Chapter 449: The Fear Dominated by Giants!
About ten kilometers southwest of the Star Gate.
Rows of thick, long barbed wire could be seen crisscrossing the dry land.
Looking down from High Altitude, the dry, yellow earth seemed to have suffered countless lashings, leaving behind these terrifying and ugly, hideous 'scars'.
Behind this dangerous Zone, the first Trench appeared, its endless tail end completely out of sight.
They were mainly divided into the forward Firepower Trench and the Support Trench behind it, as well as zigzagging Communication Trenches connecting these two main Trenches. Forty to fifty thousand Army Military Strength were stationed within them.
Around these Trenches, one could also see Bunker Buildings resembling Little Giants.
The World Alliance Army, having had several years of ample preparation Time.
Therefore, they directly cast these semi-permanent Machine Gun Bunkers, Sniper Posts, Observation Posts, and other Defensive Works with concrete and stone bricks, basically one every fifty meters.
On the left and right sides of the Communication Trenches, two Armored Trains slowly moved along the Railway below, like Giant Snakes patrolling their territory.
Each Armored Train was divided into five Steel Train Cars, with an Anti-Titan Cannon of one hundred and five millimeters Caliber and two Maxim Heavy Machine Guns mounted on top of each car.
These collectively formed a Defense Line.
Its length reached several hundred kilometers, perfectly isolating and separating the Burak Peninsula Area (the Bari, Sanaag, Sool, and Nugaal provinces of Somalia).
And there was a similar Defense Line every kilometer, totaling twelve Defense Lines, accommodating nearly ten million Military Strength, thousands of Machine Gun Bunkers, and over twenty various Artillery Emplacements.
Behind these Defense Lines was an even larger Logistics Area.
Large numbers of houses, small Buildings, Plazas, Paths, and Airports prepared for Airships and Aircraft Units.
This was the Battlefield built with nearly eighty percent of the Titan World's Military Power and vast amounts of Resources, Manpower, and construction. They were fully prepared for a comprehensive War of Resistance.
"Blake, have you noticed that the sound coming from the front is getting louder and louder?"
Somewhere in the Firepower Trench of the second Defense Line.
A young man wearing a silver-gray Steel Helmet, with many small pockmarks on his face and yellowish-brown hair, while clutching the Mosin-Nagant Rifle in his arms, carefully whispered to his Partner beside him with his brown Pupils.
In his ears, the continuous Roar of Explosions and the rapid Machine Gun Fire came not only from the front but also from directly above their heads.
However, he was just a small Soldier in the Army and didn't need to worry about the Matters in the sky for the Time being.
"It should be that the Firepower Trench in front has been captured. Now our people have retreated to the Support Trench."
The black-haired young man called Blake leaned against the Earth Wall of the Trench with his eyes closed, casually responding to Arnold, then added, "Before it's our turn, you should hurry up and get some rest. Cherish this little remaining peace."
Arnold, however, pursed his lips and asked again, "Do you think we can defeat these Otherworld Invaders?"
"Whether we can win or not, I don't know. But I know that regardless of winning or losing, we two are definitely going to die. However, I already slept with Melissa before I came here, so I have no regrets."
Blake still didn't open his eyes, because in the Darkness of the World, he could more clearly imagine that beautiful, fair, and gentle Smile.
Ever since he was assigned to this second Defense Line, he had realized that he was bound to die.
"Ah, you actually?!"
Arnold looked at his Friend in astonishment. Soon, his Gaze was filled with envy and disappointment, because he also liked Melissa.
"That's not right. Melissa couldn't possibly like you. She always said she wanted to marry a rich man, you..."
"Yeah, she doesn't like me, but that doesn't stop me from having her body before coming here. Anyway, I'm not going back, so why shouldn't I have some fun?"
Blake suddenly opened his eyes and calmly looked at the nine small black dots in the blue sky.
He knew those were Airships from the Otherworld. Although they weren't Airships, they could float in the air, which was very incredible.
When they first arrived, they were attacked by countless Anti-Aircraft Guns, and then many blue Afterimages and yellowish-green Flames appeared, blocking all the attacks.
However, they didn't seem to have any intention of counterattacking and directly increased their Height.
After reaching a Position that Anti-Aircraft Guns couldn't reach, they stopped there motionless, as if waiting for something.
"What? Blake, how could you do that!"
Upon hearing this, Arnold suddenly Stood Up, glaring at Blake in Anger, completely ignoring the surprised Gazes of others, and loudly accused, "You are committing a Crime! And the person you hurt is Melissa. She didn't offend you!"
"Crime?"
Blake sneered and said, "Now I am on the Battlefield, and next, I will fight against the Invaders from the Otherworld for everyone. So, no matter what Crime it is, it should be offset!"
"You..."
Arnold was furious and was about to reach out and grab Blake's Coat collar.
[Roar!]
But at this moment, a violent Explosion occurred outside the Trench. The deafening Loud Noise and the surging Air Current pushed him, who was caught off guard, to the ground.
[Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!]
In an instant, more Cannonballs fell from the air onto the area covered with barbed wire, and clusters of Gunfire Flash rose into the sky.
"They are clearing the Minefield..."
Blake's Expression was ashen. He stared intently at the nine black dots above his head, only to find that they were descending while continuously firing Cannons outwards.
It turned out that a large number of Landmines were buried Underground beneath the barbed wire, and when their side needed to pass through, they used Railways and Armored Trains to Transport Supplies and Troops.
"It seems the enemy suffered losses at the first Defense Line!"
Indeed, this bad boy named Blake guessed correctly. At the first Defense Line in the front, the Army of the World Government did have more than a dozen Kabaneri Warriors who died on Landmines, and even a few Giant Warriors suffered some injuries.
That kind of chain Explosion that suddenly occurred from under their feet was too late to guard against.
The key was that the people of the Sea Star World basically had no concept of this Minefield Tactics, so they only saw the barbed wire blocking the Paths.
Im, as a Transmigrator, naturally knew something about it.
But he really didn't think of this Matter and didn't remind the people in the Command Department beforehand to pay attention to Landmines or anything.
However, even if he had noticed, Im probably wouldn't have interfered.
After all, it was best for the people below to accumulate this kind of War Experience little by little, even if it meant paying a certain Sacrifice as tuition.
See?
Now that they had learned a lesson, Minister Kong of the Command Department directly ordered Marco to command the nine Flying Warships he led to bomb the Minefield of the second Defense Line.
As for Charlotte Linlin, she was an Honorary Admiral and actually had no real command authority.
Half an hour later, the Cannon fire ceased, the Explosions subsided, and the area outside the Trench was a mess.
But the next second, screams and Exclamations rose one after another from various parts of the Trench. Arnold, trembling, pressed himself against the Earth Wall, looking in terror at the other end, where terrifying figures appeared in the spreading Gunsmoke.
"Gi-Giants..."
They were Giant Warriors about twenty meters tall. They wore Black Armor covered with blood-red patterns on the surface, held Giant Cold Weapons made of the same material as their Armor, and their Black Coats swayed continuously in the Wind.
A fierce Aura mixed with strong Killing Intent, as they continuously stepped closer, turned into a surging Wind of Fear that swept through the Hearts of all the Soldiers in the Trench.
Giants, it seemed, were a Fear passed down through generations in the Bloodline of most people in this World.
At this moment, they once again experienced the Feeling of their ancestors being dominated by Giants, except this time, the Giants were from another World...
(End of this chapter)