Chapter 549: Edison
Soon after the drone was killed, the intelligence officer reported a bad news, three early warning drones over the battlefield were ignited by the opponent's air and space fighters, and the reconnaissance satellites in the space orbit facing the "Akuias" lake area were lost one after another, and the monitoring of the front-line battlefield was almost reduced to 0 points, and only 2 reconnaissance drones had not been killed by the enemy's air defense fire because of their location.
As soon as the intelligence officer's words fell, another intelligence officer stood up behind him and transferred a roughly edited battle video taken by a front-line soldier to the main display in the command room.
Balls of thunder fell from the sky, they were different from the plasma balls blasted out by siege tanks, and the whole body was surrounded by silver-white arc light, like crystal spheres woven from many silver filaments, very beautiful and charming...... It's also deadly.
They fall on the ground and explode into a ball of light, the grass and trees turn into ashes, the soil layer collapses, the rolling flames roll like waves, the shock wave can blow away the infantry wearing the "Wind Silver Wolf" power armor, light armored vehicles like the "Mustang" chariot, once hit by the silver ball, the high-energy lightning explodes into a dazzling power grid, the middle sphere is shattered, and then a little silver suddenly shrinks, and then expands rapidly at a thunderous speed, and the radiant flames are like small suns, sweeping around hundreds of meters at once, Some soldiers who were closer to the epicenter of the explosion were dehydrated by the radiation, and even heavier vehicles such as the Porcupine III multi-role armored personnel carrier were overturned by the raging air currents of sand and gunpowder.
A reconnaissance drone risked death to fly to the front line, and in the picture transmitted, 8 crawlers were attached to the ground with four claws, and the central battery device rotated at a constant speed, and every time the semi-enclosed bead core rotated once, a silver-white sphere would be extruded from the center and ejected into the air. Do a parabolic movement, fall to the position of the armored brigade, and bring up a pile of dead and wounded.
Neither the 75MM Gauss gun of the Manticore II heavy tank nor the 100mm gun of the "Jackal Change" could accurately strike the enemy at a distance of 10 kilometers, not to mention that those crawlers were not large in size and agile. Even if it is replaced with artillery-launched missiles. In today's situation where unmanned reconnaissance planes, early warning aircraft, and observation satellites are almost all shot by the other side, how can we talk about hitting targets without air guidance?
Edison was stunned, and there was a little silver light in the picture that grew from small to large, and then, the screen became white, and the unmanned reconnaissance plane was actually exploded by the silver and white light bullets of the crawler Qì people.
"Isn't the laser tactical platform in place yet?"
"Not yet." An intelligence officer replied in a trembling voice.
The feeling of powerlessness is like a heavy mountain, pressing on everyone's heart, and some people's cold sweat even wets their backs.
No one thought about it. The combat units airdropped by the mechanical transport team were less than 40 at full, but even these less than 40 troops, before they entered the range of the armored group combat vehicles of the guards, the first round of kites made them want to die, and their morale plummeted like the stock price crashing and plummeting.
In the corner, several staff officers were debating whether to request support from space-based weapons, or to send a rescue team consisting of Sea Serpent-class fast assault boats and Fur Seal-class frigates into the atmosphere of "Arumegaika" to carry out aerial bombardment, which could not only sweep and attack the army of King Worms not far from the ground. It can also provide fire support to the ground battlefield of the "Akuias" lake.
Only Edison? Kim knew that the Second Fleet from the Legion of Doom. To the garrison, to the duke's tulip fleet, they are still too busy to take care of themselves, and where can they spare forces to help them.
He didn't dare to tell his staff officers this information, because it would affect morale. According to him, it was the wise and martial Duke who deliberately let them down. We must destroy all the living forces of the other party.
He did this out of consideration for the bigger picture.
The soldiers of the armored brigade were like tigers at first, only now...... Perhaps it should be described as a kitten in the water.
Cats are very afraid of water!
