Chapter 1297: Fighting on the battlefield and taking back the center (4)

The explosion interrupted the Swan's plan to maneuver and change positions. An Yun reported at this time:

"The radar has no response, and no naval guns or large ship targets have been found."

The Swan's radar is designed to meet the standards of void combat. If there is too much interference on the ground and the target is too small, the radar will not respond at all.

At this time, Villania said:

"We have received notification from friendly forces that they have found a large number of enemy armored forces maneuvering and firing from our port side."

"Turn the ship and give priority to solving the armored forces. We can't let them take away the positions that we have established with great difficulty!"

Including the Swan, all the ships floating in the sky turned around. Through optical sighting equipment, we can see that a large number of tanks in the distance are rolling up smoke and moving and firing while approaching.

Although the radar system is not very good, the fire control system of Alyssa and her team is generally awesome, which is all caused by the battleship bombardment.

So although their electronic warfare, radar and information warfare capabilities are weak, their fire control system is quite good.

The tanks of the Maple Republic look quite large and flat, equipped with two 100mm main guns that can fire armor-piercing grenades at the same time.

This caliber of artillery is a threat to assault landing ships, especially since the assault landing ships have strengthened bottom armor, but the sides are not strong enough. Attacking the flanks from a distance only requires the concentrated fire of hundreds of tanks to cause heavy casualties to the assault landing ships.

The tank fleet that appeared at the edge of the battlefield and was approaching must be at least two or three hundred.

These guys had been hiding under the camouflage net before, and it was difficult to visually detect them when they were airborne. At this time, launching an assault and killing the assault landing ships was just a convenience. The real purpose was to destroy the front-line positions that the Whirlwater Federation had just established.

If these steel behemoths really rushed over, it would be difficult to resist with the flesh and blood of the infantry alone.

The assault landing ships also sent some heavy weapons of the Whirlwater Federation, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and four-legged walking turrets, but the number was too small for the time being and they could not resist the tank fleet charge alone.

This is really a tactic that was integrated from the First and Second World Wars. Tanks were used to break through defenses and as cavalry.

The Swan was also hit by several shells during the turn, but the caliber of 100 mm is only the level of anti-aircraft guns for warships. Even without the shield, the Swan can easily resist it, not to mention that the shield level of the Swan is not inferior to that of a destroyer.

Then, the bow ram was opened, revealing the black muzzle of the Light Lance main gun.

"Aim at the flank of the enemy armored aircraft group, and rotate the ship 5° while firing!"

Long and Carlos executed Alyssa's order. While the Light Lance main gun was firing, the ship began to rotate slightly.

At a long distance, even a deviation of only 5° would be a huge deviation in the landing point. The Swan's flick shot directly threw out the ion beam of the Light Lance cannon.

The high-temperature ion beam drew a terrible arc-shaped gully on the ground, and any tank hit by the high-temperature ion beam would melt and explode on the spot.

Then the Swan, which stabilized the ship, immediately started the secondary guns and continued to name the armored cluster in the charge.

The assault landing ship could not do the sniper operation of the Swan, but it was a professional ground fire output. For a while, the heavy rain of shells and ion beams covered the face of the armored group.

The speed of the armored group was very fast, which made the hit rate of the artillery not particularly good, but the low hit rate could be made up by the number.

One tank after another was destroyed, and the assault landing ship also suffered some losses. At this time, the armored group that was severely damaged seemed to realize that it could not rush through, so it was seen that they turned around in the distance, as if they were preparing to use the hills on the other side as cover.

Seeing this, Alyssa was about to order the Swan to go forward and chase, and Vilania said again:

"The friendly forces on the front line sent a communication, requesting immediate fire support, and the infantry of the Red Maple Republic launched a counterattack!"

Turning around, the white uniforms of the Red Maple Republic crossed the hills and launched a counterattack against the Swirlwater Federation Army that had just occupied the trenches.

Alyssa smacked her lips unhappily.

Damn, so tenacious.

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Positional warfare is not about me pushing forward and I win, nor is it as simple as playing a game, where you push forward to occupy a point and wait for enough points to end the battle.

Battles on positions are usually repeated, especially when both sides have a large number of soldiers. A trench hundreds of meters long may be repeatedly fought over by both sides dozens of times.

At the distance of hand-to-hand combat, it is difficult for the artillery in the rear to provide fire support. If it is not done well, it will blow up its own people and cause minor damage to the enemy.

After all, the artillery's lob firing method cannot guarantee the same accuracy as missiles.

This requires air power to perform precise fire support.

The Swan had to stop chasing the armored forces and use anti-aircraft guns to carry out targeted attacks on the location information provided by friendly forces at high altitudes to prevent the counterattack of the Red Maple Republic Army.

Whenever the Swan and the assault landing ship supported the ground, the enemy's armored forces would come out to interfere, as if they would come in to create your front-line base if you don't care about me.

This made the fire support exhausted. The Swan turned left and right like a gyroscope, back and forth to provide support.

Now it was so difficult just to fight for the outermost defense line of the Red Maple Republic Army. If they continued to dawdle, the ion beam on the Swan could still fire, but the shells were not unlimited. Once the physical artillery failed to fire, the output capacity would immediately drop by more than 90%.

Although more and more orbital airdrops and assault landing ships have been launched during this period, it still doesn't work.

In the final analysis, there are not enough troops. When can the orbital bombing be launched?

"A new air target is approaching from above!"

"Is it a friendly force or an enemy?"

Since the radar is unreliable now, An Yun is now using psychic power to detect.

"Unknown, but the target is very small, it should be a shuttle."

The shuttle is one of the few aircraft that can penetrate the atmosphere by itself. After all, the name of the shuttle tells you what I do.

Before the Swan, Alyssa and the others also entered the atmosphere in a simply modified Manta.

The shuttle only needs a heat shield to enter the atmosphere, and the modification is very simple and efficient.

But I'm afraid that it's the enemy.

"Turn on the air radar and try to identify whether it is a friendly force or not."

As soon as Alyssa finished speaking, An Yun immediately replied:

"It is a friendly force! No, there are also enemies! They broke out in an air battle above our heads!"

In this case, it seems that the competition in orbit has not ended yet, and the orbital bomber will have to wait to go online.

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Alyssa saw that the hatch of the Swan had opened again without her noticing.

Fuck, Li Chengxi really never misses every air battle.