At this moment, if you stand on the planet Higgs 4 and look up at the starry sky, you can see the light trajectories filling the sky, as well as the long comet tails pulled out by crashed aircraft falling into the atmosphere from time to time.
Further afield, you can even see the dazzling flames erupting from huge battleships being hit and detonated.
Behind the defensive position of the ground defenders of the Airanhill Empire, near the core defense headquarters, the spacecraft that fell into the atmosphere from the universe adjusted the nozzles on both sides and landed lightly on the prepared landing pad.
The hatch opened quickly after the pressure was released, and a commander wearing the uniform of the Airanshir Empire jumped out of the plane the moment the hatch opened.
"Stand at attention!" The officers waiting on the tarmac raised their chins, stood at attention, and saluted loudly, shouting: "Long live the Empire of Eilandhill!"
"Long live Ailanthir!" General Alfred, the famous general of Ailanthir Empire who was slightly tired, returned a military salute, and then walked to the bunker gate beside him, accompanied by the generals who had been waiting for a long time.
"How is the situation?" General Alfred asked as he walked along the brightly lit corridor and was ordered to rush to the front line at the critical moment.
"Report to the general! We are blocking the enemy at every level, but the guards' troops are attacking very quickly. The front-line troops have no choice but to shrink their troops." The commander following General Alfred briefly introduced the situation.
In fact, the situation is quite optimistic, because the response speed of the Elanshir Empire exceeded the expectations of the Watcher troops.
The opponent's sneak attack this time was actually hoping to capture Higgs 4 before the Airancire Empire could react, and then use this as a basis to threaten all the surrounding Airancire Empire fleets.
Now, although the opponent has initially completed its plan, it has not completely completed the campaign objectives.
Although Sorens successfully sent the landing troops to the surface of Higgs 4, due to the resolute counterattack of the Airansil Empire, he did not gain control of the space near Higgs 4.
The fleets of both sides were still fighting nearby, and the losses were huge, but no one was willing to take a step back.
As the reinforcement fleets from the Elanthir Empire arrived one after another, the Watcher's fleet gradually lost its advantage.
Without continuous and effective reinforcement support, the progress of the Watcher troops on the ground was not very rapid.
The troops of the Airanhir Empire were actually blocking the opponent's attacking troops in an orderly manner. The Guard troops, which did not have an advantage in terms of strength, could only attack intermittently and barely maintain their strength.
General Alfred glanced at the other party and emphasized: "Your Majesty transferred me here to serve as the frontline commander. The purpose is to let me clear out the guard troops here... We have no choice, do you understand?"
"Yes! General!" Following Alfred, the original commander of the planet Higgs 4 immediately replied.
"Immediately launch another nuclear bomb at the enemy's landing point! Weaken the enemy's landing force! The follow-up troops will be launched at the same time. After the nuclear bomb attack, they will enter the radiation zone in accordance with the first-level radiation protection standards and launch a counterattack!" Alfred ordered.
"Yes! General!" The general did not explain that he had just ordered to launch a nuclear bomb 7 hours ago. All he had to do was obey the order and drive the enemy out of Higgs 4.
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Putting down the telescope in his hand, a frontline commander ordered the officers beside him: "Approach the sweepers from the flanks! When the frontal tanks attack, you suddenly fire from the flanks to weaken the enemy's ability to counterattack!"
"Understood!" The officer nodded slightly and waved his hand. The soldiers following him immediately carried their weapons and bent their waists, walking along the reverse slope towards the resting guard troops in the distance.
Directly ahead, in the Airan Hill Empire armored reconnaissance vehicle parked behind the grass, the commander of the reconnaissance unit grabbed the communicator and requested support from the main force not far away: "Yes! I have sent the bearing coordinates.
!Three short volleys were fired to suppress the enemy's firepower...our company's tanks have already moved up."
At almost the same moment, an electromagnetic tank with a hollow eagle emblem of the Eilandsil Empire painted on its side rolled up its tracks and rushed to the commanding heights of the reverse slope.
There, just as the tank's turret emerged from the horizon, alert sweepers spotted the enemy.
"Enemy attack!" The two energy cannons on the sweeper's shoulders aimed at the Ilanshir Empire tank in the distance and fired two black energy bombs.
These two masses of energy fell on the hillside, sending up plumes of smoke into the sky. At the same time, the electromagnetic machine gun on the turret of the Airanhill Empire's electromagnetic tank also began to fire.
