Chapter 437 Like a seasoned veteran
After a period of rest, the tough guy troops who had replenished their troops and replaced them with new equipment were sent to the front line again.
Because a new marshal was replaced, the combat plan was also adjusted.
Compared to the previous marshal who wanted to solve the bugs in one battle, the new marshal decided to take steps forward, starting from the periphery one by one, and gradually clearing these damn bugs.
The order received by the tough guys was to go to one of the planets, and after the fighter jets bombed the planet's surface, they carried out subsequent cleaning work to clean up the remaining bugs.
The bombing went smoothly. There were not so many plasma insects on this kind of peripheral planet as air defense positions. Large areas of insects died under the rampage of human bombers.
When the ground troops landed, the entire planet was filled with corpses of insects.
"Oh, this smell..."
"The fragrance of barbecue arouses your greed?" Louis casually said, which caused laughter from several people around him, and also caused Diz's complaints.
"Do you think these disgusting things are edible?"
"Aren't bugs all high protein?" Louis looked at the scattered bugs. Although many of the bugs are representative of high protein, it is indeed difficult for this guy and his appearance to associate them with food: "But forget about this kind of bug..."
After several people discussed whether this insect could eat it, Lieutenant Laich issued an order at this time: "Scatter the nests of the insects, and the nuclear bomb team is ready for explosion."
"Waken, take Hunter, Rick, and Flores there."
The black soldiers named Huaken attacked Louis and the others and signaled them to search for it. Louis and Johnny, and Diz followed with rifles.
The entire tough guy army was divided into countless groups and began to search for the insect nests that existed around them.
This is not difficult because the insects are huge in size and can serve as their nests as large as a cave.
In other words, as long as you see a large enough cave, it is likely to be the bug's nest. Just launch a single nuclear bomb in and you'll be done.
The only thing to be careful is that among the corpses all over the ground, there are worms that are not dead, just like the one that suddenly jumps up in front of you.
"Fake!"
Hua Ken was startled, cursed angrily, then picked up the rifle in his hand and started firing wildly.
Louis, Johnny and others also picked up weapons and fired. The firepower of the new rifle changed into the equipment was greatly increased, and each bullet could leave a big hole as big as a fist on the insect's body.
However, even if the upgraded rifle focuses on attacking the key points of insects, it still takes a lot of bullets and a certain amount of time.
The tough guy troops were able to achieve good results before, one was relying on their fierce combat style, and the other was a reasonable combat configuration and tactical team. Several people concentrated their firepower in groups to attack, concentrate their firepower, and strive to completely kill the target in the shortest time, and then aim at the next target for concentrated fire attacks.
This has considerable requirements for the soldiers' psychological quality and tactical execution. Many new recruits do not care about the tactical requirements at all. When they see the enemy, they just sweep them randomly. Not only does they disperse their firepower, it also brings danger to their partners. This is also the key reason why many veterans don't like new recruits very much - new recruits are too prone to make mistakes on the battlefield, and making mistakes on the battlefield will not only affect their own lives, but also implicate others.
None of these problems happened to Louis and the newcomers. These people were extremely calm when facing the bugs. Louis could even calmly shoot and advance while shooting the bugs, bringing them closer to each other and shooting the bugs at close range.
The insects thrust into mud in one breath, and Louis stopped shooting, and then calmly reported to Huaken: "This insect is dead."
"Beautiful job, Hunter." Huaken likes such recruits very much. If he adds such recruits to the tough troops in the future, he will welcome him as many people come.
Continuing to advance the search, Louis's team was lucky, and they soon discovered the bug's nest.
There is no need to talk nonsense at all, nor do you need to continue to advance to determine whether it is a bug nest. Anyway, when they see such a cave, all they have to do is to directly fire nuclear bombs.
This individual nuclear bomb is very convenient to use, similar to a bazooka. Johnny resists the launcher on his shoulder and launches the nuclear bomb into the cave, and immediately retreats and hides behind the bunker.
After the earth-shaking explosion, the cave must have been completely destroyed - even if it is not a real bug nest, the bugs will not be able to suddenly come out from here after destroying the cave. This will allow the tough troops to advance forward more with greater confidence and do not have to worry about the enemy attacking themselves from behind.
But the battle did not end at this time. The large army encountered a small number of insects not far away, and the scattered teams began to regroup to completely strangle the insects.
"Tankworm!"
