Chapter 865: Attacking the Fortress

Chapter 865: Attacking the Fortress

The greenskins' earth shield was shut down before it was forcibly broken.

Bone Crusher turned it off on its own.

He couldn't really let the earth shield be bombed to the point of overload and explosion, otherwise, even with the greenskin technology, it would be a huge project to repair such a large and powerful defense device, and it could basically be declared that it could not be reactivated during the entire war.

Instead of doing this, it’s better to turn it off yourself.

Anyway, even if it's not closed, it will be blown up in the next two days. It's just a matter of time.

After it was shut down, the orcs' technical masters would do their best to repair and maintain the earth shield device, and try every way to replenish its energy. It was estimated that after ten days or so, the shield would be able to be turned on again.

Then there is no doubt that the ten days between the shutdown and restart of the earth shield are the most dangerous ten days for the green orcs.

Will humans give the Earth Shield a chance to be rebuilt?

Obviously not.

After seeing the earth shield disappear, Gu Hang issued his order: a decisive result must be achieved within these ten days.

Although time was a bit tight, the human troops did not rush into a full-scale offensive because of the pressure of attack.

As long as the ground artillery still has ammunition, it is necessary to bomb for another two days.

At the same time, the human starships in orbit also increased the intensity of the bombing.

It seems that they are going to take advantage of the loss of the shield of the green-skinned orcs' lair, use the orcs' superior firepower that they cannot match or counter, and directly blow the throne fortress into ruins.

The effect is very significant.

Without the shield, a large number of artillery shells hit the greenskins' heads.

The direct casualties were secondary. After all, they would hide inside the steel alloy and concrete fortifications. Just to blow up those greenskins, they would have to blow up the steel alloy and concrete together, and the firepower cost-effectiveness was quite low.

In fact, using naval guns to bombard the enemy's light infantry units is not cost-effective in itself.

In terms of cost-effectiveness, nothing is better than using infantry to fill the gap - naval guns are so expensive. Not to mention, if a starship approaches and bombards, it will also put the starship itself at risk. Once a starship is destroyed, the price can be equivalent to that of many ground troops.

But now is obviously not the time to consider cost-effectiveness. Whether it is human life, expensive naval guns, or even the starship itself, as long as victory can be achieved, it is worth it.

Even if smashing a Queen of Glory into the area now could bring immediate victory, Gu Hang would order the Queen of Glory to charge to the ground without hesitation.

The most important target of the human army's current attack on the fortress is the various heavy firepower points deployed on the fortress.

Anti-aircraft guns, anti-rail guns, fortress defense guns, firepower deployment points...all these places will be bombed.

Especially the first two.

This put the Orc Throne Fortress in the worst situation: the less it could defend against the orbital cannons that dropped from the sky, and the dense ground firepower that bombarded from the sky, the more its air defense and anti-orbital firepower would be hit; and the more these two were hit, the more they were destroyed, and the more the green-skinned orcs could not withstand the firepower...

This is a vicious spiral.

After two days of intense bombing, human forces began their ground offensive.

When the infantry on the ground began to attack the fortress, the bombing did not actually stop.

The naval guns were still bombarding the core area of ​​the fortress, but since the distance was far, there was no need to worry about accidental injuries.

The ground artillery, as required, generally advanced five to ten kilometers.

Before, when the Earth Shield was not turned off, it was easy to be bombed unilaterally if we were too close. Even so, many of the Greenskins' counter-artillery also hit the human artillery positions, causing considerable damage. However, compared with the huge number of artillery that humans have, the loss is completely within an acceptable range.

At present, the earth shield has been closed for two days, and the orcs' firepower has suffered heavy losses in the previous bombardment, and the threat level is much lower. Moreover, once the human artillery is hit, they can immediately launch a counterattack.

There's no shield protection anyway.

The main task of the advancing army artillery at this stage is to accompany the human soldiers' advance in the fortress and provide fire support.

Street fighting is brutal.

Not to mention, they had to go in and capture a fully militarized, large-scale military fortress with who knows how many green-skinned orcs were hiding inside.