Of course, as a major general, as the supreme commander of the guard unit "Arumega", he could not go on in a daze forever. Although Harrington? Harris didn't pay much attention to him, thinking that he was indecisive by nature, more than enough to defend and not enough to be aggressive, so he threw himself into the guard, which had no future to speak of, and left him to fend for himself, but he was a soldier after all, and Harrington? Harris refused to reuse him, but he trusted him very much, otherwise how could he let him command the garrison of the General's Palace.
Therefore, he can't give up because of a momentary defeat.
"Order, the armored brigade widens the formation, widens the distance between units, and gives me a dead drag on those crawlers and mobile artillery."
"Order, the aviation brigade urgently deploys new unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned bombers to support the front-line battlefield. In addition, transport shuttles were dispatched to carry the special service team to the designated location over Lake 'Aquias' to carry out airdrop operations, and then use underwater stealth to raid the enemy's main position and blow up those tanks for me. ”
"Order, the infantry brigade will transfer a part of the soldiers armed with high-power weapons to detour behind the enemy along the eastern shore of the 'Akuias' lake, cooperate with the special service team to kill the enemy tank company, and then attack the enemy's troops on the western front."
"Don't be afraid, the opponent's total strength is less than 40 units, and their advantage is mainly reflected in the range of weapons, once they get close, they will become a tiger with their teeth pulled out."
Edison lied again, he had seen the video of the Battle of Lector, when Hausen drove a siege tank, wiped out a tank battalion of "one-horned rhino" heavy tanks in the most brutal way, and finally overturned a "two-headed rhino" and bombarded it, but he was only damaged in armor and some less important external parts were destroyed.
He had no choice but to do so, and once this last ground defense line collapsed, the general's palace would be directly exposed to enemy fire.
The combat units of the aviation brigade have been engaged in the battle against the army of the king worm, and they are completely unable to take care of the battlefield of the "Akuias" lake, and before the tactical platform reaches the designated coordinates, he must rely on ground forces to stop the small mixed force unloaded by the mechanical transport team and prevent them from launching an attack on the hinterland of the general's palace.
The order was quickly distributed to all combat units, and due to the shelling of siege tanks, the apron, runway and other air force facilities in the southern area of the General's Mansion were damaged, and even some concrete-poured hangars were reduced to a thick smoke and ruins under the artillery fire.
The reserve unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and transport shuttles can only be transferred from the underground tunnel to the northern area, and then lifted off to carry out the mission.
While the special service team was taxiing forward from the "Aquias" lake in a transport shuttle, the soldiers of the East Coast Infantry Brigade also took a detour to the south coast in the "Mustang" and "Porcupine" armored vehicles.
They don't know. Four Widow Mines had been planted on the east bank at the same time as the Immortals and the Dragon Knight Shock Armored Brigade.
When the three "Mustang" tanks and two "Porcupine III" multi-purpose armored personnel carriers were halfway along the east bank, a widow mine overloaded the fusion core, and the expanding fire suddenly reflected the gradually darkening sky on the east bank of the "Akuias" lake, and the mushroom cloud churned upward, and the flames were like wild horses, quickly engulfing the vanguard team. The rampaging shockwave set off a cloud of smoke around it, radiating rapidly in all directions.
The otherwise calm surface of the lake was stormy, and the tide spread from east to west, and the transport shuttles raised the flight altitude a little, and passed through the wind and waves to the south shore.
They did not fly high, and they were covered by wind and waves, and ordinary early warning equipment could not detect the storage of the five transport shuttles.
Edison didn't know that the two engineering ships not only had the ability to repair mechanical units, but also had super reconnaissance functions comparable to those of the Iron Crow, and every move on the lake. Not even a sturgeon jumping out of the water can hide Nighthawk's external sensors.
The five transport shuttles laden with special forces were not harassed by siege tank fire or sniped by the Dragon Knights, and they met the high-ranking Templars.
When the six gold-armored warriors who were shrouded in a faint blue light and could fly in the air, and Ling Bo Weibu appeared in the driver's field of vision, they were stunned for a moment.
