Chapter 809: The Battle of Phoenix (2)

When the Tang side was attacking the Mubarak star system, Harrington? Harris's General's Mansion has erected two electric towers, which once dealt a heavy blow to the cockroaches that invaded the mansion, and now the electric towers erected in Phoenix City are even taller than the former, and the number is even more terrifying, so you can imagine how much pressure it will cause to the cockroaches and the hungry.

In desperation, they could only retract into the stratum and use the buildings and facilities in the city as cover to wage guerrilla warfare.

However, the 3rd Army is not having a good time, and the most direct negative effect of the operation of the attached tower is that the charging time of the natural disaster system is greatly extended.

Perhaps it was the endless fighting methods of the three tribes that put too much pressure on Akmund, and the military simply abandoned the Scourge system and diverted energy to a power grid consisting of secondary towers and a magnetic radar near the pyramids.

Like the natural disaster system, the core technology of the magnetic radar also comes from the Armed Forces of God, which is almost half the performance of the "Angel" magnetic radar, which makes the ghost and ghost can no longer rely on stealth ability to infiltrate operations, and can only wander on the edge of the city, creating a small area of riots to weaken the outer defense force of Phoenix.

The 1386th Armored Brigade and the 1365th Armored Brigade of the 3rd Army have already cut into the battlefield area from both flanks and outflanked the Three-Ethnic Alliance from the rear according to the original plan.

At the same time, the combat aircraft of the two aviation brigades have already entered the launch sequence, and only after the front-line troops have divided the battlefield, they can launch a full-scale attack, cooperate with the ground forces, and deal a fatal blow to the tri-clan coalition forces.

On the other side, two mechanized infantry brigades, one armored brigade, and one ranger regiment stationed on the main communication route from the Dalaran Desert to the outside world also arrived from farther away. A second layer of encirclement is formed.

The appearance of the tunnel worm caused chaos in the eastern position of the city, but the scene in the buffer zone in front of the position also caused a lot of confusion in the phalanx of shock tanks.

Perhaps in response to the swarm of insects in the subterranean ground, a low, muffled roar came from under the buffer zone in front of the trench position, and the sand on the edge of the crater fell. Slowly fill in the depression.

This was just the beginning, as the roar of the ground intensified, and the shaking sand expanded from local to two waterfalls that separated, revealing a central gully.

The entire buffer zone was shaking, the rumbling sound was dull and clear, and several huge craters appeared in the originally fairly smooth sand, with a depth of more than ten meters, and the innermost part was a long spike.

In the current situation. Phoenix still had such old fortifications, but it was undeniably effective, and the drivers of the 16 shock tanks at the front of the charge had to apply the brakes to avoid falling into those huge ravines.

Due to the inertia, the braking system does not immediately allow the body to stand still due to movement, and the track pulls out a short but deep indentation on the soft ground. It's time to stop.

The 16 shock tanks were followed by 16 Immortals, followed by 8 siege tanks. Then there are the 24 Goliath armed robots for air defense, and Thor, which stops for intermittent bombing just a few steps, plus 8 Wolf Warriors to protect against flank threats.

The Thor driven by Hausen had come down from the high ground, Churchill did not move, and there were two more laser drill tanks beside him, and the huge muzzles shot out red pillars of light. Together with the siege tanks behind, they suppressed the large turrets in the middle and upper layers of the city walls, and at the same time cooperated with the high-altitude guardians, wandering fanatics in the city, high-ranking Templars, ghosts, and dogs to destroy the air defense facilities in Phoenix as much as possible to cover the advance of the air force.

The appearance of the pit separates melee units such as poisonous blast worms, puppies, and fire bats teleported by the pit worms, as well as melee units such as nest insect clusters scattered by the nest worm leader, from ranged fire units in the rear. The shock tank could only sigh and choose to stop the pace of the attack and switch to the second attack mode like a siege tank.