All terrain settings are designed to allow the defenders to maximize their firepower advantage, so naturally they will do whatever is disadvantageous to the attackers.

Narrow attack passages, cross-fire network arrangements, closure of gates in key areas that make access impossible... they are all troublesome.

But the humans sang war songs loudly and advanced bravely and fearlessly under the sound of gunfire.

……

The Iron Fist Ambassadors were the core force that set out from Landing Site No. 1 and attacked the Fortress.

The Iron-Fisted Ambassadors, who are good at frontal combat and good at using artillery and armored forces to form an iron curtain-style advance, performed quite well on the battlefield of Ohmgeria. Their fighting style is indeed very suitable for the battlefield of Ohmgeria. In most cases, they fight against the orcs in this kind of frontal and hard-hitting fighting mode. Their advantages can be reflected on such a battlefield.

The moment the Iron-Fisted Ambassador and Chapter Captain Owei rushed out from the frontal iron shield defense, he crushed the skulls of three orc boys with the soles of his ceramic steel boots.

The battle blade was swung, and one after another heavily armored orcs died under his sword, until the head of the orc boss was chopped off. Then the last obstacle on the path to the area they were currently attacking was cleared.

Around the Space Marines, tanks and armored vehicles rumbled by, and teams of Alliance soldiers, singing loud military songs, quickly cleared out the remaining Orc troops.

Every time he looked at their figures, Ou Wei would sigh.

This was the second biggest shock to him after he led his chapter into the Alliance.

The first thing that shocked him was that Governor Gu, whom he had only met once, was able to quickly replenish his regiment with troops and equipment, instantly restoring his regiment to its peak.

Nothing could shock him more than that.

But the Alliance's army was still worthy of praise and boasting. He had seen countless armies of the Human Empire while wandering around with the Iron-Fisted Ambassador as a fleet-based battle group, and had never seen a mortal army that could become such a large-scale elite.

Especially after fighting alongside them in person, I have a deeper understanding.

Unlike many warbands whose fighting styles are not well suited to mortal troops and do not require much support from the army, the Iron Fist Ambassador's Iron Curtain Advance cannot rely solely on their own strength. No matter how good they are at frontal warfare or how quickly Governor Gu restores their health, it cannot cover up the reality that a warband only has a thousand people.

During the advancement, the mortal troops accompanying the battle play a very important role.

The artillery units and the iron-fisted artillery command system can be organically combined; the advancement of the armored forces, the rapid filling of the front line by infantry tactics, the timely arrival of air force firepower, and the iron-fisted ambassador himself as the mainstay and core of the advancement. This comprehensive combination is the key to their regiment's brilliance in this war.

The more elite, reliable, and capable the mortal troops are, the stronger the Iron Fist will be.

To be honest, Ouwei himself had never thought that his own regiment could be so powerful.

There is no such thing in the historical records of the regiment.

In this sense, he did not simply bring the Chapter back to its peak. He could even say that he brought the Iron Fist Ambassador beyond its peak and towards a higher level.

Perhaps, from the few words in the history of the regiment, the real Punisher Legion of the so-called Legion Era mentioned has such style?
Even their current parent group, the Punisher Regiment, might not be able to launch an attack like they did - it's not that they are stronger than their parent group, but their parent group is afraid that they can't find such an excellent partner as the Alliance Army.

With the help of this elite army, the Iron Fist Ambassador was one of the most outstanding troops on the ground battlefield of Ankachi VIII. Even though they were in the same offensive direction and were even the commander-in-chief of the ground battle and his superior, the Phoenix Regiment led by Chapter Master Martins himself, had a record similar to theirs.

Well, of course, some of the reasons were that the Phoenix Regiment did not go all out, giving them many opportunities for frontal attacks. Even in some difficult key battles, as soon as they called, the Phoenix came and helped a lot, but never took over the main role.

Ou Wei was very grateful.

There are many benefits for a regiment to achieve great results.

This can be seen from the attitude of Cyborg the Butcher, who was once much higher in status than them and dominated their previous friendship, towards them during their last collaboration.

From a war group that was about to be destroyed and extinct, to this point, he was very satisfied.

