Lieutenant Hanson was not promoted because the federal command system is now very chaotic, and it is already very troublesome to organize nearby civilians to evacuate to safety. [23[w]x Of course, it is also possible that the senior bureaucrats who were not in love with Colonel Keyer were almost broken because there was a problem with the defense line and the bombing was forced to fail to cause a serious blow to the monster in advance. Moreover, it may be that the colonel was furious.

But Lieutenant Hanson, the good-looking man, didn't care much about this. He was more concerned about how to fight those crawling crawls next than promotion. After all, neither the scientific research team composed of civilians nor top scientists from various countries did not go too far, and they were still under the threat of each other.

Although it seems that the monster has no idea of ​​acting at all.

Judging from the experience I got yesterday, these crystal monsters will not move at night. Maybe they also need sleep, or for some other reason. In short, the other party was quiet all night last night. It was thanks to this that the Federation had time to transfer the city residents and prepare for the large-scale bombing and fire strike.

So it is relatively safe at night, so you don’t have to worry about the sudden appearance of the crawling crawl and then scaring a group of people.

That should have been true...

It was getting darker, and after dinner, Colonel Keyer called Thomas and Hansen to his command camp.

"Thomas, you are responsible for the vigil tonight," the colonel said without hesitation, "and Hansen, you and your troops go and have a good rest, it's worth it."

"But Colonel, my troops were beaten badly during the day..."

"Enough Thomas, I don't think about who made your troops look like that." Keyer stopped angrily, "Let the cold night wind blow outside and reorganize your brain."

After grabbing his head with a little trouble, Thomas could only accept it: "Okay, colonel. Then I'll make arrangements now."

"Wait for a moment." Keyer suddenly said seriously, "Lt. General Hubbard, the commander of the Aviation Corps supported by the Kingdom, and a few entourages are currently in the town of Songgu. If you find any strange actions of those aliens, you must immediately warn them. You cannot let them pose any threat to the town."

Thomas asked in confusion when he heard this, "Col. The commander's troops are Air Force? Why did he walk with us? Wasn't it better to leave by plane?"

"The Lieutenant General gave his special plane to the scientific research team, so those precious scientists could evacuate Sekiel in time." Kyer patted his arm and said, "Go to the mountain. Don't fall asleep in the middle of the night. That being said, it is most likely that those monsters will not come out for a walk. After all, they were bombed so exaggeratedly not long ago; but they cannot completely relax their vigilance. You must know that the other party is not a human that can be inferred by common sense. In short, open your eyes wide."

"I see."

Hanson, who was not speaking next to him, felt that it might be better to let Thomas take his remaining troops to rest. However, the colonel obviously planned to punish him because of the behavior of this guy during the day, so the young lieutenant didn't say anything more.

Colonel Keyer did not make any mistakes, Lieutenant Hansen did not make any mistakes, and even Thomas, who had always messed up things, did not make any mistakes. What really made was the Federal Commander-in-Chief in charge of this war zone and the inertial thinking of human beings.

But no one has noticed this at the moment.

After saying goodbye to Keyer and Hansen, Thomas brought his deputy to a hill with his lieutenant to start defending. In fact, there were some other troops here, each sharing different areas, turning the hill into a powerful and strong firepower point.

The place where Thomas and the others are located is on the outermost side and is a vigilant position.

The long night has begun.

One advantage of being a commander is that you don’t have to hold a rifle in your own hands to monitor the situation in the distance. Thomas, who had arranged the alert task in turn, got into his tank, turned on the air conditioner and dozed in the warm temperature.

"Captain, wake up." The adjutant shook Thomas hard, and said seriously after he recovered from consciousness, "Those monsters seem to be doing some kind of action."

All the tiredness of Thomas, who was still yawning, disappeared in an instant: "What, what the hell is going on?"

"You'd better come and see it yourself. The other party's actions are very strange." The adjutant grabbed his scalp in a puzzled tone when Thomas was observing the outside world through infrared rays. "They neither attacked head-on nor detoured away from Songgu Town, but just gathered in the wild."

"Battle the moon?"

"Captain, the moon is not round tonight, and there are many dark clouds."

