From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 490: Teacher beats up students?

Not to mention how the Renaissance Alliance's front-line troops reacted after hearing Franklin's order, the troops under General Lampard on the other side were already sweating profusely.

"Report! Target disintegrated! An unknown unit is suspected to be separating from the orbital drop module!"

"No matter whether they are separated or not! We will intercept them first and kill as many as we can!"

Looking at the screen in front of him, an air defense commander of General Lampard's troops gritted his teeth and gave the order after seeing the five airdrop pods falling from the sky above the area he was responsible for, and after the radar scanned them again, they split into a densely packed mass of unidentified units.

Soon, the high-energy laser anti-aircraft vehicle that was urgently deployed raised the turret above the vehicle body, ready to illuminate the incoming targets captured in the air.

In other areas of the defensive position, some HCPs deployed the heavy particle cannons behind them and raised the electromagnetic rifles in their hands, intending to conduct a "lottery draw".

If it is dealing with conventional units such as aircraft, missiles, or drones within the atmosphere, the HCP is still fully capable of performing air defense tasks, especially after adding additional air defense combat components, its prevention and control effectiveness can even be said to be very good.

But for this kind of unit that is falling from the zenith at a very high speed, it can only be a lottery. After all, compared with aircraft in the atmosphere, this kind of vertically falling unit has a shorter reaction time. In many cases, before the HCP has even finished deploying its weapons, it is almost about to hit the target.
"We've been locked by the field air defense radar group. I guess the information has been synchronized to their air defense fire control radar. This means we're about to be attacked. Everyone! Pay attention to evasion and maneuver on your own!"

Baninger gave the order in the communication channel, while controlling the large power armor of the Dreadnought he was riding to separate from the airborne capsule.

The next second, a purple-red high-energy laser beam shone from the ground, and after a delay of one or two seconds, it shone on the airdrop capsule.

"Fuck that was close"

Baninger felt a sense of fear when he saw that the armor and thermal insulation layer at the bottom of the airborne capsule had been deformed due to the temperature exceeding the threshold due to long-term exposure to high-energy lasers, which directly affected the posture of the airborne capsule and caused it to tumble disorderly.

Although it is said that members of the Immortal Legion can appear in the virtual space unscathed even after the combat vehicle they are "riding" is destroyed.

However, it is not a good thing to have casualties before the battle begins, especially when the number of combat elements carried by the Polarized Light is limited and needs to be used "thriftily" to deal with future emergencies.

Under Banninger's command, the special power armors and combat bodies separated from the airdrop capsule and controlled by the members of the Immortal Legion also began to perform disorderly maneuvers with the help of the mounted disposable attitude control system to avoid the exposure of ground anti-aircraft fire.

At the same time, Baninger also controlled the large power armor of the Dreadnought that he was riding, deployed the electromagnetic reconnection cannon on the weapon rack behind him, and activated the electromagnetic machine gun held in his right hand.

Directly connected to the sensors in various parts of the power armor, he quickly saw the high-risk ground targets marked "in front of him".

"Power armor team, counterattack while evading!"

As soon as he opened his mouth to give the order, Baninger's weapons group also opened fire. Alloy rods flew out under the influence of electromagnetic force and acceleration track, and soon heated up and turned orange due to high-speed friction with the air, and then dragged a series of fire lines in the air.

Compared to heavy particle cannons, which require extremely high instantaneous energy output, the power required by electromagnetic reconnection cannons and electromagnetic machine guns is also not low, but the energy output can still be achieved by relying on the small subcritical reactor and superconducting battery pack carried by the Dreadnought.

What's more, the Dreadnought does not need to carry a driver, so the space reserved for members to wear traditional power armor is directly omitted.

In addition, although the special large-scale power armor such as the Dreadnought is smaller than the HCP, it is still larger than the conventional heavy power armor, so there is enough space to carry a more powerful power unit.

The anti-aircraft firepower group on the ground would definitely not dare to take the penetrating rod attack from overhead. Even a tough guy like the main battle tank would not dare to take the alloy penetrating rod that fell from overhead at a nearly vertical angle without activating the deflection force field.

"Current altitude is 24000 meters."

"Current altitude is 20000 meters."

"Current altitude is 15000 meters."

