996. The numbers in this chapter are not very auspicious.
Eriadu satellite, Karina Crater.
Planetary Shield Generator on the satellite is naturally the most important facility and needs to be focused on defense, and Karina Crater is a key part of this defense system.
Because the maximum depth of Karina Crater reaches more than minus 2,100 meters above the satellite altitude, which is the lowest area of the entire satellite, Galactic Republic built a huge geothermal energy power station here.
Naturally, the geothermal energy of a mere satellite cannot support Planetary Shield, but the geothermal energy power station of Karina Crater supplies energy for the defense facilities around Planetary Shield.
Once Karina Crater is captured, the defense facilities around Planetary Shield Generator, including shield barriers and defensive artillery, will lose their energy supply. Even if backup energy is enabled, the power will not meet the required standards.
But now, the front of Karina Crater is experiencing an extremely spectacular scene...
2,000 AT-PT walkers charge in a swarm!
After Blade Fleet was obtained previously, 5340 AT-PT walkers in the battleship cargo hold were also captured by Fourth Civilization and became a very important armored force.
Although the AT-PT is a relatively early model in the Galactic Republic bipedal walking machine family, it also has good performance. It is equipped with a twin blaster cannon and a concussion grenade launcher. The relatively slender mechanical feet can allow the walking machine to move forward at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour, and can jump to a height of about 5 meters.
Compared with other bipedal walking machines, the AT-PT's armor and firepower are relatively average, but its maneuverability and flexibility are very good.
But similarly, with the disappearance of Blade Fleet, this bipedal walking machine designed and manufactured by Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subordinate of Kuat Drive Yards, also lost the order from Galactic Republic.
However, compared to Rendili, which lost the order of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser and was almost injured, the failure of a bipedal walking machine did not affect Kuat Drive Yards.
They quickly developed two bipedal walking machines, AT-XT and AT-RT, and re-entered the military market. They are now using these two bipedal walking machines as a blueprint to develop the final version of the AT-ST bipedal walking machine.
And Major General Fourth Civilization Army Ling Liang decisively invested 2,000 AT-PT bipedal walking machines in this landing operation, and used it as a mobile ace in her own hands.
In the Galactic Republic Army, put the armored troops on the Crystal Sea, trying to threaten several cities and logistics captured by the Fourth Civilization Army from the direction of the Crystal Sea base, forcing Fourth Civilization to fight with them in the Crystal Sea, Ling Liang directly played another trump card - Indjori!
She asked Indjori to resist Galactic Republic's armored forces alone, and then led the main force with 2,000 AT-PTs as the lead and 3 Infantry Division as the follow-up main force to directly attack Karina Crater!
An extremely fierce battle began in an instant. Galactic Republic The defenders in this direction gathered more than 50,000 people, but they were all conscripted soldiers. They were put on the battlefield after more than three months of training.
The defenders relied on Karina Crater's terrain and a large number of fixed defense facilities to fire continuously, and dense lasers and missiles spread almost throughout the crater.
In the sky, Galactic Republic's V-19 Torrent light fighter and Z-95 Headhunter universal fighter continued to provide fire support, swooping down to straf with blaster cannons, and launching Concussion Missile attacks.
But he still couldn't resist Fourth Civilization's tidal wave of attack!
At least half of the AT-PT walkers have been modified, with the concussion grenade launchers removed and converted into Hellfire long-range air-to-surface missile launchers of the same model as Goliath Mech, but only Group One.
A large number of Hellfire long-range air-to-surface missile posed a great threat to the Galaxy Republic air force, but they still continued to dive and fire despite the firepower of missiles.
Fighters continued to be shot down, and AT-PTs continued to be destroyed by artillery fire.
But this cannot stop Fourth Civilization Army's determined progress!
Compared with the conscripts of Galactic Republic, Fourth Civilization adopts a universal compulsory military service system. Their soldiers have to undergo more than 2 years of military service training before going to the battlefield. Moreover, they have been taught the belief that three major natural disasters are raging and Fourth Calamity will rise since they were young, making their determination to fight much stronger than those Galactic Republic conscripts who were once just miners on the satellite and had no meal at all!
"Kill!!!!" Fourth Civilization soldiers wearing Liberator II combat suit roared and rushed up the crater. They picked up the M-15 Defender assault rifle or Pickaxe Sniper Rifle in their hands and fired continuously, charging in small groups as skirmishers.
The fixed fire points on the mountain that were set up behind rocks or even poured with concrete kept spewing out tongues of flame, and the Blaster Beam launched by Blaster rifle came like raindrops.
An AT-PT in front jumped up and landed in front of a firepower fortification. The twin blaster guns aimed at the fortification and blasted wildly, but it did not break through the 2-meter-thick concrete with a layer of polymer and gold. At this time, on the other side, a 1.4FD light laser cannon installed on the mountain, under the control of the Galactic Republic soldier, turned its muzzle and aimed at the AT-PT and fired several shots!
boom! boom!! A large crater was immediately blown out of the side of the AT-PT, and the whole thing burned. The pilot inside was on fire. He screamed and used all his strength to open the hatch cover and try to climb out. However, he lost all strength just halfway through the climb and hung at the hatch door, screaming loudly, and soon became silent.
But more Fourth Civilization soldiers rushed forward under the cover of the mountain rock. A burst of gunfire killed the operator of the 1.4FD laser cannon. Then they rushed under the fortification, took out a needle grenade and threw it directly through the shooting hole.
Bang!! There was a small explosion, and hundreds of tiny steel needles were shot out from the needle grenade, and they were still rebounding everywhere, killing all 7 or 8 Galactic Republic soldiers in the fortification!
boom! boom!! Several more AT-PTs jumped up, continuously firing concussion grenades at the Galactic Republic defensive position, suppressing the Galactic Republic infantry hiding behind the bunkers, and then began to use blasters to fire wildly at another sturdy DF-9 anti-infantry turret above!
At the same time, Eriadu satellite command center.
"General! Separatist army has broken through our defense in Karina Crater! We can't hold on for long." Communications Soldier ran over in panic and shouted.
Bang! Republic General punched the table hard, "Crystal Sea is full of rubbish! It's all rubbish!! Let Ling Liang devote all her armored troops to Karina Crater! And they actually lost their troops and generals at the Crystal Sea, and their headquarters was taken away!!"
"But Crystal Sea over there is Indjori..." A staff officer wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by a sudden message.
"General!! Something bad has happened!! Separatist fleet! Separatist fleet is dispatched!!"