Night combat, no matter what period or country, is probably one of the important issues for their army!
If there is a choice, I am afraid that not many people are really willing to fight at night, even if they have the most advanced technology, the best radar or friend-or-foe identification system, and the best night combat equipment.
After all, no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, they are only used by people, but at night, when the light is insufficient, especially in melee situations, it is difficult for the technical and tactical performance of the weapons to be fully exerted, and it also has a certain impact on the psychological state of the combatants. It is also easy for accidental shooting or confusion to occur when the enemy and we are unknown. Sometimes, they are probably too timid to even shoot, right?
At this time, the humans on the Hope are about to usher in their first large-scale night battle mode. Their opponents are the indigenous bugs that previously attacked them on a large scale on the first day of landing. They!
Thanks to Little Annie's advance warning, Area C, which still has open space in the JNO.3 planetary ground base, has gathered most of the current Marines in the base around this large area.
In addition to the hundreds of Marines who are still responsible for guarding the surrounding area of the base to prevent any unexpected events, hundreds of others, including Galen's Cobra elite team and the team that Darius was on duty before, have all been dispatched at this time. Came to this area and conducted frontline command work.
Now, after occupying a favorable terrain, these marines have surrounded the entire Area C in their encirclement.
In the two surrounding defense lines, various types of shotguns, electromagnetic rifles, sniper rifles, weapons and ammunition boxes were transported by SCVs and piled randomly in various places on the defense line.
They even got a lot of large-caliber automatic sentry guns. After some rough welding and installation, they have all been set up.
At the rear of the defense line, in the open space in front of the main base, those ten... no, it should be nine freshly released tanks, are now lined up in a neat row on the open space, and have launched siege mode. They are aiming the muzzle of their 120 mm caliber shock cannon at Area C where the insects are about to appear.
In fact, the original intention of this siege tank's design was to serve as a defensive cannon for the "final line of defense", so they finally adopted two forms to form the final version: one is movable for attack. Assault mode, and the other is the unfolding siege mode.
The preparations are now complete. In addition to switching to the siege mode, they have also adjusted the shooting elements at all locations in Area C. As long as the commander of the base command center gives the order, they can attack the insect swarms appearing in Area C at any time. Carrying out a covering bombardment will definitely allow those indigenous bugs to taste the terror of large-caliber artillery created by human technology!
Now, these people, whether they are SCV engineers or marines, are waiting in full formation. Because of the advance warning from the ghost agent Major Annie, almost all of them have gathered here, with their guns loaded and their muzzles preheated. , ready to deal with the upcoming swarm of insects.
At this time, in the base, almost most of the high-power searchlights had concentrated their beams here, illuminating this place as if it were daytime.
"Engineer exploration team, please answer what you heard! How is the exploration going now? Have you found anything special under the ground in Area C?"
In the command center of the base, as the commander-in-chief, after arranging the defense of all troops, she immediately deployed several SCV engineering vehicles and asked them to closely monitor the geological conditions under the ground in Area C.
Therefore, after finishing the defense work, Doug was working with the staff of the command center in the medium-sized command hall on the second floor of the command center, while looking at the busy scene of Area C on the holographic screen, and asking The SCV engineers who have been working for some time came up.
Because now, here in Area C, in addition to a large number of Marines surrounding the central area, there are also several SCV engineering vehicles operating some strange instruments in this large gravel flat, in the target area , suspending and dragging their equipment, constantly shuttling back and forth.
"Report to Commander Doug! After preliminary detection with our instruments: a huge diagonal hole appeared at a distance of about 120 meters underground! And, this hole moved toward Area C at almost five meters per minute. If it spreads, in about fifteen minutes, this area in Area C will collapse due to the problem of underground load-bearing!"
Soon, with the efforts of several SCV engineers, they used their own prospecting equipment to easily detect the geological conditions under the ground.
So, after a few of them exchanged opinions with each other, they quickly reported to Commander Doug at the base.
