The unmanned sentry system was about the size of a football and it floated in the air at a height of 500 to 600 meters.
The warning range of each unmanned sentry system was very wide. It could cover an area up to 10 kilometers in length and 3 kilometers in width.
However, its limitation was that it had a relatively high environmental requirement. It was suitable for use on plateaus and slopes with an open field of vision. It was almost useless in large swamps with dense vegetation and dense fog.
This also meant that although Mercer had successfully escaped from the new Overwatch Fortress, he was now firmly trapped in the Ball Fern Swamp area. There was no way he could escape! If he tried to escape from the surrounding area, he would definitely be discovered at the first moment.
In the next few days, what the federal army and the Starry Sky Financial Group had to do was to fight steadily and surely and then drag this bastard out!
After Hank walked down the gangway ladder, the unique sound of the hydraulic transmission starting up sounded behind him. Then, the rear hatch of the Hercules slowly opened and landed heavily on the ground like a trestle bridge.
The wet soil was instantly squeezed out of shape. A large amount of sewage gushed out from it, bringing with it an unpleasant rancid smell.
Then, two Mammoth Siege Tanks and four Flaming Tanks drove out one after another along the trestle bridge built by the hatch door.
Different from the design concept of a conventional tank, the Mammoth Siege Tank's tracks were a composite design. There were a total of four sets of tracks, distributed under the four corners of the tank.
Each set of tracks was designed as a main track and an auxiliary track. The engineers installed two additional sets of auxiliary tracks next to the main track to improve the stability of the tank.
Thick alloy plates were installed outside the track segments to resist the threat of anti-tank rockets. The engineers also ingeniously installed a series of maintenance tubes on the turf and bogies. The maintenance tubes were equipped with a repair self-starting system that could spray a kind of quick-drying glue on the damaged tracks.
This quick-drying glue could replace the damaged track segments, allowing the Mammoth Siege Tank to be repaired quickly after the tracks were damaged. In the short term, the Mammoth Siege Tank could still maintain its mobility and operate normally on the battlefield.
Not only that, but the armor of the Mammoth Siege Tank was made of the latest homogeneous titanium alloy. Without special armor-piercing bullets, there was no way to penetrate this rough and thick armor.
Of course, everything had its pros and cons. This caused the mobility of the Mammoth Siege Tank to become an absolute shortcoming.
What they were most proud of was the Mammoth Siege Tank's dual-mode firepower control system, which was the "tank mode" and the "siege mode."
In tank mode, he used a double-barreled electromagnetic pulse cannon to fire two types of warheads: the "Vortex Armor-Piercing Bullet" and the brand-new "Owl Tracking Bullet". These warheads with a clear target could greatly reduce the chance of friendly fire during a chaotic battle between the enemy and his own forces, and they could carry out precise, single-target penetrative strikes.
Once the siege mode was activated, the Mammoth Siege Tank would extend its four tracks outwards, and two hydraulic supports that looked like iron claws would protrude from the center of the tank, turning it into a reinforced six-legged tank. It would be a fixed turret!
After that, the two 90mm plasma cannons would be transformed into the dreadful 180mm impact cannons, which would fire "Purger Heavy Grenades", which would cause tremendous damage to the enemy within a large range.
Not only that, the Mammoth Siege Tank relied on its own special "Heavenly Eye" aiming system. Its effective range was an astonishing eight kilometers, which was almost twice the effective range of an ordinary tank (one to four kilometers). It could carry out all-encompassing destructive strikes on the enemy's formation.
It was exactly because of this that the Mammoth Siege Tank was very suitable for the federal army's strategy of "rooting on the ground". Any enemy on the ground would lose the courage to attack when faced with the Mammoth Siege Tank in siege mode.
It was because few troops could accept the cruel fact that more than half of the enemy's forces would suffer casualties before they could even see the walls of the enemy's base.
After the Starry Sky Financial Group suffered a great loss from the Giant Blood Worms that were good at drilling, they had urgently developed seismographs and oscilloscopes that could detect underground seismic waves.
After they were connected to the fire control system of the Mammoth Siege Tank, it meant that the three-dimensional defense system of the entire base had been completely formed. This huge monster with an amazing range and a destructive coverage of more than 20 meters in diameter would be the nightmare of those abominable native creatures!
However, this time, Hank mobilized the Federation's trump card, the Mammoth Siege Tank, for the purpose of attacking.
At this time, it was almost certain that there was a Red Shuttle pirate base in the Ball Fern Swamp, and it seemed to be running quite well.
This was because out of the 7 space fighters that were sent to chase after Mercer, 2 of them were shot down by the Red Shuttle pirates.