He is very grateful to the alliance and is determined to continue contributing in the upcoming battles.

Owei also imagined that after the Battle of Ankachi, the reputation of the Iron Fist would resound throughout the entire Dark Side Expedition, and along with the expedition, spread to half of the empire!

And now, what he had to face was the city gate at the end of a marching avenue.

If he could take this place, Ambassador Iron-Fist would gain the honor of being the first to enter the fourth ring of the fortress.

By the way, they were also the first to break into the fifth ring, which is the outermost circular defense line of the Throne Fortress.

The helmet display projected the battlefield situation onto the retina. Above the steel gates of the bastion, flames were spewing out madly.

Even though many permanent bunkers and artillery positions had been destroyed in the previous bombardment, the greenskins still fought hard. They used the destroyed artillery positions to build new firepower points. The old cannons could not be used, so at least heavy machine guns and mortars were sent up; and there were also greenskin technicians who temporarily repaired the positions on the battlefield.

But Ouwei would not give them any more chances.

When he gave the order, twelve heavy-duty city-breaking mechas appeared from the rear and slowly drove forward.

As the name suggests, this giant mech, which was modified from the Nemesis Knight Mech and is only slightly smaller than the Titan, is designed to break into cities.

Compared to the prototype of comprehensive combat, the city breakers are much heavier. After sacrificing flexibility and single combat ability, the heavy equipment they have is very destructive to various types of fortifications.

The shoulder reactive armor deflected two melta shells, and the oscillating drill installed at the end of the robotic arm began to preheat, with blue-white electric arcs jumping on the composite ceramic drill tip.

As the city breakers began to advance, artillery shells rained down on the enemy positions.

This is to create offensive opportunities for the City Breakers and suppress the Greenskins.

Even if the greenskins fought back desperately, they would often be blown to pieces as soon as they showed up, and it would be difficult for them to stop the advance of the city breakers.

"Thermal team move forward!" Ouwei continued to order, "Wait until the shockwave ends and burn through them..."

The warning sign suddenly exploded in the tactical chain, and the rusted metal plate on the top of the bastion was blown away, and a thirty-meter-high war machine rose from the ground. The giant nozzle welded by the orc technicians with the Zerg carapace was facing the city-breaker team, and the nozzle assembled from scrap metal spewed dark green smoke.

At the same time, the steel gate that they regarded as their target suddenly opened, and several super-large green-skinned combat mechas rushed out. After them, a large number of heavily-armored green-skinned guys also swarmed out, and then the gate quickly closed again.

"What the hell! How could you hide something like this?"

Ou Wei's brows furrowed deeply. This was something he had not expected.

I originally thought that after the bombing, the greenskins only had a little bit of energy left and were just resisting in vain.

I didn't expect that there was such a hidden trick.

The previous aerial reconnaissance and exploratory attacks did not bring out this thing. The cunning greenskin commander in front of him was waiting for this moment, right?

The newly-emerging greenskin troops will pose a relatively large threat to the city-breaking mechas with average direct combat capabilities.

Under the attack of the new giant cannon that suddenly appeared on the bastion, a city-breaker mecha was dissolved in the green energy torrent, and the operator's screams came to an abrupt end on the communication channel.

"Titan Support Team, this is Ambassador Iron Fist. We need to eliminate..."

"There are no more Titans, Chapter Master!" The voice of an Engine Prophet of the Mechanicus was accompanied by the noise of data streams. "The last two Warhound-class Titans were paralyzed by the Ork Suicide Squadron twenty minutes ago. New Titans are on the way to support them."

Another bad news...

The tactical eyepiece showed that the defensive strength of the Third Bastion exceeded expectations.

Owei called up the energy readings and saw that the seemingly random piles of scrap metal under the city wall were forming waagh force field amplifiers.

"Carrion, take your Second Company and cooperate with the 2577th Regiment to destroy the scrap heap in the southeast corner... Third Company, cooperate with the 2578th Regiment to quickly support the city breakers... Artillery Company, cooperate with the 113th Division's artillery battalion, you must suppress that bastion cannon for me!"

As they spoke, the troops quickly completed their response measures.

(End of this chapter)