Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Swarm Attack
The swarm began to move, and the huge fire-breathing insects were surrounded by six-legged insects, and the flying insects in the sky did not directly hit them, they were still waiting for something, and the earth began to shake. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā
The hexapods were still the main force, and their numbers did not seem to have decreased in the slightest, swarming on the corpses of their companions, and the cannon squad was divided into two parts, although there were only four guns in each team, but the power of the shells was not weak. The pinnacle of gunpowder weapons was found in the world of Starfleet, where a cannonball exploded within a 50-meter diameter of bugs and all died.
Is the killing range of 50 meters in diameter small? It's not small at all, because the target is bugs, hexapods are relatively large, with strong shells and very tenacious vitality. And such a target can also achieve absolute damage with a diameter of 50 meters, which shows that the power of the explosion is huge, the kinetic energy of the shrapnel is strong, and it has a strong cutting ability, even if it is not dead, it has no ability to move.
Coupled with advanced artillery technology, the landing point is very accurate, the aiming speed is fast, the observation ball in the air gives accurate data, and with the command of Captain Reich, the two artillery detachments can be said to play a huge role.
"As you can see, although this kind of heavy artillery in the past can now play an important role and can kill and injure living forces on a large scale, this is only the size of a company." The new establishment is named "Company" and follows the previous "Company" structure, which is a combination of three platoons. And artillery, tanks, helicopter gunships are fire platoons, and the rest are combat platoons.
The battle platoon consists of basic infantry, which is the basic unit with assault rifles and missiles on their backs, rocket men with bazookas to launch long-range rockets and miniature nuclear bombs, and machine gunners with small Vulcans.
On the watchtower were large-caliber high-level dual-purpose machine guns, and they began to strafe at this time, forming a fire network with diagonal fire, which was an important component of blocking the insect tide, and then the infantry opened fire one after another.
"Report, the shaking beneath the outpost is starting to get stronger!" The two tanks did not work at all, but at this time their commander sent a report to Captain Reich.
"Well, pay attention to the movement of the shock, these bugs may attack us from below, the logistics staff pay attention to their position and let the tanks deal with them." Captain Ritchie hurriedly ordered. There is a piece of equipment installed on the tank, and that is a ground vibration sensor, which is Murphy's arrangement, after all, knowing that bugs can burrow, then this must be guarded against.
The two tanks, which had been stationary, suddenly began to move inside the outpost, they were detecting movement under the ground, the bugs had already started digging holes, but it was not easy to dig into the underneath of the outpost, unless there was a passage before.
"Spot the target, ten meters underground, set a penetrating projectile, and retreat ......" The tank needs a certain distance to shoot at the ground, and they are at this time separated from the target position, and the barrel is reduced to the lowest angle of dive fire. Fire! ”
With a "tom", Tank No. 1 fired a shot at the ground of the outpost, and a shell went directly into the ground, and then with a "boom", the ground bulged upwards and then collapsed.
The penetrating projectile is the latest design, which can set the distance of the explosion, turn on the internal computing system when it hits the ground, and then penetrate downward with the help of the impact force, in front of which is a drill bit, which is rotated and fired with rifling.
"Scan now!" The tank continued to work, the Zerg cave had no support, and the strong explosions and vibrations were enough to collapse the passage, but the exact results of the battle were impossible to count, and the lethality was more burning. The penetrating bomb has a strong incendiary substance inside, and the explosion and vibration are only to destroy the passage, and at the same time as the initial explosion, it releases strong flames around it, and the temperature is extremely high.
Marshal Marceau's eyes lit up, and many of the things Murphy provided were very useful, "Guys, these are the latest tanks, they don't seem to be useful when defending the outpost, but they are not. Just now they have discovered the attack under the ground, the Zerg will make holes above the planet at every moment, and the ground is open in all directions, and this is where our weakness happens. ”
"The tanks are equipped with the latest vibration sensors, as well as scanning equipment, equipped with penetrating projectiles to attack below the ground, and their huge weight will be crushed after the ground collapses." Marshal Marceau introduced the role of tanks.
At this time, the two tanks began to bombard the ground continuously, and then the ground collapsed, and they used their weight and cross-country ability to move back and forth in the collapsed position.
One rocket after another began to be launched, and before the flamethrower had time to show its skills, it was directly hit by the rockets, and these rockets contained accelerants. The explosion ignited a special liquid in their bodies, and then the accelerant directly caused the fire to sweep through everything around them, and the explosion of a fire-breathing insect could fight a hexapod within hundreds of meters.
"Whew......" The flying insects in the distance finally concentrated and began to attack, their speed was fast, Captain Ritch immediately ordered the sentry tower machine gun to start firing, and only the range of the sentry tower machine gun could attack at the moment.
The "Hum" starfighter swooped down, and the radar directly began to lock on the flying insects, but the number of missiles they carried was also limited, and they were launched at the same time, and the speed of the anti-aircraft missiles was extremely fast, and a large number of flying insects were eliminated in an instant, but there were still many that continued to impact. And the hit rate of the sentry tower machine gun was not high.
Captain Reich had the machine guns of the combat platoon join them, and at the same time the helicopter gunships took off, they also had anti-aircraft missiles, but there were too few of them, the on-board machine guns were more useful, and the tank's anti-aircraft radar was turned on.
"Infantry ready, clear!" Reich could only let the infantry clear again, and then go all out to deal with the flying insects in the air.
Marshal Marceau was extremely excited at this time, and the performance of Reich's troops, or the performance of weapons and equipment, was too good, which made her decision-making seem extremely wise.
"It's time to retreat, let the starfighters carry out a full-scale bombing, and then evacuate directly!" Everyone didn't pay attention to the time, and the battle lasted for almost five hours at this time, and everyone ignored the question of time when they watched their blood boil and be extremely nervous.
"Why?" Marshal Marceau asked in a whisper.
"It's been too long, and the soldiers' physical strength and the endurance of their weapons are about to reach their limits." Murphy could hear that the marshal was a little overhead, and it was only after listening to Murphy's reminder that she noticed the problem.