only after the stray bullet penetrated the friendly soldiers’ skin.
“Stop shooting! Stop shooting!”
Wounded soldiers groaning after being shot are lying everywhere.
The medics rushed over, took out bandages and Shelter-made painkillers, and began providing first aid.
“Platoon leader! “Order!”
“Oh, well, that is…”
The officers were unable to respond to the completely unexpected situation and were in a daze.
“Here we come again!”
One of the non-commissioned officers shouted.
Suddenly, the sand and grass on the ground shook, and an explosion occurred that covered a radius of about 10 meters.
“Guuuuu-!”
Unfortunately, several soldiers at the center of the explosion fell into the monster’s maw.
“Aaaaah!”
“Save me, save me…”
Wow!
The soldiers’ last words were cut off when the tunnel monster’s snout fell into the ground on the other side.
“Retreat! Retreat!”
[What are you talking about! Everyone stays in your seats! If they come pouring out of the nest now…]
Confusion increased as troops trying to leave clashed with command orders to stay in their positions.
In the end, things came to that state.
“Crrrr!”
“Kyarrrr!”
The cries of Exiles rushing like a tidal wave from two gaping holes.
“They are coming through a tunnel!”
“Spin the vehicle!”
“Machine gunners! “Aim here, not the nest!”
Exiles began pouring out from the center of the Russian Allied forces’ camp.
It’s like raiding a nest of army ants.
Tu-ta-ta-ta-tang!
Muzzles were firing from all directions, including individual firearms, squad support weapons, and machine guns mounted on vehicles.
“Kaaaaak!”
“Ahh!”
However, human screams were overwhelmingly heard rather than the monster’s cries of pain.
Sharp teeth and nails tore the flesh and split the body, while bullets fired by friendly forces pierced the heart and lungs.
The Russian camp that the drone carrier overlooks is already in chaos.
Chaos ensued with soldiers holding their positions and firing, soldiers running away and falling down leaving long claw marks on their backs, and vehicles escaping, crushing both monsters and humans.
“That’s bad.”
The number of Exiles pouring out is already close to 100.
No matter how powerful the Russian Allied Forces were, there was no answer once the defense line collapsed.
“Don’t come! “Don’t come!!!”
The machine gunner on top of the Humvee cries out and pulls the trigger.
One Exile that was approaching while making evasive maneuvers turned into a beehive and fell over.
Two Russian soldiers caught up in the process bled to death, but the machine gunner had no time to blame himself for the murder.
Because another guy was running furiously.
Bang!
When a Humvee hit the oncoming Exile, it rolled over twice and flipped over.
“Wow!”
The machine gunner, who was lying on his back and coughing up blood, saw the monster’s maw hanging over his face.
Kiyiing!
The tank’s main gun aims at the hole from which the Exiles are pouring out.
Quang!
The blood exploded, and the hole opened, but it was no use. New Exiles kept popping out, pushing away piles of dirt and fellow flesh.
It is not possible to fill a tunnel like that by simply firing artillery, not even by the engineer’s accurately calculated blasting work.
Quang!
The tanks continued firing.
“Don’t shoot! “Don’t shoot, you bastards!”
The Russian soldiers caught up in it were dying, but the tanks were busy preventing the Exile from spreading.
The decision was to sacrifice 3 to 4 soldiers to save at least 6 to 7 people rather than have 10 people die.
However, that attempt soon ended.
Pow!
As the ground beneath the tank shook, the main gun lifted and fired shells into the sky.
After a while, the tunnel monster burst out from under the tank.
That heavy piece of metal is blown away and rolls around like a toy. The gun barrel was bent, and the damaged track fell to the ground.
Wow!
Coo!
Similar situations occurred with other tanks.
Exiles poured out from the hole that was created.
“Ugh, everyone runs away!”
“What are you talking about? Stay in your place! Do you think you can get away from them with your legs? “Fight even if you die!”
When even the tanks they trusted began to be destroyed, the morale of the soldiers collapsed rapidly.
The executives’ orders to somehow resolve the matter did not fall on deaf ears.
The Stalker Strike Team I lead has already boarded the helicopter and taken off.
The helicopter rotor beats against the wind and sends a steel rescue force towards the Russian Allied forces who are being killed in droves.
But the situation is not good.
While the remaining number of Allied forces checked by the drone carrier was dropping rapidly, the number of Exiles popping out continued to increase.
“Please do not be wiped out.”
I muttered as if praying and held on to the helicopter’s railing.
The lives of the soldiers who were just following orders were too precious to be considered karma for refusing our help.