At the same time, they also displayed a small red area on the map of Area C, and uploaded the detected geological map to the command center of the base.
"Your Majesty Commander, this is the area where a loud collapse may occur. Do you have any other orders?"
After uploading the map, the group of engineers driving the SCV asked.
It is now obvious that there must be that kind of strange bugs causing mischief below Area C! In more than ten minutes, this place will turn into a battlefield, and without any weapons, they don't want to stay here in a dangerous battlefield. If they are not careful, it will be fatal!
"You have nothing to do there now, but you still have to continue to monitor the situation underground on the periphery, and closely monitor the movements of the insects, without making any mistakes!"
Doug couldn't help frowning when he saw the huge hole on the map that the bug might have made.
Then, Doug thought for a while, and she began to analyze the 3D geological graphics uploaded by SCV engineers.
She looked at the huge area on the map that was about to collapse marked with red graphics, then thought about it again, and began to reach out and operate on the holographic map. In one fell swoop, she cut the entire map in half, and began to seriously Observe the cross-section of the collapse area.
Is this... dug up diagonally from a distance?
So, in this case, are those bugs digging here from the sea? Or was it originally dug directly into the ground?
If it's the former, that's okay; but if it's the latter, it's a bit scary to think about...
If they originally lived underground and then dug up diagonally from below, does that prove that they bugs must have a huge underground world underground? !
In that case, how many are there on this planet?
Moreover, they can accurately know that there is a large enough open space in Area C of their base for them to dig up. Does this prove that the other party is an organized and premeditated act? !
Not only are they bugs observing the human base, but they are also led by a certain leader bug to conduct an organized sneak attack on their human base?
"..."
Although Hope's previous research on those bugs also illustrated this point, they have always been taking a chance and wanted to resist the attacks of the indigenous creatures of these planets while working hard to establish a foothold on this planet until They hope to get enough energy.
But now it seems...it seems that those insects will not give them this time and opportunity? No, not long after, the second attack came again? And, in this hidden way?
If there hadn't been that little girl's early warning, those bugs would have succeeded, right? She could even imagine: If there was no defense on the human side, once those bugs rushed out of the collapsed tunnel in a swarm, this base would be declared completely occupied, right?
Tsk! Forget it, that’s it for now, let’s take it one step at a time! No matter what happens in the future, today, the humans in their ground base will never let those cunning and evil bugs break through Area C!
After thinking about it, Commander Doug quickly clicked on an information board. She planned to contact the two second lieutenants of the Marine Corps and ask them to coordinate and command the hundreds of Marines in the two lines of defense in Area C. team members.
"Second Lieutenant Galen and Second Lieutenant Darius! You two are responsible for commanding the frontline troops. The tank troops are at the rear. If necessary, they will fully support you!"
After looking at the number and layout of the soldiers, Doug shook his head helplessly. Time was too tight, the bugs were pressing too hard, and the heavy firepower of their base was still too little...
Now here at the ground base, apart from a large group of Marines, the only heavy firepower in the entire base is those ten tanks! Hopefully, the bugs that emerge from the ground this time won’t be that huge monster anymore, right?
If there really is such a huge monster, I wonder if the ten arc light tanks that just came off the production line can deal with such a huge monster with thick horn armor? Have they formed an effective fighting force?
I hope... they are reliable, right?
"Yes! Sir!"
"Yes, got it, sir!"
After hearing the order from Commander Doug of the ground base, Galen and Darius responded immediately.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Everyone, cheer up and be alert!"
Galen shouted and urged the helpless recruits while walking to the left.
"Check your weapons and equipment! Don't worry, those bugs don't have the means to attack from a distance. As long as you maintain continuous firepower output, don't let them jump in front of you!"
Darius moved to the right, and the two of them had quickly assigned their respective areas of responsibility.
"Pay attention to the terrain map sent to you, and be sure not to stand in an area that is about to collapse! Otherwise, if you fall and are torn apart by insects, no one can save you!"
