After dawn, Jiang Tian had already led the team to walk in the mountains. As the best sign and direction, the large number of beasts gathered together, leaving traces of broken vegetation. But Jiang Tian was still wondering about one thing.
, how to maintain these herds of beasts in this mountain wilderness.
You must know that after the war, the number of animal carcasses counted, excluding some that had no bones or were too broken, numbered in the thousands; the resulting casualties among officers and soldiers also numbered eight to nine hundred; among them
Most of them broke away from the team and were torn to pieces, trampled on, and crushed to death.
Compared with the casualty ratio in conventional wars, this time there were basically more casualties and fewer wounded, because once an injured person fell into the herd, there was basically no chance of survival. Therefore, the final battle loss ratio was almost 0.9:1.
For Jiang Tian, it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.
Because this was a relatively prepared position-holding and defensive battle; at the same time, a considerable number of special weapons were used. If Jiang Tian did not give the decisive order in the end and used one of the trump cards brought by the secret censorship department,
That kind of special smoke bomb that can stimulate and destroy the senses of strange animals.
I am afraid that the corresponding casualties and losses in the camp will continue to expand. In fact, in addition to the Ningwu town garrison and Jinwu sergeant brought by Pang Xun, several other government soldiers, regiment training and guarding troops are all
During the fighting that night, there were varying degrees of disintegration and escape.
It was just because there was nowhere to escape at that time, and the alien beasts that came in were unable to communicate, let alone accept surrender, and only had the desire to bite and devour; this aroused the desperate resistance of the people in these places, otherwise the morale of the army would be shaken.
They had already collapsed on the spot and were out of control.
But since the beast tide's offensive has been successfully blocked, the various experiences and lessons learned after this battle are enough to allow the remaining troops to be somewhat transformed. Maybe next time they face a similar beast tide,
You will no longer be so confused and confused.
In contrast, as a force directly under the Supervision Department, at critical moments, special means were used to overcome numerous obstacles and attack the rear of the beast tide in a detour; the battalion that cut off their retreat into the mountains and forests was able to complete the task with almost no damage or casualties.
The task of intercepting and killing most of the fleeing beasts.
But this is because, among them, four teams from the direct supervisory mobile team and thirty-seven elite members who have completed adaptive training have used their own mutations to enhance their strength, speed, reaction and resilience to varying degrees;
Most of the pressure and offensive in frontal fighting;
Therefore, in the end, except for a dozen strange beasts who panicked and fled into the wilderness along the gaps on the edge of the fort, most of the strange beasts who escaped from the chaos fell outside the mountain pass.
The layman's left camp of the Xijing branch, in front of the temporarily constructed front;
After the war, when cleaning the scene and searching for and treating survivors, Jiang Tian made more discoveries. Because, he found that the corpses of these killed alien beasts were filled with a large number of deformed and abnormal bodies.
The complete transformation is as if it was quickly catalyzed in a short period of time.
In comparison, there was only one fish that slipped through the net and escaped. It obviously possesses a considerable degree of intelligence and can control and guide the beasts present in disguise. There are also more than a hundred ghosts who can gather together to fight with weapons.
It is a complete body that has been maturely nurtured and trained for a long time.
But after all, the incoming attack is not a thousand pigs, sheep, or cattle and horses, but bloodthirsty and carnivorous beasts that even kill their own kind. How on earth are these beasts assembled, and how do they control and feed these ferocious beasts? Obviously, everything is complicated.
The answer lies hidden in these vast mountains and dense forests.
Therefore, the battle was over. Jiang Tian did not hesitate to entrust the aftermath to his deputy Pang Xun. Then, when a trace of fish belly white began to appear on the dark horizon, he led the reorganized team directly under the supervision department and the layman Zuoying.
, and chased non-stop towards the mountains.
Going deeper into the mountainous area, ancient vines are entwined, and towering trees with lush foliage are everywhere, forming large areas of dark and deep shades that block the sky and the sun; under the shades are thick moss,
Rot, fallen leaves, and protruding roots are intertwined among the jagged rocks.
Therefore, even if it is three o'clock in the morning and the sun is shining brightly in the morning, when walking in these mountains and forests, there is still not much sunlight. Instead, the forest wind blowing from the deep depths makes people feel chilled all over. Occasionally, you can see
Between the low ground, the vague mist lingers for a long time.
However, along the way, apart from the chirping of birds and a few squirming earthworms in the messy soil that had been trampled out of the ground, there was almost no movement of any other living creatures, just like the raging waves that had once been.
It was as if it had been devoured by the incoming tide of beasts.
