# Chapter 445: Ambush - Something's Not Right
Facing these powerful Bio-War Beasts capable of biting through alloy, the AK-74 Standard Rifles issued to the Russian Army soldiers simply couldn't penetrate the hides of these Bio-War Beasts.
Even though the Soldiers charged at these Bio-War Beasts multiple times shouting the slogan "Urah", they still couldn't stop them against the thick-skinned and tough Bio-War Beasts.
The heavy tank armor that the Russian Army prided itself on also seemed completely useless against the Bio-War Beasts with astonishing speed. Furthermore, the number of tanks the Russian Army deployed at the front line wasn't large, at most less than three hundred tanks.
These tanks only fired a few rounds of Artillery Fire before directly choosing to retreat when facing the Bio-War Beasts.
From the Battlefield situation, the Human Soldiers were routed before they even had time to form a decent Defense.
Especially when facing the Two-Headed Dragons controlled by the Faceless Ones, the positions the Russian Army organized people to excavate, the trench Defense Line formed by twenty thousand people, had no ability to Counterattack whatsoever.
Tens of thousands of Russian Army soldiers collapsed and fled after only a brief engagement with these Alien Bio-War Beasts, only able to continuously retreat under the Cover of tank armor and Artillery Fire, abandoning four Defensive Works built with Reinforced Concrete one after another, retreating over ten kilometers within two and a half hours.
Meanwhile, the Faceless Ones strictly carried out Corvus Glaive's Order, commanding the Bio-War Beasts to relentlessly pursue—
The Ape-like Bio-War Beasts, the size of hills, faced the tanks responsible for covering the retreat and blocking the enemy. With a single leap, they pressed down heavily on these tanks like Mount Tai crushing them, then casually grabbed and lifted these tanks weighing tens of tons, throwing them around like toys at the Russian Army Soldiers who were fleeing far away.
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of heavy objects landing, tanks rolled through the crowd, leaving long Bloodstains on the Battlefield... The Faceless Ones, riding Bio-Beasts resembling tigers and leopards, moved like the wind on the Battlefield. The beams shot from their High-Energy Rifles continuously fired at the fleeing Soldiers like target practice.
The Heavy Bulletproof Vests worn by these Soldiers, which were sufficient to withstand Handgun and small-caliber Rifle fire, offered no protection whatsoever against these Alien Weaponry.
In the Sky, hundreds of Two-Headed Dragons soared over the Battlefield. Under the command of their Faceless Ones riders, they would occasionally dive down, spitting Purple Flames from their dragon mouths that were even more terrifying than the White Phosphorus Bombs invented by Humanity... Countless Warriors who were hit by the Purple Flames were instantly burned to Ash. Under the pursuit of these Bio-War Beasts, the Battlefield was filled with wails of sorrow for a time! "Woo woo woo woo woo"
"Woo woo woo woo."
Nearly twenty thousand Soldiers, despite being at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and Firepower, and suffering continuous Casualties, were still able to retreat in an orderly manner relying on the Defensive Fortresses and Defensive Works they had built.
Besides the Fire-Controlled Heavy Machine Gun Bunkers every few dozen meters along the way constantly harassing these Bio-War Beasts and slowing their Speed, more importantly, there was the Russian Army's Long-Range Fire Support.
Two Katyusha Rocket Divisions and two Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigades had been providing Long-Range Firepower output against these Bio-War Beasts.
Eight kilometers away from these Bio-War Beasts, nearly a hundred heavy-duty military Trucks carrying a hundred BM-21 "Grad" 122mm Katyusha Rocket Launchers were unleashing Firepower upon the Bio-War Beasts.
These 16-tube 122mm Rocket Launchers, mounted on Trucks and capable of 180° rotation, could fire 16 Rockets with a caliber of 122mm in a single salvo. One such Rocket Launcher could turn an Area the size of several Football Fields into a death zone in just a few seconds.
Fighting these Aliens, the Russian Army no longer needed to worry about the so-called humanitarian Public Opinion. The propellant filling amount in each Rocket Launcher was almost at the design filling Upper Limit of the Rocket.
Even the thick-skinned and tough Bio-War Beasts were blasted bloody and battered when facing these Great Killer Weapons whose Explosion Power could rival Short-Range Missiles.
