Chapter 247, War in Suburban Town
For the army of the Luman Kingdom, the knights actually don’t care much about the casualties of cannon fodder;
But the damage to the Sentinel mecha is painful.
Dead people are still one thing. The destruction of a Sentinel mecha is almost equivalent to the bankruptcy and downgrade of a small knight family under the feudal political system of the Luman Kingdom.
Without the Sentinel mecha, what would we call a knight?
There were only a hundred or so 'knights' attacking the town this time. So far, at least twenty Sentinel mechas are gone.
The morale of the remaining people was severely damaged.
And even the two Knight Titans were thinking of quitting.
The Ranger-class Knight Titan is equipped with a shield generator, but the power is not particularly powerful. After all, the five-meter-two body is here, and it is not luxurious enough to put a miniaturized generator. If it is used at normal scale, the shield generator The load of the shield generator is also very large and difficult for the Ranger class.
The shield generator, which has been castrated a lot in strength, cannot withstand too many hits from the 155mm howitzer.
In fact, these four rounds of artillery fire destroyed the shield generators of the two Knight Titans.
So far, it's definitely not a big damage. After half an hour, if no more beatings were taken, the shield generator would start running again; or now, they could hold on and overload the shield generator.
At the same time, the Knight Titan itself is so strong that it will be fine even if it takes a few shots.
They had the opportunity to take advantage of the gap in firepower and charge forward in stride.
The defensive positions constructed by the Alliance Expeditionary Force through barricades and residential buildings were impossible to stop them. Wherever the rapid-fire cannon and laser cannon are pointed, the position will fly into the sky. This firepower is not a concept.
But the two great nobles still retreated.
What about killing all those Alliance expeditionary forces? In the process, what if a Ranger-class Knight Titan breaks down?
Not to mention it is broken, even if the shield generator is overloaded, resulting in subsequent malfunction of the generator; or if the mecha is directly hit by a few shots and is damaged, or even just loses the patent leather... that is very heartbreaking!
The price of maintenance and repair of this big thing is also sky-high!
If something goes wrong with this big machine, even the nobles, counts, marquises and princes will not be able to use it.
After realizing that the Alliance Expeditionary Force was indeed capable of harming them, even though they knew that they were determined to rush forward, two Knight Titans rushed into the town, that is, the gods were blocking the gods and the Buddhas were blocking the Buddhas. Accompanying them were If a breakthrough is made and the Kingdom's army follows up, the battle is basically won.
But they finally chose to retreat.
How many years does it take a noble family to save 700,000 tax coins? What's more, if you lose the Knight Titan, you will probably lose your status as a great noble soon, or at least you will be seriously injured. In this case, there may not be a chance to save the 700,000 tax coins.
To put it bluntly, the two men driving the Titan were nobles, not barefoot men. For them, war is a means of profit and a way to win meritorious deeds, rather than something that really involves the life and death of their family, or even the life and death of the entire family.
So why bother?
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The two Knight Titans retreated, and the pressure on the Alliance Expeditionary Force's defense line suddenly decreased.
When they first came out and showed their power, the old partners Perbeuf and Leroy were indeed quite nervous.
Although they were repelled hastily and did not use much strength at all, but even so, the impact suffered by the Alliance Expeditionary Force was not small.
At least four hundred people were killed or injured as a result of these two machines
The main reason is lack of experience and insufficient preparedness.
Previously, a round of thirty-two rocket launchers fired by these two war machines caught them off guard, destroying more than a dozen Alliance artillery pieces and causing hundreds of artillery casualties. Subsequently, the charging rapid-fire howitzers and laser cannons also caused more than 200 casualties after destroying multiple positions.
After suffering losses, they summed up some lessons learned.
For example, when the artillery is threatened, the truck and the artillery will never be decoupled. After several rounds of rapid artillery fire, they will quickly change positions.
For example, in a small town environment, artillerymen will try their best to shield and cover the artillery positions.
For example, in peripheral defensive positions, the number of combat teams at a single defense point should be reduced, but the number of defensive strongholds should be increased. On the premise of maintaining the density and layering of firepower as much as possible, disperse the troops to avoid excessive casualties when hit by firepower.
These methods can effectively reduce the threat of the two Knight Titans.
But that alone is not enough.
Holding the main position is the most basic.
Before that, they had received news that the Governor's Mother had been attacked and that La Crocha was taking her to evacuate out of the city.
Although they have repelled the enemy's attacks many times, whether it is Perbeuf or Leroy, they all deeply understand that their goal of coming here far away from their hometown this time is to ensure the safety of Ms. Wang Qi.
Simply repelling the enemy's attack is not enough.
However, when the two Knight Titans came to an end, Purbov and the others were also keenly aware of the problem that these two most terrifying war machines had a weak will to fight.
This is a good opportunity.
So, after a brief discussion, the two handed over this important task to the 38th Brigade. They detached their main armored force and conducted a rapid assault.
The forward scouts detected the location of the two Knight Titans that had withdrawn, and clearly saw that they were loaded with new long-range rockets with the assistance of heavy engineering aircraft.
——It’s hard not to see them. It’s easy to find two six-meter-tall giants with a telescope.
Looking at this, it seems that they do not intend to continue the hard attack, but rely on the rockets equipped by the Knight Titan to have a range advantage that far exceeds the range of the 155 howitzer, and carry out safe bombing from a distance.
But don’t be too afraid of this.
The Ranger Knight Titan's rocket launcher is very powerful, but it only has sixteen rounds of ammunition. Loading ammunition every time is very troublesome and requires engineering machinery. The firepower density is very problematic.
Then carry it first.
The main force of the 38th Brigade, who rushed out to race, quickly rushed out of the town according to the news brought back by the scouts, chose a road that would not encounter the Knight Titan, successfully broke through, and received the king's order under the protection of La Crocha. Ms. Qi.
On the way back, the two Knight Titans went crazy and blocked the way back.
Only then did Purbov want to lead the main force of the 37th Brigade and the remaining troops of the 38th Brigade to go out to respond.
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There is another chapter in the evening
(End of chapter)