Origin Player.

Chapter 787: Iron Torrent
Inside the steel fortress.

With the mindset of opening a blind box, Jiang He opened the military ration box.

The meal included a chocolate cake, fruit-flavored energy bars, and lemon tea bags. The main course was baked beans with tomatoes and pork, along with two large bags of high-oil, high-sugar biscuits. Two palm-sized aluminum boxes contained luncheon meat of unknown composition and with a strange taste.

Jiang He devoured all the food. The cigarette box contained sixteen filtered cigarettes. He lit one and put it in his mouth, then reached out and continued searching. Soon, among the peanut butter, chewing gum, fuel blocks, and vitamin tablets, he found an aluminum can that looked like a fruit jar.

The liquid inside the aluminum cylinder is amber in color and has a pleasant fragrance.

"I told you, it's impossible to be mistaken."

The half-liter bottle of plum liquor brought a rare moment of gentleness to Jiang He's expression as she picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.

"Reporting, boss, the casualty statistics are in."

Wu He's voice came through the communicator: "Three platoon leaders have been killed in action, 35 F-level source energy users have been killed, and 118 soldiers and cannon fodder have been injured or killed. Currently, only 112 people are still able to continue fighting."

Among the relatively high-level Source Power users on our side, only the Rat survived. The choice to specialize in physical strength when creating the Evil Fiend Soldiers paid off, with at least a high survival rate.

Wuhe continued, "In addition, the regimental headquarters ordered that the Ninth Company needs to hold a front line of about half a kilometer around Building A of Jingshui. In other words, we have to allocate most of our forces to establish positions."

"You make the arrangements."

"Yes."

Jiang He was not surprised. With the general offensive over, the war returned to a protracted struggle, and establishing a defensive line was inevitable. The Ninth Company was at the forefront, with the responsibility of intercepting the vampires' nighttime incursions.

"Luo Yeli".

"Don't you feel awkward? Just call me Ye Li normally." Luo Ye Li said, munching on military rations biscuits, "What's up?"

"We requested reinforcements from the regimental headquarters, but we are short-handed."

"The regimental headquarters estimates that there is also a shortage of troops, but our position is on the front line, so there is probably no problem in applying. However, the recruits will not be of high quality; they will most likely be student soldiers from the Doomsday Academy. You describe the casualties, and I will write a report."

Jiang He read aloud the casualty statistics table given to him by Wu He.

At the same time, the apartment door suddenly closed, and the blonde female military officer, wrapped in a coat, entered, looking somewhat anxious and nervous. Seeing that Jiang He was on the phone, she found a pen and paper and wrote:

Commander Dijiang, I fear I will not live to see the end of the war.

Jiang He understood and wrote: What does that mean?
The blonde female officer decisively took off her coat, revealing her youthful and beautiful side. She half-squatted down and skillfully unbuttoned her military trousers, while Jiang He watched with a strange look as she patiently spread peanut butter, finding it quite novel.

"Ouch!"

"What's wrong?" Luo Yeli asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, the casualties were a bit more than expected."

After finishing her report, Luo Yeli casually remarked, "I have two VIP tickets to an aquarium and an amusement park. If the war ends and we're both safe and sound, how about you come with me?"

"Dating?"

Jiang He glanced at the blonde female officer who was engrossed in her work.

Luo Yeli said naturally, "The form may be somewhat similar, but the essence is completely different. I need to inspect my own industries. If they are not up to standard, I will simply merge them with Luo's Heavy Industry to avoid wasting resources. The restructuring involves some old directors, and there may be conflicts. You will have to stay by my side..."

"What's wrong with you? I'll get your perspective right away!" Luo Yeli suddenly exclaimed in surprise. The sound of running water came from the other end of the communication. With this much blood loss, a normal person would probably go into shock.

"I'm taking a shower."

Jiang He was actually quite surprised.

The blonde female officer was not only making her first appearance on the battlefield, but she also appeared delicate and frail, which seemed incongruous with her appearance.

"You scared me!" Luo Yeli couldn't help but complain.

The blonde female officer's smile contained a hint of provocation. So what if she was a high-and-mighty heiress? This kind of person probably didn't even know her own feelings. She was hesitant and indecisive. In the end, the man she liked would just be the one she got to taste first.

"Sir, I request permission..."

Jiang He quickly unleashed lightning, stunning the person in front of him. He could roughly guess what defiant words the other party wanted to say.

On the other end of the communicator, Luo Yeli suddenly stood up, exclaiming incredulously, "What's going on over there? How come there's a woman here!"

Without giving Jiang He a chance to argue, Luo Yeli immediately went to the information platform, her eyes filled with anger, and directly activated remote vision.

Jiang He's expression remained calm.

He's seen it all, no storm.

Even when facing formidable enemies, he can maintain exceptional composure.

Concept Gene: Ignore and Start Immediately.

The communicator established a remote view. On the instrument screen, the blonde female officer appeared in the picture, covered in a mess, but Luo Yeli ignored her. She continued to stare intently at the screen, searching for clues. In the corner, the glass shards reflected Jiang He's figure.

