1205 、 Steel Valentine (4)
Skynet's new tank was the Hunter Tank Type II. This type of tank was fast, agile, and had powerful firepower. Skynet had finally given up on the Hunter Tank's clumsy, slow, and weak firepower design to create this type of tank that could best meet the needs of the battlefield.
Hundreds of Hunter Tank Type II formed a powerful assault arrow that wedged into the back of the Pan-Human Alliance's battle line like a sharp knife! Only meteor missiles could pose a threat to this type of tank. Other bullets and artillery shells would only bounce off their smooth and thick armor.
The power of the ion cannons on these tanks was not inferior to that of the Horned Dragon Tank, or it could be said that the technology between the two came from the same source. This was because Tang Yu's ion cannon technology had been learned from T-X and Kristina. Even the Terminators could not stop the Hunter Tank Type II. These tanks could easily make use of their advantage in speed to cut through the enemy's line of sight. They would circle to the side of the war loader and bombard it with their ion cannons. After a few volleys, the war loader would be destroyed!
Thousands of T-7 Terminators followed closely behind. The speed of the T-7 Terminators was also very fast. With their four spider-like legs, they could reach a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. They followed closely behind the Hunter II tanks to expand their gains. A gap was immediately torn open in the Pan-Human Alliance's battle line, and the troops in this direction suffered heavy casualties.
General Chen Fei, who was in charge of commanding the battlefield, immediately mobilized more than 100 T-90, M1A3, and other third generation tanks to form an armored force to intercept the enemy. But this time, the Pan-Human Alliance finally had a taste of the pain they had suffered when they used the Horned Dragon Tank to bully the Skynet army. In front of the Hunter Tank Type II, which was at least two generations ahead of the third generation tanks, these overlords of the battlefield who had once swaggered around on Earth could not even fight back!
Fortunately, Tang Yu had made sufficient preparations before. The troops in this direction were very sufficient. More than 200 war loaders were thrown into the battlefield. These large combat robots formed a powerful firepower net, blocking the rampaging Hunter II tanks. However, the mobility of the war loader was completely incomparable to the Hunter II, so they could only passively defend.
The BNK-3R that was originally on the western front immediately turned around and headed toward the eastern battlefield after the battle began, but Skynet's air force intercepted them desperately as if they had gone crazy. Tang Yu's air force was not large, and he still needed to cover the operations on other battlefields. Therefore, the BNK-3R did not rush to the battlefield for the time being under Skynet's relentless interception.
As a result, the Human Alliance couldn't do anything to this powerful tank unit! After these tanks were blocked by the war loader, they immediately split up and attacked the rear of the Panhuman Alliance from all directions. Tang Yu had no choice but to resort to the tactics of the strong. He, Frans, Kristina, Elisa, Jane Connor, and Schwarzenegger split up to put out the fires.
Because the rear was unstable, and a gap had been torn in the battle line, Skynet's offensive became fierce again. They seemed to have the upper hand in this confrontation of steel against steel!
At 5: 00 p.m. on February 16, Skynet re-entered Grey City No. 8. In order to prevent the situation from worsening, Tang Yu made up his mind to mobilize more than 300,000 troops into the city to launch a brutal street battle with Skynet! Thousands of Zealots and T-800 Terminators had formed thousands of sniper squads to snipe at every corner of the city. Tang Yu was determined to fight Skynet to the end in this city!
The larger G-2 engineering robots could only exert half of their combat effectiveness in street battles at most. Therefore, the main force of the Human Alliance in this street battle was the human army and the T-800 and T-600 robots. Skynet, on the other hand, had put tens of thousands of T-900s and 5,000 T-1000s into this street battle! The liquid metal T-1000 Terminator may not be of much use on a head-on battlefield, but in a street battle environment, it was a terrifying killer!
The ever-changing T-1000 Terminators hid in every corner and launched sneak attacks on the Panhuman Alliance, while the T-900 was even more unstoppable. Unless the Panhuman Alliance concentrated their firepower, there was nothing they could do against the most advanced mass-produced Terminator with its sturdy armour and extremely fast speed.