"Current altitude is 8000 meters."

With the altitude constantly being refreshed, the Immortal Legion was getting closer and closer to the ground, and in the process of breaking through, they only lost some basic combat elements, and this loss was completely expected before the airdrop.

At this height, members of the Immortal Legion also controlled their units to activate reverse thrust to slow down.

Since there is no need to consider the G-force that humans can withstand, the deceleration of the Immortals is very rough and efficient.

The air defense units on the ground that were struggling to make the final interception were stunned for a moment when they saw the unknown target's speed suddenly decreasing.

The controllers sitting at the workbench even suspected that there was something wrong with the detection unit, which caused the speed difference between the front and rear to be displayed so outrageous.

But there was no time for them to check the equipment problems, because even after the Immortals slowed down, it did not take much time to break through the last few thousand meters of height.

As the large number of unidentified units previously discovered completely disappeared from the radar, the controllers could not help but sweat profusely, and at the same time, they issued warnings on the communication channel in a panic.

"An unknown unit has landed! Repeat! An unknown unit has landed!"
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"Each team reports the situation!"

"Group A has arrived at the target area, power armor loss - none, combat body loss -3"

"Team B has arrived at the target area. Power armor loss - none, combat body loss -5"

The commanders of the four teams quickly reported the current situation of their combat teams on the communication channel. During the airdrop, only the combat bodies of the four teams were lost, while the power armor directly controlled by the immortals' "bodies" avoided all attacks more flexibly.

Baninger glanced at his command interface. According to the ground reconnaissance conducted by the Polaris when it passed overhead, the enemy forces near the landing points of the four teams had begun to surround them.

After quickly confirming the battle plan, the commander of the Immortal Legion gave the order on the communication channel:

"Immortal Legion, start attacking according to the battle plan! Create as much damage as possible and attract the enemy's attention to create opportunities for our 'friends'."

Baninger paused, raised the electromagnetic machine gun in his hand and pointed it in the direction of the enemy's attack, feeling this familiar feeling, and then continued:
"This is the first time for all of us to go out and fight in this form. It's different from the last asteroid fortress. Be careful, don't embarrass us 'digital life'!" "Got it!" ×N
While receiving replies from each group, Baninger also saw a warning of "unknown unit spotted". He looked towards a drone surveillance camera - that was the surveillance drone that separated from the Immortals when they left the airdrop pod.

After descending to the predetermined height, these drones were also activated and hovered at a height suitable for surveillance, detecting the movements of units around the drop zone.

At this moment, the drone flying over Group A where Baninger was located captured a picture of a "returning defense force" consisting of an armored platoon and two armored infantry platoons - a standard attack unit under the heavy combined battalion.

Baninge switched back to the group's communication channel, then took the lead in leaving the airdrop zone with an electromagnetic machine gun and rushed towards the factory building in the distance.

"Get ready for battle, boys! Let's test the quality of those three iron turtles first!"

Soon, all the combat units of Group A, under the control of a 'hive mind', quickly seized advantageous positions within the factory and set up the heavy weapons group that was airdropped.

The Dreadnought power armors, which were already equipped with heavy firepower, deployed their electromagnetic reconnection cannons and charged particle cannons, and then launched an attack on the three main battle tanks at the front of the "triangle" attack formation.

Several lines of fire flashed across the battlefield at a speed that the human eye could hardly capture, but the next second, the silver-white arcs that suddenly lit up on the three main battle tanks unsurprisingly twisted the tungsten alloy rods apart.

The charged particle beam that followed closely behind also set off spectacular fireworks in this deflection field.

"Oh! I knew it!"

Seeing that the first round of attacks did not work, Baninger did not show any emotion at all, as if he had already expected this.

Memphis, who had just stopped irradiating the charged particle cannon not far from him, said jokingly in a relaxed tone:

"Do you think we, or the Boss, are reaping the fruits of our own actions? When we were re-equipping the Rubion Galaxy garrison, we provided them with our best foreign trade products, but now they have become our enemy~"

"If you put it that way, then this is indeed 'what goes around comes around'?" Baninger said somewhat awkwardly.

"Uh, Commander, what you said is not a good thing."

