From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 584: Rubion Galaxy, occupation completed!

The plasma torpedo attack effect was unexpectedly good.

In the view of the officers and armed personnel accompanying Franklin, the destructive effect was very similar to that of a rocket attack using a plasma warhead. However, in order to achieve the effect of a plasma torpedo with the same amount of explosive, everyone roughly estimated that at least two large launch vehicles would be needed, and all rockets must hit the building in order to achieve a similar destructive effect.

The administrative building, which was mainly made of steel structure, was basically melted under the extremely high temperature of the attack. After the attack, these steel structures became tangled together during the rapid cooling process, and finally appeared in a state that was unrecognizable even to the original designer.

In this case, there is basically no need to consider the survival rate of people inside the building.

Although it is possible that a miracle of life could happen, by the time the rescue team arrives and tries to break down the obstacles formed by the steel structures and then goes deep into the ruins to search for survivors, the bodies will have been almost cold.

Not to mention that the area near the administrative building is about to become a new battlefield.
Although Alex, the city defense commander and others were blown away to dust in the attack, they still conveyed the orders they issued to the combat units on standby around them before the attack arrived.

So not long after Franklin and his men left the administrative building, and at the same time when the plasma torpedo just entered the atmosphere, several combat units near the administrative building that received orders had already taken action.

However, the sudden attack on the administrative building still caused them to panic. The troops that were originally charging straight towards the area in front of the administrative building stopped abruptly to observe the situation.

Although the commanders of these troops are the most loyal to the city defense commander Warren, this does not mean that they will rush directly towards the high-temperature plasma fireball produced by the explosion of the plasma torpedo.

When the fireball went out and the administrative building disappeared from sight, the commanders of these combat troops immediately found that they could no longer contact Warren, so they hesitated for a while again and asked the troops to hide on the street and wait.

This gave Franklin and his men an extremely precious window of time to assemble their troops.

According to the request made by the autonomous government, the Renaissance Alliance's guard force, which was temporarily on standby at the stadium three blocks away, took the lead in eliminating the surrounding garrison troops on alert the moment the administrative building exploded.

Immediately afterwards, the escort troops rushed towards the agreed rendezvous point with Franklin and his team without hesitation, and successfully protected Franklin and his team before the surrounding garrison troops surrounded them, and quickly established a temporary defense circle based on a nearby citizen park.

However, the number of escort troops that Franklin and his men could bring was limited after all, and the autonomous government would not agree to let the former bring a large number of troops into Bresk like this - if they really did so, what would they do if these troops came in and attacked them from the center?
So when the city defense troops came to their senses and surrounded the city, the pressure on the Renaissance Alliance's front suddenly increased.

"Has the support not arrived yet?! Our troops are limited in number and can't hold out for too long!"

With the assistance of his entourage, Franklin, who had quickly changed into a combat exoskeleton and the highest-specification external armor plates, could no longer remain calm when looking at the precarious defense lines around him. He rushed directly to the commander of the escort force and asked.

As he roared, a nearby 'Holy Shield' that was in a defensive posture was also hit and its deflection field was destroyed by the enemy's concentrated fire.

In the next second, several attacks came from different directions and instantly blew up the combined heavy shield mounted on the left mechanical arm and shoulder guard of the Holy Shield.

Just when the door of this HCP was wide open and it was about to be blown up by the next round of attacks, another "Holy Shield" blocked it with a deflection field. While blocking the attack, it also attacked the enemy units in front that were about to open fire. At the end, it fired a series of thermal smoke bombs, temporarily blocking the area in front of the street.

But not long after the wall of thermal smoke was formed, the two HCPs suddenly made an emergency lateral move to the left and right, respectively, because their omnidirectional warning devices had just issued a buzzing sound, indicating that they had been locked by the enemy's fire control unit.

However, for the various weapons equipped by HCP, there is no need to consider the lead time in ground combat, and almost all pilots just "raise their hands and shoot".

So when the blue-white beam of the heavy particle cannon blew away the smoke wall that had just formed and swept towards this side with an unstoppable momentum, it still hit one of the "Holy Shields".

Fortunately, this was the 'Holy Shield' whose deflection field had not yet been overloaded.

The 'attack effects' of the heavy particle cannon in the atmosphere are already extremely spectacular. After the high-speed flying heavy metal particle jet hits the deflection field and is refracted in various ways, the splendor of this 'attack effects' is taken to a new level.

