Chapter 808 Battle of Phoenix City (1)

In fact, she didn't need to say that the people in the hall had already learned what kind of firepower the 2013th Mechanized Infantry Regiment was encountering through the footage sent back to the base by the frontline reconnaissance unit.

Archimonde is a thin old man with long and narrow eyes. He is used to squinting his eyes to think about problems and examine the situation, giving him a very shrewd feeling.

He was one of His Majesty's most trusted courtiers and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth.

Of course, such nepotism cannot conceal his military talents. Just like now, there is more or less a trace of panic in the eyes of many senior officers. Only he still holds the goblet firmly. Pieces of red wine slipped into the mouth several times.

The vast majority of people present knew what the scene outside the city represented. It meant that Tang Fang had long known about the existence of the Phoenix City and the natural disaster system. Pay attention, lure the natural disaster system to trigger a lightning storm, and then use the charging gap to reveal the steel knife that has been ambushing under the nose of Phoenix City, giving a fatal blow.

In other words, the pursuit of Hal Palace itself is a conspiracy.

After understanding these situations, combined with the front-line combat images sent back by the reconnaissance unit, feeling panic is almost the most normal psychological reaction of ordinary people.

Only Archimonde, very calm, very calm... The thumb and index finger of the right hand pinched the goblet, the little finger slightly tilted up, and gently placed it in the hand of the female assistant, then stood up from the sofa, and the faint back surrounded the area behind him. cover up.

"Order the special operations battalion to strengthen the city's defenses, and the robot troops to attack across the board to ensure that every inch of land in the city is under our absolute control, so as to prevent the enemy's special agents from entering the city to carry out sabotage activities."

"Order the 2013 brigade to shrink the line of defense, rely on the superior terrain, delay the enemy's mechanized troops' attack speed as much as possible, cooperate with the reinforcements to outflank the two wings, and cut off the enemy's rear."

"Order the full range of anti-aircraft fire to weaken the enemy's air force to the greatest extent possible."

"Order the laser weapon to give priority to killing the enemy's long-range firepower."

"Order the Combat Engineering Department to activate the modular defense system to assist ground units in the defense of important areas."

"Order the 340th Fire Brigade. The 765th Artillery Brigade, cut the enemy's charge formation with firepower. Disperse the opponent's forces to the maximum and break the attack combination."

"Order the 2014 and 2015 Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 1375th Armored Brigade, and the Black Beret Rangers to return to Phoenix as quickly as possible.

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"Tell Professor Ailal and his team to activate the auxiliary reactor immediately to speed up the recharging of the natural disaster system."

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Archimonde's voice was very deep, but his enunciation was exceptionally clear, and he couldn't hear any tremors. He was so calm that he felt that everything was under his control.

no doubt. This helps to stabilize the emotions of subordinates, so that those staff members can feel at ease and concentrate on the next battle. Although they don't have to go to the battlefield, they are the link between the command system and the front-line combat forces. Once there is a problem here, it is easier to cause the entire line to be defeated than the failure of some details.

The communication team dispatched the above orders to combat units at all levels in an orderly manner, and the data processing team stepped up to process the data collected from the frontline reconnaissance network to the command center, and pushed them to the virtual sand table, display array, resource management system, and urban modular control team and other units to form a linkage mechanism. To cope with the ever-changing situation on the battlefield. The people in the staff department also conducted more detailed tactical deduction under the leadership of the chief of staff to determine a new combat plan.

Archimonde is like a towering tree, supporting the bird's nest. Hold up the tree nest, hold up the tall house and wide mansion. Even the entire sky, let the staff of the command center find their way, no longer confused, no longer flustered, and fully devote themselves to this battle that is related to the life and death of Phoenix City.

The female assistant with gold-rimmed glasses took out a cigarette and put it near his mouth to light it, and walked down with a plate, her steps were very light and slow, which was in stark contrast to the fierce battle scene on the big screen.

She is Archimonde's assistant. In a sense, it is also his symbol.

The so-called leader. Sometimes you don't say anything, you don't do anything, as long as he is there, people can see and people can hear, he can play the role of the mainstay.