Of course, facing the Human Faction's Long-Range Artillery, the Faceless Ones riding Two-Headed Dragons naturally wanted to use their aerial advantage to take out these Rocket Launcher Trucks.
But the Russian Army wasn't foolish either. The mobile Rocket Launcher Trucks not only maintained their firing distance at all times but were also equipped with two brigades of Anti-aircraft Firepower. Although the Flames spat by the Two-Headed Dragons were powerful, their range was far less than the firing range of the Anti-Aircraft Gun shells. Ordinary Carbon-Based Lifeforms, even Bio-War Beasts artificially manufactured, were somewhat inferior when facing the Force of Large-Caliber Artillery.
The Flames spat by these Two-Headed Dragons were indeed Formidable, and their Scales were enough to withstand attacks from Human Ordinary Firearms. At least ordinary Rifles didn't cause much damage to them, but this didn't mean they could withstand attacks from Heavy Artillery.
Especially the Russian Army's Anti-Aircraft Artillery. There's always been a saying on Earth: Level the Anti-Aircraft Gun, Military court.
From this saying, one can see how powerful these Anti-Aircraft Guns are.
Over a dozen Two-Headed Dragons, controlled by the Faceless Ones, found the Position of the Rocket Launcher Trucks. However, just as they were about to dive down at Low Altitude, they were blasted into minced meat by the prepared Anti-aircraft Artillery cluster.
The dense Anti-aircraft Firepower also made the Faceless Ones, who had witnessed the Formidable power, dare not approach the Rocket Launcher Truck cluster, allowing these Katyusha Rocket Launchers to unleash their Artillery Fire to their heart's content.
It was also with the Long-Range Rocket Launcher Support from two Divisions that the Russian Army, after suffering nearly a tenth of their Casualties, passed through a Canyon and retreated behind the Sixth Defense Line.
"Comrade! We have completed the planned Mission, how are things on your side?"
Inside the Earth Coalition Joint Command, a Russian Army Lieutenant General hung up the wired phone from the front line and hurried through the Underground Tunnel to the adjacent Command Post of the Second Battlefield.
"General Joseph! Our people have also withdrawn, these Aliens are entering the Ambush Circle! Three minutes ago, the First Battlefield called, they have also completed their withdrawal! Now we are just waiting for the Fourth Battlefield!"
"The Flames of War in the Middle East Battlefield over the years have indeed allowed the Federal Army to gain a lot of retreat experience!" General Joseph of the Russian Army's Complexion wasn't good upon hearing that the First Battlefield had completed the Plan first.
The General responsible for commanding this operation neither agreed nor spoke regarding Joseph's words, merely smiling. After all, the friction between the Federation and the Russian Army was well-known.
"What are you talking about? The Real-time Video Feed from our Detection Drone system shows that the Decoy at the very front of the First Battlefield were Japanese people and Southern Koreans. They didn't engage with these Aliens at all. Before they even made contact, they threw away their Weapon Equipment and ran.
The Federal Army didn't provide them with Long-Range Fire Support either. Out of the more than twenty thousand Eastern Islander and Southern Korean Coalition Forces, only over a thousand escaped!"
"Xiao Zhang, why so many words? Even though their sacrifice was great, doesn't the completion of the Decoy Mission on the First Battlefield count as a success?!" General Wang glared at the Lieutenant Colonel Staff Officer who had interrupted.
"Using Japanese and Southern Korean Soldiers as Decoys, no wonder!" Joseph nodded as expected. Thinking of the Casualties reported from the front line, his heart ached secretly.
If he had known this could be done, he should have sent the Chinese People Soldiers to the very front of the Battlefield.
"General Wang, now we are just waiting for the situation on the Fourth Battlefield! Are we just going to keep waiting? Although our Sixth Defense Line is strong, what if the enemy realizes our Purpose?"
"Wait another ten minutes. If the Fourth Battlefield still hasn't completed the Decoy Mission, we won't wait any longer. Opportunity is fleeting!"
"Then I'll head back first!" Joseph glanced at the dozens of Operations Staff Officers and Cobra Commanders busy on the Stereoscopic Virtual Sandbox in the Command Post, and the clear Real-time Video Feed from the Drones on the wall, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.