"Thud, thud, thud!" Straight lines drawn by tracer bullets shuttled across the battlefield. The sweeper who had just opened fire was pierced by a ray of light and fell to the ground on his back.
Behind him, hundreds of sweeper soldiers were ready for a counterattack. They were pouring their ammunition frantically in the direction where the Ailanshir Empire tanks were firing.
Groups of black energy bombs hit the hillside, flying away the soil on the hillside and rolling all the vegetation into the sky.
The second electromagnetic tank from the Elanthir Empire drove up the hillside and also fired rows of bullets at the sweepers who opened fire.
In an instant, the sweeper troops who were rushing to fight were on their backs. The unpleasant screams of the sweeper troops and the whistling of shells and bullets were heard everywhere.
"Counterattack! Counterattack! They don't have many tanks!" A sweeper commander pointed at the electromagnetic tanks that were firing in the distance and ordered his men loudly.
The sweepers beside him did not flinch, firing while gritting their teeth and moving forward, fearless and brave.
At the same time, behind these sweepers, a destroyer tank also started up, its legs on both sides began to move forward, and the energy cannon behind it was also adjusting the direction of its muzzle.
"Buzz...boom!" The electromagnetic gun on the turret of the Airan Hill Empire's electromagnetic tank, which had already discovered the target, fired a powerful and heavy shot. The shell cut through the air and screamed directly through the vehicle that was adjusting its posture.
Destroyer.
The shells detonated the energy inside the two Destroyer tanks, leaving the Destroyer paralyzed in place with thick smoke.
The next second, a second Destroyer tank appeared on the battlefield. This Destroyer was located further back and had just hidden itself behind a bush. Only then did its position reveal itself.
The experienced members of the Airanthil Empire tank crew had long been wary of locations where enemy tanks could easily be hidden. As soon as the Destroyer tank showed its body, they were locked in and took aim.
The powerful motor quickly helped the crew members of the Airan Hill Empire tank to adjust their turrets. As soon as the powerful electromagnetic gun was aimed at the target, it suddenly retracted and a missile flew out of the muzzle.
Cannonballs.
Because the speed was so fast, no one could even see clearly the trajectory of the artillery shell flying in the air. In just an instant, the Destroyer tank on the opposite side was penetrated.
"Boom!" With a huge explosion, the Destroyer tank was directly blown into two pieces by the explosion. The front half fell on the spot, and the back half was lifted into the sky.
The moment the battle just broke out, the sweeper troops lost the two Destroyer tanks that supported them. The remaining sweepers were temporarily in disarray and could only be passively beaten by the two electromagnetic tanks directly in front of them that kept firing.
massacre.
However, after a brief period of sluggishness, these sweepers began to counterattack again. They desperately tried to get close to the tanks of the Alandhill Empire, and countless black energy groups flew in the direction of the Alandhill Empire troops.
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Unfortunately, their resistance was doomed to be in vain. Although they fired desperately to counterattack, the Armored Forces of the Elanshir Empire, which had significantly stronger firepower, still had a clear advantage at this moment.
It wasn't until the third Destroyer tank entered the battlefield that the battle situation changed slightly.
Of course, the enemy could not have only one Destroyer tank, and soon the second and third tanks drove up the reverse slope on the other side.
The armored units of these bulky Guardian troops are also very powerful in combat. At least they have powerful firepower and a thick defensive shell, which is a problem that infantry cannot easily solve.
Obviously, these destroyer tanks hidden behind the sweeper troops received the order and hurried to the rescue.
"Boom! Boom!" From a very far away place, these destroyer tanks began to fire shells, announcing to the armored soldiers of the Elanthir Empire that they had arrived.
This is also a tactic to attract the opponent's attention, in order to protect the sweeper troops that are being crushed, and allow the crew members of the Elanshir Empire to divert their main attack targets away from them.
Obviously, their goal was achieved. After a series of explosions of smoke rose around them, several electromagnetic tanks belonging to the reconnaissance battalion of the Airanhill Empire began to aim at these distant targets.
Compared with the Watcher's sighting system, the fire control system of the Airansil Empire is much more sophisticated. The expensive and precise sighting system allows the Airansil Empire's electromagnetic tanks to be positioned at a distance of 2,500 meters.
Accurately hit a target the size of a gasoline barrel.
Such a powerful aiming system also supports the tank to fire while moving. At the same time, the night vision device integrated on the aiming system is enough to ensure the tank's combat at night.
At this moment, after computer calculations, the shell fired by the electromagnetic gun accurately hit the Destroyer tank more than 1,300 meters away, and the turret on the opponent's back was blown off with one shot.
