Chapter 243 A new version of Orbital Strike
Rubyon 5, the right wing of the coalition's first battle group combat zone.
This is a suburban area near the city, with a small processing plant and a small population settlement that developed as a result.
But now, thick smoke and fire are rising everywhere, whether in settlements or factories.
There are still huge scorch marks and scattered fires in the huge farmland of the surrounding automated farms and on the nearby hills.
That is the 'channel' blasted by the heavy particle cannon.
The black-smoking wreckage of main battle tanks and armored vehicles, as well as corpses on the ground nearby, are scattered in the open area near the factory.
If you zoom the camera higher, you can even see that these wreckage still maintain the impact formation.
In the atmosphere, the heavy particle cannon uses a dual destruction mechanism of thermal energy + kinetic energy. The shock wave and instantaneous vacuum phenomenon caused by the heavy particle cannon when firing greatly increase the collateral damage of the heavy particle cannon.
Because in the previous decades, whether it was the Federation or the Empire, few of the enemies they faced could be organized HCP units.
Even if most rebels can obtain HCP, the number is not large.
So for a long time, the enemies of the regular armies and civilian armed forces of the two countries were more conventional combinations of mechanized infantry and a small number of heavy armored units.
This also resulted in their offensive method not changing for many years.
So in the current war, when the ground forces of both sides are attacking, there will often be an offensive column that is directly destroyed by the cross-blow of the defender's two heavy particle cannons.
Although as time goes by, both sides will spread their offensive formations further.
However, this behavior of increasingly dispersed firepower was quickly eliminated after paying a lot of blood.
This messy fighting area was the Atlas mixed composite brigade. The defense area responsible for the second heavy synthetic battalion.
When the Imperial Army launched a full-line offensive in the early morning, according to the order issued by the brigade headquarters, the Second Heavy Combined Battalion, which moved into a defensive posture in advance, deployed its position on a high ground in and around the factory area. .
After the intruding imperial troops crashed into the 'kill zone', they quickly left behind a large number of vehicle wreckage and the corpses of infantry units.
Even included two destroyed HCPs.
Amber often takes Murat, Lewis and other skilled HCP pilots to conduct simulated battles as the Blue Army.
Atlas's ground forces now have experience in dealing with 'high-risk units' like HCP.
The basic idea still continues what Amber did on the Robert IV at that time. The firepower strikes were distributed in echelons, so that the target had to keep the deflection field turned on.
At the same time, these HCPs must maintain constant mobility in order to find opportunities to counterattack.
And you can only use electromagnetic rifles or close-range defense lasers, which are faster-response weapons.
Charged particle cannons and heavy particle cannons that require the deployment of weapon "cannons" are basically difficult to use.
Although this consumes a lot of ammunition and energy, it did catch the Imperial Army HCP pilots off guard.
An HCP platoon (4 units) that coordinated the attack had to withdraw from the battlefield first after leaving behind the wreckage of two units.
For the remaining units that have lost HCP fire cover, it is extremely difficult to withdraw from the battle, let alone continue the attack.
And the other party also conducted a very professional close-range orbital strike guidance.
A ground combat control team that crossed the front line and guided an orbital strike at close range allowed the tactical ground-to-surface missile to land accurately on the head of a mechanized infantry company.
The attack of three thermobaric warheads directly caused this company to lose the ability to continue fighting
The Imperial Armored Battalion opposite, which was responsible for this exploratory attack, was blocked in the attack and was eaten. After the orbital strike, it quickly became apparent that they had a tough nut in front of them.
So the commander of this armored combined battalion very wisely did not choose to continue the attack. Instead, after reporting the intelligence, he started a confrontation with the second heavy combined battalion.
According to the news from the headquarters, another armored battalion attacking in other directions was also blocked and also suffered an orbital attack.
However, what suffered this time was a part of the firepower battalion under the entire brigade combat team. Nearly half of the direct-fire suppression artillery was wiped out
The final order issued by the headquarters was similar to what the imperial battalion commander expected. Then Just stop attacking and switch to defense.
Anyway, the current attacks in other directions are going smoothly. Even if the enemies here will not be able to bite them for a while, they will eventually be surrounded by friendly forces in other directions and wait to be killed.
At the battalion headquarters of the Atlas 2nd Combined Battalion, Lieutenant Memphis from the Atlas 'teaching team' was smiling at the two 'hairballs' arguing in the command car.
"Tailaq, how did you go to Qianzhi for the meeting? You couldn't even get the mission of 'Assault on the Spearhead'!"
Menton, who was huddled in the widened command vehicle, complained angrily to his chief of staff.
Because they achieved excellent results in the comprehensive assessment, and they are also the group of people with the most combat experience in the entire Roma Marine Corps.
Monton and Telak have been promoted to the chief and deputy battalion commanders of the Second Heavy Combined Battalion during this troop reorganization.