Although their Country was Nominally the second largest military power, as a high-ranking Military Officer, Joseph knew clearly that their Military still relied on the military legacy left behind from the era of the Red Bear.
Under modern warfare, these old guys, originally full of power, were gradually being phased out by the times.
Joseph looked at his Watch, checked the Time against the Clock in the Command Post, and took his leave.
"Have the Casualties statistics been compiled?" After Joseph left, the gentle Smile on General Wang's face instantly disappeared.
"Reporting, General. Our side's Battlefield deaths are 1523, wounded 247, missing 78. Among them, India Soldiers deaths are 343, Annam deaths 364, Shan State deaths 427, Siam deaths 217."
An Operations Staff Officer quickly reported the statistics. In modern warfare, compiling the Number of Casualties is not as much Trouble as in the past. Every Soldier wears a data Instrument connected to their vital signs.
Once a Soldier is killed or injured, the data is automatically uploaded to the monitoring central system.
"It seems these Aliens are a Tough Nut to Crack. Even though we were prepared, the Casualties are still significant!" General Wang frowned.
"Report, all Targets have entered the Ambush Circle!"
"All Heavy Artillery are Aiming, Houyi, Wu Jiu, Chaos are fully charged!"
"Don't use Houyi and Wu Jiu yet. This is just the first wave of these Aliens' Attack. We cannot expose all our Trump Cards!" General Wang waved his hand.
At this moment, the Gate of the Command Post was pushed open, and a Middle-aged Man with two gold stars on his Shoulder walked in, his Complexion very unpleasant.
"Old Wang, those people are causing Trouble again, insisting on forming a Joint Command with us!"
"It's Rajit leading the trouble again! That son of a bitch Ah San, tell them this is a Battlefield, and there will be no second Voice! If anyone dares to cause Trouble again, I don't need to send them to Military court, I can shoot them dead right here now!"
"Old Wang! Is such a strong Attitude okay? What if it causes Political Dispute!"
"What Political Dispute? If we don't win, Earth will be gone! Ask them, is Earth more important or are their dog heads more important, goddammit!"
"Calm down, calm down! Old Wang! No need to get so worked up over these people! I just heard the enemy has entered the Ambush Circle!"
"That's right, the Turtle has crawled into the pot, just waiting for us to light the fire!"
Before General Wang finished speaking, a Red Telephone in the Command Room rang. The Staff Officer guarding the phone immediately picked it up. "Okay, received, I will relay it immediately!" The Staff Officer hung up the phone and turned to General Wang, saying, "General, the Fourth Battlefield called, the enemy has entered the cage!"
"Transmit my Order! Heavy Artillery units, Rocket Force, Missile Force, according to the predetermined positions, two rounds of Artillery Fire salvo!"
Nearly ten thousand small Aircraft hovered tens of thousands of kilometers Above Titan. Countless high-power, high-definition Live Broadcast devices were aimed at Titan.
Outside Yggdrasil, before the Throne on the Sanctuary (ship), a Virtual Screen three hundred meters long and wide was supported by dozens of Huge Maglev Engines, suspended steadily in mid-air.
A crystal-clear Blue Light Curtain, only about a foot thick, hung down, broadcasting the footage from Titan in Real-time to the Overlord on the Throne.
Seeing the Bio-Beast troops led by the Faceless Ones defeat the Earthlings' Defense Line in one Strike, the Dark Bishops on the Sanctuary (ship) all breathed a sigh of relief, flattering Thanos one after another.
During this Time, due to the visit of the Ancient One and Odin, the entire Black Order had been treading carefully around Thanos, even breathing lightly, fearing being affected by the enraged Thanos.
"These Earth Insects are simply vulnerable to the Vanguard Army led by the great Master!"
"This is merely a Vanguard Army of the Faceless Civilization, and the Earthlings are already unable to resist. What qualifications does this weak Civilization have to stand before the Master?"
From their stiff words, it was clear that these Dark Bishops were not skilled at flattery. Thanos, sitting on the Throne, didn't even have the interest to lift an eyelid.
Suddenly, the Sanctuary (ship) became deathly silent. The Dark Bishops and the Crowd who had just been flattering him were as if their necks had been simultaneously choked.
