Chapter 2007 Highland Battle (Part 1)
Bang——
Just when the soldiers became more uneasy due to the shaking of the landing craft when entering the atmosphere, a loud noise suddenly exploded above everyone's heads, Many people were startled and screamed, but Hayes looked a little ugly. He remembered this sound.
That was the sound of metal being torn apart, which meant that the landing craft they were riding in was probably shot.
"Get ready to log in!"
Suddenly, mechanical instructions came from the loudspeaker.
At the same time, the lights in the cabin changed from light green to a more nervous blood red, various warning devices made high-pitched sounds, and the landing craft shook more and more violently.
Finally, it plunged down suddenly, as if it was about to fall, and Hayes subconsciously screamed with the others, but fortunately, with the violent vibration in the end, the shaking stopped, and then their bodies The straps are released at the same time.
"Let's go! Let's go! If you don't want to die, get out quickly!!!"
Smoke began to fill the cabin, and the soldiers hurriedly put on their breathing masks and hurriedly carried their weapons towards the cabin. Run to the open hatch.
Hayes also followed the company closely, and soon the dim sunlight shone on his face. On the distant horizon, beams of light could be seen falling from the sky, creating strong flashes and giant stars at the end of the earth.
The landing site has been crowded by various troops. This is a flat area between the mountains and the ocean. The huge landing craft is like a giant dead fish washed up on the coast by the waves. Chimera armored vehicles, Bull armored vehicles, and Centaur transport vehicles made piercing whistles while pulling various heavy weapons to open up passages among the crowd. There were also a large number of metal debris and fragments of human tissue scattered on the ground.
Hayes turned around and saw that the double-decker landing craft they were riding on had a crack on the upper layer, which was five to six meters long and two to three meters wide. There were traces of ablation around the crack. The body of a soldier was still hanging outside the crack, but only his upper body was tightly bound by a belt, and his intestines hung like tentacles on his bloody waist.
“Help——”
Amidst the subtle screams, Hayes saw a soldier crawling out of the gap. His body was covered with burn marks and scratches, and he was covering his head. He held his stomach and tried to push back the intestines that had leaked out.
"Be careful!"
As soon as Hayes spoke, the man stepped on the air and fell from a height of nearly ten meters. His whole body was like a pile of smashed fruits, creating a mess on the ground. Big beach of scarlet stains.
Not only Abu Bakari's 310th Infantry Regiment, but also a dozen troops with different numbers also landed on this landing site at the same time. According to the plan, they were to immediately occupy the high ground in the nearby mountains and resist the invading forces. Enemy forces, the second landing force would take ten hours to arrive.
Since the enemy can intercept their landing craft with firepower, they naturally know where they will land, and both sides are fighting for time.
Abu Bakari's 310th Infantry Regiment quickly received the mission to occupy three highlands code-named 319, 411, and 378 120 kilometers away, and hold the area until replacement troops arrived. The three heights are at the angles of each other, which is a position that is more conducive to defense.
The soldiers were very fast. After landing, the shocked soldiers immediately began to run towards the target. Fortunately, their regiment had a lot of armored vehicles and transport vehicles, and they quickly arrived at the target.
There are not many areas where a planet can land on a large scale. The red pirate garrison commander of Lamptan 4 has already made corresponding preparations. The area where Abu Bakari's 310th Infantry Regiment went to happened to be one. A small regiment of heretic infantry was defending.
But the good news is that they did not expect the imperial army to come so quickly. At the same time, the Abu Bakari 310th Infantry Regiment still had a certain number of heavy artillery.
In line with the principle of surprise, Arni did not make many arrangements and directly ordered the artillery to start shelling. At the same time, the armor began to cover the infantry and immediately launched an attack.
The first round of shelling stunned the defenders. They were even strengthening their fortifications to cope with the attack a few hours later, but they were immediately blown away.
"Fix bayonets!" After twenty minutes of shelling, Arni appeared in the front row of soldiers and began to issue orders.
"Military musicians, give us a song! Come up with a lively one so that we can be less bored when killing the enemy."
In response to the regimental commander's order, the regiment's military band played military songs. More than 6,000 soldiers of Abubakari's 310th Infantry Regiment began to climb the high ground along a three-kilometer front, kicking up large amounts of dust along the way.
“For the Emperor!”
In the noise, Hayes could hardly hear any more sounds. He could only blindly follow the team forward with a gun in his hand. Then he felt hands on his shoulders and turned to look at Hachet.
"Follow closely, don't get separated."
Not long after, bullets began to pass through Hayes' head, and the defenders began to try to fight back.
"Charge! Charge up!"
Some people were knocked down by machine guns, but the smoke interfered with the defenders' sight even more, and the lasers fired by the attackers were also ablating the fortifications they deployed. .
A brisk walk turns into a run, and a run accelerates into a sprint.
Aboubakari's 310th Infantry Regiment was divided into three parts and swept towards the three highlands like a furious wave. The two sides immediately entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat. The heretic soldier who was operating the machine gun was just about to let the auxiliary hand on the side change. Bullets, an Imperial soldier rushed out of the smoke, and the bayonet pierced his neck directly.
But another heretic soldier immediately opened fire and knocked the man down, and he himself was immediately hit on the head by a gun butt.
Across the entire defense line, the same plot kept repeating itself.
The soldiers thrust their weapons at each other, but the defenders, with only a few hundred men, were unable to fight back. They were overwhelmed in a few minutes, and a few abandoned their positions and began to flee.
This was a cruel and bloody job, but Hayes did not flinch. He followed the actions of his comrades around him and shot in the back of the fleeing enemies, making mechanical monotonous movements to attack any target that appeared.
After a few more minutes, he felt so hot that he couldn't breathe, he was sweating profusely, and his muscles were sore from excessive exercise.
He could still vaguely hear the sound of music. The military band continued to encourage their comrades with the lively sound of flutes and drums. The noise of other battles was louder. He heard excited roars and painful screams. The sound, the cry of a dying man, the clanging of steel, the crunching of muscles and bones, and the tearing sound of a knife blade piercing flesh.
But it all ended soon. After the 411 Highlands fell first, the defenders of the other two highlands collapsed without support for long. Most of them were killed, and a very few lucky ones were able to escape.
"Let the wounded go back to the rear to see a doctor, and the rest of the people, build defenses immediately!"
The irony of the matter is that the fortifications they had just destroyed immediately had to be repaired.
Hayes, who had not yet taken a breath, immediately had to start filling sandbags and carrying stones with his comrades, while more people began to dig trenches and carry corpses.
(End of this chapter)