It would be completely wrong to think of the Watchers as a race that simply wins by numbers. Their strength comes from their numbers on the one hand, and their individual strength on the other.
After the heavy artillery of the Airanthil Empire cleared the forward position, the clone soldiers of the Airanthil Empire who just raised their heads from the artillery fire saw a scene that shocked them.
On a battlefield that originally suffered heavy losses and was full of wounded Watchers, these living Watchers actually devoured each other, relying on devouring to integrate their own combat power.
The energy conversion allows them to immediately gain new combat effectiveness. Those sweeper warriors who are on the verge of death will be eaten by another slightly injured companion and become a part of his body.
These ugly sweepers continued to attack, and their numbers were even greater than before. At the same time, the Watcher's air force also began a new round of attacks.
The opponent's aircraft began to hover over the Airansil Empire's positions, and their swooping attacks emitted clouds of black energy, destroying the exposed ground defenses of the Airansil Empire.
A Clone Grenadier locked onto a diving Prowler fighter with an anti-aircraft missile, and then pulled the trigger of the launch.
The new anti-aircraft missile rushed towards the target like an arrow off the string, and finally collided with the Prowler fighter jet, turning into a ball of burning flames.
Perhaps starting from the day when the Ilancire Empire was founded, the ground defense forces had no choice but to face the enemy's air suppression for the first time. The Ilancire Empire's air force failed to arrive on the battlefield in time, and now the sky is full of guards.
aircraft.
Although the huge Crusher bomber is slow and has a large target, and its performance seems to be very average, it also has its own advantages.
It can hover above the battlefield for a long time, directly providing direct fire support similar to the AC-130 for the Watcher troops. And compared to the AC-130, the Crusher's firepower is obviously more powerful and continuous.
Therefore, although it is not particularly powerful as a strategic bomber crusher, it can be regarded as a general-purpose bomber due to its front-line battlefield support capabilities.
From this perspective, the Crusher seems less backward, because it is a combination similar to the SU-25 and TU-160. On the one hand, it combines the advantages of the two, and on the other hand, it also retains the legacy of the two.
defects.
Similarly, the Prowler fighter jets owned by the Watchers are also good at ground attacks - they can launch energy balls, and their air attack firepower is obviously excessive, but these Prowlers have powerful battlefield interdiction capabilities.
It seems that the choice of weapon evolution like the Watcher is because they can dominate the entire sky with their numbers, so both fighters have powerful ground attack capabilities.
Of course, this is just a guess by the intelligence personnel of the Elanthir Empire. The specific reasons are still only known by the watchers themselves.
In front of him, the anti-aircraft missile shooter who succeeded in retracting the attack retracted into the tunnel, and not far from this defense line, the Watcher troops had already passed the first warning direction of the incomplete Eilanhir Empire and headed behind this defense line.
began to advance in depth.
It was not until this time that the garrison troops of the Eilanhir Empire discovered a problem. These watchers seemed to be able to find man-made objects hidden underground!
Even if they are plastic landmines, these sweepers can quickly find them and eat them cleanly.
The minefield laid out by Elancier in front of the position seemed to have no effect at all, and it only slightly blocked the advance of the Watcher troops.
Immediately afterwards, the Watcher's troops also encountered some troubles, because the closer they got to the main defensive position of the Ailanthir Empire, the more intense the Ailanthir Empire's firepower became.
Fake positions combined with real crossfire can easily cause a large number of casualties to the sweepers. Coupled with the well-camouflaged anti-tank missile launching positions, the frontal defense line of the Eilanhill Empire makes the sweeper's attack weak.
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Two-meter-thick concrete-reinforced trenches are definitely two different concepts compared to those fortifications built with sandbags and soil.
If they want to blast through such fortifications, the sweepers' firepower is a bit insufficient. They have to push the destroyer tanks to a quite dangerous distance and fire in order to blast through such trenches.
A fort that was covered with camouflage, even the front was covered with moss, and had completely blended in with the surrounding greenery, rotated slightly, and aimed four 30 mm caliber machine guns at the attacking sweepers.
In this dual-purpose turret, the puppet robots were ready for battle. They pulled the trigger to fire and fired dense tracer bullets into the attacking troops of the Watchers.
Compared with the response of the previous sweeper troops, these swept sweepers who were attacked obviously reacted faster - they were also adapting to the attack methods of the Airansil Empire troops, and they were also learning how to deal with the attack methods of the Airansil Empire troops.
Various traps and methods.
Just a few seconds after the automatic turret fired, dozens of energy groups flew around the turret.
Some energy balls hit the front cement wall, leaving traces of fragmentation and collapse. Other energy hit nearby trees or land, raising white smoke.
Dense tracer bullets are still constantly passing through the smoke, proving that this well-protected turret can still continue to fight.
The Eilandsil Empire does not have enough resources to replace all weapons with the most advanced electromagnetic weapons - so most of the fixed forts still use ordinary machine guns and cannons.
Even the Ilanthil Empire did not dare to waste precious resources on the surface of the planet excessively, for fear that the other party would destroy the planet together.
Therefore, most of the time, when the Elanshir Empire builds defenses on the planet's surface, it distributes materials evenly.
For example, if a cannon is given to Higgs 4, another cannon will be given to Higgs 5. The practice of concentrating most of the elite weapons on a certain planet is actually very rare.
Having said that, just because there are few does not mean there are none. For example, the planet Higgs 3, which is heavily defended by the Airanthil Empire, actually has much stronger weapons and equipment on the ground than other planets.
Just as the turret was firing continuously, suddenly, behind the distant guard troops, a larger, four-armed giant more than three meters tall suddenly sprayed out a black energy line.
