"Brothers, we fight side by side."

This time, two of the warriors finally responded. One nodded his head, the other simply uttered a brief 'okay'.

The three Mecha fighters took positions with their backs against the fortress, marking the enemy's entrance with their lasers. Any Saudi Mecha appearing would undoubtedly suffer a pre-emptive strike from the trio.

Squeak, squeak, pop.....

All three fired simultaneously, but the Saudis were prepared and raised the Light Shield to meet them. Only Feng Yi's constant accurate shots hit the enemy's head and knee joints, where the Light Shield was too slow to block. Several Mecha took out their close combat blades.

Vroom....

Those two soldiers were indeed elite fighters of the Independent Combat Group. With a vroom, their alloy blades directly cut two close-range Saudi gales in half.

A few more Gales swiftly retaliated with sweeping blade strikes.

With a loud clang, Courage blocked an attack for a fellow soldier. In an instant, Courage's laser gun spun around in his hand and fired two short shots, directly taking down two Gales. Even more Gale Mecha were charging from both ends of the fortress, with five lasers locked onto Courage.

Feng Yi did not dare to be negligent. During his Z-maneuver evasion, his Mecha darted through the Gale cluster seamlessly. With every rise and fall of his blade, several Mecha exploded on the spot.

However, even the bravest tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves, and a woman cannot fight a rogue. The Saudi troops showed their tacit wolf-pack tactics under the circumstances of being outnumbered. After defeating 19 Saudi Gales, the two brave soldiers fell...

Despite Courage's performance and Feng Yi's driving experience, he could not protect his comrades when up against dozens or even hundreds of Saudi Mecha. Yet, in less than five minutes, Courage, at the cost of losing an arm, captured the fortress at coordinate 7797.

With heavy sorrow for the fallen warriors, Feng Yi rushed into the center of the fortress, leaped out of his Mecha, and frantically started to tap on the central computer. He tried to control the medium-sized fortress. After a failed attempt to break the conventional encryption, Feng Yi decisively took out Eggy: "Quick, crack this computer."

A faint beeping sound suddenly echoed in his ear. This sound… Feng Yi's pupils shrunk dramatically, his heart skipping a beat!

"Boss, we've got to go now!" The first thing Eggy said after being taken out was letting Feng Yi know to run immediately.

At this point, there was no need to ask why. Feng Yi knew exactly what that sound meant. Scrambling... He barely had time to leap away from the fortress when a loud explosion followed. The blast wave tossed him far into the distance.

Feng Yi didn't expect the Saudis to be so ruthless as to plant a bomb inside their own fortress. Whether the self-destruct mechanism was triggered by incorrect password entry or the organism sensing system remained unclear. All of these pointed to the meticulousness of Saudi's tactical layout. Such a cruel method was not something an ordinary general could conceive.

Originally, he planned to use the long-range weaponry inside the fortress to provide substantial support to the distant front line after capturing it. However, everything vanished in the blast, along with the Courage Mecha.

At this moment, Feng Yi was extremely distressed. Though the front of his uniform appeared intact, the back had been scorched black by the flames.

He couldn't stay here for long. He didn't know what would happen after the explosion of the 7797 fortress. His current consideration wasn't to change his uniform into his usual black combat suit, but to get away as far as possible...

He quickly concealed himself in a cave in the mountainside, which was hard to detect by bio-scanners. After checking his surroundings through his watch, he swiftly changed his clothes and started contemplating his next move. Now, his survival depended on a quick rendezvous with the main forces.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, the situation on the front-line battlefield became quite tense. The Federal Army's main force did not manage to crush the Saudis in the fierce assault. Although the Federal Army seemed to have the upper hand, the Saudis were well aware of this. Thus, the main force was retreating rhythmically from battle after battle, which stirred a strange light in Augustins' calm face.

For months, Augustins and the opposing generals had probed each other dozens of times, but he still couldn't discern the identity of the opponent's leader. Apart from Jiu Ling, the opposition didn't seem to have any substantial strategic plans. Augustins had always held the initiative in the numerous battles big and small. However, judging from the enemy's deployment of troops, they seemed incapable of winning this battle without Jiu Ling.

But now Augustins couldn't afford to be careless. He did not believe that the enemy forces would send an incompetent general to the front line...

According to the current momentum, this assault will inevitably revert to a tug of war.

"Blanche, how is the battle for the transverse fortresses progressing?"

"General, we have seized nine fortresses, with the average casualty rate..." Blanche paused here, then said, "80%."

"80% casualty rate, huh?"

"Yes, General."

Augustins secretly clenched his fist. He didn't want to hear this number, but in order to seize control of the Big Macs star sector as soon as possible, he had no choice but to dispatch the Independent Group to complete this difficult task. If he had sent ordinary soldiers, the casualty rate would have inevitably skyrocketed. This was a sight Augustins did not want to see. But after weighing the options, he had no choice but to make this decision.

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