Chapter 479: Counterattack
The first vanguard was a group of mecha troops, and then the marines pulled out, set off from the other side, made a circle, and drove towards the location of the hive.
Yang Hao, Wei Gong, Sima Yun, and Zhang Tianhai are all in this army. Everyone is loaded with ammunition, and the supply vehicles also carry a large amount of ammunition and energy blocks to ensure the combat capability of the troops.
On the front, more than seventy percent of the mecha troops left the base and rushed straight to the location of the hive. In this battle, they are the absolute main force, and the soldiers of the Marine War only play an auxiliary role. In front of the Zerg, the advantage of the mecha is greater, let these soldiers use their bodies to fight with the Zerg in the wild, the human race has never achieved any good results, and the best is just a lose-lose.
But mechs are different. A good pilot can drive a mecha to deal with dozens of bugs, and this combat power will increase after getting the cooperation of friendly forces, so if you want to fight head-to-head, you still have to use mechas.
The mighty departure of the army, the roar of the mecha action, until a long distance before gradually began to weaken.
It took two or three hours of rapid marching before the army came to the range where the hive was.
A large area near the hive is full of Zerg soldiers, and if you use high-altitude satellites to reconnoitre, you can find that there are more bugs here than in any defensive battle. After all, this is the base camp of the Zerg, so it will naturally be heavily guarded, and if you want to attack the Worm Hive, it's not that simple.
Without the mechs, it would be impossible for the human army to attack the hive. That would only increase casualties.
As soon as we got here, the battle immediately began.
The first to attack were the Zerg soldiers. As soon as they saw the mecha troops that had just emerged, they roared and rushed up in groups.
The troops in the front row were lined up in three rows, forming a simple line of defense. With both hands raised, the cannon activates.
With the commander's order, these mechs began to fire at the rushing Zerg soldiers.
This time the swarm attack. The results were immediate. Moment. A large number of soldiers in the front row of the Zerg were all shot down by the machine guns.
And the mecha troops behind also stopped, and the two cannons behind them moved to their shoulders. Or flat, pointing straight to the front row of the swarm. Or hold it high to the sky. Aim the landing point inside the swarm.
"Fire!"
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
All the mechs opened fire en masse, and a large blast of cannons rang out almost instantly. It was so loud that if someone were standing right next to it. I'm afraid I'll be stunned.
Even the Marine troops who had not yet arrived at the battlefield in the distance clearly heard this swarm attack.
The first to bloom is the front row of insect swarms.
It was as if the insects had collectively stepped into a minefield, and as far as the eye could see, a particularly bright light erupted. Then, the explosion sounded in a row, and the fastest insects were completely blown to ashes by the shelling in an instant, and the shock wave and electricity generated by the explosion also pushed the insect swarm backwards, so that the entire insect swarm suddenly stopped at this moment, as if it had hit a wall.
Later, the projectiles also fell into the interior of the swarm one by one.
Pieces of explosions exploded from inside the swarm, and with each explosion, patches of bugs could be blown up into the sky. Blood, severed limbs, dirt flew all over the sky, and lightning and streamers from cannonballs scurried through the swarm, causing even more damage.
This shelling alone brought considerable damage to the Zerg.
However, the number of Zerg is too much, and although such an artillery bombardment has killed a lot of bugs, it is still very small compared to the total number of bugs, and the proportion of the people standing may not even be 0.1%. So this attack, although it curbed the first cluster charge of the swarm, in fact, it didn't achieve much results.
If this continues, the mecha troops will definitely not be able to completely contain the Zerg from a distance in the end, and in the end, they will still enter hand-to-hand combat.
This is also a necessary process of fighting the Zerg, so all the troops are already ready for close combat. But now, there is still a short distance between the two sides, and this time is the best time to consume the number of Zerg.
The second round of shelling soon followed. Just like the first time, this time, I still killed a lot of bugs.
Third, fourth...... It's the same.
At this time, the Marines who were hurrying on their way finally arrived.
The location chosen by the Marines is very good. The location of this hive is in the interior of a valley, and the Marine soldiers chose a cliff on top of it. In this way, the Marines can face fewer soldiers head-on, leaving some soldiers free to stand on a high ground and attack the bugs below.
In this way, the attack can be maximized.
