Chapter 28: A Big Gamble
"Alert! A patrol has been ambushed and asks for immediate reinforcements! ”
The ground forces of the Seventh Fleet set up their temporary headquarters in a fairly intact building, and the scene was extremely chaotic when people came and went in the building, all kinds of instruments were densely arranged, and all kinds of noises and shouts came and went.
From early in the morning, the Provisional Command was constantly alerted to about seven or eight patrol squads that had been ambushed by unknown persons, much to the dismay of the officers of the ground forces.
It was clear that this was a planned and organized operation, and the targets were the various patrol squads.
Curiously, however, the purpose of these attacks does not appear to be to eliminate the patrol team, but rather to besiege the patrol team and make it impossible for the mechs to escape.
The officers agreed that this was a deliberate attempt by the rebels, presumably to lure the regular troops out and then encircle them separately.
However, the real trouble is that the rebels did not send mecha troops, and these rebels who attacked the patrol team were hiding among the civilians, and even if they had sent troops to exterminate them, these people would have dispersed and continued to mingle with the civilians.
In this case, it is difficult for air support to come in handy, and it is impossible to blow up all civilians indiscriminately.
The commander of the ground forces, Colonel Funk, finally decided to send motorized infantry and combat robots to the rescue, and to kill or capture suspicious elements at any time.
At the sound of the order, several motorized infantry squads were dispatched one after another, and they hurried to various accident sites.
The motorized infantry squad quickly arrived at the site where the battle was taking place and engaged the rebels in a fierce firefight. However, the number of rebels was far greater than expected, and the motorized infantry squad was quickly dragged.
Seeing that the troops sent to the rescue were also besieged, Feng Ke and the others began to sweat on their foreheads, to solve the current problem, the only way to solve the current problem is to send more troops, otherwise the troops in front of them will definitely be finished.
More and more requests for help were sent to the temporary headquarters, and Feng Ke had no choice but to continue to send more rescue troops, and in order to avoid repeating the previous mistakes, the command made a decision to send the main mecha troops to rescue the besieged troops one by one.
So hundreds of mecha were dispatched en masse, rushing towards the same accident site together. Funk's method worked, and under the pressure of a large number of mecha troops, the rebels immediately withdrew, and the besieged mobile units and mech patrol teams were finally rescued.
The mechs grabbed the medicine as they were supposed and continued to the next place where the battle would take place, which was less efficient but with satisfactory results.
Feng Ke breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and said in his heart: "This battle is really a wretch, the dignified regular army is actually led by the rebels, how does General Shendan plan to end this battle?" ”
At this time, Shen Shan didn't have the heart to pay attention to the embarrassment of the ground forces, and for him, the most important thing at the moment was to find a way to recapture a few spaceports first.
Although with the strong force of the 7th Fleet, several spaceports can be easily destroyed, but doing so will cause great trouble in the future, and Yueqiu will be in a predicament of not being able to carry out interstellar voyages for a long time.
Such an outcome is by no means what Shen Shan wants, and he must find a way to recapture the spaceport without destroying it too much.
Now several spaceports in Yueqiu are defended by rebel mechs, and in order to recapture the spaceport, it is necessary to send mecha troops, not to use a large fleet, which is exactly what the rebels want.
"How many mechs are currently stationed in the spaceport by the rebels?" Shen Shan asked the intelligence officer.
"According to the detection of spy satellites and the analysis and prediction of AI, the number of rebel mechs in the three spaceports combined is about 450 to 500." The intelligence officer replied.
"There are so many?" Shen Dan gasped.
What surprised him was not the absolute number of rebel mechas, but the limited space of the spaceport, and the rebels had already stationed so many mechas, and it would be very difficult for the mechs on his side to capture the spaceport.
After several hours of heated discussions, Shen Dan finally had to take the method of assault, sending mech troops to capture the spaceport head-on, while the fleet blocked the periphery, so that the rebel mechs in other spaceports could not support, which could minimize the difficulty of attacking.
At this time, the commander of the ground forces, Feng Ke, sent a report to Shen Dan, hoping that the fleet could send more mechs to the ground forces, otherwise the ground forces would be very passive.
After more than ten hours of fighting, although the besieged squads were rescued and the overall losses were within a bearable range, the ground troops were exhausted enough from top to bottom, and everyone was in extreme physical and mental exhaustion.
After listening to the report, Shen Dan didn't care much about it, but felt that Feng Ke was too hypocritical.
The ground forces are certainly very tired, but they have not yet reached the end of the mountain, and the war of the fleet in this area is the key to the entire battle situation, if they cannot regain air supremacy, future operations cannot be carried out, so Shen Dan did not take Fengke's request to heart at all.
