Chapter 549: Edison
Soon after the drone was killed, the intelligence officer reported a bad news, three early warning drones over the battlefield were ignited by the opponent's air and space fighters, and the reconnaissance satellites in the space orbit facing the "Akuias" lake area were lost one after another, and the monitoring of the front-line battlefield was almost reduced to 0 points, and only 2 reconnaissance drones had not been killed by the enemy's air defense fire because of their location.
As soon as the intelligence officer's words fell, another intelligence officer stood up behind him and transferred a roughly edited battle video taken by a front-line soldier to the main display in the command room.
Balls of thunder fell from the sky, they were different from the plasma balls blasted out by siege tanks, and the whole body was surrounded by silver-white arc light, like crystal spheres woven from many silver filaments, very beautiful and charming...... It's also deadly.
They fall on the ground and explode into a ball of light, the grass and trees turn into ashes, the soil layer collapses, the rolling flames roll like waves, the shock wave can blow away the infantry wearing the "Wind Silver Wolf" power armor, light armored vehicles like the "Mustang" chariot, once hit by the silver ball, the high-energy lightning explodes into a dazzling power grid, the middle sphere is shattered, and then a little silver suddenly shrinks, and then expands rapidly at a thunderous speed, and the radiant flames are like small suns, sweeping around hundreds of meters at once, Some soldiers who were closer to the epicenter of the explosion were dehydrated by the radiation, and even heavier vehicles such as the Porcupine III multi-role armored personnel carrier were overturned by the raging air currents of sand and gunpowder.
A reconnaissance drone risked death to fly to the front line, and in the picture sent back, 8 crawlers were attached to the ground with four claws, and the central battery device rotated at a constant speed, and every time the semi-enclosed bead core rotated in a circle, a silver-white sphere would be squeezed out of the center, which was ejected into the air, made a parabolic motion, and fell to the location of the armored brigade, bringing a piece of casualties.
Neither the 75MM Gauss gun of the Manticore II heavy tank nor the 100mm gun of the "Jackal Change" could accurately strike the enemy at a distance of 10 kilometers, not to mention that those crawlers were not large in size and agile. Even if it is equipped with artillery-launched missiles, how can we talk about hitting the target without air guidance when unmanned reconnaissance planes, early warning planes, and observation satellites are almost all shot by the other side?
Edison was stunned, and there was a little silver light in the picture that grew from small to large, and then, the screen became white, and the unmanned reconnaissance plane was actually exploded by the silver and white light bullets of the crawler Qì people.
"Isn't the laser tactical platform in place yet?"
"Not yet." An intelligence officer replied in a trembling voice.
The feeling of powerlessness is like a heavy mountain, pressing on everyone's heart, and some people's cold sweat even wets their backs.
No one thought that the combat units airdropped by the mechanical transport team were less than 40 at full, but it was this less than 40 troops, even before they entered the range of the armored group combat vehicles of the guards, the first round of kites released them to death, and their morale plummeted like the stock price that crashed and plummeted.
In the corner, several staff officers were debating whether to request support from space-based weapons, or to send a rescue team composed of Sea Serpent-class fast assault boats and Fur Seal-class frigates into the atmosphere of "Arumika" to carry out aerial bombardment, which could not only sweep and attack the army of King Worms not far from the ground, but also provide fire support to the ground battlefield of "Akuias" Lake.
Only Edison King kim, from the Second Fleet of the Night's Legion, to the garrison fleet, to the Duke's Tulip Fleet, they were still too busy to take care of themselves, and where could they spare troops to help them.
He didn't dare to tell his staff officers this information, because it would affect morale. According to him, this is the wise and martial Duke deliberately letting them down, wanting to wipe out all the living forces of the other party.
He did this out of consideration for the bigger picture.
The soldiers of the armored brigade were like tigers at first, only now...... Perhaps it should be described as a kitten in the water.
Cats are very afraid of water!
