Chapter 581 Metal Torrent(1/2)
The Empire-occupied area of Battle Scar Canyon is located in a three-canyon terrain structure. The mountains in the two canyons divide the canyon, making the area easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The empire has occupied this place for many years. There are countless reconnaissance equipment, defensive or offensive weapons, and a large number of troops that can be concentrated in the two mountain ranges for defense.
These are all the reasons why the Federation failed to capture the place after three years after Xiao Yinwan was detonated in the Battle Scar Canyon.
"General Ji, are you sure you want to do this?"
After the independent regiment was assembled and Ji Xinghe determined the new combat plan, Tang Qiao made an inquiry on behalf of the Western Theater Ground Command.
"kindness."
"Which canyon to take?"
"The one in the middle."
"But in this case, you and your independent regiment will be attacked from two sides at the same time. Compared with the previous combat plan, the difficulty is increased by more than one order of magnitude. So we suggest..."
"I don't accept the suggestion." Ji Xinghe interrupted Tang Qiao and said in a commanding tone: "Major General Tang Qiao, do what you should do and what you can do."
"yes!"
Don Qiao accepted the order.
Although he is the commander of the Western Theater Ground Command, he is lower than Ji Xinghe in terms of military rank, and his influence is not even the slightest bit worse.
People were not surprised by his obedience.
There is actually not much to do in the preparation work, because there is no combat unit in the western theater that can keep up with the independent regiment that is preparing to rush forward.
The only thing that can keep up is the long-range fire support from the Western Theater and federal units.
Therefore, the assembled independent regiment quickly began to charge.
Ji Xinghe drove the Xingyue Armor in the overclocked form. The first armor took the lead, and the seven teams of the independent regiment followed neatly behind him. When the orange-red dust flew up, the loud noise of Dongdong gradually disappeared.
Together with their figures, they also disappeared from the sight that can be observed by people's naked eyes.
The charging speed of the three hundred and one mechas is really fast. Even based on the wooden barrel principle, the marching speed of the independent regiment at this time should be compared to those of the formation-breaking level mechas, but even the formation-breaking level mechas
It is two levels higher than the Federation's conventional standard mecha.
A long time ago, the sixteenth-generation standard mecha that Ji Xinghe piloted was a regular-level mecha. After modification, it reached Wangshan-level standards. He won many gold stars while piloting that mecha.
Although the formation-breaking-level mechas are also modified from regular-level standard mechas, the degree of transformation is higher, and the all-round performance improvement they bring is also greater.
For example, the formation-breaking mecha driven by Liu'er was modified from the 16th generation standard mecha, but its overall performance surpassed that of Ji Xinghe. After becoming a super-class mecha warrior, he joined the orbital airborne mecha corps.
The one used during the operation.
The speed of cruising state can reach 120 kilometers per hour, and the speed of full charge can be close to 150 kilometers per hour.
Therefore, the independent regiment's speed at this time has reached 120 kilometers per hour, and it can continue to increase at critical moments.
The east-west length of the Empire-occupied zone in Battle Scar Canyon is only 110 kilometers from the location where the independent regiment charged to the location of the prepared response troops in the eastern theater.
Theoretically, they could cross the canyon in less than an hour.
But the Empire will not make this theory a reality.
When the direction of maneuver of the Independent Regiment was clarified, although the true intention of the Independent Regiment could not yet be determined, the Empire had already launched an attack.
Countless artillery fire fell from the sky, trying to destroy the independent regiment's cluster charge formation and causing a certain degree of damage to the independent regiment.
The distance of five kilometers is fleeting. Considering the supporting forces deployed in the eastern theater, it can affect the distance of five kilometers.
At this time, the Independent Regiment was only a hundred kilometers away in a straight line from their target of killing through the canyon.
And none of them were injured.
Because they were so fast, they had already changed positions when the empire's long-range fire attack locked on to them and launched.
Three hundred and one mechas seemed to be a lot in number, but the independent group's group charge formation was not dense, leaving enough space to help them share the pressure brought by the imperial artillery fire.
Their speed is not fixed, sometimes faster and sometimes slower, always between 120 kilometers per hour and 150 kilometers per hour.
The path of the charge is even less likely to be a straight line.
Ji Xinghe, who was at the forefront, was like a flying flag, leading the captains of the seven teams following him. These seven captains were all ace mecha warriors.
Wang Kang, who took over the Blind Team, successfully gained his 103rd gold star after the last battle, but at this time, there was only one red star painted on the mecha.
Those who can become aces are all chosen by God. They can understand Ji Xinghe's intentions in the shortest time and convey corresponding instructions to their team.
The entire independent group, led by Ji Xinghe, was like a giant dragon flying close to the ground, its body winding and maintaining a high-speed charging mode.
"Ninety-five kilometers!"
In the communication channel, Qin Tong used the mode of shouting to all members to tell them the straight-line distance from their destination.
Let the mecha warriors of the independent regiment, who are under artillery fire coverage, know that they are getting closer to the target.
"Prepare for battle."
It was another reminder that the independent regiment, which was in a land without apes in the empire-occupied area, finally encountered an interception from the empire's mechas.
