Compared to Yi Lexiang's nervousness, the other soldiers were obviously much more relaxed. Everyone in the team channel was joking from time to time. Seeing Yi Lexiang's nervous look, "Bao Xiong" said: "Axiang, take it easy. There are two battalions of mechas in front of us opening the way, and there are fighters in the sky. Escort, there¡¯s nothing to worry about.¡±
Yi Lexiang secretly smiled bitterly. Of course he knew this, but he just couldn't control it. Maybe this is the difference between veterans and recruits. Don't look at the "violent bears", they all don't care, if something happens, they will definitely react faster than a rabbit. Well, speaking of rabbits, how come you didn¡¯t see any animals along the way?
"Bollen Bear, do you think something is wrong? Why didn't we see any living creatures all the way here? Didn't the reconnaissance ship find a large number of life signals?"
"You just discovered it?" Bao Xiong grinned and patted his forehead with his hand, looking helpless. "A rookie is a rookie."
Hearing the words of "Bao Xiong", Yi Lexiang couldn't help but feel angry and speechless.
The more than 300-meter-long wreckage of the destroyed battleship soon appeared in Yi Lexiang's sight. The entire battleship had been broken into two parts. When the battleship made an emergency landing, it scraped the ground and destroyed about two kilometers of forest. Part of the hull had disintegrated, and the explosion caused part of the hull to burn and catch fire. For some reason, there were no signs of burning on the surrounding trees. "Maybe the trees on Annuoji can't be used as firewood," Yi Lexiang thought wickedly.
The medical mecha and the rescue mecha quickly began the rescue, searching for survivors in the wreckage of the battleship. The remains of fallen soldiers are constantly being found in the rubble, but after all, so many days have passed, and the possibility of surviving such a severe impact is really slim.
"Warning, at 12 o'clock, a large number of unknown life forms are approaching."
"Repeat, a large number of unknown organisms were found approaching at 12 o'clock."
The sirens of fighter jets came from the tactical helmet, and Yi Lexiang's relaxed mood suddenly became tense again.
The 120 mechas of the 1st Armored Battalion quickly formed a simple defensive formation at the twelve o'clock direction. Twenty engineering mechas put down the metal wall behind the 1st Armored Battalion, and a 200-meter-long infantry sniper position was quickly formed. . Standing on the 3-meter-high metal wall, Yi Lexiang felt a little safer.
300 meters in front of the sniper position, 120 land-based "Leopard I" mechas of the 1st Armored Battalion have entered combat status.
"Leopard I" is the sixth-generation medium-sized mecha of the Republic of Charno. It is between the "Tiger" heavy mecha and the "Fox" light mecha. It is 4 meters high and equipped with a shoulder-mounted missile launcher. and energy cannon, a depleted uranium gun for mechas and an energy knife for melee combat, which are mainly suitable for land-based combat.
Soon the approaching creatures entered the attack range of the mecha. These creatures looked like enlarged versions of mantises, with a pair of huge forelimbs shaped like sickles, and their bodies were covered with carapace, but they had no wings. There are probably tens of thousands of alien mantises. The smallest one is more than 2 meters long, and the largest one is about six meters long. They are not inferior to the 4-meter "Leopard I-type" in size.
Seeing the menacing alien praying mantis, the fighter planes cruising in the air opened fire first, and dense explosions resounded throughout. Immediately afterwards, the mecha's missile launcher and energy cannon fired one after another, setting off a death storm in the mantis group. The hard shell of the alien mantis cannot withstand the baptism of human high-tech artillery fire. From time to time, the alien mantis is torn to pieces by the artillery fire. But there are too many of them, and the firepower network composed of 120 mechas cannot completely stop their progress. The loud noise and fire of the explosion not only did not deter the alien mantises, but the death of their own kind seemed to arouse their ferocity. The more brutal alien mantises rushed into the first line of defense formed by the mechas, and the mecha groups and the surging waves The arriving mantises fight together.
"Fire" Following the commander's order, death flames were sprayed out from the metal defense line. Yi Lexiang stood on the metal wall and fired wildly. As soon as the battle began, all the tension and fear in front of him disappeared. As he shot desperately, he seemed to feel that his blood was boiling and burning. The huge body of the alien mantis makes it unnecessary to aim at all. All you have to do is aim at the target and pull the trigger, kill the target, find a new target, change the magazine, and repeat these actions mechanically.
At first, "Bear Bear" was still secretly taking care of Yi Lexiang. It was the first time for a recruit to encounter such a fierce and cruel battle, and he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable. However, he saw that the boy's eyes were red and there was a murderous look, and he was shooting. He was still screaming, but there was no trace of nervousness or fear. He clearly looked like he was ready to kill, and he couldn't help but secretly smack his tongue.
I don¡¯t know what kind of composition the sickle-shaped forelimbs of the alien mantis are made of, but they can actually destroy the shell of a metal mecha. Although it cannot cause puncture damage, once it attacks the weak joints of the mecha, it will also affect the performance of the mecha. Even more serious is the alien mantis??Blood is severely corrosive. As the fighting time prolongs, the strength of the mechas in the melee becomes lower and lower, and several mechas have already exploded. Fortunately, these alien mantises have limited intelligence. They only know how to attack desperately along the defensive direction of the first group. Otherwise, the casualties of attacking from the side will definitely increase exponentially. After all, ordinary soldiers without mechas have no way to fight with them. These metamorphosed mantises compete head-on.
