1661. The Dilemma of the Expeditionary Force
"Impossible! The shot just now should have hit!" The commander was shocked.
However, it was too late to think too much, and all I saw was a terrifying monster crawling over quickly! This monster has completely lost its human form, with four legs on the ground. Only from its terrifyingly twisted head can it be vaguely seen that it is the mutant giant from before wearing a fur coat and holding a rocket launcher.
At this moment, this monster's body is covered with a large amount of mutated substances. These mutated substances are constantly squirming and look like terrifying muscles! With the addition of a large number of mutated muscles, the monster's strength and explosive power will reach a terrifying level.
And what is very conspicuous is that this monster is covered with pustules! The pustules were filled with yellow-green pus and looked extremely disgusting.
One of the pustules had burst, and disgusting fluid was flowing from it.
"Fire!!" the commander ordered again.
The heavy laser cannons on both sides of the TX-130 Saber tank fired again! At that moment, the monster didn't know if it had a premonition of danger, but it suddenly jumped to the side. Only one of the two laser beams hit, hitting a pustule on its body!
I saw that the pustule exploded instantly under the irradiation of the laser, and countless fishy liquid burst out. Moreover, this liquid obviously had a very high boiling point and was not instantly vaporized by the ultra-high temperature of the laser. On the contrary, it neutralized the high temperature of the laser.
The hot and boiling liquid is flowing on the ground, emitting bursts of yellow-green smoke. You can tell that it is full of poison without even looking!
"The attack is invalid! Quick! Keep firing!" Before the commander could finish his words, he only heard a bang and the vehicle body shook violently.
"It's in our car!"
I only saw that this monster had jumped onto the body of the tank. Due to insufficient energy and speed, Deflector Shield was not triggered. The pus that was constantly flowing from its body fell on the armor and emitted bursts of thick smoke.
"It's strong acid! Those liquids contain strong acid!!" the driver exclaimed.
Yes, although the armor was not corroded by the strong acid, the thick smoke clearly showed what would happen if the human body was contaminated.
But even if I know this now, it's too late...
This monster has already started tearing apart the body of the TX-130 with its huge claws! You must know that in actual combat, the TX-130 mainly relies on the Deflector Shield, but the Deflector Shield of this land vehicle has a higher threshold. The speed and energy level of the approaching object must reach a certain level before the shield can be activated.
If this threshold is too low, the tank will be unable to move in complex ground environments.
But in this way, when the TX-130 Saber tank faces these mutated Hunters, it will be defenseless!
Yes, these monsters are all Hunters!
In the first form of Hunters, although they are also extremely powerful and can break even reinforced concrete with one punch, and they also have considerable IQ, can perform basic identification of friend or foe, and can use rocket launchers, they are still very powerless against the armored troops of Galactic Republic.
They only used rocket launchers to destroy two TX-130s in the first wave of attacks and broke the mechanical legs of an AT-TE. After that, they were all wiped out by intensive fire from heavy laser cannons.
The power that can break reinforced concrete is still very powerless against real armored units.
However, as Sherry-Birkin said, this is just the beginning!
Those Hunterss that were reduced to a pile of coke by the cannon fodder of the laser cannon began to mutate one after another. The fur coats they wore were just a suppression device to prevent them from mutating due to sudden stimulation during transportation and harming their own people.
But now that the fur coat has been burned by the laser cannon, these Hunters mutations no longer have any restrictions!
Because of the high temperature of the laser cannon, they have mutated in a direction that can withstand the laser cannon! And unlike Blaster rifle, the laser cannon is a soft kill, so the mutation direction of these Hunters is to grow a large number of tumor pustules on the body!
These pustules are like reactive armor. They will burst when hit by a laser cannon, and then the venom filled with a boiling point of several Baidu will neutralize the high temperature of the laser cannon and flow to the ground, preventing the ultra-high temperature from harming the Hunters body.
