Chapter 97: Chapter 97: The Largest Meat Grinder in History!
The Blood Demons had only just begun to move, and everyone could feel the oppressive force howling toward them.
Even not just those on the battlefield, but people from all over the world were directing their attention to this place.
Whether surfing the Internet, turning on the television, or listening to the radio, all the voices were talking about everything on the battlefield.
“The human side has already paid a huge price in terms of personnel.”
“The new military plan has been comprehensively rolled out, every bullet we produce can hit a Blood Demon in the head!”
“This is a battle for survival!”
“Imagery from the frontline suggests that the number of Blood Demons could very well exceed fifteen million!”
“The performance of the new weapons has completely exceeded people’s expectations, and the era of warfare has stepped into the future!”
“Out of the five million soldiers, four million are new recruits! Many of them have not received even a single day of training!”
“If we can’t stop them at the Hua Da Mountain Range, we will have to fight them again in the streets of New City.”
“The entire Hua Da Mountain Range will become the largest meat grinder in human history!”
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Indeed, “meat grinder” was an apt description. As the largest natural barrier between the northern and southern parts of West State, the Hua Da Mountain Range was the best place to stop the Blood Demons’ onslaught. Once breached by the Blood Demons, it would be difficult for humans to block them on the plains, and tens of millions of people in dozens of cities would be exposed to the vast numbers of Blood Demons!
Even before the battle officially began, military commanders were aware of the importance of this region.
And now, the Blood Demons had also set their sights on this place.
With their numerical advantage, they were spreading in other areas, drawing the attention of the human legions, while closing in on this massive mountain range that spanned a total length of nine hundred and eighty kilometers and was even wider than one hundred and thirty kilometers.
“They not only want to break through here but also aim to occupy it, tearing open a stable route for large numbers to head to the northern plains.” The voice inside the command center was equally resolute, “We must stop them at all costs. This place is even a natural barrier against nuclear weapons; unless it’s a heavyweight, no one can think of blowing it open.”
The action plan was quickly determined. They needed to take advantage of this natural barrier while it was still in their hands and establish countless defense points within this enormous mountain range!
A large number of soldiers, along with a massive amount of weaponry, had to be deployed!
The rapid action began.
At the frontline at this time, countless young men, who had only just put on their military uniforms, rushed towards this great mountain range upon receiving their orders.
Paddy Gwass was one of them.
Two months ago, he was a handsome twenty-year-old man frequenting bars and clubs in New City, brimming with vigor, fully enjoying his youth in the bustling city.
Even as the Blood Demons appeared and the frontline was pushed back, he was still able to hide in the rear, grateful for his luck.
However, this so-called luck was nothing but a false bubble.
On the day the bubble burst, his sister’s entire family had already turned into Blood Demons, his parents were killed instantly, his younger sister was also killed by a Blood Demon on the street, his uncle, his aunt’s family…
In just an hour or two, he lost all his relatives.
He came to this place filled with rage!
“Even if I die here, I have to kill at least ten Blood Demons, because they killed ten of my family members!”
This was what Paddy often said to his comrades.
Because of his high morale and good marksmanship, he even became the squad leader of this twenty-man squad.
“Check your weapons, especially the Microwave Grenades. These things can instantly kill all living things within a five-meter radius, all!” Paddy roared while sitting in the rocking transport vehicle, “Each of you only has one, so unless you see at least three Blood Demons together, don’t throw it. Of course, if a Blood Demon gets to your face and shoves its tentacles into your mouth, don’t hesitate—you can at least break even!”
“Wouldn’t you hesitate, Captain?” A big-bearded man in his thirties joked, “What if you don’t make it to ten?”
“I will kill at least ten, and you guys need to keep count!” Paddy was confident, “I am the sharpshooter of the Shooting Drama Club, I have won in New City…”
Boom—!
A huge explosion interrupted him. A mortar shell coming from a distance landed in front of the convoy, hitting a truck precisely.
Over twenty people fell into the flames.
But there was no time for them to react. More and more shells fell like rain from the sky, as if no aiming was needed, continuously landing beside them.
The sound of explosions surrounded everyone in an instant!
“Enemy attack!” Paddy only reacted at this time, hysterically screaming, “Get out of the vehicle! Get down and spread out!”
Although they had not received military training, at this moment, some things were just instinct.
Regardless of whether the vehicles had stopped properly, one by one, people jumped out in a panic, one of them screaming in agony as he jumped.
“My foot, I’ve twisted my foot!”