After receiving the order, Galen and Darius began to shout loudly on the Marine Corps' public channel.
While checking the situation of the team, the two of them carefully deployed attack positions in all directions, adjusting the first encirclement circle so that there would not be any of their own people on the opposite side of each other's attack formations, as well as those of higher and lower levels. The matching, as well as the arrangement of the reserve team, etc.
Fortunately, Area C is close to the periphery of the base, so they don't need to deploy troops in the direction of the wall. If the bugs try to attack outside, those densely packed large-caliber machine gun bunkers will definitely teach them how to do it. From bugs!
"Attention everyone, pay attention to the ammunition and weapon boxes next to you, and remember to change weapons or replenish ammunition when necessary!"
Galen was still shouting loudly on the channel.
He had experience fighting insects, but he knew that since the opponent dared to sneak attack again, their number would definitely not be less than last time! Therefore, he had a hunch that when the time came, those weapons and ammunition boxes prepared in advance would definitely come in handy.
Looking at the collapsing area a hundred meters away, which was illuminated by searchlights like daylight, Galen knew that a big battle was coming soon!
I don’t know how many monster bugs will appear this time. Hopefully, not too much?
"By the way, Galen? Where is little Annie? Why don't I seem to see her location?"
After the arrangements were made, Darius began to ask curiously.
Just now, after he arranged the positions of the various Marine teams in the encirclement and the matters that need to be paid attention to when firing, he suddenly discovered a little unexpectedly: he did not seem to find little Annie's on the Identification Friend or Foe map. That orange figure?
This made Darius feel a little strange. After all, when they were standing guard before, little Annie reminded the resting soldiers to get up and prepare to fight. But now, the person who discovered all this, Where exactly?
Could it be that she is invisible again?
But... he has never heard that invisible ghosts will also disappear in the friend-or-foe identification device of friendly forces, right? This made him very curious.
"Little Annie? How did I know? Okay, stop talking nonsense! See, Darius? The ground over there is starting to loosen!"
Galen was just about to say something, and when he was about to call Anne, he suddenly looked stern!
Because he saw the collapse area marked on the map in the distance, and the ground at that location began to loosen.
"Attention everyone! Weapons loaded and ready for battle!"
Click!
After saying that, Galen took the lead in loading the C-15 spike electromagnetic rifle in his hand, raised the muzzle of the weapon, and aimed at the place that was illuminated by various searchlights like daylight and was about to be dug up by insects. Area C flat land.
Fortunately, the base originally planned to build engineering stations, scientific research stations and more heavy factories here. Therefore, the SCV engineers have basically flattened the area there. There are basically not many obstacles blocking the view, which is very suitable. Their marines will conduct a covering strafing strike later.
Being on guard, Galen believed that they would definitely let those bugs know how powerful humans are!
Click! Click! Click!
Under the leadership of Galen, the sound of weapons being loaded suddenly rang out on each Marine position. They were either half-crouching, standing upright, or lying behind various rock obstacles, allowing them to The muzzle of the electromagnetic rifle was aimed at the place where the insects were about to appear.
Click... click... click...
In Area C of the ground base, the noisy voices of all the Marines suddenly fell silent.
One by one, they tightened the electromagnetic weapons in their hands and aimed at the huge open space in front of them.
There, the rocky ground that had been corroded by the strong acid was filled with holes, with large and small cracks appearing just like broken glass.
They knew that it was because the bottom of the ground had been hollowed out by the insect monsters, and now that the ground case had lost its load-bearing lower part, it was beginning to be unable to bear its huge weight. About to start collapsing?
And then...those terrifying bugs, large and small, will rush out from under the ground crazily, right?
fortunately! Their base had a powerful ghost agent who gave them an early warning. Otherwise, if these bugs really succeeded in their sneak attack and suddenly appeared in the base, I'm afraid they would all be killed by the bugs in their sleep. Were they all killed?
Kaka...kaka...
The gaps and spread of cracks on the ground are getting wider and wider...
