Chapter 686, Battle of Rheaduches (1)
Chapter 686: Battle of Rheaduches (I)
Gu Hang had anticipated the atmosphere in the conference room, so he felt neither sad nor happy.
He tapped his fingers on the table and his smile faded.
"You are all commanders of various parties. Most of you have rich combat experience and are familiar with the current battle situation. I will not waste any more words."
"Suppress the hive fleet, clear the orbit, clear the ground... this is our only way."
“Don’t be afraid of sacrifice, don’t be afraid of failure.”
"Sacrifice is the foundation of the Empire. We cannot fail under the Emperor's watchful eyes!"
"Besides, you all know that I am a pretty good psyker. Even in the shadow of the warp, I can provide some psionic help. I dare not say that I can play an absolutely critical role, but at least, I can guarantee that from brain worms to high-level neuron protozoa, they will not have any impact on our troops."
"The rest will require the lives of the three armies."
"Everyone, no matter where you come from, where you will go after the war, and what your goals are in the war, victory is the only way to achieve our interests and our glory. Abandon all false thoughts and do everything for victory!"
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"Everything for victory!" After getting off the spaceship, Colonel Lin Xiaodong issued an order to all the officers under his command.
He was a division commander of the Union Army. His division, in theory, had more than 40,000 soldiers, consisting of twelve front-line combat regiments, plus varying numbers of logistics, guards, air defense, divisional artillery, armored troops, and special operations battalions...
Such a division, known as a "large division" in the Alliance Army, has complete independent combat capabilities and is sufficient to support a ground war on the surface.
Lin Xiaodong's division was the ace division of the army group, so it was natural for it to take on the combat mission of the first wave of attack on the ground.
But in fact, the only troops Lin Xiaodong can command now are two regiments and a few divisional troops, which together may not exceed five thousand people.
His entire division was fully invested in this war. As for the remaining troops, they were actually shot down during the airborne process.
In the cockpit of the large transport ship, he watched as the ships carrying his soldiers, not far from his ship, exploded in midair. From the disintegrating ships, countless bodies of soldiers, even living soldiers, fell from the sky like rain.
Every time he saw a ship explode, Lin Xiaodong's heart would twitch. He was afraid that his own warship would also be destroyed and he would die before he could accomplish his mission; he was also angry because countless of his men died before landing.
And when he really landed, under his command, all the troops that could still be contacted immediately took action.
The first to move were the two remaining armored companies. When the hatch of the transport ship opened, tanks and armored fighting vehicles rushed out in a fighting posture.
The armored company rushed forward without hesitation to face the swarm of insects that had been waiting near the landing point, waiting for a small number of ships to land and then slaughter all the descending humans.
However, there were only eight Lion tanks and more than twenty armored vehicles, which were too small compared to the swarm of insects that were swarming all over the sky. Even if the Lion tanks were large, they were still nothing to the insect swarm.
The Lion's main guns and secondary guns kept firing, not even caring about the life of the gun barrels - the life of the entire vehicle was uncertain!
The parallel machine guns also did not stop for a moment.
The oncoming Zerg swarms were swept down and blown up in batches. This also included some advanced Zerg units, such as warrior Zergs and tank Zergs, which were unable to withstand the assault of the tank company.
The task of the armored forces is to charge against the swarm of insects, to crush and disperse the huge incoming swarm of insects, and to buy time to establish a defense line and artillery positions for the infantry that will follow immediately behind.
However, there are still things among the Zerg that can threaten armored units.
The biggest threat came from the living artillery in the Zerg. Various living bombs were fired at them. The level of bombardment by the Bone-piercing Worms, which was similar to the mortar level of humans, was not a big threat to the Lion Tank, but if it hit the Wanderer, it could still cause considerable damage; and if it reached a small number of heavy artillery Worms, or even higher-level Flame-releasing Worms, even the Lion Tank would be unable to withstand a live artillery shell. The artillery attack by the Zerg was different from that of the human army.
They are the best executors of infantry-artillery coordination tactics, and they even dare to let their infantry rush three to five meters outside the artillery line.
This is partly because the insect swarm is essentially a biological weapon, and their execution of orders is cold and absolute. No charging insect beast will stop because of fear, nor will it get too far forward and get blown up because of mistakes.
Of course, nothing is so absolute. In the actual execution process, there will still be many insect beasts that are hit by our own artillery.
But they don't care.
They really don't care at all about the probability of the swarm being accidentally injured.
It does not matter.
As long as we can cause enough damage to the human armored forces in the attack, that's enough.
In fact, their goals were achieved.
During the assault, one tank after another was destroyed. Colonel Lin Xiaodong, sitting in the command vehicle, looked at the information of his own tanks on the front line. Every once in a while, one tank would be destroyed.
The tank company did buy them some time.
but……
"How is the artillery position going?!" he shouted in a hoarse voice.
"Report to the commander! It may take a few more minutes..."
"In a few minutes, all our tanks will be destroyed!" He picked up the walkie-talkie beside him, "The guard company is dispatched! The armored vehicles are moving forward at full speed to support our forward troops!"
"But Master, if a bug approaches at this time..."
"If we can't establish the artillery positions and hold our defenses, we're all doomed! Why do you care about my safety? Follow orders!"
"Yes!"
However, the situation has not improved much.
Before the guard company could even go up to provide support, the human tank company was already unable to advance.
How to do?
He had run out of ideas.
Is this landing doomed to fail?
What's the situation with other divisions?
I hope other brother troops can do better and avenge them...
When such thoughts involuntarily appeared in Lin Xiaodong's mind, he heard the adjutant's shout:
"Commander! Look! There are reinforcements!"
(End of this chapter)
