Chapter 997: The number in this chapter is not very auspicious
996. The number in this chapter is not very auspicious
Eriadu satellite, Karina crater.
The planetary shield generator on the satellite is naturally the most important facility and requires focused defense, and Karina Crater is a key part of this defense system.
Because the maximum depth of Kalina Crater reaches more than minus 2,100 meters above the satellite altitude, it is the lowest area of the entire satellite, so the Galactic Republic built a huge geothermal energy power station here.
The geothermal energy of a mere satellite is naturally impossible to support the planetary shield, but the geothermal energy power station in Karina Crater supplies energy for the defense facilities around the planetary shield.
Once Karina Crater is captured, the defense facilities around the planetary shield generator, including shield barriers and defensive artillery, will lose their energy supply. Even if backup energy is enabled, the power will not meet the required standards. .
But now, the front of Karina Crater is experiencing an extremely spectacular scene...
2,000 AT-PT walkers charge in clusters!
After obtaining the Blade Fleet previously, the 5340 AT-PT walkers in the battleship cargo hold were also captured by the Fourth Civilization and became a very important armored force.
Although the AT-PT is a relatively early model among the Galactic Republic's bipedal walking machine family, it also has good performance. It is equipped with a twin blaster cannon and a concussion grenade launcher. The relatively slender mechanical legs can allow walking. The machine can move forward at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour and can jump to a height of about 5 meters.
Compared to other bipedal walking machines, the AT-PT's armor and firepower are relatively average, but its maneuverability and flexibility are very good.
But similarly, with the disappearance of the Blade Fleet, this bipedal walker designed and manufactured by Rossana Heavy Engineering Company, a subsidiary of Quat Power Dockyard, also lost its order from the Galactic Republic.
But compared to Lundili, who lost the order for the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser and was almost injured, the failure of a mere bipedal walker did not affect the Quat Power Dockyard.
They quickly developed two bipedal walking machines, AT-XT and AT-RT, to re-enter the military market, and are developing the final completed model based on these two bipedal walking machines. ——AT-ST biped walking machine.
Ling Liang, the Major General of the Fourth Civilization Army, decisively invested 2,000 AT-PT bipedal walkers in this landing operation, and used it as a mobile ace in her hands.
When the Galactic Republic army placed its armored troops on the Crystal Sea, it tried to threaten several cities and logistics bases occupied by the Fourth Civilization's army from the direction of the Crystal Sea, forcing the Fourth Civilization to fight them in the Crystal Sea. , Ling Liang directly played another trump card - the Yincholi people!
She asked the Inchori to resist the Armored Forces of the Galactic Republic alone, and then led the main force with 2,000 AT-PTs as the forerunner and 3 infantry divisions as the follow-up main force to attack Karina Crater!
The extremely fierce battle started instantly. The Galactic Republic's defenders in this direction gathered more than 50,000 people, but they were all conscripted soldiers. After more than 3 months of training, they went to the battlefield.
Relying on the terrain of Karina Crater and a large number of fixed defense facilities, the defenders continued to fire and fire, and dense lasers and missiles were spread almost throughout the crater.
In the sky, the V-19 Riptide light fighters and Z-95 Headhunter universal fighters of the Galactic Republic continued to provide fire support, swooping down to straf with blaster cannons, and launching concussive missile attacks.
But still unable to withstand the tide-like offensive of the fourth civilization!
At least half of the AT-PT walkers have been modified, with the concussion grenade launchers removed and converted into the same model of Hellfire long-range surface-to-air missile launchers as the Titan mecha, but there is only one set. A large number of Hellfire long-range surface-to-air missiles posed a great threat to the Galactic Republic's air force, but they still continued to dive and fire despite the firepower of the missiles.
Fighters kept being shot down, and AT-PTs kept being destroyed by artillery fire.
But this cannot stop the resolute advancement of the Fourth Civilization Army!
Compared with the conscripts of the Galactic Republic, the Fourth Civilization adopts a universal compulsory military service system. Their soldiers all undergo more than two years of military service training before going to the battlefield. Moreover, they have been taught the belief that the three major natural disasters are raging and the fourth natural disaster is rising since they were young, making their determination to fight much stronger than those Republic conscripts who were once just miners on the satellite and had no meal at all!
“Kill!!!!” Soldiers of the Fourth Civilization wearing Liberator II combat uniforms roared and rushed up to the crater, picking up the M-15 Vindicator assault rifle or pickaxe sniper rifle in their hands. Shoot continuously and charge in small groups in skirmish lines.
The fixed firepower points on the mountain that were set up behind the rocks or even poured into concrete kept spitting out tongues of fire, and the blaster beams fired by the blaster rifles came like raindrops.
An AT-PT in front jumped up and landed in front of a firepower fortification. The twin blaster guns aimed at the fortification and blasted wildly, but it did not break through the 2-meter thick fortification. Added a layer of aggregate and gold concrete. At this time, on the other side, a 1.4FD light laser cannon installed on the mountain, under the control of Republic soldiers, turned its muzzle and aimed at the AT-PT and fired several shots!
boom! boom! ! A large crater was immediately blown out of the side of the AT-PT, and the whole thing burned. The pilot inside was on fire. He screamed and used all his strength to open the hatch cover and try to climb out. However, he lost all strength just halfway through the climb and hung at the hatch door, screaming loudly, and soon became silent.
But more soldiers of the Fourth Civilization rushed forward under the cover of the mountain rock. A burst of gunfire killed the operator who controlled the 1.4FD laser cannon. Then they rushed under the fortification and took out a The needle grenade was thrown directly through the firing hole.
Bang! ! There was a small explosion, and hundreds of tiny steel needles were shot out from the needle grenade, and they were still rebounding everywhere, killing all 7 or 8 Republic soldiers in the fortification!
Boom! boom! ! Several more AT-PTs jumped up, firing concussion grenades continuously at the Republic's defensive positions, suppressing the Republic infantry hiding behind the bunkers, and then began to use blasters against another sturdy DF-9 above. The anti-infantry turret fires wildly!
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At the same time, the Eriadu Satellite Command Center.
"General! The separatist army has broken through our defenses in Karina Crater! We can't hold on for long." The signal soldier ran over in panic and shouted.
Bang! The Republic general slammed his fist on the table, "The Crystal Sea is full of rubbish! It's all rubbish!! Let Ling Liang put all her armored troops into Karina Crater! And they actually lost all their troops in the Crystal Sea. Not to mention, he was taken away from the headquarters!"
"But the Yinqiaoli people on the Jinghai side..." A staff officer wanted to say something, but was interrupted by an unexpected message. .
"General!! Something bad has happened!! The separatist fleet! The separatist fleet has dispatched!!"
(End of this chapter)