And with the explosion of this destroyer tank, the artillery support just called by the commander of the reconnaissance battalion fell on time on this land full of sweeper troops.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The volley of 155 self-propelled howitzer shells fell on the battlefield like raindrops.
The flying soil shot up into the sky, and corpses torn apart by the explosion rolled in the air. There were explosions everywhere, smoke and dust everywhere, shrapnel flying everywhere, and sweeper soldiers fleeing in embarrassment everywhere.
The Destroyer Tanks, which had just relied on their numbers to prepare for a showdown with the opposing Eilandsil Empire tanks, retreated in embarrassment under the ubiquitous artillery fire, unable to even fight back.
A Destroyer that was retreating was unexpectedly hit by a 155mm howitzer shell.
The horrific explosion tore the body of the Destroyer Tank into pieces, and even devoured the panic-stricken Scavenger soldiers around it.
Because the shell of the Destroyer, which was cracked by the explosion, was pushed by the explosion airflow onto the surrounding sweeper soldiers, it was like a super huge hammer hitting the chests of these sweepers.
The dense explosions were like plowing the ground. Not far from the steaming crater, another new explosion sounded, and another brand new crater was born in the next moment!
"Thud, tug, tug!" Just when the destroyer tanks were covered by artillery fire and retreated, discarding their armor, the grenadiers who had just arrived from the flank and deployed their machine gun positions started strafing the battlefield at the edge of the woods.
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Bullets from the heavy machine guns poured down, cutting down the sweeper troops who were still trying to resist or had begun to retreat like wheat.
Just like a lawn mower, wherever the bullet passed, the sweeper troops fell one after another. Many sweepers even died without finding out where the bullet that killed them came from.
However, the sweepers soon discovered that the enemy was attacking them on the flank. But at this moment, they no longer had the energy to care about the enemy troops on the flank.
The frontal pressure had already exhausted them, and the cannon fire from the sky completely shattered their defense system.
Now, there is a machine gun position on the flank that is firing continuously. For the sweepers, this battlefield is simply a hell on earth.
"Fight back! Fight back!" the leader of the sweeper commander shouted loudly, ordering his soldiers to cheer up again.
Just as he screamed desperately, he thought a stray bullet flew over and hit him in the head.
He fell down in response, and the sweeper soldiers who had finally gathered together were once again trapped in a group of headless flies.
On the hillside in the distance, the electromagnetic tanks of the Eilanhir Empire's frontal attack began to climb over the hillside. Behind these tanks were armored reconnaissance vehicles and armored command vehicles.
The scouts who dismounted to fight, holding weapons in hand, tried their best to hide behind the advancing heavy armored vehicles, and cautiously approached the battlefield.
The rolling tracks ran over the corpses of the sweepers on the ground. These corpses were dissipating, and even the wounds had become blurry.
Passing by a wounded sweeper lying on the ground, his legs were crushed by the tank's tracks. However, the Watcher soldier, whose shoulder was blown off by an electromagnetic machine gun, still did not die immediately.
The Elanshir Empire scout following the tank saw the still twisting corpse. He picked up the electromagnetic rifle in his hand, pointed it at the opponent's head, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" After the sound of artillery gradually became sparse, the gunshot sounded a bit abrupt on the battlefield that gradually became quiet.
"This order has changed all of a sudden. More than an hour ago, we were told to retreat, and now it suddenly changed to a forward attack..." Looking at the map in his hand, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion complained.
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"I heard that General Alfred was transferred here. He came with a mission. It seems that he wants to eliminate all these watchers." The adjutant explained in the bumpy armored reconnaissance vehicle.
"The order states very clearly that reinforcements will arrive within 20 hours... I hope General Alfred didn't lie to us." The battalion commander folded the map in his hand and stuffed it into the map bag.
Although electronic maps are much more detailed and accurate than traditional maps, paper maps are still very popular among grassroots officers and soldiers.
There are too many things to display on the screen in front of me. If I want to see the big map near the battlefield, it is more convenient to just take out the drawings and look at them.
Of course, this also varies from person to person. Some people are accustomed to using paper maps, while others are willing to use electronic maps. I can’t say which one is better and which one is worse.
"General Alfred is an old general who followed Princess Luna on various expeditions. How could he be so messy..." The adjutant opened the hatch above his head: "Has the battlefield been cleared?"
The armored vehicle they were in stopped on the side of the road, next to a steaming crater.