This kind of attack has actually been very common in previous space battles, and the Guardian's spaceships often fired such high-frequency energy attacks.
However, this is the first time that a similar attack has appeared in a ground battle. Its power and accuracy are more exaggerated and terrifying than those of energy balls!
Although the power of this energy was not as powerful as that fired by the Guardian spacecraft, this black energy still penetrated the turret that was constantly firing.
The fiery energy melted the cement on the front of the turret, penetrated the thin structural iron plates, and then blew away the machine guns and puppet soldiers inside.
This was the first time that the elite Conqueror soldiers of the Watchers appeared on the battlefield. As soon as they appeared on the scene, they brought considerable pressure to the Elanshir Empire troops.
The pace of change on the battlefield was unimaginable. Seeing the sturdy turret penetrated by the opponent's blow, the Airanthil Empire clone soldiers in the trenches had to change their tactics once again.
"Sniper! Find a good position! Do you see the target of the attack? It's the guy who destroyed the turret with one blow! Deal with it first! You can fire when you are ready!" A company commander grabbed the shooter beside him.
He gave an order loudly.
The sniper held his rifle and walked away. The company commander looked at the sergeant behind him: "The mortars are ready to fire! Suppress the opponent! They are already very close to our position!"
After hearing the order, the sergeant quickly grabbed the phone next to him and called for artillery support.
"Where is our air force?" The company commander narrowed his eyes and looked at the Prowler fighter jets that kept swooping in the sky and were occasionally shot down, and asked angrily.
Previously, he saw a dozen J-30 fighter jets rushing into the battle zone and engaging in a melee with the Watcher's fighter jets above the battlefield.
The final result was that all the fighter planes of the Airansil Empire were shot down, and the watchers also paid a heavy price.
The problem is that the Airansil Empire's fighter force has never appeared again after it was lost, but the Watcher's aircraft are increasing in number.
Just look at the U.S. military's crushing of Iraq to see how difficult it is for ground troops without air cover. Once the target is exposed, ground troops are destined to pay a heavy price.
Behind a hidden shooting hole not far away, the clone snipers of the Airanshir Empire had already found an opportunity to fire.
He aimed his electromagnetic sniper rifle at the target in the distance who was taller than the other sweepers.
Because he is a sniper, his powered mecha is slightly different from that of other ordinary grenadiers. There is a crosswind sensor antenna on his head, and the aiming equipment in front of him is more complicated.
There is a more complex ballistic computer in the backpack behind him, which can ensure a first-time hit rate of more than 80%.
Through the complex aiming optical system, the sniper has pressed the crosshair on the monster's chest - in order to ensure hitting the target, aiming at the head is actually very rare on the battlefield.
What's more, the large-caliber electromagnetic sniper rifle in his hand can guarantee the damage power, and he does not need to exert effort to attack targets as small as the opponent's head.
The moment the computer calculated that a green light had been fired, he pulled the trigger and fired a bullet as fast as lightning.
The ammunition accelerated to the extreme by electromagnetism instantly hit the target in the distance. As a result, the moment it approached the target, it was stopped by a burst of energy and hit a dazzling spark!
"Magic defense barrier! The opponent has an energy defense device!" The sniper was stunned for a moment. He immediately realized that the opponent's target was more difficult to deal with than he thought!
It is impossible for ordinary magic defense barriers to block the attack of electromagnetic weapons. Even within the Elanthir Empire, if you want to do such a thing, you need quite powerful magic strength.
In an instant, the particularly tall sweeper looked towards the direction of the attack. He stopped in his tracks, gathered his four arms together, and suddenly emitted a stream of black energy again.
Before he had time to evade, the bunker where the sniper was located was penetrated, and the two surrounding Clone Grenadier who were responsible for covering were also killed.
The huge destructive force destroyed nearby positions and caused a panic among the defending troops.
Soon, a Destroyer tank crossed this line of defense and began to move towards the defense line of the Eilanhir Empire further away.
A group of sweeper troops also rushed into the trenches and started a close fight. The sound of electromagnetic rifles firing one after another, accompanied by the constant explosions of black energy, made the entire position noisy.
The tall conqueror stepped into the ruined trench with one foot. He looked at the body of a clone soldier beside him and stretched out a palm.
Like other sweepers, he also began to bite the corpse, chewing the metal armor on the corpse together, making a sharp friction sound in his mouth.
"Ah... why are these humans so unpalatable..." Carrying a bloody head, a sweeper looked at the QR code on the head's forehead and complained depressedly.
"This may also be caused by them! These people have committed too many blasphemies." Another sweeper said while laying eggs.
The conqueror who had just swallowed the corpse's head stopped chewing and said in a slightly rich voice: "They should all be purified!"
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In the underground headquarters, a clone officer walked up behind Andre, stood at attention, saluted and reported the information he had just received: "General! The other side has developed energy defense methods, and a new type of military force that we have not seen before has joined the battle.
, a line of defense was penetrated by the opponent..."
"Are the new soldiers... very strong?" Andre asked curiously.
"This new unit has a strong magical defense barrier, and its attack power is even more powerful." the officer immediately replied.
"There is no good way. The current battle is about endurance. Let the soldiers on the front line find a way to deal with it." Andre said.
If it's a normal battle, the Airanhill Empire also has special forces or elite troops to deal with this kind of enemy's special arms.
But now, aboard Higgs 5, the Airanthil Empire has not deployed any troops such as magicians.
Unfortunately, for the entire Airanhill Empire, the battle here... is just a trial... Andre really does not have a counterattack method that can target the enemy's elite...