Sunset Chapter 8. Titan with Feet of Clay

"Strengthen the moment of action, turn on the lower limb pressurization, and immediately climb over the city wall! Three minutes later, forcibly extinguish the fortress energy field! ”

From time to time, steam erupted from the dense pipeline lines, and the choking smell of diesel fuel filled Ivan the Terrible's cramped crew compartment. Compared with the electrical technology of the leading era of the Allied forces, country R is obviously at a disadvantage in this regard, which directly affects the weapons of war on both sides.

"Understood, sir." Zhukovsky took a deep breath of the not-so-pure air, tapped the complex and chaotic button disc with the red light of the indicator light, pulled down the joystick, and first released the synchronized movement attitude. When he started to climb a while, Zhukovsky didn't have that many hands and feet to use. Retracting the mechanism, a holographic diagram pops up in front of him, and as a coordinator, he must constantly control the jet rockets on all four limbs according to the direction of Ivan the Terrible's inclination.

The friction of the internal operating mechanism was already annoying enough that a few not-so-strong explosions were rightfully drowned out in the gear engagement. Ordinary people's jumping movements must also have a few movements that are not simple, and when they are enlarged to a mecha giant that is dozens of years high, it is even more significant. Zhukovsky was quite envious of the luck of his Allied counterparts, and such an extremely expensive equipment as the holographic display operation screen had finished the Guards Mecha Corps, and Ivan the Terrible, as the prototype mecha in the early years, was qualified to fantasize about it. Some of the changes in the parameters of the force data were approved by the computer and then ordered by Zhukovsky manually.

The surrounding LCD screen is as thin as a cicada's wings, showing the force and balance state of Ivan the Terrible. The anthropomorphic mech makes a flip motion, that is, it supports the ground with both hands, bears the heavy pressure, and then steps out on one leg. On the force diagram, the force on both arms suddenly rises to the point of near danger.

Zhukovsky carefully adjusted his arms to assist the jets, and the downward jet flow provided some counterweight to the fact that the level of readiness was well maintained. The force level is yellow at the warning level, and although it is not optimistic, there is no problem with the low-difficulty maneuvers. The right leg gradually crossed the top of the wall, and the pressure reached its peak.

The coordinator flicked the button intently, and the force level suddenly jumped off a cliff, the warning level dropped sharply to zero, and the screen diffused a comforting blue. Zhukovsky did not make a fuss, and in such a high-pressure weight, it is not surprising that the sensor malfunctions.

His hand touched the intercom and reported the abnormality, but Zhukovsky didn't have time to glance at the balance chart, and the overwhelming gravity instantly squeezed the coordinator into an extremely grotesque position, and with a "snort", the neuronal exoskeleton temporarily embedded in the body was pulled out violently, along with Zhukovsky's entire spine.

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After the shaped block is detonated, it will concentrate the invading energy centripetally, and with the assistance of the drainage shroud, an extremely powerful cone-shaped armor-piercing beam will be formed at the center of the target, so the shaped energy block will not cause a shocking explosion, at most a beam of light will penetrate it.

Ivan the Terrible supported the weight of his entire body with his arms, and the naughty boy tried to climb over the fence of his neighbor's house, but was hit in the arm by his master with a wooden stick.

Simon watched Patrick ascend to Ivan the Terrible, and the molten iron froze his feet in an instant, how could he tolerate his sorrow alone in the slaughterhouse of thousands of screaming flesh and blood? That concentrated light pierced through Ivan the Terrible's arm, and after the dazzling light, not a single trace of dust was left.

The giants are falling.

Having lost one of the support points, Ivan the Terrible immediately fell to the right, and the city wall, which had been saturated by several artillery fires, was finally unable to resist the end, and with Ivan the Terrible fell, there were also fragments of the city wall that had been cut off several meters, and on that ugly cross-section, it was stained with extremely viscous and devouring hot molten iron.

It was the blood of the emperor.

"Bang." A cup of coffee in the command room fell to the ground, mug fragments scattered in a puddle of tan liquid, and soon, the mellow aroma of coffee wafted throughout the command room, Lieutenant Colonel Brown looked at the transmission screen coldly, and Ivan the Terrible, who fell in the dust, seemed to be struggling, and such a blow could not even completely paralyze the mecha.

The lieutenant colonel's gaze swept over the operation screen, the signal ripples on it were a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuations, the hour hand of the watch seemed to be welded to the dial, and the second hand jumped unhurriedly, jumping tens of thousands of times may be able to wait for the moment of liberation.

"Weaken the shield!" The lieutenant colonel ordered. The Gathering Shield that shrouded the fortress immediately lowered the degree of restraint, and the R Army's artillery fire smashed the shield into a long-lasting ripple.

The backwater moved.

"This is the headquarters, all combat units, immediately locate the enemy mecha, the air attack is on the way, it is on the way!"

Captain Ambrose had been killed, and the Rangers' front-line command was naturally extended to Second Lieutenant McNair.

