Chapter 1297: Fighting on the battlefield to recapture the center (4)
The flames of the explosion interrupted the Swan's plan to maneuver and change its position. An Yun reported at this time:
"The radar has no response and no naval guns or large ship targets have been detected."
The Swan's radar is designed to meet the standards of void combat. If there is too much interference on the ground and the target is too small, the radar will not respond at all.
At this time, Villagna said:
"After receiving notification from friendly forces, they discovered that a large number of enemy armored units were maneuvering and firing from our port side."
"Turn the ship around and prioritize the armored forces. We can't let them take away the position we finally established!"
Including the Swan, all the ships floating in the sky turned around. Through the optical sighting equipment, a large number of tanks in the distance could be seen rolling up smoke and approaching while moving and firing.
Although the radar system is not very good, the fire control system on Alyssa's side is generally excellent, which is caused by the warship bombardment method.
Therefore, although their electronic warfare, radar and information warfare capabilities are weak, their fire control system is quite good.
The tanks of the Red Maple Republic look quite large and flat. They are equipped with two 100mm main guns, which can fire armor-piercing grenades simultaneously.
Artillery of this caliber is a threat to the assault landing ship, especially since the assault landing ship has strengthened bottom armor, but the sides are not hard enough. Attacking the flank from a distance only requires the concentrated fire of hundreds of tanks. It can cause heavy casualties to the assault landing ship.
As for the approaching tank fleet that appeared on the edge of the battlefield, there must be at least two to three hundred vehicles.
This group of guys had been hiding under the camouflage net before, and it was difficult to detect visually when they were airborne. Launching an assault at this time to kill the assault landing ship was just a matter of convenience. The real purpose was to destroy the frontline position just established by the Spinning Water Federation.
If these giant steel beasts were to rush over, it would be difficult to resist with just the flesh and blood of infantry.
The assault landing ship also sent some heavy weapons from the Spinning Water Federation, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and four-legged walking turrets, but the number was currently too small to resist the charge of the tank fleet alone.
By the way, this is really a fusion of tactics during World War I and World War II. Tanks were used to break through defense lines and serve as cavalry.
The Swan also took several shells during the turn, but the caliber of 100 mm is only the level of an anti-aircraft gun for a battleship. The Swan can easily resist it even without a shield, let alone the shield of the Swan. The level is not weaker than the destroyer at all.
Immediately, the ship's bow ram opened, revealing the black muzzle of the main gun of the light spear.
"Aim at the flank of the enemy's armored aircraft group, fire the gun, and at the same time, the hull rotates 5°!"
Long and Carlos carried out Alyssa's order. While the main gun of the light spear was being fired, the ship's hull began to rotate slightly.
At a long distance, even a deviation of only 5° would be a huge deviation at the point of impact. The Swan's sniper move directly threw away the ion beam of the light spear cannon.
The high-temperature ion beam draws a terrifying arc-shaped ravine on the ground. Any tank hit by the high-temperature ion beam will melt and explode on the spot.
Immediately after stabilizing the ship's hull, the Swan immediately activated its secondary guns and continued to roll call of the charging armored groups.
The assault landing ship couldn't do the sniper maneuver like the Swan, but it was a professional ground fire output. For a while, a heavy rain of shells and ion beams covered the faces of the armored fleet.
The speed of the armored fleet is very fast, which makes the artillery's hit rate not particularly good, but if the hit rate is not high, it can be made up of numbers.
One tank after another was destroyed, and the assault landing ship also suffered some losses. At this time, the heavily damaged armored group seemed to realize that it could not rush through, so they were seen turning around in the distance, seemingly preparing to use the other side of hills as cover.
When Alyssa saw this, she was about to order the Swan to go after her, but Villania said again:
"Friendly forces on the front line sent a communication requesting immediate fire support. The infantry of the Red Maple Republic launched a counterattack!"
Turning around, I saw the white military uniforms of the Red Maple Republic crossing the hills and launching a counterattack against the Spinning Water Federation troops who had just occupied the trenches. Alyssa clicked her lips in displeasure.
Damn, so tenacious.
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Positional battles are not as simple as pushing past and winning, nor can it be as simple as playing a game where you push past to gain points and the battle is over when you have enough points.
Battles on positions are usually fought over and over again, especially when both sides have a large number of soldiers. A trench that is hundreds of meters long is likely to be fought over dozens of times by both sides.
At this distance of hand-to-hand combat, it is difficult for the artillery in the rear to provide fire support. If not, they will blow up their own people and cause minor damage to the enemy.
After all, the artillery's method of hoisting cannot guarantee the same accuracy as missiles.
This requires air power to execute precision fire support.
The Swan had to stop pursuing the armored forces and use anti-aircraft guns to conduct fixed-point attacks from high altitudes based on the location information provided by friendly forces to prevent the counterattack of the Red Maple Republic Army.
And every time the Swan and the assault landing ship support the ground, the enemy's armored troops will come out to interfere, as if you don't care about me, I will come in and destroy your front-line base.
This made the fire support exhausted, and the Swan turned left and right like a top, back and forth to support.
Now just fighting for the outermost defense line of the Red Maple Republic Army is so strenuous. If we continue to grind, the ion beam on the Swan can still fire, but the shells are not unlimited. Once the physical artillery misfires, the output capacity will immediately drop by more than 90%.
Although during this period, more and more orbital airdrop pods descended, and more and more assault landing ships descended, it still didn't work.
After all, we just don’t have enough troops. When can orbital bombing be launched?
"New aerial target approaching from above!"
"Is it a friendly force or an enemy?"
Since the current radar is unreliable, Anyun now uses psychic energy to conduct detection.
"Unknown, but the target is small. It should be a shuttle."
The shuttle is one of the few aircraft that can break into the atmosphere on its own. After all, the name shuttle is just to tell you what I do.
In the past, when there was no Swan, Alyssa and the others entered the atmosphere on a simply modified Manta.
The shuttle only needs a heat shield to enter the atmosphere, and the modification is very simple and efficient.
But I was afraid that the enemy troops were coming.
"Turn on the air radar and try to identify whether it is friendly forces."
As soon as Alyssa finished speaking, An Yun immediately replied: "It's friendly forces! No, there are enemy forces too! They broke out in an air battle above us!"
Having said that, it seems that the battle in orbit is not over yet, and the orbital bomber ship will have to wait if it wants to come online.
Just as this idea came to her mind, Alyssa saw the Swan's hatch opened again unknowingly.
Damn it, Li Chengqi really never falls behind in every air battle.
(End of chapter)