Of course, as a major general, as the supreme commander of the "Arumega" guard unit, he can't be in a daze all the time, although Harrington Harris doesn't pay much attention to him, thinking that he is indecisive by nature, more than enough, and not enterprising, so he is thrown to the guard with no future to be left to his own devices, but he is a soldier after all, and Harrington Harris refuses to reuse him, but trusts him very much, otherwise how can he let him command the garrison of the General's Palace.
Therefore, he can't give up because of a momentary defeat.
"Order, the armored brigade widens the formation, widens the distance between units, and gives me a dead drag on those crawlers and mobile artillery."
"Order, the aviation brigade urgently deploys new unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned bombers to support the front-line battlefield. In addition, transport shuttles were dispatched to carry the special service team to the designated location over Lake 'Aquias' to carry out airdrop operations, and then use underwater stealth to raid the enemy's main position and blow up those tanks for me. ”
"Order, the infantry brigade will transfer a part of the soldiers armed with high-power weapons to detour behind the enemy along the eastern shore of the 'Akuias' lake, cooperate with the special service team to kill the enemy tank company, and then attack the enemy's troops on the western front."
"Don't be afraid, the opponent's total strength is less than 40 units, and their advantage is mainly reflected in the range of weapons, once they get close, they will become a tiger with their teeth pulled out."
Edison lied again, he had seen the video of the Battle of Lector, when Hausen drove a siege tank, wiped out a tank battalion of "one-horned rhino" heavy tanks in the most brutal way, and finally overturned a "two-headed rhino" and bombarded it, but he was only damaged in armor and some less important external parts were destroyed.
He had no choice but to do so, and once this last ground defense line collapsed, the general's palace would be directly exposed to enemy fire.
The combat units of the aviation brigade have been engaged in the battle against the army of the king worm, and they are completely unable to take care of the battlefield of the "Akuias" lake, and before the tactical platform reaches the designated coordinates, he must rely on ground forces to stop the small mixed force unloaded by the mechanical transport team and prevent them from launching an attack on the hinterland of the general's palace.
The order was quickly distributed to all combat units, and due to the shelling of siege tanks, the apron, runway and other air force facilities in the southern area of the General's Mansion were damaged, and even some concrete-poured hangars were reduced to a thick smoke and ruins under the artillery fire.
The reserve unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and transport shuttles can only be transferred from the underground tunnel to the northern area, and then lifted off to carry out the mission.
While the special service team was taxiing forward from the "Aquias" lake in a transport shuttle, the soldiers of the East Coast Infantry Brigade also took a detour to the south coast in the "Mustang" and "Porcupine" armored vehicles.
Unbeknownst to them, the 4 Widow Mines had been planted on the east bank at the same time as the Immortals and the Dragon Knight Assault Armored Brigade.
When the 3 "Mustang" tanks and 2 "Porcupine III" multi-purpose armored personnel carriers were halfway along the east bank, a widow mine overloaded the fusion core, and the expanding fire suddenly reflected the gradually darkening sky on the east bank of the "Akuias" lake, and the mushroom cloud churned upward, and the flames were like wild horses that had escaped from the wild, quickly engulfing the vanguard team, and the violent shock wave set off a billowing smoke dragon around it, radiating rapidly to the surroundings.
The otherwise calm surface of the lake was stormy, and the tide spread from east to west, and the transport shuttles raised the flight altitude a little, and passed through the wind and waves to the south shore.
They did not fly high, and they were covered by wind and waves, and ordinary early warning equipment could not detect the storage of the five transport shuttles.
Edison didn't know that the two engineering ships not only had the ability to repair mechanical units, but also had super reconnaissance capabilities comparable to those of the Iron Jay, and every move on the lake could not even hide the external sensors of the Nighthawk when a sturgeon jumped out of the water.
The five transport shuttles laden with special forces were not harassed by siege tank fire or sniped by the Dragon Knights, and they met the high-ranking Templars.
When the six gold-armored warriors who were shrouded in a faint blue light and could fly in the air, and Ling Bo Weibu appeared in the driver's field of vision, they were stunned for a moment.