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Baninger did not continue the conversation and used the zoom function of the sensor to look at the main battle tank that was getting closer and closer. This was one of the best-performing land combat equipment provided by Atlas at the time.

It is also the predecessor of the Atlas combat force's current main ground combat equipment T-740 'Thor's Hammer' - the export 'monkey version' of the 'Project 12' main battle tank.

But even though it has been "reduced" compared to its own equipment, this export-oriented main battle tank named "Xiandeng" still has good performance in all aspects.

As main battle tanks are slowly discovering new potential and ushering in a "second spring", Atlas's "pioneer" can be said to be at the forefront.

The configuration of deflection field generator as standard for the entire series makes "Xiandeng" one of the hardest MBTs on the ground. The only one that can surpass "Xiandeng" in terms of defense indicators is the "hundred-ton king" of the Star Dragon Empire, the "Star Dragon Blade" super-heavy main battle tank.

After appropriately reducing the hard armor protection and using the saved combat weight to upgrade the power pack, the 'Xiandeng' also uses an electromagnetic reconnection cannon or plasma cannon like the 'Thor's Hammer', but the output power and power are quite different.

But even so, the firepower of "Xiandeng" is basically the leader in the first echelon among the main battle tanks currently in service.

At this moment, the leading vehicle in the "triangle formation" slowly turned its turret towards the direction it had just been attacked.

The next second, a ball of "ball lightning" flew out of the translucent triangular barrel, crossed the battlefield at an extremely fast speed, and hit a three-story building, quickly engulfing a corner of the building.

When the roar of the explosion and the sound of building debris falling to the ground disappeared, a corner of the three-story building was "melted", leaving only the edge that was burned red by the high-temperature plasma.

"Andes, are you okay?"

Baninger's voice sounded in the communication channel. He naturally knew that the members of the Immortal Legion would not really die, so he was not worried about his team members getting hurt at this time.

Instead, they were worried that there would be casualties on their side at the very beginning of the exchange of fire, which would result in them being unable to inflict greater damage to the enemy forces later.

"I'm fine, Commander! I moved away after the first round of attacks, don't worry. This is not the first time I've been on the battlefield~"

Andes' voice rang out, and Baninger heaved a sigh of relief, realizing that he was still a little "confused" because of the Immortal Legion's "first public appearance".

"OK, all units, keep attacking and shifting positions! If the main battle tanks can't handle it for the time being, let them go and attack the infantry fighting vehicles at the back first!"
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Under Baninger's "switch fire" command, the three attacking main battle tanks were gradually no longer the focus of attention, and were allowed to launch the attack freely.

However, the armored infantry behind them were in a miserable situation. Although they were riding on tracked armored infantry fighting vehicles equipped by heavy combined forces, their defense was much better than that of ordinary wheeled armored vehicles.

However, the attacks of electromagnetic reconnection guns and charged particle cannons are somewhat beyond the scope of these armored infantry fighting vehicles.

Perhaps the charged particle cannon could still provide some defense with the help of layered armor and special interlayers, but once the tungsten alloy piercing rod fired by the electromagnetic reconnection cannon hits the target, it will basically penetrate from the front to the rear of the vehicle, leaving two large holes, and the soldiers in the crew cabin will be blasted to pieces by the overpressure.

After this "returning defense team" paid the price of having 3 infantry fighting vehicles and infantrymen killed, the leading three "vanguard" main battle tanks finally broke into the factory area where Baninger and his men were.

The platoon leader of the armored platoon did not act rashly. He kept in mind the instructions he received during his training with the Atlas combat forces. He led his three tanks around the periphery of the factory and did not go deep into the interior of the factory.

Because the instructors of the Atlas combat unit used a lot of actual combat examples to let him know that without infantry cover, these three tanks would only be "giving away lives" if they entered the street fighting, so he had to wait for the surviving armored infantry fighting vehicles to rush up and drop off the soldiers before moving in coordination.

Unfortunately, Baninger and his men also knew what the platoon leader was thinking.

When the outer wall of the building on the side of the street where the three tanks were located collapsed with a roar, and a humanoid unit with a "lightning" left hand rushed out from the smoke and dust, the platoon leader of the armored platoon realized that they might be in big trouble.
(End of this chapter)