After waving his hands casually, Thomas began to carefully observe the monsters in the distance. They were still a long way from the town, and it was so dark that it would be difficult to detect; but the number of these guys was too large, and they had reached the point of crowding the road; at the same time, the crystal itself had a good reflectiveness, so it was immediately discovered by the army that stood high and looked far.

However, the monsters just gathered on the road at the entrance of the town and did not immediately launch an attack, as if waiting for something.

"Contact the colonel immediately, and the monsters are likely to launch an attack in a short period of time." Thomas ordered in an orderly manner, "They are mostly waiting for subsequent reinforcements and preparing to capture here in one go. Everyone is ready to fight, but they are not allowed to evacuate the position at will before further instructions are issued. In addition, the opponent's coordinates are reported to the artillery, and they will be allowed to fight here as soon as the war begins!"

Thomas' command ability is actually not bad, but he is too timid and doesn't know what to do when encountering emergencies. Therefore, it is usually the best way to go. Colonel Keyer is very dissatisfied with this, but there is no candidate to replace Thomas, so he has been fighting in a confused manner until now.

In fact, Thomas also hopes to make some achievements to prove himself, but because of his personality, he often messes up or makes things worse.

Tonight, the monster launched an attack unexpectedly, and this time it said that it would do everything well.

Keyer's contact was sent soon: "This is Keyer, Thomas, we already know the situation. The drones arranged above came out before being shot down by the opponent's beam. Their number seemed to be quite large. Do you see any guys who are obviously different from other monsters in the opponent's large army?"

"No, sir." Thomas denied after careful observation, "At least, in my opinion, they are all ordinary cannon fodders, and with fire support, there is no threat. But Colonel, will they dig tunnels like they did during the day?"

"Special instruments have been arranged to monitor, and no signs of this are found at the moment. We are mobilizing troops to prepare for defense, Thomas, you can withdraw."

"Wait, withdraw! Colonel, my troops have suffered a lot of losses but can still fight."

Keyer sighed slightly and said, "Enough, Thomas. You know your troops yourself. It is difficult to fight against the aliens head-on before replenishing enough combat power. And I have other tasks to hand over to you, that is, to escort Lieutenant General Hubbard out of Songgu Town and rushed to the city of Carles behind overnight. Do you understand?"

"But Colonel, then we may miss the battle..."

"Is this related to honor or military achievements? You can't get anything here!" The colonel's tone suddenly became stern, "Come down from the position now, and then send the general out of this dangerous place."

"Yes, sir."

Unexpectedly, the person who came to replace Thomas was Hansen. He actually had no idea about this highly valued lieutenant Thomas. After all, it was a real achievement he had gained from the plant pile with his life. He couldn't admire him. Although he wanted to do it as good as Hansen,... it was still not possible.

The dejected captain, with troops who did not replenish enough combat power, found the kingdom's team in the town, which was less than ten people, and quickly left the town. When they left, the shells of the self-propelled artillery had turned into a large number of fire meteors, dragging them into the night sky, and flew towards the distance.

Then the end of the horizon exploded into a fire in the sky.

Thomas was paying attention to the battle situation on the front line through the radio, and it can be seen that this was a tentative attack, which was like a response to the human attack on monsters late at night yesterday. As long as it was handled properly, there should be no threat.

But in the end, some mistakes happened. A unit responsible for defending the flanks of the town was all recruits and had a fear of their attacks after witnessing the terror of monsters during the day, and then collapsed. Now the command center is trying to find a way, but the front lines need to be maintained, and people cannot be drawn out for a while.

"Let me come, my troops are closest to there." Thomas volunteered to say on the radio, "You can reach the battlefield in about 5 minutes!"

"Damn, Thomas, stay with Lieutenant General!" Keyer's angry voice immediately rang, "We will find a way to solve it ourselves!"

However, the stubborn captain ignored the commander's order. He divided the troops into two teams, one team stayed to protect the lieutenant general, and he led the main force to the battlefield and successfully saved the crumbling flank defense line until he finally waited for reinforcements.

The town of Songgu, which was attacked at night, finally defended with the efforts of everyone, and the casualties of the army were not very large. Thanks to Thomas and his troops' appearance in time, this did not change the situation in a bad way.

But just like Lieutenant Hanson, who was a little unlucky, Thomas was unable to get any medals in the end. (To be continued, please search for Piaotiansi, the novel is better and faster!
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