Chapter 45 Attack!

After losing the ambush team arranged on the southeast side of the village, Lieutenant Andrew, the commander of the Imperial Orbital Paratroopers, knew that the problem was serious.

Now it was no longer a question of how to attack the village. It was questionable whether the remaining people could safely withdraw from the battle.

The rapid attack commanded by Amber made the lieutenant misjudge the strength of both sides.

Lieutenant Andrew believed that the scale of the federal mechanized force coming to support was definitely not small, and it had a large number of armored vehicles.

He only had one "Holy Spirit" and less than 40 orbital paratroopers left, and he had lost the qualification to confront the opponent head-on.

Thinking of this, the lieutenant immediately decided to stop attacking the village, and everyone retreated to the ambush position in the west.

Under his command, the signalman fired two flares, one green and one blue.

This was a signal agreed before the war, with the people in the ambush position in the west covering the large force to stop the attack and retreat to the west.

Then, the lieutenant ran to the side of the Holy Spirit, which was on alert in the direction of the smoke, and put his palm directly on one of the mechanical feet, regardless of the danger of being stepped on by the mechanical feet.

"Command: Enable contact emergency communication."

"Channel established, connecting"

A gentle prompt sound came.

After a moment, the Holy Spirit temporarily stopped moving, and then slightly lowered the body.

In Lieutenant Andrew's communication channel, the icon representing the Holy Spirit light multi-legged tank lit up in the interface that was originally all "no signal".

The driver's voice also came to my ears.

"Lieutenant! Can you hear it clearly?!"

"Very clear, no problem! I need you to fire deterrent shots in the direction of the smoke now! Cover the troops to retreat to the west!"

"Understood, Lieutenant! Let others leave the muzzle overpressure area, you retreat first! I will cover you!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Before they could finish speaking, two explosions occurred between the smoke and them.

After the explosion, Andrew subconsciously lay on the ground.

The driver of the "Holy Spirit" multi-legged chariot also moved the chariot slightly forward two steps, protecting Andrew behind him.

"Boom! Boom!"

There were two more explosions, but this time the distance moved a lot towards the attacking troops.

Andrew immediately reacted that the opponent's indirect firepower had begun to attack.

From the sound of the explosion, he estimated that the Federation's indirect firepower should be two 100 or 120 mm mortars.

Although it is not known whether it is calibrating the artillery or relying on two mortars to do "slow-moving barrage".

But no matter which situation it is, it is not good news for the Empire's attacking troops.

When lying on the ground, the contact communication between Andrew and the multi-legged chariot was disconnected. After finally getting up from the ground, the lieutenant gave up the idea of ​​continuing the contact communication.

He raised his head and looked at the "Holy Spirit". The main spherical camera at the front of this light multi-legged chariot was also turning to look at him.

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew lifted his visor and shouted "Fire!", while gesturing in the direction of the smoke.

The main camera of the Holy Spirit flashed a red light, as if responding to Andrew's order.

Then, this light multi-legged chariot started moving.

When other orbital paratroopers began to retreat to the west, it moved its eight mechanical legs and came to the end of the team.

"Boom!"

The 120mm electrothermal chemical gun opened fire directly after the automatic loader completed the loading of the programmed high-explosive bomb.

At the same time, the Gauss machine gun mounted on the mechanical arm under the front body also began to fire long bursts in the direction of the smoke.

But Andrew, who was commanding the troops to retreat to the west, did not know that his head had been put on the crosshairs of the sight by Amber, who was hiding behind a ridge hundreds of meters away.

Amber, who was hiding on the battlefield with optical stealth and constantly wandering, in addition to keeping an eye on the offensive situation of the troops, he put more energy on finding the commander of the opponent.

According to his understanding of the battle formation of the imperial infantry, in this kind of mixed battle between infantry and armored units, the commander either stayed in the armored unit or commanded near the armored unit.

So when Lieutenant Andrew was "whispering" with the signalman, Amber had her eyes on him.

After all, the communication component on the signalman's exoskeleton has a long antenna that can easily be identified.

According to the Empire's organization, whether it is a mechanized infantry platoon or a rail paratrooper platoon, the platoon headquarters is composed of three people: the platoon leader, the platoon sergeant, and the signalman.

Amber estimated that the platoon sergeant should be in the mortar position that was taken down before, or in the ambush positions on the left and right sides of the village.

So the other person who was "whispering" with the signalman is most likely the platoon leader.

And when she saw this person, he put his hand on the mechanical foot of the "Holy Spirit" and suspected that he was conducting "contact communication".

And after that, he waved his arm to guide the multi-legged chariot to shoot.

Amber finally confirmed his identity.

The distance measurement number in the scope finally stopped at 562 meters.

For the Gauss sniper rifle with an initial velocity of 2,800 meters per second, this distance does not need to consider factors such as ballistic drop and flight time.

Amber slowed down his breathing, and the exoskeleton he was wearing, after turning on the ‘sniper mode’, also began to help him stabilize himself and reduce unnecessary natural shaking.

Just like turning on the "stabilization" on the chariot, Amber firmly put the crosshairs on the target's head, and then patiently waited for a suitable shooting opportunity.

Finally, the target who was retreating to the west with other imperial orbital paratroopers, turned back to observe the situation, and there was a moment of stillness.

At this moment, Amber pulled the trigger of the Gauss sniper rifle without hesitation.

More than 560 meters away, the retreating signalman was just about to approach Lieutenant Andrew and report the situation to him.

As a result, a bright line of fire crossed the battlefield in an instant and hit Lieutenant Andrew's head directly.

Like a balloon that exploded, the lieutenant's head tissue disappeared in an instant.

"Bang!"

After a while, the sound of gunfire came belatedly.

Looking at the corpse with a blown head slowly falling down in the sight, Amber immediately put away the gun and rolled to the left, and then ran away at the fastest burst speed.

A few seconds later, the position where he had just sniped turned into a sea of ​​fire in the explosion.

The ballistic detection system of the ‘Holy Spirit’ multi-legged tank issued a warning the moment Amber opened fire, and marked a rough coordinate on the driver’s tactical map.

After seeing his platoon leader killed, the driver couldn’t believe it at first, and then a surge of anger surged in his chest.

He turned the body and turret as if he had lost his mind, and then controlled the loader to load a high-explosive incendiary bomb specially used for anti-personnel, and fired this high-explosive incendiary bomb towards the marked rough coordinates.

The 120mm high-explosive incendiary bomb not only turned Amber’s sniper position into a sea of ​​fire, but the shock wave generated by the explosion also shook Amber.

The counterattack speed of the multi-legged tank exceeded Amber’s expectations. If he hadn’t run fast, he might have been eight-tenths cooked by now.

Isabel's slightly anxious voice came from the headset:

"Hurry up and move! These orbital paratroopers are coming towards your position!"

"Ah? Aren't they retreating?"

"How should I know?! Anyway, the drone shot it very clearly. The remaining multi-legged tank and infantry are all charging towards your position!"

Amber, who was lying in the field again, suddenly realized that this was a great opportunity.

Without caring about his own safety and a moment's respite, he directly issued the last order.

"Everyone attack! Everyone attack!"

"Attention armored vehicles, focus on killing this multi-legged tank for me first!"

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