NABC Chapter 265 Interception
Chapter 265 Interception
"Sizzle"
A hissing sound rang out, and then the communication system of the access device was activated at the Stonehenge base, 160 kilometers away.
[Stonehenge base, Calder Cromwell connects to the communication system.]
Upon hearing the system's automatic announcement, Liu Huajian and Zhou Wei were stunned for a moment, then exchanged a glance and turned to look at the screen behind them.
"Gentlemen, who are the people in charge?"
The old knight skipped the pleasantries and went straight to asking the highest-ranking leader present.
"Liu Huajian, former commander of the Hongfeng Island Amphibious Medium Combined Arms Brigade."
"Zhou Wei, former Chief of Staff of Hongfeng Island Base."
"Lorraine, Commander-in-Chief."
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Liu Huajian spoke first.
"Old Knight, what's the situation? Thirteen of the enemy's main forces are beginning to converge on the base. How much longer can you hold out?"
Calder Cromwell didn't stop working; he was flipping through the intelligence sent from Lorraine while answering.
"Now that we have a battalion of robot troops, we shouldn't have much trouble dealing with the current vanguard, but the second line of defense definitely won't hold."
As the old knight recounted his situation, he swiped his finger across the screen, carefully examining the detailed information about the small war behemoth.
"Although the second line of defense at Stonehenge was built to the standards of a semi-permanent bunker, it certainly could not withstand the full-speed bombardment of a 210mm electromagnetic cannon."
"Judging from the tactics of these alien creatures, our second line of defense is expected to break within 10 to 15 minutes."
"However, given that they typically use kinetic energy projectiles, I can also use the open space between the second and third lines of defense to hinder the enemy."
Because the electromagnetic environment on the battlefield is extremely complex, the old knight could only access the system via audio, and some information still needed to be transmitted through other communication channels.
So the old knight is actually unaware that Lorraine has a trump card: a bioelectric field interference bomb.
"Old knight, we have a weapon here..."
While talking to Zhou Wei, the old knight looked through the data that had just been transmitted via laser communication equipment.
But when he saw the actual combat effect of line 14, his hand froze on the spot.
After a moment, he said in a serious tone.
"It can be used, but only once, and only one shell can be fired. Moreover, it must be mixed in with a large number of conventional shells so as not to arouse the enemy's suspicion."
After listening to the old knight's proposal, Liu Huajian and Zhou Wei thought about it carefully for a moment and found that the proposal was indeed feasible.
The two then looked at Lorraine.
At this moment, Lorraine was looking through the information that Cleveland had just found, which showed the deeds of the legendary old knight, Calder Cromwell.
This old knight was born at the outbreak of World War I and fought in World War II. He was a legendary commander with numerous military exploits and a great reputation.
Because of his race being demi-human, his final military rank was unfortunately limited to colonel, a position just one step away from general.
Noticing their gazes, Lorraine looked up at the two senior officers who appeared slightly nervous.
"Sir Cromwell, the timing of the launch is now in your hands. The real-time battlefield situation map will also be transmitted to you separately via data link."
"Currently, a semi-permanent fortress has been built at 192 degrees and 63 kilometers southwest of the Stonehenge base, and two heavy combined arms brigades and an armed helicopter battalion are in place."
"Currently, there are two reinforced infantry battalions on standby at the forward base, ready to be airdropped to the Stonehenge base at any time."
"The second semi-permanent fortress is smaller and is expected to be deployed at 24 degrees and 54 kilometers northeast of the Stonehenge base. The fortress will not be equipped with heavy armored units, but will mainly consist of various types of unmanned artillery."
Upon hearing this, the old knight suddenly raised his head, looked at the map beside him, and found the location that Lorraine had mentioned.
"The only passage between the two mountain ranges, are you prepared to completely block it?"
"Yes, this is the last natural line of defense outside the Stonehenge base. As long as this place is blocked, the enemy's long-range firepower can be effectively intercepted, preventing it from directly threatening the anti-air electromagnetic guns inside the Stonehenge base."
Upon hearing this, the old knight instinctively turned around, but he was in the underground command post with only a light gray wall behind him.
"Kid, don't worry, those on the ground are all fake cannons made of scrap metal. The real ones have all been stored underground by the mechanisms."
"And are you sure your fortress can withstand a massive number of silicon-based creatures before it's completely surrounded?"
Lorraine's lips curled slightly as she looked at the live feed transmitted from the assault ship.
On the ground, 124 kilometers east of the Stonehenge site.