“Kai Ran!” Paddy seemed to want to run over and help his comrade, but after just a few steps, a shell hit the truck with precision, the huge impact sending him flying out! He crashed harshly against a tree.
His vision darkened as he almost lost consciousness.
But the sound of artillery soon awakened him, his ears completely filled with a ringing noise.
He shook his throbbing head, watching soldiers running around him, seeing shell after shell falling densely, one teammate was blown away right in his line of sight, torn to pieces.
The entire scene was like hell from a dream!
“Retreat into the mountains, retreat into the mountains!”
It wasn’t until someone yelled beside him, and someone rushed over to pull him up from the ground, that was the commander of their new recruit unit, and more and more people were heading in their direction.
“Major!” Paddy began to run, shouting in a state of collapse, “What the hell is going on, what the hell is happening?”
“Our defense line isn’t fully built yet, some Blood Demons with weapons snuck into the mountains, trying to disrupt us,” the Major shouted back, “Pick up your Frozen Guns, don’t be stingy with the bullets, shoot on sight at any Blood Demon.”
The words ‘Blood Demon’ seemed to trigger Paddy, and he finally remembered what he was here for.
Grasping his new weapon and gritting his teeth, he closely followed the Major.
And their camp finally began to counterattack, one shell after another flying overhead, various types mixed together, Paddy even saw from a distance that some areas were quickly shrouded in white fog, with Blood Demons struggling inside, only to be quickly frozen into ice sculptures!
Yes, he finally saw the Blood Demons!
The Major led them onto the high ground, below them in the mountains, a group of Blood Demons was constantly retreating!
“Fire!”
With an angry roar, everyone began shooting like mad!
Paddy clearly saw the target he aimed at get hit by his shots, frozen in place, then riddled with bullets that shattered the Blood Demon’s head, the Blood Qi signifying death rising into the air.
His face turned a fiery red, his blood burning.
But in that instant, a scream came from nearby.
“Right side, Blood Demons are coming through!”
Hearing the roar, Paddy instinctively dodged, a blood-red tentacle whipping past him! He couldn’t help but scream out in agony.
One of his ears along with half of his cheek was sliced off.
But the Blood Demons!
This was his second time seeing a Blood Demon up close!
The last time was in New City, he helplessly watched his sister, who had escaped from home with him, get torn apart by a Blood Demon while he could only tremble.
“Die, fuck!”
Even though blood mixed with excruciating pain covered one eye, countless bullets still furiously discharged into the Blood Demon who was wielding more than a dozen guns with its tentacles, indiscriminately attacking!
Only when the Blood Demon turned into an ice sculpture did Paddy stagger forward, plunging a high-frequency dagger, specially made and only possessed by squad leaders, deeply into its neck!
“The first one!”
“Well done!” The Major, who was also injured, shouted from the side, “There are a few more over there, keep your distance, don’t engage them in close combat!”
The sound of gunfire never ceased for a moment; every second, someone died. The noise of distant artillery fire kept coming, some were running away scared, some were breaking down and screaming, while others, like Paddy, crazily fired at every Blood Demon they could see!
As long as the Frozen Bullets hit a few times, they could greatly reduce the Blood Demons’ speed, even freezing them in place, turning them into live targets.
But the number of Blood Demons was increasing rapidly, the batch that had infiltrated was much stronger than the average Blood Demon! At least Level 2!
“We need support! We’ve got at least a thousand Blood Demons here, a thousand!”
The Major had lost an arm, and the medics were urgently dressing his wound, but he could only continuously yell into the radio with his other arm.
After suffering casualties that approached a third of their number, Paddy and the others finally received support; bolts of Thunder struck down from the sky, Shen Hao, passing by, took out the remaining hundreds of Blood Demons in a single breath.
But scenes like this were not just happening in one place.
Almost every Chosen One involved in the frontline battle had been sent out to support various places, as more and more soldiers kept arriving. Blood Demons were likewise pouring more and more of their numbers onto the battlefield, fighting everywhere, death everywhere!
Even though it was just beginning, the Hua Da Mountains already appeared as a scene of carnage!
But, this is war!
Shen Hao tirelessly shuttled back and forth, and it wasn’t just this location that needed him; if a significant crisis arose on any other distant frontline, he had to rush there as well. His team members were also pulled from their posts in the factories at the rear to come to the front, while transport planes consistently flew in carrying various supplies. Every point Shen Hao earned was quickly invested into the battlefield!