69novels Chapter 11 Prologue
Chapter 11 Prologue
The war finally began, and the legionary battle flags with bulls on them surged from the other side of the river, clashing with the double-headed bear flags of New California.
Countless gunshots and shouts of battle began to rang out above the Hoover Dam.
Having experienced the battle on Sun God I, Huo Yuhao had begun to get used to this kind of scene.
As the trigger was pulled, the bullet was fired from the barrel and hit the soldiers of the legion charging forward.
One, two... When he ran out of bullets in his shotgun, he immediately ducked under cover and took out a spare magazine to reload.
Amidst the sounds of bullets being fired, chaos erupted here.
The bullets kept flying towards the other side, and a large number of legion soldiers fell to the ground.
Even under these circumstances, the legionary soldiers in front of them still charged towards this place.
Those flags emblazoned with bulls, braving a hail of bullets, were steadily approaching the position under the charge of the legion's centurions.
While many of these legionary soldiers carried guns, most were wielding broadswords and spears.
He fired at this direction while desperately charging towards it.
Even facing incoming bullets, the legion's soldiers, led by their centurions, charged forward with unwavering ferocity.
It was as if this war was not only about the fear of death for them, but also about a kind of fanaticism in using the sharp blade in their hands to eliminate the enemy in front of them and let the blood splatter on their bodies.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao had just finished loading his shotgun when he looked up and saw a centurion of the legion wielding a sharp blade rushing toward a new recruit.
Although the recruit was holding a gun, he wanted to shoot at the enemy charging towards him.
But the centurion of the legion skillfully grabbed the gun barrel in front of him and lifted it up, and then the sound of gunfire and the sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh came at the same time.
The barrel of the gun, held and raised by the centurion, still emitted a wisp of smoke from the bullet leaving the barrel, while the recruit's throat was severed by the centurion's blade, blood gushing from the wound.
This scene greatly shocked the New California soldiers who were fighting, especially the new recruits who were clearly stunned after seeing it.
The centurion, without hesitation, gripped his blade and roared as he charged toward the recruits in the same bunker.
Seeing that another recruit was clearly terrified by the incoming blade, Huo Yuhao, who was some distance away, immediately raised his gun and, facing the hail of bullets, hurriedly fired at the centurion.
The bullets flew straight at the enemy, but all of this did nothing to save the situation inside the bunker.
The centurion's armor, pieced together from power armor, deflected the bullets fired by Huo Yuhao's shotgun, causing only a heavy blow to his shoulder.
Even when attacked, the centurion simply switched his blade to his other hand and quickly began killing the soldiers inside the bunker.
This scene was not an isolated case on the battlefield. As the legion charged, a large number of legion soldiers began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Faced with this situation, the large number of newly deployed California recruits were clearly unable to hold out and began to retreat continuously. If it weren't for the Rangers and the snipers of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion stabilizing the situation, the retreat would have turned into a rout.
Seeing the large number of new recruits retreating, John realized that they were about to begin their operation as well.
John then said to the men beside him, "Hold on for another five minutes, then cover these recruits as they retreat toward Boulder City."
"Remember, don't let those Legion bastards lose us. Make sure they chase us all the way to Stone City."
Upon hearing John's order, Huo Yuhao and his team replied while firing, "Understood, Captain."
The main battlefield of this war is destined not to be at Hoover Dam, after all, we just fought the Brotherhood of Steel on Apollo 1 last year, and the supply lines at the Great Dividing Range were also destroyed.
This forced the New California forces to recruit poorly trained new recruits, making their combat effectiveness no match for Caesar's Legion.
At the same time, placing the battlefield on the Hoover Dam would cause great damage to the mechanical equipment inside the building itself.
So Huo Yuhao and his group are here as bait, luring the main force of the legion deeper and deeper until they are led into a prepared trap.
The plan sounds good, but for Huo Yuhao and his troops who are guiding the main force of the legion in pursuit, this mission is extremely dangerous.
As New California troops began withdrawing from Hoover Dam, Huo Yuhao's Rangers and the First Reconnaissance Battalion were used as bait to leave the battlefield.
This chase was not as simple as a long-distance race. Huo Yuhao and his group had to pretend to retreat to lure the enemy towards the direction of Giant Stone City.
Most importantly, you must not let the other party realize that you did this on purpose.
Therefore, the march towards the city of Megalith was carried out by constantly turning around and firing shots.
Rangers and first scout snipers scattered and ran across the Mojave desert, followed by Caesar's Legion in hot pursuit.
The bullet flew over his head, and as he ran, he twisted around and fired a shot randomly behind him, not caring whether the bullet hit the enemy or not; he was just responding to the enemy's attack.