UNLIKE SIEGE TANKS, THEY DO NOT HAVE MECHANICAL ARMS TO STABILIZE THE BODY, ONLY THE FRONT AND REAR TRACKS ARE STRETCHED OUTWARD, AND THEN HOOKED DOWNWARD, THE TURRET ROTATES 180 DEGREES, AND FOUR 75MM PLASMA GUNS ROLL OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, AND 180MM ARC SHOCK GUNS GO ONLINE, THROWING ONE SWIRLING BULLET AFTER ANOTHER AT THE FEW REMAINING ARMED VEHICLES IN THE CORE OF THE 2013 BRIGADE'S POSITION.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE 8 SIEGE TANKS BEHIND THE IMMORTAL ALSO STOPPED ADVANCING, SWITCHING FROM TANK MODE TO SIEGE MODE, AND THE 180MM PLASMA CONCUSSION CANNON DID NOT POINT AT THE FORWARD POSITION, OR THE TALL STEEL CITY WALL, BUT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, SHOOTING BLUE METEORS IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH DIRECTIONS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

Kehanor has not yet sunk into the western mountains, but because of the after-effects of the operation of the natural disaster system, the sky has been covered by thick clouds, and the day is still there, but the sky is becoming more and more obscure.

The plasma cluster fell on the other side of the horizon, rising a colorful and brilliant Martian rain, and the smoke of gunpowder was like a dragon, rolling up, but it was soon submerged by the yellow sand in the sky, and in the writhing light and shadow on the horizon, the black shadows changed from small to large, with the sound of buzzing turbofans, and quickly jumped out of the horizon. After that, there was a slight flickering shadow, with a roar of sand and engines, and it went straight to the location of the siege tank.

Not only was there an armored group in the south that broke into the battlefield, but the northern horizon also rose up with yellow sand, black shadows from far and near, and the roar of SA-20 Sea Harrier fighters came from both wings, and then they were entangled by the flying dragons flying from high altitudes, opening up a ground battlefield in the northern sky.

Shock Tanks and Immortals are considered fast units, Siege Tanks and Goliath Armed Robots can be classified as medium, and Thor and Wolf Warriors are slow units.

The 1386th Armored Brigade and the 1365th Armored Brigade were inserted into the battlefield from the north and south respectively, in accordance with Akmund's orders, in order to cut off the connection between the Terrans and the light and heavy units of the Star Spirit Mechanized Forces from the middle, and to divide, surround and eat the opponent.

I have to say that such a deployment is very reasonable and ingenious, no matter how strong the combat units of the Tang side are, it is impossible to win this war in the face of dozens of times their own troops under such an encirclement, maybe they can break through, but once they choose to break through, it means the failure of the siege.

The yellow sand was rolling, the artillery was raining down, and at the same time that the armored vehicles in the north were shooting smoke bombs one after another in all directions, the missile launchers fired several missiles in a row, rushing towards the nest insect lord who was flying at the front of the charging formation.

The Getter Tank Group in the South was far more arrogant than the vanguard armored convoy of the 1365 Brigade, like an angry bull. Running through the ground with maximum horsepower, it spews out puffs of fire at the siege tanks that are switching tank modes with yellow sand flowing southeast.

The chamber of the gun trembled, the flames were full and gathered, and the chassis rose and fell, and the pioneer tank battalion of the 1386th Brigade had penetrated into the core of the Terran mechanized army. It crossed with the dusty flow of chariots from the north, splitting the long line of charge in two.

The melee forces composed of puppies, poisonous blast bugs, nest insect lords, and fire bats were separated from the shock tanks and immortal queues by buffer belts, and now the 1386th Armored Brigade and the 1365th Armored Brigade have cut off the charging formations constructed by mechanized units, and the entire ground battlefield has been completely cut into several small theaters.

After separating the Immortals and Goliath armed robots, the main forces of the two armored brigade vanguard battalions were separated from the Immortals and Goliaths, and the main forces that came later spread out to the left and right respectively, wrapping the mechanized troops of the human and god races in the center of the wargroup according to the original plan.

With the arrival of subsequent armed vehicles, some experimental weapons were also sent into battle.

