[Antenna] started its electromagnetic interference to attack the region within a radius of five kilometers, covering the entire area of their objective. Within half an hour, as long as it was not destroyed, the [Antenna] would dominate this area. Any type of message would not be able to escape the prison it created. Even if the Imperial Army had a superior electronic resistance weapon, trying to struggle from its disadvantaged state towards suppression would, at the quickest, require half an hour.
A [Fury Fire] and six other warrior-class pioneers were left behind to protect the [Antenna]. The other single-operated Battle Mechas had already entered the line of surprise assault. The moment the electromagnetic interference started, all the Battle Mechas were akin to horses, charging in as they started their surprise assault.
During times of war, the sudden assault by an armored unit could bring an extremely terrifying momentum. Dozens of single-operated Battle Mecha assaulting at once was truly world-shocking. This action of inadvertently warning the enemies had a very good effect. Alarms started ringing within the base, and the engines of the Battle Mechas on the guard shift could be heard clearly starting up. 500 meters away, the assaulting Federation Battle Mechas shot their first batch of missiles. Fatty would lament every time he saw this volley of missile It truly resembled an educational science film showing the scene under a microscope * and the after-effects, especially the part where the sperm missile started attacking the egg castle — truly wonderful to watch! He had always been puzzled about how these science education films were filmed, and only after a while did he find out that it had been simulated by the computer while using actual pictures. That was such a cheat. The fatty felt regret learning the truth.
The missiles accurately hit the gates and the surrounding walls as the sounds of explosion resounded. The gates and temporary steel-manufactured walls were lifted high up. Dusts began to dance in the place as entire sections of the walls were destroyed. A hole of about 100 meters in radius had been formed as a result. Coincidentally, on the inner side of the wall, it was the location where the sentinel forces placed their Battle Mechas and the Imperial soldiers were currently wearing their underpants and jumping into the mechas.
How could Fatty ever let them have the chance to start their Battle Mechas? He was the first to charge in. This broken-looking mecha went charging in with weird movements as if he was a baboon in heat.
The places they could see were currently being destroyed at a rapid pace. Surprise assaults would usually not be met with too big of a resistance, especially when their energy cannons and missiles had the power to make the enemies lie down on the ground the moment they woke up.
Two rows of barracks were annihilated quickly. Not a single person had the chance to enter their unoperated Battle Mechas. Whenever Fatty fought, he had a rule that must be followed — regardless of how much they begged, never give the enemy a chance of survival! But, this coward had only thought of this in his heart. Ever since he entered the army, this chap had never once fought with others before this; even when he became embroiled in conflict with someone, he would still grit his teeth and displace his anger elsewhere so as to keep the peace alive.
“I have always been an avid supporter of peace since I was born. I am truly a very merciful person. Never once would I be willing to see others bleed. Otherwise, I’ll definitely do this… that… and the battlefield will turn extremely violent with blood reeking everywhere from my cruelty…” Fatty had always boasted to his friends.
This time, it was not a fight, but rather a life or death slaughter in an actual battlefield. Maybe it was because he had killed someone as he was escaping, and that he had crossed this hurdle in his heart… Or maybe, it might be because he was currently in a battle, and the heart and mind of humans would head towards a different path. Regardless, the fatty no longer treated any of the enemies in front of him as a living person. The energy cannon of [Logic] started sweeping these Imperial soldiers who were still putting on their underpants, turning them into flying blood and flesh. The fatty had no feelings of disgust or fear. Instead, he became excited as he single-handedly drove this broken Battle Mecha of his into the base.
The artillery barrage started to disperse as the missiles and cannon fire spread throughout the base of operations. Several Imperial Battle Mechas that had been far away from the barrage finally reached the area; these mechas included the patrolling team and those who had survived from the artillery barrage. The Federation Army’s firepower was finally being suppressed by the enemy. At the moment the Federation’s mechas thoroughly entered the enemy base and divided their forces into two groups to perform a pincer manoeuvre, attacking deep within the enemy base, Fatty alone clashed with the incoming Imperial Battle Mechas.
