Chapter 150, Orbital bombing
After receiving the news, Gu Hang couldn't even eat well.
There are 3000 green skins, including more than [-] serious orcs, and the number is still increasing.
There are already differences in individual combat capabilities, and the biggest gap is in the ability to resist strikes.Now, the opponent has all kinds of rough and ridiculous heavy firepower and heavy equipment that can't be ignored...
This is already a very huge threat.
Good guy, Gu Hang planned to wait until two days later to call for orbital bombing, and then launch a full-scale counterattack, but now it turns out that those green skins are going to attack with all their strength first?
Fortunately, this information has been detected in advance. If it is really unprepared to receive such an impact, there will be a big problem.
Gu Hang is thinking about a solution.
First of all, the mobilization of troops must be accelerated.
The troops who are still resting in the joint military camp must be assembled urgently.
The number of soldiers currently on the front line has actually been reduced to about 5.There are almost 5 people who are resting and reorganizing in the rear.
Although the manpower on the front line is reduced by half, it must actually be much more stable than those adventurers in Garbage Town when they were stationed. Soldiers with more reliable equipment and greatly improved military skills after adaptation are comparable to adventurers Can hit a lot.
However, isn't this about preparing for shocks, or even a full-scale counter-offensive?
The follow-up troops, of course, have to go to the premise, as a reserve team, ready to go into firefighting at any time.
Of course, if you can't use it, it must be the best.
Wasn't the orbital strike firepower that Yelicia asked for before to solve similar problems?
If those green skins were scattered one by one and hid in the ruins of the city, it would be really difficult to fight.The power of the orbital strike is fierce, but the city that is already in ruins can still be blown to pieces?Those greenskins hidden in the ruins bunkers have strong vitality. If they are in the core area of the orbital bombardment bombardment, they will definitely die, and they will be buried to death.But if it is in the fringe areas, I am afraid that many people can survive.
But now, they gathered together and cleared out an open area as a starting position, so didn't they make it clear that they were calling for him?
Gu Hang was determined and asked Yelicia to help launch a round of small-scale but more targeted shelling first.
Use a few 'Hot Hammer' macro cannons, plus ten 'Scalpel' ship-based missiles, and blast a round directly at the starting position, killing all the greenskins gathered there may not work, but killing [-]% of them may not be possible. questionable.
But after thinking about it, Gu Hang still suppressed this tempting thought.
I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so fry it now, and the profit will not be maximized.
All Yelicia could win him was a chance to bomb, so he had to grasp it well.
Be patient, be patient.What he has to do now is to prepare his troops to deal with all challenges and take the initiative to attack, and then wait patiently for the intelligence ahead before making decisions.
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Deep in the ruins of the tower, while walking, Martins suddenly asked Schneider next to him a question:
"There's something wrong with these green skins, do you feel it?"
Schneider thought for a while, and responded: "There is nothing wrong with them, they are no different from the green skins we have eliminated in the past."
"This is the biggest problem." Martins said, "They shouldn't be so powerful. There are not enough of them, tens of thousands of greenskins, not enough to support a disaster. If the greenskin spores are caused by Certain reasons fell on this planet, took root and sprouted, and then this clan developed from scratch. At this stage and in this amount, they should only be able to maintain a very primitive state of technology. Even the original natives of Garbage Town , During the battle, I gave those green skins some brains to speed up their development, but it shouldn't be so soon that this level of green skin technology appears."
"You want to say that these green skins are not simply developed from the local area?" Schneider's attitude also became cautious.
If that's the case, and the greenskins come from a powerful, star-spanning clan, then there's trouble.
But soon, Schneider vetoed this idea again: "It's unlikely, there has never been an attack by an alien force on the Owl Star. If the Greenskin clan that really has the ability to travel between stars targets this planet, with their Special features, they will not only send a very small number of teams over. A few large warships, loaded with hundreds of thousands, or even millions of green skins, multiply quickly after landing, and flood the planet, that is their conventional method."
Regarding what Schneider said, Martins also agreed: "So, this is the most contradictory part of the whole thing. We must remind our brothers that this operation cannot simply regard these green skins as the kind of savage orcs. , Primitive orcs, you must be vigilant, I really don't want to see the loss of a battle brother in the battle at the power plant outside Fuxing City."
Hearing what the Chapter Leader said, the other four were also silent.
They stopped talking.
It is not difficult to find the enemy's base camp along the routes used by the green skins to transport supplies and replenish troops.
On the second night of departure, they had already found their target.
Of course, those green skins are also preparing for the war with all their strength.Their base camps are brightly lit, and their factories are bustling.
Soldiers of space fighters and storm squads do not have the ability to sneak into the base camp.After all, without the conditions of makeup investigation, interracial investigation can only reach this level at most.
But enough.
They marked the base camp of the green skins, marked the military factory of the green skins, and then found three large-scale hatching farms in the surrounding area.Those huge things that looked like tropical plants grew out of the ruins of the city.
