With the help of the supernatural beings hidden in the storm clouds, Chu Jungui thought everything was safe. Unexpectedly, he was found by the federal army and directly attacked the base without any warning.
The first wave of attacks is a continuous missile coverage, which is extremely fast, powerful, and lasts for a long time. Hundreds of missiles surrounded the entire temporary base and plowed it several times. Then came the second wave of attacks. Assault boats came at high speed and carried out a second round of strikes on the targets in the explosion ruins. This time it was still not a precision strike. The attack started from a hundred kilometers away, and countless precision shells roared out. Come and hit all suspicious targets.
The assault boats stopped approaching when they were 30 kilometers away. Then several large landing ships flew in and dropped countless tanks and mechas dozens of kilometers away, which converged into a torrent of steel and rolled in.
The third wave is the ground offensive.
Chu Jungui rushed into the mecha immediately, and then quickly took stock of the losses. The federal army fired hundreds of missiles in the first round, and then consumed tens of thousands of artillery shells in the rapid fire coverage of the assault boats. These two rounds of attacks lowered the ground by several meters, which was comparable to half an anti-matter bomb explosion.
All the large buildings in the temporary base were destroyed, and most of the Arks were not spared. Only two that had reinforced defenses were still barely able to move. Half of the tanks were also destroyed. Fortunately, most of the bases were work beasts and combat beasts, and there were not many human soldiers. In the end, there were only dozens of casualties.
Fortunately, all the mechas were parked in specially reinforced hangars, so the damage was not huge.
Chu Jungui activated his own special mecha, which was a sea urchin mecha with a reduced number of universal arms. There were only dozens of universal arms in the whole body. After this mecha was activated, five more mechas were activated at the same time, following Chu Jun's return.
Lin Xi, Li Xinyi and Li Xuancheng also found a mecha each and joined the battle.
On the ground, thousands of federal tank mechas rolled over, and opposite them, a small sea urchin led less than ten mechas and a hundred tanks to form a meager tank group, facing the torrent of steel. superior. Behind this fragile line of defense, hundreds of engineering vehicles and dozens of combat vehicles were rapidly retreating, dragging the wounded and important equipment rescued from the rubble.
The two torrents of steel collided, and the federal army was instantly killed and injured. The tanks and mechas surrounding the sea urchin exploded in pieces, and life-saving capsules were ejected one after another. The five mechas following Chu Jungui moved in unison, pouring out firepower with all their strength, but their accuracy was so frightening that they could almost take away a tank with one shot. The other three mechas have more unique fighting styles and different fighting styles, but overall their killing efficiency is still not as good as those five mechas.
The fierce battle lasted for a full hour. The federal army suffered heavy casualties, and Guangnian also suffered more than half of the casualties. Chu Jungui's sea urchin was destroyed again. Four of the five remote-controlled mechas were finally destroyed in order to cut off the rear for Lin Xi and the others. There were less than 50 tanks left and they fled in a hurry.
However, it was able to block the federal offensive and successfully cover the retreat of engineering vehicles and wounded equipment. It's just that most of the temporary base is gone.
Chu Jun returned to the chariot and took the remaining troops in a large circle, and finally retreated to a pre-set temporary camp 700 kilometers away. After reuniting, there were less than a thousand remaining light-year soldiers, hundreds of tanks, and less than 10 spare mechas. However, two new weapons are prepared here: planetary fighter planes.
These two fighters were specially developed by Chu Jungui, and their main targets were the federal low-altitude assault boats.
As soon as he returned to the new camp, Chu Jungui opened the map. It can be seen that the federal army has occupied the temporary base, and a large number of soldiers are searching the ruins bit by bit, not missing anything suspicious.
Chu Jungui looked at it for a while, then said to the ball of lightning above his head: "Why is this attack so sudden?"
The electric light pondered, searching for memories, and then projected a picture.
At a low altitude of only a few dozen meters above the ground, vague shadows were flying at high speed, sometimes almost brushing against the tips of the leaves of the double-leaf tree. They are extremely fast and so faint that they are almost invisible. They make no sound, and it takes only two or three minutes to cover hundreds of kilometers. If the picture hadn't been deliberately slowed down, or if someone had stood looking directly below, they probably wouldn't have been able to catch the fleeting shadow.
Chu Jungui understood at a glance that a series of labels such as optical stealth, gravity drive, multiple guidance, terrain matching, etc. could be affixed to these missiles. Moreover, the total length of these missiles does not exceed 2 meters, which is quite compact. On Planet 4, it is true that the smaller the equipment, the easier it is to break. These missiles are so small and can be stacked with so much technology, and they are so powerful. This shows that after the Federation began to pour resources, the level of technology it can achieve has rapidly improved, and it has the tendency to catch up from behind.
Moreover, the reconnaissance method used by the Federation to discover the temporary base has not yet been exposed, and even the transcendent beings in the storm clouds have not noticed it. Although its life form is rare, it is still unfamiliar with human technology.
