hsntnovel Chapter 271 The Already Broken Steel Defense Line
Chapter 271 The Already Broken Steel Defense Line
These air assault brigades' robots quickly launched a counter-offensive towards the southwest, nimbly weaving among the various silicon-based organisms.
Its body, less than two meters long, prevents medium and larger silicon-based creatures from launching attacks indiscriminately in battle, while the firepower of small and medium-sized silicon-based creatures is insufficient to penetrate their armor. However, the heavy electromagnetic machine guns wielded by these heavily armored robots kill these small and medium-sized silicon-based creatures after several volleys.
After advancing a certain distance, the information relayed by the robot allowed the three senior commanders to discover a change in the enemy's tactics.
"The four super-heavy tanks inside Fortress 1 will rendezvous with the Fifth Heavy Combined Armor Brigade and move eastward around the Giant Array Base to eliminate all mobile silicon-based creatures."
"The 2nd Medium Combined Arms Brigade and the 7th Infantry Division move north to the 12th section of the second line of defense at Stonehenge, accompanied by 8 super-heavy tanks. Objective: to annihilate all war behemoths and large silicon-based creatures converging on this location."
"Super heavy tanks numbered 13 to 16, hold your positions and prepare to board the ship."
"The initial objectives of the 1st and 3rd medium combined arms brigades remain unchanged. They shall quickly infiltrate from the enemy's flank. Target: Section 5 of the 2nd line of defense at Stonehenge Base."
"The 2nd Sharp Knife Assault Team quickly disengaged from the battlefield, prepared to board the ship, and headed to the east of the second line of defense at Stonehenge Base, at the junction of the 9th and 10th sections, to join forces with the 5th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade to launch a pincer attack and swiftly annihilate the enemy conventional forces gathered there."
"The 27th and 28th Armed Helicopter Battalions of the 103rd Army Aviation Regiment shall immediately turn and proceed to Fortress No. 2 north of Stonehenge to block enemy reinforcements."
"The 32nd and 33rd Armed Helicopter Battalions of the 104th Army Aviation Regiment shall remain in place."
A series of instructions were issued from the flagship, and the movements of each unit changed rapidly, strictly following the orders issued by the flagship.
Meanwhile, the old knight, with the major's assistance, had donned his own power armor, with a slightly oversized high-frequency knight's sword hanging at his waist and a laser shoulder cannon in a folded state mounted on his back.
After activating his power armor, the old knight took the lead and headed towards the second section of the second line of defense at Stonehenge, the breach that had been blasted open and the area with the highest intensity of the fighting.
The major robot followed two meters diagonally behind the old knight, traversing the smoke-filled battlefield, and arrived at the front-line command post.
"Ryan Ironside, how's the situation on the front lines?"
The blond knight looked up and saw the old knight, dressed in a classic set of heavy knight armor, appear in the command post.
He straightened up, placed his right hand on his chest and his left hand close to his side, and gave a knightly salute before speaking.
"Our soldiers' losses were not too high, with a total of 25 soldiers killed, two seriously wounded, and 42 slightly wounded. However, the airborne battalion lost more than half of its robots."
"After the arrival of the 8th Infantry Division, the second line of defense was re-secured, but the enemy's offensive intentions became stronger, and the casualty rate of friendly forces continued to rise."
As the old knight listened to Ain's report, he turned to look at the information displayed on the command post screen.
[Warning! Enemy response detected at maintenance port 14 in the third section of the second line of defense at Stonehenge Base. A large number of small silicon-based bio-engineered creatures have attacked the front line. The first reserve team has suffered more than half casualties. Requesting reinforcements!]
Ain's face instantly darkened, and just as she was about to say something, she was stopped by the old knight.
"Leave this area to me; I'll take the second reserve team and take over."
Seeing that Ain was hesitant, the old knight raised his fist and pounded heavily on the power armor.
"This is some new stuff from our allies, you can have it first."
The blond knight once again placed his right hand on his chest and gave the old knight a solemn knightly salute.
The old knight returned the greeting and then left the front-line command post with the major robot.
"Second reserve team, assemble!"
The 8rd Medium Combined Arms Brigade, along with the infantry fighting units of the 102nd Brigade, continued to infiltrate and disrupt the enemy's offensive rhythm. The 11th Artillery Division would deploy two siege-type super-heavy tanks and eight 155mm vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns to provide fire support for them.
After the 1st Medium Combined Arms Brigade completed its defensive line, the logistics base that had completed the delivery of 30mm close-in weapon systems sent them ammunition supplies and some engineering materials.
Under the full suppression of artillery fire from the rear, the robots of the 101st Brigade quickly completed the construction of the second line of defense, with a large number of aerogel bunkers and portable sandbags being deployed.
However, the 101st Brigade's robots were not stationed between the two lines of defense, but instead deployed a sufficient number of shaped-charge anti-tank mines and simple automatic turrets.
On the other side, the 2nd Combined Arms Brigade and the 7th Infantry Division followed behind eight super-heavy tanks, cutting through the entire area and successfully reaching their designated positions.
The walls here are already crumbling, and three war behemoths not far away are preparing for their third attack.
Guided by the airborne command aircraft, the eight super-heavy tanks and the accompanying 120mm mortars locked onto each other and unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of high-explosive shells.
Under the interference of a large number of high-explosive shells, all three war behemoths and 10 large silicon-based creatures in this area were disrupted, and the shells fired hastily tore several empty channels in the friendly aircraft formation.
Subsequently, the 7th Infantry Division quickly advanced, rushing towards more than ten damaged repair passages below the city wall to halt the enemy's offensive momentum.
Meanwhile, eight super-heavy tanks and the Second Heavy Combined Arms Brigade advanced rapidly and established a temporary defensive line outside the wall.
As the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle moved, the accompanying infantry units jumped off and used their various weapons to weaken the silicon-based creatures in front of them.
The wheeled infantry fighting vehicles of the 2nd Medium Combined Arms Brigade roared wildly, unleashing barrages of 30mm cannon fire that covered all medium-sized and smaller silicon-based creatures in the surrounding area.
The 105mm assault gun rotated its turret and aimed at the medium-sized silicon-based creatures with the highest priority in the surrounding area.
The 120mm wheeled mortar-howitzer stopped in the center of the line and began firing special smoke grenades to disrupt the enemy's main force.
Eight super-heavy tanks were positioned at the outermost edge of the defensive line, using forward-mounted weapons and main guns to destroy and weaken the enemy's main force.
As the defense lines on the verge of collapse were stabilized, the air force had completed its resupply and took off again, reaching the airspace above the battlefield.
"Attention all air force units: divide the battlefield and drive enemy forces to their respective defensive salients."
Upon receiving the order, the 56 fighter jets in the sky were divided into several groups and flew toward the targets assigned to them by Cleveland.
Under attacks from 140mm armor-piercing rockets and 30mm cannons, these silicon-based biological clusters successfully showed signs of migration.
Subsequently, armed helicopter units from the 101st Air Assault Brigade and the 102nd Air Drop Brigade returned to the battlefield, cooperating with the firepower of the 11th Artillery Division to continue driving away these silicon-based organisms.
Meanwhile, Cormorant and Scorpion drones constantly shuttled back and forth in the air, continuously delivering various supplies to the defense lines.
Logistics units are also constantly launching airdrop pods to provide support to various defense lines.