Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 138

Chapter 138, The Beast Slaughter Group (64k subscription required!)

“Fuck!”

Henry couldn’t hold back and cursed.

Swan surrendered, yes. From this perspective, the retreat of the deserters and the sudden attack of the green-skinned orcs helped a little.

However, Henry couldn’t just hand over a garbage town that had become a ruin to the governor and then say that he had fulfilled his mission, right?

Henry said with a dark face: “What is the situation in the fifth district now?”

“Very bad. There is no time to build new fortifications there. Our people can only fight with those greenskins in the ruins. No one knows whether those adventurers can hold on. I can only guarantee that my people can hold on to the end.”

“I will inform the governor of this news as soon as possible, Mr. Swan. If you don’t want to hand over a garbage town that has become a ruin to the governor and let the governor down, please do everything you can to hold the front line in the next few days, at least until the governor’s troops arrive.”

Swan said in a deep voice: “I will do this without you saying it, but please urge me. No one in the garbage town wants the garbage town to become a ruin, but sometimes it is not a matter of wanting to or not.”

After speaking, he paused and hesitantly made another request: “In addition… can the troops stationed outside the garbage town help?”

Henry hesitated.

He paced left and right, struggling in his heart.

Without Swan’s request, he had thought of such a strong army outside the garbage town as external aid.

But this is risky.

Convincing Perbov and asking the Governor for authorization to act should be easy. Perbov is willing to fight, and the Governor, knowing that Swan has bowed his head and Junk Town has surrendered, should be willing to let Perbov join the war first.

But that means letting this synthetic battalion fight the terrifying greenskin group!

Is that an easy target?

Perbov’s synthetic battalion is indeed powerful. Fighting that group of looters is like killing pigs, but the greenskins are another matter.

In case of heavy casualties, will he have to bear the responsibility himself?

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and told Swan that he was willing to give it a try.

On the premise that Junk Town is willing to completely surrender to the Governor, it still has to be protected.

Taking Junk Town is of great significance to the Governor’s expansion of power. It is the most important raw material production site around Renaissance City, and it is also the most powerful military force among the surrounding uncontrolled forces.

This is also the biggest step for his promotion.

…

Just as Henry had thought before, it was not difficult to persuade Perbov to go to the battle. After the governor knew the whole situation here, especially knowing that Garbage Town might really let those green-skinned orcs break through the defense line in one battle, it was directly destroyed.

Gu Hang certainly didn’t want this to happen.

He granted Perbov the corresponding authority and allowed him to decide what to do based on the situation.

At the same time, the team led by Gu Hang himself also accelerated the pace of marching.

And Perbov, after getting the authorization, did not hesitate much and soon the whole army attacked.

The fully mechanized troops quickly bypassed Garbage Town and headed for the so-called Fifth District.

Along the way, Perbov saw all the chaos.

There were many adventurer groups that were temporarily summoned with a lot of money, assembled into a team, and rushed to the Fifth District; but at the same time, Perbov saw a larger number of adventurers retreating from the front line.

Among those who retreated, it seemed that a considerable number of them were very embarrassed and terrified.

These were obviously the defeated soldiers who escaped from the front line.

On the other hand, there were some adventurers who were retreating without any signs of fighting. This kind of people was a little strange.

Perbov arranged for people to stop several groups of adventurers, and brought them over to ask about the situation on the front line.

From the defeated soldiers, he got a piece of news that he didn’t know whether it was good or bad:

the battle in front was still going on, but in the absence of fortifications, it was easy for the orcs to break into close combat, and the casualties were very heavy. Teams of adventurers couldn’t bear such terrible casualties and retreated from the front line.

It was good news because the front line was still fighting and had not completely collapsed; it was bad news because it was about to collapse.

The news given by the other group of people who did not fight but retreated was more intriguing – they received orders to retreat. These orders came from some merchants and even agents who paid to hire them.

Perbov didn’t know much about Garbage Town, but Henry, who came to the front line with his command vehicle, immediately understood what it meant.

Those pessimists felt that Garbage Town could not be defended, so they withdrew the teams they hired with their own money. They no longer maintained the front line and engaged in meaningless battles, but let them protect themselves and escape from Garbage Town.

It is even possible that the news that Governor Gu was going to take over Garbage Town was leaked, which also catalyzed the idea of escape for those businessmen and agents.

Anyway, even if we defend it, Garbage Town is not ours, so why pay to defend it? Let’s run away quickly.

Thinking of this, Henry was particularly angry!

How can we save Garbage Town with these insects!

This is undoubtedly likely to lead to a complete collapse!