Lieutenant Memphis and several other members of the training team from the training team temporarily filled other positions in the battalion headquarters. "You can't change your bad temper, can you? You have something to say, so what's the point of getting angry at me! The brigade commander must have their considerations in making such an arrangement."
Talak, who was sitting on the other side, frowned and said.
Monton's temper is actually known to everyone in the Roma team as "stinky". In addition, his fighting style is to dare to fight and charge, and he should never be a coward, so he is regarded as "stinky" in the brigade headquarters. A little famous'.
Although Amber was very satisfied with the bloody spirit of the military commander of the battalion-level unit, she privately warned Telak to put the brakes on Menton.
"Then tell me, how is our second battalion inferior to their first battalion? Why should their first battalion be the 'assault spearhead' when the whole brigade attacks?
Yes I said, it’s because you, the deputy battalion commander, were too meek when you went to the front to hold a combat meeting! Why the hell didn’t you dare to fight with the brigade commander?”
"Hahahahahahaha!"
As soon as Menton said this, before Telak could say anything, Memphis, who was sitting eating melon and watching the show, laughed first.
"Monton, you have the guts! Next time I want to see how you fight with the brigade commander!"
Lieutenant Memphis' words instantly aroused some bad feelings in Monton. remember.
That was the experience of being lifted out of the building by Amber like a chicken in a simulated attack
Mengton immediately became honest when he thought of Amber, his brigade commander and boss, and his terrifying individual combat effectiveness.
However, it is not difficult to see from his expression that he is still very upset about not receiving the main attack mission.
In fact, Memphis saw the same look even on Telak's face.
This veteran, who like Banninger has been with Amber for a long time, looked at these two furballs and said with a smile:
"Don't be unwilling to give in. What's going on? The Boss has been around for too few times and doesn’t understand his style.”
Lieutenant Memphis opened the enemy-friendly situation map on the vehicle-mounted command terminal and continued:
"Since the brigade commander personally led the team to participate in this combat mission, the real 'assault spearhead' must be with him. The HCP company led by him
It doesn’t matter who takes the lead in the first and second heavy-duty combined battalions. The protagonist of this battle is not yours.
Even if you can fight again, Is it possible that the HCP driven by the brigade commander can fight? "
The words of Lieutenant Memphis gradually made the two Roma people come to their senses, and they quickly thought of the HCP driven by Amber. man's fighting power.
Atlas' mixed brigade chose to attack at midnight.
As 'D time' approaches, each combat force has entered into final preparations before the assault after a short alternating rest.
At D-30, the brigade headquarters has completed the transfer, entered maneuver mode and moved to the rear of the attacking unit. The firepower battalion is also 1/4 of the range from the attacking unit and has completed preparations for fire support. .
Because the troops keep moving forward after starting the assault. If they stay at the maximum support distance for safety reasons, they will have to start moving forward in a few rounds.
At D-20, the four battalions forming the attack formation have moved to the 'offensive preparation line' position. The RQ220 'Observer', which has survived from the morning until now, has also completed the attack on the enemy overhead. Reconnaissance of positions.
At D-10, the 1st Heavy Combined Battalion crossed the 'offensive launch line'. At the same time, the three supplemented Imperial Armored Battalions also sounded the battle alarm.
At D, the artillery group of the combined brigade firepower battalion covered and fired, firing the first shot of the counterattack.
In the night, the beams of lasers and charged particle cannons flashed over the enemy positions. HCP used its excellent reconnaissance and observation equipment to intercept the 155 shells that had just passed the top of the parabola. sign.
The two heavy-duty synthetic battalions in front also launched an attack under the cover of fire.
However, the imperial troops guarding the position discovered that although the firepower of the two battalion-level units on the opposite side was very fierce, the attack had been launched for a while, but they had not yet launched an attack. Instead, they kept attacking. Take a shot.
At D+10, on the orbit of Lubion 5, warships from several defense companies were surprised to find that the Atlas light cruiser with 'Hermes' printed on its side had descended into low orbit. .
And it also presents a strange and dangerous posture of 'head down'.
Just when they were wondering in the communication channel whether there was something wrong with the light cruiser's power system, they discovered that the muzzle of the quadruple heavy particle cannon on the bow of the battleship was flashing blue and white. of light.
At this time, at the captain's seat of the Hermes, Cleeves was facing a 'Checklist' on the virtual screen on the right, nervously commanding.
“The main gun is ready for salvo firing, the mass of the bismuth alloy is increased to 2000 grams, and the initial velocity of the heavy metal particle flow is reduced to 500 kilometers per second!”
"The high-energy laser at the front of the battleship adjusts the wavelength to 8MM and begins atmospheric interference! The target is in the direction of the combined brigade attack, where the enemy armored battalion is deployed!"
Several invisible lasers begin to evenly heat the attack channel ', so that the diffraction value of the atmosphere can be reduced as much as possible.
Immediately afterwards, four blue-white 'beams' swept along this channel with uniform atmospheric density, temperature and humidity values, and quickly disappeared into the atmosphere.
(End of this chapter)