With a bang, sparks erupted once again from the left shoulder of Jero's cha.
Witnessing this touching scene, the captain of the Imperial army's cha battalion, who had just fired a shot, couldn't help but laugh aloud.
Mocking voices echoed continuously over their communication channel, seemingly pitying the enemy while excited about their imminent victory over the Federation cha.
"Major!"
Teresa, seeing this scene, felt a surge of rage. He frantically pounded the control panel, but the heavily damaged cha could only stumble forward.
Even raising a gun for a counterattack was a luxury, and it was a miracle that its damaged engine hadn't stalled.
"Go! Go!"
Jero roared.
The soldiers behind the two chas could naturally hear their conversation. With red-rimd eyes, they lowered their heads, quietly wiped their tears, and then ran desperately again.
This was a chance bought with the Major's life. They had no regrets escaping the Imperial army's encirclent, and now they just didn't want to disappoint the Major any further.
But there was so much hatred, for they couldn't kill more of those Imperial scum before dying.
The Imperial soldiers encircled them with a playful attitude, pressing forward step by step.
Although there were so strange reports from the east, they had a formidable strength of thirty chas.
In such a singular battlefront, dozens of chas were enough to turn the tide of the battle.
Thus, the Imperial troops fighting enthusiastically on the eastern battlefield didn't share the panic of their allies to the west.
They were even prepared for a direct confrontation in the wilderness.
However, the Imperial cha pilots felt regretful that they hadn't seen the supposed enemy yet.
"Where's the reinforcent, and hidden troops... where are they? Co on then."
"Lieutenant Colonel Nimaiya, Squad 10 requests to launch an assault."
"Squad 11 requests to launch an assault."
In no ti, various units requested Lieutenant Colonel's permission.
Stationed at the rear, Lieutenant Colonel Nimaiya, upon hearing these requests, was tempted but ultimately refrained after reading the ssages relayed by the communications officer beside him.
He oversaw the overall situation. A mysterious force to the west possessed strong firepower yet vanished after defeating two squads.
Now, he needed to guard against possible sudden attacks by the enemy.
Thus, eventually, the cautious Nimaiya ordered, "Maintain the current formation, spread out the squads, seek out the battlefield high points, and guard against sudden assaults."
Hearing the orders, the cha pilots, filled with suppressed frustration and helplessness, vented their anger on the two battered chas.
With a loud bang, a Gauss rifle from a Stinger cha hit Jero's cha's shoulder.
The armorless shoulder was instantly penetrated, and the raised arm in mid-air lost its power transmission, falling limply.
"Hahaha!"
Laughter erupted again from the Imperial camp.
"Teresa, this ti I might really have to cover the retreat for you."
"Major, let do it. I still have three Aggregation Bombs on ; my explosion can surely hold them off."
"It's of no use; the bla for this blunder lies with alone. I have let my brothers down!" Jero, this officer who had been unyieldingly strong from the beginning, started to weep.
How could he face the heroic spirits of so many brothers!
The disheveled hair on his head at this mont also reflected his mood, filled with despair and anger.
Curse the Imperial army, curse the 149th Division!
Especially Colonel Quinton, that deceitful bastard...
He bit his lip so hard that he didn't even notice.
The two chas, originally one following the other, had drawn together due to their severe damage, supporting each other.
Several Fire Lizards and Twilights in the distance stopped their companions from preparing to fire.
These close combat chas, which had been supporting their allies from afar, suddenly drew out their cold weapons and strode towards the two chas.
In the final mont, they intended to execute the enemy cha!
The rumbling began on the hillside as chs, with heavy steps and sparks flying from their feet, charged furiously towards the two Gun Knight chas.
At this mont, Teresa, upon seeing the surrounding environnt, suddenly bowed and said, "Major, it seems we've reached Rocky Canyon."
Jero, engaged in fighting and retreating, hearing this, controlled his cha to glance back—at the ever-narrowing mountain path and the tall stone forest behind…
Unknowingly, he had reached his destination.
The soldiers leaning against the entrance of Rocky Canyon gasped for air, their dry lips and burning throats.
They had reached here following the Major's instructions, and then what?
With an intense survival instinct, they had co here, yet now it seed they saw their beliefs crumbling.
It turned out that reaching here was just to find a resting place for their bodies.
"Major..."
Jero's jaw muscles twitched unnaturally from clenching his teeth.
He couldn't explain to his soldiers; he didn't bla Mu Fan either.
Two murky tears rolled down his cheeks, and a resolve to die rose to its peak at this mont.
Finally, his lips quivered, and in a low, soft chant, he uttered:
"Iron and blood, forge our glory..."
Upon hearing these words, those soldiers on the brink of having their beliefs collapse first glead in their eyes, then burst into a shining light.
This was their battle oath declared since their first day of enlistnt.
Upon hearing Major Jero's soft chanting now, it was as if a lightning bolt struck deep within them.
The oath echoed more clearly in their minds than ever before.
First one person, then a group, the sound grew from a stream to a surging river, flowing through every soldier's heart, filling their eyes with tears.
They had never forsaken their beliefs from the beginning.
They had done justice to their country; they had never been lost.
So, those soldiers sitting on the ground struggled to stand, looking upon the Imperial army as if to face death.
Their oath resounded louder and louder!
…
"I dedicate my life to the greatest cause of my lifeti."
"Let blood spill across the stars, without regret in this life."
"Guarding the holand, until death."
…
"After dark, dawn will follow."
"Federation's victory bloom..."
"Will flourish undefeated!"
The distant Imperial cha pilots watched this scene with apparent surprise and almost burst into laughter.
"That everlasting bloom nonsense, they can go plant flowers in Heaven when they're dead." A Fire Lizard at the forefront with a shield was now engulfed in flas.
The pilot inside, his eyes flaring ruthlessly, eagerly anticipated the scene where these desperately holding-on soldiers were obliterated beneath him.
"Hahahaha." In the cha behind, laughter erupted.
In front of the Fire Lizard, the two Gun Knight chas stood no longer retreating.
Instead, they stood shoulder to shoulder, quietly watching the rapidly approaching cha.
Teresa's fingers had long been poised over the blood-red self-destruct button.
As soldiers, they would honorably fall in battle.
In this life, they had no regrets.
Yet just at this mont, like lightning tearing through the night, like an eagle piercing the firmant.
The soldiers who survived many years later still distinctly rembered...
A beam of light, beyond description, like a sunrise bringing hope.
Descended from the sky, slicing through the long expanse.
With a thunderous might, it pierced through the charging Fire Lizard cha.
The Imperial cha storming forward stopped in shock.
"Apologies, Major..."
"I arrived late."
The calm voice reverberated like thunder across the canyon sky.
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