Chapter 402 Counterattack time!

The clouds were like boiling flames, black and red intertwined, and the whole sky seemed to be burning.

The flying bullets seemed unable to stop the black curtain from falling, and the billowing smoke had engulfed a corner of the towering castle.

Even though the flame was as weak as a piece of dust.

But it still shattered the myth of the unbreakable shield.

As the flames of the right wing burst, the soldiers on the land showed surprised expressions, their eyes full of disbelief.

And a hint of uneasiness.

"...What happened?"

"Why did the engine break down again?"

"It seemed like something hit it just now..."

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

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

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

"What can those people do...at most, there are only one or two hundred-man teams."

Although one engine was broken, no one was worried about anything happening there.

As the least technologically advanced thing on the Iron Heart, the row of engines connected to the wings often malfunction, so it's no big deal if they break down.

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

However, the plan for transfer and deployment may be delayed for more than two weeks...

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

From the moment the commotion in the air just now, the observation cabin of the airship has not taken care of them.

He didn't know what the natives had done.

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

At least he had to wait until the airship stabilized again.

But...

It didn't matter.

Retracting his sight from the airship, Rachel looked at a ruin 2 kilometers ahead and squinted his eyes slightly.

It was an abandoned town.

Broken walls were scattered on the bumpy soil, and the country-style villas were covered with vines and moss, and the rain and snow of the years could be seen everywhere.

The town was quiet, and there was no movement. However, under the seemingly calm water surface, a spiral of undercurrents was brewing.

Standing next to him.

The deputy, who was also wearing a black exoskeleton, held a telescope and carefully observed a circle, and said in an affirmative tone.

"The defensive bunker... but it's very simple. They probably didn't have time to prepare it."

About an hour ago, the observation cabin of the Iron Heart discovered an unidentified team of 1,000 people approaching them from the southeast, seemingly intending to enter the urban area of ​​Ruigu City.

Considering that there are guerrillas of indigenous people active in the urban area of ​​Ruigu City, the Iron Heart's detachment immediately judged that this team should be sent to support the guerrillas.

Of course, General McLennan couldn't let this team slip into the city under his nose, so he immediately issued an order to the Air Marine Corps, requiring Rachel to stop this force outside the city before it entered the city.

Compared with the small force that attacked them before, an armed force of 1,000 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 opponent's smallness. After receiving the order, he immediately led three thousand-man teams to cooperate with more than 2,000 entourage troops, divided into three directions, and surrounded the thousand-man armed forces that reinforced the guerrillas in the city.

The plan went smoothly.

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

Rachel certainly would not let this big fish escape. He immediately mobilized armored forces to block their escape route and drove them to the edge of the forest.

It seemed that they knew they could not escape, so these natives simply gave up escaping and hid in a small town in the southern suburbs of Ruigu City, intending to fight to the death with the legion's pursuers with the limited shelter here.

5,000 to 1,000.

And there was also support from armored units.

Although the exchange of fire had not officially started, the outcome was obviously decided.

As the big raindrops slid down the helmet eyepiece, the corner of the adjutant's mouth curled up with a slightly mocking smile.

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

"It doesn't matter."

Rachel said indifferently, took off the intercom hanging on her shoulder, and said in a cold voice.

"Everyone, open fire freely!"

"The first and second thousand-man teams suppress the west and east sides."

"The first armored squadron, cooperate with the third thousand-man team to attack from the north!"

A neat response came from the communication channel.

"Yes!"

The war machine started.

Twenty "Scorpion" wheeled infantry fighting vehicles started the engine first, and the twin 45mm gun barrels on the turret were aimed at the town. They were arranged in a formation like a front, and rolled forward slowly.

At the same time, the 3000-man team sent out two 100-man teams, and divided them into 20 small teams, closely following the infantry fighting vehicles and advancing together.

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

In addition, 30 "Hyena" light armored vehicles also started their engines and 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 exuded a cold light, just like the teeth of a hyena.

