Chapter 403 Time to counterattack!

  The clouds are like a boiling flame, black and red are intertwined, and the whole sky seems to be burning.

  The rain of bullets flying all over the sky seemed unable to stop the black curtain from falling, and it was seen that billowing thick smoke had engulfed a corner of the majestic castle.

   Even if the flame is weak like a cloud of dust.

   But still shatters the myth that the shield is unbreakable.

  Following the burst of flames from the right wing, all the sergeants on the land showed surprised expressions, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

   And a touch of uneasiness.

"…what happened?"

   "Why is the engine broken again?"

   "Something seemed to hit me just now..."

   "How is it possible! The defense of the deflector shield is absolute, how can something pass through!"

   "Is that a parachute? Or my illusion..."

   "Are those lunatics planning to land on the Heart of Iron?!"

   "What can those few people do... just one or two centurions."

   Although the engine on one side is broken, no one is worried that something will happen there.

  As the lowest-tech thing on the Heart of Steel, the row of engines connected to the wings often breaks down, so it's no surprise if it breaks.

  The most common accessories in their airship inventory are propeller blades.

   It's just that the plan to transfer and deploy, I'm afraid it will be delayed for more than two weeks...

   Also looking in the direction of the Heart of Steel, Rachel opened her mouth in a little surprise.

  From the moment there was commotion in the sky just now, the observation cabin of the airship couldn't take care of them.

  He didn't know what the natives did.

   But looking at the airship that lost its balance, he probably understood that he probably couldn't count on air support for a while.

  At least wait for the airship to stabilize again.

but…

   It doesn't matter anymore.

   Looking away from the airship, Rachel narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at a ruin 2 kilometers ahead.

   It was an abandoned town.

  The pitted soil is strewn with broken walls, and the small country-style villas are covered with vines and moss, and the rain and snow of years can be seen everywhere.

  The small town is quiet, and no movement can be seen. However, under the seemingly calm water surface, there is an undercurrent and a turbulent spiral brewing.

   stood beside him.

  The deputy, who was also wearing a black exoskeleton, held the binoculars in his hand, looked around cautiously, and said in an affirmative tone.

   "The defensive bunker... But it's very simple, they probably didn't have time to prepare."

  About an hour ago, the observation cabin of the Heart of Steel found an unidentified team of a thousand people approaching them from the southeast, and seemed to be planning to enter the urban area of ​​Ruigu City.

  Considering that there are native guerrillas active in the urban area of ​​Ruigu City, the staff of the Iron Heart immediately judged that this team should be the reinforcements sent to support the guerrillas.

Of course, it was impossible for General McLenne to let this team sneak into the city under his nose, so he immediately issued an order to the Air Marine Corps, asking Rachel to stop the team in the city before it entered the city. outside.

  Compared to the small force that attacked them before, an armed force of a thousand people can undoubtedly be regarded as a big fish.

  Although in front of the legion, it is still an ant.

However, Rachel did not relax his vigilance because of the insignificance of the opponent. Immediately after receiving the order, he led three thousand-man teams to cooperate with more than 2,000 followers, and divided them into three directions to attack the thousand-man armed forces that reinforced the guerrillas in the city. Surrounded up.

  The plan is going well.

  With the help of aerial reconnaissance, they successfully blocked the advance route of the team, forcing them to give up entering the urban area of ​​Ruigu City and evacuate to the south.

  Of course Rachel would not let this big fish escape, and immediately mobilized armored troops to block their escape route, and drove it to the edge of the forest.

   It seemed that they knew they couldn't escape, so these natives simply gave up and hid in a small town on the southern outskirts of Ruigu City, intending to use the limited bunker here to fight to the death with the legion's pursuers.

  5000 vs. 1000.

   And there is support from armored units.

  Although the firefight has not yet officially started, the outcome has clearly been decided.

   Bean-sized raindrops fell from the helmet's eyepiece, and the corner of the adjutant's mouth curled up into a mocking smile.

   "It's a pity that we can't blow them up for a round first, otherwise the battle should be over within ten minutes."

   "It doesn't matter."