The seven mechs worked together to swiftly annihilate the silicon-based biological battle formation of 6000 beasts led by a medium-sized war behemoth.
"Don't worry about that. I have an elite squad at my disposal. With the assistance of an artillery unit, they can hold that pass for half an hour."
"This period of time is enough for the small fortress to complete its assembly."
Hearing Lorraine's tone on the other end of the communication, the old knight nodded slightly.
"Okay, how's the situation in the local areas? Are those two assault teams able to withstand the pressure?"
Then, the three people on the flagship turned their heads in unison to look at the real-time battlefield images displayed on multiple screens.
At this moment, the eastern assault force had just launched a smoke screen, and two transport ships carrying conventional super-heavy tanks had just landed. Eight super-heavy tanks and their auxiliary forces were driving out of the dock and deploying into formation.
The transport ship carrying the Hunter-type super-heavy tank, instead of descending, ascended, its stern hatch wide open, and burst out of the smokescreen's coverage area.
Immediately afterwards, two red lasers shot out from the stern of the transport ship, soared over the 6-meter-high smoke, and flew straight toward the small war behemoth located in the center of the cluster, successfully destroying the large-caliber electromagnetic cannon on it.
Next, eight super-heavy tanks and hundreds of small unmanned combat vehicles burst out of the smoke and charged into the battlefield with full firepower.
Eight super-heavy tanks lined up in a row, their cannons pointed at a small war behemoth not far away. Two of the super-heavy tanks loaded armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds and fired at the two electromagnetic cannons on its back.
The main guns of the remaining six super-heavy tanks were loaded with armor-piercing high-explosive shells, which were aimed at the head of the small war behemoths and fired in turn.
The super-heavy tank, equipped with frontal-firing weapons on its frontal armor, worked in conjunction with unmanned combat vehicles to rapidly annihilate the surrounding silicon-based organisms.
On the battlefield, a large number of armor-piercing high-explosive shells with a caliber of 50 mm or more were fired, relentlessly bombarding the electromagnetic cannons carried by these silicon-based organisms.
The outermost few large silicon-based creatures turned their bodies to the side, using the strongest armor on their backs to withstand the artillery fire.
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Unfortunately, they were just struggling in vain.
Once they had withstood the first wave of artillery fire and the initial formation of the cluster had been deployed, a second wave of artillery fire joined the battle.
At this moment, the eight super-heavy tanks also successfully killed the small war behemoth. They turned their guns around and attacked the large silicon-based creatures behind them. After each salvo, at least three large silicon-based creatures would perish.
The last transport ship landed on the ground, and two Hunter-type super-heavy tanks led the way, followed by eight assault guns equipped with 105mm electromagnetic cannons and four plasma cannon squads, which quickly drove out of the dock and appeared on the battlefield in combat formation.
At the front of the assault gun and plasma cannon squads, the Hunter-type super-heavy tanks equipped with laser main cannons fired first, with crimson lasers appearing intermittently, but each time the battlefield was illuminated, the main cannon of a large silicon-based creature was destroyed.
Behind it, 105mm assault guns were equipped with armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds and began picking off medium-sized silicon-based creatures in the vicinity.
The four plasma cannon squads were responsible for attacking one side of these silicon-based creatures. The high-temperature plasma clusters would melt their thick limbs into glass in an instant, and evaporate the liquid at the severed limbs.
Immediately afterwards, these giant beasts would collapse on the spot, only able to spin around in vain.
Then the quadruped robots in the support force would step forward, raise their short, stubby electromagnetic projection systems, aim at their heads, and nail directional ablation projectiles above their central nervous systems.
After a series of muffled thuds, these silicon-based organisms would collapse to the ground after a brief twitch.
The armored obstacle removal vehicle at the rear of the convoy will then move forward and use a drill and a release hook to remove the obstructing debris from its original location.
Under these well-organized attacks, the enemy force of 3000 beasts was quickly melted away, like snow being poured with hot water.
Immediately afterwards, a fourth transport ship and five tactical transport aircraft appeared from low altitude in the distance, flew to the scene, and dropped a batch of steel building materials and an engineering team.
As soon as the building materials landed, armored obstacle clearing vehicles and engineering teams quickly moved forward and towed the materials to the designated location.
After landing, the construction team headed straight for the building materials. Then, sparks flew as simple defensive lines quickly appeared around them.
When the 10 tactical transport planes, arranged in pairs, appeared above the blocking position, the eight intersecting steel defense lines had taken initial shape, and the 10 super-heavy tanks were already in their respective positions, ready to intercept the silicon-based biological swarm that had come from afar.