"I know what you said, but I can't give you reinforcements for the time being, and after I recapture the spaceport, the problems on the ground will naturally be solved, so you can hold on a little longer." Shen Shan said lightly.
"But General, I suspect that the rebels have other purposes, and today's operation is just a test, and if there is no more support, I am afraid that there will be incalculable consequences in the future."
"Funk think too much, no matter how much the rebels toss on the ground, it is impossible to be the opponent of the fleet, I emphasize again, air supremacy is the key to this battle."
Feng Ke saw that he couldn't say anything about the application, so he could only sigh secretly, nodded and said, "I understand, I will continue to persevere, and I hope that the general can recapture the spaceport as soon as possible." ”
"Very good, so be it, report at any time when there is a situation."
After ending the call with Funk, Shen Shan immediately ordered to start the operation to recapture the spaceport.
The ships of the 7th Fleet began to move, and a large number of other warships led a large number of other ships to surround the spaceport called Fort Senkiri from multiple directions, thus blocking the support forces of the other spaceports.
After completing the deployment, the battle officially began, and dozens of mecha assault ships sailed out of the giant ship, rushing towards the Thousand Riders Fort from different directions.
This kind of mecha assault ship is a kind of unmanned small ship, its cabin is very small, and each mecha is suspended outside the hull, the function is to send the mecha to the target, and the mecha can immediately leave the ship and enter the battle.
Due to its small size, this type of ship is not easily hit by enemy fire, and it accelerates extremely quickly at short distances, often before the enemy can react, and often rushes to the vicinity of the target before the enemy can react.
The rebels stationed at Fort Senki were not vegetarians either, and they soon discovered the intentions of the 7th Fleet, and the beams of the particle cannons were quickly shot out of the spaceport, and a large number of defensive missiles were also launched in an attempt to stop the assault ships from approaching.
Dozens of assault ships stared at the gunfire of the spaceport and continued to rush forward, one of them did not have time to adjust its direction, and just happened to collide with the particle cannon head-on, only to see a flash of red light, including the mechs on the ship, which exploded into countless fragments in just a few seconds.
The mecha hanging on the assault ship also opened fire at this time, using the laser gun in his hand to shoot continuously, and the incoming missiles were exploded one after another.
In the dark space, the firelight is constantly lit up, like the stars that keep twinkling in the dark night, full of fairytale beauty. However, only those who are on the battlefield know that behind this little flickering is the rapid disappearance of fresh lives.
Finally, some of them approached the spaceport before they were shot down, only to see the mechs hanging outside the ship detach one after another, each heading towards the spaceport from different directions.
The rebel mechs stationed in the spaceport also went out to meet them, and dozens of mechs from both sides fought together around the spaceport.
Mecha is a weapon that seems slow and cumbersome on the ground, but in space without gravity, it is like a fish in water, and it moves quickly and quickly.
In addition, the mecha itself is equipped with a variety of weapons, which is simply a big killer in close combat in space, even if all kinds of giant ships are entangled by the mecha, they will be very passive.
The mecha of the two sides were entangled with each other, and it was difficult to kill for a while, but after all, the Thousand Cavalry Fort was still in the hands of the rebels, and with the help of the artillery fire of the spaceport, the rebels' mecha troops still had the advantage.
The 7th Fleet's mechs repelled several attempts to storm the airport gate, and the number of mechs lost far exceeded that of the rebels, and soon the first batch of mechs was reduced by about half.
Shen Dan, who was sitting in the flagship, was a little anxious, and he ordered to put more mecha into the battle, and he must take the Thousand Horse Fort no matter what.
At this time, the intelligence officer told Shen Shan that several other spaceports had sent reinforcements and were rushing towards Fort Qianqi, and the fleet was preparing to intercept it.
At the same time, a large number of rockets are also being launched on the ground, and it is obvious that the rebels have resorted to the same trick against Li Quan, directly using rockets from the ground to send the mecha into space for combat.
Shen Shan ordered a part of the force to intercept the rockets on the ground, and be sure to destroy these mechs before they enter the battlefield.
"Report to the general, there are a lot of rockets launched on the ground, and if you want to intercept them all, I'm afraid the current strength is not enough!"
"None of the ships that are intercepted are allowed to be put into space, I'll see how many rockets they can have!" Shen Dan said ruthlessly.
In the face of the rebels' practice of raising the stakes, Shen Dan's heart became happy, he was not afraid that the rebels would play big, but he was afraid that the rebels would hide and refuse to fight.
"It's good to come! Let me make a good bet with you and see who can have the last laugh! Shen Dan said as he looked at the screen with a smile on his face.