Chapter 495 Questioner
The whistling sound of the plasma rocket was like an alarm clock ringing at 4 a.m., which instantly woke up the soldiers on the defense position of the logistics node.
In the process of going from confusion to awakening, the inevitable physiological reactions of rapid breathing and accelerated heartbeat made them a little unresponsive to what happened, but when the plasma rocket landed and exploded with a blue-white fireball, and burned the unlucky people in the hit area into a pool of charcoal that could not be seen clearly, they finally came to their senses.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Everyone prepare for battle!"
The front-line duty officer shouted in the communication channel, and then immediately found that their communication had been interfered with at some point.
At the same time, a communications soldier from the communications support company deployed at this logistics node also ran over to report that the intranet was attacked by an unknown electronic warfare virus.
But the intranet of this unit was physically isolated from the external network a long time ago, so it is theoretically difficult to destroy it through remote network attacks, so they suspected that a device connected to the intranet was hacked.
The officer on duty immediately felt what it meant to be "misfortunes never come singly", but he still tried his best to calm himself down, then rushed into the armored command vehicle in deployment mode and loudly ordered through the loudspeaker:
"Urgently enable blue-green laser communication for all nodes! A platoon from the battalion will go out to help the communication support company to investigate! Find a way to contact the other two tactical nodes, and if it doesn't work, send me a signal flare!"
There was nothing wrong with the officer on duty's order, and it could even be said that it was deployed strictly in accordance with the emergency combat regulations, but the efficiency of execution was problematic under the extremely matched and highly nervous state of the soldiers.
The process of allocating laser communication codes to each unit took nearly four times the time. When the troops on the defensive positions resumed contact, Baninger and his second wave of attack also came.
In the combat group of the Immortal Legion, the combat element is not only an auxiliary combat unit that the immortals can control, but also responsible for carrying some equipment and weapons and ammunition needed in the battle.
Just like now, the combat elements set up two portable automatic plasma rocket launchers at the location designated by Baninger. After just firing the first round of rockets, the remaining ammunition can even fire two more rounds.
After completing the setting of the rocket nest, these combat elements also left the launch position and followed Baninger and Memphis to prepare for the attack.
As the whistling sound of plasma rockets cutting through the air sounded again, these "cuties" with tails passed over Baninger and his men in the faint morning light.
Although many of them were shot down by the laser close defense system that reacted, most of the rockets still landed successfully, and then exploded into groups of plasma fireballs on the defenders' positions and formed a wall of light.
While causing casualties and creating chaos, this wall of light also became the best cover for Baninger and his men.
The defenders on the logistics node never figured out why they were attacked by plasma rockets. In the eyes of the duty officer, it was impossible for the troops of the Renaissance Alliance or the mysterious airdropped troops to advance to the vicinity of the logistics node without being discovered, let alone build a rocket launch position nearby.
Of course, neither he nor General Lampard and his staff would have thought that Baninger and his team had grasped the vital point of the position structure.
It was as outrageous as if you were taking an exam and found that the question setter was taking the exam with you.
When the high-temperature fireball created by the plasma rocket burned out, the defenders on the western defense position saw two five-meter-high power armors blasting down an armored wall on the periphery, and then rushed up with sixteen heavy power armors.
The two multi-legged chariots closest to the gap were shot back to the state of parts by multiple electromagnetic cannons before they even reacted.
And the two squads of soldiers who assisted them were turned into bloody pieces on the bunkers around them under the electromagnetic machine guns.
For the defenders, this scene was like a picture of hell, especially the two five-meter-high power armors with dark brown marks of oil or blood on their bodies, looking in their own direction through the head viewfinders.
Perhaps even Baninger and his men did not expect that the effect of this round of assault would be so good. They expanded the gap and advanced towards the substation at the core of the node at a faster speed than expected.
Since heavy equipment including main battle tanks and heavy multi-legged vehicles were deployed in the other two tactical nodes and the front defense line, the defense force of this logistics node was also the weakest.
The only two heavy particle turrets were also taken care of in the previous two rounds of rocket attacks. Although they were not directly destroyed, the defenders could not expect them to fire again in a short time.
Just as Baninger and Memphis continued to advance with the combat body, Grace's voice suddenly sounded in the communication channel.
"Commander, a HCP formation of three aircraft is approaching rapidly from the east. They should be the mobile forces deployed by the enemy on the defense line. It is expected to arrive at this node in 2 minutes!"
"It's quite fast. This reaction speed is not slow."
Banninger was still a little surprised at the opponent's reaction speed. After all, this was in stark contrast to the poor performance of the defenders at the logistics node.
But he didn't think much about it. Anyway, the mission of his combat team was to sabotage. It was a good thing to attract the opponent's valuable mobile forces.
"Grace, reset the coordinates of the third round of rocket nest attack and adjust them to the direction of the opponent's HCP support. At the same time, you use manual commands to control the launch. After the opponent's HCP arrives, use rockets to cover and buy time!"
Grace nodded, and then immediately accessed the control program of the rocket nest to reset it, and Baninger continued in the communication channel:
"Andes, grasp the timing of firing!"
"Received!"
While deploying, Baninger and Memphis used the armor and deflection field of the Dreadnaught as cover to cover a part of the combat elements and moved towards the substation.
As the core of the logistics node, the substation is naturally heavily guarded. Although there are no heavy units, the positions of multiple anti-armor teams scattered around still suppressed the attack of the combat elements.
However, Baninger and his team had not intended to destroy the substation with combat elements. In addition to attracting the firepower of the defenders, the more important task of these puppets was to project a large number of tennis-ball-like micro-robots into the substation before being destroyed, and then quickly scanned the substation's building structure.
This information was quickly synchronized to Andes. At this moment, in his eyes, the temporary substation had become translucent, and the fusion furnace inside the building was clearly visible!
To the east of the logistics node, three blue-gray painted "Steppenwolves" finally entered the node after an emergency stop, but the sudden "projection weapon" alarm signal caused the three HCPs to quickly disperse without stopping, and then used the laser close-in defense weapons on both sides of the head viewfinder to attack the rockets in the air.
With the cooperation of the laser weapons of the node position, the effect of this third round of plasma rockets was much worse than the previous two rounds. Most of them were broken in the air, and the few rockets that successfully landed did not actually cause any damage.
Just as the three HCP pilots breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to deal with Baninger and the others, the alarm sounded again in the cockpit.
"Warning! Strong magnetic field reaction detected!"
Then, two orange-red fire lines flew out from the distant woods, and in the next second penetrated the outer building of the substation and accurately hit the fusion furnace at the core.