From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 114 "From now on, Atlas will be responsible for everything in the City of Steel."

Outside Prison No. 12.

call out-! call out-!

The low-intensity sonic booms of warheads piercing the air at high speed resounded all around, and they were especially dense in the west.

At the entrance of the main road and behind the low wall, there were many soldiers wearing earth-brown cold-proof clothing and holding 5.56 or 7.62 caliber firearms. They cooperated with the few remaining diesel mechas to confront the AECS guarding the prison.

Bang—bang—!
  But at this time, large-caliber anti-machine shells fired from the direction of the prison directly blasted holes in the waists of several mechas, forcing them to be scrapped.

The burning wreckage of personnel carriers and helicopters on the road, as well as the mutilated corpses and wailing injuries all showed that this group of soldiers had tried to launch a storm on the prison, but the final result was that they suffered heavy losses.

At the entrance of the alley.

"This is the 3rd Battalion! Mission failed, repeat, mission failed! We alone cannot retake the prison, please support!"

A lieutenant colonel wearing a respirator and a black warm hat was loudly reporting the battle situation using individual soldier communications.

Suddenly, when the lieutenant colonel heard the words coming back from the communication line, his voice suddenly rose a few degrees: "What do you mean, more than a thousand people can't defeat a few hundred people?! You guys who have never been to the front line come here on your own." Try it! Those people are not the PPDC (Pan Pacific Defense Forces), listen clearly! They are not the fucking PPDC! And they are backed by heavy weapons!
  Don't you understand? If you want to continue broadcasting live executions, send armored support as soon as possible, our infantry battalion can't handle it! Don't make any sarcastic remarks there! "

At the end of the sentence, the lieutenant colonel shut down the communication in anger. It seemed that the current command level was extremely chaotic.

Moreover, the conservative federal lieutenant colonel was still confused. Where did the PPDC find reinforcements?

The opponent was crushing them from all sides, and the terrain of the prison was easy to defend and difficult to attack. If there was no cover provided by heavy armor, they would almost die if they showed up.

Therefore, facing such a situation, the best solution is to mobilize heavy artillery, which can not only kill the enemy, but also avoid the continuous increase in casualties.

However, what they want is to continue live broadcasting executions to deter all radical forces lurking in the dark, and by the way, further weaken and collapse the people's resistance to the pioneers.

The lieutenant colonel is not a puppet cloned by pioneers and controlled by nerves. He is a real human being. The reason why he is willing to work for the conservatives is to keep the military power in his hands and enjoy the "high-class" life that military power brings. The few who benefit from the post-apocalypse.

If the Federation passes PPDC's mecha construction plan, the situation that has been stable for twenty years will be broken. This is something that the lieutenant colonel and the beneficiaries of the doomsday cannot tolerate.

For show, they rejected the heavy artillery plan, so they needed to send armored battalions to support them and launch a general attack on the prison in coordination with infantry and tanks.

And aviation brigade support.
  Because it is surrounded by tall buildings, coupled with the excellent individual air defense capabilities of AECS, helicopters entering this area are equivalent to living targets.

But the reply from the command level was: "Your 1,600-person reinforced battalion is actually helpless to deal with the stinky fish and shrimps of 2-300 people? Where have you spent your money and supplies over the years?" ? Eat, drink, whore, and gamble?"

Hearing the undisguised doubts and ridicules made the lieutenant colonel very angry. But it was indeed the case. They alone could not defeat the well-equipped and experienced AECS, and he was reluctant to kill all the soldiers.

Fortunately, there were still "sensible" officers at the command level. When they learned that the Lieutenant Colonel's attack was blocked, they immediately mobilized the nearest armored battalion to prepare for assistance.

Before long, nearly thirty main battle tanks equipped with 120mm smoothbore guns and more armored vehicles bypassed the intersection, appearing like several armored dragons on the main road, and also entered the sight of the lieutenant colonel and others. .

Seeing this, the lieutenant colonel immediately ordered on the communication: "Prepare Butan cooperation! Whoever can rush into the prison first, I will quintuple the bonus promised before! A total of 50,000! Moreover, I will also reward him with an additional set High-rise apartment in Harbor Towers!”

"Oh!!! Yes! Sir!"

The morale of the federal soldiers was high. Every one of them rushed out of the bunker with red eyes, and cooperated with the armored convoy that came to support and continued to launch a fierce attack on the prison.

A bonus of fifty thousand is fine, but a high-rise apartment in Harbor Building is a life-changing opportunity!
  Bang—bang—!
  Several main battle tanks also used 120mm smoothbore guns to blast open the main entrance and part of the prison wall.

Looking at the AECS side;

boom-! boom-!

Deafening explosions resounded everywhere.

call out-! call out-!

Coupled with the intensive whistling, the AECS stationed on the high wall faced a veritable "rain of bullets."

Without any order from the team leader, several demolition soldiers took off the disposable anti-tank "bazooka" carried on their backs, carried it on their shoulders, aimed it at the target, and shouted loudly:

"Confirm safety!"

"confirm!"

After hearing the replies from his teammates, the demolition soldier pulled the trigger.

Ri~咻——!
  With a short energy-accumulating sound, the "bazooka" actually fired plasma that emitted dazzling blue light, and the extremely high-temperature gun regiment was more effective than traditional rockets, directly melting through the composite armor of the main battle tank.

Boom. Boom~——!
  One of the artillery pieces even hit the ammunition compartment inside the tank, triggering a series of explosions and causing the turret to collapse several meters high.

