Zhang Tailai is not sure whether the Democratic Alliance's tactical manual is different from Charno's. According to Charno's tactical manual, as long as you are a commander on the front line, it doesn't matter what your rank is or what kind of solid bunker you are in. , individual armor or command armor must be worn whenever conditions permit. However, he could not see this in the Alliance Army.
"As an Allied force, I have to remind you, Commander Eltar, hiding in an armored bunker is not a very wise thing. The Empire's planetary fighters will soon break through our firepower network, heavy armor, command vehicles and Metal bunkers will become priority targets. You'd better notify your officers and soldiers."
"Planetary fighter planes?" Elta smiled arrogantly, "How many planetary fighter planes can these 'barbarians' have? One hundred or two hundred? My army is equipped with the alliance's latest tactical defense missile system. When they attack us We will shoot them all down before launching an attack."
Zhang Tailai felt that his facial muscles were a little stiff, ¡®barbarian¡¯? One hundred? Two hundred? He did not know who conveyed this wrong message to this stupid Democratic Alliance commander, but there was no doubt that the person who conveyed this wrong message should be sent to the death penalty platform.
"Commander Erta, didn't you read the enemy attack report we sent you earlier?"
Erta's face turned red. He just escaped from the metal barracks and didn't even have time to read the enemy attack report from the other party.
"Lieutenant Colonel, our command vehicle system implements intelligence sharing with the fixed command platform." A combat staff reminded in a low voice.
"Really?" Erta had a look of surprise on his face. He had never read the operation manual of this latest command vehicle except for using it as a means of transportation.
Zhang Tailai had a panoramic view of the scene that took place in the command vehicle. It was hard for him to imagine that his soldiers would win this defensive battle under the leadership of such a commander. He said coldly: "No need to go to such trouble, I will send you the latest enemy situation report right away. That report is already out of date."
Erta felt his face burning. He was not ashamed because of his ignorance, but because of the contempt in the other person's tone. As the first troop commander to set foot on Charno territory, Erta has always regarded himself as the savior of the country. He believes that he will go down in history because of this incident. However, the disdainful tone of the other party seemed to indicate that the other party did not see it that way. Elta wanted to fight back, but Zhang Tailai had already hung up the communication.
"Damn it, Charno dog!" Erta cursed in a low voice, but the command car where someone should have been echoing him was unusually quiet.
"Lieutenant Colonel, I think you should take a look at this." A combat staff officer displayed the enemy situation report just shared by Charnow on the screen in front of Elta.
This is a real-time infrared image taken five minutes ago. The dense red highlights are very conspicuous on the black background. Each highlight represents a landing craft, an interstellar fighter, or a light ship. The number There are at least tens of thousands of them. Further away in the background image, the automatic photosensitive equipment also marks the interstellar warships stagnant in orbit in outer space in blue. The continuous blue images extend beyond the display range of the image.
Erta blinked a few times subconsciously. As a lieutenant colonel, the advance team of 30,000 people was the largest army he had ever commanded in his life. Apart from the simulated combat class at the military academy, he had never seen it before. So many starships. Erta couldn't help but gasped. His first reaction was that Commander Charno was joking with him.
"Where is the image data sent back by our detector?" Elta did not believe the information provided by Charno at all.
"Lieutenant Colonel, you have never ordered the launch of a detector!"
"Then launch it quickly!"
¡°Both sides are now implementing battlefield suppression, and we can¡¯t launch anything.¡± A technical soldier explained awkwardly, trying to make his commander understand that any detection equipment must be deployed in advance.
The red warning of the command vehicle suddenly started flashing wildly, and a shrill siren sounded from the vehicle.
¡°Turn that damn siren off,¡± Elta yelled, ¡°Can someone tell me what that means?¡±
"Enemy attack alert, a large number of star fighters are diving towards us." A young radar soldier replied with a trembling voice, and his voice was completely out of shape due to excessive stress.
"how many?"
"I don't know, at least several thousand."
"distance?"
"Right above our heads."
Without the help of detection satellites and battlefield auxiliary detectors, the command vehicle¡¯s own battlefield scanning radar has limitedThe scanning range is very limited, so the distance to a planetary fighter plane swooping down in the sky is only about the blink of an eye.
