From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 43 I must.
  The Imperial orbital paratroopers who were besieging the village could be said to have been completely stunned by the sudden attack.

From the interference of the drone to the landing of the smoke grenades launched by the mortars, to the charge of the mobile infantry, the entire process took only a few minutes under Amber's 'supervision'.

After the plasma grenades launched by the mobile infantry through electromagnetic throwing devices were air-exploded, the 120mm mortar shells fell to the ground immediately after.

Two school-fired artillery shells landed not far from the mortar position, stirring up a lot of smoke and dust.

Private First Class Ryan and the other mobile infantrymen slowed down a little and lowered their bodies at the same time.

Ten seconds later, the revised second round of mortars landed.

The high-explosive shells fired by the direct fire group B hit the red center and landed directly in the mortar position.

The huge power of the 120mm high-explosive bomb directly stirred up the sky.

Then came the second round.

The dust and smoke raised by the explosion had not yet cleared, and the mobile infantry charged again at high speed.

Ryan and several other mobile infantrymen equipped with 40mm grenade launchers continued to tilt their fire towards the mortar position through the firing guide line displayed on the HUD of the mask.

At the same time, the roar of the engine in my ears suddenly became louder.

The 'Mongoose 4' armored vehicle accompanying the assault of the mobile infantry also rushed up at a faster speed, rushing through the gap between the two mobile infantry squads.

Amber naturally would not let the mobile infantry attack the Holy Spirit.

After all, the weapons in their hands, apart from destroying the external observation components and radar components of the multi-legged chariot, would be difficult to defeat this 'mechanical spider'.

The 4mm chain gun equipped by the 'Mongoose 40' is still enough to open the can of the 'Holy Spirit'.

What's more, at Amber's request, this crew has changed the ammunition type of the 40mm chain gun to depleted uranium armor-piercing ammunition.

However, for the crew of the wheeled armored vehicle, this is still a dangerous challenge.

It is true that they can use the depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles of the chain gun to beat the "Holy Spirit" light multi-legged chariot into sieves.

But the 120mm electrothermal chemical cannon equipped by the opponent does not even need to be loaded with armor-piercing bullets. Even an ordinary high-explosive bomb can easily knock the armored vehicle back to its original state.

So this is a battle similar to a Western cowboy showdown.

For both sides, whoever fires first will survive.

And luck, this time, was on the side of Amber and his federal soldiers again.

In other words, in Amber’s plan, the probability of ‘Mongoose 4’ surviving is close to 90%.

When the commander saw the 'Holy Spirit' light multi-legged chariot in the commander's mirror through the gradually dissipating smoke.

The latter was hurriedly putting away the artillery hoe under its 'butt'. While the rear turret was rotating to the left, the 120mm electrothermal chemical cannon raised high in the curved fire mode was also re-converting to the direct fire mode.

The eight bionic mechanical legs on both sides of the car body are working hard to turn the car body.

But it may be that plasma grenades or 120mm high-explosive bombs have caused damage to their electromagnetic joints, making the movements of these eight mechanical legs seem a bit slow and clumsy.

The commander of the ‘Mongoose 4’ knew that he had a golden opportunity.

For multi-legged tanks, especially multi-legged tanks that can switch combat modes.

These ten seconds of adjusting the combat mode are when they are most vulnerable.

Under the guidance of the commander's "pupil aiming", the "Mongoose 4" turret rotated with a "sizzling" motor sound, and aimed the 40mm chain gun along the commander's line of sight.

In the commander's mirror, the crosshair representing the 40mm chain gun was placed on the body of the 'Holy Spirit' whose side was completely exposed by the Lieutenant General. The commander of the ‘Mongoose 4’ pressed the fire button without hesitation.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The dull sound of the chain gun firing turned into an orange 'whip' and hit the body of the Holy Spirit.

This beautiful silver-white light multi-legged tank suddenly had a row of ugly bullet holes on the side of its body.

While the chain gun was firing, Amber's words to him alone were still echoing in the commander's ears:
  "Don't worry about the rear body and the unmanned turret. Just aim at the front body. That's the crew compartment."

Now, the commander faithfully followed Amber's instructions and stared at the passenger compartment in front of him and fired.

For a multi-legged tank at a distance of more than 100 meters, there is no chance of missing the target for the 4mm chain gun of the 'Mongoose 40'.

The pilot in the front passenger compartment of the Holy Spirit didn't feel any pain at all and was beaten into a ball of blood foam.

The multi-legged tank quickly stopped moving, and Mongoose 4 kept its chain gun aimed at the mortar position and went around from the side.

The mobile infantry also did not slow down. After adding two more plasma grenades to the position and sending two nearby team members to replenish the guns, the others continued to advance forward with the wheeled armored vehicles.

The attack on this mortar position was not very difficult, and it was almost impossible to fight back under the surprise attack of the federal motorized infantry.

The really tricky thing is the orbital paratroopers on the frontal battlefield and the 'Holy Spirit' in conventional combat mode.

Lieutenant Andrew learned about the annihilation of the mortar position almost immediately.

Not only because of the constant explosions and shooting sounds over there.

Also, in the command mode interface displayed on his visor, the icons representing two mortar teams and the driver of a 'Holy Spirit' light multi-legged tank lost their vital signs one after another in a short period of time.

The encrypted channel of the data link remained operational despite the other party's electronic attack.

This would at least allow him to know the casualties suffered by his team.

Lieutenant Andrew looked in the direction of the mortar position, but large amounts of anti-infrared smoke obscured his sight. Even switching the optical observation component to infrared mode was of no avail.

The opponent's mortars seemed to have continued to fire smoke bombs after completing their fire support.

This wall of smoke that was forced out completely separated the empire's frontal offensive troops from the mortar positions.

The electrothermal chemical cannon on the rear turret of the other Holy Spirit that had already turned around had been aimed for a long time, but in the end it failed to fire.

"No. I have to regroup the troops!"

Andrew knew that the federal attack could not have only one direction, especially when the opponent was most likely to be a mechanized unit, and it would definitely rely on its maneuverability to circle the flanks to form a crossfire.

If this is the case, the troops deployed in the other two directions of the village will be in danger.

As an ambush team, they were just two squads of orbital paratroopers, plus a portable electromagnetic gun assigned to them to enhance their firepower.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant Andrew just planned to ask the communications troops to fire a green signal flare and use this most primitive method to notify the ambush team to retreat.

As a result, the avatar representing one of the ambush team members on the command interface went dark.

"****!"

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