The co-pilot of the transport shuttle at the front was shocked and said, "What is that?" Why can they fly in the air? Why can't I see a jet backpack? ”
His partner's idea was a little more bizarre: "They...... It's an alien, right? ”
"How so!"
"Is that another biological weapon?"
"Possibly."
Unbeknownst to the driver, his first guess was almost the correct answer.
After meeting the High Templars, of course. He didn't have a chance to guess any further.
The flash of "energy eclipse" that erupted in an instant was not very conspicuous in this battlefield that affected the entire "Akuias" Lake and the General's Mansion, but it came at the cost of the lives of the five transport shuttles and the special forces on board.
The black smoke from the thrusters was swept up into the sky by the wind and waves. On the bow and tail of the shuttle, one after another plunged into the turbulent lake, splashing waterfall-like waves, engulfing the wreckage of the shuttle, and then, the bubbling bubbles were scattered by the waves in an instant.
It turns out. The combat capabilities of special forces in extreme environments are far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers, and after the shuttle plane fell into the water, a small number of elites actually took off their clumsy power armor, relied on breathing apparatus to escape from the engine room that was gradually filling the lake, and swam to the lake with simple equipment.
Their targets were the six high-ranking Templars floating on the surface of the lake. The golden armor made them stand out.
Some people shot underwater, and some fled the cabin without time to pick up hot weapons, so they could only bite daggers and jump to the surface in an attempt to carry out a close-range sneak attack.
The dense bullets hit the plasma shield and were bounced away, but they could not cause damage to the high-level Templars, and one of the special forces jumped out of the water with a dagger in his mouth, and was about to show off his superb flying knife skills, but he didn't expect to be picked up by a high-level Templar's left hand choking his throat, and the front end of his other arm suddenly shot out a blade of light, which was quickly sent into the chest of the special forces.
Most of the high-ranking Templars of the Protoss have been promoted by the harsh training of fanatics, and while their most powerful weapon is their own ghostly power, this does not mean that they have lost their excellent hand-to-hand combat ability.
Challenging them with mere human physical strength is no less than a pheasant showing off its coat in front of an eagle, and it is purely looking for death.
The High Templar in the middle was disturbed by the bullets fired from underwater, and thrust his right hand into the water, and the powerful ghost energy was activated, like a high-powered generator, creating a lightning storm underwater.
In the next second, the six high-ranking Templars continued to float towards the northern shore of Lake "Aquaias", and soon after, floating corpses floated on the surface of the water, and were pushed to the west shore by the waves.
Rumble! Another earth-shattering explosion.
The second widow mine lying in ambush on the east bank exploded, and before the smoke of the ancestors dissipated, the fire of the younger generations lit up the sky again, and the shock wave set off a second wave of wind on the gradually calming lake like a sudden revival of the heart. A large amount of rubble fell on the surface of the water, causing a dense splash.
Dark clouds gradually covered the sky, and before night fell, darkness took the lead.
Raindrops fell from the sky, slowly and rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a torrential downpour, spreading a muddy cloud on the charred earth. The sound of water resounded through the heavens and the earth.
The sporadic fires were extinguished, the smoke clouds were thinned by the wind, and the dust was beaten to death on the ground, only the various aircraft and the army of king insects whistling through the air were still continuing the game of airdrops and anti-airdrops.
Some of the injured king insects will suddenly disappear, and only the giant beasts that die instantly after being hit by heavy weapons will fall from mid-air and fall into a ball of flesh like a small mountain.
The first batch of king worms had reached the ground, and one after another puppies with ribbed wings jumped out of their abdominal pouches.
These upgraded "adrenaline" mad dogs are like galloping horses in the wilderness, slapping the puddles with their soles and the roar of the ground, forming a long line. From the western shore of Lake "Aquas", the plain area facing the General's Palace, rushed northward.
Several stinging snakes spread out on the ground, erecting their bodies nearly 2 people tall, quickly scaling their muscles, and one by one deep grooved ridge needles shot out from under the skin, hitting the combat aircraft that surrounded the army of king insects, tearing the outer armor, or catching fire and exploding, or losing balance and falling to the ground.
