Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 397 Andre’s Struggle

Under the scorching sun, everything was devastated.

During the battle, piles of building debris that collapsed due to shelling were blocking the road, allowing engineering vehicles responsible for cleaning up the debris left behind at the battle site and repairing the road to walk back and forth, carrying bursts of sand. Chen Chen walked towards the uniformly designated wreckage dumping area, waiting for the next step of processing.

Andre stood on the side of the road, watching the sweating engineering soldiers working hard to clear the battlefield, digging out their dead comrades who were buried in the rubble, and then saluted them in unison. With a solemn face, he placed the sacrificed comrade on the stretcher and gently covered him with a white cloth.

Dozens of hours have passed since that battle, but this base has not completely recovered from the battle at that time.

Although the enemy did not invade the base, the attack by the opponent's large individual caused a considerable degree of death and damage to the base.

The Gnaku storing the Iron Man was blown up on the spot, and the Iron Man and maintenance personnel inside were destroyed.

The long-distance artillery type Iron Man that participated in the battle was also in this battle. It was directly hit by the enemy. At least three of them were blown up on the spot. The remaining long-distance artillery type Iron Man suffered more or less damage.

These are all casualties and losses that can be counted in a short period of time.

But more deaths and losses will not be known until the rubble is cleared.

Andre pursed his lips, then finally turned and left, heading towards another area of ​​the base.

That is the area provided for technical personnel to live, and it is also the area that is attacked by those silver monsters.

Andre strode past a gray-faced engineering soldier and stood on the side of the road. After the engineering convoys filled with building debris and rubble passed by, he walked step by step to the area.

Unexpectedly, Andre saw a figure at the entrance to this area.

A figure that made Andre hate him, but also had complicated emotions.

Andre's eyes flickered for a few times, and finally he walked up.

"Lieutenant Colonel."

Sergey, who was standing in front and watching the engineers clearing the rubble, heard someone calling him. When he subconsciously turned around, he found that it was his son Andrei calling him.

"Well, it's you!"

Sergey opened his mouth, but finally just nodded.

"Yes!"

Andrei put on a business-like face, but Sergey didn't know what he was feeling inside.

The father and son, who looked like passers-by, did not speak. They just stood together and silently watched the engineering soldiers cleaning up the rubble.

After a long time, Andre finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Lieutenant Colonel. Did you expect those enemies to appear in advance?"

Hearing his son ask his question, Sergey's eyes flashed with a complex light, but Andrei did not notice it.

Sergey took a slow breath and nodded.

"Yes, but no. Andre, Second Lieutenant Andre."

Originally, Sergei subconsciously wanted to call his son by his name, but in the end it became a formulaic name for the army.

"Actually, it was Representative He who discovered those enemies. It's funny to say that as a leader, I didn't find anything strange about those engineers after participating in the technical exchange meeting. On the contrary, as a technician, Representative He not only discovered a clue, he was even able to collect key evidence during the subsequent inspection of the construction site."

Andre was stunned.

He did not expect Sergey to admit that he was not the one who discovered the existence of those enemies.

"This, in this way, does it mean that the existence of those enemies has been discovered?"

"Well, yes. After the attack, Representative He compiled the relevant data and information, and went to the headquarters with me to submit these documents to the superiors."

Sergey slowed down and lowered his eyes slightly, no longer looking at the rubble.

"It is precisely because of this that this base has secretly concentrated a considerable amount of resources from the People's Revolutionary League."

Andre was silent. Before the operation began, the military had some speculations about the signs that this desert base was continuously swallowing supplies from all directions.

Although not many people dare to discuss it, in fact, given the previous international situation, most people are inclined to believe that this will be an action against the Celestial Gundam.

In fact, at the beginning of the mission, he was indeed chasing the Celestial Gundam, but on the way, Andre did not expect that it would turn into a battle between humans and an unknown enemy.

"Lieutenant Colonel. We dug this out in the rubble."

While the two of them were communicating with each other with serious faces, a sweaty engineer soldier ran up to Sergey's body holding a personal portable computing terminal that was covered with scars, but overall, it didn't seem to be much damaged. forward.

Sergey looked at it, nodded, and reached out to take the portable computing terminal from the man.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sergeant. After confirming that there is no life reaction here, take a rest!"

"Yes! Lieutenant Colonel. However, I think we can continue to try to search! After all, it is still the golden rescue time."

Sergey nodded, raised his hand to salute the sergeant, then turned and left.

Seeing this, Andre also saluted the sergeant, turned around and chased after him.

"Lieutenant Colonel. You thought..."

Sergey stopped and shook his head.

"No. Representative He is just missing. Second Lieutenant Andre."

Andre was suddenly speechless.

An indescribable fire suddenly rose from his chest and abdomen.

At a certain moment, he even wanted to grab Sergei and pointed at the rubble.

"Look at those piles of rubble piled up like a hill! How could Representative He be missing?!"

However, as soon as Andre raised his hand, he immediately put it down.

Because, at the moment he raised his hand, he seemed to see his father sitting silently on the bench at the funeral after his mother died in the war, without any reaction to the outside world.

"Is this happening again?"

The anger in Andre's eyes gradually ignited, but he could not speak.

Because most of the responsibility for the attack on the base lies with him.

At that time, before Sergei attacked, he entrusted the safety of the base to his hands.

As a result, when facing a large-scale individual invasion, Andre not only failed to resist the enemy's attack, but even allowed the enemy to directly bombard the inside of the base, causing heavy casualties and equipment losses.

For such a mistake, Andre did not receive the punishment he imagined.

On the contrary, I can still walk in this base.

Andre knew the reason for this, but he didn't dare to think about it.

Because, if he thought this way, how could he still hate Sergei Smirnov who watched his mother die in battle and remained indifferent! !

"Second Lieutenant Andre."

In a daze, Andrei heard Sergei calling him.

With a sudden inspiration, Andre subconsciously stood at attention and responded.

"Yes! Lieutenant Colonel!"

"Get ready! We have a new mission!"

(End of this chapter)