At this time, the Imperial Command was still unable to determine the true combat intentions of the Independent Regiment, but the Independent Regiment had already relied on its high mobility to pass through the Empire's most forward positions facing the western theater.
If left unchecked, whether the Independent Regiment continues to move forward or turns to appear behind the Empire's frontline positions, it will cause great losses to the Empire.
The five hundred imperial mechas that were hastily assembled appeared in front of the independent group like a chariot. Their combat goal was just to contain the independent group that suddenly went berserk and give the empire more time to prepare.
Based on the strength comparison between the two sides, the Imperial Command believes that a mecha corps composed of five hundred mechas as the main force, supplemented by various combat units, can hold off the independent regiment for at least half an hour.
But what the Imperial Command never expected was that the independent regiment, which was capable of annihilating the Imperial Mecha Corps, actually gave up on annihilating it, killed them directly, and then continued to charge towards their location without looking back.
Yes, the empire's jump base in Battle Scar Canyon is located on the side of the canyon that the independent group chose to fight through.
The three canyons and the other boundaries of the other two canyons are all the boundaries of the Battle Scar Canyon, and there is no way it is the location of the empire's jump base.
From the beginning, the Federation was able to determine that the empire's jump base in the Battle Scar Canyon was located in the two mountain ranges that divided this section of the Battle Scar Canyon into three canyons.
But the left and right cannot be determined, and the specific location cannot be determined.
Ji Xinghe chose to charge from the middle canyon, risking being simultaneously attacked by weapons deployed by the Empire on both sides of the mountains, just to pinpoint the location of the Empire's jump base.
He knew that many people from the Independent Regiment would die today, but he was used to sacrifice.
Whether it was the two years when he first came to the alien planet or the past three years after he left the alien planet, he has been accustomed to sacrifice.
And what he is doing now, and what he will do in the future, is to reduce this kind of sacrifice.
The weapons used by all the mechas of the Independent Regiment were made of tungsten steel, which allowed them to directly penetrate the first line of empire's mecha defenses in just a few minutes.
Speaking of which, if Ji Xinghe hadn't come back, the independent group wouldn't be able to assemble the three hundred weapons made of tungsten steel, let alone the three hundred Zhanshan Jia.
Also captured by the empire along with the Zhanshanjia were the tungsten steel weapons used by the Zhanshanjia.
But Ji Xinghe is back.
In the last battle, he captured two and a half Red Stars by himself. More than one of them was composed of Count Armor from the Anti-Galaxy Corps. Naturally, he captured more than a hundred tungsten steel weapons. From the weapons, he had already made up for the independence.
The regiment’s family property was damaged in previous battles.
And the more than a thousand imperial mechas captured in the Western Theater were immediately replaced with resources needed by the independent group at a recovery value of 40%.
Because the Federation currently has five independent regiments, the Zhanshanjia has become the Federation's most powerful mass-produced standard mecha, so the conversion speed of these resources is much faster than before.
Before Ji Xinghe came back, there were only seventy-eight independent regiments of Shanzan Jia left. Now there are 230 Shanshan Jia.
There are more than a thousand imperial mechas, including more than a hundred count armors equivalent to the formation-breaking mechas, but only thirty-two mountain-cutting armors have been replaced, and the thirty-two formation-breaking mechas have to be replaced.
Class-level mechas were handed over to the Western Theater Command, which sounded like they were losing blood.
But Tang Qiao really did not make a mistake in his calculation. The Beheading Mountain Armor is so expensive, and being expensive has its advantages.
The charge speed of the independent regiment was not affected by the continuous coverage of the Empire's artillery fire. It was also not affected when it penetrated the first line of Imperial mecha defense.
Go forward indomitably.
Three hundred and one mechas continued to move towards their combat goal with overwhelming momentum.
"Eighty-five kilometers."
Qin Tong's tone changed slightly, because when he reached this position, he really entered the area occupied by the empire.
Previously, the western theater and the eastern theater fought simultaneously. With the help of the independent regiment at its peak at that time and the lethality brought by Xiao Yinwan, the empire's occupied area in the Battle Scar Canyon was compressed to a length of only 60 kilometers from east to west.
Therefore, today's killing and penetration operation did not encounter too strong resistance before, because the troops in the western theater, or the independent regiment, had reached this position before.
Now, every step forward can be said to create a history.
The pressure is naturally different, and the empire should have analyzed their combat goals for today and completed the heavy deployment of troops.
This is exactly the case.
"Prepare to fight, the numbering has been completed, all teams pay attention..."
As the deputy commander of the regiment, Qin Tong was doing what the regiment commander should do, and he was really worried. Fortunately, the federation's air supremacy and the staff composed of Chen Xun and others could bring him a lot of help.
Moreover, he really didn't have any pressure today, because Ji Xinghe was right in his sight, leading them to charge forward.
The empire has deployed a second line of defense with mechas as the main force. The number of mechas has not increased much compared to before, but the level of mechas has been significantly improved.
Most of the noble mechas are noble. According to the Federation's existing mecha performance levels, most of these mechas are composed of Wangshan-level mechas. Although they are only one standard level higher than conventional mechas, the overall combat power of group operations is
To be continued...