Behind the battle formation of the 1386th Armored Brigade, one is equipped with 6 high-power suspension brackets. 1 140MM HOWITZER AND 2 SETS OF BOMB BAY HOVERCRAFT SQUAD RUSHED TO Thor's location at great speed, using strong maneuverability to dodge the Wolf Warrior Railgun's shots, pouring shells and rockets onto Thor's huge body, leaving more profound traces on the already riddled composite armor, and converging with the laser beam from the direction of Phoenix City to wear down Thor's defense little by little.

The rear of the 1365th Armored Brigade was equipped with several artillery trucks, and large warheads flew into the sky. Draw a parabola that is not rounded and somewhat sharp. With a whining sound, it plunged into the ground near the area where the Goliath-armed robot was located, sinking directly into the depths of the earth, and then stopped moving.

This doesn't mean they're duds, but these things that can burrow into the ground aren't bombs at all, but resonators. As time passed, the ground in the area where the Goliath armed robot was located began to shake violently, and even cracks appeared where it was bounced into the soil, and the yellow sand poured into the ground like flowing water, but it still could not prevent the black line on the ground from spreading to the center.

The 1386th and 1365th Armored Brigades brought out their special weapons. The 2013th Mechanized Infantry Brigade also had it, but it was only because Akmund ordered the 2013 Brigade Commander to exercise restraint that it never appeared on the battlefield.

A soldier equipped with a special type of power armor slipped out of the pit, jumped directly out of the pit, jumped on the side of the position where the tank was located, and threw out a sticky substance with both hands, which attached to the vulnerable parts such as the track, cover, and gun chamber of the impact tank.

Different from the ordinary Pilgrim-level power armor, this special model of power armor is similar to the Sulu Empire's silver steel power armor that Tang Fang had seen in Na'i Star, and has a certain flight ability...... No, to be exact, it's a gliding system consisting of a jumping device and a MINI version of vector thrusters, which in a way is almost comparable to the power of the Reaper.

Of course, for the Tang side, the Grim Reaper is just a cheap biochemical unit, but for the 2013 Brigade, this special combat unit named "Ranger" is a cherished combat unit like the "Regretful God of War" and the flying upgrade armed hovercraft.

The latter two types of armed vehicles are cherished in terms of expensive cost, but the Rangers in front are cherished in the driver, because only a very small number of people with excellent athletic performance and coordination skills can adapt to the Ranger power armor and become excellent special forces.

Although the military's scientific research department has been actively improving the gliding system of the Ranger to reduce the requirements for the soldier's physique, progress has been slow, because Mr. J does not believe that such research will bring a qualitative leap forward in the military power of the United Kingdom of Turanks, after all, in this Age of Discovery, the development of more powerful warships is the king.

Including the Rover, the Ares missile, and the Flying Upgrade Armed Hovercraft, all of which are army weapons developed by Professor Ellar and his research team with the support of Akmund.

Actually, even Vaway? Smitt was negative about Akmund's reduction of military spending and the amount of money saved for the research and development of army weapons. Facts have proved that whether it is a Ranger, a God of War, or a flying upgraded armed hovercraft, they all have good combat value, at least they can have a negative impact on the mechanized units of the Terrans.

THE TURRET OF THE SHOCK TANK COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE MOVEMENT SPEED OF THE RANGERS, AND EVEN IF THE 180MM ARC SHOCK GUN WAS PUT AWAY, IT WOULD NOT POSE MUCH OF A THREAT TO THEM. Instead, as the sticky substance they threw stuck to the surface of the armor, the body made of light alloy made a rattling sound, showing signs of disintegration.

Not only that, but the driver of the shock tank began to experience slight nausea, dizziness, unresponsiveness, etc., which significantly reduced combat effectiveness.

No doubt. The sticky substance thrown by the Ranger is a resonant weapon similar to the Mirador missile, capable of causing damage to metal products and even the human body.

Mr. J was a technical advisor to His Majesty the King and was respected and trusted by members of the royal family, but in Akmund's view, Ellar was a true genius because he not only perfected the Scourge system, but also drew inspiration from the technical information provided by Mr. J. Develop a more practical resonance weapon for individual combat, not just a lightning storm.

