Chapter 43: The Strength of the Abyssal Legion

  The patrol consisted of two large trucks and four Humvees equipped with heavy machine guns, as well as a Stryker light armored vehicle.

  Originally, tasks like patrols didn't even require the deployment of armored vehicles, but who would have thought that during this period, there were ambushes on patrol teams everywhere in Germany, each time with no survivors or bodies found, causing unrest among the troops. Many people are unwilling to go out on patrol at night, fearing they will become one of the missing.

  Although these soldiers were not afraid to fight against the enemy, facing this strange situation where all the personnel of the attacked convoy disappeared, anyone would feel terrified. From that night on, everyone became reluctant to carry out their patrol missions.

  Therefore, the command side in order to stabilize the military, only sent armored vehicles in subsequent patrol teams to enhance the overall combat effectiveness and defense. The Trek light wheeled armored vehicle added to the fleet was equipped with an M163 20mm Vulcan cannon, which could provide strong firepower support for the patrol team.

  And this convoy has a very special mission. Normally, patrol teams would not have non-combat vehicles like trucks, but inside those two trucks were a group of very special warriors - the most elite infantry force in the US military, armored soldiers.

  At this time, they were bored and started talking about the task in front of them on the bus. In order to catch that group of elusive attackers, these elite armored warriors were using themselves as bait to patrol back and forth on this road segment with the highest incidence of attacks.

  "Captain, how long are we gonna keep driving around like this every night?" a white young man said to Captain Steve who was sitting in the back of the truck.

  "Yes! Captain, we've been thinking this way for so many days, could it be that the other side has already received wind of our arrival and slipped away!" Another old soldier also said with a smile.

  "I think so too, our current reputation isn't undeserved. If we were to encounter those guys who ambushed the patrol squad, I really wonder what kind of expression they would have on their faces at that time. But Captain, when can we return home for vacation? It's been almost half a year since I last had one."

  Captain Steve, who was over thirty years old, looked at his confident subordinates and smiled: "Don't ask me about this matter, let Harry go ask the highest commander here tomorrow!"

  Captain America had no dissatisfaction with the extremely confident appearance of his subordinates, because they indeed had such strength. At that time in Europe's France region, this team was relying on their strength to open up a path for the troops to advance in the area infested with Chitauri.

  "Ask him! The old fellow will surely bellow loudly, 'You... enemy raid!'"

  Their conversation had not ended when it was abruptly interrupted by a sudden explosion. The entire convoy immediately slammed on the brakes, and gunfire erupted outside, apparently their target had finally appeared after several days of waiting.

  All armored warriors in the truck immediately put on their helmets and activated their armor suits, with all weapons loaded. Captain Steve began to loudly command through the communicator: "The 3rd Armored Squad will start fighting immediately! Let those who dare to attack us go to hell!"

  Captain America finished speaking and was the first to charge forward, followed closely by others who rushed out to prepare for battle with the attackers. At this time, the entire convoy had been severely damaged, and even the armored vehicle had caught fire.

  When this group of armored warriors appeared on the scene where fierce fighting was going on, a dense barrage of bullets came from the dark forest in front like hailstones and crazily pounded everyone. The intensity of that firepower was so great that it made the titanium alloy armor uniforms spark all over, and the powerful impact also made the bodies of the hit armored warriors shake violently.

  The armored warrior immediately used his mobility to move at high speed and dodge, while also using his six-barreled machine gun to counterattack. Although the armor had good defensive capabilities, no one was foolish enough to stay in place and exchange fire with the enemy, who knew if the opponent had even more powerful weapons.

  The armored warrior captain Steve, who was fiercely attacking the enemy at this time, received a report from his subordinate: "Captain, those guys in the woods have too much firepower. The bullets that attacked us are all .50 caliber machine gun bullets. It seems that the attacker used more than twenty heavy machine guns!"