When the atmosphere in the command center changed subtly, the confrontation on the Eastern Front intensified.

The shells flying from Phoenix City bloomed into black clouds in the sky, almost filling the entire sky, like ink falling on the water drop by drop, spreading rapidly.

The artillery fire on the ground became more intensive, the whistling of the grenades and the sound of the bullets became one, and black shadow raindrops generally sprinkled on the ground, bursting out sandstorms and flames like a fountain, almost burying the entire battlefield.

The rockets released by the city defense system and the armed aircraft swished past, turning into a wave of firepower, and under the cover of the ground anti-aircraft guns, they went straight to the airspace where the king worm was located.

The two teams of Viking fighters separated to the left and right. When the wings were perpendicular to the ground, the Gatling cannon spewed out rapidly expanding tongues of flame. The warhead pierced the air and made a sharp sound. The shell was pierced, and a ray of flame flowed out, and then burst into dazzling light.

Not every rocket will be hit by the gunfire of the Viking fighters. There are still several rockets breaking through the firepower net. Under the adjustment of the tail, the flight altitude changes from time to time, and they rush straight to those huge, but very slow Meatballs.

At the same time, flames rose in Phoenix City, and some powerful surface-to-air missiles were launched from the silo, carrying a cloud of smoke like a dragon, and the speed changed from fast to slow, approaching the position of the flying dragon and the explosive mosquito.

The missile's flare nearly set the sky east of Phoenix on fire.

Five Ravens passed by from high altitude, and the fixed-point defense target drone and aiming drone were pushed to the battlefield, covering the entire Phoenix City in the field of vision.

A series of crimson light beams passed through the wind, sand and gunpowder smoke, and hit the missiles flying like a group of demons with great precision, directly turning them into large firecrackers, forming a series of explosions in the sky, and the rapidly spreading shock waves formed waves of air, colliding with each other, blowing the smoke Torn into countless pieces by the wind.

On the ground, the impact tank raised up like a waterfall of yellow sand, approaching in the gap between the fragments fountain splashed by the explosion, and four 75mm caliber plasma cannons continuously sprayed out flames, pouring high-explosive bombs into positions outside the city wall On the ground, a vortex-like flame was stirred up, and countless fragments swirled towards the surroundings. Forms a very large range of splash damage.

Even if the soldiers in the bunkers and trenches were wearing power armor, they were still suppressed and unable to lift their heads. That kind of fast tank is really too ruthless, with an astonishingly fast rate of fire. It is completely different from ordinary main battle tanks. Instead of falling one by one on the left and right sides of the position, the shells rain down on the top of the head one by one. Many delusions rely on The fighters who fought back with the protection of the power armor were all pierced into a hornet's nest by the flying shrapnel. Even the bunkers became riddled with holes and were abandoned by the soldiers. They could only serve as temporary shields for some tanks and armored vehicles to resist the rain of fragments and jets.

The 12.7mm-25mm caliber machine guns equipped by the soldiers were unable to break through the armor of the shock tank, and even the 120mm armor-piercing bullets of the Leite tank and the Geter tank only left groups of depressions on its armor, and could not break through. Deals fatal damage.

The only thing that could threaten the impact tanks was the upper and middle orbital turrets of the city wall that were more than 30 meters high. However, the plasma balls splashed by the siege tanks exploded on the top of the wall, and the high-temperature jets flew in all directions like fireworks. Numerous bomb craters were ablated in the wall, and the smoke almost covered the important area, and the city wall could not be seen from a distance. There are only flowing black smoke and colorful fire lines.

Of course, this does not completely prevent city defense facilities from functioning. In the inner area, the bunkers raised from the ground divided the building into defensive modules one by one. Rows of laser cannons stood between the bunkers, firing red rays into the sky and the ground respectively.

Their existence has brought a lot of trouble to the troops of the three tribes. Because of the heavy armor, the impact tank can withstand the high-energy laser shooting and continue to move forward, giving fire suppression. Viking fighters in the sky can't ignore these murderous beams.