"Pah! Hurry up and pull your pants up. Aren't you taking a shower?"

"It's not convenient to say."

"Bah bah bah!"

Luo Yeli blushed and asked suspiciously, "You weren't thinking about me while comforting yourself, were you?"

Jiang He's expression showed slight disdain.

Perhaps due to her heightened emotions, Luo Yeli took out her communicator almost without hesitation, pointed it at her legs encased in stockings, and snapped a few photos before sending them out.

Jiang He: "Hmm?"

"Take it and use it, but only once."

Jiang He stepped on the blonde female officer and hesitated, saying, "Isn't this a bit ambiguous?"

"People who use me as material have no right to say such things."

Luo Yeli quickly hung up the call, sat back on the sofa in the base vehicle, stretched out her arms to hug her knees, curled up into a ball, her face flushed as she buried her head, as if steam was rising from her.

Jiang He shrugged and kicked the blonde female officer awake.

"Sir..."

"Go on, but be prepared, given your previous dishonesty."

……

Dawn.

A barrage of artillery fire struck the northern shore, which was controlled by the vampires.

Jiang He stood up, fully clothed.

The blonde female officer's eyelids were drooping. She injected herself with two doses of military stimulant before she could finally recover. The mission of collecting genetic material was complete. As long as she could return alive from the war, the bigwig in the Night Brigade promised to exempt her younger sister in the Doomsday Academy from the war assessment in her fifth year.

"But it's Lady Koihime."

"I really want to keep this child myself."

The blonde female officer stroked her lower abdomen, her eyes filled with tenderness. She had no doubt that the acquisition of the genetic material was successful; the exaggerated and abundant amount was more than enough to impregnate a hundred women.

Jiang He had no idea what the blonde female officer was thinking.

Of course, even if I knew, I wouldn't care.

He will absolutely not leave any offspring, and any flaw, under the guidance of someone with ulterior motives, could potentially escalate to an unpredictable degree.

"Lieutenant Colonel Dijiang, the 10th Mountain Battalion reporting for duty."

Behind Building A of Jingshui, a reinforced battalion arrived smoothly. The 10th Mountain Battalion was not a Class A unit, but rather a subordinate force, but it was backed by the Yuan family, one of the five great families in the fortified city, making it somewhat similar to a mercenary organization. At this moment, all four reserve units under the 1st Division of the Northern Theater Command were deployed to the battlefield. The scale of the war was no longer what it was in the early stages, with only tens of thousands of troops clashing on both sides.

Jiang He went downstairs and met with Yuan Shenzhong, the commander of the mountain battalion.

He is a C-level Source Power user with the Source Talent Deep Water, ranked 160th in the sequence. Yuan Liang and others from Class A of the fifth grade of the Doomsday Academy are also in the camp. Because of the terrifying casualty rate on the front line, Yuan Liang has worked hard to get the students to gather together and stick together.

"I will follow the tactical arrangements under the command of Deputy Company Commander Wu. I have no other requirements," Jiang He said.

"Understood." Yuan Shenzhong had no objections. The Tongchuan Army had a military merit list. The speed assassin in front of him had already killed four vampire counts. His combat power was astonishing. Moreover, the other party was one rank higher than him. Both logically and emotionally, his command authority was unshakeable.

The 10th Mountain Battalion, consisting of 1000 men, joined the combat force.

The ragtag teams set up positions, numbered one through nine, with each position consisting of multiple combat squads, totaling one hundred combat squads. They took cover under rubble, in piles of garbage, and behind buildings, concealing themselves as much as possible to minimize casualties from artillery fire.

"You are... Senior Xin!"

As soon as the Wooden Woman and Purple Flower entered the Steel Fortress, they were greeted by a blonde female officer.

Xin Xin graduated from Doomsday Academy two years ago. At that time, she was a famous figure in the swordsmanship club and was known as the "Blonde Swordswoman".
Xin Xin asked in surprise, "Your war assessment requires us to come to this kind of frontline?"

Zi Hua's expression darkened as she said, "The military predicts that the vampires may be planning something big in the next few years. Future war assessments will require real combat on the front lines, and the situation is said to be far from optimistic."

From the day they arrived, players have been causing trouble all the time.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they parted ways. The blonde female officer struggled with her emotions, but finally gave a self-deprecating laugh. The child in her womb was ultimately not hers. If her sister were to go to the front lines in the war assessment, she would rather suppress her ulterior motives and obediently complete the task assigned to her by Koihime.

……

noon.

The vampire forces launched another attack.

An armored brigade arrived on the other side of the Third Bridge, with fifty-six main battle tanks assembled. This was part of the Duke of Tucson's arsenal, personally led by the Marquis of Noah.

The artillery regiment opened fire again, with seemingly inexhaustible shells.

A continuous roar echoed in the sky.

Then the whole world seemed to be shattered by the bombardment. Thousands of shells, like hailstones of steel, rained down on the battlefield, the explosions continuous, forming a deafening roar that could shatter eardrums.

"Look for cover!"

"Everyone stay inside! Saturation bombardment!"

