"Die, you filthy things!" The soldier who had just fired the rocket launcher threw it away, grabbed a grenade in each hand, pulled back the safety, and charged towards the Beast King Star warrior like a moth to a flame.
"Haha!" A Beast King Star warrior grabbed the soldier and squeezed his throat with his large hand. With a forceful pull, the soldier's two eyeballs were squeezed out and fell to the ground. His throat bones were also shattered inch by inch, and his body went limp like mud, bleeding from his seven orifices.
"Hahaha, too weak, far too weak!" The Beast King Star warriors laughed maniacally. Just then…
"Bang! Bang!"
The grenade finally exploded!
First, one of the Beast King Star warriors whose magic shield was destroyed was torn into three pieces by the force of two grenades exploding! Their blood was red, and they died! The other two had both their legs blown off!
"Roar!" The remaining Beast King Star warriors, disregarding everything, slaughtered all the soldiers around them, then picked up two of their comrades whose legs had been blown off and hid in a nearby supermarket.
Such street battles took place in many corners of Yokohama. The Beast King Star warriors were extremely mobile; their mounts allowed them to constantly shift battlefields at high speeds. Furthermore, the magic barriers provided by the mages, along with their ranged firepower, ensured they had no worries about their rear.
The slaughter was largely one-sided. The soldiers only managed to kill a handful of Beast King Star warriors by sheer luck and by dying together with them.
Because there were still surviving humans in the city, the fighter jets in the sky were unable to launch missiles at it. Therefore, at dusk, dozens of low-flying helicopters were dispatched as emergency support. Each helicopter carried a highly skilled sniper.
At 8 p.m., the military ordered all ground troops that had entered the city to withdraw.
On one hand, the military suffered terrible blows and heavy losses; on the other hand, support troops from various Asian countries have been arriving one after another. The military needs to redeploy its strategy.
Two hours later, the troops withdrew from the city, and then the casualties were tallied.
Half an hour later, the data came out... A total of 14,956 soldiers entered the ruins today, and 10,345 came out alive. More than 4,000 soldiers were killed in action.
In London, the number of soldiers killed in action was over 3,000.
In Brazil, more than 4,000 soldiers have also died in today's urban warfare.
This is a truly alarming number, demonstrating that the battle between Earth's military and the aliens is a completely disproportionate conflict.
All national forces, including UN forces, need to calm down and develop a perfect operational plan.
Of course, objectively speaking, after suffering huge losses, the Earth's military also observed some weaknesses in the aliens... They are not invincible! In the clashes on the three major battlefields, several aliens also died under the guns of Earthlings.
Uh… Earth's forces suffered a total loss of over ten thousand men, while several aliens died. It's a very cruel joke, but it also allowed Earthlings to learn about the characteristics of extraterrestrials…
Their bodies are protected by a layer of light that ordinary bullets cannot penetrate. However, grenades can effectively weaken this light barrier, while anti-tank guns and rocket launchers can shatter it. Once the light barrier is removed, the aliens become much more vulnerable. They can be killed instantly by bombs, or injured by gunfire.
Based on these characteristics, joint forces from various countries around the world, along with numerous military experts, formulated operational plans. Some more radical military experts even proposed using missiles to directly destroy those cities. However, this decision was quickly rejected. After all, there were still survivors in the cities, and using missiles would provoke public outrage.
Of course, if military strategists cannot devise effective tactics to strike aliens, then they will have no choice but to use devastating weapons... missiles.
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Country Z. Capital City.
Gao Jianfei's recruitment efforts are in full swing, with more and more ancient martial arts sects, Sanda masters, and assassins joining Gao Jianfei's special team.
In one day, the number of recruits reached 2,000!
Meanwhile, Gao Jianfei also learned about the situation at the front. He received the number of casualties suffered by the Earth forces, and his brows furrowed deeply... "Just one engagement, and several thousand men have been lost on one battlefield. This is terrifying!"
Currently, Earth's forces rely solely on their own flesh and blood to stop the aliens' expansion and prevent them from slaughtering in other cities.
Gao Jianfei hopes to quickly recruit enough people to join forces with the superhumans in the base and enter the battlefield!
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Tokyo.
In the dead of night, another 100 Beast King Star warriors teleported over!
The personnel remain the same: 90 warriors and 10 mages.
The group of Beast King aliens who had previously arrived in *** returned to Tokyo from Yokohama and joined up with the reinforcements.
The two groups of people came together.
The Beast King aliens who had been teleported over began inquiring about the situation on Earth.
