Chapter 150, Orbital Bombing
After receiving the news, Gu Hang couldn't even eat well.
Ten thousand greenskins, including more than three thousand serious orcs, the number is still increasing.
There are differences in individual combat capabilities, and the biggest gap is in the ability to resist strikes. Now, the opponent also has all kinds of heavy firepower and heavy equipment that are crude and ridiculous but whose power must not be ignored...
This is already a very huge threat.
Good guy, Gu Hang planned to wait until two days later to call for orbital bombing and then launch a full-scale counterattack, but now it is those greenskins who are going to attack with all their strength?
Fortunately, this information was detected in advance. If we were really unprepared for such an impact, there would be a big problem.
Gu Hang was thinking about a solution.
First of all, the mobilization of troops must be accelerated.
The troops who are still resting in the joint military camp must be gathered urgently.
The number of soldiers currently on the front line has actually been reduced to about 50,000. There are almost 50,000 people taking turns resting and reorganizing in the rear.
Although the frontline has lost half of its manpower, it is actually much more stable than when the adventurers were stationed in Garbage Town before. After the adaptation, soldiers with more reliable equipment and greatly improved military skills are comparable to the adventurers. Can hit a lot.
However, doesn’t this mean preparing for an impact or even a full-scale counterattack?
The follow-up troops must of course go forward as a reserve team, ready to put out fires at any time.
Of course, if it is not used, it must be the best.
Wasn’t the orbital strike firepower that I asked Yelicia for earlier just to solve similar problems?
It would be really difficult to fight those greenskins if they were scattered one by one and hiding in the ruins of the city. The power of the orbital strike is fierce, but can the city that is already in ruins be blown to pieces? Those greenskins hiding in the ruins bunkers have strong vitality. If they were in the core area of the orbital strike bombardment, they would definitely die. They would be buried to death. But if you live in a marginal area, you might be able to survive quite a bit.
But now, they have gathered together and cleared an open area as a starting point. Doesn't this make it clear that they are here to fight him?
Gu Hang had the intention and asked Yelicia to help with a small-scale but more targeted bombardment first.
Using a few rounds of 'Hot Hammer' macro cannons, plus ten 'Scalpel' ship-based missiles, to blast directly towards the starting position, it may not be possible to kill all the greenskins gathered there, but I'm afraid it won't be possible to kill 90% of them. problematic.
However, after thinking about it, Gu Hang still suppressed this tempting thought.
I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so if I fry it now, I won't get the maximum benefit.
What Yelicia could win for him was the opportunity for a round of bombing, so he had to seize it.
Be patient, be patient. What he has to do now is to prepare his troops to deal with all challenges and take the initiative, and then patiently wait for the intelligence from the front before making a decision.
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Deep in the ruins of the tower, while walking, Martins suddenly raised a question to Schneider next to him:
"There's something wrong with these greenskins, do you feel it?"
Schneider thought for a moment and responded: "There is nothing wrong with them, they are no different from the greenskins we have eliminated in the past."
"This is the biggest problem." Martins said, "They shouldn't be so powerful. Their number is not large enough, just tens of thousands of greenskins, which is not enough to support a disaster. If the greenskin spores are because Some reasons fell on this planet, took root, and then the clan developed from scratch. At this stage and in this number, they should only be able to maintain a very primitive technological state, even the original natives of Junk Town. , gave those greenskins some brains during the battle to accelerate their development, but greenskin technology of this level should not appear so quickly.”
"You want to say that these greenskins were not simply developed from the local area?" Schneider's attitude also became cautious.
If that's the case, and these greenskins come from a powerful, interstellar clan, then there's big trouble.
But soon, Schneider rejected this idea: "It's unlikely. There have never been reports of attacks by alien forces on the Raging Owl. If the green-skinned clan with the ability to interstellar navigation focuses on this planet, with their Characteristics, they will not send only a small number of teams. A few large battleships, equipped with hundreds of thousands or even millions of greenskins, will multiply quickly after landing and flood the planet. That is their normal method."
Regarding what Schneider said, Martins also agreed: "So, this is the most contradictory part of the whole thing. We must remind our brothers that this operation cannot simply regard these greenskins as the kind of wild orcs. , Primitive Orcs, please be vigilant. I really don’t want to see the loss of a battle brother in the battle at the power plant outside Fuxing City.”
Hearing what the Chapter Leader said, the other four also fell silent.
They spoke no more.
There would be no difficulty in finding the enemy's base camp by following the routes used by greenskins to transport supplies and replenish troops.
On the second night of departure, they had found their target.
Of course, those greenskins are also making full preparations for war. Their base camp is brightly lit and their factory is bustling with activity.
Space Marines and Storm Troop soldiers do not have the ability to sneak into the base camp. After all, without the conditions for makeup investigation, cross-racial investigation can only go as far as this.
But enough is enough.
They marked the greenskin's base camp, marked the greenskin's military factory, and then found three large-scale incubation farms in the surrounding areas. Those huge, tropical plant-like things grew out of the ruins of the city.