20 against one. Fatty analyzed the situation rapidly.
A missile came flying over, directly hitting on [Logic]’s chest. The broken-looking Battle Mecha immediately crumpled onto the ground. The enormous explosion resulted in a huge hole on the chest of [Logic]; the broken circuits from within became exposed to the environment. Sparks could be seen as [Logic]’s entire body was emitting black smoke.
The Imperial soldiers felt that something was amiss. What exactly was this broken plaything? A mecha that was destroyed in a single cannon had dared to rush in as the vanguard. When had the Federation become so poor?
Regardless, the assaulting Federation Army had already entered and attacked the base. Those responsible for guarding the gates would not be able to resist the dense firepower from the Federation, thus the Imperial mechas did not think over this issue at all. Instead, they left behind this destroyed Federation Battle Mecha before charging onwards. Several mechas did not feel rest assured by this and had used their energy cannon to blast this broken pile a few times. No reaction… Instead, the blast from their energy cannons had almost turned some of the Imperial mechas who were rushing towards the gates into scrap.
This scene truly shocked all the soldiers from the special scouts company.
“How can this be possible? Vice company commander had just come earlier this afternoon, and now, he is dead?”
“Fatty, Fatty!”
“I thought he was quite cunning… why did he become so crazy when battling?”
“The Battle Mecha is definitely destroyed. I don’t know if anyone can survive that.”
“Such a big hole in his chest… he must certainly be dead.”
“Full-on attack! We must retrieve the vice company commander’s Battle Mecha!”
“Revenge, revenge!”
The special scouts company’s regional communications channel became extremely chaotic. Nobody had been the wiser of the fact that this fatty, whom they had just met recently, would die so soon. Did this fatty go on a rampage? He had charged in all by himself.
Right at the time when they truly believed that Tian Xing Jian had already sacrificed himself, behind the group of over 20 Imperial Battle Mechas, the Beast MK. III that was broken to the extent that one could not bear to look suddenly climbed up.
The soldiers of the scouts company were crying tears of excitement. This was truly a heroic scene as they watched how this broken Beast climbed up from hell as a warrior. Two missiles were fired at the Imperial Battle Mechas that just went running past him. After that, the Beast’s mechanical arm grabbed hold of another Imperial Army single-operated Battle Mecha, punching the cabin into pulp.
Such a moving and tragic scene. Behind the Beast Mk.III that had just climbed up, there were about 40 to 50 Imperial Battle Mecha rushing towards them.
Several energy cannons bombarded on the broken Beast Mk.III.
This Battle Mecha had, once again, fallen onto the ground under the bombardment solemnly.
“Fatty!”
“Kill! Kill all of them!”
“Charge forward! Let’s avenge our vice company commander!”
The Federation soldiers, who were stirred up emotionally, began their frenzied assault. Two [Fury Fire] that were in charge of providing cover fire let out some angry shouts. Six energy cannons began shooting out hundreds of artillery shells as if it was a streamer dancing in the night. The entire place became covered in smoke. The two missile launchers were firing continuously high explosive rounds,without stop, causing enormous explosions thundering up to the skies.
Two single-operated Battle Mecha penetrated into the crowd like arrowheads, cutting apart dozens of newly-arrived Imperial Battle Mechas. Now that the enemies were unable to receive commands due to jammed communications and had no functional radar coupled with the failure of their weapon targeting system, how could these Imperial soldiers, who had always been fully dependent on their hands to control their mechas, be a match against this Federation special scout soldiers who had undergone strict training?
The broken Beast Battle Mecha climbed up once again...
Several soldiers from the first company were crying…
“Is this not seeking death?” They were thinking, “Vice company commander is truly too heroic! Too fearless!”
Amidst the flocking Imperial Battle Mechas, Beast fell down once again...
The special scouts soldiers from the first company started to feel strange...
Beast climbed up once again...
