Chapter 24 Speculation
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Planetary Defense Force Line, 87th, 31st Regiment Station.
After Qin Mo came to support and built a small fortress, the rebels had not launched an attack for some time, but no one let down their guard. They were ready to receive orders from Qin Mo at any time and rush to where he needed them.
On this peaceful day, the two regimental commanders, Duncan and Albert, and the soldiers gathered outside the fortress, watching the logistics machinery constantly going in and out of the positions.
These black spherical machines used to deliver food and ammunition, but now they transport weapons.
A giant black metal box was hoisted on the ground by logistics machinery, and then they began to recycle the metal in the box. One by one, improved laser rifles appeared in front of everyone.
"Is this a laser rifle with a scope installed?"
"You'll know if you try it."
The soldiers picked up their laser rifles with great joy, then walked to the shooting range outside the small fortress and shot at targets made of rebel equipment and wooden men.
They were then surprised to discover that the laser rifle had a faster firing rate and its battery had a significantly larger capacity, allowing it to fire more beams before running out of energy.
This is just the tip of the weaponry iceberg.
Half a month has passed since we heard that the city of Kato was stabilized, and all kinds of weapons and equipment are being delivered to the position.
Including but not limited to a Leman Russ tank, several ordinary power armors, unmanned transport aircraft, and even unmanned self-propelled artillery.
Those self-propelled artillery pieces were built on anti-gravity suspension platforms. They did not require human operation and there was no space left for operators.
When lifted and placed on the battlefield by logistics machinery, these artillery pieces will automatically gather together.
"Leman Russ tank. By the Emperor." Albert, who was a former armored soldier, looked at the Leman Russ tank parked outside the fortress with unmanned artillery in amazement. "The passage to the lower nest has been blown up. I really don't know how this tank was made."
The Leman Russ tank is a heavy tank equipped by the Imperial Astra Militarum. Not just any hive or industrial world can manufacture this kind of war machine.
If Hive Talon had the ability to produce Leman Russ tanks, the Empire would have sent troops to deal with the rebels long ago.
"Just like this fortress." Duncan looked at the small fortress, "It should be the product of creation magic."
As one of the positions saved by Qin Mo himself, everyone here has witnessed the magic of creation performed by Qin Mo, where a fortress can be built from the ground in just a few minutes.
Everyone here has also seen the power armor worn by Qin Mo and the survivors of his 44th Regiment. Overall, the creation of the Leman Russ tank is not particularly strange.
"Did you notice that those cannons were unmanned? Just like those black eggs." Albert suddenly lowered his voice, looking mysterious.
Duncan understood what Albert meant.
Ever since the black eggs...the logistics machines appeared, rumors have been circulating on the battlefield that there is abomination intelligence in those black eggs, because they have no one to control them and no one to guide them, but they can do anything.
Today's unmanned artillery makes this rumor more convincing.
"Maybe, but we need them now, or we won't be able to secure logistics, right?"
"That's the truth..."
"Keep silent on this matter. Sometimes knowing too much and talking too much are bad things."
"Um."
After a few words, Duncan and Albert tacitly ended the topic and changed the subject.
"What do you think these weapons and equipment are used for?" Albert asked.
"Obviously, we need to build a composite regiment." Duncan said, "Our entire corps is made up of infantry, and the armored forces were already lost in the offensive plan. We need weapons and equipment that can be used for offensive operations."
"Synthetic Regiment..." Albert's opinion was exactly the same as Duncan's.
"I can even imagine what it will be like after all weapons and equipment are rationed." Duncan pointed at the Leman Russ tank. "Each regiment has a Leman Russ tank as its core, and a small number of elite infantry wearing power armor. We will advance under the cover of human artillery, and maybe those soldiers wearing more powerful power armor will arrive to lead our counterattack. "
"You said counterattack?" Albert was a little surprised.
"That's right. Otherwise, what else can the synthesis group be used for? Is it stored in the fortress?" Duncan said calmly.
Speaking of this, Albert suddenly felt that Qin Mo was brewing a war.
A counterattack.
Now that the defense line has been integrated, and according to the latest news, the Cato settlement has been relieved. Everyone has been stationed until now and has a firm foothold, and it is time to counterattack.
Although our number is small and our troops are not elite, we have been passively beaten until now. The mere thought of the concept of counterattack is enough to make our blood boil.
"But we are too few in number. Do you think a counterattack is realistic?" Albert asked.
"Instead of passively taking the beating, we should counterattack." Duncan lowered his head and looked at the charred metal ground under his feet. "We have been fighting like a trapped beast until now. If we must die, why can't we bite the rebels hard before dying? Maybe someone will record our heroic deeds in the future."
This sentence contained a deep sense of pessimism. After hearing it, Albert frowned and lowered his head in thought, but the result of his thought was exactly the same as Duncan's.
In fact, everyone is still fighting like a trapped beast, just because they don't want to sit and wait for death. No one really thinks they can win.
If death is inevitable, then it would be a wise choice to punch the rebel hard before dying.
Taking all factors into consideration, although no orders regarding counterattack or other war were issued from the communicator, the answer was obvious: counterattack was inevitable.
"We will be like shooting stars, shining the brightest light in the night sky, even if this light only lasts for a very short time." Duncan said very literary.
"What's a shooting star?" Albert asked. "I'm a down-nester, man, and if this thing called a star is in the sky, I've never seen one."
"A meteor is an astronomical phenomenon. It shoots out from the bottom of the hive into the sky and then draws an arc as if shot out by a slingshot." Duncan answered very seriously.
Albert suddenly understood and nodded: "I have never seen a meteor, but I know that if we use tanks to bombard the rebels, the effect of the rebels' bodies being blown away should be similar to the meteor you mentioned."
Duncan nodded in agreement, thinking that the effect should be similar. After all, he had only heard of meteors but had never seen one.
The two friends were silent for a while.
Duncan suddenly said, "It would probably be the same if we were blown away by the rebels."