"Everyone, pay attention..."
Seeing the cracks in the ground gradually expanding, Galen couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then began to loudly encourage the other Marines who were still considered recruits on the channel.
"Prepare……"
Seeing the ground gradually sinking as the cracks grew larger, all the Marines subconsciously relaxed their nerves.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Three hoarse roars sounded in succession, and then a monster that stunned everyone appeared: three giant earthworm-like monsters suddenly emerged from the rock shell on the ground, and exposed their mouths full of multiple ferocious fangs. .
What kind of monster is this...?
At this time, no one took the lead in shooting. Even the two frontline commanders Galen and Darius were stunned. They just opened their mouths and looked at the three animals that suddenly emerged from the ground. Giant earthworms? A new unit of bugs appears again? Originally, they thought that the giant mammoth-shaped monster was the limit of their imagination...
Are they going to fight this terrifying looking monster this time?
However, what made everyone happy was that after these three bugs emerged for a short time, they quickly retracted their heads.
It seems that they are only responsible for drilling holes and clearing roads, and have no intention of participating in today's battle?
boom! ! !
A huge roar sounded. After the giant earthworm-shaped bugs shrank back, the ground finally could not bear its own huge weight. After the bugs dug out all the sand under it, it finally began to grow in waves. Amidst the roar, it collapsed...
After the ground collapsed, a huge sloping hole finally appeared, and inside, there were those densely packed four-legged bugs!
"Everyone, fire!!!"
Da da da……
Upon seeing this, Galen's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he quickly reacted. While ordering everyone to fire, he also immediately triggered the 8 mm caliber electromagnetic rifle in his hand, and started the battle. The first shot of the night battle between humans and insects in the ground base tonight.
Da da da! Da da da! ! !
After hearing the order, all the Marines immediately pulled the triggers of their weapons. In an instant, countless violent metal storms, like a downpour, violently rolled out at ultra-high Mach speeds. After rubbing against the barrel and the air, it poured out towards the cave that collapsed in the distance, like a giant mouth of a beast.
"Quick! Everyone, increase the firepower!"
In the marines' public communication and combat command channels, the urgent voice of the frontline commander Second Lieutenant Galen came again.
In fact, the other Marines had already seen those bugs without even needing to be reminded by him, the frontline commander.
Behind the dust formed by the collapse, under the searchlight pole, there are a large number of insects, densely packed with insects, layer upon layer of insects. They are like the tide, standing against the still breaking and falling mud, sand and stones. Like his fate, he ran madly through the huge sloping hole towards the ground...
Then, they took the lead and crashed into the attack of the Marines who were a hundred meters away and were pouring a large number of hot spike bullets towards the huge hole.
In an instant, the insects at the front were torn open with countless large and small wounds, and the red and green corrosive blood suddenly shot out, directly covering the ground at the entrance of the cave. Dye it with a thick layer of red and green color...
Da da da! ! !
"Don't stop! Maintain continuous firepower output and pay attention to changing magazines at any time!"
At the same time, the two frontline commanders, Galen and Darius, started to shout loudly in the channel again while firing.
There were more of these monster bugs than they expected? Don't those bugs engage in population planning? What do they usually eat? Could it be that you can live by chewing mud? Or, drink those highly acidic seawater? Or photosynthesis?
Da da da! ! !
The gunshots were still ringing out.
When they passed through the sloping tunnel entrance, they all saw the dense, tidal sea of insects. Just looking at it could make their eyelids twitch wildly.
These are at least in tens of thousands, right? Are there so many bugs?
Da da da! ! !
Countless metal bullets, under the ultra-high acceleration of electromagnetic weapons, continued to pour out towards the sloping hole. There are so many of those bugs that sometimes even one bullet can penetrate the bodies of several bugs at the same time before they roll and barely lose momentum.
boom! boom!
In addition to the intensive rifle fire of the Marines, one or two explosions were heard from time to time near the entrance of the cave.
