Chapter 2564: Big Sweep
At the same time as the strange fighter plane disappeared, the communication channel of the Tau flying formation seemed to explode.
"Damn! It's behind!"
"It's a missile! Launch the inducer!"
"We must protect the bomber formation! In order to get up--"
"The squadron leader has been shot down! Now the wingman takes over the command!"
"It's too fast! We can't catch up! Why the hell is it behind us again-"
"Why the auxiliary The aiming system cannot lock on the target!"
"Everyone switches to manual aiming! Collide with the opponent if necessary!"
However, all efforts are in vain, the scarlet sickle is high in the sky! Waving wantonly, reaping the swaying straw, each Tau fighter plane either exploded in the air or fell like a bird with broken wings. At the same time, other crimson hunters were also hunting in other hunting grounds in the airspace - this is The way the Crimson Hunters fight, they regard the sky as a hunting ground, demarcate each other's areas, and hunt individually. They basically fight alone. Only in very severe situations will they form real formations to fight together.
But it wasn't just the Tau warships that fell. Burning debris also began to streak across the clouds, as if there was a meteor shower.
Those are the bloodstains left when the remaining Tau fleet was massacred. Although Tears of Heaven only left a small number of ships, even these ships are enough to destroy any capital ship of the Tau. Not to mention that most of the ones left behind are old ships like the Hero class.
Up to this time, the fate of this punitive expeditionary force of the Tau had been cruelly decided.
But due to communication interference, bad weather conditions and thick fog that filled the battlefield, many of the Tau troops remaining on the surface of the planet did not know what was happening in orbit and high altitude.
Shath 'Tungsten Sin' Arjun is leading his team of fire warriors on a desolate battlefield. Originally there should have been a forest, but now there is only scorched earth.
Their team was part of the detachment of Shath 'Il'Dapa' Cariappa and was currently part of Shath 'Ve Mo'Kela's hunting core.
Hunting core is the most common organizational form of the Tau-based core. It is a combined arms group that simultaneously deploys infantry, combat uniforms and gunboats. If the organizational structure is not included, it is in terms of scale and strength. Equivalent to a company of the Imperial Guard.
Although the hunting core is a standing organization, its specific structure is not fixed and may vary depending on the tactical situation on the ground, the object being hunted, the reinforcements that can be called upon, or the commander's preferred attack mode. And change occurs.
For example, the current XV Xin Arjun Hunting Core of Shath has 8 pathfinders, 96 fire warriors, 6 XV25 battle suits, 15 XV8, and 3 XV88.
There are also a wide variety of vehicles, 2 Piranhas, 3 Manta Rays, 2 Hammerheads equipped with railguns, 2 Hammerheads equipped with plasma cannons, 1 Sky Ray missile boat. There are also quite a lot of Drones to supplement the Fire Warrior's combat power, including 6 Heavy Gun Bees, 24 Gun Bees, and 2 Drone Weapon Platforms.
In addition, there are 2 teams of Kroot as auxiliary forces.
But in terms of firepower and combat efficiency, this Tau "company" is already approaching the level of the human empire's regiment and battalion. If a regular human infantry company collides with such a hunting core, it will only rely on Chimera armored vehicles basically have no power to fight back, and when encountering a large-scale enemy armor force, several core-hunting vehicles can break away and quickly reorganize into an armored interception core. (The empire's modern military structure can win in such a situation simply by relying on the Tianling Gai to drown the opponent.)
And what they are responsible for cleaning is an enemy stronghold hidden in this forest. .
According to scale, it should be a small village, built next to a river that runs through the forest, adjacent to a vast grassland. There used to be many huge herd dragons wandering around, but now these dragons are either killed Die, or be captured by the Tau - Earth clan scientists are very curious about the planet's native species, and these giant creatures are also a kind of resource, and they should not be wasted if they can.
As for who they originally belonged to.
This is something Shas'O should consider, not them Fire Warriors.
Generally speaking, if it is an enemy civilian target, they will choose to persuade them to surrender or surround them, rather than attack.
It’s just that these local residents resisted fiercely. Although their techniques and tactics were primitive, their will was extremely determined. Even a certain team of his detachment once found a child in the forest. The fire warrior captain also took out candy and asked the child to lead them. As a result, the entire team was led directly into an ambush circle and was wiped out...
Even in this case, the high command still gave gave them a chance to surrender, but they responded with harsh and vicious words. This result confused Xin'Arjun, because they clearly had no chance of winning. They could not even be counted as soldiers. Obviously there would be no casualties if they did not resist. , why choose this way?
Because these native residents made such a choice, the command also issued an order - to sweep them away instead of letting them submit. This fertile land will become an extremely prosperous colony in the future of the family world, and its generous The natural conditions must be able to support many inhabitants and provide considerable productivity.
Sometimes Arjun also wonders, is the resistance of these residents what the headquarters wants?
In any case, since these residents chose to resist to the end, they have to bear the consequences themselves. They first drove the dragon group to try to attack the assembly camp, and then started guerrilla warfare under the cover of the dense forest. According to inference, their The number is probably between 2000-3000. Although they are not professional soldiers, their incredible physical fitness and some mysterious supernatural power have indeed caused a lot of trouble and casualties to the Tau core hunting team, and they will also Driving those large dragons that are very tough and difficult to kill with ordinary plasma rifles, although the number of casualties was never reported from the rear, Xin'Arjun at least learned that the two teams from the same sector as him had all disappeared in the early attack. In the forest.
But the resistance was meaningless. As Manta threw a large number of incendiary bombs, the forest where the Adas relied on to escape quickly disappeared, and they were forced to hide in their weird-looking buildings. And try to rely on them to continue to resist.
After several futile and heavy-casualty attacks, the Tau commanders ceased their infantry and infiltration force attacks, choosing instead to concentrate massive long-range firepower.
The defenders could only face the attack of long-range missiles and railguns helplessly. The heavy firepower of the Tau leveled the small village and eliminated all enemies.
However, during this nightmare bombing, the forest people never tried to surrender. Xin'Arjun heard many soldiers laughing at their stupidity. They obviously didn't even have heavy weapons, only some As primitive a beast as a Kroot, yet as reckless as a greenskin.
Although it was uncertain whether the enemy was still alive, Shath'O declared that no prisoners would be taken and searching the ruins would be a dangerous close combat mission, so the command sent the Kroot - Tau aliens An army of minions was unleashed into the Broken Forest.
Thanks to the great engineering warlock Skuri for the reward
(End of this chapter)