Chapter 351 The Confrontation Came to an Abrupt End
"Looks like we're in trouble"
With the help of the surrounding soldiers, Orm, the leader of the Ram Head Platoon, stood up again.
Looking at the angry federal troops, most of whom had damage to their armor plates, Orm, sensing something was wrong, put an emergency earphone into his ear, and then said on the communication channel:
"Thebes, where are you? There may be a problem on my side!"
"Platoon leader, we have just chased to the outside of the town. The remaining imperial soldiers who launched the attack have been eliminated, and we are now on our way back!"
There was some buzzing noise in the background of Thebes. It was obviously because the engine of the armored vehicle was running at high power, which caused the noise reduction system of the headphones to be partially suppressed.
"Approximately how long will it take?"
"Ten minutes! Sir!"
Looking at the federal soldiers who had rushed forward and raised their guns, Orm shook his head.
"I probably don't have ten minutes left."
After saying that, Orm let the soldiers in the guard squad help him walk forward, and finally stood between the federal army and the refugees.
At the same time, an armored infantry fighting vehicle left here also swung its turret over for deterrence.
"If you don't want to die, don't get in the way!"
"Calm down, these civilians were also victims of the explosion just now!"
"I don't care what civilians, my company commander was beaten to pieces just now! It's because these imperial guys were covering for them!"
The person in charge of commanding this federal force is their deputy company commander. At this moment, the red-eyed federal officer ignored the battlefield regulations and directly opened his tactical mask and shouted at Om aggressively:
"Get out, or die with them."
"I'm just standing here, I'm not going anywhere." Orm was completely unaffected by the opponent's momentum, staring at the federal officer and saying word by word:
"We are here to perform humanitarian assistance missions, and we cannot just watch you open fire on these civilians."
As soon as Orm finished speaking, the federal officer in front of him directly raised his gun to his chest.
And his action quickly triggered a chain reaction. Soldiers from the Federation Army and Atlas raised their weapons and pointed at each other. Even Nia's medical squad used the cover of the emergency armored vehicle to set up guns.
The dozens of 'soldier bees' that were transporting the wounded just now dispersed and lowered their altitude and entered the 'ambush mode'.
The situation became so tense that everyone almost suffocated. However, after seeing Orm's missing right arm, the federal officer hesitated and said:
"Roma, I admit that you have my admiration for your willpower, but this will not affect my ability to pull the trigger just because you got involved with these civilians. You have already lost an arm. Do you want to lose it again now?" Life?"
"I said it was my mission to protect civilians, and as an Atlas soldier, I will do whatever it takes to complete that mission."
Orm's voice was very calm. Although he was not yet so fluent in human common language, he spoke it now so sonorously and powerfully.
"Mission. You are just a bunch of mercenaries who are greedy for money. Isn't the so-called 'humanitarian aid' just a show for you?
Besides, as a foreigner, how could you really care about the safety of these strangers? "
The federal officer obviously didn't believe Orm's words. In his eyes, these Atlas soldiers were just putting on a show. As long as he continued to exert pressure, he would be able to expose the opponent's disguise.
"To be able to say something like this proves that you don't know anything about us Roma people."
"Hmph, why should I understand an alien race that I can't fight with?" Before the officer could finish his words, he was interrupted by Orm who continued to speak.
"We, the Roma, are a race that was almost extinct once. If someone hadn't extended a helping hand to our weak race, then I might not stand in front of you and say so much to you. I just want you to understand that we The Roma people will not hesitate to help the weak when they are in danger."
Having said this, Orm stepped forward with an unprecedented momentum, pressed the muzzle of the gun and forced the federal officer to retreat, and at the same time continued:
"I want to tell you again that this 'humanitarian aid' mission, we at Atlas are not just showing off. The previous statements and our asylum for refugees have always been effective. If you don't believe it, just try it. "
Orm's words calmed the federal troops. Although they did not give up the idea of killing these civilians to vent their anger, they at least completed the "hard control" for a few seconds.
Including the deputy company commander, these federal soldiers couldn't help but think, what if what the ram head in front of them said was true?
Just when the two sides reached a stalemate, and then the federal army began to move again, the steel giant falling from the sky caused new changes in the situation.
The distinctive weapon box behind the group proves the model of this HCP, GAT-X303 ‘Sacred Shield’.
Although like other Atlas ground troops, this 'Aegis' is also painted in pure white, but the distinctive hussar spray paint on the shoulder armor still makes the Atlas soldiers present not even look at it. The list of friendly units that formed the network also revealed the identity of the visitor—Major Murat, deputy commander-in-chief of the Atlas HCP force.
"Stand back, otherwise we will counterattack with force in accordance with Article 5 of the Memorandum of Understanding on Theater Operations signed by Atlas and the Federation."
A cold male voice came out through the HCP's external loudspeaker. While Murat was holding two electromagnetic rifles, the close defense lasers on both sides of the main monitor on the head of the machine were also aimed at the federal troops.
After seeing the HCP blocking him, Om was temporarily relieved. In any case, in a small-scale ground battle, if there was a "Titan" on his side, the surrounding infantry units would still feel safe.
"Titan", the nickname used by human soldiers to call HCP, is now accepted by the Roma.
"Why, you want to rebel with just one HCP? Do you really think we are just eating dry food?"
Although the deputy company commander of the federal army was also surprised by Murat's appearance, he did not lose his composure, and the soldiers of this reinforced company were well-trained. When Murat's HCP appeared, the mobile infantry on the periphery immediately prepared to start anti-HCP operations.
After a few breaths, the cockpit of the Holy Shield sounded a locked buzzer, and the threat perception system of the aircraft also marked several detected dangerous units on the cockpit.
According to common sense, even if Murat's HCP driving skills have made great progress under Amber's training, he is basically among the ranks of first-class pilots.
But in an urban environment, facing a company of enemies alone, there is still a risk of being "anally exploded".
Murat naturally knew this, but he was not panicked at all, because his purpose of rushing in was not to destroy these federal troops, but to delay time.
When the federal soldiers began to be unable to hold back in this anxious atmosphere, a communication suddenly connected directly to the deputy company commander of the federal army made the whole "story" appear dramatic.
"Carlos, stop the confrontation and lead the people back."
"Captain, we lost so many people here a few days ago, and even our company commander just lost his company. How do you ask me to retreat?! What will the brothers think?!"
After hearing the communication from the battalion headquarters, the unbelievable deputy company commander was immediately a little broken.
"Carlos! Obey the order!" The voice on the other end of the communication immediately rose eight octaves, but then dropped again.
"Hey, calm down first, bring the remaining brothers back safely, and then we will make a long-term plan."
The order from the superior military commander seemed to have taken away Carlos' soul. He almost numbly issued the order to retreat.
On the other side, in the battalion command post of this federal medium-sized synthetic battalion, after seeing the words "retreating" appear above the icon representing the reinforced company on the electronic sand table, the commander of the synthetic battalion looked at the fully armed figure beside him with a dark face.
"I have done what you said."
"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Battalion Commander, just pretend we never showed up~"
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Several smoke bombs exploded in the command post without warning, and the smoke instantly filled the entire space.
When everyone in the command post coughed and finally rushed out of the command post, the commander of the federal synthetic battalion found that the unidentified special operations units that had just controlled their battalion headquarters had disappeared.
Outside the camp at this time, a group of air twisted unnaturally, and then an encrypted communication was transmitted to the sky.
"Special Operations Group of the Training Team, mission accomplished."