nyslfriends Chapter 243 A new version of orbital strike
Chapter 243 A new version of orbital strike
Rubian No. 5, the right wing of the coalition's first battle group.
This is a suburban area near the city, with a small processing plant and a small population settlement that has grown out of it.
But now, thick smoke and fire are rising everywhere, whether in settlements or factories.
There are still huge scorch marks on the huge farmland of the surrounding automated farms and on the nearby hills, and there are scattered fires.
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, were scattered in the open area near the factory.
If the camera is zoomed up, it can even be seen that these wreckage still maintain the impact formation.
In the atmosphere, heavy particle cannons that use a dual-kill mechanism of thermal energy + kinetic energy cause shock waves and instantaneous vacuum phenomena when firing, which greatly increases the collateral damage of heavy particle cannons.
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.
Therefore, 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 has also resulted in their offensive method not changing for many years.
Therefore, in the current war, when the ground forces of both sides are attacking, an offensive column often collapses under the cross-blow of the defender's two heavy particle cannons.
Although as time goes by, both sides will spread their offensive formations wider.
But this behavior of increasingly dispersed firepower was quickly eliminated after paying a lot of blood.
This messy fighting area is the defense area responsible for the Atlas Mixed Brigade and the Second Heavy Combined 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 rashly advancing Imperial troops crashed into the 'kill zone', they quickly left behind a large number of vehicle wreckage and the corpses of infantry units.
It 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 continued 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 remain constantly mobile 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 lost their HCP fire cover, it became extremely difficult to withdraw from the battle, let alone continue the attack.
Moreover, the opponent 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 the company to lose the ability to continue fighting.
The Imperial Armored Battalion opposite was responsible for this exploratory attack. After the attack was blocked and suffered an orbital strike, they quickly realized that they were facing a tough nut.
Therefore, the commander of this armored 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 had expected, which was to stop attacking and shift 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, waiting to be killed.
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.
"Telak, why did you go to Qianzhi for a meeting? You couldn't even get the task of 'Assault Spearhead'!"
Menton, who was huddled in the widened command vehicle, complained angrily to his chief of staff.
Because they had excellent results in the comprehensive assessment, and they were also the group of people with the most combat experience in the entire Roma Marine Corps.
Menton and Telak have been promoted to the chief and deputy battalion commanders of the 2nd Heavy Combined Battalion during this troop reorganization.
Lieutenant Memphis and several other members of the training team temporarily filled other positions in the battalion headquarters.
"You can't change your temper, right? If you have something to say, you should talk to me nicely. What's the point of getting angry at me? The brigade commander and his team must have their considerations for making such an arrangement."
Terak, who was sitting on the other side, frowned and said.
In fact, everyone in the Roma team knew that Monton's temper was "bad", and his fighting style was to dare to fight and rush, and never be a coward, so he was "well-known" in the brigade.
Although Amber was very satisfied with the military chief of the battalion-level unit having such blood, she privately warned Terak to pay attention to putting the brakes on Monton.
"Then tell me, how can our second battalion be inferior to their first battalion? Why is it that their first battalion is the "assault spearhead" when the whole brigade attacks?
If I were to say, it's because you, the deputy battalion commander, were too docile when you went to the front command to hold a combat meeting! Why the hell don't you dare to fight with the brigade commander?!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
As soon as Monton said this, Terak hadn't said anything yet, but Memphis, who was sitting on the side eating melons and watching the show, laughed first.
"Monton, you have guts! Next time I want to see how you fight the brigade commander!"
Lieutenant Memphis' words instantly evoked some bad memories for Monton.
That was the experience of being carried out of the building by Amber like a "chicken" in the simulated siege battle
Thinking of Amber, his brigade commander and boss, and his terrible individual combat power, Monton immediately became honest.
However, it is not difficult to see from his expression that he is still upset about not receiving the main attack mission.
In fact, even Telak's face was seen by Memphis with the same look.
Like Baninger, this veteran who had been with Amber for a long time looked at the two fur balls and said with a smile:
"Don't be unwilling, you have not been under the boss for too long and don't understand his style."
Lieutenant Memphis opened the enemy situation map on the vehicle command terminal and continued:
"Since the brigade commander personally led the team to participate in this combat mission, the real 'assault spearhead' must be the HCP company led by him.
It doesn't matter who is the main attacker in the first and second heavy composite battalions. The protagonist of this battle is not you.
Even if you are good at fighting, can you fight as well as the HCP driven by the brigade commander?"
Lieutenant Memphis' words gradually made the two Roma people come back to their senses, and they soon thought of the 'inhuman' combat effectiveness of the HCP driven by Amber.
The time chosen by the Atlas Mixed Composite Brigade to attack was midnight.
As 'D time' got closer and closer, the combat units, after a short alternating rest, also entered the final preparations before the assault.
At D-30, the brigade headquarters had completed the transfer and entered the mobile mode to move to the rear of the attacking unit. The firepower battalion was also at a position one-quarter of the range of the attacking unit, and completed the preparation for firepower support.
Because after the assault began, the troops kept moving forward. If they stayed at the maximum support distance for safety, they would have to start moving forward in a few rounds.
At D-20, the four battalions that formed the attack formation had moved to the position of the "attack preparation line". The RQ220 "Observer" that had survived from the morning to the present also completed the reconnaissance of the enemy positions overhead.
At D-10, the first heavy composite battalion crossed the "attack launch line". At the same time, the three imperial armored combined battalions that had been supplemented also sounded the combat alarm.
At D, the artillery group of the firepower battalion of the composite brigade covered the fire and fired the first shot of the counterattack.
In the night, laser and charged particle cannon beams flashed over the enemy positions. That was a sign that the HCP used its excellent reconnaissance and sighting equipment to intercept the 155 shells that had just passed the top of the parabola.
The two heavy composite battalions in the front also launched an attack under the cover of firepower.
But the imperial troops guarding the position found that although the firepower of the two battalion-level units on the opposite side was very strong, they had been attacking for a while, but they had not launched an attack, but had been firing at each other.
D+10 points, in the orbit of Rubion V, several warships of defense companies were surprised to find that the Atlas light cruiser with "Hermes" printed on the side had actually descended to a low orbit.
And it also showed a strange and dangerous posture of "head down".
Just as they were guessing in the communication channel whether there was something wrong with the power system of this light cruiser, they found that the muzzle of the quadruple heavy particle cannon on the bow of the warship flashed blue and white light.
At this time, in the captain's seat of the Hermes, Cliffs was facing a "Checklist" on the virtual screen on the right, and nervously commanding.
"Main guns are ready to fire at all gun ports. The mass of bismuth alloy is increased to 2000 grams, and the initial velocity of heavy metal particle flow is reduced to 500 kilometers per second!"
"The high-energy laser at the front of the warship adjusts the wavelength to 8MM and begins atmospheric interference! Target, the attack direction of the combined brigade, the deployment position of the enemy armored combined battalion!"
Several invisible lasers began to "evenly heat" the attack channel to minimize the diffraction value of the atmosphere.
Immediately afterwards, four blue-white "beams" swept along this channel with uniform atmospheric density, temperature and humidity, and quickly disappeared into the atmosphere.