No Beast Girls on the Western Front

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"Over here! Come here quickly!"

The two medics, whose helmets bore white backgrounds and red scepters, jogged up to Alpha, but their expressions turned extremely impatient the moment they saw that she was a beast girl:

"Orcs are not under our jurisdiction."

Payne grabbed the medic's arm and said with a smile, "She's not seriously injured and won't take up any of your resources. You can carry her back, and I'll come and get her later."

The medic looked Payne up and down. "Not seriously injured? Then walk back by yourself."

Fortunately, Payne had been careful before setting off and had taken some lightweight items from the package of supplies, so he was able to easily pull a flat aluminum water bottle from his pocket and hand it to the medic.

"French wine. Please help me, thanks."

Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, Payne didn't hesitate and handed over the remaining half pack of cigarettes. "She just saved my life. I can't just leave her here like this."

Under the combined pressure of appealing to their emotions and offering them supplies, the two medics finally put down the stretcher and muttered to themselves as if convincing themselves, "That's true, they're all wounded, so what difference does it make who we move?"

Before Alpha was moved, Payne deliberately put on a fierce look in front of the medic and said to the dog:

"Logically, I should have gone with you to keep an eye on you, but I have to advance with Company B now. Once you get back to the rear, you must be obedient and not cause me any trouble."

But Alpha didn't seem to realize that he was supposed to play along with Payne's act. Instead, he smiled and said, "I understand. I won't cause any trouble. Go ahead. I know you're worried about your comrades in B Company."

"Although I only spent a few days with them, I could tell that they were really a good group of people."

"Go ahead, don't worry about me, they... are more important than me."

Chapter 110 CIX. Working Non-Stop (Part 1)

The sky was gradually brightening, but the sounds of gunfire that had been going on all night showed no signs of stopping.

Ruby didn't know where she was, only that she was surrounded by hills covered in green grass, with one or two large trees dotting the distance, and a small red brick house not far away.

A pastoral scene unfolded.

But then, a whooshing sound followed by an explosion rang out, and the beautiful red brick house was hit precisely by a shell, turning it into a pile of building materials.

Seeing this scene, she felt no emotion whatsoever, and even yawned.

"Pay attention, we're at war." Payne's voice came from below.

Ruby looked down, and Payne's figure appeared among the branches and leaves. He was crouching behind a tree trunk, holding a gun in one hand and rubbing his eyes with the other.

Ruby, who had been lost in thought for a long time, finally remembered that Payne had asked her to climb the tree to scout out the enemy situation ahead.

She didn't know how long she had been watching. All she knew was that it was still dark when she first climbed the tree, but now it was light, and there was no moving object within her sight, neither people nor animals.

The battle had been going on all night, and although Ruby felt tired, she didn't feel weary at all.

Or rather, one dares not feel weary.

Although B Company's battles along the way have been relatively smooth, according to the company commander, Stephen, who is still lively and energetic and relaying information between different companies, brought back intelligence that many companies have encountered strong resistance and the progress on this front is uneven.

Therefore, B Company had the spare capacity to rest here for a while and let Ruby scout out the enemy situation.

"The food is here! Freshly baked bread! Everyone, eat quickly, and then we'll continue on our way."

An exciting sound came from under the tree, and the soldiers who had been lying quietly hidden in the grass suddenly became restless.

“Ruby! Come down for dinner!” Pine said.

After a night without drinking or eating, Ruby was also starving and thirsty. Upon receiving the order, she immediately climbed down the tree without hesitation and took a piece of bread from the soldier carrying a large cloth bag.

Freshly baked? That's a lie; the bread wasn't even hot to the touch.

But that's normal. Tomato Head must have set up her kitchen five miles away. By the time someone comes and goes to get the food, the bread will definitely be cold.

"Did you notice anything unusual?"

"No."

After the final, routine report, the man and the beast ate the same food in silence.

Well, it's good enough to have freshly made food on the battlefield, so it's okay if it's a little cold.

Toasted bread is one of the few foods that both humans and animals can eat and enjoy.

Thinking this, the little squirrel devoured a whole loaf of bread at the same speed as Lacey, and also drank half a bottle of water.

But Payne seemed to have little appetite. Everyone else was getting ready to leave, but he had only eaten half a loaf of bread and kept glancing at the location of Minston.

As dawn broke, the magnificent cityscape of Minnesota gradually came into view, with rows of skyscrapers creating a bustling scene—at least from a distance.

With war looming, a considerable number of civilians have already fled.

Ruby quickly guessed what Payne was thinking and patted him on the back. "Alpha will be alright. Even in the worst-case scenario, she will definitely survive."