The combined battalion led by Perbov continued to move forward, and Henry borrowed the communication equipment on his command vehicle to contact Swan, who was still in Garbage Town, and informed him of the situation here. Swan

said that he would find a way to solve it.

Not only to solve those who want to run, but also to find a way to gather the defeated soldiers and try their best to maintain the front line.

Hearing Swan’s guarantee, Henry was somewhat relieved.

If the boss of Garbage Town really wanted to stop the spread and deterioration of this situation, he should have a way.

But there was only one thing that made Henry feel unsure: What if Swann wanted to escape?

He asked him to trick Perbov into going to the front line just to buy time to transfer materials and wealth.

To put it bluntly, he was afraid that Swann would deceive him.

For a moment, he actually felt a little confused.

Seeing that Perbov had already given the order for the artillery support company to deploy its formation, he said to Perbov:

“I’ll stay here.” After a pause, he continued, “I can’t help much even if I go to the front line, so it’s better to stay here. Leave me a radio, and I’ll communicate with the inside of Garbage Town at any time to ensure that there are no changes inside. If everything goes well, I will try to gather some defeated soldiers and retreating teams here. If…if there is a big problem in Garbage Town, I will also notify you as soon as possible and won’t let you fall into the quagmire alone.”

“Okay, let’s do it.”

…

Half an hour later, at the front line of the fifth district.

As expected, the battle continued, and many adventurers were still resisting, but they had no advantage at all. The green-skinned orcs who came back from afar killed these adventurers one by one, and from time to time, the whole team of adventurers collapsed and retreated.

Among them, the people with a resolute fighting attitude were a group of people wearing gray combat coats. On their arms, there was a uniform armband, the style of which was a spear piercing the head of an orc from bottom to top.

This armband represents an adventure group that was only established six months ago, but has expanded and expanded rapidly in six months: the Beast Slaughter Group.

This is a group of people who are determined to take revenge on the green-skinned orcs. Its founder and current leader is named Ruggie Likoshi.

Likoshi was once the leader of a medium-sized adventure group. He has been in the garbage town for many years. He is generous, enthusiastic, and loyal. He has always been famous in the entire adventurer industry.

Six months ago, his group encountered a group of green-skinned orcs and was almost wiped out. He and a considerable number of his comrades in the team were captured by those greenskins.

He saw with his own eyes that many of his closest comrades were split open and their brains were eaten by the greenskins, and their stomachs were cut open and used as food.

Among them, even his wife and two sons were included.

Later, this small orc camp was raided by another team of adventurers, and Likoshi escaped in the chaos. Since then, he disbanded the past team and established a new adventure group called “Beast Slaughter Group” with the intention of revenge.

Anyone who has a grudge against the green-skinned orcs and is determined to eliminate them can join the adventure group. In fact, this can no longer be considered an adventure group. Their main goal is no longer to explore, scavenge, and collect high-value items in the ruins, but to hunt the green-skinned orcs.

In the past few years, there are many people who have grudges against the green-skinned orcs. Some people will be frightened by the strength, brutality, and belligerence of the green-skinned orcs, but of course there are also people who are aroused by anger and hatred.

They gathered in the slaughter group and started a war with the green-skinned orcs.

Such a team is of course a good thing for the garbage town, which is facing an increasingly serious threat from the green skins. Although they do not produce, no longer scavenge, and rarely accept employment, the merchants and agents of various garbage towns are still willing to generously donate to provide them with weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, and even additional financial support.

With hatred support from within and funding from outside, the slaughter group has expanded rapidly in six months. At the same time, they are indeed the most determined and best-performing team in all the adventure groups in the garbage town to fight against the green-skinned orcs.

Their original defense area was not in the 18th district, nor in the fifth district. However, after the outer defense line of District 18 was pierced and they penetrated all the way to District 5, they had to retreat to avoid being outflanked.

At the same time, they also realized that the breakthrough of the green-skinned orcs was not over yet. If they were allowed to continue to rush forward, the garbage town as the rear might really be gone.

Li Kexi brought more than the average number of people from the Orc Slaughter Group to the Fifth District for reinforcement, trying to plug the loopholes in the defense line.

Then, as the fighting went on, his troops became the main force.

The other friendly forces retreated one after another, and in the end only a small number of people were left to fight side by side with them.

Holding a privately modified shotgun with three huge barrels tied together, he pulled the trigger, and after the dense large-caliber shotgun shells blasted a greenskin’s head at close range, Li Kexi spit out the cigarette that was almost burned out in his mouth with a “pooh” sound, and looked around.

A sense of sadness arose in his heart.

He knew that this might be his final burial place.