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

These wastelanders held the ripper rifles in their hands, and the bayonets were already hung on the barrels. Half of their eyes were excited and half were afraid.

The rest were nervous and confused.

As cannon fodder troops, they will launch the first round of attacks under the cover of the Hyena light armored vehicles.

However, they were different from the regular troops protected by vehicles.

The light vehicles that set out with them would not follow them into the town, but would only provide firepower cover for them from the periphery.

If they dared to run away...

Those thick gun barrels would be aimed at them without hesitation.

Looking at the town that had been completely surrounded, Rachel narrowed her eyes slightly, and a trace of joy gradually emerged in her eyes full of murderous intent.

This joy did not come from killing itself, but from correcting mistakes.

There is no doubt about it.

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

They rudely occupy the heritage that does not belong to them, squander the grace that they do not deserve with their humble lives, and linger like cockroaches and rats.

Mutants, wastelanders, and those aliens... all barbarians 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 a more distant world to open up new territories.

The first armored squadron was only 1 kilometer away from the town. The twin 45mm guns of the "Scorpion" infantry fighting vehicles arranged in a front-line formation had begun to vent their fierce firepower.

Driven by heavy machine guns, the escort soldiers pushed to the front line shouted like crazy, trying to dispel the fear in their chests, and rushed towards the town like wolves with bullets whizzing overhead.

At the same time, behind the broken walls, the gun flames that gave stubborn resistance began to flicker.

However, facing the heavy machine guns and artillery shells, the gun flames were like candles swaying in the storm, shaky and could go out at any time...

The outermost defense of the town has been disintegrated.

Only more than 100 of the 500 escort soldiers were left.

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

Watching the natives' defense line shrinking under the crushing firepower, Rachel's cruel smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more obvious, and a hint of fanaticism gradually appeared on her face-

Or madness.

"Soldiers! Go forward!"

"Use your bullets, bayonets, daggers and teeth... to disembowel these dirty insects! Kill them in the most cruel way!"

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

...

West District of Ruigu City.

The artillery positions hidden in the mountains are now full of billowing smoke and ruins.

Perhaps intending to leave it for more valuable targets, the other side did not use the slow-loading 400mm chambered rockets, but used 100mm aircraft cannons.

However, the counter-fire came faster than expected, faster than everyone expected.

Crawling out of the bunker with a dry cough, Yang Shu wiped the dust off his face, searched around in the black and white battlefield, and finally saw a half-buried hand.

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

However, when he held the hand and was about to exert force, he pulled out the half arm directly.

Looking at the half-broken hand in his hand, Yang Shu's eyes were blank for a few seconds, and finally took off his coat silently and wrapped it up.

At this time, a cough came from the side.

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

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

He recognized this face. The young man was called Lu Zi. Like him, he was a refugee from the north.

Seeing the captain's face, the colorless eyes suddenly brightened up.

"Captain..."

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

Yang Shu moved the stone on him away and found a shovel from the side.

Looking at the captain who was anxiously digging the earth, the buried young man coughed dryly and choked out the mud in his mouth.

"Captain, where are our cannons..."

"They blew them up! Damn, they were so accurate... Don't worry about that thing for now!"

"Captain..."

"What the hell 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!"

Lu Zi grinned.

He knew the captain couldn't afford it, and that thing was not cheap.

But he didn't expose it.

"Captain, I... did we win?"

Yang Shu glanced back at the burning sky, the billowing smoke that filled the edge of the airship, and the strings of tracers that occasionally drilled into the sky.

He was not sure about the situation over there.

But he had no doubt in his heart.

"... It will definitely happen!"

At the same time, at the end of his sight, behind the smoke pouring like a waterfall, the cruel and bloody fight had just begun.

The fire from the muzzle jumped on the steel-covered deck, like a bunch of flashing lightning.

The pouring rain washed away the sticky blood and broken pieces of meat, and the scarlet and broken armor rolled and fell to the ground as far away as the abyss.