  Having heard the firepower reconnaissance of the team members, Captain Steve immediately shouted loudly through the communication device in his armored suit: "All team members aim their grenade launchers at the forest, listen to my command and start unified three-burst firing, blast those bastards to death, aim one... two... fire!"

  Under the unified command of this captain, the twelve armored warriors on the left hand simultaneously launched thirty-six 40mm grenades from their grenade launchers into the woods. Two seconds later, a huge explosion sounded in the front woods, and the gunfire there stopped abruptly.

  Looking ahead at the forest that had been silenced after being hit by a grenade, the captain who was observing the situation through an infrared night vision device heard excited voices from his subordinates coming from his communicator: "Captain, it seems that those guys should have been blown up by us. They're not very resilient, are they?"

  "Yes, I thought they would be much tougher opponents, but it turns out they're just like this. What was that at the time...!"

  At this time, the armored warrior's words had not been finished yet, and the communication was suddenly interrupted. Just as Captain Steve was about to ask what was going on with his communication, a team member shouted loudly: "Captain, look at those monsters... they're coming!"

  As the team member reminded, all the armored warriors turned their eyes to the forest direction again, and a picture that they did not expect appeared in front of everyone.

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  Kam was now enthusiastically directing his men to use the Browning M2HB 12.7mm heavy machine gun they had taken from a Humvee during a previous attack on a patrol, to launch a frenzied attack on the human patrol in front of them.

  Kam and his tribesmen loved the feel of heavy machine guns firing, the huge roar and sparks from bullets in the dark night excited this group of naturally violent lizard people extremely.

  Several Humvees were soon blown up one after another, bursting into flames. Seeing his success in sight, Kam opened his big mouth full of sharp teeth again and let out a triumphant smile. Such slaughter was really too refreshing, he thoroughly enjoyed the feeling.

  As he watched his own people use the heavy machine guns with such excitement, he felt that although the humans of this plane were all magically inferior and barbaric, they still had some redeeming qualities. When the time came for Lord Trem's army to conquer this plane, he would make sure that all his people used the weapons from here, and their status in the depths would definitely be elevated again. Also, he wanted to capture a batch of humans who could manufacture weapons and bring them back to their old home to produce more weapons suitable for their own tribe. Just thinking about all his people holding heavy machine guns and crazily sweeping the enemy on the battlefield made Kam's saliva flow uncontrollably.

  Just as Kam was indulging in his own daydream, a report from one of his subordinates broke into his pleasant fantasy and pulled him back to reality: "Kam leader, human heavy armor knights have been spotted ahead, our weapons are ineffective!"

  Upon hearing the report from his subordinate, Kam was shocked. As a veteran of many battles across multiple planes, he clearly remembered those heavily armored knights from other planes. Those iron-clad warriors not only had astonishing defensive capabilities but also possessed extremely refined martial skills, with combat strength that would never be inferior to his own kin. They were formidable enemies who would prove difficult to deal with.

  But aren't humans in this world extremely weak? How can such powerful heavily armored knights appear? But before Kamu could figure out what was going on, a loud explosion suddenly rang out right next to him.

  A powerful explosion instantly sent these lizard warriors who were frantically using heavy machine guns to sweep the area tumbling in all directions.

  Shaking his head to clear the dizziness, Kam turned around and took in the scene before him. His face twisted in rage, he grabbed the massive black iron sword slung over his back and bellowed: "All of you who are still alive, grab your gear and follow me! Let's slaughter those guys and show them the power of the Deepfire Wyrm warriors!"

  After the intense explosion just now, Kam found that more than a dozen of his tribesmen had been killed by the shockwave. Although the deep-sea metal armor on their bodies was extremely strong and could easily withstand bullets, it was unable to withstand the shockwave.

  Kam saw that so many people under his command had died at once, and immediately became enraged. With a sword in hand, he charged down, using all his might to slash the humanoid heavy armor knight closest to him with his greatsword.

