224: Chapter 231 How is this possible? The shattered dream of a great power.

The insect line was about to enter the firing range of the first line of defense.

"Ready!" the Lord of Ukraine commanded.

"Give me..."

Boom—

Before he could order them to fire, countless Giant Xenomorphs burst out from beneath the bunkers, completely destroying the first line of defense.

"What, what is that?!" The Lord of Ukraine's eyes trembled.

"There are underground units too?!"

"Fire! Blast those underground units to hell!"

The Lord of Ukraine ordered, and the tank group, which hadn't yet reached its designated location, opened fire immediately.

Howitzer shells flew from the barrels, landing in the area where those Giant Xenomorphs had emerged.

Boom—

The howitzer shells exploded upon impact, creating a line of fire as shrapnel and dirt scattered everywhere.

However, the power of the explosion only looked impressive; not a single one of the Giant Insects hit by the shelling had perished.

"How is this possible? The armor on these bugs is incredibly high!"

"Unload the shells, switch to armor-piercing rounds, unload!" the Lord of Ukraine shouted.

Bang, bang, bang—

Suddenly, a series of explosions rang out as the tank group came under fire.

The source of the shells was none other than those burrowing Giant Insects.

At some point, organs resembling tank barrels had grown on their backs!

"What the hell is this?!"

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Ukraine High Command meeting room.

Seeing the tsunami-like Insect Swarm pouring in, the officers in the meeting room all panicked.

"Hey, hey, what is this?! Why can the Xenomorphs fire cannons?!"

"What the hell is going on? How can they withstand tank shelling?!"

"It's over, it's over. How are we supposed to win now?!"

"Don't panic! As long as we take care of those large Xenomorphs, the smaller ones won't stand a chance!"

"Trust in the Ukraine forces! We can't possibly lose to mere Xenomorphs!"

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Bang, bang, bang—

The Giant Xenomorphs and the tank group exchanged fire, the sound of massive shells detonating echoing continuously across both battle lines.

The shells fired by the Xenomorphs had a pale blue casing and possessed extreme penetrating power.

Although the caliber was small, just a few consecutive shots could pierce directly through the frontal armor of Ukraine's heavy tanks!

Bang, bang, bang—

The one-sided situation eased slightly after the tank group switched to armor-piercing rounds.

The heavy tanks' large-caliber barrels, combined with armor-piercing rounds, were finally able to score kills against those Xenomorphs.

However, realizing that the Ukraine tank group posed a threat, the Giant Xenomorphs immediately abandoned the exchange and burrowed back underground.

At this moment, behind them, the surging Bug Swarm Tide had already approached the second line of defense.

The Lord of Ukraine's eyes trembled; those Xenomorphs weren't exchanging fire just for the sake of it—they were drawing fire for the troops behind them!

"Damn it! Damn it!" A feeling of dread welled up from the bottom of his heart.

These bugs were not stupid; they were organized and commanded!

"Fire! Fire!" the Lord of Ukraine roared his orders.

He wanted the machine gun fire from the second line of defense to inflict as much damage as possible on the Bug Swarm Tide before it was destroyed.

However, the Giant Xenomorphs didn't give him that chance; they burst through the ground and destroyed the second line of bunkers.

These fixed defensive installations were as fragile as paper when faced with an attack launched from underground.

However, this time, the Lord of Ukraine made them pay a price.

The 152mm barrels of the KV-2 heavy tanks had long been aimed at those bunkers.

Bang, bang, bang—

The moment the Giant Insects burst out of the ground, the heavy cannons fired in unison.

Dozens of Xenomorphs fell under the bombardment of large-caliber armor-piercing shells.

"Tank companies, disperse longitudinally! Infantry regiments, move up!"

The Lord of Ukraine roared his orders, sending the infantry to the front lines to coordinate with the tanks.

Half of the Giant Xenomorph force had already been dealt with; the next time they attacked the front-line tanks, the rear-line tanks would be able to take them out directly.

Without the high-armor Giant Xenomorphs as a vanguard, the subsequent unarmored, smaller Xenomorphs would certainly be overwhelmed by the unit's massive firepower.

Furthermore, the artillery positions in front of the territory were about to be completed; at that time, even larger-caliber artillery would deal a devastating blow to the Bug Swarm Tide!

"Form up, prepare to fire!"

The mixed infantry regiment, equipped with heavy machine guns, had already moved to the front lines and set up their formation.

As soon as he gave the order, the Insect Swarm would be completely routed!

Rat-tat-tat—

Before the Lord of Ukraine could give the order, gunfire had already erupted.

A dense hail of bullets struck from the direction of the Insect Swarm, engulfing the entire Ukraine infantry regiment.

Through his binoculars, the Lord of Ukraine saw those Xenomorphs charging at the very front.

They had six insect blades in front of them, and at the ends of the two uppermost blades, weapons resembling rifles had grown!

The Lord of Ukraine was completely dumbfounded.

"How is this possible?! Aren't Xenomorphs melee units?!"

"Why is it like this?! Why is it like this?!"

Rat-tat-tat—

Under the storm-like firepower of the Insect Swarm, the Ukraine infantry regiment suffered a large number of casualties before they could even react.

"Fire! Fire!"

The infantry regiment fired back, but it was not as the Lord of Ukraine had expected.

The bullets fired by the Ukraine infantry did not cause the Insect Swarm to collapse, nor did they inflict much effective damage.

Small-caliber submachine guns and rifles were completely ineffective; only large-caliber heavy machine guns could slightly delay the Insect Swarm's offensive.

At this rate, their own troops would never be able to win!

"Artillery support, artillery support!" the Lord of Ukraine shouted.

There was still the artillery unit; no matter how thick the armor was, it couldn't possibly withstand artillery bombardment.

As the Lord of Ukraine stared at the distant battlefield, a series of black spheres fell from the mist.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Aaaah—

The black spheres landed in the artillery positions and exploded, sending dark purple liquid splashing everywhere from within.

Accompanied by hissing steam, the steel gun barrels were instantly melted into molten iron by the solution.

The artillery positions were wiped out in an instant, and fear engulfed the Lord of Ukraine like a rising tide.

Aerial units… The insect race had actually unlocked aerial units. How is this possible...

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