As a last resort, the 2nd Armored Battalion took over the 1st Battalion's defense line, allowing the 1st Battalion to withdraw and stop behind the defense line to rest. The mecha warriors had just left their respective mechas, and the scientific researchers from the Academy of Sciences who had landed with the first group suddenly came up. They were busy surrounding the mechas sampling, extracting the blood of alien creatures, and scanning the mecha data. Our ancestors said more than a thousand years ago: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. We must quickly analyze the composition, characteristics, and shortcomings of these alien creatures so that the military can formulate targeted plans to reduce our losses. Besides, "stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade." Maybe we can find something from these alien creatures.
The battle lasted for a full six hours before these alien mantises, which were extremely tenacious and stubborn, were completely wiped out. He didn't feel anything when he was fighting, but when he stopped, he collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. The hand that pulled the trigger almost lost all feeling, and there was no part of his body that was not in pain.
Lying on the ground and looking up at the sky as blue as Anokhi's mother planet Earth, the air was filled with the stench of the death of alien creatures. For the first time, Yi Lexiang realized how cruel war was. In the battle just now, the two mecha battalions at the front had 240 mechas, 19 of which were destroyed, and 36 mecha warriors were killed; 23 people were also injured by the blood of alien creatures, and 20 of them were probably injured. An amputation is required and he will leave the army, demobilize and return home. The ordinary soldiers defending the second line of defense also suffered more than 30 casualties. Faced with the brutal battle, they were all elite soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles, and they were inevitably spilled on the battlefield. How could a rookie soldier like himself survive intact? How lucky.
The place where mechas and alien creatures were fighting in the distance has turned into a Shura hell, with broken limbs and burnt limbs everywhere. The extremely corrosive light blue blood of the alien creatures pooled into a small blood puddle on the ground, but the corrosive blood seemed to have no effect on the native plants of Anokhi. The veterans who had finished the battle were pointing in twos and threes, but they were far away from the blue liquid. It would not be a joke if it got on them. Only a bunch of crazy Frankensteins from the Academy of Sciences were doing research in front of them.
In space, the command ship "Shuguang", Lieutenant General Bu Yun and the staff witnessed the entire battle process through real-time monitoring of the Skynet system. This was the first confrontation between humans and native creatures on the Annoki planet, and it ended with a complete victory for humans. But mankind also paid a heavy price, with more than 100 soldiers injured or killed. Although this number of casualties is extremely small compared to the deaths of tens of thousands of alien creatures, don't forget that the soldiers of the task force are all elite divisions who are one to ten. If replaced by other ordinary troops, this number may increase ten times, and for the area of ????Annoki planet, this can only be regarded as a very small conflict. As the landing operation expands, it is certain that this conflict will As more and more conflicts occur, the scale of the conflict may become larger and larger, causing more and more casualties. The prospect of the development of the situation is worrying.
Moreover, during this conflict, 240 mechas from two mecha battalions were severely damaged, mainly due to the highly corrosive nature of the blood of native organisms on the Annoki planet; the first regiment that landed used the rear as reserve armor. The third battalion and the regimental special armor battalion were transferred up and took over the defensive positions of the first and second armored battalions. There were no more mecha units on hand.
The Logistics Department is organizing small transport ships to deliver additional mechas and ammunition to the first regiment. A small conflict resulted in the scrapping of 240 mechas. Thinking of this, the commander of the logistics department was a little confused. Fortunately, the task force brought a large number of weapons and ammunition. The task force's logistics engineering ship can also be produced by itself. There are abundant resources on Anokhi planet and its satellites, so there is no need to worry about raw materials. But the loss of mechas is a headache. No fleet can bring a mecha production line to the battlefield. What's more, the construction of high-tech equipment such as mechas is not that simple.
Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bo Jiangang finally said helplessly: "First transport the more than 200 damaged mechas back and let the logistics department see if they can be repaired."
"Lieutenant General Bu, based on the current situation, do you think you should apply to the military department for reinforcements of some mechas?" Bo Jiangang suggested to Lieutenant General Bu Yun. "
"No, the military department allocates sufficient supplies and equipment to the task force in order to reduce our contact with the military department. The military department will definitely not agree to sending a transport fleet for reinforcements. It would be too easy to leak Anokhi's information. Once Anokki is leaked The coordinates of the "heaven" that were painstakingly formulated"The plan has been in vain." Lieutenant General Bu Yun thought for a moment;
"At that time, I really didn't expect that such a difficult problem would arise. I had to let the Academy of Sciences think of a way to see if they could find a way to prevent the blood erosion of Anokhi protists."
"Also, if the protozoa are so aggressive, the safety of the surviving members of the exploration team will be very poor. It has been so many days since we interrupted the signal with the exploration team, and we must increase the landing range and The size of the force. Order the mixed first division of the task force affiliated to the first regiment to implement a comprehensive landing, with the regiment as a unit, and use the wreckage of the exploration team fleet as the landing target area to conduct dispersed landings, and try their best to rescue and rescue the surviving personnel of our exploration team. The Logistics Department must use the first regiment¡¯s battle example as a template to revise the logistics supply to ensure the smooth completion of the entire operation.¡±