Over the past week since landing, fighting has been raging day and night, with the two sides engaged in a brutal war of attrition and a stalemate. The Southern Union had fortifications built on the hills, and although they defended unilaterally, the threat to the sea could not be ignored.

Several times the assault force was wiped out, and the point was that the valley in front of the fortress was a necessary way to advance, but once intruded, it meant facing the fire of the entire mountain.

Therefore, they basically have nothing to do but harass the enemy from time to time. In order to break through this dilemma, General Jeno transferred technicians from ARPA to modify two AAX-07 firepower platforms, hoping to become a breakthrough in the capture of the fortress.

"Cheer up, everyone, watch over your heads, this is a rare opportunity, and possibly the last, because most of us don't have a second life to take this place. ”

At dawn, two AAX-07 firepower platforms staggered toward the valley, with Frost sitting in the gunner's seat, the equivalent of the head of a giant scorpion, and two gunners beside him, also armed with revolver. The six limbs of the firepower platform are equipped with some kind of chip-like generator, and the two small missile bays with large generators are also installed, which glow faintly in front of the valley before the sky is fully lit.

As the distance drew closer, Frost saw through the foliage barrier to the fortress behind it, the man-dug craters in the rock wall were faintly visible, and the extended ledges were rooted in the forts. The unobstructed valley was a death zone for them, and all the Luo Lian soldiers who dared to set foot before were basically gone.

The morning sun rose, daylight crept up the backs of the lurking soldiers, and the command at the front received a signal to give the only order in the communication.

"The battle begins!"

Mortars rang out in the woods behind him, and several shells streaked a parabola in the air and fell into the valley. In an instant, the road they were advancing was filled with smoke, and the firepower platform suddenly started to accelerate and rushed in. One by one, the chips on his body lit up, and the collapsed particles gathered into a flat dome, forming an unbreakable force field shield.

The enemy shelling also began, and Frost couldn't help but get nervous when he saw a cannonball land on the force field shield overhead, exploding at a very close distance. Thankfully, AAX-07 arrived in time for the smoke cover, and most of the shelling failed, and the near-saturation bombardment of the fortress fell more often in the woods, sweeping away their backups.

"One enters the valley," reported Unakin, who was in the gunner's position to Frost's left, piloted by Wendy and another artificial fitter, "and be careful not to let the enemy infantry approach." ”

He watched intently for a blank field of vision, the machine gun spinning, and if it caught a hint of shadow, it would spit out tongues of fire and smash the target into a honeycomb.

The AAX-07 was driving at full speed, reaching speeds of over sixty kilometers per hour, and as they advanced, the number of enemy troops rushing down the hillside gradually increased. Frost simply held the trigger of the machine gun and fired at the smoke in front of him, the bullets raging in the direction he was facing. He could already see a lot of sergeants from the Southern Alliance, and he didn't know who was carrying bombs, so he just killed them all.

In the blink of an eye, they were out of the smoke zone, but half across the valley at the same time. The fortified defenses came within range of the AAX-07 fire platform's missile bay, and Wendy began to destroy targets on the rock wall to reduce the obstacles to their advance.

"No. 1 entered the 'hot zone', the fire platform was in normal condition, and the remaining particles of the force field shield were 86%. ”

"No. 2 stepped forward and spread out a horizontal team to share the firepower. ”

Another AAX-07 fire platform was in front of them, parallel to them, to their right. The enemy's heavy artillery fire made the already shaky body even more unstable, and Frost could no longer aim at his target, so he had to rely on the high rate of fire to cover the enemy's area. However, their speed did not slow down in the slightest, and more friendly troops rushed out of the smoke in the rear.

Missiles slammed into turrets on ledges, or flew into holes where enemy soldiers were deployed, blowing shredded steel and flesh out and spilling them across the valley. The reloaded turret roughly adjusted its angle, and the muzzle immediately rose with gunsmoke and slammed into the force field shield of the firing platform.

Allies in the rear slowed down and were crushed by the fortress's heavy fire, with the only thin layer of force field shields creating a small safe zone in the death zone.

The machine-gun bullets bottomed out, and Frost saw the entrance to the fortress in the confusion, like a stingray's mouth, just a black line. Behind the bunkers on both sides were already guarded by enemy soldiers, and as soon as they stopped, they would immediately storm them.

Frost focused on annihilating the invading Confederate soldiers, and the constant shelling made him unable to hear anything, and he was numb to the shaking. When he noticed that the AAX-07 on his right was suddenly tilted, it was too late, and the force field shield dissipated due to the malfunction.

"Call No. 2, the situation is urgent, it was attacked by a close-range blast, the No. 2 mechanical limb on the right side was damaged, the collapse guide exterior was destroyed, and the force field shield could not be maintained......"

Before the report was over, another shell exploded on AAX-07, this time directly under the cockpit, and the communication from 2 was silent.

"Cut ......" Yunakin decisively got up from the gunner's position and acted neatly on the firepower platform, "Plane No. 1 step forward!"

After he finished speaking, he jumped to the second machine, looking for an emergency fire extinguishing device, and tried to restart the machine.

"What are you doing!" the front-line commander shouted over the communicator, "No. 2 has ceased to operate, immediately abandon this firepower platform and move on!"

The AAX-07, which had been in the way, staggered again, and Frost emptied all the bullets and switched to an assault rifle. However, he didn't care if he could hit the enemy now, and the artificial ligands were in action because of the orders of his superiors, and the firepower platform piloted by the two people could not be controlled by Wendy alone. The result of their internal coordination was to obey the command of the front, which completely exposed the second machine without the force field shield.

Frost couldn't get back to help, and he knew that he couldn't do anything on his own, and there was no point in saving anything other than giving his life.

He could only tell from the communication that the second plane was still alive.

"Heavy don't stop firing!" Unakin's voice thundered, "Aixia, can you restart the fire platform? ”

"Understood, doing my best to ......"

Frost looked back, they were far away, the earth was turned up by the heavy artillery fire, and he couldn't see anyone else, and he couldn't hear where the explosion was coming from.

"The collapse particles are about to run out, the number of missiles is zero, and the distance is five hundred meters. Wendy reported, "Do you want to keep the assault status quo intact, sir?"

After all, there was no reply from the communicator.