Chapter 203, Airborne Raid
When a light curtain appeared on the periphery of the sea building, blocking all the ground attacks from the fighter planes, Martins was startled.
However, he then realized that this was not a void shield.
Although it is somewhat similar, it is far from the level of a void shield. It should be just a simple energy shield.
The gap between the two is a bit big.
In essence, the void shield does not directly resist attacks, but creates a space error to form a thin film that covers the protected target. When an attack arrives, most types of artillery shells, missiles, and energy rays will be moved to another space by the dislocated space when they come into contact with this film. The protected target will remain unscathed.
The defensive effectiveness of the void shield is much stronger than that of conventional energy shields. A successful defense leaves the protected target unaffected.
But there are also disadvantages.
The void shield generator is very large and cannot be miniaturized; the void shield consumes a lot of energy; it is very expensive; it cannot identify and transfer slow targets; it may be overloaded if it is overloaded by too much firepower in a short period of time. Missed some attacks...
However, these shortcomings are nothing compared with traditional energy shields. After all, many shortcomings are common. For example, if you want to achieve the same protective effect, the energy consumption of a traditional energy shield will only be higher; the energy shield cannot stop slow targets; if it is overloaded, it will not miss attacks, but will be directly crushed, then No attack can be stopped, and there is even a chance that the energy shield generator will explode internally...
In real comparison, energy shields have only two advantages: they can be miniaturized and they are cheap.
Martins has experienced many battles and has seen a lot. After he judged that the following one was not a void shield, he was able to further judge more information.
This shield generator seems to be quite ordinary, with low technical level. However, there seems to be a huge energy reserve behind it. Unless the upper limit of the firepower it can withstand is destroyed in one go, it will be very difficult to overload it with multiple frequent firepower strikes.
Any chance?
Martins ordered the entire fighter formation to carry out another full-fire strike. During the process, he carefully watched the reaction of the entire energy shield, and his final judgment was:
no.
There is a two-level difference in the intensity of firepower required between overloading the shield generator with firepower and directly dry-exploding the shield generator.
Even if the frigate in the orbit of the planet is included, it can reach the former level, but it cannot meet the latter requirements.
If you switch to the quintet, that's definitely no problem. If nothing else, just hit it with one shot of 'Wrath of the Faithful'. The L-class macro cannon can destroy the shield generator with one shot, regardless of the ones behind it. No amount of energy support is useless.
But right now, isn’t that just not there?
The 20 S-class weapons on the frigate that can hit the ground, even if they are shot down at the same time, cannot directly destroy the current shield generator. And with some kind of near-infinite energy support behind this shield generator, it can quickly recover before the next round of strikes.
In other words, it is no longer realistic to destroy this offshore platform through remote fire.
At least not until the shield generator is knocked out.
"That means we need to make a small-scale surprise attack, attack and destroy the shield generator, then evacuate, and then call in distant fire to destroy the offshore platform?"
"I'm familiar with this..."
Martins smiled, but then fell silent again.
Mature is indeed familiar, Space Marines have done too many jobs similar to this. In his two hundred years of combat experience, he has performed similar tasks countless times, and he knows the process and key points clearly.
Now that he was doing similar work again, he felt familiar and laughed at himself.
But no matter how much you do this kind of work and how rich your experience is, it can't cover up the huge danger of such tasks.
The biggest danger comes from unknown intelligence.
I don't know what is in the building below, how strong the enemy is, where the target they want to destroy is... none of these things are known.
In this case, you really shouldn’t go in.
Even a team of all Space Marines may overturn. After all, no one knows what monsters and monsters they will encounter below.
Thinking more rationally, they can choose to retreat first this time, and then wait until they have more information.
Martins has received abundant authorization, and he can decide this matter with one word.
But he still didn't choose to do this.
Mainly due to three considerations.
First of all, he didn't want to cause a failed operation when he joined the alliance and officially assumed the command of the operation for the first time.
Of course, he thought less about this factor and just had some thoughts about it. He is still a warrior at heart and does not have so many political considerations.
Secondly, he was very doubtful. Even if he retreated this time, what would he do if he wanted to get more information later? Whether you want to infiltrate this offshore platform or send people in to do internal response, it is very difficult to do intelligence work. Unfortunately, they don't have much time left, and they don't have time to spend several months gathering intelligence. Who knows when the plans of these cultists will be completed?
In addition to these off-site factors, there is another core reason that promotes his decline in investing more troops, and that is... the enemy does not seem to be strong enough.
In other words, these soldiers of the Governor's Special Operations Brigade are too strong.
With all air and sky fire support being blocked by energy shields, they were fighting alone, but they still stood firm below.
They did lose a dozen warriors when they were suddenly attacked at first, but then their counterattack was very sharp. Not only did they use laser guns to kill many lizard monsters that emerged from the surrounding area, they also took advantage of the situation. Opportunity quickly left the cabin, using the wind falcon's huge body as a cover, and built a defense line on the spot in the shape of a star.
While the situation was somewhat stable, the enemy became a little anxious. Some biochemical shells were fired, and the corrosive effect made it impossible for the Wind Falcon to take off. There were traces of damage on the surface.
But at this time, the special operations soldiers also responded quickly.
They took out multiple rocket launchers and fired them in the direction of the biochemical bombs.
Multiple rockets trailing flames produced a good effect. At least for the time being, no new biochemical artillery shells came in.
Then, they even temporarily organized a five-person combat team. Under the cover of their comrades, they launched an attack into the interior of a building, preparing to clear out the enemies there and establish a second defensive point. Expand living space.
Since the following special operations team members have achieved a pretty good situation, then as the commander, what reason does Martins have to give up on them?