In the atmosphere where a pin drop could be heard, Thanos finally lifted his eyelids and looked at the Big Screen in front of him.
On the Screen, the Ground of Titan seemed to suddenly have countless cracks. Heavy Artillery of Humanity, with calibers over two hundred millimeters, revealed their menacing figures from various Bunkers.
On Titan, thousands of Heavy Artillery roared simultaneously, and hundreds of Short-Range Missiles drew a graceful Arc in the Sky.
At the front lines of the four Battlefields, several Generals stared at the Countdown on the timer. The moment the timer reached zero, they pressed the Red Button of the detonator without hesitation.
On the four Battlefields, the over one hundred thousand Ton TNT Explosives buried in the four Ambush Circles were instantly detonated. For a time, the few Canyons experienced landslides and ground fissures. In this Terror-inducing Explosion, a few Mountain Peaks were almost leveled.
As for the tens of thousands of Bio-War Beasts and hundreds of thousands of Faceless Ones in the Canyons, they were directly turned into Ash in this Trap meticulously prepared by Humanity!
"General!"
The powerful Explosion Shockwave directly blew away a group of Two-Headed Dragons flying at Low Altitude. Some unprepared Faceless Ones were even directly thrown towards the Ground.
The Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander looked at the collapsing Valley before him, and the Soldiers and Battle Beasts buried under billions of tons of Giant Stone, feeling his limbs turn Ice cold.
He didn't know how the Mad Titan would punish their Civilization for this failure. Looking at Corvus Glaive, who was controlling a Two-Headed Dragon in the distance, the Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander, in a panic, rode a Two-Headed Dragon and rushed towards him.
"A single failure doesn't matter. Just think, how could a Civilization that the Master cares about so much be so easily defeated!"
Corvus Glaive's Expression was very Calm regarding the complete annihilation of the Faceless Ones' Battle Beast troops. This slightly eased the uneasy heart of the Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander! "Don't pursue so blindly in the future. Be more careful in your next Life!"
"Didn't you tell us to keep attacking, attacking, attacking?" When he heard the first part of Corvus Glaive's words, the Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander muttered inwardly, but Corvus Glaive's subsequent words made his heart tremble with alarm.
"General!" Before the Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander could utter a plea for mercy, his Head suddenly felt light, followed by a dizzying sensation. The Faceless Ones' Cobra Commander's Head was thrown from the Sky, followed by his headless Body! Corvus Glaive swung his Battle Blade, and a green Bloodstain slid down the Blade and dripped.
"Buzz buzz buzz buzz."
The aftershocks of the Explosion and the roar of the Heavy Artillery had not completely dissipated. Accompanied by the Noise of Propellers, a dense cluster of Small Black Dots soon appeared in the Sky.
That was the Earth Air Force, which had not appeared in the War until now.
Hundreds of Black Hawk Attack Helicopters had not even closed the distance when nearly a thousand Air-to-Ground Missiles and Rockets, coordinated with Anti-Aircraft Guns that appeared from who knows where on the Ground, began to clear out the remaining Two-Headed Dragons in the Sky.
Corvus Glaive snorted coldly and rode his Two-Headed Dragon to meet the Helicopter cluster before him. His Battle Blade continuously slashed. Complex and strange Patterns appeared on the Blade of the black Battle Blade, then burst forth with streaks of Pitch black Blade Qi—
Amidst the crisscrossing Blade Qi, Black Hawk Helicopters were blown up one by one by Corvus Glaive!
Soon, the Ground Artillery Fire and the Pilots on the Attack Helicopters locked onto this powerful Two-Headed Dragon. Dense Missiles, Anti-aircraft Artillery Shells, and Rockets all rained down on Corvus Glaive.
The Armor Corvus Glaive wore immediately activated an Energy Shield when the attacks landed on him. The blue Energy Shield instantly protected himself and the Two-Headed Dragon beneath him.
Various attacks and Artillery Fire landed on the Energy Shield around Corvus Glaive. After the roar of the Explosion, these Human Thermal Weapons were completely unable to harm him in the slightest.
Instead, Corvus Glaive, riding the Two-Headed Dragon, almost single-handedly chased away hundreds of Attack Helicopters.
