Chapter 127: Close Bombardment
In the mountainous area of Fudeli Island, the sound of gunfire is still endless.
Under the cover of various fighters, the Imperial Army's close combat units occupied mountain canyons one after another. A feint operation that was supposed to serve as a diversion turned out to be the largest general attack ever launched by the Imperial Army against this swarm of insects.
In the midst of the battle, the insect bases that were originally left on the surface were all razed to the ground by the powerful firepower of the Imperial Army. Aside from the scorched black wreckage that was emitting a foul smell everywhere, it was already hard to see more living insects on the ground.
The battle above the surface is clearly drawing to a close, and the battlefield is slowly shifting into the ground. In the sinkholes that were opened by the battleship clusters with nuclear energy main guns, the rapid sound of guns made the entire mountainous ground tremble faintly. The Imperial troops in the strata were no longer able to receive effective fire support from warplanes and warships. Many troops can only rely on all kinds of light and heavy weapons in the hands of the marines, as well as a small number of mecha chariots, to constantly stop the underground army of insects that are already at the end of their crossbows.
"General, according to the report of the front-line commander, the forward units of our army have successively entered the main base of the alien insect located below the formation. At present, the various departments are concentrating their forces to stop the alien insect troops trying to break through the formation! ”
In the flagship command center of the Imperial Space Fleet, Tong Zhong, who had a gloomy face, quietly listened to the loud report of the adjutant beside him, but did not continue to give military orders as usual, but silently stared at the holographic topographic map on the command platform.
"Order all departments, suspend the attack, and be ready to evacuate from the ground at any time!" Mi Kai on the side glanced at Tong Zhong, and his heart moved, so he ordered loudly for Tong Zhong.
"Nope! Command all units to speed up the attack, and do whatever it takes to wipe out all the alien troops in the shortest possible time! However, when the adjutant was about to turn around and convey the military order, Tong Zhong suddenly waved his hand and categorically changed the military order issued by Mi Kai on his behalf.
"Old Tong, ...... you" Mi Kai was stunned for a moment, and then motioned to the adjutant staff officers beside him, first retreated, and then frowned and said to Tong Zhong in a low voice: "Aren't you ready to carry out the top secret military order of the Führer?" ”
"I didn't say it!" Tong Zhong snorted coldly and said, "Your Excellency just wants us to carry out that damn military order that is not benevolent enough when the battle situation is most favorable!" ”
"But if you do this, what if the front-line units left in the stratum are dragged by the alien insect troops and have no time to withdraw to the ground? Do you want to watch your own men buried directly in the soil by our Imperial Army's space fleet? Mikay said with a worried face.
"Anyway, we have to find a way to get rid of the insects here! Otherwise, if this group of beasts escapes, I don't know how many innocent people will suffer! Tong Zhong said with a straight face: "We are the army of the empire, and we are the Great Wall of the thousands of people in the empire!" Even if I run out of troops, I will never tolerate a worm escaping from my hands! ”
"Hey! Well, you are the Supreme Commander! It's up to you to give the order! Looking at the sharp cold light that flashed in Tong Zhonglao's eyes, Mi Kai sighed helplessly and said.
"Adjutant, order, let the various departments that enter the stratum speed up their attacks, and give me the complete elimination of all the alien insects in the stratum at all costs!" Only then did Tong Zhong beckon to call the adjutant and commanded in a deep voice.
"General!" At this time, another staff adjutant hurriedly ran over, and reported in a loud voice with a slight excitement on his face: "The commanders of the front-line departments have reported that the alien insect troops they have encountered have begun to appear chaotic and retreat!" ”
"General! The low-earth orbit reconnaissance satellite shows that in the depths of the stratum in the XX and YY coordinate areas, a strange crustal tremor has just appeared! Before Tong Zhong and the others could react, another staff adjutant hurriedly ran over and reported loudly.
"XX, YY coordinates, isn't this the location of the alien brain worm that General Wu said?" Tong Zhong and the two hurriedly found the coordinates reported by the adjutant on the holographic topographic map, and Mi Kai couldn't help but shout: "Could it be that this guy really succeeded in killing that so-called brain worm?" ”
"Find out if it's an earthquake or an unexplained explosion!" Tong Zhong asked with a slight groan and a frown.
"I've checked, it's not an earthquake! Most likely, it was the vibration caused by the explosion of a high-powered explosive! The adjutant's words made Tong Zhong's old eyebrows jump.
"No, the commandos don't carry explosives that can directly blow up the earth's crust with it!" Mikay apparently noticed something strange about things as well, staring intently at the coordinates.
"Order to enter the various parts of the stratum and withdraw to the surface immediately! The space fleet immediately followed the third set of temporary combat jihua and prepared to take over the ground departments! And this time, Tong Zhong did not hesitate to give evacuation orders one after another.
"This ...... Old boy, you ......" Mikay was suddenly a little stunned.
"What are you, quickly inform your subordinates, and prepare for a top-secret mission!" Tong Zhong sighed as if relieved, and said lightly: "That General Wu is really a character, he must have successfully killed the brain worm of the alien worm!" Otherwise, there will never be chaos and retreat in the various parts of the insects! Hurry up and finish that goddamn top-secret mission! Hey, I don't know what our Führer thinks! People came to help with good intentions, but when they arrived in Zuihou, they were going to die for no apparent reason......"
"Old boy!" Seeing the surprised looks from the adjutants beside him one by one, Mi Kai hurriedly interrupted Tong Zhong's words in a deep voice.
"Ah, by the way, after ordering all units to withdraw from the battlefield, immediately return to the outer positions, ready to organize a second wave of attacks at any time!" Tong Zhong probably realized that he had leaked his words, and hurriedly followed with a second military order. And this upright old general of the empire is still secretly sighing for Haoyi and the two in his heart.
"If that General Wu can survive by luck, he will definitely be a bright general star in time!" Tong Zhong stared at the holographic topographic map on the command platform and was distracted for a while.
After a while, the gunfire that had been going on and forth on the entire battlefield gradually began to fall apart. As the Imperial Army's close-quarters troops withdrew from the huge sinkholes, and the planes that boarded the planes hurriedly evacuated, the faint wails of the wounded insects remained in the stratum.
At the same time, the space squadron that was originally part of the task force quickly dispatched a team of twelve battleships to slowly break away from the fleet formation in mid-air and approach the area where the joint operations command center on the ground was located. This battleship squad was not only fully manned, but also transported a special operations unit that had just been transferred from the imperial capital and was part of the Führer's Guard.
When this battleship team arrived over the area, it was actually a special warship from the queue, and only a few necessary personnel operated it. This warship will directly reach the huge sinkhole at the location of the former joint operations command center, at a low altitude of less than 1,000 meters, and then directly use the main nuclear cannon to bombard the sinkhole for a second time.
Someone may ask, weishenme is going to carry out a second bombardment of the sinkhole? And Weishenme had to send a battleship like a death squad to bomb the approach? There is no doubt that the huge shock wave caused by the bombardment of the ground by the main guns of nuclear energy will definitely affect this warship. At best, the battleship was severely damaged, and at worst, the ship was destroyed and killed.
The reason is actually very simple, compared to the battleship's space fortress-like hull, the seemingly huge sinkhole on the ground is actually very small. For a battleship hovering high in the air, it is no less difficult to hit the same crater again at a long distance with a nuclear main gun than to hit the wing of a fly with a rifle at a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers.
Therefore, if you want to bomb this sinkhole twice, you must use a battleship to carry out a suicide close-range nuclear main artillery bombardment. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for the Imperial Army to use the weapon of mass destruction to directly eliminate the target under the thick layer.