On his channel, the calls for war from the soldiers of the 10th Brigade also rang out. Among them, the mortal fighting hero named La Crocha was still working hard and hoped to be the second batch to go to the ground to support the battle, rescue and cover the withdrawal of his teammates. A smile appeared on Martins' lips:
"I allow you to go down, but your goal is not only to cover your teammates. I hope you can clear the six indoor buildings around the landing point to create opportunities for our follow-up troops to land!"
Upon hearing this request, La Crocha was stunned for a moment, and then responded decisively: "Promise to complete the task!"
Immediately afterwards, a three-machine formation began to rapidly descend in altitude.
The leader is Lieutenant Couch, the current ace pilot of the Alliance Air Force.
He and his wingmen, carrying more than forty special operations elites including La Crocha, approached the energy shield after descending to a certain height.
This is the most dangerous stage.
If the speed is too fast, it will not work. The energy shield is only about eighty meters above the ground. If it goes too fast, it will be blocked. Moreover, if the speed is too fast, the distance of 80 meters will not be enough for them to slow down and land, and then they will fall to the ground and be finished.
But the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower showed its power at this time.
The enemy seems to have set up anti-aircraft guns, and some biological and chemical artillery shells are shooting into the sky.
If the speed is not fast enough, the enemy's hit rate will naturally be greatly improved.
Fortunately, the Wind Falcon is not a fragile aircraft, but a speed attack craft. It has strong armor on the outside, and its protection is slightly better than that of an armored vehicle.
They withstood the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and successfully passed through the energy shield.
After entering the energy shield, they were not polite to those enemies.
Outside the energy shield, they can't hit; once inside, they can safely release firepower.
As the three Wind Falcons descended, they released six mounted airborne missiles, setting off a sea of fire. Immediately afterwards, the cannon began to exert its power, firing in all directions, hitting the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and muting it, while also providing some fire cover and assistance to the special operations elites who were still fighting on the ground.
The enemy's firepower was suppressed to a certain extent, and the three Wind Falcons below were able to take advantage of this opportunity and start taking off.
However, one of them seemed to have a problem and could no longer fly.
But the other two that successfully took off also destroyed all their mounted missiles before leaving the 80-meter-high Noilai shield.
At this moment, the three newly landed Falcons were already unloading people.
In fact, they have not landed yet, and are still about ten meters above the ground.
But at this height, the hatch opened, and the special elites began to jump down one by one.
Not even rappelling, just jumping.
For ordinary people, more than ten meters is enough to kill someone. But for the elite special forces led by La Crocha, it was an acceptable level. The physical fitness of soldiers above T3 level has reached or even slightly exceeded the limits of human beings, not to mention having an exoskeleton that can provide a buffer when landing.
Lieutenant Kuchi was also a very brave man. After he put down the soldiers in the cabin, he did not leave directly like other fighters. Instead, he chose to maneuver at a low altitude of 80 meters and assisted with cannons. Ground troops, providing valuable heavy fire support.
He controlled the wind falcon in a limited space, dodging and moving. Although he couldn't increase his speed and was afraid of hitting something in one breath, he was able to maximize the flexibility of the Wind Falcon. The flight trajectory was unpredictable. It was through this method that he avoided many attacks. At the same time, he was able to fire a cannon downward without warning and achieve some results.
With valuable air support, the team led by La Crocha successfully landed and joined the elite special forces on the ground. They began to move toward the six buildings around the landing site in accordance with the goals given by Martins. Carry out clean-up work one by one.
This offshore platform is approximately an irregular rectangular platform two thousand meters long and one thousand meters wide. At its core, there is a conical tower head about thirty meters high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom; the periphery is surrounded by high-density buildings, mostly various round warehouses or towers. Many pipes surround and connect these buildings.
A considerable part of the entire platform is below sea level. You can vaguely see that the largest conical tower in the center still has a considerable part below the sea level. Huge pillars and pipes hold up the bottom of the platform, supporting the entire platform from the bottom of the sea.
The landing site chosen by the alliance special forces is close to the southern edge. Only here seems to be a relatively large and flat area suitable for the landing of the wind falcon.
And when La Crocha led people to clear out the six buildings around the landing site, the pressure on the landing site was suddenly reduced a lot.
Soon, the third wave, the same three Wind Falcons carrying more than forty elite special forces, came down again.
This time, they also opened up the south direction, which was considered to be a complete victory over the enemy.
Immediately afterwards, La Crocha personally led the team and began to advance toward the center of the maritime building complex that was almost the size of a small town. He also established defensive points along the way, leaving two or three soldiers to guard key locations.
They quickly broke into the central tower and eliminated the enemies inside.
And here, they made two major discoveries.
First, they found the route from the central tower to the lower level. The iron door there was tightly closed and it was difficult to enter, but under the melta bomb, it was definitely no different from paper.
Second, they opened several storage cans on the offshore platform, and then saw a scene they would never forget.
They originally thought that there might be all kinds of things in those can-like storage warehouses.
But they never imagined that there were people inside.
Densely packed, crowded together, dead, yet alive.
The soldiers who opened the door of the can barn from above saw countless eyes looking upward, and saw people with countless abscesses on their faces and bodies, crowded together, almost soaked in pus.
They were alive, they were squirming, some sickening force keeping them alive. They are living and consciously bearing this boundless pain.
The itching, severe pain, maggots crawling up and down, and the despair of not wanting to die almost turned into reality. As soon as the storage warehouse door was opened, some kind of psychic power was formed along with the strong stench.
The special soldier who opened the door, even though he was wearing a full-coverage tactical helmet with anti-virus effect, still felt that he smelled a terrible smell. This feeling of despair and pain invaded along with the smell, making him dizzy. If it weren't for the help of his comrades, he would have fallen down.
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