Chapter 5: The Encounter (I)
Five minutes later......
Robin and Lee approached Colin's assigned position.
This area, near the edge of the B-57 outpost zone, is a heavily weathered stone forest. Here, the view will be blocked by the countless jagged rocks set up in the wasteland, so each time you patrol, this area will take a lot of energy and time to search slowly.
"Something is wrong......"
Looking at the stone forest that made a strange 'whin' sound in the strong wind, Robin suddenly stopped the locomotive and looked into the depths of the stone forest with a solemn face.
"What, what did you find?" Lee stood beside Robin with a sniper rifle and followed his gaze, but saw nothing.
"No, but I think something is wrong." Robin hid the locomotive behind a strange rock, pulled the bolt of his gun, and said, "It might be better for us to walk in." ”
Li pouted disapprerovingly: "You are too cautious." ”
"My instincts have always been accurate, trust me." Robin picked up the gun and ran in front with his back hunched, and Li saw that Robin left alone, so he could only carry a sniper rifle on his back and follow Robin into the stone forest.
Robin was a fast runner, his steps were not large, but his strides were quite fast, which made him like an experienced hunter, silently speeding through the rocks.
"The interference is very strong, but it doesn't seem to be some kind of radiation source......"
Robin adjusted the function on the goggles, and the strong interference here greatly weakened the life detection ability of the goggles, so that it made a piercing 'clang' sound, and Robin had no choice but to turn off this function.
He crept to the edge of the rock, but it wasn't long before he discovered the goal of his trip.
It's an enemy attack! ――
Upon seeing the Union sentry hidden in the rocks, Robin hid as fast as he could, and used combat sign language to alert Lee of his discovery.
Lee didn't appear in Robin's line of sight, but Robin knew that Lee must be hiding for a moment to notice his location. Now that the helmet's communication ability is disrupted, Robin can only use this method to prompt Lee, and pray that Lee has not been discovered by the opposing party's hidden snipers.
There was silence for a moment, and the desolate stone forest was as quiet as ever, which couldn't help but make Robin breathe a sigh of relief. At the very least, this means that Lee saw his tactical sign language, and that his position was rather hidden and had not yet been spotted by the snipers who were occupying high ground on the other side.
"It's actually an enemy attack, it's really stepping on shit!"
Robin cursed silently, took a deep breath, and after trying to compose himself, quietly glanced up at the location of the Federation sentry.
The sentry hiding under the stalagmite was lazily leaning against the stone wall, not looking to be aware that he had been exposed, and at three points behind him, Robin keenly saw a barrel emerging from the rock, it seemed that there should be a secret sentry there, and in the high place, there must be a sniper ambush, but Robin could not confirm the location of the sniper for the time being.
"You have to check the number and equipment of the other party." Robin, leaning against the cold rock, quietly made a tactical gesture seeking cover.
Robin counted to three in his mind, took a deep breath, and suddenly sprang out like a leopard. Walking close to the ground, he scurried out more than ten meters in the blink of an eye, and after being covered by a rock, he took a Z-shaped route, bypassing the perspective of the two sentinels, and infiltrated the area controlled by the federal army.
God forbid, the sniper who occupies the commanding heights seems to be dozing off, Robin's lightning-fast infiltration was not discovered, after avoiding the sentinels on the periphery, Robin easily found the federal infiltration unit behind several huge strange rocks, and what shocked him was that this time it was a full field platoon of the federal army that invaded the defense area of the B-57 outpost.
"Seven field locomotives, the size of forty people. Three combat squads and one logistics support squad......"
Robin was in a cold sweat observing the opponent's combat effectiveness, this was a standard reinforced field platoon, and the most troublesome thing for him was that the opponent actually had six federal Patriot 2 heavy infantry armor.
Heavy infantry armor, which is a semi-human-driven heavy armament. On the battlefield of the new era, its presence has completely replaced tanks and combat vehicles and has become a standing weapon of the main combat forces.
