After losing their homes and all fixed assets, many refugees struggled to join a militia group. The two militia groups that previously cooperated with the Hayes Company actually survived and were expanded. The two temporary
The regimental commander seems to have been promoted to a formal regimental commander. However, the militia regiment does not have military ranks, so they are still not considered official soldiers of the empire. In order to supplement their combat effectiveness, these militiamen do not have an independent chain of command, and are all assigned to the establishment of each Vashti division.
Next, as a logistical supplement and temporary line filler.
So there was such a strange scene. Although Hayes was a company commander, he actually commanded more than 6,000 people - because most of the officers in the regiment felt that the militiamen were difficult to communicate with and useless, and even laughed at them.
They were beggars and refugees who had lost their land. Only Hayes got along better with the militiamen, so the regimental commander simply gave him command of the militiamen.
"Donnette!"
Upon hearing Hayes' call, a young soldier immediately ran over and saluted.
"Sir!"
"Take a few people to drive the Taurus and deliver 20 boxes of ammunition and two boxes of first-aid supplies to the Linyi Regiment."
"yes!"
"Wait! Bring three more boxes of grenades and five sets of rocket launchers."
"But...sir, we don't have many grenades and rocket launchers left."
"They have weak firepower. Without these, the casualties would be too great. We have other things, so don't waste time, hurry up!"
"yes!"
When Hayes walked out of the room and onto the balcony, on the roof above Hayes, a heavy bolter removed from a scrapped Chimera opened fire, shattering several warrior bugs.
With the roar of the weapon, Hayes' eardrums were almost torn, and he quickly put on noise-cancelling earmuffs.
After picking up the telescope, he looked to the west side of the position. There were many enemies there, but the leader of the defending 2nd Regiment was a smart man. He found a lot of combustibles in advance, cleared the shooting area, and greeted him with a burning wall.
Tyronn.
The ignited knife bugs screamed and ran in the flames, and when they rushed out, they were greeted by bullets.
"Fighters, hold on a little longer!"
Hayes's voice came out through the loudspeaker, even covering up the roar of the heavy bomb.
One group, two groups, one large group... The Tyranids were still charging forward regardless of casualties. They then released their long-range weapons. The speeding beetles pierced bulletproof armor and clothes, penetrated into the human body and tore out blood.
boom--
Suddenly, Hayes heard the sound of continuous explosions. He picked up the telescope, but his view was blocked by the building. He could only guess that the Tyranids broke through the outer defense line of the large shopping mall, forcing the defenders to detonate the minefield.
Hayes immediately called up the signals from the image recorders scattered throughout the defense line, and a blurry defense image was displayed on the data board.
The situation is not optimistic, and the defense line of some regiments has been breached.
"Company Commander! There's a situation!"
When Little Phaidon's voice howled in the communicator, Hayes knew that there was big trouble again. The last time he made Little Phaidon howl like this, it was a huge Insect Saint, but fortunately it was solved by Titan. Then
It was also the first time for Hayes to see such a terrifying god's machine, let alone Feiton, who kept asking who could pilot a Titan.
Hayes quickly looked at the position marked by Little Feiton, which was on the Linyi Tuan side. Their defense line made of various construction debris had been trampled to pieces by a pair of huge clawed feet, and a terrifying beast stood on it to defend itself.
The open space was supported by two huge hind legs. The four arms were equipped with various weapons such as bone blades, long whips, and acid cannons. The heat mist emitted by the six smoke sticks behind him was extremely powerful even in the light of the flares.
Conspicuous.
Not long after it appeared, four more beasts appeared with heavy steps. They had the thickest armor, and their huge pliers were full of violent intentions.
"Damn it, why are you targeting us?"
Hayes immediately called over the long-distance communicator.
"Regiment Headquarters! This is the third company! The Hive Tyrant and the Tyrant Guard have appeared! Reinforcements are urgently needed! Heavy equipment reinforcements are urgently needed!"
A few seconds later, there was a disturbing voice, it was their leader.
"Hayes, we are about to retreat. Take your people back from the front and leave some support weapons for the militiamen to hold them back for a while."
Hearing these words, Hayes's heart suddenly went cold. Although he knew that most of the people in the regiment did not like to see the militiamen, they were not to the point of abandoning them on the battlefield.
"Sir! But...he...they are fighting alongside us after all."
"Now the defense line is tight everywhere. The regiment has no strength to reinforce. It's time to evacuate in fifteen minutes. It's up to you."
Hayes did not listen behind him, but immediately left the command post and called people to go to the breached area.
When he rushed there, broken corpses were piled around the fortifications like terrible sandbags. Hayes strode across them, and even occasionally heard the sound of bones cracking under his feet, and a terrible trembling feeling immediately came to his heart.
Although he had experienced many lives and deaths, it still made him very sad to see those energetic young people lying in a mess on the ground like grass that had been rolled up by a harvester.
"Chief Hayes! Chief Hayes, you are here!"
A hoarse voice came, and Hayes turned his head to see Parlu, who was in the first group. The leader could be said to be covered in blood, with a bandage on his head, his left eye, and his right arm covered in red gauze.
It was hanging on the chest, and his left leg was gone below the knee, but it was only temporarily bandaged, and blood was still dripping. It was his youngest son who supported him before he could walk over.
"Captain Parlu! You——"
Seeing Hayes, the militia leader burst into tears.
"It's so tragic. We have tried our best and we can't stop it, Chief Hayes! We organized nine waves of death squads with just a few evil women beasts. A total of fifty young men rushed forward with explosives strapped to them. They almost died.
Withstand it... Our machine gun bullets were all used up, and many young men could only use bayonets, shovels, and even kitchen knives to fight against the arrogant Tyranids! Carkonus (his eldest son) was torn apart by a samurai insect
Finally I found one of his right legs——"
As he spoke, his blood-covered hand tightly grasped Hayes's hand.
"Chief Hayes, I only ask you one thing. Please take pity on me, an old man who has lost his hometown, and take Aral away. I only have a son. Someone needs to take care of my wife and my daughter!"
Hayes casually grabbed the other person's hand with both hands.
"Captain Parlu, their sacrifice will be remembered. It's okay. It's okay. We will evacuate soon."
Then he looked at Parlu's youngest son.
"Aral, take your father in my car and go to the company to find military doctor Feiton. Quick, go now and leave this place to me."
As he spoke, he took out a tube of emergency medicine mixed with analgesics and hemostatics from his first aid kit, gave Parlu an injection, and then patted his shoulder.