The co-pilot of the transport shuttle at the front was shocked and said, "What is that?" Why can they fly in the air? Why can't I see a rucksack? ”
His partner's idea was a little more bizarre: "They...... It's an alien, right? ”
"How so!"
"Is that another biological weapon?"
"Possibly."
Unbeknownst to the driver, his first guess was almost the correct answer.
Of course, after meeting the high-ranking Templar, he didn't have a chance to guess any further.
The flash of "energy eclipse" that erupted in an instant was not very conspicuous in this battlefield that affected the entire "Akuias" Lake and the General's Mansion, but it came at the cost of the lives of the five transport shuttles and the special forces on board.
The black smoke emitted by the thrusters was swept up into the sky by the wind and waves, and one after another plunged into the turbulent lake water of the shuttle plane, splashing waterfall-like strong waves, engulfing the wreckage of the shuttle, and then, the bubbling bubbles were scattered by the waves in an instant.
Facts have proved that the combat capabilities of special forces in extreme environments are far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers, and after the shuttle plane fell into the water, a small number of elites actually took off their clumsy power armor, relied on breathing apparatus to escape from the engine room that was gradually filling the lake, and swam to the lake with simple equipment.
Their targets were the six high-ranking Templars floating on the surface of the lake, and their golden armor made them stand out.
Some people shot underwater, and some fled the cabin without time to pick up hot weapons, so they could only bite daggers and jump to the surface in an attempt to carry out a close-range sneak attack.
The dense bullets hit the plasma shield and were bounced away, but they could not cause damage to the high-level Templars, and one of the special forces jumped out of the water with a dagger in his mouth, and was about to show off his superb flying knife skills, but he didn't expect to be picked up by a high-level Templar's left hand choking his throat, and the front end of his other arm suddenly shot out a blade of light, which was quickly sent into the chest of the special forces.
Most of the high-ranking Templars of the Protoss have been promoted by the harsh training of fanatics, and while their most powerful weapon is their own ghostly power, this does not mean that they have lost their excellent hand-to-hand combat ability.
Challenging them with mere human physical strength is no less than a pheasant showing off its coat in front of an eagle, and it is purely looking for death.
The High Templar in the middle was disturbed by the bullets fired from underwater, and thrust his right hand into the water, and the powerful ghost energy was activated, like a high-powered generator, creating a lightning storm underwater.
In the next second, the six high-ranking Templars continued to float towards the northern shore of Lake "Aquaias", and soon after, floating corpses floated on the surface of the water, and were pushed to the west shore by the waves.
Rumble! Another earth-shattering explosion.
The second widow mine ambushed on the east bank exploded, and before the smoke of the ancestors dissipated, the firelight of the descendants lit up the sky again, and the shock wave set off a second wave of wind on the lake surface that was gradually recovering to calm, and a large amount of rubble fell on the water surface and stirred up dense splashes.
Dark clouds gradually covered the sky, and before night fell, darkness took the lead.
Raindrops fell from the sky, slowly and rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a torrential downpour, spreading out a muddy patch of scorched black earth, and the sound of water resounded through the heavens and the earth.
The sporadic fires were extinguished, the smoke clouds were thinned by the wind, and the dust was beaten to death on the ground, only the various aircraft and the army of king insects whistling through the air were still continuing the game of airdrops and anti-airdrops.
Some of the injured king insects will suddenly disappear, and only the giant beasts that die instantly after being hit by heavy weapons will fall from mid-air and fall into a ball of flesh like a small mountain.
The first batch of king worms had reached the ground, and one after another puppies with ribbed wings jumped out of their abdominal pouches.
These upgraded "adrenaline" mad dogs are like galloping horses in the wilderness, slapping the puddles with their soles and the roar from the ground, forming a long line, and galloping north from the plain area facing the general's mansion on the west bank of the "Akuias" lake.
