Chapter 31: The Paratrooper Rangers (Part II)
Three hours later, Pluto surfaced.
Robin, Lee, Aven, and Colin traveled through the vast maroon wilderness of Pluto in a multi-purpose power vehicle with equipment and supplies weighing nearly 3.5 tons.
The multi-purpose vehicle they were riding in was widely used in the Army of the Republic, and due to its detachable function and light weight, it became standard equipment above the platoon scale.
In general, this small multi-purpose power vehicle is mostly used for loading heavy infantry armor and transporting ammunition during combat, but in critical moments, manning also becomes one of its missions. Although its speed of nearly 110 kilometers per hour is a snail compared to other off-road locomotives with speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour, Robin's plan has made it Robin's preferred means of transportation.
At present, they are still nearly 500 kilometers away from the mission's starting point, Area 94, because they have deviated from course and have not reached their designated position, and to shorten the distance, they must venture through the area that has just been bombed by the Union bomber formation.
Considering that the battle was now over, Robin and the others decided to venture into the battlefield after discussing it and rushed to the designated location in Area 94 as quickly as possible.
After driving dozens of kilometers, Robin and the others were currently close to the edge of the battlefield area. To be on the safe side, Robin left Aven to take care of the equipment and vehicles, while he took Lee and Colin on foot into the battlefield area to investigate.
Robin acted as a sentry at the front, he quickly approached the already blackened battlefield, while behind him, Colin had quickly turned on the tactical radar, and Lee was hovered high like a ghost, using a sniper rifle to sweep all the hidden corners of Robin's path.
"Safety!"
After confirming that the departing Federation forces did not plant mines or other threats on the battlefield, Robin breathed a sigh of relief and made a tactical gesture of safety.
Without noticing an enemy loitering around the radar, Colin closed the tactical radar and quickly approached Robin's location with Lee.
"It's the people of the 11th Division, it looks like they have suffered heavy casualties......"
Standing in the middle of a messy battlefield, Robin casually threw away the tactical helmet with the emblem of the 11th Division of the Republic Army in his hand, and then looked at the large ash that had been burned into charred by the flames, and sighed: "It seems that Colonel Achill is not lying, if we don't destroy the air supremacy of the Federal Army, we can't win this war." ”
"Yes, such a good situation, if you say no, it's gone......" Li took a sip of the high-energy drink in the water bladder with a straw, and looked back at Colin fiercely: "Where are those federal mongrels going now?" ”
"I don't know, I can't find their markings on the radar. In this area of engagement, both sides of the enemy and the enemy have turned on signal shielding, so I'm afraid my radar won't be of much use. ”
"Damn, if only I had Hawkeye. The rudimentary 'Eagle Eye' can lock on to targets up to 10 kilometers away with the naked eye, and with this ability, it is better than any radar. Li picked open a corpse on tiptoe and looked at it, and when he saw that the charred corpse was wearing the military insignia of the Federal Army, he couldn't help but feel better.
Since everyone witnessed the defeat of the Republic Army, everyone's mood was a little depressed. Before the Federal Army dispatched a bomber formation, the Republic's 11th Army Division had the upper hand in a head-on confrontation with the Federal Army, and it was precisely because they saw the Federal Army retreating under the ferocious firepower of the 11th Division, that Robin and Lee cheered excitedly in the cabin. But all this was completely destroyed with the arrival of the Union bomber formation, and in the massive bombardment of the federal air power, the 11th offensive sequence was completely disrupted. Without trenches, without the protection of fortifications, the infantry is purely a fixed target in the eyes of the flying troops. The rain of bullets tore apart countless heroic warriors of the Republic, but at the same time, it unexpectedly strengthened Robin's determination to complete this mission.
"You are on guard here, and I'll go over there and have a look."
Robin saw a pile of mechanical wreckage not far away, so he ran quickly, while Lee and Colin stayed on guard.