The Alliance's defensive position was immediately shrouded in flames. Countless missiles, precision-guided bombs, and laser cannons sprayed from the wings of fighter planes instantly flooded the entire position, and there were suffocating explosions. By the time the Imperial fighter planes pulled up their noses again and prepared to dive again, Elta's proud armored defense position had disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a burning metal ruins.
When the Imperial fighter planes dive-bombed, the Charno defensive position located on the flank of the Alliance position did everything it could to provide fire support for its 'allies'. At least hundreds of Imperial fighter planes were shot down by intensive anti-aircraft fire. However, this It did not do much to alleviate the tragic end of this Union advance party. This army of 30,000 people was finished. The Imperials only used a single dive of thousands of fighter planes to completely defeat them.
Zhang Tailai hid in the temporary division headquarters dug and built a few days ago and witnessed all this. Everything was as expected. The arrogant Union commander did not follow his advice and evacuate his troops. Of course Zhang Tailai didn't know that he overestimated Elta, and Elta didn't even have time to figure out what happened.
However, Elta was lucky to survive. He climbed out of the burning command vehicle, and rolled with his soldiers into the trench that Zhang Tailai ordered the engineers to dig. He soon realized that the safest place now was Charno's defense line. After the Imperials completed their tactical bombardment, a forced landing followed. These were standard tactical landing commands, which Elta had learned in military school.
At this moment, there are about three to four thousand Union soldiers gathered in this trench. Most of them have no weapons at all, and they are not wearing individual armor. Everyone is in shock, and Elta cannot even find enough grassroots. officer. In the counterattack just now, most of the officers chose the armor with the strongest protection as their hiding spot, which was also the focus of the Imperial fighter plane's attack.
The Imperial fighter planes were still raging over the Alliance's defensive positions, constantly firing deadly armor-piercing shells at the defensive bunkers that were not completely destroyed. Now Elta finally understood why the Charno people had to build those civil fortifications that he thought were extremely primitive. The metal bunkers were like dazzling light targets in front of the metal induction bombs of fighter planes, and there was no need to pilot them at all. All they have to do is keep throwing bombs, and the smart bomb will do the rest automatically. He also understood why Commander Charno put on individual armor. From the sky to the ground, there were explosions, splashing shrapnel, and energy beams flying everywhere. Without the cover of individual armor, you could be at risk at any time. He died heroically for his country. If it had not been for the trench dug by Charnow, Erta has no doubt that he would be a corpse by now.
Charno's defensive firepower on the other side of the trench is still pouring intensive firepower into the air. Each of their firepower points has been accurately calculated to cover each other without causing fatal damage to the defense line just because one firepower point is destroyed. loopholes. And new firepower points are constantly being added. Elta doesn¡¯t know whether their soldiers braved the intensive artillery fire to repair the damaged weapons, or whether they deployed mobile firepower on the position. In short, the Imperials still have not broken through Charno until now. Signs of human positions. The explosions of landing craft and fighter planes illuminated the night sky as if it were daytime, just like the moment when fireworks are most intensively set off during a holiday celebration.
Is this a real war? Elta looked at the Union soldiers clustered in the trench. The hidden trench dug by the Charnos was very deep and wide. Thousands of Union soldiers could stay in it without being crowded. Charnow's engineers poured reinforcement into the mounds on both sides so that the trench could withstand more intense bombardment. Several officers discovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and individual armor in the trenches, which their 'allies' had prepared for them. However, it was clear that their allies had misjudged the combat effectiveness of the Alliance army. The weapons they left behind were enough to equip 10,000 people.
"A two-thirds battle damage rate?" Elta felt a little bitter in her mouth. The Charno people thought they might have more than two-thirds battle damage, but in fact they could really escape here. Less than one-fifth of the Union soldiers were in the trenches, and some of them were wounded.
"Let's see if we can enter the defensive position of the Charno people?" Erta said to the soldiers surrounding him. His adjutant and his headquarters had been wiped out in the bombing of the Imperial fighter planes just now. He didn't know what to do. To whom he gave orders, he simply shouted at the soldiers who felt as helpless as he did.
A sergeant major stood up. He led several soldiers to climb up the slope despite intensive artillery fire. After observing for a while, he climbed down the slope. "Sir, Charno's defenses are very tight, and I don't think it would be wise for us to rush into their position. It would disrupt them."?¡¯s military deployment. "