  The sharp greatsword of the Deep Abyss slashed through the unprepared heavy armored knight in front without any hindrance. Behind Kam, a large group of Fire Lizard warriors also charged out with their large axes and swords towards the remaining heavy armored knights.

  Those heavily armored knights saw their warriors approaching, but instead of drawing out a large sword and engaging in fierce combat, they kept dodging and using those machine guns to attack the Fire Lizard Warriors.

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  Now the armored warrior Captain Steve is already complaining, he did not expect that what appeared in front of them was not a parasite beast or personnel from other enemy countries, but a group of large lizards holding cold weapons.

  However, the giant lizards in front of him were more difficult to deal with than the parasitic beasts and Gadd. Steve had just witnessed one of his subordinates being split into two segments by a large axe in the hands of those lizards, along with their armor suits.

  Captain America was well aware of the defensive capabilities of his team's equipment, with a full-titanium alloy shell that could easily withstand direct attacks from 40mm grenades and other projectiles. However, all this proved to be as fragile as butter when faced with the cold steel blades wielded by those lizards.

  Moreover, the armor on those large lizards' bodies, which looked quite strange, could actually withstand the fierce attack of the rapid-firing machine guns on the armored suits. Bullets hitting it would occasionally spark flames.

  All this shows that the quality of the armor on the giant lizard is no worse than that of their power suits.

  "Captain, what the...?! How can we not kill them with this kind of firepower?!" After a blood-curdling scream, the team member who was communicating with Captain Steve fell silent, apparently having been blown away.

  Captain America realized that they had no advantage at all in the face of this situation. The number of giant lizards, which were much more powerful than the parasitic beasts, was too great, and it was unnecessary for them to continue staying here waiting for death. The troops must break through immediately, and from the beginning, he found that long-distance communication had been severely disrupted, and it was impossible to inform the base of the situation here!

  Captain America dodged a massive axe swung at him with his agility in the armored suit, and immediately shouted loudly to all surviving subordinates on the scene: "Everyone disperse and start breaking through... Hurry up..."

  Although Captain America's methods were quite correct, the situation was far more severe than he had imagined. Now he faced the most notorious Deep Sea Fire Worm warriors in the most dangerous blood battles, who not only possessed strong vitality and martial arts skills but also were born with the ability to use flames.

  Steve was the first human to witness the terrifying power of the Deep Warriors on Earth. When all the Fire Wyrm Warriors saw the Armored Warriors start to disperse and escape, they didn't continue to wield their large swords to pursue their opponents. Instead, they ignited fierce flames on their own hands, and with those fiery spears composed of Deep Chasm Flames, they shot towards the Armored Warriors who were fleeing with their backs turned, at a speed that was too fast to react.

  The powerful flames of the abyss, after continuously hitting the titanium alloy armor suits of the armored warriors, terrifyingly burned through the entire body of the platoon.

  Captain America was shocked by the terrifying situation in front of him, and his soul was almost gone. The opponent's strength was really unbelievable. Now he must escape to tell the base about this situation, a new enemy has appeared here, otherwise the troops will suffer even greater losses in the future.

  Just as Captain America turned around to run towards the darkness behind him, a black giant sword suddenly slashed down in front of him at an extremely fast speed.

  In a command base more than 100 kilometers away from the patrol team, the commander on the scene was extremely nervous. He had just received an urgent intelligence report from the front line that the decoy troops at the front line had successfully engaged in combat with those mysterious enemies who frequently attacked the patrol team.

  The commander asked the communications soldier urgently: "How much longer until the helicopter attack team arrives at the scene?"

  "Sir, the helicopter squadron has spotted the intense battle ahead. We're ready to provide firepower support!"

  Upon hearing this, he slightly calmed down, thinking that the heavily armed helicopter's firepower would surely inflict heavy casualties on the enemy. However, he still couldn't let his guard down and once again seriously issued orders: "Notify all patrol teams in other sectors as well as rapid response units to immediately rush to the scene to provide support."

