No Beast Girls on the Western Front

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Even though he was carrying far less weight than Lacey, Payne still couldn't outrun Dog. By the time he arrived, Lacey had already set up the machine gun in the right spot, and Carter was taking ammunition belts from the ammunition box and attaching them to the machine gun.

Soon, the continuous "rat-a-tat-tat" sound also rang out on the German side. The French, who did not expect to be attacked by such fierce firepower, were thrown into disarray and rushed down into the trenches to avoid the hail of bullets.

Payne wasn't idle either. After having Lacey throw two grenades, he noticed that Carter had emptied his entire ammunition belt. He glanced at his watch, estimating that it was about time, and said to Lacey again:

"Take the machine gun! Let's move to another location!"

"understand!"

The dog nimbly picked up the machine gun and left again. Carter, pushing Payne along, laughed and said, "That's the right way to use an orc! A machine gunner has achieved the mobility of a sniper!"

Before they could even leave their original spot for a few seconds, the French, like thugs throwing stones at the windows of shops along the street, unleashed a barrage of grenades, with explosions echoing one after another.

Payne was quite proud of the little tactic he had come up with:

Didn't they say we can't use beast girls with firearms? Then I'll just have them carry machine guns. That's the same as having them help carry ammunition. You can't find fault with that, right?

For the first time, Payne felt a pang of regret that the officer who liked to whip horses and F Company weren't present—what expressions would they have on their faces in this situation? ...

Hmm... if I have time, I'll teach the beast girls how to use machine guns too.

In this way, Payne and his men would fire a burst of bullets and then move to a different spot, giving the French no chance to throw grenades at them.

The French machine gunners found it much harder to move around. With the soldiers' precise throwing and the beast girls' suppressive fire from a distance, their machine gun positions were taken out one by one, and they could no longer form an impenetrable suppressive fire.

With the German army's final charge, the French defenses were finally completely breached (physical and psychological), forcing them to withdraw from the front.

Moreover, they probably didn't expect their flank to be attacked, so they didn't have time to trip them up (referring to releasing poison) when they left. After a brief inspection, B Company was quite relieved and began to rest on the spot.

They desperately wanted their company commander to announce that all combat objectives had been achieved and that they could rest and eat, but unfortunately, the order Stephen brought from the rear was to continue the pursuit.

After running around all night and all morning in this hot and dry weather, the group was exhausted and had little appetite.

Since there wasn't even time to eat, the soldiers decided not to go back to find Tomato Head. Anyway, his mess cart was definitely still five miles away, and it would take at least an hour to go back and forth.

Soldiers who had leftover bread in the morning would eat it, while those who didn't would simply sit on the ground, drink a couple of sips of water, reload their bullets, and prepare to set off.

Considering that dogs shouldn't eat nuts, Payne gave the remaining half of the bread to Lacey, let the cows and sheep nibble on some leaves and grass, and went to ask Ruby for some nuts.

This guy was quite sensible; he didn't show any reluctance under these special circumstances.

……

The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Xiao En turned to look, and the city of Minston was bathed in a golden glow at dusk, as if it had become a city made of gold.

Is this why the people of Fasford are so obsessed with Minston? ...

Xiao En felt that she must be so tired that she was delirious, to have such an outrageous idea.

Furthermore, she completely failed to understand why humans were so interested in things like gold and diamonds. They were just shiny, but you couldn't eat them, so what was so great about them?

Just as Xiao En was distracted, a series of whooshing sounds suddenly came, and several bullets hit the breastwork in front of her, splashing up dirt. Startled, she immediately hugged the helmet with the ram's horns sticking out and lay tightly on the ground.

Don't hit me! Don't hit me! Don't hit me!

Just as she closed her eyes and was repeating the same phrase over and over in her mind, she heard a discordant sound of a heavy object falling to the ground amidst the sounds of gunfire.

She instinctively opened her eyes and saw a soldier sitting against the trench wall not far away, struggling to raise his hands despite several attempts. His head was tilted to the side, and he was spitting out blood.

It was only then that Xiao En remembered that since they had run out of grenades, Payne had told her to hide in the trenches and help anyone who needed assistance.

If it were Xiao En, who was going to the battlefield for the first time, she would definitely be so frightened that she wouldn't know what to do and would just cower in the corner and bleat.

But at this moment, she not only had the courage to crawl to the wounded soldier amidst the hail of artillery fire, but also, after briefly examining his injuries, dragged him along the trench to the rear in a crawling manner.

Actually, she didn't spend much time on the front lines, and even she herself was surprised at how quickly she adapted to the war.

Is it because people always say sheep are obedient? ...

She didn't know, and she didn't have time to think about these things. Right now, she only had one thing on her mind: to complete the task that Payne had given her, to drag the wounded soldiers back to the rear and hand them over to the medics.

Even though she was stronger than the average adult, it was still somewhat difficult for her to drag a fully armed adult male after fighting for nearly 24 hours.

Hurry up...hurry up...let's rest after we find the medic...

Just as Xiao En was somewhat dazed and thinking about these things, she heard a familiar hissing sound, and she immediately froze on the spot as if in shock.

Even before the hellish heatwave hit, she knew what was about to happen—

Flamethrower!!

Chapter 112 CXI. Working Non-Stop (Part 2)

As Shawn heard the demon's breath, Payne was scavenging grenades from fallen soldiers nearby with his dog-cow-squirrel scavengers, intending to re-establish long-range firepower superiority.

The machine gun had been destroyed by continuous firing, and after nearly 24 hours, the French command, which suffered from severe network latency, finally reacted. The French counterattack gradually became more organized, and B Company found it increasingly difficult to capture heavy weapons.

