Chapter 1296: Fighting on the battlefield to recapture the center (3)
On earth, no matter how powerful the navy and air force are, the army is the cornerstone of the foundation.
Although there are jokes about the Navy getting new ships, the Air Force getting new aircraft, and the Army getting new rubber shoes, no one will underestimate the importance of the Army. It's just that the emphasis is different.
But on Alyssa's side, the Army has almost no development. They have never thought about things such as military camouflage, carrying gear, tactical vests and other regular items of the Army.
After all, most of the time wars are fought by warships. It cannot be said that there are no land landing operations by the army, but the proportion is very low.
In the final analysis, I still don’t pay attention to it, so it seems very flawed.
So, Li Chengqi saw a group of black cloaked monsters crawling on the ground like cockroaches, fighting against a group of white, fat, fleshy bugs...
This picture is really difficult to comment on.
The Swan maintained fire support while slowly advancing forward. Since its attitude was tilted, its altitude would of course inevitably decrease as the distance increased.
After all, the Swan is not a professional assault landing ship. If you want to use artillery to support the bottom, you really have to drive at an angle.
With the fire support of the Swan and the assault landing ship, the heavy equipment finally fell.
A large number of things like tanks and infantry fighting vehicles drove out from the stern hatch of the landing assault landing ship, and four-legged walking turrets also followed suit.
Counting from the establishment of the frontline position, almost half an hour later, the Xianshui Federation successfully erected its own artillery position.
The artillery group composed of 120mm caliber howitzers loaded, aimed and fired volleys through the position and distance information provided by the assault landing ship in the sky.
The artillery shells dragged white smoke in an arc, bypassing the hills in front, and lobbed to hit the enemy in the rear.
Moreover, the scale of artillery preparations is getting larger and larger, and it is getting more and more fierce.
The Red Maple Republic Army tried to retake their position, but their heads were badly damaged by the bombing.
Of course, they would also fight back, and they would also fire from the artillery positions on the back of the hills. The two sides used artillery to meet their friends, and the fight was very lively.
The frontline base was temporarily set up. At this time, some of the Spinning Federation soldiers were armed with weapons such as shotguns, rocket launchers and even flamethrowers, and began to seize the enemy trenches under cover of fire.
As mentioned before, this is the outermost position of the Red Maple Republic Army, and it was suppressed by the firepower of the Swan and the assault landing ship just now.
The remaining enemy soldiers were quickly swept out of the trenches, and some tried to surrender with their hands raised, but the Spinning Water Federation would not accept prisoners now.
After all, we are fighting a tough battle here. How can we take care of the prisoners?
Looking up at the sky at this time, you will see a large group of fireball-like things falling from the sky, but they are too small to look like them. It's an assault landing ship.
That's an orbital airdrop, also known as an orbital skydive.
Compared with the size of the assault landing ship, it is indeed not small, but the number of soldiers and heavy weapons it can accommodate is still very limited.
No matter how cheap the cost of the assault landing ship is, it is still unaffordably expensive once the number increases. What's more, the docks that build the assault landing ship have to build real warships, and there is not much production capacity allocated to them.
Therefore, something like an orbital airdrop pod that is cheap, has a large capacity and has a simple structure came into being.
The war on Alyssa's side has been complained before, using technology from the interstellar era, but using tactics from the First World War and strategies from the Second World War. Therefore, compared with the current style of painting on earth that emphasizes high-tech information warfare, Alyssa still has the concept of large corps and large fleets.
After all, the technology trees are different, so it’s really impossible to generalize.
The orbital airdrop warehouse is used to transport the main force of the army.
These orbital airdrop pods are shaped like diamond-shaped buds. When they break through the atmospheric heat barrier and descend to a suitable height, the armor plates will open and fold downward into the shape of a cannonball.
The soldiers in the airdrop pod will be thrown into the air at this stage and open their parachutes one by one. The airdrop pod itself can be used as a kinetic artillery shell to hit the enemy below, literally hitting the enemy in the face with an airdrop.
For a moment, the sky was filled with white parachutes, like a large number of dandelions flying in the sky, which was extremely spectacular.
This airdrop method will send a large number of infantry to the battlefield, and they are the main force that breaks into the trenches.
Of course, the Red Maple Republic Army would not just watch blankly. Various anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns aimed upwards and fired.
The casualties during the landing process were also very serious. They were no less than those who rushed down from the front of a storm landing ship. However, under the suppression of the huge base, the number of casualties was not to the extent that it would affect the battle.
After all, human life is the least valuable in war, especially interstellar war.
On Earth, a battle in which tens of thousands of people die is definitely an extremely tragic battle, but in an interstellar war, a battle in which tens of thousands of people die can only be considered a small-scale conflict.
This is mainly due to its large size.
The Spinning Water Federation has more than a dozen habitable galaxies with a total population of tens of billions. With such a huge population base, the number of soldiers it can pull out once mobilized is a terrifying number.
And think about it, the smallest warship like the Swan has a full crew of four to five hundred people, and a warship like a starship has a team of more than 10,000 people to maintain it.
The tens of thousands of casualties were only a dozen ships.
Not to mention anything else, Li Chengqi alone had the kill figures of more than a dozen battleships. In terms of human life, it was no longer just his hands covered in blood, but simply a bath in the blood and free swimming.
The location of the Swan was only one of the six attack points to launch the landing operation, so even if the paratroopers fell like raindrops, the casualties of this level were only minor injuries.
As long as the base number goes up, anything will happen no matter how small the probability is. What's more, battlefield air defense now mainly relies on machine spirits and hand-operated anti-aircraft guns. In addition, the Swan is also covered by firepower. More and more paratroopers have successfully landed, directly Throw away the parachute rope, gather at the nearest location with weapons in hand, and launch an attack on the Red Maple Republic's front.
From the perspective of the Swan, the soldiers charged like ants, quickly rushing into the Red Maple Republic position covered by fire, clearing out the enemy troops and claiming the position as their own.
The two sides fought for one trench after another. Sometimes they suddenly encountered an enemy around a corner and had no time to fire, so they directly smashed it with their rifle butts. Firearms were used as cold weapons. Sometimes they even directly grabbed the opponent's neck and used their own weapons. Use all available methods to kill the enemy.
As the friendly forces have gradually rushed into the position, the Swan and the assault landing ship have gradually reduced the frequency of fire support. After all, it would be too uncomfortable to attack the friendly forces.
For the position on this side of the hill, the Swan and the assault landing ship that completed the landing mission need to fly to the other side of the hill to continue fire coverage.
At this time, the orange flash of the explosion suddenly reflected on the portholes of the Swan, and a friendly assault landing ship on the left side of the Swan suddenly exploded...
(End of chapter)