However, Corvus Glaive's arrogance soon met with a targeted Attack.
A dazzling White Light shot out silently from a Bunker on a High Ground, heading straight for Corvus Glaive.
The Energy contained in this White Light was at least a hundred times that of an Interstellar Civilization standard Tier 1 Warship's Main Cannon. The Energy Shield around Corvus Glaive trembled violently. The blue Energy Shield could not withstand the Attack of this White Light and directly shattered.
Corvus Glaive's Protective Armor continuously emitted a large amount of Sparks. The Battlegear on Corvus Glaive kept cracking, revealing the dense Energy Conduits beneath. Some fragile Conduits had been melted by the High Temperature, and large areas of high-temperature, high-pressure Energy Fluid with conspicuous fluorescence rapidly sprayed out.
Corvus Glaive flipped over and leaped down from High Altitude, while the unlucky Two-Headed Dragon was directly vaporized upon contact with the White Light. On the Sanctuary (ship), ever since the complete annihilation of the Faceless Ones' Battle Beast troops, the ship had been deathly silent. The mouths of the Dark Bishops were as if sewn shut.
Strangely, besides Corvus Glaive who was on Titan, the other members of the Black Order were not on the Sanctuary (ship).
"Send another wave!"
Facing the failure of the Faceless Ones' Battle Beast troops, Thanos's face showed little Change in emotion. He lifted an eyelid and said in a deep voice.
Following Thanos's words, on the hundreds of Alien Spaceships near Titan, dense Space Fighters flew towards Titan like Dark Clouds.
And on the branches of Yggdrasil, large numbers of green Creatures resembling Spiders, with six legs and Sharp Teeth, standing over two meters tall, similar to the Zerg, were rapidly approaching Titan. From High Altitude, the number of these Zerg was a hundred times that of the Faceless Ones, and besides these Spider-like Zerg, there were also some abnormally large swarms of Insects.
"Master! The Faceless Civilization's operation has failed, how should they be dealt with?" A Dark Bishop bowed and asked.
"The usual, exterminate half their Population, and deal with the rest after this War ends!" Thanos waved his hand indifferently! He still looked as if he was half-asleep.
"Yes, Master!" The Dark Bishop silently noted Thanos's Order.
Diagonally Above Titan, on a leaf of Yggdrasil the size of several Football Fields, Kane, Frank, Wade Wilson, Old Demon Dragon, Beelzebub, and Johnny, who had failed at Fishing, were sitting around a stove, overlooking the Battlefield below while having Mutton Hot Pot.
"Something's not right!" Kane picked up a piece of boiled Lamb from the Red Copper Hot Pot with his Chopsticks, dipped it in the Dipping Sauce in his bowl, and put it into his mouth. After chewing a few times, he swallowed the delicious Lamb and looked at the Planet below. From thousands of miles away, he seemed to be able to see the details of the Battlefield.
"Boss Kane, what's not right!"
Frank kept adding plates of Lamb to the Red Copper Hot Pot. The Fruitwood Charcoal was burning strongly, the water was boiling hot, and the Lamb was cooked in seven or eight seconds after being put in.
Several pairs of Chopsticks scooped from the copper pot. They were all big eaters; a few pounds of Lamb was just a couple of mouthfuls for them.
"Both sides are not quite right! With Thanos's power, if he were serious about this War, the Ambush Circle just now would be a joke!"
"And Earth's side isn't right either. I remember we supported the Avengers with two Battalions of Weapon Equipment. Now, not only have we not seen any trace of the Weapons on the Battlefield, but where are the Avenger, Superheroes? Since the War started, we haven't seen a single person!" Kane scooped out a thoroughly stewed lamb rib from the copper pot and started gnawing on it directly.
Kane finished the lamb rib, skin and meat included, in two or three bites, and casually threw the remaining Bone downwards.
A plump Insect, resembling a Spider, with six legs and Sharp Teeth, climbing along a branch of Yggdrasil towards Titan, suddenly felt something hit its Head. It looked up at the lush branches of Yggdrasil, but saw nothing except the leaves the size of islands and Land.
The plump Insect shook its Head and continued towards Titan amidst the urging chirps of the Overseers...
(End of chapter)