At the same time, because Hunters was killed by the previous attack, T-Virus in Hunters believed that its strength was still not enough, so it mutated into a larger, stronger and more agile body!
After these mutations, Hunters has become a nightmare for the TX-130 Saber suspension tank that completely relies on Deflector Shield for defense!
I only saw that the mutant Hunters used its extremely powerful power to directly tear off a laser cannon on the side of the TX-130! Then he beat the car body like crazy! The thin armor, which could only protect against blaster machine gun fire, could no longer withstand the attack of mutant Hunters and dented.
In desperation, the commander opened the hatch and stuck his head out to shoot with Blaster rifle, but was grabbed by Hunters, pulled out of the car, and then torn in half with a sizzling sound!
"Roar!!!" The pervasive smell of blood stimulated Hunters, making it even more crazy!
On the other side of Kapo Town, the only AT-TE walker in the armored company had collapsed to the ground, with thick smoke billowing. A total of five mutated Hunters were absorbing the corpses of the crew members on the ground to replenish the energy consumed by their own mutations.
They don't eat with their mouths, but directly cover the corpses with mutated substances, and then directly assimilate the corpses!
After eating enough corpses, one of the mutant Hunters lay on the AT-TE walking fuselage and stopped moving, while the other Hunters was attracted by another TX-130 tank that was escaping at high speed, and howled and chased after it.
"General! We finally received the news from the Kapo Town armored company!" The communications soldier quickly ran over and said to the general Commander Cassio-Tagge.
"Say!" Cassio-Tagge already had a very strong ominous feeling in his heart at this moment.
"They are asking for help, and now there are only 7 TX-130 tanks left!" the communications soldier said eagerly, "They claimed to have been attacked by monsters. Those monsters cannot be eliminated and are becoming more and more terrifying! Now they are heading towards Kati City and want to join 77th Legion!"
"What is it? T-Virus? Do you have battlefield data?" Laslo-Dorit asked quickly.
"No! The tank responsible for the battlefield records was destroyed. There is nothing except their verbal description of the current battle situation." The signal soldier replied.
"Where is the reconnaissance plane?" Cassio-Tagge raised his voice and asked the team on the other side that was in contact with the reconnaissance plane.
The correspondent took off his earphones and turned back and said, "According to the battlefield situation sent back by the reconnaissance plane, there are no signs of fighting in Kati City. They are conducting more careful reconnaissance, but the situation is not optimistic."
"It looks like Kati City is finished... If Kapo Town is included, there will be a huge gap in our encirclement in this direction. Originally we were east of Annaj Planet's capital The operation in the central area is not going well. If the direction of Kati City is lost again, our entire encirclement network will be useless," Laslo-Dorit said solemnly.
This also means that Cassio-Tagge took huge risks and launched landing operations from hundreds of battlefields at the same time. The plan was completely bankrupt!
As if to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the wounds of Cassio-Tagge, another communication soldier turned back and said, "General, just now Zieg battleship sent a message. They briefly scanned a large convoy of Separatists. After entering the range of Kati City, the signal was lost. They suspect that it is transporting supplies to the planet's capital area!"
"These Separatists lunatics! They actually used T-Virus on their own planet!!" Cassio-Tagge's eyes were red, and the anger of the failed plan was in his heart. The stagnation almost turned him into a volcano that could erupt at any time, "Asshole! Let our troops postpone the attack and defend in place waiting for more landing troops! Prevent Separatists's T-Virus biological weapons from causing greater damage!"
"General, we still have a chance." Laslo-Dorit said, "I think those T-Virus monsters can only function in complex terrain environments, so we need to immediately carry out indiscriminate Orbital Bombardment on large areas including Kati City region, including Kapo Town!"
"But what happens after the bombing? If we don't send troops to blockade, Separatists's transport team can still pass through the bombing zone!" Cassio-Tagge punched the console, "And to block the bombing zone, we need more troops!"