At present, the number of green-skinned orcs rushing through the gap in the defense line may have exceeded 3,000; and in contrast, at this moment, apart from his 3,000-strong group of orcs, the other adventurers who are still fighting may only be about 1,000 or 2,000.

According to past experience, in order to defend against the impact of the green-skinned orcs, especially in such a close distance, at least ten times the number is needed to win; five times the number is needed to maintain a stalemate.

Although his orcs have mastered some special skills in the long-term battle with the greenskins, and have specially targeted weapon modifications, they can only do three against one at best.

Now, the number of both sides is not even twice the difference, and according to experience, it is impossible to hold.

But there is no defense line beyond the fifth area.

His adjutant has come to ask more than once what to do.

And the answer he gave has never changed:

“The only way is to fight to the death!”

He has a strong fighting spirit, and he also understands that if he lets these green-skinned orcs rush through the garbage town, there will be no chance of revenge. Those greenskins will gain a larger living space, and humans will be completely defeated in this area.

He had already made up his mind to die.

But the Beast Slayer Group was on the verge of collapse.

Although the performance of the Beast Slayer Group was better than any other adventure group, they were also human beings. Hatred and anger could support them to fight more fiercely than others, but they would still be afraid. When facing a battle where they were bound to die, not everyone could really die heroically.

He had already felt that many of his brothers were already wavering.

He was a little anxious at first, but soon calmed down.

Let’s go, let’s go, it’s better to live a few more. In such a desperate situation, I just want to die in the battle with these greenskins, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that others will do the same.

After struggling to load the bullet, he strode forward. Another greenskin orc howled and rushed towards him. The three brothers next to him opened fire. The greenskin was shot several times but stood firm. He raised his crudely constructed gun and pulled the trigger to quickly kill two people.

The third person rushed up, holding a long-handled broadsword, and chopped the greenskin’s head with one knife.

The flesh was torn and blood was flowing, but the head could not be split open because it was stuck in the skull.

The greenskin took out a hand axe and split the head of the brave beast-killing group warrior in one go.

The greenskin pulled out the long knife on his head, roared to the sky with blood all over his face, and looked crazy.

“Bang!”

Taking this opportunity, he came to the greenskin only five or six meters away, and fired a shot at its head with an exaggerated three-barrel shotgun.

The greenskin, whose face was covered with blood, fell to the sky.

Rubbing his shoulders that were in pain from the recoil, he saw two more orcs coming.

At this moment, he had no brothers around him for a while, and the three-barrel shotgun in his hand was obviously too late to reload.

He threw down the gun and took out the iconic long-handled broadsword of the beast-killing group.

This should be the last battle before death. I don’t know if I can replace an orc before I die.

You can’t chop off the head, limbs or torso, because that won’t kill them in one blow. You can only chop off the neck. And you have to use full force and master the angle of the blade entering the flesh, so that you have a chance to cut the cervical vertebrae.

He only has one chance. If he fails, the greenskin’s physical strength far exceeds that of humans will tear him apart immediately.

He took a deep breath, waiting for the final moment.

The two orcs were getting closer and closer, one in front and one behind.

They seemed to be rushing forward, fearing that if they were slow, they would lose the chance to kill.

At this moment, a loud bang came from behind, and at the same time, there was a rocket with a tail flame.

The rocket exploded right in front of him, hitting the two monsters in front and behind, knocking them over. The one behind was already blown to death, but the one in front happened to fall not far from Li Kexi.

Regardless of his hair being scorched by the tail flame, Li Kexi walked forward quickly and chopped off the monster’s head with three knives.

At this time, he finally had time to turn his head, and he saw a group of unfamiliar soldiers coming from behind him.

It was just a three-man combat team, two of them holding guns, and the other carrying a rocket launcher.

The rocket just now was naturally fired from their hands. At this moment, the rocket launcher was taking out new rockets from the large tactical backpack behind him and stuffing them into the tube; the other two were constantly firing at a green-skinned orc who was still far away and trying to approach.

The firearms in their hands also made Li Kexi feel unfamiliar. He had never seen such a gun, it was black, completely different from the iron barrel rifles held by many adventurers, and it was very well made at first glance.

Looking in the direction of the shooting, the orc who was being concentrated on the fire was obviously shot in succession.

There was a distance of about 100 meters between the two sides.

What does a 100-meter distance mean? From a distance, the orc was not much bigger than a small black dot.

Being able to hit accurately at this distance not only represents the accuracy of these strange soldiers’ shooting skills, but also means that the rifles in their hands have very reliable accuracy.

