Chapter 1169 Key Points
1169. Key Points
Gray City No. 13 has now become a key point in the competition between the two sides.
As long as Vatutin defends the city, the 50,000 troops of the Northern Legion will not be encircled and can continue to contain Zheng Hong's Eastern Army Group. And if the Eastern Group Army couldn't make a move, even if Tang Yu led the horned dragon tank troops south to join Fade Chen's armored troops, he would not be able to stop Vatutin's troops from escaping.
If, on the other hand, the Gray City No. 13 falls, then Tang Yu really has everything he wants on this front!
On the one hand, Vatutin actively deployed the defense of the city, and he sent all the heavy equipment he could find. Artillery, tanks, Predators, and a squadron of Interceptor fighters—the only air power he had left after the Sturaro air battle.
At the same time, he also began to prepare for the Southeast Army Group to shrink its line of defense and began to retreat slowly. Because the frontline battles were already very dangerous, since the loss of air supremacy and the release of the Dragon Rider III aircraft, this terrifying aircraft has become a nightmare for the ground troops.
The six small-caliber ion cannons on the aircraft are equally powerful under intensive bombardment. What's even more terrible is that this aircraft is equipped with an energy shield! Vatutin is very clear that the most important reason why the Guardian Group can fight the war to this extent is not their technology that can quickly produce robots, but energy shields!
Even if the Guardian Group can quickly produce robots, they will be limited by raw materials after all, and the combined industrial capabilities of Skynet definitely surpass the Guardian Group, so this technology can only narrow the gap between the two sides. The energy shield is different. Now the units equipped with energy shields are the Horned Dragon Tank, Dragon Rider III Aircraft, War Loader, Iron Curtain Loader, and BNK-3R! Except for the last one, which is basically invincible, the other units must concentrate a lot of firepower to break through their energy shields, and before that, they have already dealt a huge blow to Skynet's legion.
That is to say, they are equipped with a large number of energy shields, and there are also corrosive bombs that are specially designed to deal with robots, incendiary bombs that are specially used to deal with human soldiers, and there are almost ruling-level electronic warfare aircraft commanders. In fact, the army of the group surpassed Skynet by an entire era!
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"Immediately order Hewink and Binder's troops to retreat immediately, abandon their current positions, rearrange their defense lines, and avoid being surrounded!" In the command center of the Southeast Army Group, Vatutin ordered, but his communicator directly I was held down by the iron arm protruding from the side!
Standing next to him, T-900, with coffee stains on his head, turned his head to look at him, and said coldly: "Skynet's order, you can't retreat." 900 to talk to him.
"If they don't retreat, then they are in danger of being surrounded!!" Vatutin said coldly.
"Defend Gray City No. 13, and they won't be surrounded." Tianyan said.
"Then how can you guarantee that Gray City No. 13 will not fall!!" Vatutin asked back.
"This is your business." Tianyan said lightly.
The atmosphere suddenly became serious, and Vatutin looked at the T-900 coldly, and said slowly: "You have to be clear, Sky Eye. The fiasco of Sturaro's air battle was due to your command! And I, just Wipe your ass!"
After finishing speaking, Vatutin issued a cruel order with a cold face: "Immediately distribute the weapons to all the people of Gray City No. 13, block all the exits of the city, and let them guard the city! Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy." ! Not only the escaped person will die, but his neighbors and relatives will also be executed!"
He knows better than anyone now that once the battle line collapses, his fate will be exactly the same as that of General Beria!
"According to simulation calculations, the Gray City has a total population of 270,000. If all of them are armed,
Including the 200,000 troops we have mobilized, it will take eight months at the shortest for the Guardian Group to fall. good idea. "Tianyan glanced at him and said.
Vatutin's face was gloomy, and he ignored it, but turned to the staff officer on the other side and asked, "What's the movement of Tang Yu's armored forces now?"
"They have been harassing our army's flanks before, but after our army gained a firm foothold in Gray City 13, they stopped attacking." The staff officer replied, and then he suddenly covered his ears and whispered a few words, then quickly raised his head Continued: "The latest information received is that Tang Yu's armored forces gave up the Gray City No. 13 and went south directly!"
"Give up? What is he thinking? If he doesn't capture this place, his strategy will never be achieved!" Vatutin said in a deep voice.
"I think they will still attack Gray City No. 13, because the Guardian Group's army is being deployed frontally. And there is a strange army..." the staff officer said with some hesitation.
"What legion?" Vatutin asked quickly.
"Look for yourself." The staff officer said, and sent a video to Vatutin.
Through the video screen, Vatutin only saw a lifeless army standing there motionless. Why do you say lifeless? Because all the soldiers in this unit were wearing black combat uniforms, wearing a mask that looked a bit like an insect, and the exposed arms were gray. If you want to describe it, these soldiers look like corpses! !
And around these soldiers, there is also a robot that is 80% similar to the Hyperion loader, with various hideous pictures painted on its body with red paint. Vatutin suspects that this red paint is actually blood.
"This army has about 100,000 people, and it looks like it should be the main force of this battle." The staff officer said.
Vatutin frowned, and although it was still a defensive battle with 500,000 people against 100,000 people, it should be sure, but he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. Because every time he felt that he was sure of everything, Tang Yu was always the one who had the last laugh!
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May 20, 2047, 9:00 pm.
On a hill, a slender beauty is looking coldly at No. 13, the gray city ahead that is dark because of the blackout, Carla Radames.
"Are you ready? Gravekeeper." Carla Radames asked coldly without looking back.
Click, click, click, the tomb guard walked over tremblingly with a cane, hunched over, looked at Kara and replied with a strange smile: "Jie Jie Jie Jie... everything is ready, my queen..."
"Then start attacking." Kara's eyes kept looking in the direction of No. 13, Gray City.
"But according to the plan, we should attack at 11 o'clock." The grave guard said.
"No need, I don't know anything about military command. But for a battle that must be won, it doesn't matter when the attack starts. All I know is that Tang Yu wants this city, so I will put this Hand over the city to him." Carla said coldly.
"Jie Jie Jie Jie... as long as the city is fine... Jie Jie Jie Jie... It doesn't matter if you want other things..." The grave guard laughed strangely.
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May 20, 9:45 p.m.
Three F-15C fighter jets quickly flew towards Gray City No. 13. These fighter jets flew at ultra-low altitudes at first, avoiding radar detection. After approaching the city, they began to show their own figures, and climbed carelessly to 3000 meters. the height of.
Unsurprisingly, there was a burst of fire from inside the city, and then several surface-to-air missiles flew into the sky, flying straight towards the three planes!
boom! ! An F-15C fighter jet was hit by a missile and turned into a fireball and fell down. The other two fighter jets seemed to be frightened, and they plunged headfirst, whirling and falling rapidly, but avoided the anti-aircraft missiles, and then crashed into the buildings in the city with a bang.
Immediately, a large number of Gray Army soldiers rushed to the crash site and surrounded it.