Occasionally I came across a small hidden mountain village in the mountains and rocks. The outer walls were broken and overturned. Almost all the wooden houses and shacks had their doors and windows broken by violence and the ground was in a mess. Only the dry and black stains on the walls were visible.
The bloodstains showed the tragic events that had occurred.
In fact, as a temporary base for a group of people who once went into the mountains to crusade, except for some broken flags and weapons, and the toppled fortifications, all the corpses in this mountain village have disappeared.
Only large traces of it dragging upwards are left.
Then, as the terrain gradually became more rugged, the traces of trampling and dragging became more and more scattered and messy; but among the largest sets of footprints, there were also new stubbles of trees that were rolled and knocked down while running.
It became the guiding light that continued to guide Jiang Tian.
As we take turns to explore upward, the terrain becomes more and more high and dangerous. Sometimes the mountain road suddenly disappears, and the mountain wall seems to be straight. On the rock wall are ancient green trees that have grown for thousands of years, and the winding branches are intertwined to block the sun.
His head seemed to be about to fall down in the wind.
At first, patches of traces could be seen along the way, but it didn't take long for the signs of large group activities to disappear. There were only countless trees and rocks connected continuously, and the sound of footsteps trampling on dead branches and gravel with nailed leather boots reverberated back and forth on the mountain cliffs.
; and was covered up by the sound of forest waves stirred up by the autumn wind.
However, Jiang Tian was more and more sure of the target's location. Because, in the prompts that suddenly popped up in his field of vision, he noticed some tiny bits and pieces of energy residue; in a normal field of vision, they were scattered in the grass, trees and soil.
and the faint bloodstains among the gravel.
However, usually without careful observation, it is basically difficult to detect it from the surrounding environment. According to the direction of these dim blood stains, it eventually deviated from the Yangchang Mountain Road and followed the traces of large extruded grass.
We arrived at the foot of a foot-high waterfall in a mountain cleft.
In the sunken pool that was constantly washing under the waterfall, there was a huge alien skeleton lying on its back; there were still traces of shriveled flesh and blood on the skeleton, as well as very obvious signs of gnawing, large and small. Seeing the skeleton
At this moment, Jiang Tian suddenly had some kind of enlightenment.
Because, he instinctively intuited that the alien skeleton hiding in the mountain-cracked pool was related to the new beast tide. Then the sergeant who searched the scene also found more man-made artifacts and other urgent matters; such as the water surface
The broken chain below and the hook spear penetrating the body...
It looks a little familiar. It seems to be part of the three-piece set of nets, iron ropes, and hook guns that was spread by Jiang Tian and used by ordinary people to target alien beasts. Then, the sergeant climbed up to the top of the waterfall.
, there were also faint exclamations of exclamation again.
Immediately, he jumped up to the top of the river and saw a dozen or so rapidly decaying corpses of strange beasts scattered on both sides of the mountain stream. However, judging from the shape, the limbs and torso were seriously damaged.
It was deformed and incomplete, as if it had died during the process of transformation.
As he searched up this mountain stream, more and more corpses of various dead animals were discovered. Finally, Jiang Tian stood on the top of a cliff behind a mountain. In front of him was a quiet and green place.
A hidden valley; there are many buildings faintly scattered on the valley floor hidden by lush trees.
It's just that these civil structures are obviously old; the tile roofs are covered with grass, and the old walls are submerged in mottled moss and rattan. However, there are specially paved stone paths between these buildings.
They are connected, and the figures of some deformed beasts are wandering among them.
And where these strange beasts lingered, there were piles of leftover bones, large and small, which made people shudder at the sight. After observing for a moment, Jiang Tian gave an order; in an instant, a burning pot appeared
and gunpowder bombs, and threw them into the building that had been turned into a beast's den.
With a loud explosion and fire splashing everywhere, more strange beasts were frightened out of their hiding places, running around with scars or stained with flames... Immediately afterwards, the direct team, fully clothed, also dragged the rope along.
Sliding down the mountain wall, groups of three or five were killing the beasts.
After a while, Jiang Tian landed on the top of one of the buildings and killed several of the largest strange beasts. From the other end of the valley, he saw a large group of people who had cleared the blocked trees and fallen rocks, and they also swarmed one after another.
When he entered, he held his sword and shield to block the escaping beasts.
After an hour, the battle in the valley ended quickly; even the cubs of strange beasts hidden in those buildings/lairs were searched out one by one; then a fire was lit and burned clean.
Amidst the fireworks, Jiang Tian came deep into the valley.
Because there is an unusually wide cave here, and the entrance of the cave has even been artificially carved into the shape of some kind of shrine with simple patterns. And inside the cave, there are faint whirring sounds, and people are shouting.