In the street battle in Grey City No. 8, the ratio of casualties between Skynet and the Human Alliance army was maintained at 1: 4, or even 1: 5!
At this point in the battle, the Grey Coat Army's High Command was in jubilation. This was the first time since the battle of Xinlan Province that Skynet's army had suppressed the Human Alliance army led by the Guardian Group on the battlefield! It could even be said that if the street battle in Grey City No. 8 continued like this, the Human Alliance would probably be exhausted to death here!
But their excitement didn't last long!
At 3: 00 a.m. on February 17, a piece of intelligence was suddenly placed directly in front of the Grey Coat Army's High Command and Skynet! An hour ago, a supply base in the rear of Skynet's army was attacked. Thousands of tons of ammunition and weapons were all destroyed!
The culprit behind this result was the Horned Dragon tanks!
But this Horned Dragon tank unit that everyone in Skynet feared was still nearly 2,000 kilometers away on the Western Front when the Valentine's Day offensive was launched! It was because of this intelligence that Skynet's determination to launch a counterattack on the Eastern Front was strengthened. But how did the Horned Dragon tanks cross a distance of nearly 2,000 kilometers and arrive at the Eastern Front in just over two days?!
But there was no point in being surprised. After the Horned Dragon tank unit attacked the rear of Skynet's army, they did the same thing as Skynet's tank unit. They split up and wreaked havoc at the rear of Skynet's army. They even continuously attacked the rear of Skynet's army that was besieging Grey City No. 8!
For Tang Yu, this was a military miracle that could be recorded in the annals of history! This surprise attack by the Horned Dragon tank unit, just like the Battle of Xinlan Province, the Battle of the South, and the Battle of Sturaro, became a classic battle that would be praised by future generations — the Great Armored Turnaround!
While carrying out a strategic deception operation against Skynet, Tang Yu was also making a lot of preparations. First of all, deploying the Horned Dragon tanks and the BNK-3R on the Western Front was to confuse Skynet. But if the Horned Dragon tank unit really stayed at the Western Front and did not participate in the battle, then it would not be a confusion, but a foolish act of tying one hand to fight the enemy!
The BNK-3R was fine because it could fly to the Eastern Front within a day to participate in the battle. In fact, even if Skynet tried its best to stop it, it was still advancing toward the Eastern Front.
But what about the Horned Dragon tank? What did 2,000 kilometers mean to an armored unit? At the beginning of the 21st century, an armored unit with the third generation main battle tank as the main force could march 200 to 300 kilometers in 24 hours, and that was already the limit. Not to mention the fact that the tanks and armored vehicles had to be maintained during the continuous advance.
So in reality, if an armored unit wanted to advance 2,000 kilometers, it would take at least a month and a huge amount of logistical support if they did not use trains to transport them.
But this was the Horned Dragon tank! Whether it was the mechanical design or the energy supply, it far surpassed the third generation main battle tank by several generations! The Horned Dragon tank, which used the pyroxene nuclear fusion reactor as its energy source, had a theoretical combat radius of 2,500 kilometers. This was the basis of the entire battle! In addition, the Horned Dragon tank's method of advancing in the air also minimized the damage the tank unit suffered from the terrain.
But this was not enough. Tang Yu had delineated several supply points in the route plan for this huge turnaround. Three of the largest supply points were remodeled from the airfield! Countless technical personnel were on standby at all times, and the replacement parts used by the Horned Dragon tank were piled up in these places.
Not only that, Tang Yu had sent a large number of engineering troops in advance to open roads and bridges along the entire planned route to ensure that the road was smooth.
A few hours before the start of the battle, the Horned Dragon Tanks had already started advancing toward the eastern front. This massive force of over 700 Horned Dragon Tanks advanced stealthily at a maximum speed of 60 to 80 kilometers per hour with the aid of the commander's flying device's signal shielding. Skynet was unable to detect any trace of them.
Every time this tank unit arrived at a supply point, all the tanks were immediately inspected and replaced with the parts that could be replaced. There was no need for maintenance. Even some of the tanks that had problems were immediately dismantled on the spot and the parts that were in good condition were used on other tanks. In short, everything was about speed. As long as they could ensure speed, any price was acceptable!
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