From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 86 Street fighting begins

Blue Bay was originally just the name of the harbor on the Robert IV, one of the many distribution ports in the North Continent.

However, as the city slowly built based on the port gradually took shape, Blue Bay became the collective name for the port and the city.

It is different from other port-type cities where after construction is completed, the city becomes a city surrounding the port.

The population of Blue Bay is not large, and the town size is not large. Judging from the area, it is almost just attached to the edge of the port.

The local residents are mainly workers in the port who are responsible for controlling and coordinating the automation machinery and their families, as well as some businessmen and speculators.

Like most people on this planet, they had no choice but to become 'pioneers' and came to distant border galaxies after they couldn't survive in the core galaxy of the Federation.

Ever since humans discovered and mastered the jump technology in the ruins of their home planet, they have embarked on a great expansion of the universe despite the imbalance of technological development.

In that era, "pioneer" was an honorable title because it symbolized the bravest group of people in the human community.

They drove a spaceship that, except for the jump drive, had other equipment that now seemed rudimentary. They sailed like dandelions into the depths of the universe, taking root and building colonies on one habitable planet after another.

But now, the title of 'Trailblazer' has long faded from the glory it once symbolized.

Except for the unemployed vagrants, debtors, street gangsters, gamblers, and a small number of speculators who can't survive in the core star circle, no one will consider going to the border to open up.

It has been more than ten days since the Imperial landing force occupied Blue Bay. Except for the initial battle with the Blue Bay defenders, which caused the residents of Blue Bay to panic for a few days, these residents have now adapted to their presence.

Except for the port workers who do not have to go to work due to the temporary suspension of Blue Bay Port.

Others are opening stores when they should, and doing business when they should do business, just like usual.

Bowman, who once had a fortune, but had to flee to Robert No. 4 because of failed investments and a lot of debt, was sitting in his small restaurant waiting for customers to come as usual.

For him, the arrival of the Imperial Army did not have much impact on his life.

In the first few days, everyone hid at home, causing him to lose business completely. However, as the residents adapted, more and more courageous people gradually came to eat at his place.

Except for the occasional patrolling Imperial multi-legged chariots and soldiers on the streets, everything else was the same as usual.

Sometimes he even wonders, if the imperial troops control the town until next month, is it possible that he won't have to pay taxes?

While his mind was wandering, Bowman suddenly saw the imperial patrol soldiers who had just walked past the restaurant door, suddenly turning back at an extremely fast speed.

He walked to the door of the store with some curiosity and looked outside, only to see that the empire's multi-legged chariot had put down its training wheels and switched to road maneuvering mode.

Several imperial soldiers accompanying the action were currently clinging to the multi-legged chariot and galloping away together into the distance.

"What's going on?" Bowman noticed that something seemed wrong. Just when he was about to hide back in the restaurant, he saw the Empire's multi-legged chariot driving towards the corner of the street and was hit by something trailing behind it.

"boom!"

The explosion and shock wave swept across the street. Bowman, who was relatively knowledgeable, immediately fell to the ground after the explosion of the multi-legged chariot, and at the same time crawled towards the restaurant on his hands and feet.

Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions sounded throughout the town, and residents on the street ran towards the buildings on both sides in panic.

Bowman, who finally dragged his fat body back to the restaurant, looked at the chaotic scene outside through the window in shock and murmured:

"Are we going to fight again?"

"Hit the target! Confirmed that the multi-legged chariot has been destroyed!"

"There are enemy support troops on the west street, prepare to move!" Listening to the call of an anti-vehicle team on the communication channel, Amber looked at the tactical map on the big screen in the communication relay vehicle.

On a street corner in Blue Bay City, the icon representing the anti-vehicle team has begun to move due to real-time information updates.

Amber and the mobile infantry platoon he temporarily commands currently use a platoon-level self-organized tactical network to communicate and process information within the team.

The communication relay vehicle is the communication core, the ultra-short wave reconnaissance and interference vehicle is the backup core, and the remaining wheeled armored vehicles and light multi-legged combat vehicles are the communication fulcrum.

Coupled with the network formed by the communication modules and 'data links' on the exoskeletons of the mobile infantry, it is enough to update battlefield information in real time during platoon-level operations.

Of course, the backbone network at the brigade and camp level lacks a lot of functions due to the lack of satellite relays. Currently, it can still only carry out simple communications and combat missions.

After receiving the combat order previously, Amber led the motorized infantry platoon and began maneuvering in the direction of Blue Bay.

And half an hour before H time, we arrived at the attack starting line designated by the brigade combat staff.

After replenishing vehicles from the brigade headquarters and rotating the wounded, his troops were no longer the original remnants.

载具总数来到了12台，包括作为临时排部的1台通讯中继车、1台电子战车、5台标准型‘猫鼬4’、3台‘捕鸟蛛’轻型多足战车、1台运输卡车和1台经过改装的医疗卡车。

The number of personnel under his command has also reached 66.

除了伊莎贝尔、兰德尔、汤姆这3名军官外，还有包括3台多足战车驾驶员在内的19名车组成员、1名通讯兵、3名电子战技术兵，以及40名机动步兵。

Judging from the configuration, both the number of people and the number of technical weapons exceed the "4 vehicles and 40 people" federal mechanized infantry platoon.

In the temporary force organization list of the 83rd Combined Brigade, Amber's unit is a "mechanized infantry reinforcement platoon" that is independent of the combined brigade.

In this attack on Blue Bay, Amber received the task of launching an attack as a member of the vanguard.

The entire vanguard force, in addition to Amber's reinforced mechanized rifle platoon, also had two combined battalions.

The attack direction Amber is responsible for is the northeast of Blue Bay.

Thanks to the configuration of his reinforced platoon and his particularity as a psychic agent, the brigade headquarters gave him greater authority to operate independently.

Therefore, after Amber received the combat plan issued by the brigade headquarters, he quickly made adjustments and sent it back to the brigade headquarters, and finally received permission.

His idea is also very simple, which is to use the flexibility of platoon-level units to approach the urban area in advance under the interference cover of electronic combat vehicles.

And while launching long-range fire strikes, they directly entered the city to attack the lone imperial troops and create chaos.

And the current progress is not much different from his plan.

During his maneuver, two air defense vehicles of the brigade air defense battalion responsible for air cover in this direction used high-energy laser beams to destroy several reconnaissance drones on the maneuver path at a distance of 4 kilometers. machine.

Although it immediately aroused the alert of the imperial troops in Blue Bay, and caused them to start shrinking the patrol troops scattered in the town.

However, the reinforced platoon quickly maneuvered and caught many lone teams.

When Amber launched the attack on time at hour H, the brigade's self-propelled artillery battalion also launched an attack on the key targets detected by the drone in the early stage.

(End of this chapter)