Chapter 1843 The Beast of Steel (Part 2)
While Silas Orwick was waiting, the reconnaissance squadron responsible for enemy search had confirmed that a group of armored vehicles painted with heretical runes was approaching quickly. There is no doubt that this should be the vanguard of the enemy's armored forces.
As time went by, more reports came in, and the enemy seemed to be overly armored, but the signal could not be confirmed, and the number could not be judged, because the enemy armored vehicles began to turn to attack the surrounding Chimeras who were conducting reconnaissance.
The two sides are very close.
“All detachments, lift the restrictions on artillery firing, and after the engagement, focus on destroying the heavy and super-heavy armor of the heretics. The traitors will be eliminated by the Broadsword detachment and the Black Wolf detachment.”
Orwick barely raised his voice, but he made sure everyone could hear his plans.
"All destroyer units, as far as possible, will only carry out key strike missions after enemy armored forces have engaged. All vehicle crews maintain low-key operations. The number of enemies is still unclear."
He did not The subordinates are required to reply to the order to confirm that the enemy is already nearby. The less frequent the communication, the lower the possibility of being detected.
Their mission is to block rather than attack, so Orvik hopes to maximize the firepower advantage of the Leman Russ tank and launch artillery bombardment over a long distance. As for the Kriegs, he Neither of them knew where the other party was, and had no intention of asking.
Cadians do not rely on others to achieve a victory.
At this time, the gunner has started the operation panel and input various shooting elements such as current wind speed, atmospheric pressure, temperature and scale into the target indicator through the manual input interface.
Soon, Orvik felt a subtle low-frequency vibration. It was not a feeling heard by the ears, but a feeling felt by people through bones and flesh.
The outline image of a Sikaran battle tank appeared in the scope, and at the same time, many trucks and armored vehicles followed behind, as well as a large number of traitors inside.
There are no Predators, only a few Xikarans. It seems that the enemy does not know that there is an ambush here.
But Ovik is even more looking forward to the appearance of the "super heavy armor" mentioned in the investigation.
However, the enemy was about to rush over, so they could only carry out their original plan.
"Fire!"
The Camelot anti-tank armored vehicle of the "Longbowman" unit first fired the hunter-killer missile, and after the first shot, it quickly automatically loaded the second shot, almost in Nine missiles were fired in two seconds.
But the moment the Hunter-Killer missile flew out, Sikaran immediately began to maneuver and emitted a large amount of metal platinum strips and smoke.
Ovik stared at the observation mirror carefully. The thunder of metal rolled across the ground. The explosion shook every piece of armor of the tank. The roaring sounds of many engines and the roar of shrapnel were mixed with the rumbling explosions. Various shapes , shadows and light filled his eyes.
The missiles blew up those vehicles and light armor, sending parts flying everywhere, and they were swaying here and there, but the few Xikarans began to retreat intact.
He realized that he had underestimated these heavy vehicles inherited from the era of the Great Crusade.
"Take aim at that Sikaran!"
"Shoot!"
Roaring in rage, the Vanquish cannon joined the ensemble of the battle, anti-armor rounds It hit the front side of the Sikaran and tore off one of its secondary guns. Then the gun bolt jumped back in front of the loader, who immediately stuffed the next anti-armor round into the gun bore.
At this time, Ovik heard the roar of the Leman Russ tank's multi-fuel engine, and then saw the "Poison Dagger" detachment begin to move forward, seemingly wanting to pursue the retreating Sikaran.
“Don’t move at will!”
Suddenly, a Leman Russ Vanguard of the Poison Dagger Division suddenly exploded into a ball of fire, and Orvik didn’t even react.
This explosion was extraordinary. It was not the kind of explosion that made a big hole or concentrated ammunition, but the entire tank instantly turned into countless scattered burning fragments.
It has such power——
Poison blade! A terrifying possibility jumped into the colonel's mind.
The colonel looked away from the front sight device and looked down at the auspicious screen.
A new enemy appeared on the right side. Their signal marks were so dazzling, but he didn't recognize those models at all.
The Death Scythe squad hurriedly turned to the new enemy.
Dazzling high-intensity lasers streaked across the ruins. The Red Corsair Saber assault tank took the lead and directly destroyed an Annihilator tank destroyer. Then the other two Annihilators, one missed due to explosion interference, and the other hit the Cruel One. The side skirt of the blade was only torn off into a piece.
The second shot of the Cruel Blade directly destroyed the second Annihilator of the Sishen Scythe detachment, and the remaining one had to release smoke and start to move.
"Change the formation! Change the 1-2-4 plan!"
Silas Owick decisively ordered the change of formation, and at the same time, his car began to move, and the sound of gears biting was heard. It echoes in the crew cabin, showing a unique rhythm.
“Loading completed!”
"Hit that big guy!"
The Leman Russ tank shook violently as the victor's cannon fired. The colonel stared closely at the big thing that was no less than a poison blade. However, to his disappointment, The shell bounced off the opponent's round turret.
"Pride of Cadian" also fired a shot, hitting the opponent's frontal armor, but it only made a dent.
Twisted runes and tactical icons are crowded together like a swarm. The tanks of the Cadian 1652 Armored Regiment still maintain the advantageous terrain and release deadly artillery strikes with all their strength.
They suffered some losses, but also destroyed a Sikaran through concentrated fire, but the right wing was hit from the side. The enemy obviously intended to eliminate the most threatening fighter detachment first.
"Loading completed."
The loader pulled down the breech handle and slammed the tail of the gun. The green light came on. The gunner was already adjusting the muzzle to lock on the enemy's brutal blade. At this time, the driver also arrived in time. After stopping the tank that was making evasive maneuvers, everyone hardly needed to say a word, and they developed a tacit understanding similar to telepathy.
“Fire!”
With the recoil and vibration of the main gun, and with the help of the loading auxiliary equipment around him, the loader almost instinctively drags another armor-piercing shell into the Victory Cannon as quickly as possible But Silas Owick immediately changed his mind after seeing that the victor's armor-piercing bullets had no effect on the opponent's frontal armor.
“Replace with armor-breaking bullets!” (Don’t throw away the British tradition!)
A few seconds later, everyone felt something hit the side of the car, but fortunately it did not penetrate.
While busy, Silas Orwick saw the icon of a vehicle of the Camelot detachment dim, and the heat erupted when the armored vehicle was destroyed covered the auspicious screen.
In just ten minutes, the area of more than ten kilometers surrounding the ruins of the factory turned into an irregular highland full of debris. Although the Kadian 1652 Armored Regiment has superb combat literacy and fighting will , but the quality of the enemy's armor is too high. Its firepower, speed and defense are all superior to their Leman Russ. There are even several armor models that they don't recognize at all, and the quality of the enemy's armored soldiers is also extremely high, whether it is maneuverability or The shelling was all perfect.
The only advantage of the Cadian armored soldiers is their numbers.
Silas Orwick has figured out the number of enemies, and there will definitely be no more than 20!
But he quickly judged that if they continued to fight like this from a distance, they would probably fail!
The only way is to get close and then concentrate fire on the enemy's sides and rear.
What is needed at this time is decisiveness.
(End of this chapter)