At about 2 a.m., about ten kilometers from the rebel ammunition base, an armored detachment of the Federal Expeditionary Force was rapidly withdrawing east along the gorge. More than a dozen broken fire assault vehicles, five siege tanks covered in bullets, six stumbling raider mechs, and an armored command vehicle were the remnants of the reconnaissance company that had just broken through a fierce battle.

On the armored command vehicle, the company's staff officer Lu Meng leaned out half of his body, and looked back at the rebel base in the distance that was faintly vacating flames. In the communication channel next to his ears, there was a creaking sound, probably because the rebels had prepared in advance, and the obvious communication interference made it impossible for Lu Meng and the others to effectively contact the company commander Ghas, who was still fighting desperately in the rebel base.

"Staff Officer Lu, the third platoon commander didn't rush out either! It seems that when Zuihou broke through, a tank was trapped on the high ground, and the third platoon commander went back to save them! The fourth platoon leader whispered in the communication headset.

"Got it!" Lu Ming's expression was blank, and he didn't seem to see a trace of joy, anger and sorrow, but through the huge holographic helmet, his blue eyes were already wet.

"Whoosh-boom!" Suddenly, two FC air-to-surface missiles swept over the convoy and hit the two assault vehicles that were leading the way, and two fireballs flew up, and the convoy immediately fell into chaos. "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" In the communication channel, the panicked cries of various chariot mechs rang out.

"Don't panic!" Lu Meng came to his senses, hurriedly pressed the communication headset and roared as hard as he could: "The cars are scattered along both sides of the canyon!" Damn, don't huddle together, look for death! ”

"Staff Officer Lu, it's a rebel close-in fighter!" From the faint trail of the incoming missile, the fourth platoon commander quickly made a judgment and shouted hurriedly.

"Lao Tzu knows, let your soldiers drive the assault car into the shooting corner below the cliff!" Lu Meng looked up at the empty starry sky, and scolded in his heart: "Damn, won't it be a banshee fighter that will be invisible?" Damn, I knew to bring a few anti-aircraft combat vehicles, even a few individual anti-aircraft missiles! ”

Banshee fighter, a close support fighter that the federal military industry was once proud of. The shape of the fighter is similar to the helicopter gunship used in early human ground warfare, using twin turbofan engines as power, can carry a large number of FC air-to-surface missiles, and is good at dealing with ground armored targets and infantry detachments. Once the fighter was put into actual combat, it was used to carry out near-ground battlefield support missions, and it was one of the main fighters of the Air Assault Division of the Federal Army. It is loved by front-line commanders because of its powerful air-to-ground firepower and thick and strong armor that can withstand small arms such as small-caliber laser artillery. What's more, the Banshee fighter is equipped with a camouflage force field that can evade radar detection, and this force field can even hide from electronic reconnaissance telescopes or even human observation at a certain distance or in special climatic conditions (such as dense fog or nightfall).

With better mobility than siege tanks, Banshee fighters are capable of intimidating enemies in a variety of vast and hostile battlefield environments. However, the Banshee Fighter also has inherent flaws that are difficult to overcome. Its camouflage force field cannot evade the scanning of reconnaissance satellites in high-altitude orbit, and even the powerful radar system of a battlecruiser in space can detect Banshee fighters flying close to the ground. Moreover, because it has to carry a large number of air-to-surface missiles and be equipped with self-defense rapid-fire laser cannons, there is not much space on the Banshee fighter to equip air combat weapons such as air-to-air missiles. Each Banshee fighter has only two short-range XW120 air-to-air ballistics, and its air-to-air radar is almost furnished, which can only detect air targets at short distances.

Because of these two shortcomings, the Banshee's greatest natural enemy is the Viking fighter who is good at air combat. With the help of reconnaissance satellites in high-altitude orbits, the Viking fighter was able to successfully obtain the coordinates of the Banshee fighter, and was able to use the AM09 long-range air-to-air trajectory on board to easily shoot down a piece of the Banshee fighter.

As if to confirm Lu Ming's judgment, under the seemingly empty night, there was a faint sound of a series of low turbofan engines. Then I saw that four or five missile tails flashed out of thin air in the night sky, and five FC air-to-ground missiles seemed to be squeezed out of the gap in the night, whizzing towards the armored convoy that was scurrying like headless flies.

"Boom!" Two more mechs and three assault vehicles instantly turned into dazzling fireballs. In the face of the banshee fighters like natural enemies, the armored detachment without the cover of air defense combat vehicles is like a group of little fat sheep that can only be slaughtered obediently.

"Damn, all weapons are aimed at the direction of three o'clock, five hundred meters in the air, cover the shot, and blast down those flying bugs for Lao Tzu!" Seeing the remnants of his subordinates being wantonly destroyed by the enemy planes that could not even be detected by the naked eye, Lu Miao's eyes were red in a hurry, and he smashed his fist on the console of the command armored vehicle, and ordered with hatred.

"Bang bang bang!" The armored soldiers who received the order, regardless of three, seven or twenty, raised their muzzles and muzzles in unison, and aimed at the direction that Lu Meng said was a fierce bombardment. However, a large number of grenades, particle cannons, and laser cannons flew over, but they didn't even hit a single fly, and flew straight into the night sky and disappeared into the distance.