Beast fell down…
Beast once again…
Again and again… In the fierce artillery barrage, the Imperial Battle Mechas that had been charging forward with their lives were being sneak attacked by the broken Battle Mecha among their group. Fatty, who had enjoyed the sweet taste of success, could not help but continue to do it. The secret performance of his broken-looking Battle Mecha had slowly revealed itself to the audience — he was faking death!
“Fatty! What in the world are you doing!?”
A howl came from Rashid within the communications channel.
The tears on the faces of all the Federation soldiers started drying up… It seemed that most of them started to realize that they had just been played by the wretched fatty.
“Truly despicable!”
Everyone started cursing in unison within the communications channel.
The Battle Mecha’s radar and weapon targeting system had been interfered with, and the communications system had entirely been cut. The group of defenders was just like scattered sand, as they could not coordinate with one another. Instead, they had to carry out their own individual fights; however, under the assaults of the wolf-like and the tiger-like Federation special scouts who surrounded them, they were divided and could not retaliate at all. Soon, they were crushed.
The god of faking death, Tian Xing Jian, was truly brilliant when it came to battling. This chap, who was even plotting while lying on the ground, had destroyed a total of 15 Gyaca Woods Imperial Battle Mechas. His performance as a tragic yet stirring hero who had rebirthed in flames could be passed down to the later generations as a touching scene. His acting skills were so stellar and full of emotive sincerity that they felt so remarkably true. Not only had he tricked those Imperial defenders that died unjustly, even his own first company had truly wept for him.
This very battle had been termed by the scouts first company as the Classics of Wretched Tactics. Thereafter, the first company had even modified their mecha. From that moment onwards, the imitation armor designed by Tian Xing Jian became really popular. The special characteristics of the metal that could produce life-like photoelectric audio-visual imitation had been termed by the first company as the “Undying Bird” — an utmost honor. As for those Imperial soldiers who had survived through this battle, they would recall that the opposing army had been piloting the standardized Federation 7th generation Battle Mecha. During the surprise assault, their momentum and firepower were extremely fierce and violent. Utilizing a large-scale movement of interweaving in between our soldiers, they had divided us into groups before picking us off one by one. This was the specialty of this company of soldiers. But the most wretched thing that happened was when a Battle Mecha that had clearly been destroyed — with sparks and black smoke rolling out to the extent that one could not bear to watch — would climb up once again the moment the Imperial Army looked away. Let’s not talk about the others. Just judging solely on this fearless attitude and never-say-die attitude of this soldier had been enough to cause all the other soldiers to fear him.
After clearing of all the Imperial Battle Mechas guarding the external perimeters, the first company did not meet any successful resistance against them. The defense of this base had been completely destroyed.
After the soldiers of the first company grouped themselves into two arrowhead formation and pierced rapidly towards the inner section so that they could occupy it, they had finally realized what this base was used for. This was not the Gyaca Woods Empire’s airbase and neither was it a missile silo. Instead, it was a purgatory on the human world — a camp for prisoners of war.
Within the inner section of the camp that had been walled up by electrical fences, several regions were designated by the iron wires and piles of wood. A few hundred malnourished and sickly Federation prisoners of war, garbed in ragged clothes, were imprisoned like captive animals. Beside them, there was another region separated by a fence. This region was filled with all the corpses of the prisoners-of-war that had been executed. It had been piled up into a mountain; the soil on the ground had been stained with their blood. The entire place reeked of rot and decay.
The moment Tian Xing Jian saw this particular scene as he jumped out of his mecha, he puked his guts out. These badly mutilated corpses were akin to goods randomly discarded, displaying their pale color and stiff bodies. Under the legs of Tian Xing Jian, a female Federation soldier’s corpse was inclined downwards from the pile of corpses. Her entire chest had been cut opened, and blood was still dripping from it; her eyes were still opened, looking towards the sky soullessly.