The corpses of the sweepers who didn't need to be cleaned up were scattered all over the place. Some were broken into pieces, while others were relatively intact.
Scavengers who are directly shot by machine guns will basically have relatively complete bodies, while those who are hit by artillery shells will only have fragments.
But no matter how broken they are, these corpses will disappear, just like the ice and snow in spring, which will dissipate little by little.
"Further forward... is the defense area where the 4194th Infantry Division used to be... They retreated before and are now resting in the rear." The adjutant pointed to the distant place that had changed beyond recognition, and he also opened the overhead hatch and poked his head out.
The battalion commander came and said.
The battalion commander once again picked up the telescope and looked through the telescope at the mountains in the distance. There should have been defense lines and trees there, but now they were bare and looked like the surface of an asteroid.
As far as the eye could see, two A-10 attack planes from the Airanshir Empire roared past. They were ordered to cover the ground troops' attack, and their wings were covered with air-to-ground missiles.
Originally, the A-10 attack aircraft was not suitable for use on such a high-intensity battlefield, because the Airanshir Empire has not been able to control the air until now. But this is war, and it is not just about using the right weapons at the right time.
When a battle breaks out, use whatever you have in hand. You cannot complain about why the enemy has an assault rifle but you only have a kitchen knife. Even if you only have a kitchen knife, you must use this kitchen knife to fight the invaders!
Soon, in the battalion commander's telescope, the two A-10 attack planes seemed to have discovered the target, and quickly dropped their missiles.
The four missiles dragged long white smoke towards the invisible ground, and the two A-10 attack planes climbed up and pulled up almost at the same time, avoiding the black energy group flying towards them.
"Our air force has finally started working..." The commander of the reconnaissance battalion put down his telescope, looked at his soldiers resting not far away, and started chatting.
"That's right, I heard that the air superiority of Higgs 5 has been lost. Our air force can still fight back and forth, which is enough to give our ground forces face." The adjutant was actually concerned about the current air combat situation.
Satisfied.
"I hope there will be more air force in the reinforcements. I'm really not used to fighting without air cover." The battalion commander crushed a pack of compressed biscuits and poured the dregs into his mouth.
Feeling a little dry, he took off a hanging kettle from the inner wall of the armored vehicle, and once again stuck his head out to look at the resting tank soldiers who were working with his reconnaissance battalion.
After saying that, he pressed the switch of the intercom: "Final rest for five minutes! While we still have air support, we can advance another 20 kilometers!"
"Okay! Got it!" The voices of some vehicle commanders and company commanders and platoon commanders came one after another from the earphones.
Many people are using this precious time to cultivate their minds, a few people are eating, and some are taking the time to replenish the ammunition they just consumed.
Next to an ammunition truck accompanying the troops, soldiers covered with ammunition chains were helping to stuff empty ammunition boxes back into the truck compartment.
At this time, the ground suddenly shook, and then all the scouts and the tank crews resting on the roadside saw a huge mushroom cloud rising on the horizon.
The rolling upward mushroom cloud blew away the distant clouds and formed a spectacular ring in the sky.
Under the churning mushroom cloud, there is a dazzling light. Even though it is at least dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away, human eyes still cannot look directly at such light.
Another nuclear bomb exploded in the direction where the Watcher troops landed, and another mushroom cloud rose over the enemy's position.
The ground has been shaking because of the violent explosion. It was a nuclear warhead of tens of millions of tons. One explosion can destroy a city effortlessly.
Inside the earphones, there is the electric interference sound caused by the nuclear explosion. The communication will be briefly interrupted during the nuclear explosion. The buzzing sound will start to subside after a few seconds, and the interrupted communication will soon be restored.
Then, the battalion commander heard the familiar voice of the regiment commander in the earphone: "Pay attention to nuclear radiation protection! Another nuclear strike has just been carried out..."
"The reconnaissance battalion understands! I will order all soldiers to be careful about nuclear radiation." The battalion commander pressed the switch of the intercom and promised his superiors.
After finishing speaking, with the QR code on his forehead, he looked at the adjutant beside him: "This General Alfred of Higgs... is really ruthless!"
"Everyone in the old Higgs knows!" The adjutant said with a smile on his face, as if General Alfred was really his fellow countryman.
After finishing speaking, the adjutant put on his big-brimmed hat, covered the QR code on his forehead, and looked at the mushroom cloud that was still rising in the distance: "That...is our final goal!"
"Yes! Kill all these damn enemies... and then we can rest." The battalion commander grinned, switched the communication channel, and shouted loudly to his men: "The rest is over!