However——

Even with continuous casualties, it still couldn't stop the living people from moving forward.

The hatch as big as a manhole cover was pushed upwards. The heavily armored soldiers, with traction ropes hanging around their waists, climbed up the dome through the ladder, trying to stop the burning army from rushing towards the thick gun barrel.

However, as soon as one of them showed his head, he was pierced by an arrow in the head, and fell back into the cabin of the airship along with the rain flowing in.

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

"Damn, you took the Dawn with you?"

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

Fang Chang laughed, but his hands did not stop moving. A high-explosive arrow accurately nailed the hand holding the hatch cover.

The screams of pain were blown away by the air currents at high altitude.

The Marines who fell back into the cabin took the high-explosive arrow with a delayed fuse back with them.

Soon there was a bang, and there were casualties under the ladder. The hot air rushed upwards, and the round hatch cover on top shook.

At this time, Lao Bai's voice and the sound of gunfire like firecrackers came from the communication channel.

"Don't get entangled with those infantrymen!"

"Keep moving!"

Fang Chang's expression became serious and he said immediately.

"Received!"

Only more than 200 soldiers successfully landed.

It is unknown how many marines and crew members are on the airship. They cannot kill all of them by themselves.

Their goal is not to occupy the entire airship.

But to destroy the artillery positions on this airship!

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

The other group, led by Lao Bai himself, 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 smacking his lips.

"Damn, 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 team to rush through the gun barrel, and I will lead the rest of the people to attack through the hatch!"

Fang Chang nodded immediately.

"I'll try!"

After saying that, he climbed onto the gun barrel, put his shoulder close to gesture, and found that he could just get in, so he immediately waved behind him and got in without hesitation with the team members.

In order to prevent the ammunition from exploding, this kind of large-caliber artillery generally does not have ammunition ready to fire at any time, but is only loaded when firing.

As a team of ten people rushed in, the sound of gunfire soon came from under the gun barrel.

There was no time to confirm the situation inside.

Old White immediately called on others to deploy thermite, burning large holes in the dome of the airship.

The armor of the Heart of Steel is not just a thin layer of iron sheet, but also a series of alloy skeletons as supporting structures under the steel shell.

The structure of these steel bars is extremely hard, and even the "Yellow Knife" may have difficulty in exploding.

Old White immediately changed his mind and rushed to the nearest hatch with his men, taking out thermite and sticking it on.

The white light flashed, and the hatch was blown up.

Then he threw a smoke bomb, and Old White, wearing a heavy cavalry exoskeleton, clamped the assault rifle under his arm, jumped into the smoke covered by gunfire and rain of bullets, and took the lead in killing into the corridor directly below.

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

The corridor battle, which was bloodier and more cruel than the street fighting, soon kicked off.

The fighting distance was no more than ten meters.

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

Corpses can be seen everywhere in the corridor, the pungent smell of gunpowder covers the stench of burnt flesh and blood, and life disappears in seconds.

In the eardrum-shattering gunshots, everyone was blood-thirsty.

Whether it was the players of the Burning Corps or the soldiers of the Legion!

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

The two tacitly leaned on the left and right of the door, reading Lao Bai's eyes, and Ye Shi pulled out the stun grenade inserted in his chest, ready to break the door.

At this moment, there were two knocks on the door.

Lao Bai was slightly stunned, and immediately reached out to open the door.

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

The exoskeleton was shattered, and the crumbling polymer breastplate was punctured with countless bullet holes. It was hard to tell whether the person was holding the exoskeleton or the exoskeleton was holding the person.

His left hand was holding the wall, and his right hand was holding the LD-47 assault rifle. Blood dripped onto the ground from the downward muzzle.

But even though he looked like this, his expression was still calm, and he even managed a smile.

Before Lao Bai could ask what happened, an explosion sounded not far in front of him, and it rolled out of the door with hot air and dust.

Fang Chang coughed and said while stabilizing his breathing.