Chu Jungui watched the battle replay twice more and made a rough judgment in his mind. The federal forces should have focused on improving their reconnaissance methods. They found the temporary base through some unknown means, and then carried out such a sneak attack. This was an occasional incident. The reconnaissance of the federal troops was far from the transcendent beings' commanding and unobstructed scans in the storm clouds. Chu Jungui could still take advantage of the information gap between the two sides.
After this battle, more than half of Lightyear's lag troops have been lost. The current temporary base is less than 3,000 kilometers away from the final base. When the Federation finds this place again, it will not be far away from discovering the final base.
However, the corners of Chu Jungui's mouth rose slightly. By the time the Federation found this place, it was already too late. His preparations at the final base had been completed.
Chu Jungui discussed with Transcendent Life the possible reconnaissance methods of the federal army for a while, asked him to focus on observation, and then left the war room. Not far away, two fighter planes circled several times and landed slowly.
Lin Xi and Li Xuancheng jumped out of the fighter plane, but Li Xuancheng's face was a bit ugly, his throat was constantly rising and falling, and his speech was a bit choppy.
Lin Xizheng was discussing the advantages, disadvantages and improvements of the two fighters with him.
"There is no automatic locking system; the perception and reconnaissance system is very primitive, and we basically have to rely on ourselves to see it; the firepower is very sustainable, but has no explosive power; in addition, the firepower type is very monotonous, only beam cannons." Seven or eight points were listed in one go. After all the shortcomings, Lin Xi finally found an advantage: "The maneuverability is pretty good."
Li Xuancheng finally found an opportunity to express his dissatisfaction: "Not only is it good, it is simply great! Don't you know how to add an overload limiting system?"
Before he finished speaking, Li Xuancheng suddenly shut up and his throat heaved. It looked like he wanted to vomit something, and it was very difficult to endure it.
The power of these two fighters is extremely violent. An ace pilot like Li Xuancheng can easily handle overloads of twenty to thirty G, but this guy who can overload 50G with one push of the throttle is really too much.
Chu Jungui built these two fighter planes for his own use, one for combat and one for backup. Now that Lin Xi and Li Xuancheng are here, they will naturally be transferred to them for use first.
Watching Lin Xi and Li Xuancheng step off the plane from a distance, Chu Jungui pulled up the battle record and took a look. As expected, Li Xuancheng not only lost, but also lost miserably, so miserably that Lin Xi didn't even use any tactical moves. Follow him in circles. After 3 circles, it will be stunned and it will be shot down directly. After another 5 circles, it will crash. That's roughly it.
Chu Jungui shook his head and walked towards a medical ark. There were dozens of wounded people lying in the ark, and he had to go and visit.
In fact, this sneak attack by the federal army did not affect the overall situation, and the losses were within Chu Jungui's expectation. But for some reason, he is flustered now, very flustered, inexplicably flustered, to the point of being confused.
What does the Federation plan to do? Just blow up the planet?
With confusion, Chu Jungui walked into the Medical Ark.
Thousands of kilometers away, in the newly built command center, Admirals Hathaway and Morgan were standing in front of a huge holographic map, looking at the battle report that had just been sent back.
There was not much happiness on the general's face, and he said: "There were 2,900 casualties in exchange for 76 enemy corpses. It's hard to say whether this battle was won or lost."
"It's always good to destroy a temporary base. Have you found out where they fled to?" Hathaway looked cold.
The admiral shook his head and said: "We haven't had time to conduct reconnaissance yet. We only have three new reconnaissance aircraft and they have to be used in rotation. Besides, what's the use of finding them now? The troops need to be repaired, and the logistics line has not been established yet. It's hard to say how many people can be hit by just firing a few long-range missiles. And you don't know how expensive these long-range missiles are. Each missile costs hundreds of millions. Even if it bombs in the base, we are all A loss."
Hathaway slapped the screen with her palm and said coldly: "Send out the reconnaissance plane and find them as soon as possible!"
Admiral Morgan frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy. But Hathaway is the representative of the Winton family after all, and the attitude of the Winton family is the key to whether the war can continue. So even if he felt offended by the young man, he had to explain patiently: "Hathaway, even if we find it, we can't do anything now. They can move the base hundreds of kilometers away in half a day. We have to search again. Our inventory of long-range missiles is running low, with less than 10 missiles left. New orders have been submitted, but there has been no approval."
Admiral Morgan used a little trick here. He didn't report the new order at all. The results of this battle showed that the missile's long-range bombardment results were limited, that is, it bombed construction vehicles and only a few people. This kind of missile specially designed for Planet 4 is extremely expensive. It is more than 10 times more expensive than ordinary missiles. You can't do too many things to slap your face with money.
Unexpectedly, the little princess said: "10 missiles are enough. If you find them, shoot two. If you find them, shoot two more. That's it."
The admiral was confused: "Why is this?"
The little princess grinded her teeth: "Just don't let them sleep!"
(End of chapter)