A mage who had been on Earth for a full day said, "Earthlings are very weak individually; we can easily massacre an entire city on Earth. However, the weapons invented by Earthlings still pose a threat to us. Especially large weapons, which can blast through our magical shields."
"Oh?" One of the Beast King Star mages frowned, then said, "Then we must take them out before the Earthlings use heavy weapons."
“Esteemed mages,” a warrior said. “I feel that those mechanical golems in the sky are what we should be wary of. I sense that they possess the power to destroy us!”
“Yes,” a mage echoed. “Our magic also cannot attack those mechanical golems in the sky. Once those golems launch a heavy attack on us, it will be difficult for us to retaliate. We might even get hurt as a result.”
"Flying golems? This... I think that in a few days, our support forces will include dragon riders and griffin riders, which will allow us to effectively strike Earth's flying units. Before that, what we need to do is find some surviving humans in the cities. On the one hand, we can use these humans as bait to lure and kill Earth's army; on the other hand, with these hostages, I think Earth's flying forces will be unable to launch heavy attacks against us."
"Alright! Let's go to the ruins now and find all the Earthlings who haven't died yet!"
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Early morning of the second day.
Human forces on the three battlefields devised comprehensive tactics. First, while ensuring the presence of fighter jets and bombers in the sky, a large number of low-flying helicopters were deployed to the battlefield. These helicopters were equipped not only with snipers but also with soldiers carrying rocket launchers, enabling precise firing. Furthermore, the small air-to-ground missiles mounted on the helicopters would undoubtedly pose a significant challenge to the aliens.
On the ground, the number of tanks has increased, and they are leading the way, with soldiers following behind them. In addition, there are a large number of soldiers carrying rocket launchers, and each soldier carries several times more grenades than usual.
Tanks advanced toward the city from all directions.
The day, the battle begins!
Ground troops advanced slowly, while helicopters in the air controlled the overall situation from a wide perspective.
Such tactics are virtually foolproof.
At this very moment...
"Huh? That...that is..." In the air, soldiers on the helicopter conducting reconnaissance through binoculars suddenly noticed that several, or a dozen, Earthlings, dressed in tattered clothes and with terrified expressions, suddenly sprang out from some ruins!
Survivors, scattered here and there, seemed to be driven out of the building shelters. When they saw the helicopter in the sky, they began to wave their hands frantically, as if calling for help!
Surprisingly!
"boom!"
A large fireball shot directly from a rubble, instantly striking a helicopter dozens of meters in the air. The helicopter exploded in mid-air, scattering metal parts all over the ground.
The mages of Beast King Star have already launched an attack on Earth's air units!
Chapter 574 Gao Jianfei Goes into Battle
Chapter 574 Gao Jianfei Goes into Battle
***, Yokohama.
Amidst the ruins of Yokohama, scattered human survivors began to appear. They emerged from gas stations, underground parking lots, supermarkets, office buildings, villa districts, and even the "government" building…
There were children, elderly people, young women, teenage girls, middle-aged men...
They screamed hoarsely and nervously toward the sky.
There were helicopters overhead. They longed to survive.
Meanwhile, in the helicopters flying at low altitude, the soldiers loosened their grip on their weapons and began to lower the slides, preparing to rescue the survivors below.
In this destroyed city, survivors emerged from hundreds of locations, some in small groups of two or three, others in larger groups of dozens, and still others in groups of hundreds. In other words, in an instant, thousands of survivors appeared in Yokohama!
They are innocent. Even the military has no right to confiscate their right to live.
Therefore, every helicopter dropped its slide, hoping to save as many lives as possible. Meanwhile, the air units issued an emergency report to ground troops: "Large numbers of survivors have appeared in the city! Rescue immediately! Rescue immediately!"
At that very moment, the Beast King Star mages, who had been hiding in the shadows, launched a despicable sneak attack!
"Bang!"
A scorching fireball instantly tore a low-flying helicopter to shreds! Then, a barrage of lightning, hail, tornadoes, and even corrosive acid magic rained down on the helicopter in the air!
To rescue people, the helicopter flew at an altitude of only a few dozen meters, which was already within the effective attack range of the Beast King Star mage.
More than a dozen helicopters exploded and crashed in mid-air.
The remaining helicopters, disregarding the rescue efforts, immediately ascended. During the ascent, some machine gunners inside the helicopters, unable to control their emotions, began firing wildly downwards, sending shrapnel flying and killing a large number of survivors.
"No!"