A Viking fighter plane is affected by air turbulence. The fuselage was slightly unbalanced, and no evasive action was taken in time. A laser beam passed across the left side of the fuselage, directly piercing the flying wing, destroying the stability of the fuselage, and spinning down from the sky.

The pilot of the Viking fighter reacted very quickly. When approaching the ground, he used the method of reducing the thrust of the relevant engines to temporarily stabilize the fuselage and start the deformation process at that moment.

In a trench at the forefront of the battlefield, the little soldier who was nestled in a pile of dead men, panting heavily, was fortunate enough to witness the scene of it transforming from a fighter plane into a robot.

He could even see clearly the face of the man in the cockpit who was so calm that it seemed to be frozen, even though the Viking fighter almost crashed and almost turned into smoking metal garbage on the ground.

The Gatling cannon with a caliber of 40mm supports the ground like a human hand, and the huge inertia brings the body of the Viking fighter to shovel a long mark on the ground. soldiers buried.

The surviving soldier huddled in the pile of dead men, not daring to move an inch. Through the gap of sand covered on the surface of the mask, he watched with fearful eyes as it raised two Gatling cannons and aimed at a LTECH in the trench behind. Light tanks shot out a storm of fire.

The muzzle of the gun rotated rapidly, the tongue of flame froze, and it made a sharp sound. The thick ammunition chain danced up and down behind the barrel, and the shell casings popped out like a spring, and fell densely on the ground, and then they were stepped into the ground by a big steel foot.

There was a sound of ping-ping-pong-pong from behind, and then a roar. You don't need to think about the end of the Leter tank.

At this moment, a rocket hit the chest of the Viking fighter plane, but it only burst the baffle and did not cause fatal injuries. Then the soldiers saw streams of fire erupting from the missile bays on the shoulders of the big guy, and 8 missiles danced like flying waves. The flying dragon shot out with a bend, poured into the depths of the position, stretching out a line of fire, wounding and killing countless individual soldiers.

Two soldiers emerged from the pile of dead men, dragging sticky explosives in their hands, and slowly moved towards the feet of the fighter plane, preparing to take advantage of the mech's difficulty in attacking close targets and kill this big guy who penetrated into his own position.

At this moment, a shadow flashed across the sky, with whining wind and ear-piercing insects, 4 ugly reptiles with hang glider landed in the bomb crater behind the mecha.

The two soldiers froze for a moment, and then two pairs of sharp and long bone spurs appeared on the edge of the crater, followed by a chilling face.

They wanted to take out the guns attached to their backs, but those bugs were too fast, they jumped out of the crater, flew to the two of them in a gliding posture, sent the bone spurs forward, and easily cut through the pilgrim-level power with a chirping sound. Armored defenses, piercing the driver's body.

Whoop, whoop...

There was a scream of bullets piercing through the air, and the bullet fired from the large-caliber sniper rifle hit the Broodworm's body, bursting out a cloud of blood mist. But that still didn't save the lives of the two soldiers, because the feet of the Viking fighter plane had already fallen from the sky. Stomp on the power armor directly, turning the soldiers inside into a puddle of flesh.

The blood gushed out from the breach in the power armor, staining the ground red, and brought some moisture to the long-dry sandbar, but it was not fresh, and the taste was very strong.

boom! boom! boom!

Several missiles were launched from the mobile missile vehicle near the machine gun post, hitting the body of the Viking fighter in succession. Finally, the two 40mm Gatling cannons were destroyed, making the mech that stole the limelight lose its ability to attack.

At this moment, several groups of black shadows fell from the sky, and more than 20 broodworms scattered into the frontline trenches, like an undulating black tide, spreading towards the vertical area of ​​the position.

Fragmentation grenades exploded in the trenches one after another, and dazzling tongues of fire spewed out from the fire ports of the rear sentries, raining bullets on the road where the broodworms passed. However, this did not stop their offensive. The second wave of brood worms immediately fell to the front line, killing the soldiers in the trenches, and quickly eroded the defense line built by the 2013 Mechanized Infantry Brigade.

