Chapter 2856 March to the Army (3)
Obviously, the gene stealers lurked the "elites" in the pond, waiting for the imperial army's attention to be attracted by the cannon fodder in the north, and then they suddenly climbed over the wall from the south. Coming in, I have to say that the plan is pretty good.
However, their lurking skills were not good enough and they were discovered so easily. Hayes immediately mobilized his strength.
"Grenade team, have you set it up?"
"Okay! Company Commander!"
"Block shooting!"
The moment the order was issued, the two automatic grenade launchers began to roar. This weapon can be regarded as a substitute for the "heavy bolter" in Vatish. It has a bolter structure compared to It is simpler, and the weight is reduced a lot, but the range is reduced a lot, but it can be fired in a curved direction. The grenade can cause a killing radius of nearly ten meters, which is very suitable for killing light targets without any protective gear.
Soon a dense rain of bullets fell on the heads of the ambushing gene stealers. The continuous firing of grenades formed a continuous wall of death. The shock wave of the explosion tore their wet clothes to pieces. The flying shrapnel cut their skin and blood vessels, but they continued to charge, refusing to turn around.
"They are testing the limits of our firepower little by little."
Hayes muttered to himself as he looked at the batches of fallen genestealers, and then he heard the sound of drums. , immediately picked up the telescope.
Directly along the open road, another large group of gene stealers drove in in modified tractors. Those modified tractors were inlaid with iron sheets, and the gene stealers kept hitting them with hammers made from human leg bones. A human skin drum, symbolizing the flag of the Genestealer sect, was flying high above the head. On the most "luxurious" tractor, stood a commander holding a sickle. He held a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other. Sickle shouted:
"The day of ascension has arrived! Dedicate yourself! Return to the embrace of the Star Emperor and say goodbye to hunger, illness, and death forever!"
Hais stared at him with all his might. Looking at this group of enemies, if he saw correctly, those sharp claws and carapace that flashed between the gaps in the metal plates of the tractor were probably purebloods.
“Very smart, they know how to use armor to protect their most lethal units.”
Hayes has learned the terror of purebloods many times, whether it is Words, film and television scenes, the characteristics of these creatures are all firmly remembered in his mind. He can be said to be the hardest working person in the officer crash course - and he studied tirelessly not to climb up, but just in the hope that he would have the ability. Ability to take people in the company home.
"If purebloods are allowed to get close, the protective wall may not be able to be defended. Their climbing and jumping abilities are too strong, and their sharp claws will be very scary once they get close."
Hayes then reached out from the side. The communications soldier picked up the communications microphone on his back and quickly dialed the regiment headquarters.
"Regiment headquarters, this is the third company. We are besieged by a large number of gene stealers and need artillery support. The coordinates are."
The regiment's artillery position is 50 kilometers away from the battlefield. This is It was lunch time, and the artillerymen had just gathered around the cauldron to take a few bites when the sound of a communicator's broadcast suddenly came.
"Artillery battery, coordinates determined, bearing, 1-7-2-0"
"Wori!"
The artillery officer dropped the can in his hand and jumped up immediately.
"Quick, quick, quick! Don't fucking eat it!"
Amidst the cursing sounds of the artillerymen, the muzzles of six weapons that resembled basilisk self-propelled artillery started to rise high. The height was neatly selected and slightly lowered, and the calibration was quickly completed with the help of data fed back from the servo skull. These basilisk self-propelled artillery are very different from the models commonly used by the Astra Militarum. Although its chassis is still a Chimera chassis, the top is a closed turret, which makes it more environmentally adaptable than an open turret. The conventional model is better, and the turret is equipped with an air extraction device, a thermal sheath, a modular anti-recoil system and a life support system, which can maintain combat in an oxygen-free or radiation environment.
Just as the artillerymen quickly adjusted their shooting angles, one after another Trojan ammunition supply vehicles also arrived at the designated position, using a mechanical arm to stuff a high-explosive shell with a destructive effect into the barrel.
The Trojan support vehicle can be said to be one of the cornerstone vehicles of the Astra Militarum. It can be used as a tractor to tow the weapons platform, or as an armored ammunition transport vehicle. After the weapon platform is in place, additional ammunition will be Transport to weapons platforms, or transport ammunition to frontline troops in need of supplies. Since they are a kind of logistics vehicle, it is difficult to see them on the front line, but they can often be seen in the rear transporting supplies from rear warehouses. Scenes from the front line.
The support vehicle assigned to the artillery has been specially modified with a mechanical arm to grab heavy ammunition. With the help of this specialized ammunition supply vehicle for loading, the fastest fire rate of this model of Basilisk can reach one round in 6 seconds. .
Of course, the artillerymen can also choose to manually load the vehicle with the help of auxiliary facilities, but this will take longer.
At the same time, the main gun used by this model of Basilisk is not the Empire's mainstream ground-shaking cannon, but a large-caliber impact cannon. This type of artillery is an upgraded version of the ground-shaking cannon. With the extended-range shells, it makes The entire artillery range exceeds 100 kilometers.
Because of this series of improvements, in fact these self-propelled artillery are no longer basilisks at all. After friendly negotiations with the manufacturers of Ulanhuda, Soshyan named this model the Assasi self-propelled gun. The artillery is used to commemorate an artillery master in the old legion. This commander was also one of the few people whose name was recorded in the Avesta.
"Finished!"
"Fire!"
The next moment, the roar of the God of War resounded through the sky, and 6 high-explosive bombs streaked across the sky, almost in the blink of an eye. over a distance of tens of kilometers.
Boom boom boom boom——
In a few breaths, violent explosions covered both sides of the road. Countless gene stealers screamed and were thrown into the sky, while those modified tractors were directly overturned or fell apart under the huge impact. The purebloods hiding inside They were not even seen by the enemy, so they were buried in the sea of fire or crushed into flesh. Huge craters were imprinted on the ground, and because there was no shelter around them, the lethality of the shrapnel was doubled. One crater Countless broken limbs and mutilated, whining bodies were scattered for a hundred meters around.
"This is the third company, the orientation remains unchanged, the bombardment distance is reduced by 50, and three rounds are fired rapidly."
After checking the effect of the bombardment, Hayes adjusted the coordinates.
“The shelling distance is reduced by 50!”
“Aim!”
"Fill in!"
"Fire!"
The scream of cannonballs sounded again, and this time the genestealers were frightened, even though the Tyranid genes gave them greater physical strength There was also psychic power, but it was not enough to resist the large-caliber cannonballs. The moment the first cannonball fell, both the pure-blood and the mixed-blood ran into the woods like crazy.
(End of this chapter)