However, this kind of "special effect" is not so good for the surrounding infantry.

Many soldiers who were attacking had to rush out of their original shelters and quickly hide behind nearby armored vehicles. After all, the heavy metal particles flying randomly from the sky were not something that the human body could withstand.

The commander of the Renaissance Alliance's escort force also pulled Franklin to the ground and blocked him with his body at the moment when the heavy particle cannon bombarded the deflection field.

Fortunately, a nearby command vehicle helped them bear all the damage, and the "Holy Shield" whose deflection field generator was overloaded also took the initiative to block Franklin and others after discovering the "VIP person" nearby. Otherwise, the leader of the Renaissance Alliance might have just died from the "unknown AOE attack".
"Cough cough cough cough."

Franklin, who was coughing due to the flying dust and smoke, stumbled to his feet and saw that the Holy Shield, which had just blocked the heavy particle cannon, had drawn its heavy plasma sword and rushed towards the HCP garrison in the distance.

The roar that came a moment late indicated that the instantaneous acceleration of the 'Holy Shield' had exceeded the speed of sound. Franklin felt that he had only blinked for a moment, and the 'Holy Shield' piloted by the veteran had already sent the tip of the heavy sword into the cockpit of the enemy HCP.

But the HCP and anti-vehicle team that surrounded it immediately put the 'Holy Shield' into a tough fight. Not only did they use the deflection field and close-range firepower, they also used the 'backhand sword' move, using the wide blade of the heavy sword to block two anti-vehicle missiles that were heading straight for the plasma propulsion array.

Although this saved the propulsion array, the heavy sword was still blown into three pieces.

The pilot of the Holy Shield, who had lost his melee weapon, had no time to think. As his mechanical feet kicked hard, the plasma thrusters once again burst out with dazzling blue light, and the entire machine rushed towards the nearest HCP of the garrison.

Under the mapping of the control system, the pilot's action was finally transformed into a heavy punch thrown by the 'Sacred Shield' towards the target HCP.
Franklin, who saw this scene from a distance, felt heartbroken. These veterans who survived the bloody battle were valuable assets of the Renaissance Alliance, but now they had to fight with the enemy on the front line in order to save his life.

Thinking of this, he immediately went to the commander of the escort force who had also gotten up from the ground and asked again:
"Where's the long-range fire support?! Where are the assault troops?! The few troops here can no longer hold us back!"
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In a second-line preset position 100 kilometers away from Bresk, an electromagnetic self-propelled artillery battalion was waiting for the final order to open fire.

The 24 E-2 heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns had already lowered their auxiliary hoes and loaded 300 kg of TNT equivalent high-explosive bombs. The long '[ ]'-shaped electromagnetic guns were pointing obliquely at the sky like spears.

Two self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalions are also deployed at the other two positions 2 kilometers away from here. The three self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalions at the entire artillery preset positions have a total of 72 E-2 heavy-duty vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns, which happens to be the organization of self-propelled electromagnetic guns in the artillery combined brigade under the army group in the Atlas ground force combat sequence. Compared with the complete artillery combined brigade, it only has two fewer self-propelled rocket artillery battalions.

Is this a coincidence?
of course not.

Otherwise, Van Fleet wouldn't be standing near the launch site with a satisfied smile on his face. Although the equipment of these three self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalions are all marked with the logo of the Renaissance Alliance, from equipment to personnel, they are all from the Atlas ground combat force, which is a complete re-skin unit.

These E-2 heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns were sent here not only to provide some ultra-long-range fire support to the Renaissance Alliance, but more importantly to collect more data in an actual combat environment.

After all, this equipment had only experienced actual combat once on the Para IV, and after that, Atlas never encountered a situation where the E-2 heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic gun needed to be deployed.

So after hearing that Bresk, the administrative capital of Rubion V, was "fortified" by the autonomous government, Amber immediately transferred the newly formed army artillery combined brigade to participate in the ground battle of the Renaissance Alliance.

Van Fleet, who had had little actual combat opportunity since joining Atlas, volunteered to find Amber, hoping to become the commander of this force and do some "small things" for the group.

Amber would naturally not refuse the request of the former federal army lieutenant general and current Atlas ground combat force consultant.
"Sir! We have received a request for fire support from the delegation's escort force!"

