2761, Desperate Counterattack
Almost the entire Black Mountain Base and Imperial army stared blankly at this mushroom cloud, because it was a light blue mushroom cloud! And at the core of the mushroom cloud, a light blue ball of light was constantly rotating. Everything around it was destroyed and annihilated, and not even the dregs were left!
This explosion came and went quickly. When the explosion dissipated, only a large crater with a diameter of more than 200 meters was left. And the most terrifying thing is that there was nothing in this crater!
What makes Imperial army people even more frightened is that in this attack, their Deflector Shield did not have any effect!
The observation posts, underground fortifications, anti-infantry turrets and even underground trenches they set up were all reduced to ashes.
Especially those underground defenses made of high-strength alloy concrete, which can withstand a certain strength of Orbital Bombardment under normal circumstances, but now they have been directly destroyed!
Before frontline Commander could react, the second wave of explosions soon set off again, and mushroom clouds, blue light groups, and destruction descended again.
The radar immediately locked onto the location of the firing. On the radar screen, the blue light group that followed each attack and moved close to the ground was as obvious as a dazzling indicator light. This light spot turned east and west on the screen, just like a naughty child running around. After reaching the destination, there was a devastating explosion.
The Empire Commander on the front line quickly dispatched a fighter formation. Dozens of TIE Advanced X-1 fighter jets took off from the rear airport to cover the three TIE bombers and attack the place where the fire was fired.
The the Empire fighter pilot risked his life by diving down, facing intensive anti-aircraft firepower, trying to rush into the Deflector Shield range and bomb the target.
Not surprisingly, Kingdom of Dawn was also escorted by 10 Wraith fighter and Viking fighter in the air, and the fighters from both sides fought fiercely. At this time, the reconnaissance drone mixed in the the Empire fighter group finally accurately captured the target.
General Maximilian-Vels looked solemn as he looked at the huge golden machine that appeared on the screen in front of him.
It is 20 meters long and more than 10 meters high, and because the overall shape is like a huge bug lying on the ground, it is also extremely large. At this moment, this bug machine is crawling forward awkwardly, at most the speed is about the same as that of an ordinary person running. Compared to this huge body, it is almost impossible to see clearly that it is moving.
Then, I saw that the mouthparts in front of the mechanical bug suddenly opened, and a light ball emitting light blue light came out from the body. Then, the light ball fell to the ground and suddenly started running wildly!
General Vels can only be described as "running wildly", because countless sand and dust rose up on both sides of the light group, and then were directly annihilated by the powerful energy of the light group. Then the light group rushed straight along the ground, and it really looked like it was crawling at high speed!
Although the speed is not as fast as ordinary artillery shells, it is at least several hundred kilometers per hour!
The light group drew a deep burn mark on the surface, and soon approached the shield area of Black Mountain Base. Then, the light group suddenly decelerated, passed through the shield at a speed lower than the shield trigger threshold, and then turned a corner and rushed towards the nearest semi-underground fixed fire point set by the Empire.
A flash of light instantly filled the entire screen, and then the contact with the reconnaissance drone was interrupted.
After a few seconds, boom~~~~!! A huge and dull explosion came, followed by a slight tremor from the ground.
General Maximilian-Vels's face turned livid, and he said seriously, "What are the artillery shells fired by this machine? It can turn and automatically track the target?"
"It should be Kamikaze Drone, General." said the technician on the side.
"Kamikaze Drone?" Vels turned his head and looked.
"Yes, General. Let's pause the picture from the reconnaissance drone just now, remove the high-speed motion blur, and you can see this..." The technician clicked on the terminal, and then transmitted the picture to the screen in front of Vels.
Only in the stopped picture, we can finally see the details of this light blue light group - it is not a pure energy body, but a spherical machine. It seems that the machine has the shape of a carapace, and it seems to be an insect curled up into a ball.
It rolls on the ground at an incredible speed, coupled with the extremely powerful energy around its body, it vaporizes almost all sand and dust and Shale instantly, forming a plasma trail that is difficult to catch with the naked eye.
"We can't let this thing continue to explode! It makes our Deflector Shield completely useless!" General Vels slammed his fist on the table and said sternly, "All artillery fire is locked on this machine and concentrated bombing for me! The 47th, 48th, and 49th assault battalions immediately prepared for battle, launched an attack immediately, and blew up this machine for me!"
