From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 411

c400 Ground battle

In the atmosphere;

A thousand DR-4 Viking landing craft and more than 300 F-76 Thunder attack aircraft are maintaining an altitude of about 3,000 meters above the ground and sailing rapidly to the north.

According to the information provided by the federal intelligence agency, the capital town of the New Hope Colony is in the northern desert.

And according to the information, the population of the capital town is only more than 200,000. Even if everyone is a soldier, it is less than the more than 40,000 mobile infantry carried by the Viking landing craft.

The most important thing is that since entering the atmosphere, they have completely lost contact with the expeditionary fleet.

Before entering the atmosphere, the pilots can still observe the battle situation of the expeditionary fleet and the 1st Fleet of the Blood Angels with their naked eyes.

But now the sky is clear and the shining of the stars is quite dazzling.

It is impossible to use the naked eye to peek at the battle situation that broke out in the low-Earth orbit.

Even the landing craft and the attack aircraft cannot communicate in real time.

Therefore, the pilots had to follow the established plan and transport more than 40,000 mobile infantry to the capital town to eliminate the ground combat units of the human empire and capture high-value officials.

If the expedition fleet was defeated or even completely defeated, the mobile infantry that successfully completed the established plan would still have the qualifications to discuss and negotiate with the other side.

At least they have not really lost the war at this moment.

Little did they know that the detailed information obtained by the federal intelligence agency and the coordinates of important locations were actually provided by the intelligent AI of the Blood Angels.

In that “capital town”, there was no local person, no space gate connecting the main universe and the “one four” universe, and even basic living resources such as water and food were very scarce.

There were only more than 6,000 clone soldiers regarded as “expendable cannon fodder” and more than a dozen heavy-armored tyrants controlled by the driver’s consciousness.

After all, this town built in a short time was responsible for attracting the mobile infantry.

The appearance can be made more realistic, and there is no need to pull the details full.

In order to make the bait more realistic, Sanguinius deliberately deployed clone soldiers and heavy-armored Tyrants, as well as a small number of armored vehicles in the town.

In addition, the “parameters” of the clone soldiers were also actively lowered.

If the best combat state is maintained, perhaps 6,000 clones will defeat and “break” 40,000 mobile infantry.

As for the more than ten heavy-armored Tyrants controlled by the pilot, their main responsibility is to kill the school-level and lieutenant-level officers of the mobile infantry to provide convenience for the investigators who infiltrated them.

Anyway, there is no “real person” in the town, and even if all the bait is sacrificed, the Human Empire and the Blood Angels will not feel “heartbroken”.

At this time.

The flight formation that can be regarded as overwhelming is only more than 20 kilometers away from the bait town located in the center of the desert.

And an F-76 Thunderbolt attack aircraft suddenly accelerated and took the initiative to leave the formation. Then, more than a dozen Thunderbolts left the formation one after another and rushed towards the bait town quickly.

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After witnessing this scene, the two Viking landing craft pilots carrying Leon, Maggie, Rico and others all showed respect in their eyes.

Because they lost contact with the fleet and could not communicate in real time between the formations, communication became the most serious problem.

Their electronic equipment was also interfered with, and they could not scan the specific situation of the town from a distance.

Therefore, the pilots of the Thunderbolt attack aircraft who first left the formation must have wanted to “take risks” to inform the formation whether the town has complete air defense facilities.

With the first one, there will be more “volunteers”.

These more than ten Thunderbolts formed a “suicide” reconnaissance team, and before they were about to reach the outskirts of the town, the pilots took the initiative to release a large number of jamming bombs.

Swish~——Swish——!

Then, dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles quickly jumped into the air and rushed towards the suicide reconnaissance team.

Moreover, dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles ignored the dense jamming bombs and directly locked each Thunderbolt.

The most fatal point is that the speed of the missile is more than twice that of the lightning.

! ! !

Seeing this, the pilots who formed a temporary suicide reconnaissance team hurriedly chose to pull the escape lever, causing the sealed protective cover to pop open, and also ejected themselves and the seats from the cockpit one after another.

Before they successfully completed the escape ejection, they deployed the parachute-

Boom. Boom—! ! !

Dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles accurately hit the unmanned lightning attack aircraft, causing violent explosions and turning into burning fireballs.

