Chapter 1299: Fighting on the battlefield and taking back the center (6)

"The Manta shot down three shuttles and maintained a climbing posture."

After hearing Villania's report, Alyssa couldn't help but hold her forehead.

Although she knew that she couldn't control Li Chengxi's unauthorized actions, Alyssa felt a headache every time.

The Manta would be used later, and Alyssa wanted Villania to inform Li Chengxi not to play too much.

Due to the sudden incident, the Manta was not equipped with a backpack, and its weapons were only 20mm machine guns and ion beams. Li Chengxi rushed up to join in the event, but he always felt that it was not safe.

But on second thought, with Li Chengxi's technology, it should not be a problem for the Manta to come back unscathed, so Alyssa didn't say much.

Forget it, let him go.

From time to time, shuttles fell from the sky, hitting the ground or even the top of the Swan. Although there was no big threat, for the ground forces, at least now the only ones who could provide air support were the assault landing ship and the Swan.

In other words, it felt like the infantry of the Rotating Water Federation had captured the frontline position in an instant, as if the landing position was very close.

In fact, the assault landing ship landed and dropped off soldiers and weapons, which was actually about ten kilometers away from the frontline position of the Red Maple Republic. The infantry of the Rotating Water Federation moved quickly because the frontline position was covered by firepower and was riddled with holes. The soldiers of the Rotating Water Federation rushed up in vehicles, so it was naturally very fast.

Now it is just the frontline position that has been captured. It is really a headache to think about how long the front line is behind.

"Send a message to the assault landing ship troops and let them advance the firepower coverage of the enemy behind the hill."

Alyssa immediately said to Carlos:

"Balance the attitude, we will go around the left side of the hill."

Although the terrain is relatively flat overall, this flatness does not mean that there are no ups and downs. The frontline position of the Red Maple Republic is on the sunny side of the hill, which has now been captured, and the back is still firmly in the hands of the Red Maple Republic Army.

This kind of reverse slope cannot be covered by firepower, so it must be bypassed.

The ground forces were not under Alyssa's command, but the assault landing ships would obey Alyssa's orders because she had the highest rank among those present.

Soon, the assault landing ship troops stopped firing and began to move to the other side of the hill, and the Swan also tried to maneuver around from the side.

When flying over a large dense forest, the Swan's shield was exposed due to the attack.

"There are hidden anti-aircraft artillery units in the forest, and the enemy's armored units are also hiding here to attack us."

"Let the anti-aircraft gunners melt them and tell them not to worry about the ammunition. The logistics supply ship should be coming down soon."

The anti-aircraft gunners on the Swan were all brought with them when they left this habitable planet before, including members of the Marine Corps under Lieutenant Dui and members of the Planetary Defense Force under Lieutenant Cao Wei.

For them, the planet of Stantum has a special meaning. They have the opportunity to come back to participate in the counterattack, and their fighting spirit is quite high.

After Alyssa's order was issued, the anti-aircraft guns immediately opened fire, just like plowing the land.

Anti-aircraft guns with calibers ranging from 40mm to 80mm can easily tear up trees. Since they fire thin-shell high-explosive shells, they have a very obvious killing effect on soft targets such as personnel.

It sounds like this kind of anti-aircraft gun is not very effective against tanks, but this is actually a misunderstanding.

Tanks are not as well protected as people imagine, but they are not as fragile as imagined.

This sentence sounds self-contradictory, but it is actually true.

It is almost impossible to smash a tank with high-explosive shells used for anti-aircraft. Even if a tank is hit by an anti-tank mine, its main structure may not be damaged much. It can be said to be quite strong.

But the person who controls the tank is not a superman with a body of steel.

When a high-explosive shell is fired at a tank, the tank itself will at most break the gun barrel or the sighting equipment, but the people inside will be killed by the high-explosive shell.

If the assault landing ship took this route, it might be shot down by ground anti-aircraft guns and tank armor-piercing grenades, but warships like the Swan are super giants in a gravity environment. Unless it is a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun or ion beam with a caliber of more than 200, as long as the shield is turned on, it can directly ignore the enemy's anti-aircraft counterattack force.

"Friendly armored forces have assembled and are advancing towards our position."

Tanks that charge directly to the reverse slope of the hill will be targets, and they will definitely be hit hard the moment they cross the commanding heights.

It is true that the assault landing ship can transport tanks, but it can't transport many, so the ground commander chose the same route as the Swan and let the tanks bypass from the side.

To put it bluntly, it is actually here to clean up the remnants that have been plowed by the Swan.

At this time, as long as you turn your head, you can see through the porthole that the assault landing ship has crossed the hill and is firing at the other side of the front.

The infantrymen who had just captured the position on this side also climbed up, trying to climb over the hill to attack the position on the other side.

However, the position of the Red Maple Republic on the other side was also counterattacking, with a large number of ion beams and anti-aircraft guns aimed at the assault landing ship. Alyssa turned her head and saw that an assault landing ship was hit by the floating engine and fell crookedly downward.

The friendly forces were being hit, and the Swan was circling the side, looking like it was selling out its teammates, but it was not.

The Swan was still too big. The four floating engines provided thrust but it still moved slowly in the atmosphere, which was completely different from the usual fastest legend in the void.

But it was almost time. The Swan washed the forest below while circling around. After passing the hills, the Red Maple Republic's position was seen.

It felt like a maze built by ants, extending all the way to the foot of the mountain range at the end of the field of vision.

When Alyssa thought that she still had to advance so far, she felt very shocked.

But even more shocked followed.

As soon as the Swan came around the hills, there was a sudden loud rumble in the bridge, which made people's eardrums ache.

Outside the azure shield on the front, a thick layer of black smoke exploded. This should be the large-caliber anti-aircraft fire that hit the Swan.

"Tracking the source of the fire!"

"Tracking the target, the radar has no response, and the scanner is being turned on!"

As soon as An Yun finished speaking, there was another loud rumble.

The Swan is a giant in a gravity environment, and the anti-aircraft guns all over its body can provide quite exaggerated fire support.

But precisely because of its large size, the ground anti-aircraft fire does not need to be aimed, just put it on and shoot.

The complex ground environment has a great impact on radar. It is very troublesome to find the enemy's carefully camouflaged large-caliber anti-aircraft guns by visual observation.

Fortunately, the shipboard computer of the Swan is really awesome.

Through reverse calculation of the trajectory, after the third shot, the shipboard computer gave the approximate direction.

The Swan rotated the hull, and the main gun of the Light Lance immediately opened fire.

It's just a sniper fight, come on!