In order to avoid excessive casualties, and of course, in order to catch or kill Mercer as soon as possible, Hank had used all his resources.
All of a sudden, faint sounds of explosions and crossfire could be heard from afar. Black smoke could also be seen rising in spirals. Hank frowned and immediately jumped into a Blazing Fire Battlecruiser beside him.
"Let's go take a look."
The "Flying Fire" battlecruiser was a lightweight high-speed battlecruiser that had been modified according to the environment of this planet. When in the swamp, it could switch to hovercraft mode.
It was usually used to investigate the enemy's situation and provide quick reinforcements. It had astonishing high mobility and was cheap to build.
From afar, the "Flying Fire" battlecruiser indeed looked like a "sand four-wheeled motorcycle". The front of the vehicle was flat and long, but the rear of the vehicle was quite big. It was like a sandwich with four donuts on it.
The "Flying Fire" battlecruiser was equipped with a flamethrower and a machine gun on the roof. It could spray tar flames while moving, and it could be used to clean up a large area of infantry. It could also be used to suppress fire with the machine gun.
If Casio wasn't here, then Hank's words must be the highest order. Therefore, the four "Flying Fire" battlecruisers immediately sped towards the place of the accident.
Soon, they arrived at the place where the explosion came from. This was a purple fungus forest. Every fungus was about five to six meters tall, and the cap on top was at least fifty to sixty square meters in size.
When a newcomer to this place saw this scene, they would definitely have a feeling of space-time disorientation, as if they had come to a legendary fairytale world.
Their body had been shrunk by many times, and then thrown into this mushroom forest. It wouldn't be strange if an ant bigger than a horse or a fly bigger than a cow crawled out in the next second.
Looking around the battlefield, one could see that although the previous battle was short, it was intense. One of the five meter tall fungus had its stem damaged, and was directly blown to the side of the road.
As a result, the air was filled with a large amount of spores that had spilled out from the cap, emitting a purple glow. It was a beautiful sight to behold.
The source of the black smoke was a military patrol off-road vehicle. It was currently overturned by the side of the road, and flames were still burning. Blood splattered around the vehicle, and it looked very tragic.
A wounded soldier was leaning against a rock at the side. Blood continuously gushed out from under his body, forming a large pool. His body was twitching non-stop, and Hank could tell at a glance that there was no hope for him.
At this time, several people hurriedly ran back from the distance, led by a first lieutenant. When he saw the reinforcements coming from afar, he immediately shouted,
“HELP！”
Hank nodded to the adjutant, who went over to inquire about the situation. After a while, he came back and said,
"This first lieutenant was ordered to lead his men to search the nearby area and mark the terrain. The vehicle that was attacked was driven by his men."
"After the incident, the first lieutenant rushed over as soon as possible. After asking the wounded, he found out that the enemy had already predicted their route of advance, so they planted mines on the road. They waited until they triggered the mines before charging out and successfully capturing two wounded soldiers."
"Fortunately, he arrived in time to catch up with the enemy. Now, the first lieutenant has deployed a squad of soldiers to hold the enemy back. He withdrew from the line of fire because his arm was injured and came back to ask for help."
Hank immediately said, "Help!
Go help them! We can capture a few captives and interrogate them! "
At his order, the four Flaming Chariots immediately switched to air cushion mode. The eight jets on both sides of the chariots quickly opened, spraying out strong air currents. The chariots then drove into the swamp without any hindrance, quickly moving in the direction pointed out by the first lieutenant!
***
Hank didn't know that all his actions finally fell into the compound eye of a spore moth hovering in the sky.
This kind of spore moth was the most common existence in the mushroom forest. Although it was called a moth, it was at least the size of a swallow. It fed on the floating mushroom spores in the air.
Of course, there were also many spore moths that directly pounced into the thick folds under the cap of the fungus because they were greedy for food. As a result, they were directly stuck by the mucus and finally turned into nutrients for the fungus.
Obviously, this spore moth was disguised by a mechanical spear falcon, and everything it saw in its compound eyes was fed back to the eyes of Fang Linyan and others in the distance without leaking anything.
Fang Linyan said to Lieutenant Colonel Damoke,
"This is a great opportunity! I have studied Hank, this guy is brave, but he often leads himself into danger! "
"Let's split up now. You concentrate your firepower on Hank. It's best if you can kill him. If not, it will definitely force the people who stay in the base to come to rescue."
"Then we can take advantage of this and give their newly built base a ruthless blow!"
Lieutenant Colonel Damoke was silent, but his character had always been low-key. If he didn't speak, it meant there was no problem.
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