"The ammunition depot is not here... After entering the gun compartment from the gun barrel, I only saw the sighting system and the loader. My team and I killed the gunner, and then attached thermite to the loader, which should have been destroyed by now."

He was the only one left standing here. Obviously, all the team members who went down with him had been killed.

However, after hearing what he said, Lao Bai's tense nerves relaxed a little.

According to the battle plan, if the ammunition depot of the 400mm main gun is found, the bombs there will be used to contain the personnel on the airship, or the airship will be directly blown up depending on the situation.

If it is not found, at least the gun barrel must be blown up to paralyze the air support firepower of the legion at all costs!

And now, this goal is obviously close to completion.

Without the 400mm main gun, the anti-ground firepower of the Heart of Steel will be weakened by more than half!

"Well done!"

Looking at Fang Chang, who was covered in blood, Lao Bai grinned and said teasingly.

"My girlfriend who has been with me for so long, I was still wondering if your skills would be rusty... Now it seems that I thought too much."

"You have a lot of ideas."

Wipe the blood off his face, Fang Chang also smiled faintly, while adjusting his breathing, he did not forget to correct.

"And I should have said that we are not in the relationship you think."

Lao Bai looked at him in surprise.

"Really?"

Ye Shi smiled and frowned.

"You don't understand this. I enjoy the ambiguous feeling."

"Get lost."

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

Just when he was about to say something, the sound of the gun that had misfired before rang again, and bullets whizzed from the side of the corridor.

The crowd fought back while retreating to the gun compartment of the 400mm main gun.

"Damn... these big noses are really cruel. They just killed a team of people and another team came up immediately."

Even as an opponent, Fang Chang had to admit that these people were really strong in terms of fighting will.

If they were a group of predators, they would probably have killed the entire airship by now.

There is no way they would be surrounded here.

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

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

"You have been surrounded!"

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

The noise outside was noisy, and Lao Bai only understood half of it, so he looked at Fang Chang beside him.

"What are they talking about?"

Fang Chang said casually.

"Persuading surrender."

Lao Bai was stunned, then looked at the door and cursed.

"Persuading surrender? Haha, get out of here, I climbed up with so much effort just to surrender? Let him eat shit!"

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

"You translate it for them!"

Fang Chang sighed and translated this nonsense reluctantly.

The soldiers crowded outside were stunned by the scolding, but soon came to their senses, yelled and scolded back.

This time, even Fang Chang could not understand what they were saying. Seeing several teammates looking at him, he shrugged helplessly.

"It's probably the dialect of the West Coast..."

Ye Shi sighed.

"What if they are desperate and don't follow the moral code of war and directly drop mines or explosives on us?"

Fang Chang laughed.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, this is their crystal. If they plan to raise the 400mm main gun, just blow it up."

"Haha, that's right! If you want to blow it up, just do it!" Lao Bai smiled heartily, grinned, and continued, "Anyway, the 400mm main gun has been paralyzed, and our mission has been completed! Now all we have to do is to hold it as much as possible, and then wait for support..."

After taking a breath, he focused his eyes on the door leading to the corridor not far away, and rubbed the trigger with his index finger.

"The rest... depends on Kuangfeng!"

...

The command post several kilometers away from the artillery position.

I was the darkest messenger, trotting back to Brother Quanshui and saluting with a sense of immersion.

"Report!"

"The Sheep Attack Group failed to reach the southern urban area to launch defense! They implemented the No. 3 plan and retreated to the town beside Highway 417 in the southern suburbs!"

Commander Quanshui nodded with a telescope in hand.

"I see."

According to the original plan, the mixed thousand-man team led by the Silver Corps and other third-line corps will go to the southern urban area of ​​Ruigu City and rely on the defensive fortifications built in advance to launch defense.

When the bait has tied down the enemy's large forces, the Death Corps and three thousand-man teams composed of mercenaries scattered in the urban area will launch a general attack, using anti-tank equipment to annihilate the enemy's armored units while forcing the enemy to withdraw from the urban area.