  The commander's mood is still up and down, this time in order to smoothly bring out the guys who ambushed the patrol team. This expeditionary force stationed in Germany has been carefully prepared, not only with several rapid reaction forces on standby 24 hours a day, but also specially applied to the Ministry of National Defense for a small team of the country's most elite armored warriors.

  It's no exaggeration to say that all the high-ranking officers of these headquarters have staked their entire future on this operation. If this plan still follows the old pattern and ends in failure, then the whole army will be doomed!

  Five Longbow Apaches have now arrived in the patrol's engagement area, and through the spotlight shining down from beneath the aircraft, the pilots can see the burning vehicles below and clearly make out the group of enemy fighters surrounding the armored soldier.

  But the pilots couldn't help but burst out in loud exclamations inside the cockpit: "My god, what are those monsters down there?!"

  "It seems like a lizard, right? They have tails and are holding axes!"

  "Is this also a Parasitic Beast? How can it still use weapons?"

  "Captain, watch out for an attack from below, dodge it!"

  At this time, several machine guns in the forest immediately spewed out tongues of fire, rapidly attacking the armed helicopters in the air. The five helicopters were frightened and quickly pulled up to avoid them, almost being shot down by the sudden bullets.

  "Captain, the enemy's firepower is quite intense! Just now, there were at least a dozen firing points attacking us." The wingman began to report to the leading captain.

  "Have you made contact with the armored warrior squad below?" The squadron leader asked his wingman in charge of communication.

  The wingman gave the lead plane a very unfortunate message at this time: "Captain, I've been calling out just now, including the convoy, there's no response at all, I'm afraid they......!"

  It seems that they have arrived a step too late, seeing the remaining enemies below and recalling how they almost got shot down by the machine gun in the forest. Under the lead of the commander's helicopter, a fleet of armed helicopters occupied the advantageous terrain in the sky, preparing to launch a saturation attack on the ground to thoroughly eliminate the enemies below.

  The 30mm cannon under the Apache's fuselage and the 70mm rockets under its wings were ready to unleash a devastating attack on the forest below at any moment, waiting only for the lead aircraft to give the command.

  The leader of the armed helicopter squadron, at this time put his finger on the weapon button, and he began to command through the communicator in an extremely serious tone: "All Apaches prepare, listen to my command and open fire together!"

  A loud explosion sounded, and the helicopter squadron leader's attack command had not been issued yet. He, along with his plane, turned into a blazing fireball in mid-air.

  Several other Longbow Apaches in the air were caught off guard by this sudden turn of events and hastily began to scatter and dodge the incoming attacks from the ground. At the same time, they desperately reported back to base: "Base, we are under attack by enemy surface-to-air missiles! The squadron leader has been shot down, requesting immediate dispatch..."

  The Apache helicopter, which was making an emergency report to the base, also followed in the footsteps of the commander's plane and was blown up in mid-air by a sword-like flame that suddenly burst from the forest below.

  The other three helicopters, seeing the situation was not good, immediately turned around and started to escape. Now they have completely given up attacking those obvious enemy targets below, and are struggling to save their own lives. How can they possibly have the mood to carry out a mission that they know is suicidal?

  However, the three Apaches that were speeding away from the scene did not get far before several thick lightning bolts suddenly appeared in the sky and accurately struck the helicopters. The massive force instantly turned the helicopters into fireballs, causing a huge explosion in mid-air.

  In the flash of light from the helicopter explosion, a group of dark-robed abyssal mages appeared in the forest below. The lightning bolts were their handiwork, and this was also Master Vlad's order for them to secretly follow Kam and others to prevent such situations.

  At this time, the intense battle at the scene of the ambush also came to an end. The latest model of armored warriors with the strongest combat power and defense capabilities in the US military has almost all been destroyed and fallen to the ground. The lizard warriors are now holding bloody weapons, starting to loot everything on the battlefield.

  Thus the most elite high-tech troops of humanity were thoroughly defeated by the demonic legion's terrifying brute force and eerie magic in the intense battle.