Chapter 102 Breaking Into the Base Area

When the vanguard began to engage in a firefight with the Imperial Army, the assault team Amber was in began to constantly readjust the route according to the area where the firefight occurred.

Because the task assigned to them by Lieutenant Colonel Dallas was to avoid all firefights as much as possible and break through to the base area of ​​the space elevator first.

After activating the Gnacuri backup HCP, defeat the Imperial defenders in the core control center, regain control of the space elevator, and hold on until the arrival of follow-up troops.

Both Lieutenant Colonel Dallas and Amber believed that the key to this combat plan was to be fast.

At present, the Imperial defenders in the core area are two battalions of orbital paratroopers. In addition to some light multi-legged tanks, there are no other heavy units, and they are all deployed in a scattered manner.

So after Amber and his team activated the HCP, they could theoretically defeat the defenders of these two battalions more easily.

As long as they can control the core area before the heavy units of the Empire come up, the subsequent defensive operations will be much easier with the support of the HCP.

On the contrary, if the heavy units of the Empire arrive in the core area first, then Amber and his team will have to face a narrow area of ​​​​attack operations.

This is why the friendly forces on the periphery are desperately attacking, in order to drag the heavy units that the Empire has urgently deployed in the past few days to the front battlefield as much as possible.

And the assault team led by Amber is actually not a team in terms of organization.

5 standard "Mongoose 4", 1 communication relay vehicle and 1 electronic warfare vehicle, 3 "Wolf Spider Modified" light multi-legged tanks, and two trucks.

In addition to the accompanying mobile infantry, these are considered Amber's old team.

In addition, there are two armored vehicles equipped with two new HCP pilots and a maintenance team.

And the two "Mammoth" heavy multi-legged tanks that Lieutenant Colonel Dallas reluctantly allocated, are also upgraded models of electromagnetic reconnection guns.

At present, these two heavy units have also switched to mobile mode, lowering the body and using the tracks on the mechanical feet to quickly maneuver.

"Amber, the team will turn left after two more intersections and then go up the bridge! You can go directly to the base area through this connecting bridge, which is also the shortest and fastest way to go!"

In the communication relay car that was shaking violently due to high speed, Major Randall used the detailed map of the base area stored in his personal terminal to guide the convoy to find the fastest route.

"Major, are you sure we can get on this bridge? We have two big guys weighing more than 80 tons in our team!"

Amber looked at the route on the tactical map and the list of subordinate units in the command interface, and was somewhat skeptical about the passability of this bridge.

"Don't worry, the bridge I chose is originally capable of heavy units passing through, and a 120-ton "Mastodon" can pass through!"

Hearing Randall's answer, Amber nodded.

"Car No. 3, release the reconnaissance drone, control the altitude to avoid the buildings, and investigate the situation on the route ahead."

"Car No. 4, Car No. 5, get ready. If the drone of the car in front is shot down, immediately release the drone to take over the investigation."

"Yes! Sir!"

Soon, the reconnaissance drone sent back the image.

As expected, the Imperial defenders appeared at the end of the bridge, and more soldiers and light multi-legged chariots were coming.

Obviously, the enemy also discovered this galloping assault force.

"Were we targeted by the enemy's drone?"

This thought flashed through Amber's mind, but it was too late to conduct anti-drone operations at this moment.

Although the electronic warfare vehicle in the team can also counter drones, Amber still needs it to launch electronic suppression against the Imperial defenders in the upcoming battle, so she will not add work to it at this time.

"Everyone, pay attention, if you find the Imperial defenders on the path, deploy the assault formation according to the predetermined plan and prepare for battle!"

The two mammoths quickly moved to the front of the team.

With heavy armor and deflection force fields, they are the best attack spearheads without HCP.

Amber also took advantage of one of the mammoths to pass by the communication relay vehicle, jumped directly on it and climbed onto a mechanical foot on the side of the vehicle.

"Go, go, go!"

Amber made an "attack" gesture to an optical sensor on the side of the mammoth, and the giant beast under her roared and accelerated.

"Lilith, activate the swarm to standby mode, remotely access the control terminal, and switch the control mode to neural conduction mode."

"Understood, Master!"

As the assault team rushed onto the bridge connecting the base area through the approach bridge, one of the transport trucks at the rear of the convoy also retracted the folding awning, revealing three black "beehives" loaded in the trailer.

Under Lilith's invasion, although the carriers of the three "swarm" drones were locked, they did not last long before Lilith completely took over the control authority.

After Amber gave the order, several green indicator lights on the three black boxes suddenly lit up, and then the outer cover was unfolded with a sound of mechanical transmission, revealing the drones that looked like large flying discs.

At the same time, Amber also felt that the microprocessor in her body suddenly connected to 150 independent signal sources, which were the swarm drones in the three carrier boxes.

Only psychics can directly control a large number of drones with their minds through neural transmission.

In addition to being able to use psychic power, psychics' spatial perception, cognitive ability, memory, brain multi-threading and other abilities are far superior to ordinary humans.

This is why only psychics can control multiple drones in combat through "direct connection".

This is like asking one person to control multiple FPV drones at the same time. Ordinary people can't do this.

But psychics can control a large number of drones in the "direct connection" state and handle the flight path of each one.

Of course, in general, psychics will rely on combat AI to assist in operation even in the "direct connection" state to reduce their own burden.

While Amber was adapting to controlling 150 swarm drones at the same time through thinking, the imperial defenders at the end of the bridge also opened fire.

Anti-vehicle missiles dragged their tails towards the direction of the convoy, and the Mammoth's close defense laser and the chain guns and coaxial Gauss machine guns on the rear armored vehicles also began to fire and intercept.

At the same time, the two mammoths also activated the deflection force field of the front hemisphere, twisting one tungsten alloy rod after another in the flash of the muzzle firing of the "Holy Spirit" light multi-legged tanks at the end of the bridge.

The "Mongoose 4" armored vehicle and the "Wolf Spider Modified" light multi-legged tank, driven by the crew, constantly took advantage of the gaps between enemy attacks to find opportunities to counterattack from behind the huge body of the mammoth.

The electronic warfare vehicle also began to launch electronic suppression against the imperial defenders at the end of the bridge.

The 1.6-kilometer two-way twelve-lane bridge gave the convoy enough maneuvering space.

Under the rapid assault, the assault team rushed to the last 300 meters in less than two minutes.

The two mammoths suddenly slowed down and began to switch from maneuvering mode to stepping mode.

At the same time, the electromagnetic reconnection gun on the turret of one of the mammoths also began to charge.

Two seconds later, an orange-red line of fire swept across the bridge, and then, like an invisible hand slapping, it directly blasted a hole in the defense line built by the Empire's defenders with a large number of bunkers and obstacles.

A "Holy Spirit" that failed to dodge in time was smashed into a pile of fragments on the spot, and the secondary damage caused by the electromagnetic reconnection cannon also injured a large number of Empire soldiers near the flight path of the shells.

But it's not over yet.

When these soldiers struggled to get up from the ground and prepared to rush forward to block the gap in the defense line.

I saw a figure, driven by two tail flames, accompanied by a large number of small drones, crossing the defense line from the air, and then smashing straight to the ground.

"Psychic shock!"

An invisible psychic shock wave landed with Amber's "heroic appearance", and quickly spread out with him as the center of the circle, shaking the Empire's defenders who had not yet stood firm again.