The instant he heard the sound of the flamethrower, Payne not only saw the fur of the dog-cow-squirrel stand up and become fluffy, but he also felt his own hair stand on end.

Before the three beasts could fall to the ground, a whooshing sound of flames suddenly rang out—luckily, the fire dragon had rushed over from dozens of meters away, and Payne and his companions were very fortunate to escape unscathed.

But this time they escaped unscathed; others, however, suffered the consequences.

A chilling scream rang out, and Payne suddenly realized that it was not a sound a human could make, but a roar from a demon from hell.

He subconsciously looked up and saw several torch-like figures on the ground, dancing wildly, running for their lives, and howling at the top of their lungs.

Their clothes, hair, and skin were all on fire. Within seconds, even the bullets in the magazines couldn't withstand the high temperature. The primers and propellants were ignited, and the bullets were fired out like firecrackers.

During this process, the German soldiers, stunned by this horrific scene, either stood frozen in place or numbly continued firing.

As for the French troops, they seemed to assume that the group of Germans who had been set on fire were already dead, and completely ignored them, instead moving on to their next target.

No one thought to give these poor people a quick death.

Ten seconds later, the Germans on fire finally ended their hellish ordeal, collapsing silently to the ground, continuing to burn quietly like inconspicuous pieces of charcoal.

Only after the fireman disappeared from sight did Xiao En shiver as if waking from a dream.

In less than half a minute, her clothes were completely soaked with sweat.

I'm still alive... The flamethrower is far away from me, and both I and this wounded soldier are still alive!

Upon hearing a weak cough beside him, Xiao En immediately rallied and continued to drag the wounded soldier back to the rear.

She had hoped to encounter a medic soon so that she could provide timely treatment to the wounded soldier.

But now she desperately wanted the medic to be in the rear, so she could travel all the way back, far away from the front lines, and never have to face those terrifying flamethrowers again.

Although her colleagues in B Company treated her well, she ultimately chose her own safety over the lives of others.

For a sheep that is already extremely afraid of fire, she simply cannot overcome the fear that the flamethrower brings her.

As for what to do with the wounded, her nearly brain-dead sheep brain didn't even consider that question.

Fortunately, things did not develop in an irreversible direction. The medics who had just sent back a batch of wounded soldiers ran into Xiao En on their way back to the front line and immediately began treating the wounded soldiers she had brought. She had no reason to continue retreating.

Only then, after calming down, did she feel a pang of shame—you would rather your comrade not receive timely medical treatment than risk danger!

But I'm really afraid of fire! ...

Don't other people fear it too?!

Let whoever wants to face it face it! I didn't volunteer for military service! ...

At this moment, Xiao En's mind felt like two little people were fighting, and the two conflicting thoughts almost tore her apart.

These two ideas clashed for several rounds until one thought suddenly exploded in her mind:

The place that was just attacked by the flamethrower... Is Payne and the others nearby?!

Upon thinking about this issue, Xiao En almost completely forgot everything else and ran straight to the front line of the firefight.

Then the battlefield taught her a perfectly timed lesson:

She felt as if something had hit her head, making a crisp "ding" sound. Startled, she immediately bent over, rolled on the ground, and huddled in a corner.

It wasn't until she frantically touched her helmet, trembling, and felt a shallow dent on the top of her head that she realized a bullet must have grazed the top of her helmet at an almost horizontal angle.

The bullet probably wasn't fatal, but if she wasn't wearing a helmet, it would have been unavoidable that a piece of flesh was scraped off her head.

Fortunately, Pine helped me make the helmet.

Thinking this, Xiao En became even more worried about the safety of her animal trainer.

This trench was probably dug hastily by the French, and it was rather shallow. After nearly being blown in the head, Xiao En had learned his lesson and continued running through the trench, holding onto his helmet and bending over.

Not long after, she bumped into someone at the corner of the trench.

"Oh no..."

"Xiao En?! What are you doing here?!"

Without even looking, Payne, whose helmet was pinned to the ground by a ram's horn headbutt, immediately recognized the newcomer.

As one of the first to react to the flamethrower attack, Payne immediately extended his gun out of the trench and opened fire to suppress the flames coming from the direction they were coming from. He then led his dogs, cows, and squirrels to find a good grenade-throwing position, hoping to give the damn flamethrower soldiers a barrage of fire.

"You're alright, that's great..."

Before Xiao En could finish her exclamation, Payne grabbed her arm and pulled her away, saying, "What are you doing here?! Didn't I tell you to help out from behind?!"

"Ah...I...I was just worried about you..."

Payne rolled his eyes at her helplessly. "Fine, I appreciate your concern, but since you're here, you might as well come with us!"

"……Eh?"

Because the situation was so urgent, Payne was not moved at all and simply led Shawn forward.

Within seconds, another tongue of fire raged, but this time the Germans were much more cautious and none of them were injured, as they were all huddled in the trenches.

But hiding like this isn't a solution. They're on the offensive, and simply staying put won't bring victory. They have to charge in and take them down.

After realizing this, fear took over again. Xiao En bleated like a sheep while trying to pull Paine backward, "Waaaaah, no! Waaah!..."

Payne was jolted back to his feet, but he didn't even have the energy to criticize Shawn. He simply gave orders to the other three beasts:

"Grace, give all the grenades to Lacey! Carry Shawn along!"

"We don't have many grenades! Ruby, you keep watch, and Lacey, make sure you aim carefully before throwing the grenade!"

"Once we take out the flamethrower soldiers, the company commander will definitely order B Company to launch an assault immediately! Everyone, keep up! Let's begin!"

"Okay!" "Understood!" "Woof!" "No way!!—"