From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 44 made a fortune

Several large autonomous combine harvesters are parked in an open space about 600 meters southeast of the village.

This was originally the maintenance area for the autonomous agricultural machinery fleet belonging to this village.

It was also a flanking ambush position set up by Lieutenant Andrew.

But now in this so-called position, all the large harvesters have been riddled with holes, and there are large areas of blood, minced meat, visceral fragments and other human tissues remaining on the outer shells.

These human tissues mixed with equipment fragments originally belonged to the ambush team arranged here.

However, under the attack of two 'Mongoose 4', the ambush team was torn into pieces together with the agricultural machinery they used as cover in less than a minute.

In one of the 'Mongoose 4' wheeled armored vehicles, Major Randall looked at the portable electromagnetic gun through the optical observation equipment with some lingering fear, whose model he could barely identify.

In the battle just now, this portable electromagnetic gun only missed firing.

If the barrage swept out by the chain gun hadn't shattered the electromagnetic gun and the soldiers behind it, Randall believed that the tungsten alloy penetrating rod it fired would have easily penetrated the armored vehicle he was on.

He recalled the battle just now - this was the first time he had 'commanded' a wheeled armored vehicle in combat on the ground.

Of course, this commander is just sitting in the seat listening to the exchange between the two crews, and then feeling the roar of the 40mm chain gun when firing.

Amber's original intention was actually just to put a major in the car so that the two crews could feel their own importance.

The specific tactical details are still left up to the crew.

After the two 'Mongoose 4' separated from the assault team, they immediately pounced toward the southeast of the village as planned.

After a brief exchange, the two commanders chose to rely on the street trees planted in the driveway near the village as cover, and quickly approached the Imperial ambush group marked on the tactical map.

But the Imperial orbital paratroopers in these ambush groups are obviously not just for a living.

After the communication was interrupted, they quickly realized that they were under electronic attack and began to alert their surroundings.

The sound of the wheeled armored vehicle racing at full speed was captured by them on the battlefield filled with bullets.

So when the commander of one of the 'Mongoose 4' saw this ambush position through the commander's mirror.

The first thing I saw was the orbital paratroopers who had pointed their guns at this side, and the portable electromagnetic gun that had just adjusted its direction and was being charged for the final time.

The commander of the 'Mongoose 4' pressed the fire button almost subconsciously, tilting the 40mm high-explosive bomb onto the head of the portable electromagnetic gun.

The commander of the other 'Mongoose 4' was startled by the sudden fire.

But when the spike-type ammunition fired by the Gauss rifles in the hands of the imperial soldiers on the position 'ding-dong-dang' struck a spark on the front armor of the armored vehicle.

He also reacted immediately and pressed the fire button, beginning to attack the most threatening enemy - an orbital paratrooper equipped with a portable anti-vehicle missile.

After the orbital paratrooper and the portable anti-vehicle missile that had deployed the launch port cover were completely torn apart by the high-explosive shell of the chain gun.

This imperial ambush team lost its last anti-vehicle means.

The remaining people hid in the gaps between the combine harvesters, hoping that these big guys could block the chain gun attack.

Unfortunately, the commanders of the two 'Mongoose 4's, after losing the target in the commander's sight glass, switched their ammunition to depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles very synchronously.

Then he pressed the fire button again.

On the other side, the communication relay vehicle staying in the preparation area finally contacted the federal troops in the village.

After the signal trooper connected Amber to the channel, the latter quickly figured out the identity of the federal troops surrounded in the village.    This is a team that is a mixture of motorized infantry and logistics support troops.

After the empire launched the attack, the military supplies warehouse where the logistics support troops were located was lucky enough to escape the first round of orbital strikes.

Before the arrival of the second round of orbital strikes, all active transport vehicles in the warehouse were activated. After loading ammunition, food, medicine and other supplies and equipment, they began tactical maneuvers and tried to contact surrounding friendly forces.

As a result, because the target of the convoy was too large, they were quickly chased by the imperial troops who "smelled the smell".

Just like a pack of wolves surrounding a herd of sheep, this huge convoy of materials was forced to break into pieces and break out individually.

The team that Amber and the others discovered was a motorized infantry platoon that had been broken up during the breakout.

After regrouping, both sides retreated to the village, where they were once again surrounded by Imperial forces.

After relying on buildings to repel several attacks by the Empire's orbital paratroopers, these federal soldiers originally thought it was 'nothing more than that'.

But when the artillery strikes came, they were quickly blown away to the point of crying, and they dispersed and hid in the building.

Although among the transport trucks that drove into the village, one of them carried the weapons, equipment and ammunition needed by two mortar teams.

However, they were suppressed by the imperial troops who opened fire first, and they did not have the courage to fight back against the artillery fire.

They didn't even dare to rush into armored vehicles and use vehicle-mounted weapons to resist the attack of imperial troops.

Later, after all the personnel were dispersed and blocked in the building by artillery fire, and the enemy troops outside the village continued to approach, the temporary commander of this unit
  Ran.

This undoubtedly demoralized the federal soldiers in the village and plunged them into despair.

Therefore, the support from Amber and the others was like a miracle happening to them.

This also allowed Amber to identify herself and request these soldiers to cooperate in operations. They almost did not hesitate to approve Amber's temporary command application.

"The temporary network was successfully established! Information has been synchronized through the data link!"

"The units are being reorganized, please wait."

Soon, Amber’s command interface was refreshed with information about the troops in the village:
  The five transport vehicles carried food, drinking water, ammunition, oil, metal hydrogen battery packs and a small amount of superconducting battery packs, as well as weapons and equipment for two mortar teams.

Three ‘Mongoose 3’ wheeled armored vehicles, all of which are standard personnel transport types.

10 transport troops and 24 motorized infantry (18 combatants, 6 vehicle crew members).

"People can obviously defend this point by relying on the village's terrain advantage."

Looking at the new troops joining the command network, Amber could only lament that the temporary commander of this unit was too outrageous, and would just leave if there was any problem at all.

"MD, how on earth did such a person become an officer?!"

However, he quickly focused on five transport trucks loaded with supplies.

Despite the support from Amber and the others, for this force, it was like a person falling into a well being thrown down a rope.

But for Amber, the supplies in this convoy also alleviated the urgent needs of him and his troops.

At least in the short term, they will not encounter shortages of ammunition and other supplies.

This also strengthened Amber's determination to rescue this federal force.

　Sorry, I was delayed by something today.
  　　Will update at normal time tomorrow~
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)