Chapter 1299: Fighting on the battlefield to recapture the center (6)
"The Manta shot down three shuttles and maintained a climbing attitude."
After hearing Villania's report, Alyssa couldn't help but hold her forehead.
Although she knew she couldn't control Li Chengqi's unauthorized actions, Alyssa still felt her head hurt every time.
The Manta Ray will be used later, and Alyssa originally wanted Vilania to tell Li Chengqi not to have too much fun.
Due to the sudden incident, the Manta was not equipped with a backpack and was only armed with a 20mm cannon and an ion beam. Li Chengqi rushed forward to participate in the grand event, but he always felt that it was not safe.
But then I thought, with Li Chengqi's skills, it shouldn't be a problem for the Manta to come back unscathed, so Alyssa didn't say anything.
Forget it, let him be.
From time to time, shuttles fall from the sky and hit the ground or even on the head of the Swan. Although it is not a big threat, for the ground troops, at least now the only way to provide air support is to attack the landing. The ship and the Swan were gone.
Having said that, it felt like the infantry of the Spinning Water Federation captured the frontline position in an instant, as if they landed very close.
In fact, the assault landing ship landed and put down its soldiers and weapons. It was actually about ten kilometers away from the frontline position of the Red Maple Republic. The infantry of the Spinning Water Federation moved quickly because the frontline position was covered with firepower and was riddled with holes. The spinning water Federation's The soldiers rushed up in transportation vehicles, which was naturally very fast.
But now it is just the front line that has been captured. It is really a headache to think about how long the front line is behind.
"Send a message to the assault landing ship force and ask them to advance to cover the enemy's firepower behind the hill."
Alyssa then said to Carlos:
"Attitude trim, let's go around the left side of the hill."
Although the terrain is relatively flat overall, this flatness does not mean that there are no ups and downs. The Red Maple Republic's frontline position on the hilly sunny side has now been captured, and the back is still firmly in the hands of the Red Maple Republic Army. inside.
This kind of reverse slope cannot provide fire coverage and must be bypassed.
The ground forces are not under the command of Alyssa, but the assault landing ship will obey Alyssa's orders, because she has the highest military rank among those present.
Soon, the assault landing ship unit stopped its firepower output and began to move toward the other side of the hill. The Swan also tried to maneuver around it from the side.
When flying above a large dense forest, the Swan's shield was revealed due to the attack.
"There are anti-aircraft artillery units hidden in the forest, and enemy armored units are also hiding here to face our attacks."
"Have the anti-aircraft gunners melt them down and tell them not to worry about the ammunition. The supply ship should be coming down soon."
The anti-aircraft gunners on the Swan were all brought with them when they left this habitable planet, including members of the Marine Corps under Lieutenant Duy and members of the Planetary Defense Force under Lieutenant Cao Wei.
For them, the planet Stantum has special meaning. They have the opportunity to come back and participate in the counterattack, and their fighting spirit is very high.
After Alyssa's order was given, the anti-aircraft guns opened fire immediately, just like plowing a field.
Anti-aircraft guns with calibers ranging from 40 mm to 80 mm can easily tear apart trees. Since they fire thin-cased high-explosive bombs, the killing effect on soft targets such as personnel is extremely obvious.
It sounds like this kind of anti-aircraft artillery is not very effective in hitting tanks, but in fact this is a misunderstanding.
Tanks are not as protective as people think, but they are not as fragile either.
This statement may sound contradictory, but it is actually true.
It is almost impossible to crush a tank with high-explosive anti-aircraft shells. Even if a tank is hit by an anti-tank mine, its main structure may not suffer much damage. It can be said to be quite serious. solid. But the person who controls the tank is not a superman with a body of steel.
High-explosive bombs are thrown at the tank. The tank itself is at most a broken barrel or a sighting device, but the people inside will be killed by the high-explosive bombs.
If the assault landing ship takes this route, it is really possible that it will be knocked down by ground anti-aircraft guns and armor-piercing grenades from tanks. However, a battleship like the Swan is a super giant in a gravity environment, unless it has a caliber of more than 200. Large-caliber anti-aircraft cannon or ion beam, otherwise as long as the shield is turned on, the enemy's anti-aircraft counterattack force can be directly ignored.
"Friendly armored forces have assembled and are advancing towards our position."
If the tank charges directly towards the reverse slope of the hill, it will be the target. The moment it crosses the commanding heights, it will definitely be hit hard.
It is true that the assault landing ship can transport tanks, but not many, so the ground commander chose the same route as the Swan and sent the tanks around from the side.
To put it bluntly, they are actually here to clean up the remaining soldiers who have been plowed by the Swan.
At this time, as long as you turn your head, you can see through the porthole that the assault landing ship has crossed the hills and is firing at the front on the other side.
The infantry who had just captured the position on this side also climbed up, trying to climb over the hills to attack the position on the other side.
However, the Red Maple Republic's position on the other side was also fighting back. A large number of ion beams and anti-aircraft guns were aimed at the assault landing ship. Alyssa turned her head and saw that an assault landing ship was hit by the floating engine. , falling crookedly downward.
The friendly forces were being beaten, and the Swan was circling the side. It looked like it was betraying its teammates, but in fact it was not.
The Swan is still too big. The four floating engines provide thrust and it still moves slowly in the atmosphere. It is completely different from the usual legend of being the fastest in the void.
But it was fast. The Swan was washing the forest below, while circling, turning around the obstruction of the hills, and when it looked up, it saw the position of the Red Maple Republic.
It felt like a maze built by ants, stretching all the way to the foot of the mountains at the end of the field of vision.
Alyssa felt very sick at the thought of having to push so far.
But more shit came next.
As soon as the Swan came around from behind the hill, there was a sudden loud bang in the bridge, which made people's eardrums hurt.
A thick layer of black smoke exploded outside the blue shield on the front. This should be the large-caliber anti-aircraft fire that hit the Swan.
"Trace the source of the fire!"
"Tracking the target, the radar is not responding, and the scanner is being turned on!"
As soon as An Yun finished speaking, there was another loud bang.
The Swan is a giant in a gravity environment, and the anti-aircraft guns all over its body can provide quite exaggerated fire support.
But precisely because it is so big, ground anti-aircraft firepower does not need to be aimed, just put it on and fire.
The ground environment is complex and has a great impact on radar. It is very troublesome to find the enemy's carefully disguised large-caliber anti-aircraft guns by visual inspection alone.
Fortunately, the Swan's shipboard computer is really awesome.
Through reverse calculation of the ballistic trajectory, the shipboard computer gave the approximate position after the third shot.
The Swan rotated the hull and the main gun of the light spear opened fire immediately.
Isn't it just a sniper attack? Come on!
(End of this chapter)