"Whew!" On the opposite side of Xiangshang, where the armored soldiers were aiming, several air-to-ground missiles with long tails suddenly flashed out and hit the convoy hiding under the cliff. This time, due to the blind spots, only two siege tanks were slightly damaged, but the convoy was still very embarrassed.

"Connect to the division headquarters channel and request the command to coordinate friendly air assault divisions to come to support!" Faced with such a passive situation, Lu Meng had completely ignored the secrecy of the operation, and resolutely ordered.

"Staff Officer Lu, we are now in the depth of the enemy's army, and doing so will not only expose the position of our army, but also allow the enemy to track down the communication channel of the division headquarters!" Inside the armored command vehicle, the sergeant in charge of communications spoke in disagreement.

"Damn, what nonsense, carry out the order! Didn't you see that we were going to be swallowed by this group of dog-day banshee fighters? Lao Tzu doesn't want to die like this! Lu Meng gritted his teeth and roared angrily.

"Yes!" The sergeant was shocked, and quickly lowered his head and maneuvered.

Just in the interval when Lu Meng and the others were hesitating and arguing, several more FC air-to-ground missiles roared towards the remaining chariot mechs on both sides of the canyon from another angle. "Boom!" Amid the aimless aerial fire of the chariot mech, two large siege tanks were hit by the side hull one after another, and fell headlong due to the loss of power suspension system with a bang.

At this moment, the earth suddenly began to tremble faintly without warning, and the rocks of the canyon cliffs on both sides surged frantically and rolled down the rain-like sand and gravel fragments, and the tremor amplitude was actually more and more, which actually made the mecha stand a little unstable, and the drivers in the chariot were even more crooked.

"! Earthquakes at this time? Inside the armored command car, Lu Meng scolded angrily: "Is it possible, if you don't get killed, you will be buried in this canyon?" Damn, it's ......."

"Look, Staff Officer Lu!" Just as Lu Meng was jumping to his feet and scolding, the fourth platoon leader suddenly heard a frightened cry from the communication channel next to his ear.

"Isn't it an earthquake! Let ......"

"No, Staff Officer Lu, come out and see!" The leader of the fourth platoon called out more anxiously. At this time, the rebel Banshee reconnaissance plane, which was originally hidden in the night, suddenly became quiet.

"Boom!" A huge roar far beyond any kind of artillery firing came, Lu Ming, who had just poked out of the upper body of the armored command vehicle, only felt that a huge dazzling fireball was suddenly reflected on the holographic helmet display, and then he felt an extremely fierce air flow rushing towards him, and almost pulled him out of the armored car directly, so startled that Lu Luo hurriedly struggled and retracted into the armored car.

"Four platoon chiefs, what the fuck is going on!?" Lu Luo was able to hide in the armored car, and he heard a violent impact sound outside the car, as if countless stones were hitting the armored car at high speed.

"Staff Officer Lu, I don't know, it seems that there was a nuclear explosion!" In the intermittent and stabbing communication channel, there were four long intermittent calls.

"Staff Officer Lu, it's a nuclear explosion! I see mushroom clouds, ah! Brothers, hold on to the chariot hull, don't get the damn scraped away! The three remaining mechs shouted anxiously and miserably in the communication channel.

Outside Lu Ming's armored command vehicle, in the direction of the rebel ammunition base in the distance, a huge mushroom cloud was slowly rising, and the dazzling huge fireball formed a small sun, illuminating the night of the planet Solomi. Around the mushroom cloud, a giant of smoke and dust rolled like waves on the sea, spreading rapidly with the shock wave.

In the narrow canyon where Lu Meng and the others were hiding, a high-speed smoke and dust that filled the entire canyon also poured out, and it swallowed up the entire convoy in an instant. In the midst of the smoke and dust, Lu Meng and the others seemed to hear the faint sound of the turbofan engine stopping due to a malfunction, and then several explosions with the same momentum sounded nearby.

About a few minutes later, Lu Ming, who was hiding in the armored command car in some fright, felt that the huge movement outside seemed to have stopped, so he slowly opened the hatch and went out.

At this time, the entire canyon was in a mess, full of scattered mountain rocks, and the cliffs on both sides actually faintly revealed several large cracks in black holes. The remnants of the reconnaissance company's chariot mechs were crowded together, and the hull mechs were full of potholes and marks smashed by high-speed flying rocks. About two or three hundred meters away from the front of the convoy, there were several burning steel wreckage, and judging by their remaining appearance, it seemed that they were banshee fighters that had attacked the convoy.

"Are you alright?" Lu Luo trembled and climbed out of the armored car, pressed the call channel and asked.

"I'm fine!" "The 023 locomotive is fine!" The communication channel continued to hear the replies of various cars and mechas, and Lu Meng breathed a sigh of relief, looking up at the huge mushroom cloud that had not disappeared in the distance.

"Could it be that there was a big explosion at the rebel base? It won't be the company commander who managed to blow up the ammunition base of the rebels? I X, such a powerful explosion, the rebel base does not know how much high-yield ammunition is stored? Thinking of this, Lu Luo's heart suddenly moved, his sword eyebrows rose indignantly, and he cursed in his heart: "Damn, the division commander of the dog day is simply letting us carry out a death mission that is destined to go and never return!" ”