Chapter 355: Soldiers Coming to the City
Chu Jungui already knew the strength of the Round Table Warriors very well, so his strategy also changed from eliminating to gaining time for development. Of course, eradication remains a long-term goal.
And the production of junk-class vehicles is the key factor. After Le Mans' newly invented battery was put into service, the chip silently downgraded the vehicle from rough to junk. A combat vehicle with a full life of only 15 days is rubbish by any standard.
Fortunately, so far, despite the considerable number of chariot losses, not a single person alive has fallen into the hands of the knights of the Round Table. The chariot's ability to save life is one aspect, and Chu Jungui's strong control of the battlefield is also another. Everyone on the other side was only staring at Chu Jungui, all desperately trying to blow him up, and at the same time praying that he would not be blown up by him, so that he could not care about capturing the prisoner.
The change in battery design has resulted in a significant increase in production capacity, increasing the production of daily garbage tanks from 6 to 10 under the current allocated capacity. Counting the repaired chariots, it won't take a few days for Chu Jun to have more than 50 chariots in his hands.
In view of the pitifully short lifespan of these chariots, Chu Jungui led his team out to the base of the Round Table Warriors after gathering enough numbers. The Warriors of the Round Table would not allow such an army to run around and strike resolutely, so the two sides fought several times in a day, and finally Chu Jungui dragged a force back to the fortress with only half of the broken chariots left. And the Warriors of the Round Table also paid the price of nearly 100 chariots and more than a dozen mechas.
Both sides considered themselves victorious.
The pursuing force of the Knights of the Round Table was met by a tide of beasts mobilized by Kaitian. Although it was only a C-level beast tide, the pursuing force was far away from the base, and after careful assessment, it still did not provoke this little beast tide and retreated.
Chu Jungui hibernated in the base for a few more days, and after accumulating enough 50 chariots, he couldn't wait to kill them and harass them again. No matter what the Round Table Warriors wanted to do, Chu Jungui didn't intend to let them do it well. In particular, they must not be allowed to accumulate a sufficiently large force. In that case, all it takes is one assault, and the shadow of doom is over.
Throughout the week, the two sides began a number of fierce battles between the two bases, each losing each time. Chu Jungui also felt that the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and he had to do his best in every battle to achieve acceptable results. The Knights of the Round Table were replenished at a rapid pace, and began to set up production lines on the planet's surface. If it weren't for the frequent attacks of the beast tide, it is estimated that the army of the knights of the Round Table would have reached the Doomsday Shadow City.
After many days of fierce fighting, even Chu Jungui felt a little tired. Fortunately, the purpose of delaying time has been achieved, and the ark has been successfully completed.
As a new generation of mobile bases, the Ark's capabilities have been completely transformed. Since most of the large equipment is used, the production capacity is several times that of the old model, and the production capacity has been greatly increased. In addition, although this big guy is huge, it is exceptionally nimble and light, with an anti-gravity engine that weighs only a few hundred tons when it is fully turned on, and can even fly short distances with the help of atmospheric engines, and is more maneuverable than a combat vehicle.
The Ark has a fixed crew of 150 people, most of whom operate production equipment. When transporting troops, you can load an additional 300 people, and Chu Jungui's unique canned loading mode can stuff an additional 500 people.
After the completion of the first ark, Chu Jungui immediately converted all the vacated production capacity to combat vehicles, and 25 combat vehicles were rolled off the assembly line in one day, and then he pulled a garbage detachment composed of 50 combat vehicles, followed by the ark, and pounced on the Round Table Warrior base.
Ganbo's army had just walked out of the gate of the base, and before they had time to march forward, they collided head-on with Chu Jungui's troops. After a scuffle, Chu Jungui left behind the wreckage of more than a dozen chariots and left the battlefield like a gust of wind.
Gamble looked at the mess of the battlefield and almost spurted out a mouthful of blood. The loss of tanks and mechs is not large, only more than 30 units, which is much better than in the past. However, almost half of the logistical baggage and auxiliary vehicles were destroyed. Although these vehicles do not directly participate in combat, they will directly affect the self-sustaining ability of the troops. In addition, these vehicles are also very expensive, many of them are more expensive than combat vehicles, and the price of two of them even catches up with mechas.
As for Chu Jungui throwing down the dozen or so things, he called the chariot to look at it highly. Not to mention that everything has been broken, even if it is intact, Gamble is too lazy to pick it up, and transporting this thing back is not enough to pay for energy.
This kind of tank has been thoroughly studied for a long time, and it can be said that this is a very extreme product, and everything is premised on scrapping after two battles. The wheeled drive is well suited to the hard ground of Planet 4, and the batteries are cheap goods that simply don't last a few times, and in order to achieve the purpose of cheapness, they use industrial designs that were abandoned hundreds of years ago. This made it impossible for Gamble to plagiarize.
The equipment of the Knights of the Round Table is pan-interstellar and can fight in a variety of planetary environments, and the cost naturally rises exponentially.
Although as the commander of the planetary surface forces, Ganbo does not need to consider the direct economic cost of the troops, the logistics director of the orbital station has already complained a lot, and the number of times his superiors have interrogated the battle situation has also increased significantly. It is simply not realistic for the Legion to specialize in weapons for Planet 4, after all, there are still a large number of pan-interstellar weapons in the warehouse, and it takes time to research.
Just as he was worried, the officer on the mecha next to him asked, "General, the troops have been reorganized, do you want to continue the attack?"
The officer was talking about attacking, but the expression on his face revealed that what he really wanted to ask was whether he was retreating.
Gamble calmed down for a moment and said, "Check the gear one more time and move on in an hour." ”
The officer was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously: "General, the materials we have are not enough, and there are also beast tide activities in the front area. ”
Gan Bo said angrily: "We are afraid of the beast tide, are they not afraid of the beast tide?"
The officer said euphemistically: "They run faster." ”
This sentence poked at Gambo's sore spot again, and he was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly found himself in a state of anger again. Silent at the moment, he injected himself with a tranquilizer in the mecha, and after calming down, he ordered: "Send someone back, transfer another batch of supplies and maintenance engineering vehicles from the base, move forward at full speed, and meet us at position 4577,261." ”
The officer received the order and immediately sent three combat vehicles back, and then organized the troops to re-inspect the equipment and troubleshoot the problem.
With the help of the effect of the tranquilizer, Gan Bo quickly calculated Chu Jungui's strength and replenishment speed, and then sneered: "Unless you go back to rest, the next battle will kill you!"
At this moment, the comparison of the forces and firepower of the two sides has been carefully calculated, and Chu Jungui's losses are relatively small on the surface, but the proportion is high, and the gap between the two sides has widened. Under the huge advantage, no matter how strong Chu Jungui's personal combat strength is, it is difficult to recover the defeat.
By the time Chu Jungui finished replenishing the chariot, Gan Bo was already under the Doomsday Shadow City.
When Ganbo's troops set off again, dozens of kilometers away, Chu Jun Guizheng watched a chariot that was originally close to scrapping drive out of the ark, which was already brand new at this time.