"Yes!"
Vels stared at the paused picture on the screen in front of him again, poked the screen hard, and said, "Next time you launch, fire at this thing and try to intercept it!"
"Yes!"
Black Mountain Base immediately acted like a sophisticated machine. Imperial army originally planned to use this place as an advance base to launch a multi-pronged attack to regain the southern highlands. Therefore, after General Vels issued the attack order, the Empire Stormtrooper from the three commando battalions immediately stepped out of their positions to launch the attack.
Imperial Army As always, first use 1-1-H Heavy Hover Tank as the leader, 2-2-M Hover Assault Tank to flank it on both sides, and then a large number of infantry follow the cover of the walkers to launch an attack.
At the same time, General Vels ordered more fighter jets to take off from the rear airport to support the attack. He wanted to rely on numbers to suppress Kingdom of Dawn's air force, and then find an opportunity to dive into the range of the opponent Deflector Shield and drop bombs on the machine at close range.
General Vels saw clearly that this huge machine should have no air defense capabilities, and as long as it could be attacked through the air, it could definitely be destroyed.
However, this is not easy... Kingdom of Dawn is not a fool. They know the intention of Imperial army very clearly. After discovering that the Empire took off more fighter jets, they also took off more fighter jets to protect the sky above Deflector Shield.
Not only that, they also invested Blade-class fighter.
Compared with the TIE advanced X-1 fighter that can only cruise at subsonic speeds of Mach 0.95 in the atmosphere, the Broadsword fighter with the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds in the atmosphere undoubtedly has a decisive advantage in maneuverability. And even though it is outdated, it can still cause great trouble with its stealth system.
Viking fighter relies on its powerful firepower to play the role of a fighter-bomber, and Viking fighter is also extremely fast.
With this combination, even though the number of the Empire fighter jets taking off this time was more than three times that of Kingdom of Dawn, they still could not find a chance to dive and attack.
What's more, if you want to swoop into the Deflector Shield range and then drop bombs for attack, you need the pilot to have a desperate belief. But obviously, these the Empire pilots rarely have such a consciousness. Even if General Vels doubled the pilots' allowances and treatment, it would have little effect, and it would not inspire these people to die for the Empire.
The battle in the sky was extremely intense, and the battlefield on the ground was equally fierce.
At the same time that Imperial army launched the attack, Kingdom of Dawn's position had already been prepared. All kinds of long-range artillery fire poured down crazily, falling like raindrops on Imperial army's position.
Imperial army had to spread out his formation to reduce the damage from long-range artillery fire, while also using terrain cover as much as possible to advance.
Three AT-AT walkers equipped with Mobile Deflector Shield generators also followed, but the area that these three walkers Deflector Shield can cover is still limited. Offense is not as good as defense. When attacking, the formation will be very scattered and the battle line will be very long, so it cannot take care of all the attacking troops.
In the Kingdom of Dawn position ahead, a large number of bunkers made of thick armor spewed out tongues of fire, and countless bullets rained down on them. Those B-1 combat robots aimed, fired, aimed and fired almost mechanically, but played their greatest role behind the bunkers.
Less than 20 minutes after the three assault battalions invested by General Vels launched the attack, the 48th Assault Battalion in the middle showed signs of collapse. He quickly invested two more infantry battalions. At the same time, he also sent more 2-M assault tanks to quickly attack from the side.
The 2-M assault tank is an improved version of the TX-130 Saber tank, the main armored vehicle of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars period. It has more powerful firepower, more stable protection capabilities, and is faster. On the battlefield, it has a similar role to the Scorpion tank of the Kingdom of Dawn.
More than 100 2-M assault suspension tanks circled back to the edge of the battlefield, quickly increased their speed to 300 kilometers per hour, kicked up countless sand and dust, and launched an attack with astonishing power.
However, at the command center of Black Mountain Base at this moment, General Vels watched the picture sent back by the drone, helplessly watching the huge Golden Mechanical Maggot very awkwardly turn the front half in a direction, aim at the left wing and launch again!