Those were the anti-infantry spider mines that the Marines had deployed near the collapse area before. The number was estimated to be in the thousands.
At the beginning, they complained that there were too many landmines. Once the battle was over, it would be too troublesome to clean them up?
However, now they are wondering why tens of thousands more landmines were not laid? In that case, they can at least defend a little easier now, right?
Da da da……
The intensive gunfire continued, of course, accompanied by the roar of the mines from time to time.
Countless bugs were either torn apart by bullets or blown away by the anti-infantry mines they stepped on, clearing out a small area. Then, that area would soon be destroyed by the sea of bugs. fill up...
At this time, a thick layer of insect corpses had accumulated inside and outside the entrance of the cave. Then, those insects were still as endless as they were, pushing away or jumping onto the bodies of their companions without any hesitation. The corpse continued to charge desperately.
They tried to rely on their numerical advantage to assault and break through the encircling firepower network of the Marines.
In fact, these invaders were able to predict their attacks and take precautions in advance. This really surprised the insect leader who was responsible for commanding the operation at the rear. However, even now, the losses of their insects have already been considerable. Big, but it can't shake their determination to eliminate the invaders at all!
"Call the tanks! Call the tanks! How long do you have to wait? We need artillery support now! We need it now!!!"
It had only been less than two minutes since they started firing, but Darius and Galen felt that they could no longer withstand it.
After all, after a long period of high-intensity firing, the magazines were changed one after another, and countless bullets were sprayed out as if they were free of charge. Both Galen and Darius have fired thousands of bullets in such a short period of time!
What they have in their hands are electromagnetic rifles designed for individual shooting, not machine guns or warning cannons designed for continuous fire!
Under the high temperature generated by the bullets frantically rubbing against the barrel and the planet's air, the rifle's electromagnetic track is ablated and heated extremely seriously. It won't be long before the weapons in their hands will be the first to fail due to overload. of!
Under normal circumstances, during the civil wars that broke out between UPL and humans, there were very few situations that required high-intensity and uninterrupted shooting by individual weapons.
Sometimes, after a large-scale battle, for several days, an ordinary Marine soldier cannot even finish hundreds of rounds of bullets?
After all, the individual confrontations between humans are often based on short bursts of fire, or the tactics of strafing for a while and then hiding. It is rare to shoot a bullet directly regardless of pressing the trigger. Clamp situation! And people who do that are usually killed quickly by the enemy?
Therefore, in the past, the heat dissipation of the rifle was not actually a problem. According to the designers of their UPL, the performance of this rifle was considered excellent and very much in line with the needs of the human battlefield!
But now, the situation is a little different. Even though so many of those bugs were killed, they still have no intention of reducing the intensity of their attack? Still withstanding the frenzied shooting of the Marines, constantly rushing out of the huge sloping cave?
So, how many such bugs are there in their underground bug world?
Could it be that they are really like ants, endless, one group, billions of them? !
"Where are the tanks? We need artillery support! Damn it, fire up!"
Da da da……
Darius also roared loudly in the channel while firing desperately in the direction of the insect swarm.
Those bullshit tank troops, they actually failed at the critical moment? He knew that those bastards were definitely unreliable!
Da da da! ! !
The Marines were still shooting non-stop, their muzzles spraying out streams of flames caused by the friction between spiked bullets and the planet's atmosphere, causing those red-pointed cone-shaped bullets to keep spinning and shooting at the bugs. And go.
In less than a minute, the bugs broke through the thousands of anti-infantry spider mines that had been planted in the collapse area. At this time, in addition to being fired by rifles and security cannons, they dropped a large number of broken corpses. , there was no more sound of a landmine exploding.
And they, after suffering tens of thousands of heavy casualties, finally successfully advanced their front line several tens of meters forward.
Now, they are about to have a hand-to-hand exchange with the Marines. They believe that with their fangs and claws, they will soon be able to taste the sweet and warm blood of the humans who invaded their planet... …