The others on the plane immediately stopped their comrade from losing control. Meanwhile, the survivors on the ground, attacked by their own kind, scattered like ants on a hot plate, screaming in terror. The mages swiftly unleashed single-target spells, minimizing the casting time as much as possible, using simple yet incredibly powerful magic to destroy helicopter after helicopter as they took off.
In this battle, the Earth forces lost 23 helicopters!
Once the helicopters reached a certain altitude and were certain they wouldn't be attacked by magic, they began reporting the situation to command. Some pilots reported directly to the command commander... "I recommend destroying the city! Annihilate both the survivors and the aliens!"
At this time, ground troops were also quickly deployed to the battlefield.
They searched through the ruins for hidden aliens, tanks blasting and crushing building after building. When Earth soldiers discovered survivors and rushed to their aid, often at that moment, Beast King warriors would charge out on their beasts and kill the rescuers!
Long-range firepower was provided only by snipers and a portion of snipers from helicopters. Soldiers armed with rocket launchers and even machine guns dared not fire. After all, there were still many Earth survivors among the aliens. Using area-of-effect weapons would result in friendly fire!
A brutal hand-to-hand combat ensued.
The Beast King Star warriors ride on wild beast pets, free from all restraints. When they swing their weapons, they unleash sharp beams that can shoot out one or two meters. If these beams were real, they could strangle Earth soldiers. Moreover, their attack radius is very large; often, a single attack can kill several Earth soldiers.
Earth warriors dared not get close, only firing their guns from a distance.
"Bang! Bang!"
Bullets rained down on the magical barrier covering the Beast King Star warriors' bodies, diluting and weakening it. However, whenever this magical barrier was about to shatter, another magical barrier would be added to the warriors, rendering the Earth soldiers' previous efforts completely futile.
Twenty mages hid in a dark corner, drinking mana-replenishing potions while continuously casting magical shields for the warriors. In the area where they were hiding, infants, women, and children were bound. The screams and cries of the surviving humans, and the bloodied battle of the Earth warriors, blended into a mournful and tragic symphony.
The tanks behind them became mere decorations, not daring to fire any shells.
"We must save those innocent people!" A Thai soldier commanded his troops, launching a direct assault on the building where numerous infants and women were bound! A group of Thai soldiers charged forward, their bodies sculpted!
The area they wanted to rush to rescue was precisely where the group of magicians were hiding, and thus, a terrifying yet tragic scene unfolded.
As they charged closer, some soldiers reached out to grab the bound children when a massive burst of flames, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, rose directly from the ground, engulfing the warriors. Then, a foul-smelling cloud drifted across the sky, and corrosive raindrops began to fall.
In an instant, some of these Thai people were burned to ashes, while others were corroded into a pile of pus, blood, and flesh.
The Thai army of over a thousand men was wiped out in almost half a minute, leaving no one with a complete body.
Seemingly in retaliation against the Earth's military, the mages launched fireballs, tornadoes, and other spells at the nearby tanks, destroying several of them.
The street fighting was exceptionally fierce. Driven to a bloodthirst, most Earth warriors resorted to suicidal attacks on the aliens. They charged forward, grenades pinned high, attempting to explode alongside the Beast King aliens. However, most were eliminated by ranged attacks from mages before they could reach them, while some Beast King aliens unleashed blade-like attacks, preemptively slicing through the Earth soldiers attempting to die in close combat. Although not killed instantly at close range, the grenades, pinned high, didn't stop exploding with the death of the warriors. These explosions inflicted damage on the Beast King aliens. Some, after experiencing several explosions, had their magical shields destroyed, and the mages couldn't replenish them in time. A hail of bullets rained down on their armor and exposed muscle, leaving them riddled with holes and bleeding profusely. Some Beast King warriors would choose to urge their beasts to flee, but what awaited them was often a rocket that blasted them to death.
After suffering heavy casualties and repeatedly employing suicidal tactics to deplete the Beast King Star warriors' magical shields, the Earth army finally managed to kill over a dozen Beast King Star warriors, forcing them to retreat behind the Earth's surviving hostages, mingling with them and even taking them with them for temporary refuge. The 20 mages also mysteriously disappeared.
As evening fell, the battle ended, and the ground forces from the three major battlefields on Earth began to withdraw from the ruins.
Today's battle was completely ineffective in terms of tactics; on the contrary, it resulted in even more severe personnel losses than yesterday.
According to post-war tallies, to be precise, the total number of soldiers lost in the three major battlefields on Earth exceeded 20,000!