Chapter 389: Contributing More Strength

Seeing that the thick fog had reached the shelling position, the Cadian Lieutenant gave the order.

"In 30 seconds, begin firing Rune Bullets at the designated location!"

"Yes!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The artillery position began firing Rune Bullets into the thick fog; soon, a series of Zerg roars came from within the fog.

Hearing the roars, the Reserve Army soldiers could not help but swallow hard. Seeing the state of the Reserve Army soldiers, some Cadian soldiers patted the Reserve Army soldiers on the shoulders and said.

"New recruits, prepare yourselves mentally. You only need to kill a few more Aliens to get used to it."

"The great Emperor once said, 'Fear is the instinct of living beings, courage is the hymn of humanity; the best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Keep it up, recruits.'"

Hearing the Cadian soldiers' comfort, the Reserve Army soldiers nodded slightly and replied.

"I know that, but my body just won't stop trembling. How do you all overcome this mentality?"

"Hmm... let me think..."

After pondering for a moment, the Cadian soldier slowly shook his head.

"We can only overcome it, because those who couldn't overcome this mentality died back in childhood."

This Reserve Army soldier fell into silence, not knowing how to respond for a moment, and could only grip his Laser Gun tightly, looking toward the area covered by the barrage of artillery fire.

Soon, the number of Zerg in the Insect Tide increased significantly, relying on their sheer numbers to rush out of the area covered by the artillery fire.

The Cadian Lieutenant shouted on the position, his hoarse voice echoing across the field.

"Wait for the Aliens to get closer before firing! Soldiers! The Emperor is with us, Cadian stands!"

"Cadian stands!"

The soldiers on the position replied in unison, though some Human Alliance soldiers did not join in the shouting.

Subsequently, the Cadian Lieutenant issued his next order.

"Have the armored units prepare; the time for the advance might be moved up."

"Yes!"

A Reserve Army signalman took the order and left to relay the Cadian Lieutenant's command to the armored units.

Soon, the Insect Tide was about to reach the position. Beams of laser light shot out from the position, and some Human Alliance soldiers were still using the Human Alliance Tactical Rifles they hadn't had time to replace.

The speed of the Zerg charge decreased significantly; the Swift Zerg at the very front didn't even leave behind a complete corpse.

"Watch out! The Zerg have thrown over some suicide bugs!"

Within the Insect Tide, head-sized suicide bugs were thrown out. The suicide bugs that landed in the position began to quickly search for their targets, but the Cadian soldiers, having been prepared, used their Laser Guns to blast the suicide bugs as soon as they landed. The suicide bugs that didn't detonate were like balloons, instantly popped, splashing green liquid everywhere.

At this time, Chimera Armored Vehicles drove out from both sides of the position, and the Leman Russ Tanks, surrounded by the Chimera Armored Vehicles, also began their attack on the Insect Tide.

Many Winged Zerg in the sky tried to dive and attack these steel beasts, but were quickly locked onto by the Hydra Flak Tanks in the rear; before they could reach the battlefield, they were blown to pieces and fell from the sky in flames.

With the addition of the Chimera Armored Vehicles and Leman Russ Tanks, the obstructed Insect Tide began to slowly retreat. Although these Zerg were attacking the humans without fear of death, it could not change the fact that they were being pushed back.

"Soldiers, follow our armored units! Let those Aliens feel the Emperor's wrath!"

The Cadian Lieutenant fired his Bolter Pistol at the Insect Tide and shouted loudly to the soldiers in the position.

"Cadian stands!"

The Cadian soldiers roared as they rushed out of the position, following the armored units at the front to fire at the Zerg.

Although the Human Alliance soldiers did not know the meaning of the Cadian soldiers' roar, seeing the Zerg, who had previously acted recklessly, being forced back this time, they were also filled with hot-blooded excitement. They rushed out of the position with the Cadian soldiers and advanced alongside the armored units.

Seeing the Insect Tide truly being slowly pushed back, Shanweiyun was stunned for a moment, and could not help but feel his eyes grow moist.

This was something he had never dared to imagine before—that one day, humanity would truly be able to counterattack the Alien Race!

An excited Shanweiyun shouted loudly to the artillerymen.

"Fire! Fire with everything you've got! These beasts, they have their day too!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers loading the shells were also in high spirits, and the speed of loading the shells increased significantly.

The actions of these Human Alliance soldiers were seen by the Cadian soldiers operating the Earthshaker Cannons in the artillery position.

"Why are they so excited? Isn't this a matter of course? We..."

A Cadian soldier asked his comrade in confusion, but was interrupted by the Cadian Sergeant commanding from behind.

"Soldier, don't think about those things. Because we humans have the Emperor, those Aliens are so pathetic. Being able to serve the Emperor with loyalty is our honor!"

"Yes!"

The Cadian soldier immediately shut his mouth, said no more, and operated the Earthshaker Cannon to send shell after shell flying toward the Insect Tide.

"For the Emperor!"

At this moment, shouts were everywhere on the battlefield. Under the combined attack of the Cadian Shock Troops and the Human Alliance soldiers, the Insect Tide's offensive showed signs of collapse.

A Cadian soldier had his thigh severed by a Bone Blade Zerg. Just as the Bone Blade Zerg was about to use its bone blade to pierce the Cadian soldier's skull, a pale blue Spirit Pattern Combat Knife stabbed directly into the Bone Blade Zerg's body from the side. Spiritual Power spread cold along the combat knife, and the Bone Blade Zerg was instantly frozen into an ice block, shattering along with the ice.

Ding Ba withdrew his Spiritual Power, picked up the severed thigh of the Cadian soldier, placed it on the Cadian soldier's body, kept his right hand on the Spirit Pattern Combat Knife in alert, and dragged the Cadian soldier backward with his left hand, shouting to the Cadian soldier.

"Brother, don't worry! Your thigh can still be reattached!"

As the Cadian soldier was dragged back by Ding Ba, looking at his bleeding severed leg placed on his body and feeling the intense pain coming from his thigh, he angrily raised his Laser Gun and fired at the Insect Tide moving further and further away. But before he could fire more than two shots, the soldiers charging toward the Insect Tide blocked the Cadian soldier's line of sight. To avoid hitting his comrades, the Cadian soldier had to give up and said to Ding Ba who was dragging him.

"I can still fight..."

"I know, but once your thigh is reattached, you can contribute more to the Emperor."

Ding Ba was clearly not dealing with the soldiers summoned by Yingzhou for the first time. These soldiers usually got along quite well, but once it involved the Emperor, these soldiers would become particularly serious.

Although Ding Ba also respected the Emperor, the stubbornness of these soldiers sometimes made them disregard their own lives even when they could be saved. He could only bring up "after the wound is healed, you can contribute more power to the Emperor" to get these soldiers to accept withdrawing from the battlefield to treat their wounds.