Guided by the engineering team, five huge gray-black boxes were smoothly placed in the center of the position, with the largest box being moved to the very center of the entire position.
Subsequently, the containers unlocked silently and simultaneously, and amidst a series of rapid mechanical clicks, four plasma cannons and a small nuclear fusion reactor appeared in the center of the position.
When the defensive positions on the east and west sides of the Stonehenge base were completed, four transport ships belonging to the two assault forces had arrived at the two artillery positions, loading 12 siege-type super-heavy tanks and 40 155mm vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns into the cargo hold.
"All you need to do now is wait a moment."
At this moment, Platinum and his mechanical dog squad had returned to the assault ship and were expected to arrive at the deployment position of the second fortress in 3 minutes.
The artillery units will arrive at the fortress south of Stonehenge base 4 minutes and 32 seconds later.
Next, two heavy combined arms brigades will escort eight super-heavy tanks and 30 155mm vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns to the Stonehenge base.
The unit responsible for receiving them was a reinforced infantry battalion that had just been airdropped to the Stonehenge base by Lorraine.
The people on the flagship and the old knight in the Stonehenge base breathed a sigh of relief as they looked at the clear battlefield situation map. After all, the aerial command aircraft hovering at an altitude of ten thousand meters had pointed out the direction in which those small war behemoths were gathering.
Next, they were able to make accurate judgments on whether to deploy blocking positions or reduce the strength of their clusters, and the garrison troops stationed on the second line of defense could begin to rotate.
"Bang!"
A series of loud bangs echoed from the northeast of the Stonehenge base, while a humanoid mech and six wolf-shaped mechs landed gracefully with the aid of recoil rockets.
Immediately afterwards, four weapon drop pods with built-in power were launched by the assault ship and landed precisely behind Platinum.
Battlefield scan complete, holographic image construction complete, data link connection complete.
[The engineering team has landed; countdown to fortress completion is 14 minutes and 32 seconds.]
[Enemy cluster approaching; plasma cannons ready.]
"Xu Ling, take the lead in attacking the war behemoth, with the primary objective being to eliminate its offensive capabilities."
"receive."
"Operation begins."
A high-pitched whistling sound came from the seven mechs, which then shot out simultaneously.
Platinum, controlling the mech, led the charge, with Qiexue and Tengu following on either side; Cat and Diting operated on Platinum's left flank, primarily responsible for eliminating high-value targets; Roy and Xuan Tie operated on Platinum's right rear, responsible for using artillery to cut through the battlefield.
With the mission assigned, Platinum charged into the enemy ranks, wielding a plasma pistol in one hand and a high-frequency saber in the other. In the blink of an eye, two medium-sized silicon-based creatures perished.
The two laser cannons on the backs of the Qie Xue and the Tengu fired continuously, clearing out the surrounding silicon-based creatures.
On the left flank of Platinum, Di Ting led the way, using a 105mm electromagnetic cannon and laser cannon to clear out the silicon-based creatures in the vicinity. Cat followed behind Di Ting, using the cluster laser and plasma cannon on its back to pick off the large silicon-based creatures in the surrounding area.
To Platinum's right rear, Roy and Xuan Tie scrambled up the hill. Amidst a series of mechanical clicks, the mech controlled by Roy unfolded into a large defensive position, loaded with 75mm heavy artillery.
Xuan Tie, standing beside Roy, bent down and firmly pinned his four mechanical claws to the ground. Then, the two 105mm heavy cannons on his back transformed and combined into a 203mm heavy cannon.
After receiving the deployment signal from Roy and Xuan Tie, Xu Ling controlled the assault ship that had completed the first round of harassment to turn around and drop three specially made ammunition supply bins.
Two of the smaller ammunition resupply pods landed precisely and gently on Roy's defensive position, guided by ground-based radio and attitude-adjusting nozzles, and successfully connected with the ammunition supply system.
The largest ammunition supply compartment landed directly behind Xuan Tie. After landing, its top mechanism unfolded, transforming into a large crane.
Relying on the information transmitted back by the assault ship and the air command aircraft, Xuan Tie accurately and quickly located the battlefield area that needed to be cut off. Then, he turned his body slightly and fired a 203mm high-explosive shell.
This 130-kilogram high-explosive bomb is almost entirely composed of metallic hydrogen, and its detonation device consists of a contact fuse and a cylindrical high-energy explosive.
When the shell exploded on the ground, all silicon-based organisms within 15-23 meters of its impact point were overturned, while two medium-sized silicon-based organisms within a 10-meter radius of its impact point died instantly.