Flames filled the sky, and the ground was no longer solid soil, but trembled and rolled violently, like a turbulent sea undergoing a storm. Many damaged buildings evaporated directly, their walls turned to dust, and the streets were cut into pieces by huge bomb craters. Rubble and soil were repeatedly thrown into the air, forming a thick cloud of smoke that blotted out the sun.

Bunkers and positions became meaningless.

Before the first round of bombing was over, the air was already filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, the scorching smell of dust, and a terrible, burning odor, which instilled a sense of instinctive terror.

For the soldiers huddled in the ruins, basements, or individual trenches, this was nothing short of a continuous torture. Three rare B-grade source energy heavy artillery shells fell from the sky above the steel fortress. Jiang He rushed to the second floor and dragged Wu He away. Then, the steel fortress, which had stood firm yesterday, exploded inside and out, and was reduced to rubble.

A vampire duke's elite armored force.

In theory, it should be comparable to the main force directly under the command of Commander Tongchuan.

"The mountain battalion's ambush platoon leader has been killed in action!"

"Please have the Second Company Commander respond!"

"The deputy battalion commander is seriously wounded, and the medic has been called in!"

The entire communications squad was wiped out, and the communications channels were in complete chaos.

"Boss, something's wrong," Wuhe said gravely. The 10th Mountain Battalion, which had just arrived, had probably lost a quarter of its men in the blink of an eye. Most importantly, enemy armored forces were about to cross the bridge.

"You should go back and hide for a while," Jiang He said.

Wuhe said helplessly, "Boss, my death won't affect my true form. I can't keep hiding behind you forever."

Unfortunately, Jiang He's attitude at this moment left no room for refusal.

With the activation of the Void Reversal Technique, Wuhe returned to the villa on the island in the middle of the lake.

Zishu staggered over, his face covered in black blood, and shouted, "Boss, something's happened!"

Zishu dumped the backpack on the ground, and the blonde female officer Xin Xin's head, left leg, liver, and right hand fell out one after another, while the other parts had been blown to pieces by the shell.

"What's going on?" Jiang He's eyes flickered.

Without a final time loop, this kind of death is beyond his current capabilities.

Zishu said, "Xin Xin ran out with the radio on her back just now. She probably wanted to make a secret contact with someone. The radio signal technology is relatively primitive. She didn't hide in the bunker at the time and died in the first round of bombing. Commander Wu noticed her abnormality and asked me to keep an eye on her, but the bombing firepower was too strong."

I'm very sorry, Zishu.

He failed to take good care of the boss's cup; he deserves to die.

Camel, Lynx, Wasp, Tiewen, Xinxin, the core members of the Ninth Company were killed in action one after another. Of the original fifty men, except for a very few lucky ones, almost all of them perished here.

Bang bang bang!
The firefight had begun. The vampire armored forces crossed the third bridge, and fifty-six main battle tanks destroyed one combat squad after another. The haphazardly arranged defenses were clearly no match for the main vampire force.

Boom boom boom!
The steel torrent swept everything away.

At the same time, a large group of vampire warriors suddenly appeared behind their own position. Most of them were covered in damp mud, obviously having just come out of the tunnel.

Upon seeing this, the various units of the 10th Mountain Battalion were plunged into despair.

Battalion Commander Yuan Shenzhong shouted: "Break out on your own and abandon the position!"

Hundreds of men scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in a panic. Three main battle tanks were enough to rout a Class A company. Now the entire armored force was rampaging, but their own main force was nowhere to be seen.

"Let's go, carrying the communication box on our backs."

"clear."

Jiang He ran close to the ground among the rubble. Holding out was definitely not an option. For the other soldiers, they were being attacked from both sides, and running away was not an option either. The only tactic that had any value was guerrilla warfare.

The mouse followed Jiang He's footsteps, while simultaneously attempting to restore communication.

"How are you!"

Hearing anxious shouts from beside her, Luo Yeli nearly lost her composure.

“He won’t die.” Jiang He replied, then asked, “The position was lost, and Fu Shuang didn’t offer any explanation?”

Luo Yeli calmed herself down and asked, "What do you think of me normally?"

Jiang He: “…”

I'm being bombed.

Jiang He laughed, somewhat annoyed, "Let's get down to business first."

The girl's feelings may not be clear to herself, but in the eyes of the fairy boar hunter, they are undoubtedly crystal clear.

Luo Yeli said, "The regimental headquarters misjudged the direction of the vampires' main attack. The staff officer involved was from the Luo family and has resigned. The Third Main Regiment is currently holding the Second Bridge and is advancing towards you, but it may not be able to break through the vampires' blocking line. In addition, the regimental headquarters has ordered that all units in the Third Bridge area hold their positions to the death and not retreat a single step."

Jiang He seemed to be deep in thought. The actions of the Luo family's strategist were somewhat similar to a deposit in a transaction, demonstrating sincerity to the vampires for a certain matter.

"If you encounter danger while you are on the mountain, you can retreat. I can leave at any time."

"clear."

(End of this chapter)