The cloudy rain hit them, and the moisture reflected a glimmer of light.
The same scene also appeared in the defense equipment of the General's Palace. The difference is that the rain crackles on it. Wet with pitch-black paint, only the fire from the muzzle or the jumping arc becomes a colorful glow in the darkness.
Laser weapons are severely attenuated by the harsh air, and some pulsed lasers cannot even burn through the thick carapace of the king insect.
In the command room of the guard, intelligence officers reported that five transport shuttles had been destroyed, and that the East Coast Infantry Brigade had been attacked by tactical nuclear bombs, and that the pace of advance had come to a near standstill. And the information about the decline in the power of laser weapons was transferred to Edison? In King's hands, the general, who suffers from mild anxiety, almost didn't pull off the small amount of hair on his head.
He was very skeptical, could it be that the other party had calculated every move of the defenders? How can it seem that all of your tactical arrangements are being targeted miserably as if they are exposed under the noses of others......
The commander of the opposing side even added the weather changes after the nuclear explosion to the tactical system, using it to weaken the most powerful laser weapon of the General's Palace.
But fortunately, after this toss. The unmanned platform has arrived at the edge of the battlefield and can start the "Bright Trial".
"Order, the infantry brigade halted its advance and abandoned its battle plan for the southern shore of Lake 'Aqueas'."
"Order, the engineer company immediately fires cloud repellent shells into the air."
"Order, the staff of the laser defense network dispatch command room pay attention, once the rain clouds disperse, immediately inflict a 'bright trial' on the enemy army."
After giving a series of orders, Edison sat back in his seat as if he had collapsed, only to find that his clothes were already wet with sweat.
He had never encountered such a war, and when he first watched the video of the Battle of Rector, he once laughed at the "Meijiaer" garrison as a group of wine bags and rice bags, and looked down on them. It is not until today that I have personally experienced the strength of my opponent and understood a truth, it is not that Duke Yadan's garrison is weak, but that their opponent is too strong.
Tilting his head to the huge virtual sand table suspended above the combat command platform, this action seemed to overdraw the strength of his whole body, his face was as pale as snow, and he gasped for breath.
His dry lower lip had a dense layer of blisters at some point, which was very eye-catching, and the coffee cup that had cooled down was placed on his right hand, and it had not moved for half a minute from beginning to end.
If the "Judgment of Light" does not inflict heavy damage on the enemy, he must persuade the Duke to leave.
It's a shame to say that the Legion of Doom has let a private army fall and the Covenant Navy hasn't even used a single cent of its forces...... No, it's not just a shameful thing, it's simply a great shame for the Sulu Empire, but ...... The enemy is too strong, like him, Vic? Fred, DuPont? A person like Cataland can die in battle, and the Duke, as the right and left hand of His Majesty the Emperor, must not die in such a place.
But what if the Duke refuses to retreat, as he promised before the Emperor Xià, he vows to live and die with "Mubarak"?
Edison? Jin thinks that if you send a few henchmen to the ground command center, even if you use force, you have to send him out, just like the Duke said about himself, although he does not have strong command skills, he is better than loyalty.
At the same time, an anti-aircraft artillery system in the northern area of the General's Mansion sprayed flames, and the cloud bombs were lifted into the air, and began to sweep away the dark clouds gathered by the nuclear explosion effect in the area around the "Akuias Lake".
Another batch of King Bugs arrived on the ground, and instead of the Zerg troops, 50X Zealots, 48 Machine Gunners, and a Special Operations Team consisting of 8 Ghosts and 8 Ghosts descended from above. In addition, there is a rapid reaction team consisting of 5 predators, 5 fires, and 3 vulture chariots.
In fact, this is not all, there is another force moving towards the location of the General's Mansion in the sky above the "Akuias" lake, in the front is a Protoss transport plane, and behind it is a very strange air fluctuation, accompanied by a very slight sound of turbines. (To be continued......)