Chapter 374 Icarus Support Component
When the federal soldiers on the two highlands blocking Highway 56 were attacked by 120mm self-propelled mortars from the front, they knew that Atlas Si's breakout began.
The company commanders of the two reinforced companies also showed bitterness almost at the same time, silently complaining in their hearts about their bad luck. The position assigned by their superiors happened to be in the direction of the Atlas troops' breakout. .
But fortunately, their mission is not to completely annihilate the enemy, but to delay Atlas's breakout operation by taking advantage of the 'geographical' advantage.
Since the medium-sized synthetic force on the opposite side is equipped with a large number of high-speed mobile wheeled vehicles, they still need to use the road network to maneuver unless necessary, and the two highlands guarded by the two reinforced companies , just in time to bring Route 56 under his feet into his attack range.
The two overlapping attack zones will maximize the advantage of cross-fire. The high-risk environment where both sides are attacked at the same time is enough to make troops who plan to break through from the road regret their choice.
It seems that it is more than enough to intercept a medium-sized combined battalion with two reinforced companies supplemented by self-propelled mortars and heavy multi-legged tanks by taking advantage of the terrain?
The two federal army company commanders did think so before Atlas launched its attack.
After seeing a skirmish line composed of 20 'humanoid units' appearing in the distance, the two people even said in the communication channel, 'That's it? ’ ridicule.
But in the fire cover of the medium-sized combined battalion, when these 20 seemingly ordinary humanoid units rushed over at an extremely ridiculous speed, the two men finally panicked.
"Fire! Fire quickly to stop them!"
The first to respond to the order was the charged particle cannon team that had already completed attack preparations. This two-man team using low-power charged particle cannons is a federal army company. An important part of level fire support.
When more than 20 purple-red charged particle beams streaked across the open space and accurately hit the charging units, the silver-white arcs stirred up directly caused the federal soldiers on the defensive positions to shed cold sweat.
"Deflection field?! How can such a small unit be realized?"
When everyone witnessed these 20 unknown humanoid units resisting direct hits from charged particle cannons, , and after continuing to charge towards the position at a very high speed as if nothing was wrong, they knew that the situation might have changed a little.
At this moment, there was no need for the commander to issue any more orders. The factor called 'fear' caused all the weapons on the position to start attacking.
The enhanced company-level firepower finally suppressed the charging training team, forcing them to slow down the front line speed, and after moving closer in groups of four, they worked together to support a larger deflection force field. .
But at the same time, such an unreserved attack also allowed the fifth medium-sized combined battalion to understand the large and small firepower points on the position.
In addition to the 120 self-propelled mortar that never stopped firing, the 105 electrothermal chemical cannon of the wheeled assault gun also joined the attack, using the high-precision attack of direct-fire artillery to send shells everywhere Firepower on.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of individual soldiers or vehicle-mounted loitering missiles jumped from the height close to the treetops into the attack route, and fell towards the identified key targets.
Two high-energy laser anti-aircraft vehicles and six terminal anti-aircraft vehicles using multi-barreled electromagnetic machine guns were attached to the position, and they fired wildly in an attempt to intercept these swarming loitering missiles.
Although high-energy lasers and multi-tube electromagnetic machine guns have high anti-aircraft effectiveness, the 5th Medium-sized Combined Battalion shot out fully 50% of the various types of loitering bombs in reserve.
When the number of incoming attacks exceeded the threshold of the air defense units, "fish that slipped through the net" continued to fall on the position, triggering one round after another of explosions.
The charging distance of 1 kilometer is just a short moment for these heavy powered armors equipped with small rocket propulsion devices.
When the teaching team with full firepower divided into two teams and rushed to two positions, the nature of the battle began to change.
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While the ground battle was getting tense, Amber, who was furious because Baninger forcibly hung up the communication, was not idle either.
With the guidance of Lilith and the powerful performance of 'ATLAS', he supported the 'two light and one heavy' escort cruiser formation and rushed to kill the 10 orbital attack ship detachment in front of him before the ammunition of the aircraft was exhausted. The warship has been dismantled.
For this federal navy cruiser formation responsible for escort, it is simply a shame and humiliation to watch the enemy sink all their escort targets while flying up and down. So the captains of these three cruisers seemed to have entered a state of mindless rage at this time.
They threw the so-called 'safe navigation regulations' behind them and commanded the warship to pursue Amber in a dangerous low orbit at extremely high combat speeds, trying to swat the fly that ignored them to death.
And just when Amber was planning to take the three cruisers for a 'dog walk' and wait for the fleet that was orbiting to come to pick them up, Lilith's somewhat panicked voice suddenly came out.
"Master! We have fallen into a trap. This cruiser formation is deliberately driving us away!"
"What?!"
"The last orbital assault ship is in the posture A tactical nuclear bomb was launched before losing control!”
After hearing Lilith's words, Amber was stunned for a moment.
“This thing requires launch permission. Does it mean that the opponent’s fleet commander does not intend to leave a retreat?”
“I don’t know, but according to the deployed stealth probe, it was captured Judging from the situation, the missiles launched by the opponent do have the characteristics of tactical nuclear bombs.”
While Lilith informed the situation, Atlas took the opportunity to obtain a large number of stealth probes deployed in orbit during this period! The information was also synchronized.
A red dotted line suddenly appeared on the 'outside' of Quan Zhoutian's cockpit, pointing directly to the ground. At the same time, a nuclear radiation symbol was marked at the landing point.
The current situation is difficult for Amber and the Atlas fleet. The missiles landed in the day hemisphere, but the Atlas fleet has entered the night hemisphere under the pursuit of the federal fleet.
While Amber was "walking the dog", she also maneuvered near the dusk line, and the missile launched by the orbital attack ship had been blocked by the planet.
It is definitely too late to rush back at this time, because Amber not only needs to slow down, but also needs to accelerate again under the attack of three federal cruisers.
What’s more unfortunate is that in In the last round of assault on the orbital attack ship, the last ammunition of 'ATLAS' has been used up, and now only the charged particle cannon and heavy particle cannon are left.
But these two gadgets obviously cannot attack the falling target around the planet's surface.
"Go around the surface. Wait, go around?!"
Amber suddenly felt like he had an 'idea' in his head, and he had no time to think about it in the tight time frame. 's success rate.
"Lilith, where is the Icarus support component? Can support be provided?"
"Master, 'Icarus' is currently maintaining optical stealth. The current location is available. Provide support!”
Lilith immediately understood what Amber was thinking, and there was a hint of excitement in her voice.
"Quick! Launch the long-distance electromagnetic sniper cannon assembly at maximum speed. I hope it's not too late!"
Under Amber's order, at a certain position in the orbit around the star, a container-like device lifted the optical stealth , and opened one of several hatches at the same time.
Immediately afterwards, in a movement like the launch of a missile, a huge black shadow suddenly jumped out from the inside of the hatch, and, propelled by the rocket engine, turned into a point of light and headed towards Flying towards Amber's position.
(End of this chapter)