  Rachel said something indifferently, took off the walkie-talkie hanging on his shoulder, and said in a cold voice.

   "All fire freely!"

   "The First and Second Thousand suppressed the West and East."

   "First Armored Squadron, cooperate with the 3,000th Squadron to attack from the north!"

   A neat response came from the communication channel.

"yes!"

  The war machine starts.

Twenty "Scorpion" wheeled infantry vehicles started their engines first, and the dual 45mm gun barrels on the turrets were aimed at the town, lined up like sharp arrows, and rolled forward at a leisurely pace. .

  At the same time, the 3,000th Team dispatched two Centuries, which were broken up into 20 teams, and they followed closely behind the chariot and advanced together.

  Each team consists of two heavy infantrymen holding machine guns and wearing heavy armor, and eight light infantrymen wearing basic protective equipment.

  In addition, thirty "Hyena" light armored vehicles also started their engines, and they were divided into two groups to cover the two wings of the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle formation.

  The quadruple 10mm machine gun installed on the turret exudes a cold light, just like the teeth of hyenas.

  In addition, nearly 500 followers were also pushed to the front.

  These wastelanders held Ripper rifles in their hands, bayonets were already hung on the chambers, and their eyes were half excited and half fearful.

  The rest is nervous and confused.

  As a cannon fodder unit, they will launch the first round of impact under the cover of hyena light armored vehicles.

   However, it is different from the regular army protected by vehicles.

  The light vehicles that set off with them will not follow them into the town, but will only provide them with fire cover on the periphery.

  If you dare to escape...

  The thick and long barrels will aim at them without hesitation.

  Looking at the town that had been completely surrounded, Rachel narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of joy gradually appeared in the pupils full of killing intent.

   This pleasure does not come from the killing itself, but from the correction of mistakes.

   Needless to say.

   Those barbarians who resist order are the root of all chaos and evil.

  They rudely occupy the inheritance that does not belong to them, squander undeserved favors with their humble lives, and linger on like cockroaches and mice.

   Mutants, wastelanders, and those alien races... all barbarians, they are essentially the same.

   Only by expelling all these dirty blood from this land can this land be restored to purity.

   Only in this way can the great Willant people rebuild the kingdom of heaven on this planet.

   And go to more distant worlds to expand territories.

  The No. 1 Armored Squadron is only one kilometer away from the town, and the double-mounted 45mm guns of the "Scorpion" infantry vehicles lined up in the front formation have begun to unleash ferocious firepower.

   Driven by heavy machine guns, the soldiers of the subordinate army who were pushed to the front shouted like crazy, trying to dispel the fear in their chests, facing the bullets whizzing around their heads, they rushed towards the town like wolves.

   At the same time, behind the ruined walls, gun flames that endowed resistance began to flicker.

  However, in the face of heavy machine guns and artillery shells, the beams of gun flames are like candles flickering in a storm, crumbling and may be extinguished at any time...

  The outermost defenses of the town have been disintegrated.

   Of the 500 retinue soldiers, there are only more than 100 soldiers left.

  The combat effectiveness of these wastelanders is quite poor, but as cannon fodder, their performance is much better than that of the clone infantry, and driven by the desire to survive, they can always burst out with miraculous power.

  Watching the defense line of the natives continue to shrink under the crushing firepower, the cruel smile on the corner of Rachel's mouth became more and more obvious, and a trace of fanaticism gradually appeared on his face—

   Or crazy.

   "Soldiers! Forward!"

   "Use your bullets, bayonets, daggers, and teeth... to gut these filthy insects! Slaughter them in the most brutal way!"

   "Then use their blood to lubricate our tires! Let those barbarians know the end of disobedience!"

  …

  West District of Ruigu City.

  The artillery position hidden in the mountainous area is now full of billowing smoke, messy everywhere.

  Maybe it is intended to be reserved for higher-value targets. The opponent did not use a slow-loading 400mm bore-launched rocket, but a 100mm cannon.

  However, the counter firepower came faster than expected, faster than everyone expected.

  Coughing dryly, he climbed out of the bunker, Yang Shu wiped the ashes from his face, searched around the black and white ground, and finally saw a half-buried hand.

