Chapter 176: "Science and War Are Unscrupulous" (6)
Unlike previous battles, this time they were really going to rush into the surface of Haiwen Star in the midst of cannon fire. Moreover, they didn't need to go to a drop pod this time, this time they took a transport plane directly to break into the friendly base on the surface.
"Fifteen minutes to go." The driver reminded in the communication channel that "the density of enemy interception artillery fire is much smaller than expected, and it should be a little smoother." ”
"Roger." After Lal replied, he picked up the rifle in his hand and stood up, and said to the Marines in the cabin, "The transport plane will arrive in fifteen minutes for the final equipment check!" Finally, I would like to remind you that the battlefield environment this time is very complicated, so you can see clearly and then pull your trigger! Yes, that's you, Wilson! Don't fire if you see a bug or a star spirit again, if you mess up again this time, get me out of my platoon, understand? ”
Immediately, the communication channel rang out with a motley of answers.
"Alright, receive! Each class checks the situation of the people in its own class...... Also, put your equipment tightly on Lao Tzu! You've all heard the mission briefing when you're on the ship, there's a swarm virus on the planet below, and if any class gets infected, you'll clean up my stuff and fuck off! Lao Tzu doesn't need a soldier who drags his feet! With that, Ral sat back in his seat, and the rest of the plane went about their work.
Similar but different scenes were played out inside the dozens of transport planes that were rushing towards the ground. Outside the transport plane, there was an equally fierce exchange of fire in the atmosphere. Hundreds of flying units from different factions shuttled back and forth through the air, firing at each other. Under the guidance of the ground navigation tower, the transport aircraft had to constantly maneuver at a large angle to ensure their own survival rate, but they could still hear their own transport planes being hit from time to time, and had to carry out forced delivery communication to the ground - forced delivery is to throw the ship's personnel directly from the non-standard landing height, whether they live or die is up to the crew themselves, because the new G-226 medical transport aircraft they are on has no escape device.
Generally speaking, medical transport planes need to rely on the only gravitational tube of the transport aircraft to deliver personnel to the ground one by one, but in most cases, transport planes need to quickly drop units to the war-torn front-line battlefield, so the marines prefer to let the transport plane land directly on the tarmac for quick loading and unloading. In a situation like theirs, due to the limited apron on the ground, they had to choose to have some of the transport planes use gravitational tubes to unload the crew.
And Lal and their transport ship were very unlucky to be one of them. While the gravity tube unloading does not require an apron, the medical transport plane hovering low in the air is a live target, and the only thing they can do is pray that their transport ship will not be shot down before the unloading is complete.
While the ship was unloading the crew and other equipment, a Ranger officer approached Lahr and informed him that the simple handover procedures had been completed for the independent company, and that they needed to connect with the Ranger network and synchronize the battlefield data of the two sides. Lal asked Four Eyes to do it, and he stayed behind to sort out the unloaded troops.
Their mission is very strange, or rather, the whole Independence is even strange this time. Company Commander Douglas had a strange look on his face when he had a meeting on the ship. Their task was to search all possible places, find out all the problematic area markers and inform the command.
"What do you mean by a problematic area?"
The question was not answered, and Douglas simply told him to be careful and keep in touch, and then assigned them a search area.
Although some have no beginning and no end, but an order is an order. Their current location is a Ranger stronghold located north of the surface starport marked "Alpha" by the Rangers. This was just a staging point for their platoon, and then they were going to go out and search north. According to intelligence, there were several strongholds left by the Haven settlers in their search area, and the Rangers' search force left without finding survivors, and their mission was to search again.
“…… So what's wrong with this planet? Or is there something wrong with the people here? Miles asked in the communication channel as he looked at the mission briefing that Lal had sent him.
"This kind of thing is probably only known to the command, and all we can do is carry out the order." After Lal replied, he shouted loudly in the channel, "All classes quickly assemble and get on the bus, we are ready to go!" ”
The entire Independence Company has been strengthened a lot for this mission. In addition to the original four APCs, Ral's was reinforced with an additional tank squad with siege tanks. But also because each platoon was required to fight independently, they could not get fire support from the company, and the company's own mortars alone could not cover the entire search area of each platoon.
"Every now and then, I wonder why the APC wasn't designed with anti-tank missiles or mortars?" Four Eyes questioned.
“…… Probably to save money. ”
After counting the number of people, the five vehicles were quickly activated, leaving the assembly ground in the center of the stronghold in a puff of smoke, and the transport plane quickly withdrew - the transport plane was not a platoon aircraft, so it would not act with them - the next transport plane that had been waiting anxiously was immediately directed to the area for personnel unloading. At the same time, Ral sent a communication to the command to start the operation - this time in a special situation, the three platoons mainly responsible for the search were in direct contact with the command.
A1 bridge.
"All the forces responsible for the search have been dispatched, Commander." A1 replied after receiving the communication, and said to Yang Yi after receiving it, "But I suggest that you better not get your hopes up too much......"
"I'm not going to get my hopes up, but that doesn't mean I don't want to pull someone out and whip me up." Yang Yi pressed his temples with one hand while looking at the Haiwen Star Chart, "If it weren't for her, how would we and the boss have ended up like this?" ”
“…… Why are you so sure that there must be something wrong with this PhD? Before A1 finished speaking, the hull shook violently again, "The armor in the B01 area is damaged, and the damage management is being urgently mobilized. ”
"Move the hull. A6, cover A1 until the shield is fully charged. A1, find the attacker and report to Hydra. Black Rose, move the hull position, ready to cover the Hydra fire. Yang Yi gave an order in the command network, and then replied, "A group of refugees have repeatedly provoked insect swarm attacks, and this time they even pulled out so many forces to fight in a melee. Isn't that telling the story? ”
"This Haiwen Star is indeed 'Heaven' (Haiwen Star is "Heaven" in English, meaning heaven), but it is a pity that it was ruined by a certain female doctor. The boss is indeed a good person, but it's a pity that the kindness of the good people has ruined the **. If it weren't for the boss's request, I really want you to kill the Hyperion, arrest the female doctor, and throw her in front of the people of Havenstar to apologize......"