38: Chapter 38 The Tragic Battle at Luodian

At this moment, the violent vibrations from the explosions overhead left Wang Ye feeling dizzy.

In the livestream room, the viewers saw the mission description.

"If the death count exceeds 5, the mission fails. What does this mean? Can we actually respawn?"

"Other modes before seemed to have respawning too, but those gave you a knife for every death. This one wouldn't be like that, would it?"

"The game description said it's a 'meat grinder'. Is being able to respawn just to make sure we players don't end the game too quickly?"

"Very likely. Probably afraid that the players will die too fast."

"Brother Wang, good luck, don't die too fast."

Seeing the comments, Wang Ye understood why the person in front of him had just called him Wang Yuan.

"Five deaths? Well, I don't want to die even once. Watch how I clear this with zero deaths." Wang Ye's competitive spirit was stirred by this mission.

"Not only will I clear this with zero deaths, I'm going to kill a few more Little Devils." Wang Ye continued to boast.

At this moment, the explosions ceased.

Wang Ye hurriedly crawled out of the earthen hole and shook the dirt off his body.

He took a look around; the trench was only a little over a meter deep.

Smoke and haze filled the surroundings.

Wang Ye could see that he was now on the outskirts of a town, with the town right behind him.

There were still many raging fires on the town's buildings left by the explosions.

Many corpses could be seen lying across the ground all around.

It was like a scene from hell.

Even though he had seen many such scenes before, he still felt a heaviness in his chest.

But this was the real battlefield.

It wouldn't change just because he didn't want to see it.

"Wang Yuan, why did you come out? Get back here quickly, the planes haven't completely left yet!" At this moment, an urgent call came from the earthen hole again.

"What?" Wang Ye turned his head to look at the person.

Before he could continue asking.

The roar of aircraft in the sky returned.

Seeing this, Wang Ye instinctively dove back into the earthen hole.

It was the familiar sound of bombing again.

Wang Ye was numb.

He looked at the person next to him, and only then did he clearly see the person's appearance.

He looked quite young, as if he had only just reached adulthood.

Wang Ye subconsciously checked his information.

He discovered that his name was Li Yan, and he was only 19.

The bombing outside ceased once again.

At this time, Li Yan spoke up.

"Alright, we can go out now."

"How did you know the planes would come back?" Wang Ye asked suddenly.

"You're new here, so you don't know that for the past two days, the Little Devils' planes have been bombing in two waves. After the bombing, the Little Devils will charge up."

Li Yan's young face was covered in soot. As he spoke, his expression was calm, as if this had long since become commonplace.

After the planes finished bombing, the surrounding defenders also crawled out of the earthen holes.

Their expressions were grim as they raised their rifles and lay along the edge of the trench.

"The Little Devils are coming." Li Yan said, also raising the old rifle in his hands.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ye's expression also became serious.

He held the old rifle in his hands, leaned against the edge of the trench, and looked into the distance.

In the distance, the dense mass of khaki-colored steel helmets was particularly conspicuous.

The Little Devils were stealthily advancing forward.

At that moment, Wang Ye's pupils constricted.

The dark, long cannon barrels and the roaring engine sounds were exceptionally jarring.

Tanks.

The Little Devils had sent tanks.

Following behind the tanks were the Little Devils' infantry.

This was infantry-tank coordination.

Wang Ye's expression immediately turned grim.

This battle would be difficult to fight.

He knew very well that they had absolutely no anti-tank weapons on their side.

If they couldn't deal with these tanks, this position could not be held.

In the livestream room, the viewers were very shocked to see the tanks.

"First time seeing the Little Devils' tanks. Things are looking bad for Brother Wang now."

"Why do these Little Devils' tanks look so small? They feel a bit fragile."

"Even if they are fragile, Brother Wang can't deal with them. Where would he get anti-tank weapons? Unless he hugs a bomb and goes up to perish with them."

"The Little Devils' tanks are here." Wang Ye looked at Li Yan beside him and gave a warning.

"I know. Yesterday, it was the Little Devils' tanks that came to other positions, which is why they couldn't be held."

"Aren't you afraid?" Wang Ye asked with furrowed brows.

"Afraid of what? Since coming to this battlefield, I never expected to return alive."

"My fellow villagers have all died; now it's my turn to go see them."

"But before I see them, I want to kill more Little Devils to avenge them."

Hearing Li Yan's words, Wang Ye felt a tightness in his chest.

At that moment, the sound of artillery fire came from the distance.

Shells kept falling from the sky, blooming on the ground.

The soft soil was blown away by the explosions, along with severed limbs and flesh.

"Damn it."

Wang Ye couldn't help but curse.

He didn't expect there to be naval guns in this place too.

He had witnessed the power of naval guns.

Just then, a shell fired from a naval gun landed a few dozen meters away from him.

The shockwave knocked Wang Ye down into the trench.

At the bottom of the trench, it was still muddy, mixed with red blood.

At this moment, the Little Devils' tanks were still continuously approaching the position, and the sound of machine-gun fire rang out across the position.

Bullets poured onto the Little Devils' tanks in front.

The Little Devils' infantry hid behind the tanks, and most of the bullets couldn't hit them.

Although the Little Devils' tanks looked fragile, they were able to withstand the machine-gun fire.

With the Little Devils' infantry hiding behind the tanks, the defenders on the position had no way to deal with them.

But at this moment, the tank's cannon was aimed at the machine-gun position, and with one shell—

The machine-gun position that had been firing frantically was immediately silenced.

The machine gunner was killed by the shell.

But the next moment, another soldier filled in, propping up the machine gun and continuing to fire at the Little Devils in the distance.

"Tie Zhu, have you lost your mind? The Little Devils' tanks are still there!!!" Behind that soldier, his companion was screaming desperately.

Then, the sound of a cannon blast rang out.

Tie Zhu, holding the machine gun, was blown away by the shell and fell into the trench.

That person immediately ran to Tie Zhu's side and hugged him.

He discovered that Tie Zhu was no longer breathing and was covered in blood.

"Ah!"

He let out a roar toward the sky.

"Little Devils, I'll fight you to the death!"

He leaned Tie Zhu's body against the edge of the trench.

He rushed to the machine-gun position, picked up the machine gun that had been blown away, loaded the ammunition, and fired frantically at the Little Devils not far away.

Seeing the Little Devils' tank cannon turn toward him, he immediately let go and threw himself into the trench.

The tank destroyed the machine gun with one shot.

He then picked up his rifle and rushed along the trench in the direction of the tanks.

As the Little Devils' tanks approached the foremost trench of the position.

At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out of the trench.

He was clutching several grenades bundled together as cluster grenades, wanting to rush to the side of the tank.

The Little Devils behind the tanks saw this and immediately fired at him.

Dozens of bloody holes immediately appeared on his body, and his running form collapsed onto the ground.

But the grenades in his hands had already been primed.

With the last of his strength, he threw the cluster grenades under the tank's tracks.

He shouted loudly: "Come on, you Little Devils, come join Grandpa in the grave!"

"China will definitely win! Grandpa will be waiting for you in the underworld!"

Following the explosion of the grenades, the tank's tracks were blown off.

Several Little Devils behind the tank were caught in the explosion and fell to the ground.

Where there was a first, there would be a second.

People kept jumping out of the trench one after another, clutching cluster grenades and rushing toward the Little Devils' tanks.

Seeing the Chinese soldiers rushing over with bombs, the Little Devils' infantry had fear on their faces and fired at them frantically.

Trying to stop them from reaching the tanks.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ye clenched his fists.