"… They rushed to us, and the roar of the engines was deliberately loud, even covering the sound of gunfire, like a swarm of locusts. You can't help but lower your head, and once you lower your head, you're finished. They won't give you a chance to raise your head again. Tanks began to charge, followed by infantry. We blew up roads and blew up buildings just to stop them. This is a war to defend our country. No one dropped their weapons and surrendered, but our people were captured by them … "
"The Democrats were right. This war was wrong from the beginning."
A UA veteran who survived the Battle of Columbus wrote in his memoirs twenty years after the end of the war.
Just as the military operation against Cheyenne Mountain was launched, Celestial Trade, with the Second Armored Division as the vanguard, launched a fierce offensive against the twelve divisions of the UA military stationed in Columbus.
The inland city, named after the navigator, served as a transportation hub for UA airlines, highways, and railways. It was used by many North American companies as an important material storage and cargo distribution center. Not only that, as the largest metropolis in Ohio, the industry and commerce here were extremely developed. It had aircraft, automobiles, missiles, electrical appliances, machinery, and other heavy industrial bases. It occupied an important position in the Great Lakes Industrial Zone.
Taking this place was equivalent to prying open the door to the Great Lakes Industrial Zone.
Losing this place was equivalent to losing the transportation hub of the Great Lakes Industrial Zone.
From the beginning, this war was destined to be tragic. Neither the UA military nor Celestial Trade would easily give up this place.
More than 20,000 Celestial Trade Army troops were invested in this battle. Not only that, but there were also three infantry divisions from Moro and a marine division from Madagascar. More than 300,000 people were involved in this battle, and millions of people were directly or indirectly involved.
The air defense siren sounded again and again, and the fire of anti-aircraft artillery and missile explosions lit up the sky above Columbus. From long-range missile exchanges to close-range hand-to-hand combat, Aurora-20s and Wings of Freedom (F-79) against the flying formation composed of F-22s and F-16s, the smoke-filled sky was as tragic as being shot in the last century.
The F-79 was positioned as a close-range attack aircraft. Air combat was not its forte, but after all, it was a piece of equipment from a century later. Just like how the A-10 ground attack aircraft defeated the World War II aircraft, even if the F-22 and F-16 occupied the home field and number advantage, the balance of victory still tilted toward Celestial Trade.
Gunfire and smoke drifted from the outskirts of Columbus into the city.
The tanks that rushed into the city cleared out any resistance on the streets with the help of the infantry.
Not only the UA soldiers, but the citizens of Columbus who wore the UA flag headscarves also participated in this battle. However, the semi-automatic rifles and shotguns in the hands of these mobs could not pose a threat to the regular army of Celestial Trade at all. Often, when the gunshots were fired, they were defeated.
In addition to the 12 divisions of the Americans, there were also two divisions from Canada, as well as the French Foreign Legion, the British 16th Marine Brigade, and the Turkish 37th Infantry Brigade, which landed in Canada and headed for North America …
Although NATO countries did not declare war on Celestial Trade because of the deterrence of space-based weapons and the Eastern European bear that continued to increase troops on the border, they still extended a helping hand to their boss through volunteer forces and other means of war assistance.
However, this amount of military power could not change anything …
…
The other side.
Above the atmosphere.
A steel behemoth accelerated to the ground under the pull of gravity.
At the moment it came into contact with the dispersion layer, the flames gradually outlined a red arc on its body. Four arc-shaped external engines spewed out blue flames in the opposite direction, forming a light blue shield in front of it.
The thick cumulonimbus clouds were directly penetrated.
Through the rain curtain illuminated by flares, the UA soldiers who looked into the sky widened their eyes. Their pupils were filled with shock, disbelief, and a touch of panic.
"Sh * t … what is that?"
"Tungsten rod? No, that's … a drill? "
"It's a drill! They must be crazy. Even a diamond drill would not be able to drill through four hundred meters of granite! Not to mention there is a protective belt made of steel inside! " The engineer of Unit 721 muttered to himself and looked at Celestial Trade's position on the mountain as if he was looking at a lunatic. "What do they want to do?"
It was indeed whimsical to drill through 400 meters of granite with a simple drill. Even with a large derrick and supporting drilling facilities, it would take two or three drills to penetrate a 400-meter-thick granite rock layer.
As for the protective belt made of steel, it was not a problem that a drill could solve at all. The steel protective belt embedded in the granite layer of Cheyenne Mountain was not ordinary steel, but a steel alloy with a high cobalt content! It was not impossible to use a drill to directly penetrate it, but the construction period would take at least a week …
However, only one hour was left for Celestial Trade.
The external engine separated from the "Digging Warrior", and the huge half-track chassis slammed into the center of the radar station and smashed the cement road. As one of the few land vehicles of Celestial Trade that could be directly airdropped from high orbit, this Digging Warrior had absolute solid armor and stability.
Even though it was hit by a few anti-aircraft cannons when it landed, apart from a few shallow scratches, there wasn't even the slightest bit of a dent on the steel shell that was coated with a tungsten layer.
Although they didn't know what Celestial Trade was planning to do, no one dared to risk the safety of the president and senior officials. Just as the Digging Warrior landed, the Mountain Brigade and Unit 721 stationed in Cheyenne Mountain launched an obviously more aggressive offensive.
Bullets shuttled freely in the rain, and the offensive of the UA soldiers rushed in wave after wave. However, the 900 Celestial Trade Marines obviously wouldn't let them succeed. Under the cover of Ghost Agents, a bloody massacre permeated the night.
Every second, someone fell.
Not only the UA, but also the Celestial Trade Marines.
Finally, the Digging Warrior completed its deployment, and the huge drill was pushed out from its abdomen. Under the traction of the mechanical cantilever, it aimed at the broken cement road directly below, and it suddenly made a loud noise of tearing rocks. Bean-sized cement fragments splashed like bullets, and the track slowly sank, sank, and sank …
The soil was drilled away, and soon the drill touched the granite layer.
The officer of Unit 721, who looked at the top of the mountain, held his breath and stared at the steel behemoth.
Even if he knew that the drill would be stuck in the granite layer, and the drill would be chipped by the solid rock, he still couldn't help but worry.
After all, it was Celestial Trade's technology.
God only knew what kind of strange thing it was …
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