The fortunate prisoners-of-war who had survived were rapidly rescued from the camp. There were no sounds of happiness nor celebration. Instead, these prisoners just walked out silently. They were apathetic and dull in listening to the commands given by the soldiers of the first company. Several of these people had even continued to stay within the fence as they looked out with their heads tilted, wondering if their current location was instead the safest place. The soldiers of the first company had to forcefully pull them out. Some of them were just like children — obediently walking out. Some had instead stubbornly held onto the iron wire and insisted in not moving at all. Some had even curled up as if they saw the most frightening demon, crying and shouting for help.
Towards the rear of the enemy, those who had lost their mechas were akin to those who lost their lives. Dozens of kilometers to the south and north of this location were the Federation cities that had been overwhelmed by the large groups of Imperial soldiers. Furthermore, there was almost certainly a transport ship following in the direction they took. Maybe a few minutes later, this location would be overrun by enemies.
If that was the case, there was no way they could bring these prisoners-of-war along. The only solution they had would be to contact the air force. However, since they were unable to tear down the enemy’s defenses and the distance that needed to be traversed to escape from the clutches of the enemies was very far, there would certainly be no safe locations for the transport ships to descend.
What should they do? Unless... they had to just leave these people behind? Tian Xing Jian and Rashid looked at each other.
“Fatty!” Two petite and delicate figure came rushing out, and in a moment, they leapt into Tian Xing Jian’s embrace. “Wuu wuu, it’s really you.” For a moment, Fatty felt flustered as he raised the two faces who were crying in his embrace to see who they were.
“Mei Duo? Ni Ya? Why are the two of you here?”
Fatty was about to collapse. Had these two women become addicted to being prisoners-of-war?
“Wuu, wuu…”
Akin to the eruption of a flood from the mountain, Mei Duo and Ni Ya continued crying until the sky turned dark. Even then, not a single word was spoken.
After crying, Mei Duo had fainted in the end. Ni Ya’s current mental state was also truly terrible. The two of them had clearly become thinner, and their appearances withered.
In this sort of purgatory-like concentration camp, the two women were still able to clearly recognize Fatty. This made the fatty feel that this was a miracle in itself. There was no need for them to explain. Just by observing this camp of prisoners-of-war, Fatty could imagine the torment they suffered every day as they stayed here. Facing the destiny of possibly dying from being shot at any moment, facing the situation where friends were being killed every day before turning into one of the corpses piled on the other side of the fence, this sort of mental pressure could not be imagined unless one experienced it for himself.
Fatty placed Mei Duo, who was in his embrace, flat onto the ground. Pinching her “human center” acupuncture point, Mei Duo finally regained consciousness.
Her tear-filled eyes gazed towards Fatty without blinking. “I beg you, please bring me away…”
Mei Duo’s voice felt truly sorrowful and haggard.
The Federation soldiers beside them could no longer help it. They turned away as tears started rushing out.
As for the other prisoners who had been dull and apathetic, as if Mei Duo’s voice opened a door to their feelings, they started crying softly. Within a few moments, they began wailing out loud. The distressed and terrifying sounds brought heartache to the soldiers.
Tian Xing Jian hugged Mei Duo tightly for a long time before saying, “Don’t be afraid. Nobody will harm you again.”
Seeing how Mei Duo and Ni Ya started to calm down, Rashid pulled Tian Xing Jian to the side and asked, “What should we do? If we bring them with us, we’ll definitely not make it out.”
Tian Xing Jian looked towards Mei Duo, who continued looking at him, before saying, “You all shall continue with your plans and advance forward. I’ll stay behind and bring them out.”
Rashid shouted in astonishment, “Are you crazy?! Do you know where we are? How can you escape with just you alone?”
Tian Xing Jian laughed. “Have you forgotten? I’m the escape specialist. Even if I can’t escape, I’ll not allow myself to leave them behind. If not for Mei Duo, then for the others here. They are all our comrades and heroes of resistance.”
“In this world…” Tian Xing Jian took a deep breath. “There are things a man has to do.”