Just as Martins told Gu Hang before, this is definitely not an ideal place for green-skinned orcs to thrive. Even though these greenskins have tried their best to carve out a relatively flat area, expose the soil as much as possible, and connect the water as much as possible, the soil is not suitable, the light is not good, and the water resources are not sufficient...
Green skins are tough enough and can grow out one after another in this kind of environment.
Now is the ‘harvest’ season for green bark plants. They saw with their own eyes that under the light, they saw huge fruit pods hanging down on the twisted plants. There seemed to be something squirming inside. Then suddenly, the fruit pods opened directly, and a The green-skinned creature fell out of it.
This process keeps happening in front of them.
Most of the time, what falls out is a beast of different sizes but similar shape.
This thing is called Squig, a kind of orc livestock that has always existed in the greenskin tribe. These creatures lack intelligence and are ferocious in nature, with a set of fangs and mouths that can open to an exaggerated size. But in fact, they function as livestock in the green-skinned ecosystem.
Some are used for beauty salons, some are used for food, some are kept as pets by orc boys, and the largest ones can even be ridden into battle.
These squigs feed on all kinds of garbage.
The squigs eat what the orcs don't eat, and the orcs eat the squigs.
Together with fungi, they have become the main source of food for the orcs.
And besides Scroogemon, the second most numerous ones are the Grots.
This is the orc's servant, cannon fodder, and food if necessary.
And even fewer are serious green-skinned orcs.
Whether it's a squig beast, a grunt, or an orc, they are adults as soon as they hit the ground.
It is really the harvest season in this hatchery farm.
If the three incubation farms we checked were all hatched with this efficiency, I am afraid that within a month, the number of green-skinned orcs alone would have to increase by 20,000, and at least 50,000 or 60,000 more grats would be produced.
Martins is now glad that he seriously warned Gu Hang about the risks involved. Fortunately, Gu Hang listened to his warning and did not ignore the threat.
Otherwise we will be in big trouble.
What happens next is relatively simple.
It's nothing more than marking coordinates.
It can't be very accurate, because when they marked it, they were still a certain distance away from the target location. Even at this distance, they encountered greenskins several times, but they were silently slaughtered by them.
With the green skin's discipline, they shouldn't be able to notice if a few people are thrown away - they will die a lot every day in their own internal fighting and fun.
But even if the marking is not very accurate, it doesn't matter much. Probably this location will do. The macro artillery bombardment still covered a large area.
A single 'Scalpel' missile can almost destroy a small wind farm, not to mention the much more powerful macro cannon, as well as large macro cannons such as 'Wrath of Tadashi'.
Of course, in order to improve efficiency, they still set value levels for these places.
The two most valuable points are the base camp and the starting position where the greenskin troops are gathering.
Secondly, it marked the arsenal, the incubation farm, and the place where the murder canisters among the greenskin army were located in more depth. Then, I marked a bunch of places that I couldn't explore in depth, but were suspected of being valuable.
After completing these tasks, they stayed away from the greenskin base camp, and then informed Governor Gu of the news.
Then, they quickly received a reply from the Governor:
"Leave the area as soon as possible. You have 14 hours to escape the scope of the orbital strike. Please ensure your own safety and confirm the impact of the strike after the orbital strike is over."
"Received."
"Thank you for your hard work."
...After replying to the task force's message, Gu Hang let out a long sigh of relief.
All preparations are finally completed.
He contacted Ye Lixia again, provided the relevant strike coordinates, and told the female brigadier general that all actions were going as planned.
Tomorrow, at 11:00 Terran Standard Time, the orbital strike will arrive as scheduled.
His troops will complete pre-war preparations before then, eat well in advance, and then launch an attack on the enemy from the front after the orbital bombardment is over.
The green-skinned orcs facing them on the front line will not be bombarded too strongly. At most, there will only be a few 'scalpel' missiles that will hit several key positions accurately, and the macro cannon will not hit here.
The main reason is that the macro cannon is too powerful, has a large coverage area, and its accuracy is not as good as that of the 'scalpel' missile. If you tilt it up a little, you can easily cover your own position.
It's better to blow it up a few times with a 'scalpel' and leave the rest to your own army.
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On the front line, the leader of the 3rd Independent Regiment, Ruggie Likosi, who is striving to regain his title of "Beast Slayer Regiment", has just concluded the combat meeting and sent away Tadiu, the chief of political and industrial affairs of the entire army who came to inspect. Sri Lanka.
Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus conveyed the governor's order to them. At a meeting attended by military officers and instructors from all company-level units and above in the entire regiment, it was announced that the 3rd Independent Regiment would launch a full-scale counterattack at noon tomorrow. As a fist, as a vanguard.
Their goal was to tear apart the greenskin defense from the middle of the entire defense line, completely capture their position, cut the front into two sections, and create space for the three mechanized synthetic battalions to intersect in the middle.
Then, after the friendly forces come up to take over the position, they will allocate their troops and accompany a combined battalion to carry out a retreat to the north, cut off the retreat space of the green-skinned orcs on the north side, and complete the encirclement with the friendly forces in front. , completely annihilating the green-skinned orcs there.