  He was overjoyed, and staggered forward, trying to dig out the buried comrade.

  However, when he held that hand and was about to use his strength, he pulled out the half arm directly.

  Looking at the half-severed hand in his hand, Yang Shu stared blankly for a few seconds, and finally took off his coat silently, and wrapped it up.

  At this time, there was a cough next to him.

  Hearing the movement in the ruins, he hurried towards the sound again, and finally found a living person this time.

   That face was buried in the soil, the left half was burned black, but the lips were still moving, and there was still weak breathing.

  He recognized this face. The young man was called Stove, and like him, he was a refugee who fled from the north.

  Seeing the captain's face, those pupils that had lost color suddenly brightened a bit.

"team leader…"

   "Don't move around! I'll help you out!"

  Yang Shu removed the stone on his body, and brought a shovel from the side.

  Looking at the captain who was digging the earth anxiously, the buried young man gave a dry cough, choking the mud out of his mouth.

   "Captain, where are our guns..."

   "Blow it up to those grandchildren! Fuck, it's so accurate...Leave that thing alone!"

"team leader…"

   "What the **** is wrong with you!"

   "I...can't feel my legs..."

   The hand holding the shovel paused.

  Yang Shu gritted his teeth and continued to dig.

   "I'll buy you one!"

  Stove grinned.

  He knew the captain couldn't afford it, it wasn't cheap.

   But he didn't expose it.

   "Captain, I... have we won yet?"

  Yang Shu glanced back at the burning sky, as well as the billowing smoke that permeated the edge of the airship, as well as strings of tracers drilling into the sky from time to time.

  He wasn't sure about the situation over there.

   But he had no doubts in his heart.

"…Most definitely!"

  At the same time, at the end of his gaze, behind the thick smoke pouring like a waterfall, the cruel and **** fight has just begun.

  The flames sprayed from the muzzle of the gun jumped on the steel-covered deck like beams of flashing thunder.

  The pouring rain washed away the viscous blood and broken flesh, and the scarlet and broken armor rolled and fell to the ground as far away as an abyss.

However-

  Even if they suffer continuous casualties, they still cannot stop those who are still alive from moving forward.

  The hatch the size of the manhole cover was pushed upwards, and the soldiers in heavy armor with traction ropes hanging from their waists climbed up to the dome through ladders, trying to stop the Burning Corps from rushing towards the thick and long barrel.

  However, as soon as one of them showed his head, he was pierced by an arrow through his head, and fell back into the cabin of the airship along with the rainwater poured in from the cross flow.

  With an assault rifle in his hand, Ye Shi looked at Fang Chang in surprise.

   "Damn, you brought Li Xiao with you?"

   "What else? Keep it for the New Year?"

  Fang Chang chuckled, but his hands kept moving, and a high-explosive arrow precisely nailed the hand holding the hatch cover.

   The screams of pain were disturbed by the high-altitude airflow.

  The marine soldier who fell back into the cabin took back the high-explosive arrow with a time-delayed fuze.

   It exploded quickly with a bang, and there were many casualties under the ladder. The scorching air rushed upwards, and the round hatch on the top shook for a while.

  At this time, Lao Bai's voice came from the communication channel, as well as gunshots like firecrackers.

   "Don't mess with those infantry!"

"keep going!"

  Fang Chang looked solemn, and said immediately.

"receive!"

   Only two hundred soldiers successfully landed.

   There are still many marine soldiers and crew members on the airship, so many people cannot be killed by them alone.

  Their goal is not to capture the entire airship.

   Instead, destroy the artillery positions on this airship!

  Under Lao Bai's order, the Burning Corps quickly divided into two groups. One group, led by Gust, went to the artillery fire area at the front of the airship, and went straight to the twelve ground support artillery directly in front of the airship.

  The other group was led by Lao Bai himself, and went straight to the 400mm main gun that stood like a chimney!

   A group of people quickly rushed to the side of the gun barrel, staring at the towering gun barrel, Ye Shi couldn't help but clicked his tongue.

   "Damn, with such a big gun barrel, I feel like people can get in!"