Approaching the entangled wreckage, Robin discovers that it is several pieces of heavy infantry armor, including the Republican Army's Defender 2 and the Union Army's Patriot 2. Judging from the situation on the ground, these armor should have been in combat condition at the time of the bombardment.
"The commander of the flight unit of the Federation Army is really ruthless, and even his own people have been sacrificed together."
Glancing at the unexplained death of the Union soldiers with some sympathy, Robin was about to bypass the pile of wreckage, but at this time, he found that a Federation multi-purpose infantry vehicle was buried under the wreckage, which immediately lifted his spirits.
"Colin, Lee, come here. He also told Evan to bring the car over. ”
Robin gave orders in the communication as he pushed away the steel wreckage pressed against the infantry vehicle with all his strength, and dragged the Union multipurpose infantry vehicle out of the rubble with all his might.
Perhaps because the heavy infantry armor carried most of the impact of the explosion, the damage to this multi-purpose power vehicle was not serious, except for some of the body deformed and damaged by heavy blows, the internal electronic facilities were mostly intact.
Robin knew that a multi-purpose infantry vehicle like this was not standard in the Federal Army. Since the hull of such a multifunctional infantry vehicle can be fully unfolded and can be transformed into a temporary operational command room, in general, only the establishment of the regimental level and above will be equipped with such a multifunctional infantry vehicle. And in division-sized troops, the deputy division commander or division chief of staff will ride in such an infantry vehicle to direct operations at the front line. So Robin dragged the bombed-out infantry vehicle out precisely to ask Colin to come over and see if the car was a temporary command post for the Federal Army, as he thought.
"Haha...... We've found a treasure. The bastard inside is actually a brigadier general! ~”
Soon after, Lee pried open the closed door of the infantry vehicle and threw a body wearing a federal general's uniform out of it.
Robin, on the other hand, immediately removed the corpse's military badge and threw it to Colin. He personally got into the deformed carriage and dismantled the entire electronic command system in the carriage.
More than ten minutes later, Colin sweated profusely and completed the electronic decryption of the military card, and laughed excitedly at Robin: "This guy is a brigadier general of the Federal Army, and he is the chief of staff of the K64 Division of the Federal Army. ”
Robin was refreshed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What about this electronic control system?" Can you restore part of its functionality? ”
Colin knew what Robin wanted to do, and after carefully checking it, he nodded, "Although many of the circuit boards have been damaged, if I give me some time, I can still restore some of the functions." ”
"Pack it away! Let's find a place to fix it, this place can't stay any longer. ”
Hearing that the electronic control system could be repaired, Robin immediately beckoned Evan to carry the bits and pieces of electronic equipment into the car.
Robin was in such a hurry to leave because the discovery at hand was so important. The value of a high-ranking officer's personal badge and a chain of command that has not yet completely cut off electronic messages is incalculable.
Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the Federation Army to leave such an important thing on the battlefield, and the commander will definitely scrap his own chain of command before he dies in battle. But the front-line commander of the Federation Army apparently did not expect to be dragged by a few Republican heavy-loaders who were not afraid to die at the last moment of leaving the battlefield, thus becoming a tragic martyr. Or perhaps the bombing came too quickly, and the brigadier general of the Union Army did not cut off the command system in the infantry vehicle until he died in battle. Later, the Federation Army was in a hurry to pursue the defeated 11th Division of the Republic, and did not have time to clean up the battlefield.
Robin believed that it was impossible for the Federation Army to make consecutive mistakes, and that the troops in charge of cleaning up the battlefield would definitely arrive soon, and before that, Robin's Einsatzgruppen would have to leave immediately.
However, before leaving, Robin and Lee conducted another small-scale routine blasting to cover up the excavation here. After confirming that all traces had disappeared with the blast, the four Robins saluted the burning flames with solemn expressions.
"Let's go...... We will avenge our brothers! ”
Robin stepped onto the powertrain, which was a little shaky from overloading, and walked away under the magnificent glow of billowing smoke......