Chapter 1138. Pon-Krel’s Betrayal (Part 1)
1137. Pon-Krel’s Betrayal (Part 1)
“Underground?!” After hearing the soldier’s report, Cody His face changed drastically, and he said loudly: "Notify the headquarters immediately! We have detected an unknown unit advancing from the underground!"
As soon as he finished speaking, boom! ! A violent explosion was set off next to him. Cody subconsciously shrank behind the bunker, but was still thrown several meters away by the powerful explosion and fell heavily to the ground.
"It's an Umbala tank!!" a clone soldier shouted.
boom! boom! !
After the violent explosion, three Umbala ghost tanks appeared in front. These three ghost tanks launched a violent bombardment on the position of the 212th Attack Battalion!
The clone soldiers did not have more heavy equipment, so they had to fire rockets to fight back, but with little effect. Individual rockets could not break through the armor of the ghost tank.
Cody ordered the few remaining AT-RTs to use their powerful mechanical feet to jump onto the surrounding giant tentacle-like vines and attack the Umbala tanks from the side.
However, after the 212th Attack Battalion experienced a deadly battle during the landing, the number of remaining AT-RTs was very small, and they could not even launch a real attack. They could only provide a certain amount of fire support, allowing the Umbala tanks to Unable to concentrate fire on the front of their position.
This is also the only thing that the 212th Attack Battalion can do now. Facing the superior strength of the Umbala people, they have to fight and retreat.
Cody took advantage of the lull in the Umbala attack to hold a meeting with several company commanders. He unfolded the holographic terrain map and said: "On the way we came, there was a forest with complex terrain and an active area. Guang, our only chance is to launch guerrilla warfare in this forest to delay the reinforcements of the Umbala people."
One of the company commanders shook his head, "But this will mean that we will continue. After retreating through this forest, we are less than 10 kilometers away from our headquarters. Moreover, judging from our observations in the past few days, General Pon-Krel will not allow this to happen."
< br>"But this is also our last chance. Our people need rest, ammunition, more supplies and medical treatment. We cannot continue like this." Another commander said.
Cody nodded, drew a circle on the map, and said: "This is the final decision. We retreat to the forest to start guerrilla warfare. I will bear all the consequences!"
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At the same time, there was an artillery position of the clone troopers in the rear.
Three AV-7 self-propelled artillery were firing continuously. At the same time, several blaster cannons and individual anti-aircraft missile positions were set up around them to guard against air attacks by Umbala fighter jets.
Fighting in such a situation with no air superiority is a unique experience for the clone soldiers of the Galactic Republic.
After all, in the past, it was their own fighter jets that bombed the enemy indiscriminately.
The AV-7 self-propelled artillery is flexible in deployment, has powerful firepower, and can fire a variety of different ammunition according to the situation. It can even be loaded with turbolaser shells and then attack air targets. In addition, this self-propelled artillery is very cheap to build, so it is widely used in the Republic Army.
These artillery positions are bombing the Umbala defense line in the direction of the airport. Although it is in darkness and coupled with strong interference, the bombing effect is not very good, but it is better than nothing. At least it can make Those Umbala people were hiding behind bunkers and did not dare to show up casually.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
A roar suddenly came from the underground, and then the ground suddenly sunk among several self-propelled artillery vehicles!
The next second, a behemoth suddenly emerged from the ground and crashed directly into an AV-7 self-propelled artillery with lightning speed!
With a bang, the self-propelled artillery was overturned immediately, and then dense blast beams were fired from this behemoth! boom! boom! boom! ! A series of explosions exploded on the artillery position. In less than two minutes, the entire position was plowed to the ground. Apart from the burning wreckage of the self-propelled artillery and corpses on the ground, nothing was left!
The behemoth quickly got back out of the hole it came out of, and the roar from the ground got farther and farther until it disappeared.
Several places behind the clone troop positions were attacked at the same time!
Pon Creel is leading the main force of the army to prepare for the next wave of attacks. A signal soldier is reporting the news just sent by the 212th Attack Battalion, "General Creel, the 212th Attack Battalion on the southern front is reporting. Something is coming from underground.”
"Underground?" Pang Krell was shocked and immediately shouted: "Get ready to fight!! The threat has come! Underground!!"
All the clone soldiers immediately stood ready and only heard a slight roar. Came from the underground, the soldiers were on guard, their guns pointed at the ground.
“This way!!” Pon-Krel roared, picked up the lightsaber and jumped up, thrusting the double-headed lightsaber straight into the ground!
Boom! ! ! The next second, a huge creature rushed out from the ground and knocked Master Pang Krell away! Pon-Krel reacted with lightning speed, grabbed the thing, was carried into the air, and then landed heavily!
It was only then that everyone saw clearly that this was a terrifying combat machine that looked like a centipede! It is more than 50 meters long, and it is densely equipped with blaster cannons!
This terrifying combat machine quickly twisted and crawled after landing, and at the same time, more than a dozen blaster cannons on its body fired wildly in various directions at the same time!
This is the most advanced combat machine of the Umbala people - the Impeding Assault Tank (IAT) for short! !
A behemoth with a total length of 54.78 meters, a height of 5.8 meters, and a width of 7.76 meters! It is equivalent to the size of three AT-TEs lined up, and it can also move freely underground!
The dozens of sharp claws can quickly dig up the soil, and there are four cracking beam cannons on the head, which can reach a speed of 40 to 50 kilometers per hour even underground!
And it’s not over yet!
Boom~~~! Boom~~~! Two more Interceptor assault tanks emerged from the ground!
The powerful firepower of the three Interceptors caused heavy losses to the clone troops. Most of their firepower fell on this tank and was in vain.
The Interceptor assault tanks moved too fast and twisted around on the ground. They were unable to effectively seize the weak spots and attack. Most of the firepower fell on the tank's thick back armor.
An Interceptor swam quickly towards the AT-TE walker of the Republic Army. The two small howitzers at the tail continued to fire high-explosive grenades, causing damage to the surrounding clone soldiers. At the same time, more than a dozen of them were The blaster cannon fired wildly at the AT-TE.
In an instant, dozens of blaster beams fell on the AT-TE. However, the power of these blaster beams was okay against infantry, but they were somewhat powerless against heavy armored units.
But this is just the beginning!
The Interceptor suddenly raised its head, and around the spherical cockpit, four fragmentation beam cannons were fired instantly!
The cockpit of the AT-TE was immediately penetrated by the fissioning beam. After a violent explosion, the walker was completely paralyzed!
On the other side, Pon-Krel held on to an Interceptor tank, and the lightsaber in his hand swept across quickly, directly destroying several nearby blaster cannons, and then pretended to be powerless and did not continue. attack, and was led away from the battlefield by this tank.
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Interceptor assault tank. 】
My wife asked me to watch a movie with her, that’s all for today. Continue tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)