Above the outer walls of Phoenix are massive rail guns. The second gear is the missile launch system, and the third gear is the small and medium-caliber rapid fort and some laser weapons. Further down is the site of machine guns and large-caliber sniper rifles. The 30-meter-high circular outer wall is like a hedgehog covered with spikes, with a daunting makeup.

This is Phoenix, Cabreto's largest land fortress. Since it is a fortress, it must look like a fortress. In fact, apart from the dense defense facilities between the outer wall and the core pyramid, there is a quantum teleporter deep in the underground complex, which is used to save life at critical moments. No one knows except Er and Archimonde.

It's a pity that His Majesty the King died very simply. No chance to hide here.

The front city wall is like a fire monster, breathing out fire and gunpowder. It is also swallowed by the firepower network built by siege tanks, shock tanks, Thors, Viking fighters, and immortals. At a higher place, under the protection of the flying dragon, the Guardian rose to an altitude of tens of thousands of feet. Taking advantage of the position, it sprayed a cloud of highly corrosive spores into the Phoenix City to attack the heavy rail gun and the more dexterous laser cannon. Long range bombing.

The position below the city wall became the place where the brood lord and the mechanized infantry and armed vehicles of the 2013 brigade saw each other. The soldiers gradually stabilized their positions relying on the cover of machine guns and the rapid forts on the city wall.

However, when the 340th Firepower Brigade and the 765th Artillery Brigade arrived at the Near Eastern Front Theater, they had to focus their fire on the relatively slow-moving but extremely powerful Thor Squad behind the impact tank, dividing Tang Fang's tri-ethnic coalition forces into an offensive formation. At that time, the war situation outside the root of the city wall changed suddenly.

The flat soft sand outside the trench suddenly protruded one after another, a sandstorm rose, and a huge worm-shaped mouth drilled out of the ground, raising its head to the sky and letting out a deafening roar, the sound waves and breath directly blowing away the falling gravel and gunpowder smoke .

The soldiers of the nearby 2013 Brigade stared blankly at the giant hill-like beast, and their faces turned pale. Several of them were so scared that they peed in their pants, and before they had time to pick up their guns, they turned around and ran to the rear.

The neck muscles of the Nydus Worm stretched upwards, and after shaking left and right a few times, it slowly retracted to the ground. Banelings and puppies poured out from inside, carrying a bad wind and stench, and rushed to the core of the position. Armored vehicles and tanks Constructed steel positions.

This is not the first tunnel worm, nor is it the last one. A total of 5 tunnel worms sprang out from the area near the 2013 Brigade's position on the entire Eastern Front battlefield. Together with the swarms of brood insects that fell from the sky, they flocked to the deep area behind the position.

The screaming of the swarm suppressed the sound of the guns and guns for a while, and they rolled in. The aliens, which could not be killed no matter how hard they were killed, almost destroyed the confidence of the soldiers defending the city.

When the frontlines were in chaos, just as Archimonde expected, large-scale riots also broke out in Phoenix City. Enemies also come from underground, but unlike the outside, they are not transported by tunnel worms, but devourers, which are comparable in size to armored vehicles, cooperate with cockroaches to specifically target defense facilities and missile vehicles of the 340 Fire Brigade and the 765 Artillery Brigade, artillery vehicles, and can move Long-range fire units such as microwave weapons and electronic bomb delivery systems conduct raids.

Although Archimonde had already arranged the battle plan in advance and made arrangements for the defense of the city, but in the face of tricky puppies, ghosts, fanatics, and even high-ranking templars, it was in a street fighting environment. It can only be retreating steadily, losing several firepower positions one after another, weakening the suppression of the front line.

This situation eased after those auxiliary towers joined the battle sequence. A huge electric arc was shot out from the amplifier at the top of the tower, winding out a bolt of lightning, roasting the cockroaches into smoking death beetles.

Although they can only accurately strike medium-sized units such as devourers and cockroaches, they cannot pose too much threat to small and vigorous zealots, puppies, and ghosts, but they still greatly delay the defeat of the fire suppressing troops. speed. (To be continued.)