The troops began to be deployed, and in such a position, in fact, there were Zerg guarding here. As soon as the Marines arrived, the battle on this side began.
A large number of soldiers began to charge in groups, bullets squirting from the muzzles of their guns, shooting at all the insects that could be seen around them.
One unit, almost all directions, and the bugs in this position, not as many as below, at least let people have a place to put their feet. And the soldiers who have experienced defensive battles are not so afraid in the face of these insects at this time.
During the defensive battle, the attack of insects was almost overwhelming, and in the eyes of every soldier, except for his comrades, only insects remained. At this time, the number of these insects is relatively small, so the fear and tension in many people's hearts are not so strong.
Moreover, the number of soldiers in the Marine Corps this time is also quite large, and the main force plus the soldiers of the Seventh Base itself, there are as many as 30,000 in the Marine Corps alone, and there are 10,000 in this direction alone. When there are more people, the courage will naturally increase. At this charge, all the people were infected by the feelings of the people around them, and they roared and rushed towards the insects in front of them.
Not many of the nearby bugs were able to get close to the human troops, so the human forces quickly came to the edge of the cliff.
As soon as they arrived, the purpose of the Marine Corps was achieved. Half of them began to build a defensive line in the rear, and the other half came to the edge of the cliff and looked down the valley.
The shelling of the mecha unit is still continuing, and every second, there will be several explosions inside the swarm, which makes the swarm lose a lot of combat power on the way to charge.
This time, human land soldiers appeared on the side, and the life of the Zerg was even more difficult.
Energy projectiles flew out of the muzzles of the soldiers' guns, each aimed directly at the swarm. The number of insect swarms is so dense that even if you shoot with your eyes closed, there are hardly a few bullets that miss. At this moment, thousands of combat power cut into the battlefield from the side, and suddenly the casualties of the Zerg were even faster.
The soldiers of the rear defense quickly built a defensive line and guarded it here, blocking all the bugs of the Zerg. The supply crates on the supply vehicles were opened one by one, and various resources began to be deployed.
Mechs can't have cannon ammo, but Marine soldiers can't do without ammo. Losing a gun, the combat effectiveness of a soldier, will begin to plummet. Not everyone can play the laser sword well, so enough ammo is a must-have, and definitely can't be missing.
The base's aircraft are also operational, delivering supplies to this side. Combat aircraft have also arrived over the battlefield to bombard the rear of the Zerg.
Gradually, the front of the swarm was less than a hundred meters away from the mecha troops.
The shells of the mecha unit were almost consumed at this time. After all, the mecha is so big, and the ammunition it can carry is also limited. With the cooperation of friendly forces, it is already the best situation expected to be able to bombard with shells for such a long time.
All the mechs stopped attacking and drew their metal knives.
"Rush!"
"Roar!"
All the mech pilots roared angrily, holding their alloy knives, and rushed towards the Zerg who were not knowing how many more than they were.
With this rush, the momentum immediately rose. The marine soldiers who were standing on a high place in the distance were also infected by this momentum in an instant. Everyone felt that their blood seemed to be burning, and many people began to roar angrily while firing, and the fingers that pulled the trigger subconsciously used a little more force.
Within a few seconds, the front row of the mecha unit met the Zerg head-on.
In an instant, there were casualties on both sides.
One by one, the alloy knives turned into cold rays, and the insects that touched this cold rays were all cut in two, and the stumps and broken arms kept flying. In close combat, the combat effectiveness of the bugs is also inferior to that of the mecha.
But there are a lot of them. At the moment of the collision, it was destined that the mecha driver would be besieged by the zerg, and one pilot didn't even hold up for a second, but was slashed in the leg by four insects at the same time, injured the connector of the leg, and fell directly to the ground.
Some people's luck is not bad, when they fall to the ground, there are comrades next to them to relieve themselves, so that they can adjust the track control zhì mecha to leave the front row. And some people, it's too late, and when they fall to the ground, more people climb onto the mecha and attack him frantically.
After a while, several mechs were knocked out of their engines and energy sources, causing an explosion.
The explosion killed the bugs on its body, but the mecha was completely blown to pieces.
Discarded energy blocks have begun to accumulate under the feet of the soldiers, and the battlefield below has also been bloody, and the battle situation is extremely tragic. (To be continued......)