"We have no shortage of troops! We just need to temporarily cut off the supply of the capital area. Next, we can take advantage of this opportunity to directly attack and occupy the capital area!" Laslo-Dorit said decisively, "Since we have chosen a quick victory, we should implement it to the end! It is no longer appropriate to think about slowing down the pace of the attack now."
Cassio-Tagge's face was uncertain. The battle situation he faced now was so complicated that what he learned in the military academy could not give him any guidance at all. Even though he boasts that he has studied countless battle cases over the past 20,000 years since Galactic Republic was founded, none of them can tell him what to do now.
The weird T-Virus biological weapon left him at a loss. He had no idea what the opponent had, what its combat strength was, and what its advantages and disadvantages were, so he was unable to make targeted arrangements.
Kati City region invested 77th Legion, and more than 9,000 people were wiped out. But the problem is that the biggest problem with T-Virus is contagion! What happens once T-Virus spreads to the rest of his troops?
Therefore, the biggest purpose of why he asked all the troops to stop attacking and defend in place was this. He was worried that if he continued to invest more troops, T-Virus would be infected even more quickly.
However, at this time, another piece of information made Cassio-Tagge finally make up his mind!
The battleship that escorted one of the transport fleets to Annaj system destroyed a sneaky Separatists transport ship, and among the wreckage of the transport ship, they discovered the body of the T-Virus biological weapon!
Now the Hunter Class Battlecruiser has recovered those corpses and handed them over to the scientific research team for study. At the same time, the warship notified the command headquarters of the news, hoping that Cassio-Tagge would attract attention, because this was just a discovered spacecraft. God knows how many other spaceships Separatists secretly sent biological weapons to Annaj Planet?
If such biological weapons are rampant on Annaj Planet, then Cassio-Tagge's only option is to launch a destructive Orbital Bombardment on the planet and completely destroy the surface of the planet.
But in this way, he can only establish his own forward base in such a desolate galaxy. That's not to say it's impossible. In fact, as long as another Hyperspace Stabilizer is built here, he can also have solid logistics.
But the problem is that Hyperspace Stabilizer is a very huge project. Once he gives the order to the rear to start transporting various parts of Hyperspace Stabilizer and a large number of engineering ships and scientists, basically the entire route will serve this thing.
In other words, during this period, his fleet will not receive any supplies!
The most ideal situation is of course to be able to occupy Annaj Planet, so that his fleet can be supplied and repaired on Annaj Planet, and some simple parts needed by Hyperspace Stabilizer can also be produced in factories on this planet. This way, there will be much less stress on rear transportation.
Therefore, Cassio-Tagge is still unwilling to destroy Annaj Planet unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Okay..." Cassio-Tagge's expression was a little ferocious, "Let's make a plan! Without a complete encirclement, directly attack the capital of Annaj Planet! Don't worry about whether it is an encirclement or not, whether the capital area can get reinforcements! So what if they continue to reinforce! How can the combat power of a mere planet be compared with our fleet!"
"Okay. I will instruct Staff Department to formulate an attack plan within two hours!" Laslo-Dorit replied immediately.
Although deep down in his heart, he was very reluctant to launch such an uncertain battle. But with the emergence of Kati City region biological weapons, and the army in the direction of Kati City was confirmed to have been destroyed, he could only carry out such an offensive.
Otherwise, filling one hole after another will never end.
Of course, Cassio-Tagge also felt that this plan was unreliable. He immediately called a space operations staff officer and ordered, "Let our fleet organize an attack immediately! Try to open a bombing window so that we can conduct precise Orbital Bombardment in the direction of Kati City region!"
The staff officer said with some embarrassment, "General, the current rotation direction of Annaj Planet, Kati City region is just opposite the deployment area of our fleet. We can only invest more warships to launch an attack forcefully and enter a synchronous orbit. Otherwise, we need to wait until 13 standard hours before the direction of Kati City rotates over to carry out bombing more conveniently."