1135, Battle Failure
December 30th, 2046, the seventh day since the start of the war.
Lieutenant Colonel Clichy sat on a Chinese Type 99 main battle tank. He held a compressed biscuit in one hand and a can filled with drinking water in the other. He took a bite of the biscuit and drank a mouthful of water. He resisted the urge to vomit. The biscuit tasted terrible. Or rather, it had no taste at all, only a faint sweetness.
When Skynet made this food, it did not consider the taste at all. It only considered whether it could effectively maintain the human body's needs after eating it. But Clichy still forced himself to eat it. Although there was still some meat in their food, their battlefield supply truck had been blown up two days ago. They only managed to salvage these biscuits.
The Second Armored Regiment led by Clichy had been broken up. On the first day of the attack, his troops were fiercely blocked by the Guardian Group's defenders. Then, they encountered that incomparably terrifying aircraft! Clichy swore that the aircraft that looked a bit like the Hunter's aircraft was a hundred times more terrifying!
It would have been fine if they had only encountered the Hunter's aircraft. The large caliber blaster machine gun on it was not very effective against the armour of the tanks. Therefore, they could only use rockets. Moreover, the rotary jet turbine engine of the Hunter's aircraft was not particularly reliable in staying in the air. Therefore, they still had some chance.
But this terrifying aircraft was equipped with six f * cking ion cannons! Six! Ion cannons! And the firing rate was very fast! Under the bombardment of the ion cannons, the main battle tanks that Skynet had seized from various countries were completely vulnerable! Moreover, the aircraft was very mobile in the air. With the support of the four electric discs under the belly, the aircraft could perform various complicated movements and even fly upside down! Yes! When Clichy saw this aircraft flying upside down for the first time, he was so shocked that his jaw was dislocated.
But that was not the worst part. The most hateful thing was that the aircraft had an energy shield! It also had a laser defense system! Ordinary anti-aircraft machine guns were completely ignored by it. Most anti-aircraft missiles would also be intercepted by the laser. Occasionally, the missiles would be lucky and hit the aircraft. However, with the protection of the energy shield, the aircraft would only roll for a while in the explosion. It would quickly regain its balance and continue to fire ion cannons at their heads. Otherwise, it would turn around and run. It was impossible to catch up.
At that time, Clichy felt that there was no way to fight this battle and ordered a retreat. Therefore, less than an hour after the attack began, his troops were forced to retreat. In the end, it turned out that this decision saved him, because on the first day of the offensive, their armored force lost 15% of their tanks!
Only later did he find out that this death-like flying machine was called the Dragonrider Type-3. Fortunately, there weren't many of these flying machines.
This time, the Gray Clothed Army had assembled the majority of the armored forces into the First Armored Army, which was attacking the area where the City of Steel and the manufacturing center met. However, on the first day of the attack, the powerful forces of nine armored regiments were met with strong resistance.
The Guardian Group seemed to have known their attack plan in advance, and they had prepared a defensive system to counter the attack of the armored forces. On the long battlefront, they built anti-tank cones that stretched for hundreds of kilometers. They also very cunningly sprinkled a layer of floating soil on some areas of the anti-tank cones. The tanks of the Gray Clothed Army, who didn't know what was going on, charged over. The weight of the tanks immediately compacted the floating soil, and the anti-tank cones pressed against the chassis of the tanks …
Behind the anti-tank cones were a large number of concrete fortifications and anti-tank support points. Although the Guardian Group didn't deploy many artillerymen in this direction, they used a weapon that could fire green acid, which caused the tanks to suffer greatly. The acid inside the bullets seemed to have a strong corrosive effect on metal. Even the British Challenger II main battle tank, which was known for its defensive capabilities, would have its main armor corroded beyond recognition after being hit by these bullets.
Moreover, the Guardian Group's fortifications were set up scientifically and effectively. There was a fire support point every 500 meters and a large number of trenches were dug. No matter which direction they tried to break through, they would be covered in crossfire.
In the end, they had no choice but to invest a large amount of heavy firepower into the area around the anti-tank cones and mobilized a large number of fighter jets to cover the area. Finally, they drove away those terrifying aircrafts, allowing their offensive to resume.
However, this was already the third day since the start of the attack. Following which, the heavily damaged armored forces were reorganized. Clichy's forces suffered relatively few losses, but because of his previous cold feet behavior, he was punished and demoted to deputy commander.
After the reorganization, the nine armored regiments merged into six armored regiments. They adjusted their previous strategy of blossoming at multiple points and began to concentrate on breaking through the Guardian Group's defensive line. Defending this front were two infantry divisions of the Guardian Group, who relied on their strong fortifications to resist resolutely.
However, after Skynet's air force gradually gained control of the air, the power of the armored forces began to show. The powerful offensive power of hundreds of main battle tanks, thousands of IFVs, and armored vehicles finally broke through their defensive line. The two infantry divisions of the Guardian Group were routed, and they began to flee in the direction of Steel City and the manufacturing center.
At this point in the battle, Steel City's bulge had been completely cut off, and the heavily guarded stronghold of the Guardian Group had been surrounded. The Guardian Group had dispatched a large number of robots from the manufacturing center to break through the encirclement, wanting to break through the siege of Steel City. The armored forces of the Gray Clothed Army immediately switched to defense.
At the same time, the reinforcements of the Second Army, which was acting as a strategic reserve force, had arrived. Three infantry divisions had come to take over the defensive line, freeing up the armored forces so that they could carry out further attacks.
However, the lengthening of the battle line had also brought about hidden dangers. Skynet's air force had been engaged in a fierce battle with the Guardian Group's air force in the air, and the Dragon Rider III aircrafts had reappeared. This time, they had begun to harass their long supply lines! They were the main culprits that had forced Clichy to eat such disgusting hardtasting biscuits!
Clichy gloomily gulped down a large mouthful of cold water, but he accidentally choked and coughed violently. "Cough, cough, cough, cough! Fuck them!! "He cursed and threw the can of water away.
At this moment, a communications soldier came over and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, the commander has just given us an order to begin the operation in ten minutes. Our armored forces will be divided into two parts, north and south, and they will attack Steel City and the manufacturing center respectively. "
"Damned bastard!" Clichy cursed again. It was unknown if he was cursing the water he had just choked on, or if he was cursing the person who had replaced him as the commander. "What about the direction of our attack?"
"Steel City! The direction of our attack is Steel City! They want us to capture that place within three days! "the messenger said.
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