As Martins said to Gu Hang before, this is definitely not an ideal place for green-skinned orcs to thrive.Even if these green skins have tried their best to open up a relatively flat place, try to expose the soil as much as possible, and connect to the water flow as much as possible, but the soil is not suitable, the light is not good, and the water resources are not sufficient...
The green skin is tenacious enough, and it can grow crop after crop in this environment.
Now is the season for greenskin 'harvest'.They saw with their own eyes that under the light, they saw that there were huge fruit pods hanging down on the twisted plants, as if something was wriggling inside, and then suddenly, the fruit pods opened directly, and a The green-skinned creature fell out of it.
Such a process is constantly happening in front of them.
Most of the time, what falls out is a beast of different sizes but similar in shape.
This thing is called Squig, and it is a kind of orc herding livestock that has always existed in the greenskin tribe.These creatures lack intelligence and are ferocious, with fangs and mouths that can open dramatically.But in fact, they function as livestock in the greenskin ecosystem.
Some are used as beauty salons, some are used for food, some are raised by orc boys as pets, and the biggest ones can even be ridden into battle.
These Squigs feed on all kinds of junk.
Squigs eat what orcs don't eat, and orcs eat squigs.
Together with fungi, they became the main food source for orcs.
And apart from the Squigs, the second most are Grits.
This is the orc's minion, cannon fodder, and food if necessary.
And even fewer are serious green-skinned orcs.
Whether it's a Squig Beast, Grit, or Orc, they are adults just after landing.
In this hatchery farm, it is really the harvest season.
If the three hatching farms checked were all hatched according to this efficiency, I am afraid that within a month, the number of light green-skinned orcs will increase by another [-], and there will be at least [-] to [-] more grits.
Martins is very fortunate now that he seriously warned Gu Hang of the risks involved.Fortunately, Gu Hang heeded his warning and did not ignore the threat.
Otherwise, it will be a big trouble.
And the next thing is relatively simple.
It's nothing more than marking coordinates.
It can't be very accurate, because when they mark, there is still a certain distance from the target location.Even at this distance, they encountered green skins several times, but were silently slaughtered by them.
With the discipline of the green skins, they should not be aware of the loss of a few people-they would die a lot in their own internal fights and fun every day.
But even if the marking is not very accurate, it doesn't matter much.Probably this location will do.After the macro bombardment, the area covered is still very large.
A 'scalpel' missile can almost destroy a small wind farm, let alone a much more powerful macro artillery, and a large macro artillery like the 'Wrath of Loyal Heirs'.
Of course, in order to improve efficiency, they still set value levels for these places separately.
The two points with the highest value, one is the base camp, and the other is the starting position where the green leather army is gathering.
Secondly, it marked the location of the arsenal, the hatching farm, and the killing jars among the greenskin army.Then, I marked a bunch of places that could not be explored in depth, but were suspected to be valuable.
After completing these tasks, they left the Greenskin base camp, and then informed Governor Gu of the news.
Then, they soon received a reply from the governor:
"Leave the area as soon as possible, you have 14 hours to escape the envelope of the orbital strike. Please ensure your own safety, and confirm the effect of the strike after the orbital strike is over."
"receive."
"You guys have worked hard."
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After replying to the task force's message, Gu Hang let out a sigh of relief.
All preparations are finally complete.
He contacted Yelicia again, provided the relevant strike coordinates, and told the brigadier general that all actions were carried out as planned.
Tomorrow, at 11:00 Terra Standard Time, the Orbital Strike will come as promised.
His troops will complete pre-war preparations before then, eat well in advance, and then attack the frontal enemy after the orbital bombing is over.
The green-skinned orcs confronting them will not be bombarded too intensely, at most there will only be a few 'scalpel' missiles, which will accurately hit a few key positions, and the macro artillery will not hit here.
The main reason is that the macro cannon is too powerful, has a large coverage area, and its accuracy is not as good as that of the 'scalpel' missile.Slightly tilted up, it is easy to cover your own position.
It's better to use a 'scalpel' to blow up a few times, and then leave the rest to your own army.
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On the front line, the head of the 3rd Independence Regiment, who is striving to regain his title of "Beast Slaughter Regiment", Luji Li Kexi, just finished the combat meeting and sent away the military political and industrial chief Tadiu who came to inspect s.
Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus conveyed the governor's order to them, and at a meeting with all the military officers and instructors above the company level in the regiment, he announced that the 3rd Independent Regiment would launch a full-scale counterattack at noon tomorrow. As a fist, as a vanguard.
Their goal was to tear open the greenskin defense from the middle of the entire line of defense, completely capture their position, cut the front into two, and create interspersed space for the three mechanized synthetic battalions from the middle.
Afterwards, after the follow-up friendly troops come up to take over the position, they will allocate troops, accompanied by a synthetic battalion, to perform a circle to the north, cut off the retreat space of the green-skinned orcs on the north side, and complete the encirclement with the friendly troops in the front , completely wiped out the green-skinned orcs there.