All the commanders and fighters listened in silence to Thaddeus's description of the combat goals and requirements.
The silence continued.
But this is by no means fear or fear.
Lee Kexi could see a fire in the eyes of his men.
And he himself is like this.
They've waited too long.
"Okay, let's all go back." Li Kexi broke the silence, "Go back to your respective companies and get ready. There are still 13 hours until noon tomorrow. The staff will break down tomorrow's offensive tasks, and at the latest It will be delivered to you tomorrow morning. This is a battle we have been looking forward to for a long time, and it is also an opportunity we have never thought of in the past. I have only one request: we must fight well and be worthy of those we have lost! , worthy of the hatred we sacrificed our lives to avenge, worthy of the opportunity given to us by the Governor!”
"Roar!" The officers stood up loudly and then returned to their respective teams.
Andrei Alexei, who was transferred to the Independent Regiment as political commissar, was a little confused. Just now, he wanted to boost the morale of the officers as the chief political officer, but he found that it was not necessary at all.
The leader of the group, Li Kexi, patted him on the shoulder and didn't explain much.
The soldiers of the Beast Slaughter Group didn't know how many of them could really sleep well.
But they will force themselves to take a good rest, all in order to perform their best tomorrow.
Tonight is extra long.
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No matter how long the night is, there is always time to get through it.
The sky was bright and Li Kexi woke up and went to the front line of the army to check.
He watched the soldiers eating, watching them inspect their weapons and weapons, and watching the officers talking to the soldiers...
All this made his anxious heart inexplicably calm down.
They had done everything they could and were just waiting for the order to attack.
The issued pocket watch ticked to eleven o'clock noon.
The order to attack had not yet been issued, but he first saw many red light spots appearing vaguely in the sky.
Meteor shower?
No, he quickly dismissed that idea.
This should be part of the powerful strike that Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus mentioned before.
At that time, he thought it was an artillery position in the rear that would fire unrestrictedly and ferociously, but it seemed that it was more than that.
He watched the red meteor shower streak across the sky, then get closer and closer, and then fall into the endless ruins in front of him.
Immediately afterwards, two huge balls of light that nearly enveloped the city suddenly appeared.
Accompanying these two huge balls of light, there are many smaller ones, but due to the obstruction of building ruins, they are not so real.
This scene feels inexplicably strange. There is only light and no sound, as if you are watching a silent movie.
But what they were waiting for soon came.
The ground is shaking.
As if there was an earthquake, some soldiers who were unable to stand even staggered. Even some ruined structures that had been weakened by artillery fire in previous battles collapsed in the shock.
Fortunately, the fortifications they were hiding in were specially reinforced, so there were no casualties as a result.
Then came the shock wave accompanied by a huge sound!
It was as if a strong wind was blowing, bringing with it a sense of heat. Many people took a few steps back because of this, feeling tight in their chests.
Although they felt very uncomfortable physically, all the soldiers of the 3rd Independent Regiment, from Li Kexi down, felt very happy in their hearts!
The place where the explosion occurred was deep in the ruins of the tower, where the greenskins are most entrenched!
From dozens of kilometers away, the aftermath of the explosion can be felt so clearly, be it the scorching heat or the shock wave... So what about the green skins at the core of the explosion?
Even if the vitality of those monsters is much stronger than that of humans, they will never survive such a blow!
As long as they destroy the enemy in front of them, this green-skinned disaster that has spread for several years and gradually become more and more serious will end in their hands!
Li Kexi couldn't wait to command his troops to charge.
But it's not time yet.
The order to attack still hadn't come.
However, a whistling sound came from above the head.
The artillery positions in the rear began to show their power.
On the joint artillery position, one hundred 155 howitzers were lined up one after another, their barrels pointing to the sky, and they fired continuously.
The production of artillery shells is limited. In order to support the logistical supplies of a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, Wei Xingcheng has to produce a lot of things. Armored vehicles, bullets, guns, equipment, explosives, grenades, rocket launchers, artillery...
They have worked hard to increase the output of artillery shells, but they still cannot withstand too intense consumption.
However, since it has been decided that today is the final battle, there is no need to save.
Hundreds of artillery pieces fired at full speed. At a speed of 500 rounds of artillery shells per minute, it rained down cannons on the orc position in front of them.
This was an all-out bombardment that had never been seen before. The artillerymen no longer cared about the life of the barrel or the consumption of shells.
They were preparing to pound 15,000 rounds of heavy artillery on the green-skinned orcs' position within half an hour. The current total artillery shell reserves are less than 20,000 rounds.
The remaining four to five thousand rounds of artillery shells are also not in the province, but are to be stayed to cooperate with the infantry attack.
As the artillery opened fire, Ruggie Likosi finally got the order to attack.
He couldn't wait to convey the attack order to the entire regiment.
The more than 5,000 soldiers of the 3rd Independent Regiment need to move to a position about 200 meters away from the enemy position within 25 minutes and be on standby. They had five minutes to rest, and at the moment the bombardment ended, they launched an all-out attack on the orc positions.
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