Unlike light infantry armor, which was made only of composite materials, heavy infantry armor appeared to be a completely mechanized armament. In the early stages of development, the prototype of the heavy infantry armor was actually an automated robot, but the ubiquitous radiation and cosmic rays of space made this type of robot often uncontrollable without warning, and the mechanized joints made the robot slow down, and its huge energy consumption and inefficiency made it difficult to use as a conventional combat weapon for the army. However, the breakthrough of the genetic lock of the first generation of new humans has given scholars who are interested in the development of heavy equipment a new idea, and this kind of heavy equipment on the battlefield has been able to develop to a different model.
A new, human-based external combination of armor quickly entered the arena of warfare. Relying on the strong physical fitness obtained by the new humans after breaking through the genetic lock, it is possible to equip this armor with a total weight of nearly two tons, strong defense and heavy firepower.
With the human body as the foundation, and then equipped with a power core to reduce the burden on the wearer, this new type of equipment quickly became the main offensive force in the battlefield.
Most of the countries that have adopted heavy infantry armor on a large scale have adopted a full squad with two heavy infantry armor. In the attack on the fortification, the two heavy infantry armor adopted the combat mode of the air force's usual long plane and wingman, and followed the army's integrated combat of machine and foot, so that the combat capability of the small force was greatly improved, and even a small squad was enough to destroy a town's terrible force.
And now, Robin was surrounded by three full-fledged combat squads and six Patriot 2 heavy infantry armor with strong firepower. In the face of such power, Robin did not think that the rudimentary B-57 post could withstand their attack.
Faced with the ferocious firepower of six heavy infantry armor, it may only take a single charge to completely dismantle the defenses of B-57 post, and Robin and his team have no strength to compete with this field platoon.
"Damn, we have to notify Aubrey before they do it again."
Robin slowly retreated in the shadow of the rock, and after confirming that he was not noticed by anyone, he immediately returned the same way as fast as he could. After quietly leaving the surveillance range of the Union Sentinels under the cover of the rock pile, Robin seemed to be a rabbit fleeing for his life, and ran back to the locomotive on the outskirts of the stone forest.
"Robin, what do you see?"
After Robin, Lee also exited the Stone Forest with a sniper rifle. In fact, when he came into contact with the enemy army, Li had already guessed that the situation was unusual this time, but seeing Robin's hasty performance, his heart suddenly sank.
"I'll explain later." Robin jumped on the locomotive and started the locomotive's engine away from the signal jamming in the Stone Forest area, Robin immediately shouted in the headset: "Colin, the enemy attack has been discovered." Ten o'clock due north is the area of the stone forest where the radar signal is blocked. ”
"How many people? What about the firepower? Before Colin could reply, Aubrey's voice suddenly sounded in the headset.
"About forty people, a full field platoon. There are three combat squads and one logistics support squad, and in terms of firepower, there are six Patriot 2 heavy infantry armor and nearly thirty light infantry. Robin quickly reported what he was seeing, and the size of the enemy force he reported caused the team's communication channel to fall into an oppressive silence.
"Robin, are you sure?" After a long time, Aubrey's voice was heard with a heavy breath.
"Sure." Robin grabbed his rifle and nodded vigorously.
"Looks like we're in big trouble." Aubrey was silent for a while, and then suddenly ordered: "You stay where you are and continue to watch, and Yarman and I will come to meet you soon." ”
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, Robin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If he can smoothly convey the information, his mission will be basically completed, and it is not up to him to decide whether to fight or retreat next, and even Aubrey, as the captain, has no right to decide. Everything can only be seen after the combat order from the command is issued.
"You're lucky to have just been here for a week and you've had such a big event." Li carefully examined the sniper rifle in his hand, and could not hear the slightest fluctuation in his voice.
Robin, who was about to face the first battle in his life, was a little nervous, and when he thought of the next surveillance mission, he couldn't help asking, "Did you find out the location of the opponent's sniper just now?" ”
"Hmm." Li nodded, and after sketching a topographic map on the rock with his saber, he pointed to a commanding point in the map: "He is here, I have already found him." However, there is a blind spot in the position he chose, and the direction you just cut in is exactly where this blind spot is. ”
"Then we might be able to use it again!" Robin's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that if he cut in from this point and carry out a sneak attack, he might achieve good results.
"Why don't you wait for Aubrey to come, maybe he's bringing an order to retreat?" Lee smiled and leaned back in his chair to close his eyes, while Robin observed the Stone Forest area with some uneasiness, always monitoring the Federation Army for any new movements.