Then, the Skeleton Corps equipped with armored units will join forces with the Goblin Corps' flying attack formation to launch a fatal blow to the retreating legion.

As for the Jungle Corps, they will carry out the final "air support" operation.

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

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly.

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

According to the pre-made battle plan, if the Sheep Attack Group fails to arrive, they can only retreat to "Town No. 417", and the focus of the ground battlefield can only be moved from the southern urban area to the southern suburbs.

As one of the alternative plans, that town also has fortifications they secretly dug.

However, compared with the positions they prepared in the urban area, the positions there can only be described as "pitiful".

Due to the existence of airships, they cannot build large-scale construction in the town with less cover, and can only work at night, so they only have time to prepare some simple bomb shelters and sandbags, and there is no underground passage connecting the bunker.

Standing next to the commander of the fountain, Kakarot frowned and said.

"There are at least three thousand-man teams besieging the sheep attack group. I'm afraid they can't hold on for too long..."

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

Although there are also 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 though their morale is high and they are ready to fight to the last man.

The commander of the fountain frowned, holding the telescope and looking at the outline of the southern model lake, and suddenly spoke.

"How many guns do we have?"

"Report! The artillery position was completely wiped out! The only supporting firepower is the last twenty rocket launchers that have not been exposed!" Even though the situation is extremely critical, my blackest salute is still very spirited.

"Where is the plane?" The commander of the fountain asked calmly.

I am the darkest and answered immediately: "The dragonfly transport planes were wiped out, but the Goblin Corps' Mosquito attack aircraft formation is still full!"

Looking at the spring water in deep thought, Kakarot, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but say.

"The other side is equipped with a large number of quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns, and that thing is not the kind that the Bone Chewing Tribe put together temporarily. If it is handed over to the Goblin Corps, I am afraid there will only be one chance... Otherwise, I will take a team to support them."

The Storm Corps still has more than 300 people on standby in the jungle, ready to support everywhere at any time.

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

Not only will it not relieve the pressure of the sheep attack group, but it may also fall into a passive position.

It is also impossible to order the Death Corps to attack in advance.

If a general attack is launched in advance before the enemy's artillery position is paralyzed, once the enemy's supporting firepower is restored, all targets exposed outside the bunker will become live targets.

"It's not time yet!"

Commander Quanshui looked in the direction of the Iron Heart, and his originally calm mood could not help but become a little anxious.

Originally, he expected that half of the people would land on the dome of the Iron Heart after breaking through the defense line.

However, after the airborne soldiers jumped down, more than half of them were killed or wounded before they landed, and those who successfully landed might not be able to gather two hundred-man teams.

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

Especially in the end, they actually used the trick of pointing the engine at the sky.

If it weren't for Luoyu's judgment at the last moment, the Burning Corps that landed by force might have been wiped out.

Although he did not doubt the combat effectiveness of those elders, the victory or defeat in the air was undoubtedly the biggest variable on the entire battlefield.

His thoughts turned quickly, and just as Quanshui was thinking about how to deal with it, a string of fire suddenly flashed in the sky.

Suddenly, a ball of fire exploded in the gun bay below the front of the airship, and the burning flames engulfed the twelve gun barrels pointing forward.

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

Although the wisp of red smoke was as faint as a candlelight swaying in a storm in the black fog and heavy rain, the people on the ground could still clearly see its existence.

Staring blankly at the sky, Kakarot muttered.

"Fuck, awesome!"

It really blew up? !

Seeing the flames blooming in the sky, the clouds on Quanshui's face were swept away, and joy instantly appeared in his eyes.

It's done!

Not only that -

It's even faster than planned.

Without any hesitation, he immediately gave the order.

"Open fire from the rocket launcher position immediately! Target the armored cluster on the north side of the town!"

"Also, notify the Edge guys!"

"It's time to counterattack!"