If it is replaced with the rifles commonly used by adventurers, no matter how accurate the aim is, the trajectory will fly a hundred meters and no one knows where it will deviate.

In fact, the firearms used by those green-skinned orcs are similar, or even weaker. The guns in the hands of the greenskins are incredibly powerful. Within the effective range, one shot can often smash the entire upper body of a person. But their effective range is only within fifty meters, which is considered reliable. Beyond this distance, it will also deviate greatly, which is worse than the iron barrel rifles in the hands of the adventurers.

Because of this, the regular combat distance between adventurers and those green-skinned orcs in the past is within a hundred meters.

Between fifty and one hundred meters, the adventurers have some firepower advantages, but the greenskins can rely on their thick skin and flesh to rush within fifty meters, and then they are completely no match for the shooting.

How can we fight a battle where one shot from the other side can kill a greenskin, while the small water pipe on our side has to pour a hundred bullets to kill one greenskin?

Moreover, after the greenskins reach fifty meters, they will not stop except for shooting at each other. They will rush to a closer distance to play the advantages of the powerful but low accuracy of guns.

Or more directly, they will rush to the close combat distance and use cold weapons to solve the battle.

And often at this time, it is the time when the morale of human adventurers completely collapses. Except for the beast slaughter group who dared to take the big knife and fight the greenskins with an exchange ratio of more than five to one, no one dared to fight these monsters in close combat.

But these new strange infantrymen seemed to be different.

Not only did they have extremely precious rocket launchers, but the rifles in their hands could still play an effect at a distance of one hundred meters.

This is very meaningful.

The orc rushing towards here was shot at least thirty times when it rushed to fifty meters away. And it fired two shots, but both missed.

Then, it continued to rush forward, and when it was within fifty meters, it finally couldn’t bear such frequent attacks and fell to the ground and died.

It wasn’t just this infantry group that was shooting at them. There were two other infantry groups, who had apparently discovered its tracks as well. Six guns were shooting at it.

Li Kexi couldn’t help but feel envious.

He envied the rocket launcher, and

he also envied the gun. At the same time, he couldn’t help but wonder: where did these strangers come from?

He had a wide network of contacts, and he knew most of the adventure groups that were around Garbage Town, and the slightly more famous ones. He had never seen any group with such good equipment.

He saw someone waving at him.

Li Kexi hesitated, but still walked over.

He asked, “Which group are you from?”

The person who waved at him was also confused for a moment, but then he quickly reacted: “We are not from the Adventure Group, we are warriors of the New Alliance! I am Sergeant Luke Duffy.”

“…”

The amount of information was a bit too much, and Li Kexi didn’t even know what to say for a moment.

Sergeant Duffy saw the armband on his arm and asked: “Are you also from the Beast Slayer Group?”

“…Yes.”

“Then go to the rear as soon as possible, many of your comrades are regrouping. We still need your help, and we must work together to clean out these dirty green monsters.”

Li Kexi was stunned again.

His will to die faded.

If there was still hope of winning, then he really shouldn’t die. If possible, he was still looking forward to seeing more green monsters die in front of him.

“Sergeant Luke Duffy, I remember you. I’m Li Kexi, the leader of the Beast Slayer Group. We’ll meet again if we’re lucky.”

“You’re the leader?” Duffy was startled and said quickly, “That’s perfect! You have to go to the rear. Your brothers still need your leadership.”

“You’re right.”

Li Kexi picked up his gun and went in the direction Luke Duffy pointed.

After walking a little further, there was a fierce sound of gunfire and rocket launchers behind him.

He couldn’t help but look back and saw that the ten soldiers formed three combat teams. They didn’t continue to move forward, but held their current position. In front of them, a group of about twenty greenskins was coming towards them.

Li Kexi’s heart sank.

Especially when he saw that the two rockets hit them, only three greenskins were killed. Ten soldiers fired bullets from a distance, and even if they concentrated their fire, only two were killed at a long distance.

There are still fifteen left!

They have already rushed to a very close distance.

At this distance, these monsters will rush into the soldiers’ faces in a few seconds at most. In the meantime, they don’t even have time to change magazines, and the rocket launchers don’t have time to reload new ammunition.

Li Kexi was not optimistic about their fate, and hesitated whether to turn around and fight alongside them.

That was certainly not a wise move, but… they just saved his life, so was he going to turn around and abandon them and live in shame?

Just as he was struggling and hesitating, he heard two more rumbling sounds from behind him.

Turning his head, he saw two steel behemoths driving out from behind a building.

One of them was a tank, a “Challenger” tank he had seen once before. The other was a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle that looked a little thinner but more powerful.

They fired at the green-skinned orcs at the same time.

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