The sudden voice in the communication channel excited Van Fleet and several officers around him.

Although Van Fleet is the highest commander of this "skin-changing unit", he will not directly participate in basic combat command, so this time it will be the battalion commander of this self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalion who will take command.

"Fire support request confirmed! The combat data link channel is unobstructed, confirmation code TW300Z! Coordinate information received! Firepower Battalion A will immediately conduct long-range fire strikes according to the combat plan!"

"Attention all units, this is a very close range fire support operation, the risk factor is extremely high, be careful to avoid the location of friendly forces!"

"Attention, fire commander, front-line communications have been connected!"

As the firepower coordination channel was connected to the communication from the front line, the first sound that was heard was a burst of intense gunfire that could still be felt even after the noise reduction was picked up.

What followed was the anxious voice of the fire observer in the escort force.

"FDC, this is FO1, urgent long-range fire strike is needed now! The situation in the 'VIP' area is critical! The strike coordinates have been transmitted via data link, have you received it? Over!"

"FO1, this is FDC, all information has been received via data link, now for final confirmation!
The targets are heavy troops consisting of HCP, heavy armored vehicles, and infantry.

The fire support unit will use high-explosive warheads for precision strikes, with a dispersion method of standard 3. After confirmation, the attack procedure will be executed. Over!"

Since the combat forces of the Renaissance Alliance have already used the new combat data link provided by Atlas, the current firepower strike process has been greatly simplified.

In addition, there are always military reconnaissance satellites flying over Bresk, so the front-line troops do not even need to provide relevant information, and the fire strike forces in the rear can prepare for the attack in advance.

In short, it was much simpler than when Amber was on the Robert IV, trembling and directing the self-propelled rocket.
"FDC, this is FO1, all information is confirmed! Please start the attack as soon as possible! We can't hold on any longer!"

"FO1, this is FDC, start fire in 10 seconds."

As the firepower commander spoke, he issued the "start attack" order on the joint command terminal and continued:

"This attack is a very close-range, high-risk fire support. Please keep a safe distance and do not engage in a fight with the target! I repeat, do not engage in a fight with the target."

Before the fire commander finished his last sentence, he felt the vehicle he was commanding shake, and at the same time, there was a deafening sound of artillery fire coming from outside the vehicle.

"Firing calibration completed, all crews reload! Waiting for the attack result data to be transmitted back!"

After receiving the warning from the fire observer, the Restoration Alliance troops in Breske quickly recalled some of the combat units that had been pushed back.

Including the "Holy Shield" that was fighting the enemy with fists and close-range weapons, it also stumbled back to the defense line with the support of friendly direct fire.

Almost at the same time, the 'Holy Shield' shrank behind its comrades, began an emergency self-check, and took out a spare electromagnetic machine gun from the weapons container.

Thor's hammer has arrived.

These garrison troops besieging the Renaissance Alliance were attacked by 300-kilogram TNT equivalent high-explosive warheads almost at the same time. From a God's perspective, the huge explosion flames almost completely surrounded Franklin and his temporary positions, but fortunately there were no accidental hits.

Even so, when the shells from the 300mm inner diameter self-propelled electromagnetic gun landed on the ground, the horrific killing effect still stunned everyone, and many people even secretly felt lucky that this thing did not fall on their heads.

On the artillery position side, the 24 E-2 heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns responsible for the attack also quickly received the observation data of the killing effect, and the fire control program immediately began to make slight corrections according to the landing point of the shells.

When the icons representing the 24 E-2 heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns all turned green, the firepower commander issued the "effective fire" order without hesitation.

Amid the incessant roar of the self-propelled electromagnetic gun, Van Fleet, who watched the entire attack process up close, gradually began to smile at the sight of the "firepower coverage".

Although the city defense units deployed near the Bresk administrative building are all regular heavy-armed troops, this does not mean that they can maintain their combat capability under such firepower coverage.

More than half of the troops disappeared directly in the shelling, while the remaining troops quickly retreated and temporarily stopped the attack, preparing to launch a round of strong attack after more troops arrived.

After seeing this scene, Franklin, who had been nervous all the time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he raised his head and looked at the sky. A "meteor shower" was sliding across the sky and falling towards the ground.

"I'm waiting for the ODST, what are you waiting for?"

(End of this chapter)