Staring at the line of defense riddled with holes on the holographic map, Legion Commander Fang Yuanhong's eyes widened, and his face no longer had the previous calmness. His lips opened and closed, and his clenched fists trembled with fear. He allowed precious time to pass, but he couldn't give an order.
When he heard that more than half of the Wanderer tanks were damaged and NAC used an unknown energy weapon, he knew that he had lost the war.
The adjutant standing next to him spoke with difficulty and squeezed out the confusion he couldn't understand from his throat, "… How did they transport the tanks behind us?"
Fang Yuanhong didn't answer. He just looked at the red dot on the holographic map in silence.
The gunshots outside the building gradually became clearer, and the flames of war had approached the headquarters.
"How many tanks do we have left?"
"Only two left."
Two cars …
Fang Yuanhong's body shook.
Before leaving, he vowed to Wei Bian, the commander of the Northern Alliance Area, that he would not only lead the First Legion to win this war, but he would also do his best to bring back all these precious tanks intact.
However, now, his adjutant told him that they only had two Wanderers left …
"Find me the leader of the Helmet Tribe. Not just Hongcheng, I want to reward them with the entire Suhang Province." Fang Yuanhong adjusted the hat on his head, hesitated for a moment, and finally took off his hat and left it on the table.
The adjutant was taken aback. He didn't understand the meaning of his boss for a while and asked subconsciously.
"And then?"
"And then?" Fang Yuanhong raised an eyebrow and looked at the adjutant, "And then let them cover our retreat."
…
The First Legion of the Northern Alliance Area retreated quite decisively, just like when they came.
Since they knew that victory was impossible, preserving their strength was the best choice.
NAC's surprise tactics achieved great results in the early stages, but as the battle line deepened, the Northern Alliance Area quickly realized the danger of NAC's turretless tanks.
In addition, it was not only NAC that had drones. The First Army was also equipped with a large number of individual drones, including attack drones such as Viper. However, in order to reduce the efficiency of NAC's artillery, their forces were scattered.
The Hunter Corps and tank formations that cut in from the north joined the infantry of the Second Division that crossed the Yangtze River near the railway station and advanced toward the headquarters of the Northern Alliance Area.
In the final battle, NAC invested a total of 30 Longbow I, 20 Tiger IIs, 100 armored vehicles, and nearly ten thousand infantries. However, after the main force of the NAC converged, they did not continue to encounter the Northern Alliance Area. Instead, they encountered the extremely excited mutated human forces.
Obviously, at the last minute, the Northern Alliance Area sold out their stupid teammates. Until the last mutated human soldier fell, they still firmly believed that Hucheng and Suhang Province were in the bag of the Helmet Tribe.
The First Legion retreated very quickly, and the Second Army only gave a symbolic chase. After determining that they could not catch up, they retreated to Wu City and focused on cleaning up the mutated human soldiers hiding in the corners of the streets ready to fight the NAC to the end.
The war lasted from the first morning to the next night.
When the good news reached the Fishbone base and the Sixth Street, the entire NAC cheered. A festive atmosphere lingered in the streets and alleys of the Sixth Street, and the prices of beer and all kinds of alcohol rose by more than a little.
After the victory of the war, the NAC military government convened a high-level meeting to summarize the gains and losses of the war and make instructions for the next step. In addition to Jiang Chen, who was the General, there were also the heads of the three divisions and other senior military officials, as well as Wang Qin, Lu Huasheng, and other ministers of various departments of the military government.
As the temporary commander who led the Second Army to win the war, Han Junhua naturally became the second protagonist at the conference table besides Jiang Chen.
However, because she was still at the front line, she couldn't be present in person and only participated in the meeting through holographic images.
In her summary of the battle, she came up with a very interesting word.
"Armored spearhead and drone cluster?" Jiang Chen pondered the strange word and looked at her with interest. "Can you explain in detail?"
Han Junhua nodded, reached out, and opened the holographic screen. A simplified picture drawn with lines vividly displayed the tactical connotation of the word.
"The so-called armored spearhead and drone cluster is to use the strongest side of the armored unit to form an attack spearhead to pierce the enemy's defense line. In cooperation with the drone cluster, the soft targets that the armored unit can't take care of are cleared. The carrying capacity of the armor itself can be used as the carrier of the large drone terminal. At the same time, the mobility of the drone also allows the armored unit to maximize its propulsion speed. "
After listening to Han Junhua's retelling, Jiang Chen realized the superiority of this tactic.
With the cooperation of drones, tanks equipped with heavy firepower were like invisible Lancers. They constantly penetrated the enemy's defense line in mobile warfare and moved to the next battle position before the local infantry formed an encirclement.
Especially in urban terrain where the advantage of drones was fully utilized, the superiority of this tactic was self-evident.
Jiang Chen silently remembered Han Junhua's words. Not only in the apocalypse, this advanced tactical idea seemed to be more effective in the modern world. After all, in the modern world, EMP weapons were not so prevalent that everyone had EMP grenades, and the combat effectiveness of drones was maximized.
Han Junhua continued to read the report and soon read the position of the battle damage.
"… In the entire war, we lost a total of 14 Longbow I tanks. Only five were destroyed by anti-tank rockets. Other than three were destroyed by the Wanderer's particle cannon, six of them were destroyed because of the tank's own failure, so the commander had to abandon the tank and order self-destruction. "
After all, it was a rushed tank. Jiang Chen could understand such a situation. But understanding was one thing, the problem still had to be solved.
Jiang Chen looked at the head of the Scientific Research Department and ordered him to report this problem to Camp 27 and find out as soon as possible whether the problem was in the design or production. The imminent crisis had been resolved, and now there was enough time to solve these problems.
"There is another problem we must pay attention to, that is, the Northern Alliance Area's Type-52 Particle Cannon. This kind of particle cannon can be said to be the prototype of plasma weapons. We can't unilaterally expect our enemy to stagnate. Now we need to consider how to defend against this energy weapon. "
Jiang Chen paused, looked at the head of the Scientific Research Department, and continued.
"The next focus of the Scientific Research Department is to maintain the same investment in aerospace technology and appropriately tilt resources to shield technology. The thickness of the armor is meaningless in front of energy weapons. Whether it is the Type-52 Particle Cannon or our PR-1, they have proven this point. Now we have a sharp enough spear, but we lack a matching shield. "
Although the war had never changed, the form of the war had changed.
The era of armor was justice, and caliber was truth was over. No matter how thick and powerful the armor was, it was only a matter of time and power in front of energy weapons.
The technology that Pan-Asia Cooperation failed to complete before the war was completed by NAC.
The next was the shield technology. As long as they figured out how to scale the Holy Shield system, it should not be too difficult to solve this problem.
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