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The fireballs produced by the explosion may be clearly visible even if they are more than ten kilometers away.

Realizing that the town has complete air defense facilities, and the lightning attack aircraft responsible for escorting was interfered and could not scan and lock the enemy targets from a distance, the entire flight formation immediately chose to land first.

Prepare to release the mobile infantry and capture the “capital/bait” town of New Hope through ground combat.

In fact, the Raiden attack aircraft can also perform bombing missions, and achieve devastating strikes on target areas by dropping bombs from high altitudes.

And the Raiden is also equipped with tactical equivalent nuclear bombs, which can be released from a long distance to achieve the purpose of destroying the target area.

But now the situation is unclear and they have been disconnected from the expedition fleet. Even if they cannot communicate with each other in real time, all the pilots flying Thunder understand that if they really “nuclearize” the town, they will not only be responsible for killing civilians Their guilt will also directly ruin their retreat from this trip.

How could they negotiate with the Imperium of Man without civilians and high-ranking official prisoners as bargaining chips?

As a result, the lightning attack aircraft responsible for escorting immediately lowered their altitude and used vertical take-off and landing to choose flatter areas to land.

The more than a thousand DR-4 Viking landing craft are “rough-skinned and thick-skinned” and can hover and land on almost any terrain.

Soon, the entire formation was parked on the desert.

At the same time, in the troop carrier compartment of the DR-4 Viking landing craft;

“Attention all personnel! We have lost contact with the fleet and formation! According to the procedure, after DR-4 has stopped, everyone will immediately build defensive positions around it!

After confirming that there are no threats in the landing area, the engineers will urgently build a temporary communication base station to restore effective real-time communication between the combat companies and combat platoons of our mobile infantry!

Once real-time communication is restored, we will walk to the target town and eliminate the enemy, capture the target and protect civilians according to the original plan! ”

The lieutenant in charge of the entire combat platoon was using a loud voice to explain to the motorized infantry fixed in their respective seats the situation they were about to face.

At the end of the sentence, the lieutenant increased his voice and said loudly: “Do you understand everything?!”

“Sir! Yes! Sir!”

More than forty mobile infantrymen, including Leon and Maggie, responded at the top of their lungs.

The mobile infantry didn’t know what was going on with the battle between the expedition fleet and the imperial fleet. They only knew that there was a communication problem, and they didn’t think as much as the lieutenants, other officers, lieutenants, and pilots who could witness part of the truth.

They are only responsible for landing, assaulting, and killing enemies, so they still maintain relatively high morale.

Boom—boom—!

As everyone’s words fell, the landing gear of the Viking landing craft also touched the sand.

Then, the safety frame responsible for fixing them automatically popped open, allowing them to move freely again.

The lieutenant stood up first, followed by Leon, Maggie, Ruige and others.

Waiting for the cabin door of the Viking landing craft to be unfolded

“Quick, quick, quick!”

The lieutenant once again took the lead, running out of the cabin first and stepping on the sand with his feet.

Lyon and others followed closely.

Many recruits were dazzled by the star’s light, and they involuntarily used their left hands to cover themselves.

After getting used to it and looking around, the recruits discovered that there were also many Viking landing craft and motorized infantry with confused expressions nearby them.

Fortunately, after a period of rigorous training, the recruits were only surprised for a moment before they immediately built a simple defensive position centered on their respective Viking landing craft.

After confirming that there were no threats around him, the lieutenant loudly ordered:

“Engineers! Communications troops! Use Viking landing craft to build a communication base station and strive to get real-time contact with each combat company and combat platoon within three minutes!”

“Yes! Sir!”

After receiving the order, the engineers and communications soldiers immediately returned to the troop transport cabin of the Viking landing craft and took out the corresponding tools to start building a communication base station.

“Hey, Sergeant.”

Seeing that most people were on standby, while the colonels and lieutenants had to shout out the latest instructions, the ace holding a Morita machine gun approached Lyon and asked in a low voice:

“What on earth are we doing now? And why is the communication gone?”

“Electronic interference, no wonder you failed the written exam time and time again.”

Before Leon could reply, another recruit interjected in a low voice, clarifying the ace’s confusion.