In order to speed things up, he carelessly discarded many of his belongings. Apart from the hunting rifle in his hand, the helmet and protective gear on his body, as well as the bullets and grenades on his waist, the backpack on his back had long been thrown on the ground.
However, before throwing away his backpack, the boy still pulled out a bayonet and attached it to the front of his shotgun, since he would need a melee weapon if he were to engage in close combat with the legion.
Meanwhile, everyone else was doing similar things. Cole threw away his half-finished beer with a heavy heart, the deck of cards in Thane's backpack was scattered on the ground, and even Rand's cigarettes fell to the ground in the chaos and were left unpicked up...
The whole scene looked like a rout after being defeated by an army.
Upon witnessing this, Graham, the commander of the legion that attacked Hoover Dam, ordered his legion to accelerate its advance, determined to eliminate New California's main fighting force in Mojave in one fell swoop.
The pursuit continued, and just as they were about to reach Boulder City, a bullet struck the sniper next to them directly in the calf.
The pain and muscle spasms from being hit made him lose his balance and fall towards the ground.
As he lay on the ground, he subconsciously saw the legion chasing after him and immediately realized that the situation was bad.
He tried to stand up despite the pain, but as soon as he stood up and tried to move forward, the wound on his calf made it impossible for him to muster any strength.
Just as he was about to fall to the ground again, a hand suddenly grabbed his right arm, and then the other hand grabbed his other arm at the same time. He was then dragged toward the city of Giant Stone.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao and John dragged the sniper along as they ran towards Boulder City, with the Legion's pursuit getting closer and closer, and bullets flying all around them.
Cole and his group, who had already arrived in Boulder City, immediately used the street cover to provide cover for them.
The moment they reached Rock City, John immediately dropped his grip and joined the counterattack, instructing Huo Yuhao to quickly escort the sniper to the rear.
Upon hearing this, the young man did not hesitate and immediately carried it out.
Seeing this, the sniper used Huo Yuhao's shoulder to stand up, and then carried the wounded soldier to the rear.
After handing the wounded over to the personnel behind, Huo Yuhao immediately turned back.
On their way back, many rangers and snipers from the First Scout Battalion had already begun to retreat, leading the legion into the heart of Stone City.
During this process, Huo Yuhao saw Cole and his group in the crowd. The legion's attack was extremely fierce, and even they were injured at this moment.
It was unclear whether the blood was their own or someone else's, but the worst off was Rand, who had a broken blade stuck in his shoulder.
If it weren't for the protective gear he was wearing and Rand's characteristics as a ghoul, this attack would have been enough to incapacitate him.
Captain John was separated from the three of them due to the legion's attack.
The entire battlefield was in chaos. Although the troops were constantly luring the legion deeper, many squads were no longer fully organized.
Upon seeing this, Huo Yuhao immediately began to advance further forward to find the captain's location, while Cole and the other two, due to their injuries, could only provide fire support from here.
Amidst the gunshots and explosions, the boy began his operation.
After the bayonet pierced the head of the legionary soldier in front of him, he finally saw John slumped in a corner of a dilapidated house.
John slowly lowered the pistol he was holding when he saw Huo Yuhao appear.
If he hadn't just killed the legionary soldier from behind, John might have had to gamble on whether he could kill the man first.
John was clutching his stomach, a wound inflicted during his earlier battle with a centurion.
Upon seeing this, Huo Yuhao simply took out a healing needle from his person and inserted it directly near John's wound. Then, he tore off the tattered curtains in the room, performed a simple bandage, and then carried John away from there.
But at this moment, John said weakly, "There's no time to go to the back now, run out of the city quickly, get out of the blast radius..."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao immediately took action, leading him towards the east of the city.
The battle behind them continued, but the sounds of fighting were gradually getting closer to the center of the Great Stone City.
This situation, like a death knell for the two, drove them desperately toward the city's outskirts.
I don't know how much time passed, maybe a few minutes, maybe ten minutes or so, when a loud bang came from the giant stone city behind us.
The massive explosion shook the earth, and the entire city seemed to have been blown into the sky. Smoke and flying bricks fell from the air like artillery fire, mixed with pieces of flesh and limbs.
This was a trap set for the Legion, using the entire city of Boulder as a price to blow Graham's Legion into the air.
Watching the explosion of Rock City and feeling the fact that they were still alive, he and John were both grateful to be alive.
However, just as the two continued to move backward, a brick that had been blasted into the air landed on Huo Yuhao's head.
Then, feeling the heavy blow, Huo Yuhao lost consciousness.