Chapter 157: Razing the Hive Base
On a high ground about fifty kilometers away from the base of the hive in the river valley, a battalion-sized armored unit was nervously guarding several improvised steel houses. Above the roof and in the open space were filled with electronic devices with long antennas stuck in their heads, and some senior staff officers were hurrying between the improvised rooms. Patrols kept coming in and out of the camp, wandering cautiously through the jungle near the heights, and several multi-purpose anti-aircraft combat vehicles were scattered around the highlands, their swarthy muzzles and metallic anti-aircraft missiles pointed high into the air. This temporary base, which was tightly shrouded in tension, was the command center of the mixed legion responsible for the feint attack on the hive base.
"Report to the commander, the mixed 1st Division has encountered the vanguard of the swarm in the XXX area! The commander of the first division reported that the attack of the insect swarm was fierce, and the troops could not build a large number of strong fortifications in a hurry, so they could only rely on the mountainous terrain to block the attack, and the casualties of each division were heavy, and he requested that follow-up reinforcements be sent immediately! ”
In the largest simple room in the middle of the base, Guo Ling was sitting around a multi-functional command table with several staff officers, looking at the three-dimensional holographic map displayed on it, and discussing something in a low voice. A staff officer in charge of liaison hurriedly walked over, saluted a standard military salute, and reported in a deep voice.
"Where did the second and third divisions arrive?" Guo Ling found the area that the staff officer said on the three-dimensional holographic map, looked at the updated and enlarged holographic topographic map, and asked with a deep frown.
The area where the mixed 1st Division encountered the insect swarm was a gentle mountainous terrain with many intersections and no one to rely on. It would have been difficult for the hastily assembled 1st Division, without the support of a large number of strong fortifications, to hold back the swift and agile insects that were pouring in from all directions, but they could not abandon the area and let the army of swarms roar by, because it happened to be on the shortcut to attack the area where the heavy artillery cluster was located from the valley area. Sparing the army of insect swarms means that the slow-moving heavy artillery swarm will soon be swallowed up by the boundless sea of insects.
"The 2nd Mixed Division has arrived in the YYY area, that is, about ten kilometers directly in front of the heavy artillery cluster, and is urgently constructing improvised fortifications!" The staff officer clicked on the three-dimensional holographic map and reported to Guo Ling: "The third mixed division is on the way to reinforce the heavy artillery cluster, and it is expected that it will take about ten minutes to reach the plain where the heavy artillery cluster is located!" ”
"Pass my orders!" Guo Ling waved his big hand and ordered again and again: "The Second Mixed Division will immediately transfer a main force regiment to reinforce the First Mixed Division, and the Third Mixed Division will immediately change its combat mission, go to the sniper position constructed by the Second Mixed Division, and merge with the Second Division to jointly block the swarm army!" The 4th Mixed Division immediately attacked to take over the combat mission of the original 3rd Mixed Division and cover the heavy artillery cluster for position transfer. In addition, order the aviation brigade directly under the corps to immediately provide air fire support to the troops who are fighting fiercely with the swarm! ”
"Yes, Commander!" The staff officer hurriedly raised his voice and hurriedly turned around to convey the order.
"General, if the mixed fourth division is also sent, then the strength of our side will only be left with the mixed fifth division, will it seem a little too thin?" A staff officer next to the command platform frowned and asked, "If the swarm suddenly turns around and attacks our base camp, will this move be a little, a little too dangerous?" ”
The entire mixed corps has a total of five mixed reinforced divisions and an aviation brigade, and is also attached to some logistics and transportation units, and although the scale is very large, the actual combat strength adds up to only more than 100,000 people. After the dispatch of the four mixed divisions, only the fifth mixed division and some logistics units remained in the assembly area. If the swarm suddenly reversed the direction of the attack and went straight to the camp, the consequences would obviously be unimaginable.
"Where is there no danger on the battlefield?" Guo Ling responded coldly with a calm face, then frowned in front of the holographic map with his sword eyebrows and pestle, and became silent without saying a word.
Guo Ling didn't expect that Jihua, the originally well-formulated counterattack, would encounter such a mutation at the beginning. The insects in the hive base were able to be attacked by large-scale firepower, and they did not mess up, but quickly reacted quite "wisely". Thousands of insects braved the overwhelming rain of deadly artillery to roll out of the insect base, and under the command of the king insects floating high in the air, they launched a fierce attack on the heavy artillery cluster that posed a deadly threat to them.
In this way, the entire battlefield situation was reversed in one fell swoop by the astonishing move of the insect swarm, and the offensive and defensive sides instantly changed positions. The human troops, who were originally preparing to launch a fierce attack on the hive base, had to passively switch to the defense in order to avoid their trump card - the heavy artillery cluster being swallowed up by the army of insects.
What surprised Guo Ling even more was that in addition to the insects that had been left in the hive base before and rolled out along the river valley, the report just received showed that an unknown number of tunnel insects suddenly appeared in the insect hive base that was almost in ruins by heavy artillery fire, and tens of thousands of insect troops were constantly reinforcing the insect hive base through those tunnel insects. Moreover, what is particularly surprising is that the level of these alien insects that suddenly came out of the ground is obviously much higher than that of their counterparts in this alien insect base before, and they can even occasionally see some high-level alien insects such as thunder beasts.