   Lao Bai's heart moved, and he looked at Fang Chang who was wearing a light cavalry exoskeleton.

   "You lead a group of people to rush in through the gun barrel, and I will lead the rest of the people to attack through the hatch!"

   Fang Chang nodded immediately.

"Let me try!"

   After that, he climbed onto the gun barrel, gestured with his shoulders, and found that he could just go in, so he immediately waved behind him, and led the team members into it without hesitation.

  This kind of large-caliber artillery, in order to prevent the ammunition from detonating, the ammunition is generally not ready to fire at any time, but will only be loaded when it is fired.

  As a ten-man team rushed in, there was soon the sound of gunfire under the barrel.

   It was too late to confirm the situation inside.

  Old Bai immediately summoned the others to deploy thermite, which burned large holes in the dome of the airship.

  The armor of the Heart of Steel is not just a thin layer of iron skin, there are also alloy skeletons used as supporting structures horizontally under the steel shell.

  The structure of these steel bars is extremely hard, and I am afraid that even the "switch knife" will rarely explode.

  Old Bai immediately changed his mind, led the people to the nearest hatch, took out thermite and stuck it on.

  White light flashes, hatch blows off.

   Immediately afterwards, a smoke bomb was dropped, and Lao Bai, who was wearing a heavy cavalry exoskeleton, clamped the assault rifle under his arm, jumped into the smoke covered by the hail of bullets, and was the first to enter the corridor directly below.

   More than a hundred soldiers of the Burning Corps filed in, and quickly dispersed in a small group of four.

   The corridor battle, which was bloodier and crueler than the street battle, soon began.

  The combat distance shall not exceed ten meters.

  The two sides used the corridor as the battlefield, relying on the rooms, doors on both sides, and the corners of the corridor as bunkers, fighting for every inch of space in the tragic fight.

  Corps can be seen everywhere in the corridor. The pungent smell of gunpowder covers up the stench of scorched flesh and blood, and life is disappearing in seconds.

  In the sound of the gunshot that shattered the eardrums, everyone was red-eyed.

  Whether you are a player of the Burning Legion or a soldier of the Legion!

   After killing a **** path in the corridor, Lao Bai led Ye Shi and quickly rushed to the door of the 400mm main gun bay.

  The two of them leaned on one side of the door tacitly, and read Lao Bai's eyes, and Ye Shi pulled out the shock bomb stuck in his chest, ready to break through the door.

   Just then, there were two knocks on the door.

  Old Bai was slightly taken aback, and immediately stretched out his hand to open the door.

   Fang Chang, covered in blood, was standing behind the door.

  I saw that the exoskeleton was already fragmented, and there were countless bullet holes printed on the crumbling polymer material breastplate. It was impossible to tell whether the person was supporting the exoskeleton or the exoskeleton was supporting the person walking.

  His left hand was leaning on the wall, and his right hand was holding an LD-47 assault rifle. Blood dripped down the muzzle of the gun on the ground.

  However, even with this ghostly appearance, his expression was still calm, and he even squeezed out a smile from his face.

   Before Lao Bai could ask what happened, the sound of an explosion came from not far in front of him, and the scorching air and dust rolled out of the door.

  Fang Chang coughed, breathing steadily and said.

"The ammunition magazine is not here... After entering the gun bay from the barrel, I only saw the sighting system and the loader. My team and I killed the gunner, and then put thermite on the loader, It should be gone by now."

   He was the only one left standing here, and obviously all the team members who went down with him were killed.

  But after hearing his words, Lao Bai's tense nerves relaxed a little.

  According to the combat plan, if the ammunition depot of the 400mm main gun is found, use the bombs there to restrain the people on the airship, or directly blow up the airship according to the situation.

  If you can’t find it, at least blow up the gun barrel and paralyze the air support firepower of the Legion at all costs!

   Now, that goal is clearly close to being accomplished.

  With the loss of the 400mm main gun, the ground firepower of the Heart of Steel will be reduced by more than half!

   "Good job!"

  Looking at Fang Chang covered in blood, Lao Bai grinned and said jokingly.