There are 50 taels of 2-M assault suspension tanks in that direction, outflanking us!
The light blue light group was fired again, rushing in that direction at high speed, turning flexibly while rushing forward, and headed straight for the armored troops along the relatively flat terrain on the mountain.
Several 2-M assault tanks at the front tried to fire to intercept, but they all missed, and then...
Boom!!!
A huge explosion was set off again, accompanied by a light blue mushroom cloud and that terrifying light blue light. The affected tanks evaporated instantly, leaving nothing behind!
This one shot destroyed 12 hover tanks! If the formation of these tanks were not very scattered, they would have been completely wiped out with this one shot!
Then, in the horrified eyes of General Maximilian-Vels, the Golden Maggot awkwardly twisted its head toward the right wing.
"Fire! Fire! Concentrate all the artillery fire on me and intercept that Kamikaze Drone!" Vels roared angrily.
All long-range weapons in the direction of Black Mountain Base that had time to react immediately changed their direction. At this moment, Golden Maggot fired again.
At the same time, Black Mountain Base artillery fire was fired, and countless lasers and missiles poured out, forming a dense network of firepower in the air and heading straight towards the light blue light ball flying at high speed.
Several laser beams accurately hit the front of the target, and the missile exploded at close range, sending a shock wave sweeping around.
However, the light group only paused for a moment, and even circled around on the ground. Then it penetrated the fire net at a faster speed and crashed into the core of the right-wing armored cluster. A loud noise tore through the battlefield, another wave of blue flame mushroom clouds rose, and nine 2-M assault tanks instantly vaporized!
Interception is invalid!
"What is this? What is this? What is this?" General Vels almost went crazy. He pointed at the screen and yelled at his adjutant, "Why can't this thing be destroyed!? Why can't it be destroyed!?"
"This... I... this..." The adjutant hesitated and didn't know what to say.
The technician on the side was very conscientious. He continued to operate and analyze on the terminal, and finally said with some uncertainty, "General, it may be... the energy density contained in this thing is too high, and all attacks will be annihilated and neutralized immediately by this energy."
"Do you think I'm a child? On the one hand, the energy density is too high, and on the other hand, it's running around on the ground without exploding until it reaches its destination! How is this possible! Do you understand this is a contradiction? This is not scientific at all!" General Vels roared.
The technicians also looked horrified, "Yes, General. With such a large energy density, it maintains both violent and stable states at the same time. I really can't think of any technology that can do this... You can't see anything like this even if you watch science fiction movies..."
He paused for a moment, looked at the screen and then said, "But the artillery fire interception just now is still useful. The calculation results are out - the explosion power caused by this attack is about 34% smaller than before. It's just that the formation of those tanks was a little too dense at the time..."
"This makes no sense! This must be Separatists's secret weapon!" General Vels said with a dark face, "Send me an order to send more troops! The whole army will launch a full-scale attack immediately! Blast this maggot to pieces for me at all costs!"
"General, on the other side of the southern highlands, a second giant Golden Maggot has appeared!" The communications officer on the side suddenly raised his head, his voice trembling.
"Now!!!!" General Vels shouted almost with all his strength.
Black Mountain Base and Imperial army all immediately took action. A hundred thousand troops were gathered in this huge base, pouring out of the base like a tide, and then quickly spread towards the two wings.
Yes, because the number is too huge, it is of course impossible to hit them all from the front. According to the plan, it is necessary to first spread to the two wings to form a huge front of more than 200 kilometers, and then launch a full-line attack.
This process alone takes a whole day.
But Maximilian-Vels no longer cares about much. After seeing the terrifying destructive power of Golden Maggot, he is very convinced that if it is not destroyed as soon as possible, let alone Black Mountain Base's one hundred thousand army, even adding a zero after it will not be enough!
The frontal battle is still continuing. General Vels continues to send additional armored troops to weave around on both sides, and gathers a large number of walkers in the front to attack.
At this moment, the powerful Turbolaser cannon of the AT-AT walker has exploded on the Kingdom of Dawn position, and the powerful power has caused strong ripples on the shield.
Then, the terrifying Golden Maggot twisted its body awkwardly and pointed in the direction of the AT-AT walker!
Vels General felt that all the blood in his body had solidified!
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