Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 480 - 36 Positional Warfare_2

Chapter 480: Chapter 36 Positional Warfare_2

Three minutes felt as long as a century, soldiers were dazed and hadn’t recovered when the sergeant began running to remind them.

"Hurry, get into position, prepare to fight, the beastmen are launching their second wave."

Indeed, in less than five minutes, a massive number of beastmen emerged from the horizon again. With their overwhelming numbers, they didn’t care about such consumption; common beastman soldiers were there to consume human supplies.

"Beast soldiers, suicide bomber slaves, grenadiers, let alone machine gunners and elite grenadiers, this isn’t a probe, it’s a real attack." A veteran soldier said mockingly, well versed in the beastman troop types, while the civilians had faces pale as death.

"What’s there to fear, we haven’t seen the guard team and the mad female orcs yet, they are the true killers." The old soldier’s hand was steady, and every shot took down a beastman.

Gunshots resumed their dominion. Suicide bomber slaves didn’t charge into the defense line like madmen, instead, they advanced steadily. The machine gunners behind them didn’t continually push forward but took positions in the bomb craters after crossing 600 meters. Then, the steady running grenadiers and suicide bomber slaves charged ahead furiously.

For beastmen with strong bodies, after sprinting this distance, they still had the strength for melee combat with humans, skewering them on the battlefield.

"Fire, fire! Aim at the grenadiers first." The battalion commander’s urgent voice echoed from the loudspeaker. He too feared the defense line being breached.

Grenadiers with strong arms ran while unpinning smoke grenades from their chests. They slowed momentarily to throw them a hundred meters away with their momentum. After the explosion, large clouds of white smoke spread out instantly, obscuring the human soldiers’ vision as they took the advantage to sprint forward.

The shooting was disrupted, combined with the constant roars of the beastmen in the smoke, the faces of the civilian soldiers were filled with tension, and panic began to spread.

The suicide bomber slaves shrieked as they charged out of the white smoke. Before commands could be issued from the loudspeaker, muzzles on the battlefield spewed thousands of orange-red flame tongues.

Some unlucky suicide bombers were shot and exploded into flames, but even more were left alive. The grenadiers behind them hurried to the edge of the smoke and threw smoke bombs again. Using this tactic, they’ve managed to push into a 300-meter range.

"What kind of weird tactic is this? Isn’t it better to use artillery to launch smoke bombs?" Gao Yu was puzzled. Despite the disruption to the shooting, half of the grenadiers were killed, the covering fire was not a joke.

"Idiot, if they had cannons, they’d have plastered our defense line by now." Lu Fan was shooting at the beastmen with one eye closed. She really wanted to use the machine gun next to her, but the beastmen weren’t stupid. In just a few minutes, three human shooters had already died. This high casualty rate deterred her from the idea.

As if they saw the hope of breaking through the enemy defense lines, another large group of beastmen appeared on the horizon and filled the battlefield.

The company commander didn’t call for artillery, and white smoke had already extended to a range of 150 meters. Moments later, suicide bomber slaves charged out from within and rushed towards the first trench.

Tang Zheng dropped his chainsaw gun, ran towards the nearest heavy machine gun, and directly pushed off the dead shooter and assistant shooter from it. He pulled a bullet chain smoothly and poured firepower on the enemy.

The bullets, thicker than two thumbs put together, sprayed out a flame tongue and instantly shattered the formation of the suicide bomber slaves, exploding them one by one. Ball after ball of fire continually rose from the ground.

Hot bullet casings flew out from the discharge and fell on the ammunition box, creating a dense clinking sound. Gunpowder smoke even gathered into a cloud of grey smoke at the muzzle.

"Liu Qian, come here, be the assistant shooter." Noticing Liu Qian hiding in the trench slacking off due to fear, Tang Zheng called her over, "Han Mei, come too, open the box of hand grenades and put it on the trench."

Neither woman dare to procrastinate and quickly acted.

The 100-meter defense line where Tang Zheng was located was safe again. All the suicide bomber slaves in front were wiped out. The one closest to them only managed to charge into a range of 50 meters. However, on the right at the first trench within 100 meters, the defense was breached by suicide bomber slaves. The grenadiers were thrilled and increased their charging speed.

The company commander roared, leading his subordinates to rush up and fill the gap, while the commander was also shouting, asking them to block the breach.

Civilian soldiers just didn’t cut it. Part of them wanted to flee. However, before the guard team could act, those who jumped out of the trench were directly killed by the beastmen.

The trench was in a ’Z’ shape, they only wanted to jump out and run straight. They didn’t expect to instantly become targets. The beastmen wouldn’t let any ’food’ slip away.

Tang Zheng swayed the muzzle, sweeping towards the other side, promptly knocking down a whole lot of grenadiers.

The commander noticed Tang Zheng’s performance and was very satisfied. He praised him through the loudspeaker and directly promoted him, making him a lance-corporal.

"He risked his neck to become a lance-corporal, so not worth it." A veteran soldier felt it was a bad deal for Tang Zheng. Their defense line could be said to be the most relaxed on the whole front line, all thanks to Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng would rather exchange his lance-corporal rank for ten minutes of rest time. The furious firepower here attracted the beastmen snipers and machine gunners in less than three minutes, transforming this place into a critical target. Suddenly, bullets swarmed in, striking the ground and splashing up mounds of dirt. The heavy machine gun was even damaged.