   "My little girlfriend who has been with you for so long, I am still wondering if your skills may be rusty... Now it seems that I am thinking too much."

   "You have a lot of ideas."

   Wiping the blood off his face, Fang Chang also smiled faintly, adjusting his breathing while not forgetting to correct him.

   "And I should have said, we're not in the relationship you think we are."

  Old Bai looked at him in surprise.

"real or fake?"

  Ye Shi smiled, frowned and said.

   "You don't understand this, what people enjoy is that kind of ambiguous feeling."

   "Fuck off."

  Fang Chang rolled his eyes, too lazy to talk nonsense with this guy.

   Just when he was about to say something, the previously misfired gunfire sounded again, and the bullets whizzed from the side of the corridor.

  The crowd retreated while fighting back, and withdrew to the gun bay of the 400mm main gun.

   "Damn it...these big noses are also ruthless enough. Just after one team was killed, another team came up immediately."

  Even as opponents, Fang Chang has to admit that these people are really strong in terms of fighting will.

  If it was a group of looters, they might have killed the entire airship by now.

  How can it not be surrounded here.

  There was a chattering sound in the corridor outside the door.

   Listening to the content, it seems to be persuading surrender.

   "You are surrounded!"

   "General McCllen promised that as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, he will allow you to leave here alive."

  There was a lot of noise outside, and Lao Bai heard that he didn't understand it, so he looked at Fang Chang who was at the side.

   "What are they beeping about?"

  Fang Chang said casually.

   "I'm trying to persuade you to surrender."

  Old Bai was taken aback for a moment, then looked towards the door and cursed.

   "Persuading to surrender? Haha, **** off, I made so much effort to climb up just to surrender? Let him eat shit!"

  After scolding, Lao Bai realized that the other party didn't understand, so he quickly looked at Fang Chang again.

   "You translate for them!"

  Fang Chang sighed, and reluctantly translated this nonsense.

  The sergeants crowded outside were taken aback by the scolding, but soon came back to their senses, screamed and cursed back.

  Even Fang Chang couldn't understand what they were talking about this time. Seeing several teammates looking at him, he shrugged helplessly.

   "I guess it's a West Coast dialect..."

  Ye Shi sighed.

   "You said that if they jump over the wall in a hurry and don't talk about martial arts, what's the deal with mine or throwing explosives directly at us?"

  Fang Chang chuckled.

   "It doesn't matter. Anyway, here is their crystal. If they plan to raise the 400mm main gun together, even if it is done."

"Haha, that's right! Feel free to come if you want to blow up!" Lao Bai smiled heartily, grinned, and continued, "Anyway, the 400mm main gun has been disabled, and our mission has been completed! Now we have to do as much as possible." Hold and wait for reinforcements..."

   Taking a breath, he focused his gaze on the door leading to the corridor not far away, rubbing the trigger with his index finger.

   "The rest... depends on the wind!"

  …

  The command post several kilometers away from the artillery position.

  As the messenger, I was the darkest. I trotted back to Brother Quanshui, and gave a military salute with a sense of substitution.

"Report!"

   "The feint attack team failed to reach the southern urban area to start defense! They implemented the planned No. 3 plan and retreated to a small town next to Highway 417 in the southern suburbs!"

   Commander Quanshui, holding a telescope, nodded.

"I see."

  According to the original plan, the mixed formation of thousands of people led by the Silver Corps and other third-line corps will go to the southern urban area of ​​Ruigu City and rely on the fortifications built in advance to launch defenses.

  Wait until the bait restrains the enemy's large forces, the Death Corps scattered in the city and three thousand-man mercenaries will launch a general attack, using anti-tank equipment to annihilate the enemy's armored units and force the enemy to leave the city.

   Immediately afterwards, the skeleton corps equipped with armored units will join the flying attack formation of the goblin corps to launch a fatal blow to the retreating legion.

  As for the Jungle Corps, they will perform the final operation of "air support".

  However, it is impossible to expect every aspect of the plan to be executed perfectly.

  The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly.

   While he is playing cards, the opponent is also playing cards.