As a large number of insect reinforcements poured out of the mouth of the tunnel worm, the comparison between the strength of the human troops and the alien insect army on the battlefield gradually reversed minute by minute. Guo Ling roughly estimated the speed of the appearance of insect reinforcements, and he believed that it would not be long before this mixed army with a combat strength of only more than 100,000 troops would slowly lose its advantage in strength.
"General, my uncle is in a hurry!" Just as Guo Ling was distracted by the holographic map, the staff officer who was in charge of communication with Haoyi's small unit suddenly turned his head and shouted.
"Quick, get in!" Guo Ling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly walked over and ordered the staff officer in a deep voice. A few minutes ago, after receiving Haoyi's order to adjust the battle, Guo Ling's heart had already begun to hang. He knew that Haoyi would soon take the special combat team members to take the risk of infiltrating the hive base. However, after discovering that many tunnel insects suddenly appeared in the insect base, and seeing tens of thousands of insect reinforcements coming out of the ground in a steady stream, Guo Ling's worries became more and more serious, and he even moved the idea of directly mobilizing the only aviation brigade directly under the legion to urgently reinforce Hao Yi and others.
"Lao Guo, how is the battle going? Is the heavy artillery cluster still there? With a chaotic sound of gunfire and strange insect screams, the holographic picture showed Haoyi's thin face stained with blood.
"Heavy artillery clusters are preparing to shift positions! I've sent out four mixed divisions to snipe those bugs in sections! Guo Ling briefly reported to Haoyi: "Uncle, how are you doing now?" Do you need reinforcements? ”
"Don't waste your precious troops! Let the heavy artillery cluster temporarily stop shifting positions first, and immediately carry out rapid fire coverage of the alien insect base! Hao Yi waved his hand to Guo Ling with a calm face and ordered: "If possible, let the heavy artillery cluster directly use up all the spare base ammunition!" ”
"Running out of ammo? Uncle, what about you...... I'm afraid the entire insect base is about to be razed to the ground! Hearing Haoyi's order, Guo Ling couldn't help but be taken aback and asked in amazement.
According to the originally carefully formulated plan to lure the snake out of the hole, after the first round of firepower attack on the insect base by the heavy artillery cluster, in the subsequent offensive operations, the heavy artillery group will appropriately reduce the density and intensity of firepower, and avoid the middle ground of the insect swarm base as much as possible, so as not to accidentally injure Hao Yi and others who have infiltrated the insect nest base.
"I can't care about that much!" Haoyi said in an indisputable tone, and said in a deep voice: "If we don't use the strong firepower of the heavy artillery cluster to seal the exit of those tunnel worms, then don't say whether we can complete the jihua that lures the snake out of the hole, I'm afraid that even the entire mixed army is in danger of being wiped out." Execute the order, Lao Guo! Don't worry, Lao Tzu won't hang up so easily! Also, the tiger is hanging, Lao Mai is also injured, and there are only seven or eight brothers left with me who can still be replaced! Remember, be quick! With that, a string of more intense gunshots rang out, and Haoyi hurriedly cut off the communication.
"Uncle......" Seeing the holographic communication screen turn dark again, Guo Ling, who had mixed feelings, couldn't help but murmur in his heart. He knew that Hao Yi was gambling with his own life, gambling on the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers of the entire mixed army. Although he said very lightly, he would not hang up easily. But Guo Ling knew very well in his heart that even if Hao Yi had almost invincible spiritual energy, who could guarantee that he would be able to survive the overwhelming and extremely lethal heavy artillery cluster fire? Guo Ling didn't dare to think about whether this would become a call between himself and Hao Yi, but he still had to complete the instructions given by Hao Yi.
"Pass my orders! The heavy artillery group immediately stopped moving positions, and each artillery group immediately entered the firing state as quickly as possible! Guo Ling, who was silent for a while, with tears flashing in his eyes, finally turned around and strode back to the command platform, his white face sank, and with a wave of his big hand, he resolutely ordered the staff officers beside him: "The original target of the artillery group remains the same, it is still the worm nest base!" Tell the commander of the artillery group to deplete the ammunition base stored in each artillery group, and the logistics unit will immediately replenish the ammunition of the artillery group. Even if the cannons are scrapped, Lao Tzu will raze the worm nest base! ”
"Raze the hive base? Generals, generals, then, what about the uncles? The staff officer who was in charge of conveying military orders had just rushed back to the command center, and he happened not to hear the conversation between Guo Ling and Hao Yi Shicai, and he couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this.
"Execute the order!" Guo Ling almost had tears in his eyes, slammed his fist on the edge of the command platform, gritted his teeth and roared angrily: "This is also an order personally issued by my uncle!" Execute it immediately, and those who dare to disobey the order will be dealt with by military law! ”
"Yes, General!" Seeing Guo Ling's sudden attack, the staff officer was so frightened that he hurriedly answered in a loud voice, and hurriedly went to convey this incredible military order.
"Boom, boom!" Just a few minutes later, hundreds of plasma heavy artillery guns in the heavy artillery cluster let out a shocking roar in unison, and countless bright fireballs pierced the already dim sky, and roared and smashed down towards the insect base in the river valley.