On the position outside the city wall, the attack sequence composed of dogs, fire bats, poisonous explosion insects, and nest insects was due to the lack of artillery cover, and under the dense defense facilities of the wall and the resistance of the 2013 mechanized infantry brigade regardless of casualties, there was a certain degree of combat attrition.

If there is no nest swarm in front of you to attract fire. The casualties may be even worse.

With the addition of two armored brigade aviation combat units, the air force constructed by Viking fighters, Wyverns, and self-detonating mosquitoes was dispersed. The Goliath armed robots and the Wolf Warrior were also dragged by the forces of the 1386th Armored Brigade and the 1365th Armored Brigade, and they couldn't take a moment to clean up the coalition forces composed of S-A20 Sea Harrier fighters, Elsa armed helicopter gunships, Hurricane armed shuttles, and Saint attack drones.

Some of these Hurricane fighters are equipped with new ground-penetrating bombs. It is used to deal with the tunnel insects on the periphery of the position in the east of the city, so as to fundamentally cut off the retreat and reinforcement of the human and insect melee forces.

THE TUNNEL WORMS WERE SO BIG THAT EVEN THE POWERFUL GUNS WITH A CALIBER OF 1000MM AT THE TOP OF THE CITY WALLS COULD NOT DESTROY THEM. At most, it hurts it, then retracts back into the ground to recuperate for a while, and then emerges from somewhere else after a few minutes, which is simply frustrating to the point of madness.

How much the power grid system staff hoped that they could enter the city and let those big guys taste the taste of electrocution, but they seemed to know that those hundreds of meters high power towers in the city were not easy to mess with, and they only operated outside the city, and they were out of the attack range of the power towers, which made some people hate itchy, but they could only sigh with admiration.

After the main forces of the two aviation brigades were all out, the 340th Firepower Brigade and the 765th Artillery Brigade retreated to the densely populated area of electric towers, and the long-range weapons under their jurisdiction were lined up in the east, and various types of missiles were fired without money.

2 reinforced armored brigades, 1 reinforced mechanized infantry brigade, 2 aviation brigades, 1 firepower brigade, 1 artillery brigade, plus urban defense brigades, guard regiments, and special warfare robot brigades, completely surrounded the troops of the three tribes of humans, insects, and gods with absolute superiority in strength.

Not to mention that 100 kilometers away, another 2 mechanized infantry brigades, 1 armored brigade, and 1 ranger regiment are approaching as fast as possible.

When a large number of Hurricane armed shuttles and Elsa armed helicopters of the Aviation Brigade entered the position in the east of the city, the four tunnel worms were still swallowing up a steady stream of dogs, poisonous explosion insects, fire bats and other melee troops, and repeatedly compressed the infantry positions of the 2013 Brigade, occupying almost 70% of the trenches, leaving only the core line where the armed vehicles were located, because they were directly exposed to the city defense facilities, the firepower was too fierce, and there was no way to break through quickly.

The arrival of the air force brought a turning point to the tug-of-war in the position area, of course, it was a good thing for the 2013 brigade, and it was a very heavy blow to the melee troops of the human and insect tribes. Because whether it is a puppy, a poisonous explosive bug, a fire bat, or a nest insect lord, they are all melee units, and it is difficult to strike at the enemy from the air, while Viking fighters, Wyverns, Goliath armed robots, Wolf Warriors, and Thor, which are combat units equipped with anti-aircraft firepower, are divided and surrounded by the two armored brigades of 1386 and 1365 from the weak point of the charging formation, and they are simply unable to support the positional battle under the city wall.

The scales of victory began to tilt in favor of the side of the 3rd Army.

Akmund, as the head of the Phoenix theater of operations, is undoubtedly a very qualified commander, using the 2013 mechanized infantry brigade as a bait, cooperating with trench positions and city defense facilities to drag the ground units of the three tribes, and then using the trap to block, the armored brigade is inserted by the two wings to form a division and encirclement trend, and to deal with the gap in individual combat effectiveness with covering firepower.

He knows his own weakness and also knows the enemy's superiority, and then reduces the gap between the combat strength of the enemy and our units in terms of environment, formation, and tactical arrangement, and defeats absolute quality with absolute quantity. (To be continued.) )