Last night, after hearing Alpha's last words before he was carried away, "They are more important than me," Payne became somewhat emotional and said:

"Say less! Don't talk like it's a final farewell!"

After the medics carried Alpha away, he muttered to himself, "No, that's not true... You are all very important to me..."

After that, B Company clashed with the French twice more. Ruby thought the matter was over, but Payne was still looking distracted.

Faced with the little squirrel's concern, he didn't try to deny it. He simply wrapped the remaining half of the bread in a cloth, put it in his bag, got up, and followed the group, saying:

"How could her condition not cause concern?"

"She's not the kind of cunning beast that doesn't know how to protect herself from human harassment. I'm really worried about her situation..."

"

Hey~

The host's depressing jokes were detected.

Depression level: 70%

Funny level: 100%

Freshness: 10%

Note: It's a bit late.

Points increased by 180

"

"...Go away, go away, go somewhere else!"

Seeing Payne wave his hand impatiently in front of her, Ruby assumed he was bothered by the little bugs and didn't think much of it. She simply asked, "From what you've said, have you ever seen a cunning beast?"

For some reason, Paine glanced at herself with a somewhat weary look in her eyes. "Using 'cunning' here isn't quite right. Let's use another word... For example, Ruby. A beast as clever as you wouldn't be too worried even if you fell into F-Company's hands."

"Hmm... If it's Grace, I won't be worried."

At this point, Payne turned his head and met Grace's gaze. The two smiled at each other.

It seems that the human and the beast engaged in a deeper (spiritual) exchange at a time unknown to the beast.

Ruby narrowed her eyes, but didn't intend to delve into it further.

Payne continued, "But if it's Alpha, she really doesn't inspire confidence."

"Those guys from F Company didn't even recognize that the Alpha being carried away was their former comrade-in-arms."

"Ignoring the orcs to this extent, even in the best-case scenario, she can only rely on herself to get through it. Sigh..."

Ruby didn't know what to say, so she could only quote what Payne had said before: "Take it easy, didn't you say Alpha's injury wasn't serious? She'll definitely pull through."

Payne did not reply, nor did any of the beasts speak again, and B Company resumed its advance.

……

Soon, it was noon, and the blazing sun shone fairly on both sides of the battle.

Payne felt as if the helmet on his head had turned into a hot plate, so hot that he had to bury himself deep in the trench and take off the helmet to fan himself.

Without the helmet to restrain me, sweat poured down my head like a waterfall, instantly blurring my vision.

But then, a nearby explosion rang out, leaving Payne only enough time to wipe his eyes with the back of his relatively clean hand before quickly putting on his helmet, just in time to shield himself from the incoming rain of dust.

"Lassie! This way!"

"it is good!"

Payne called out and began to advance into the trench, bending over.

A few seconds later, a hairy body squeezed past him and quickly arrived at the location Paine had designated—a salient in the trench used to house a machine gun.

Three French soldiers lay dead in the machine gun emplacement, clearly killed in the attack, having neither retreated nor destroyed their weapons.

"Lessie! Grab the machine gun! And another box of ammunition!"

"understand!"

Chapter 111 CX. Working Non-Stop (Part 2)

According to Payne's observations along the way, the French resistance was actually quite tenacious.

Unfortunately, the French army was attacked from the flank, and their command headquarters still seemed unaware of the situation and failed to make any effective arrangements, so the entire front line was extremely difficult to maintain.

However, this is definitely good news for Payne and his team.

After capturing another trench, the battle once again entered close combat. The two sides exchanged fierce fire between each other at a distance of less than ten meters between the two trenches, with grenades flying non-stop in the air, creating an effect similar to artillery fire.

After instructing the cattle, sheep, and squirrels to launch an attack with the captured grenades, Payne led Lacey to a machine gun position where they had been severely suppressed earlier. He pushed aside the French machine gunner who had fallen dead on the machine gun, intending to take it for himself.

This machine gun from the Fasfulo Empire is very similar to the Maxim machine gun on Earth. Both are water-cooled machine guns with a large barrel from which wisps of steam rise.

"Lessie! Grab the machine gun! And another box of ammunition!"

"understand!"

Pine once had Lacey try to put her dog paws close to a machine gun that had just been fired, successfully imprinting the impression of the scorching hot barrel into her dog brain.

Therefore, even without Payne's reminder, Lacey cleverly grabbed the support frame and carried it away with the gun, not forgetting to carry a box of ammunition with her other hand.

Pine felt that his use of the word "carry" was somewhat redundant.

After looting the grenades and cigarettes from the three French soldiers, Payne hung two ammunition belts around his neck and hurried off to catch up with Lacey.

The French, huh? You think you can bully us because we don't have machine guns? Just you wait, we'll have them soon!