65: Chapter 65 Don't be afraid, I'll rush in front of you.

"What is the current progress of the advance?"

General Huang Wei looked at Staff Officer Chen beside him and asked.

"We are nearing the Little Devils' naval headquarters building," Staff Officer Chen replied.

After so many days of attrition, the Little Devils had also suffered heavy casualties.

Except for the Little Devils in the headquarters building and the surrounding fortifications, the Little Devils in other areas had basically been wiped out.

But the price paid had also been significant.

With the support of the Little Devils' aircraft and naval guns, killing them often required the sacrifice of several of their own men.

It was not that the individual quality of their soldiers was lacking.

Rather, when facing aircraft and naval guns, individual soldiers had no power to fight back.

After all, they were not cyber immortals; they were made of flesh and blood, and how could they withstand steel shells?

"Sigh, we suffered such heavy casualties just to reach the Little Devils' headquarters," General Huang Wei sighed.

When the exercise first began, he had been full of confidence.

Now, the way things had developed was far beyond his expectations.

In just these few short days, their casualties had already exceeded seven thousand.

In the subsequent attack on the Little Devils' headquarters building, the combat losses would likely be even higher.

But having reached this point, giving up was definitely impossible.

Early in the morning, the gloomy weather outside was not very good.

Yan Ze looked up.

Last night, he had followed the company commander to the very front line.

Beyond the street on the other side of the building where he was located, was the Little Devils' headquarters building.

Between the building and that street was an open space, devoid of any structures, as if it had been left empty on purpose.

He had just gone to observe it and found that the open space was over a hundred meters away from the Little Devils' fortifications and the headquarters building.

To charge forward, one would first be exposed to the Little Devils' line of sight.

Likewise, this area was also within the Little Devils' firing range.

Those dark machine gun muzzles could sweep down from a commanding position.

But there was no other way; in this situation, without heavy weapons, they could only use human lives to charge.

Originally, he had thought that this exercise was to showcase their individual combat strength.

As it turned out, individual combat strength did indeed have a role on the battlefield.

But that was in their modern, small-scale wars.

In a large-scale charge like this, individual combat strength could simply not make up for the gap in weaponry between the enemy and themselves.

In front of machine guns, everyone was the same; they were all mortal flesh and blood.

At this moment, Yan Ze suddenly heard the rumble of aircraft engines from above.

Hearing this sound, he subconsciously wanted to find cover to hide.

For these past few days, the Little Devils' aircraft had been bombing every day, and he was almost traumatized by the constant bombing.

However, despite the loud rumbling, Yan Ze did not feel the surrounding ground shake.

He leaned slightly out of the window and discovered a plume of thick smoke in the sky.

And the direction of this thick smoke was toward the Little Devils' headquarters building.

A thought suddenly occurred to Yan Ze: Could this be their own aircraft?

Thinking of this, he immediately walked out of the house.

He looked up at the sky.

He saw an aircraft streak across the sky.

The aircraft was flying at a very low altitude and was visible to the naked eye.

He could even clearly see the number on the aircraft and the flag on it.

He didn't recognize that flag, but he could see clearly that it was not the Little Devils' sun flag.

The company commander also walked to his side.

"Company commander, is that our aircraft?" Yan Ze asked excitedly.

"Yes, look at the flag on it; doesn't it look a lot like the one on the shoulders of the uniforms we are wearing?" the company commander said with a smile.

It was the first time he had felt so excited to see their own aircraft.

After all, they had lost many men to the Little Devils' aircraft and naval guns over these past few days.

"It would be even better if we also had naval support to sink those Little Devils' warships, so those bastards would stop shelling us every day," Yan Ze complained.

"What are you thinking? It's good enough that we have aircraft; we likely don't have warships," the company commander chuckled and shook his head.

These past few days, they had been lucky enough.

Although they had been charging at the front line, they were still alive.

Their company had almost been wiped out.

They had been temporarily reorganized into a single company with men from other companies.

At this moment, on the distant horizon, the Little Devils' anti-aircraft machine guns were continuously firing at the sky.

Just then, a bomber, because it was flying too low, was hit in the wing right after dropping its bombs; the side of the aircraft caught fire, billowing with thick black smoke as it glided and crashed toward the ground.

Seeing this, Yan Ze's heart tightened.

He was somewhat worried about the pilot's safety.

Subsequently, he noticed that some of the bombers were bombing at quite low altitudes.

Even he, being on the opposite side, could see them with the naked eye.

Let alone the Little Devils in the five-story building.

Shouldn't bombers normally bomb from several thousand meters up in the sky?

The bombers in the sky were still bombing the Little Devils' headquarters building below.

On the other side, after hearing the results of the bombing, General Huang Wei's face darkened.

Because this bombing run was unsatisfactory.

Not only was a bomber shot down, but the target had basically suffered no damage.

Most of the bombs had missed the target.

General Huang Wei had originally hoped that the bombers could destroy the target, but now it seemed they would have to rely on artillery to bombard it.

But this required high precision; if they couldn't break open the Little Devils' fortifications, they would have to rely on human charges.

But at the location of the Little Devils' headquarters building, if they really had to rely on human charges, the casualties would be massive.

It seemed the Little Devils had prepared long ago, knowing that such a day would come.

In contrast, they had no preparations at all.

This kind of battle made him feel incredibly frustrated.

"Have the artillery unit prepare for bombardment, and at the same time, have the frontline troops prepare to attack; as soon as the bombardment ends, initiate the attack immediately," General Huang Wei ordered.

Now he had used all the means at his disposal and could only rely on the simplest, most brutal method: using human lives to overwhelm the enemy.

At the front, Yan Ze watched as the bombers in the distance finished their bombing run and moved away from the building.

This location was not far from the coast, and the Little Devils' warships were also nearby.

"A new order has arrived; there will be shelling in a moment, and after the shelling, we will attack," the company commander suddenly walked over and said.

"Attack during the day?" Yan Ze was somewhat stunned.

"Yes, it's highly likely that we will have to launch the attack; we lack weapons and equipment, so we can only rely on human charges," the company commander understood clearly.

But there was no other way; if they had good enough equipment, no one would want to send men to charge and die.

In this situation, there was a high probability that charging meant death.

"This time, I'm afraid we won't have the good luck we had before."

"So, Yan Ze, are you afraid?" the company commander looked at Yan Ze and asked with a smile.

"Report, company commander, I am not afraid!"

"Mm, very good; there's nothing to be afraid of, I will charge ahead of you," the company commander said with a smile.

Soon, the rumbling sound of artillery fire came from the horizon.

Shell after shell struck the Little Devils' building.

The shells hit the target locations, which were all firing ports and artillery embrasures.

The Little Devils standing behind the firing ports and artillery embrasures were blown away by the sudden explosions and fell to the ground.

Many of the unlucky ones were killed outright by the blasts.