All the commanders and fighters listened to Thaddeus' battle goals and requirements in silence.
The silence continued.
But it's not fear, fear.
Li Kexi could see a fire in the eyes of his subordinates.
And so was he himself.
They waited too long.
"Okay, let's all go back." Li Kexi broke the silence, "Go back to your respective companies and get ready. There are still 13 hours until noon tomorrow. The staff will break down tomorrow's offensive tasks. Tomorrow morning will be sent to your hands. This is a fight we have been waiting for a long time, and it is also an opportunity that we have never dreamed of in the past. I have only one request: it must be beautiful! We must be worthy of the people we have lost , worthy of the hatred we have to sacrifice to avenge, worthy of the opportunity the governor gave us!"
"Roar!" The officers stood up abruptly, and then returned to their respective teams.
Andrei Alexei, the political commissar who was transferred to the independent regiment, was a little confused.He just wanted to boost the morale of the officers as the chief political officer, but it turned out that it didn't seem necessary at all.
The head of the group, Li Kexi, patted him on the shoulder and didn't explain much.
The soldiers of the Beast Slaughter Group did not know how many of them could really sleep well.
But they will force themselves to rest well, all in order to play their style tomorrow.
Tonight has been extraordinarily long.
...
No matter how long the night is, there is always time to spend it.
The sky was bright, and Li Kexi, who woke up, went to the front line of the army to check.
He watched the soldiers eat, watched them inspect the firearms, watched the officers talking to the soldiers...
All this calmed down his restless heart inexplicably.
They had done everything they could, and were just waiting for the order to strike.
The allotted pocket watch ticked to eleven o'clock at noon.
The order to attack had not yet been issued, but he first saw many red light spots appearing faintly in the sky.
Meteor shower?
No, he quickly dismissed that idea.
This should be part of what Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus said before, a strong strike.
At that time, he thought that it was the artillery position in the rear, which would fire unrestrictedly and ferociously, but it seemed that it was more than that.
He watched the red meteor shower across the sky, and then getting closer and closer, and then fell into the ruins that could not be seen at a glance.
Immediately afterwards, two huge balls of light that almost enveloped the city suddenly appeared.
Along with these two huge light spheres, there are many smaller ones, but due to the occlusion of the building ruins, it is not so real.
This scene makes people feel inexplicably strange, only light, no sound, as if watching a silent movie.
But what they were waiting for soon came.
The earth is shaking.
As if there was an earthquake, some soldiers who were not standing still even fell sideways.Even some ruin structures that were not strong enough due to artillery fire in the previous battles collapsed in this shock.
Fortunately, the fortifications where they were hiding had been specially reinforced, so there were no casualties.
Then came the shock wave accompanied by a loud noise!
It was as if a strong wind was blowing, and there was a sense of dryness and heat. Many people took a few steps back because of this, feeling tight in their chests.
Although the body feels very uncomfortable, from Li Kexi down, all the soldiers of the 3rd Independence Regiment are very happy in their hearts!
The place where the explosion happened was in the depths of the ruins of the tower, where the most green skins are entrenched!
Tens of kilometers away, the aftermath of the explosion can be felt so clearly, be it scorching heat or shock waves... What about those green skins at the core of the explosion?
Even if the vitality of those monsters is much stronger than that of humans, they must not survive such a blow!
As long as they eliminate the enemy in front of them, this greenskin disaster that has been spreading for several years and gradually becoming more and more serious will end in their hands!
Li Kexi couldn't wait to command his troops to charge.
But not yet.
The order to strike still hadn't come.
However, a whistling sound came from above the head.
The artillery positions in the rear began to show their power.
On the joint artillery position, a hundred 155 howitzers were lined up one by one, with the barrels pointing to the sky, firing uninterruptedly.
The production of artillery shells is limited, and Weixing City has to produce a lot of things in order to support the logistical supplies of a total of hundreds of thousands of troops.Armored vehicles, bullets, guns, equipment, explosives, grenades, bazookas, artillery...
They have worked hard to increase the production of shells, but they still cannot withstand too intense consumption.
However, since it has been decided that today is the battle of the end, there is no need to save.
Hundreds of cannons fired at full speed.At a rate of [-] rounds per minute, it rained cannons on the orc positions in front of them.
This is a full-scale bombardment that has never been done before. The artillerymen no longer care about the life of the barrel or the consumption of shells.
They planned to smash 15000 rounds of heavy artillery on the green-skinned orc positions within half an hour.At present, there are only less than [-] rounds of the total ammunition reserves left.
The remaining four or five thousand rounds of shells are also not in the province, but must be left to cooperate with the infantry attack.
While the artillery was firing, Luji Likoshi finally got the order to attack.
He couldn't wait to convey the offensive order to the whole regiment.
The more than 3 soldiers of the 25rd Independent Regiment needed to move to a position about 200 meters away from the enemy's position within 5 minutes and stand by.They had [-] minutes to rest, and at the moment the shelling ended, they launched a full-scale attack on the orc's position.
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