"You all heard it! Get close to that dog/and throw the locator down! Don't let it get up again! ”

Simon gasped for air, and when Ivan the Terrible fell, he shook violently, his eyes widened, and the smell of gunsmoke and blood came in, and he was so stimulated that he understood the communication.

"Khooth! Bang! "Khooth! Bang! ”

Simon held on to the city wall and stretched out his head to look at Ivan the Terrible who had broken an arm, the Imperial people writhed and struggled very firmly, and their thick lower limbs spewed air currents in all directions, and everyone could see that this iron lump was far from being completely scrapped, once Ivan the Terrible stood up again. There will be no more shaped explosives.

Feeling a fire burning in his chest, Simon wiped his cheeks and shook off his dirt, the shield was no longer a solid azure blue, it was reduced to a pale blue color, and the bright red enemy icon in the eyepiece struck like a roar, and the long-range fire was like a torrential rain, and he staggered to the side of a warm corpse.

With the rumbling of cannons, Simon spat out a mouthful of blood until he found an air raid indicator from his comrade's corpse backpack, and his five fingers climbed against the crack in the wall, and Simon slammed the diamond-shaped gem in his palm with the glittering stars in his palm.

Not so long ago, in the summer of her distant homeland, a girl had so ruthlessly dropped a jewel.

High altitude.

"Poseid-1, watch the rear, someone is biting your tail." The wingman warned.

"Roger." Major Hampton replied simply, an Allied F-71 all-domain fighter flew by at high speed, the faint blue flame behind the vector nozzle scorched the already blazing night wind, and the radar was densely packed with points of light, and it was impossible to tell which enemy fighter was trying to kill him.

The long-term free air combat taught Hampton not to hesitate, the fighter released the jamming bomb, and there was an explosion at the tail of the plane, the major quickly pulled up the joystick, changed the nose of the plane, and rushed upward, the huge overload pressed the major to the seat, through the head-up screen, there was really an R Army fighter staring at him.

The fighter began to roll, and in the 360-degree rotation, it was necessary to maintain a sober and steady will to survive, and the "Flying Fox" fighter behind it was also trying to follow, and the major raised the corners of his lips coldly.

"Poseidon-2, stop him!"

Two pairs of fighting missiles forced the "Flying Fox" to give up the ascent action, the fuselage was flattened and turned around, the major occupied the height advantage, his offensive maneuver had already worked, only a few breaths of time, the prey turned into a hunter, the major dived down, and the "flying fox" that was bitten by the tail of the plane shot a defensive barrage in vain, Hampton had expected that he did not end the roll, and an AIM-152 close-range air-to-air missile firmly locked the "flying fox".

"Confirm the shootdown." Hampton reports back that the second crash of the night.

As Allied fighters gradually seized air supremacy, the Gathering Shield around Emar Fortress was weakening, and the air formation immediately received communications from the defenders of the fortress.

"All personnel, all personnel, this is Emar Fortress, and now urgently seek close air support, any fighter with this ability should follow the coordinates of the air attack instructions to provide support, repeat......"

The data link sent back the target that needed to be cleared, and Hampton glanced at it and said to the formation commander, "The Bravo formation requests to disengage, provide CAS." ”

"Allowed."

Hampton's four-plane formation received the call sign of "Edinburgh-23", and then broke away from the fighter formation, compared to the fighters of decades ago, the all-domain fighters have all-weather, all-terrain and all-armed combat capabilities, and the belly of the aircraft is hung with enough ammunition to destroy any army that has lost air supremacy.

"Fortress, fortress, I'm Edinburgh......" Hampton licked his lips and touched his cracked skin, he hadn't drunk water in hours, and aerial combat had drained him too much of his physical strength.

"The fortress, Edinburgh will attack from the south side, the estimated time of arrival, two minutes."

Fortress.

The long-range artillery fire of the R army was all pointed at a point, and the weakened shaped shield could not withstand such a powerful bombardment, the shield was torn open, and the Blizzard mech, which had been grinding its teeth and sucking blood for a long time, reapproached the fortress, Ivan the Terrible almost completely destroyed the XM204, and the remaining few guns were purely a drop in the bucket.

SIMON PICKED UP THE 155MM SHELLS, AND THE GUARDS RUNG THE FUSES OF THE SHELLS, CHARGING INTO THE AVALANCHE WAVE ONE AFTER ANOTHER, PAUSING WITH EACH FIREWORK EXPLODING.

"Bell!" Simon dropped the fuse, and behind him was the last XM204, leaving Simon alone in front of the surging Blizzard.

He lifted his visor and screamed and charged towards the avalanche.

"The fort, Edinburgh has been entered from the south side."

"JASSM launch."

"Poseidon-2, complete the attack."

"Poseidon-3, complete the attack."

"Is the enemy heavy mech confirmed to be destroyed? Formation, again attacking. ”

"Poseid-4, a large number of enemy troops have been found at the top of the fortress, which will be covered with cluster bombs."

"Roger, Wind Deflection Correction Ammunition Dispenser in place."

"The enemy forces are cleared."

"Fortress, this is Edinburgh, the weapons have been released, all the indicated targets have been confirmed destroyed, now the return begins, the blue sky is clear, good luck."