RPAGF Chapter 1351 The Battle of Gucheng Lake (Part 2)
Chapter 1351 The Battle of Gucheng Lake (Part 2)
Suddenly, a chilling change occurred!
Those "spitters" that were originally mixed in with the ordinary charging bacteria, and whose bodies were bloated like mountains of flesh, suddenly changed their behavior!
Under some unseen command, dozens or even hundreds of "spitters" stopped moving forward, their bodies swelled and contracted violently, and the fluorescence on their bodies suddenly shone brightly!
"Watch out—! Something's wrong with those big guys!!" the veteran in charge of battlefield reconnaissance shouted a warning.
Before he finished speaking——
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft—!!"
A series of muffled, teeth-grinding sounds, like the spraying of a high-pressure water gun, came from the direction of the gathered spitters!
Countless viscous liquid spheres, larger than basketballs and dark green or jet black in color, were launched toward the city wall in a cluster with extremely high initial velocity and in a parabolic trajectory!
These liquid spheres, like ancient catapults firing in unison, suddenly slammed into the front of the city wall!
"Avoid—!! Corrosion Barrage—!!!"
The shouts of officers at all levels instantly changed tone!
But it was already a bit late.
puff!puff!puff!
Clumps of sticky, disgusting, dark green "powder bullets" rained down on the crenellations of the city wall, the firing platform, and the vicinity of the machine gun positions!
"Sizzle—!!!!!"
A violent corroding sound suddenly rang out!
These dark-colored projectiles are extremely corrosive!
They crashed onto the reinforced concrete chamfer, and the cement surface was as if it had been splashed with strong acid, instantly emitting thick white smoke. The hard wall was corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye, creating a dense network of sponge-like pores!
Several heavy machine guns mounted behind the barricades were the first to be hit!
A 12.7mm heavy machine gun was hit directly by a bullet, and the thick steel shield was eroded with a thin hole amidst the piercing sound!
The barrel and recoil mechanism came into contact with the splattered viscous liquid, immediately emitting an ominous "sizzling" sound and blue smoke, before jamming!
Even more terrifying is the splash damage.
"Ah—!! My eyes—!!!"
Caught off guard, a machine gunner was hit by a ball of splatter that exploded on a sandbag two meters in front of him. The dark green corrosive liquid splashed everywhere as if it were alive!
A few drops of viscous liquid instantly penetrated his hazmat suit, and soon the inside of the suit came out with a hissing sound of flesh being burned and indescribable pain!
The soldier let out a bloodcurdling scream, dropping the ammunition belt and frantically scratching at his mask and neck. He staggered and fell, his body writhing and tumbling in agony. His hazmat suit was visibly soaked and discolored by the bodily fluids and dissolved tissue seeping from inside!
"Medics—!!!"
The main gunner beside him was furious and tried to pull him back, but was forced to retreat by the subsequent falling projectiles.
Similar scenarios were playing out simultaneously at several positions that were subjected to concentrated attacks!
Corrosive slurry bombs not only destroy fortifications and weapons, but the splattered slime also poses a deadly threat to soldiers wearing protective suits.
Screams, wails, and chaos instantly spread across the once high-spirited battlefield!
"Maintain formation! Don't panic! Drag the wounded down! Second wave to cover!!" Gao Cheng's roar exploded in the communication channel, filled with barely suppressed anger and anxiety.
He witnessed firsthand how a private in his own battalion, just nineteen years old and an excellent marksman, had his mask splattered with sticky fluid. The boy didn't even have time to cry out before he collapsed, his mask quickly covered by the murky liquid gushing out from inside.
But the retaliatory attack of the fungal beast tide goes far beyond this!
Just as the city wall defenders were thrown into disarray by the corrosive grenades and their firepower briefly eased—
Deeper into the horde of fungi, those previously faint, enormous, and pieced-together shadows slowly "emerged" to a relatively forward position.
Their appearance is difficult to describe accurately; they look like several large mutated creatures roughly mixed together, their bodies covered with a thick layer of keratin that seems to be a mixture of chitin and rock, and some parts are even embedded with rusted metal fragments.