  According to the pre-established combat plan, if the feint attack team fails to arrive, it can only retreat to "No. 417 Township", and the center of gravity of the ground battlefield can only be moved from the southern urban area to the southern suburbs.

  As one of the alternatives, that small town also has fortifications they dug secretly.

   It's just that compared to the positions they prepared in the urban area, the position there can only be described by the word "poor".

  Due to the existence of airships, they were unable to construct large-scale construction projects in small towns with fewer shelters, and they could only construct at night. Therefore, they only had time to prepare some simple bomb craters and sandbags, and there was no underground passage connecting the bunkers.

   Standing next to the spring commander, Kakarot frowned and said.

   "There are at least three thousand-man teams besieging the feint attack group. I'm afraid they won't last long..."

  The mixed thousand-man team is mainly composed of some life professional players and casual players with combat experience.

  Although there are many awakened people and veterans who have participated in more than 6 battles, their overall combat effectiveness is quite limited, which is obviously incomparable with the regular army of the alliance.

  Even if their morale is high, they are ready to fight to the last person.

  Commander Quanshui frowned, holding the binoculars and looking at the blurred outline in the south, he suddenly spoke.

   "How many guns do we have?"

   "Report! The artillery position is completely annihilated! Only the last 20 unexposed rockets are left as support fire!" Even though the situation is in dire straits, my blackest salute is still very energetic.

   "Where's the plane?" Commander Quanshui asked calmly.

  I replied immediately in the darkest way: "The Dragonfly transport plane is completely annihilated, and the Mosquito attack aircraft formation of the Goblin Corps is still full!"

  Looking at the spring water in deep thought, Kakarot, who was standing aside, couldn't help but said.

"The opponent is equipped with a large number of quadruple-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns, and those things are not the ones that the Bonechewer tribe improvised. If they are handed over to the Goblin Corps, I am afraid there is only one chance... How about I bring a team to support them. "

  The Storm Corps still has more than 300 people on standby in the jungle, ready to respond everywhere.

  However, even if this number of people is filled in, it is a drop in the bucket, and they will be eaten by the opponent in minutes.

   Not only can't relieve the pressure of the feint group, but it may become passive.

  It is also impossible to order the death corps to attack in advance.

  If the general attack is launched before the enemy artillery position is paralyzed, once the enemy's support firepower recovers, all targets exposed outside the bunker will become live targets.

   "Not yet!"

  Commander Quanshui looked in the direction of the Heart of Steel, and his originally calm mood could not help but feel anxious.

   Originally, in his expectation, after breaking through the defense line, half of the people should land on the dome of the Iron Heart.

  However, after the paratroopers jumped down, more than half of them were killed or injured before they landed, and those who successfully landed may not be able to make up two centurions.

  Even though he had made the worst assumptions and expected the opponent's combat power to the maximum, the firepower limit of the Heart of Steel still exceeded his expectations.

  Especially in the end they actually used the showy operation of aiming the engine at the sky.

  If it weren't for Luo Yu's last-minute judgment, the Burning Corps that forcibly landed might have been wiped out.

  Although he didn't doubt the fighting power of those bosses, the victory or defeat in the air has undoubtedly become the biggest variable on the entire battlefield.

  Thinking quickly, just as the spring was thinking about the countermeasures, a string of fire suddenly flashed in the air.

  I saw a ball of fire suddenly exploded in the front and lower gun compartment of the airship, and the burning flames engulfed twelve gun barrels pointing forward.

  At the same time, a slender wisp of red smoke floated out of the barrel of the 400mm main gun almost at the same time.

  Although in the dark fog and pouring rain, the wisp of red smoke was faint like a flickering candle in a storm, but everyone on the ground could still clearly see its existence.

  Looking blankly at the sky, Kakarot muttered something.

   "Fuck, awesome!"

   Was it really blown up? !

  Seeing the flames blooming in the sky, the cloud on Quanshui's face was swept away, and his eyes instantly beamed with joy.

   It's done!

not only that-

   Even faster than planned.

   Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered.

   "The rocket artillery position opens fire immediately! The armored group on the north side of the target town!"

   "Also, notify the Edge dude!"

   "It's time to fight back!"

  (end of this chapter)