“Electronic interference. Then our battleships and transport boats have been interfered with. Does that mean that the Human Empire is stronger than our Federation in this regard?”

Ace bluntly stated the key points.

“.”

And all the recruits beside Ace and Leon fell into silence after hearing these words.

Indeed, does the fact that the expedition fleet’s communications have been disrupted mean that the Federation is inferior to the Empire?

Boom. Boom.

At this moment, there was a faint roar in the sky.

? ?

This moment attracted everyone’s attention, and they all raised their heads to look at the blue and cloudless sky.

I saw a large number of “meteorites” burning with flames piercing the atmosphere and quickly falling towards the east end of where everyone was.

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The mobile infantrymen who witnessed such a scene immediately panicked.

Even though most of the mobile infantry are new recruits who have only been trained for less than two months, they still understand that thousands or even tens of thousands of “meteorites” are ship fragments.

The fact that the Human Empire can unilaterally interfere with their communications means that the expedition fleet seems to be no match for the Human Empire.

“Attention all! This is Colonel Honald Thompson!”

Fortunately, as soon as the panic set in, Leon and others heard the commander in charge of the landing operation coming from the helmet communication, giving them the latest order:

“Due to the enemy’s electronic interference, we are unable to communicate normally with the fleet, but what is certain is that the fleet will never be defeated so easily, so please calm down!

Secondly, everyone should follow the command of their respective company commanders and platoon commanders, launch an attack on the capital town of New Hope Colony according to the original plan, and be sure to complete the occupation mission before sunset! ”

Colonel Honald Thompson, as soon as communications between combat companies and combat platoons were restored, comforted all the motorized infantry to avoid the rapid spread of panic.

After Honard Thompson finished speaking, the lieutenant responsible for commanding Lyon and others issued an order through the team communication:

“Kennedy, lead the 1st and 2nd teams to set off first, and rush to the target town ten kilometers away with the main force. The rest of the people follow me!”

“Yes, Lieutenant!” After receiving the instruction, Leon replied, raised his left hand and waved to the north, giving the same order:

“Floss, Ace, and Rego! Your team 1 opens the way!”

“yes!”

If you look down on the entire landing area from the air, you can clearly see more than 35,000 mobile infantry, with squads as the most basic combat units, marching on foot towards the bait town ten kilometers to the north.

The remaining thousands of infantrymen are responsible for stationing in the landing zone to ensure the safety of the Viking landing craft.

After the engineers set up a small-scale communication base station and were able to communicate in real time with the colonels and lieutenants on the ground, all the thunder and lightning attack aircraft took off again, preparing to provide fire support to the mobile infantry as much as possible.

However, without precise guidance and scanning, the mobile infantry had to rely on the most traditional smoke bombs to mark the bombing area for the pilots.

Next.

More than 35,000 motorized infantry braved the scorching sun and high temperatures, walking through the extremely desolate desert.

During this period, the “ship wreckage” that broke into the atmosphere also fell one hundred kilometers east of them.

In this regard, the mobile infantry did not pay much attention.

After all, after the wreckage breaks through the atmosphere and falls to the surface, a professional recovery team is required to search and find material vehicles with reuse and repair value.

However, the motorized infantry responsible for guarding the landing zone, according to the order of Colonel Honald Thompson, freed up two hundred people to form a small team, boarded five Viking landing craft, and prepared to fight with the enemy in the town after the main force. Go to the area where the wreckage crashed to investigate.

Now they can be said to be a lonely army, without much material supplies to support their activities, and the weapons and ammunition are only enough for them to carry out the battle to capture the town.

So naturally everything needs to be used properly.

On the other hand, the main force composed of 35,000 motorized infantry has already advanced to the outskirts of the town.

Due to the high defensive wall blocking the view, the officers responsible for commanding the main force only used reconnaissance equipment to discover the hundreds of clone soldiers stationed on the high wall.

Of course, in the eyes of the officers, the clone soldiers are equipped with fully covered mechanical skeletons. They look like AWMS (modular) firearms that are more advanced than the Morita series when held in hand. They do not know that their appearance and appearance are like ” Copy and paste”.

Seeing this scene, the lieutenant, who received instructions from his superiors, ordered Lyon and others:

“Missile teams prepare to fire conventional missiles at enemy defenses!”