They move slowly, but in the center of their bodies or on their backs, several huge, pulsating sac-like organs swell up, emitting an unsettling dark red glow.
"What...what the hell is that?!" Gu Chengyun also noticed these newly appeared behemoths, and alarm bells rang in his mind.
Before anyone could react, the sac-like organs on the backs of those giant, spliced fungal beasts suddenly contracted!
The next second—
“Swish, swish, swish, swish—!!!”
It wasn't the sound of a projectile being launched, but a sharper, more biological whistling sound, similar to a cannonball cutting through the air!
Dozens of irregularly shaped, slime-covered, spike-like, field artillery shell-sized "living projectiles," engulfed in eerie green biological flames, were ejected from those sac-like organs!
These "biological rockets" had extremely high initial velocity and a low trajectory, precisely avoiding the thick walls on the front of the city wall and heading towards the inner side of the city wall!
"Damn it! It can fire in a curved path—!! Concealed—!!!" The experienced veteran instantly understood what it was and let out a roar of utter astonishment.
Boom boom boom boom—!!!
The eerie green "biological rockets" exploded with a deafening roar throughout the inner side of the city walls!
The explosion was not as powerful as a real artillery shell, but its destructive methods were more bizarre and vicious!
What exploded was not just fire and shrapnel, but countless burning, highly adhesive and continuously corrosive eerie green viscous fireballs, as well as a large number of high-speed flying bone fragments and shell fragments with barbs!
A corner where spare ammunition was stored was hit directly.
Boom——! !
The secondary explosion has occurred!
The chain of explosions turned the area into an inferno, and several ammunition handlers and medics who were unable to evacuate in time were instantly engulfed!
A section of the main staircase leading to the city wall was covered by eerie green flames. The viscous flames clung to the concrete surface and burned fiercely, emitting a pungent stench. This completely blocked the passage, cutting off some of the soldiers on the city wall from the support and retreat routes below!
Several "biological rockets" even flew over the city wall and landed in the reserve assembly area further back, which was originally relatively safe, causing new casualties and chaos!
"Attacked from the rear! Support routes cut off!"
"The third ammunition depot has exploded! Firefighting and resupply are urgently needed!"
"Second platoon requesting medical assistance! We have numerous burns and puncture wounds here!"
...
Bad news followed one after another via radio and shouts.
The pressure on the city wall suddenly increased dramatically!
On the front, although the artillery fire weakened the densest front line of the fungal horde, the subsequent fungal hordes were still endless, with climbers and spitters charging in mixed formation, constantly consuming the defenders' ammunition and energy.
Attacks from inside the city walls and from the rear support channels severely undermined the stability of the defense system, causing real casualties and logistical disruptions.
The morale boost from the artillery barrage deflated rapidly, like a punctured balloon, replaced by a deeper sense of powerlessness in the face of cunning and multifaceted attacks.
These monsters... they're not just charging savagely.
They will probe, adjust, use different types of troops in combination, and even carry out tactical-level "artillery" counterattacks!
Gao Cheng, his eyes bloodshot, stared at the battlefield beset by internal and external troubles, and roared into the microphone:
"All units! Engage the enemy shortly, conserve ammunition! Prioritize attacking climbing units and spitting enemies! Leave the trouble behind the walls to the reserved mobile units and engineers!"
"Instructor! Take your men and put out the will-o'-the-wisps at the entrance of Staircase No. 3! Clear the passageway! Now!"
Gu Chengyun snapped out of his initial shock and subsequent panic. Hearing Gao Cheng's order, he knew this was not the time to be in a daze.
"Yes!" he replied, suppressing the gagging sensation in his throat, and shouted to the several equally shaken soldiers beside him:
"Squad One! Squad Two! Follow me! Bring your entrenching tools and fire extinguishers! Quickly!"
He raised his gun, glanced at the seemingly endless glowing tide below the city wall, then at the burning eerie green flames and chaos behind him, gritted his teeth, and led his men toward the nearest passage blocked by "biological rockets".