Just as the tough guys were slaughtering the insects happily and were about to harvest another victory, a huge tank bug emerged from the ground.
This huge crustacean bug, which can spray corrosive liquids, has amazing defense.
When human individual weapons hit this thing, they can only fire a string of sparks, and weapons like grenades are difficult to injure tank insects protected by thick carapaces.
"Doing!"
Johnny was the first to discover the tank bug. He kept reminding his comrades to dodge. At this time, he noticed Louis standing in front of the tank bug.
"Louis!"
Johnny raised his weapon and shot wildly, but this was useless and could not even distract the tank bug.
Just when he thought Louis was going to sacrifice his life under the impact of the tank bug, he saw that when the tank bug was just opening its mouth to be sprayed, a small thing was thrown directly into the tank bug's mouth by Louis.
boom!
There was no delay at all. The thing exploded violently while flying into the tank bug's mouth. The inside without the protection of the carapace could not withstand such a strong impact force, and the tank bug's head was directly blown up.
"Alas~Nice!"
"Shredded Coconut!"
This was not sent by Louis. In his opinion, killing such a bug is not worthy of excitement.
The soldiers around him didn't think so. The tank bugs were so difficult, and everyone present knew it clearly. If the number of people was enough and they could cooperate with the right terrain, they could slowly grind the thing to death.
It is basically impossible to kill this thing with one or two people.
As for throwing grenades into the mouth of the tank bug? No one has tried this kind of thing, but almost no one can succeed - the tank bug is not dead, and it does not open its mouth every moment. The moment it opens its mouth basically means that it will spray that terrifying corrosive liquid. If it is thrown slowly, the grenade may be sprayed back by the liquid it sprays out, or it may be directly corroded.
The bug may not have opened its mouth yet.
And it must be thrown into your mouth accurately.
With so many conditions added together, everyone thinks Louis is really lucky.
But they admitted that Louis had extraordinary courage. Not everyone dared to face such a terrible monster head-on when facing a tank bug, and could even hold a grenade and wait for the fleeting opportunity.
"Beautiful, Corporal Hunter." Lieutenant Reich praised Louis and promoted Louis from Private to Corporal: "I hope you can have such a wonderful performance next time."
"No problem, sir, I'm very good at throwing things, especially those that explode." Louis has sufficient confidence in this, especially those that fly a plane and throw objects that explode somewhere.
However, only one tank bug appeared this time. This bug with amazing combat power is not very large at present.
The human side believes that this kind of insect is like plasmaworms, and there are only a very small number of them. For example, these peripheral planets will not have so many "special insects".
This is also one of the reasons why the new high-level humans decided to gradually clean up from the periphery: starting to clean up insects from the periphery, first, in order to prevent the excessive expansion of insects, the range of insects' activity is controlled within a certain area, and convenient conditions are created for subsequent general attacks.
In addition, it is to buy more time for human weapons research and development. After creating more powerful weapons and equipment, it is the right time to completely eliminate insects.
It has to be said that the idea of the new marshal of humanity is much more reliable than that of his predecessors. Unfortunately, humans have not realized how troublesome the situation is - what humans are currently facing is just the vanguard of the bugs, and the elite of the bugs have not officially joined the battle group.
When the war between humans and insects reaches a heightened height, more and more elite Zergs will join the battlefield. That is the real test of humans.
As the war progressed, bugs no longer fought face-to-face with humans on the front battlefield. They also began to use spy, infiltration and other tactics. However, many people still insisted that bugs are simply a group of lower creatures that have no wisdom and act on their predatory instinct.
After several battles during the day and after clearing some bugs, the troops chose a suitable location to establish a temporary camp and have a rest.
Because the soldiers performed well, Lieutenant Ricky provided beer and various entertainment items to relax his subordinates.
However, Louis did not join the dancing crowd, but stayed aside to check the strengthening of his mount.
From the rest of the tough guys to the battlefield again, Louis's fighter jet has been half strengthened. As long as he waits for more than ten days, the F14 will be transformed into a super powerful space fighter.
Just as he was waiting for the upgrade to complete with anticipation, Lieutenant Reich came over and greeted Louis, wondering why Louis was sitting here instead of joining the carnival crowd.
"Don't you go and relax?"
“I’ve always been very relaxed.”
"You can see." Lieutenant Reich looked at people accurately. He had noticed Louis' specialness: "You relax like a veteran who has participated in countless wars."
Chapter completed!