Several stinging snakes spread out on the ground, erecting their bodies nearly 2 people tall, quickly scaling their muscles, and one by one deep grooved ridge needles shot out from under the skin, hitting the combat aircraft that surrounded the army of king insects, tearing the outer armor, or catching fire and exploding, or losing balance and falling to the ground.
The cloudy rain hit them, and the moisture reflected a glimmer of light.
The same scene also appeared in the defensive equipment of the General's Palace, the difference was that the rain crackled on it, drenched the black paintwork, and only the fire of the muzzle ** or the jumping arc became a colorful brilliance in the darkness.
Laser weapons are severely attenuated by the harsh air, and some pulsed lasers cannot even burn through the thick carapace of the king insect.
In the Guard command room, when the intelligence officers transferred the news of the destruction of five transport shuttles, the near-standstill of the advance of the East Coast Infantry Brigade by tactical nuclear bombs, and the decline of laser weapons to Edison King, the general with mild anxiety almost didn't tear off the small hair on his head.
He was very skeptical, could it be that the other party had calculated every move of the defenders? How can it seem that all of your tactical arrangements are being targeted miserably as if they are exposed under the noses of others......
The commander of the opposing side even added the weather changes after the nuclear explosion to the tactical system, using it to weaken the most powerful laser weapon of the General's Palace.
But fortunately, after this toss, the unmanned platform has arrived at the edge of the battlefield and can start the "Bright Trial".
"Order, the infantry brigade halted its advance and abandoned its battle plan for the southern shore of Lake 'Aqueas'."
"Order, the engineer company immediately fires cloud repellent shells into the air."
"Order, the staff of the laser defense network dispatch command room pay attention, once the rain clouds disperse, immediately inflict a 'bright trial' on the enemy army."
After giving a series of orders, Edison sat back in his seat as if he had collapsed, only to find that his clothes were already wet with sweat.
He had never encountered such a war, and when he first watched the video of the Battle of Rector, he once laughed at the "Meijiaer" garrison as a group of wine bags and rice bags, and looked down on them. It is not until today that I have personally experienced the strength of my opponent and understood a truth, it is not that Duke Yadan's garrison is weak, but that their opponent is too strong.
Tilting his head to the huge virtual sand table suspended above the combat command platform, this action seemed to overdraw the strength of his whole body, his face was as pale as snow, and he gasped for breath.
His dry lower lip had a dense layer of blisters at some point, which was very eye-catching, and the coffee cup that had cooled down was placed on his right hand, and it had not moved for half a minute from beginning to end.
If the "Judgment of Light" does not inflict heavy damage on the enemy, he must persuade the Duke to leave.
It's a shame to say that the Legion of Doom has let a private army fall and the Covenant Navy hasn't even used a single cent of its forces...... No, it's not just a shameful thing, it's simply a great shame for the Sulu Empire, but ...... The enemy is too strong for people like him, Bickfred, and Dupont Cataland to die in battle, and the Duke, as the right and left hand of His Majesty the Emperor, must not die in such a place.
But what if the Duke refuses to retreat, as he promised before the Emperor Xià, he vows to live and die with "Mubarak"?
Edison King thinks that if he sends a few henchmen to the ground command center, even if he is strong, he must be sent out, just like the Duke said about himself, although he does not have strong command skills, he is better than loyalty.
At the same time, an anti-aircraft artillery system in the northern area of the General's Mansion made its debut, and the cloud-driving bomb was lifted into the air, and it began to sweep away the dark clouds gathered in the area around the "Akuias Lake" due to the nuclear explosion effect.
Another batch of King Bugs arrived on the ground, and instead of the Zerg troops, 50X Zealots, 48 Machine Gunners, and a Special Operations Team consisting of 8 Ghosts and 8 Ghosts descended from above. In addition, there is a rapid reaction team consisting of 5 predators, 5 fires, and 3 vulture chariots.
In fact, this is not all, there is another force moving towards the location of the General's Mansion in the sky above the "Akuias" lake, in the front is a Protoss transport plane, and behind it is a very strange air fluctuation, accompanied by a very slight sound of turbines. R1152