Sigh.
  As for the plasma cannon that began to deform and twist due to the high temperature, it was directly discarded by the demolition soldiers.

At this time, the demolition soldiers seemed to have done something ordinary, with almost no major changes in their expressions. They picked up the AMWS rifle with a 40mm grenade launcher and rejoined the battle.

As members of the elite establishment within the AECS, their psychological quality and combat experience are indeed superior to those of the federal soldiers outside.

What's more, the weapons and equipment are also among the most advanced. For example, the improved BFG used by the leader of the special combat team deployed here is enough to pose a fatal threat to traditional armored tanks.

clatter! Da da!

At this time, Jaynes Thomson, who was in the guard tower on the right side of the west gate, was controlling the .30cal smart machine gun in his hand to conduct precise fire suppression with long and short bursts.

The expression under the helmet screen was slightly tense and solemn due to the fierce battle, but there was no panic. You must know that he has experienced the wars in Universe 04 and 05, and was responsible for the construction and protection of frontline bases. He is definitely worthy of being called a first-rate man. An elite veteran.

However, under the comprehensive siege of two battalions and nearly 4,000 people, they gradually felt that they were beyond their capabilities. More than half of the ammunition had been consumed, the number of people was more than ten times different, and all kinds of pressure seemed to converge at one point in an instant.

However, since the order was to serve as bait, defend the prison and ensure the personal safety of the PPDC generals, they would not hesitate to carry it out to the end.

After all, Magnus led the hunters straight to the main control center of the Iron City, while the main force was in transit.

!

Suddenly, he and his comrades beside him noticed that two tanks were out of sight, and then turned their guns to aim at the guard tower where they were located.

"withdraw!"

Everyone turned around quickly and jumped towards the exercise ground inside the prison.

boom! boom!
  As soon as the front leg left, the rear leg sentry tower was blown up by two 120mm high-explosive bombs. After Jaynes and several comrades jumped out of the sentry tower, they used mechanical skeletons to cushion them and rolled forward to successfully relieve their pressure.

"Phew!" Jaynes was lying on the ground. After confirming through the helmet screen that the status of his comrades were all green and yellow, he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's so thrilling! Are they all still alive? Hahaha."

"You're alive, shut up." Comrade No. 3, the old friend who has a son and a daughter, replied: "The team leader has marked a new defensive position and asked us to assist those who are in a dire situation. Group Two.”

"Yes, let's go." Jaynes understood that now was not the time to joke, and was about to get up and head to the east side of the prison.

"This is ODST. Ground troops please be aware of dangerous distances. Over."

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!

A simple reminder on the communication channel made Jaynes and the others stunned for a moment, but they immediately understood that this was a prelude to the arrival of the main force!
  Looking up, I saw the "meteor shower" all over the night sky.

However, through the identification of friendly forces marked on the helmet screen, only ten of them were medium-sized airdrop pods carrying ODSTs, Tyrants, and combat mechs.

Boom. Boom.!

Moreover, there were faint explosions coming from various places in the city, which indirectly indicated that the ghost fighters using beyond visual range operations were destroying the defense facilities inside the Steel City and the federal troops who obeyed the conservatives.

suddenly!

Two explosions resounded around the prison, bringing the originally fierce gun battle to an abrupt end.

"This is the Phantom formation. The bombing mission has been completed. We are currently speeding towards the Steel City and are preparing to use machine guns to assist friendly units in the war zone. If there are difficult targets, please mark them for us. Over."

"Support is finally here!"

"Don't forget the mission, we have to help the brothers in the second group."

"Yep."

After reacting, Jaynes and others only cheered briefly and hurriedly climbed up the high wall on the east side of the prison.

It's just that the current AECS second special operations team does not need assistance at all. In other words, all AECS in the prison have lost their "pressure" in an instant.

View from the sky.

The conservative federal army, which had already posed a serious threat to AECS, was directly hit by two missiles with precision, and even the lieutenant colonel was killed on the spot.

This has caused a sharp decline in the morale of the federal soldiers, and their desire for a hundred thousand bonus and a high-end apartment has also been greatly reduced. More than half of them are just trying to escape for their lives.

After the ten airdrop pods have landed, the situation in the prison is completely in Atlas's hands.

Continuing to raise the altitude, one can see that a large transport formation, mainly composed of the Herring Gull and the Luna transport boat, has arrived over the Steel City.

After two months of infiltration and investigation, the transport formation transported the heavily armed ARS, AECS and clones to the locations of federal representatives, officials and generals, and quickly launched a surprise attack.

Among them, the clones commanded by the AECS team adopted an "aggressive" combat style, performing tactical actions such as alternate shooting and alternate cover to move forward quickly, leaving no chance for the defenders to react.

Of course, if the situation permits, the AECS leader will issue the order to the clones to "prioritize the enemy's ability to move", and the clones who receive the order will shoot the federal soldiers in the shoulders, legs and abdomen as much as possible, and then Whether they live or die can only depend on the luck of the federal soldiers.

ARS and AECS still performed stably, and Titans and Killer main battle tanks formed a small-scale armored torrent.

Faced with such an offensive, the federal army, which had no mechanical skeleton and no automatic calibration function, was retreating steadily. What's more, the attention of the federal high-level officials was attracted by Prison No. 12 in the Southern District and the hydrogen bomb explosion in North America, and they had no time to deal with Atlas. A surprise attack by Sri Lanka's main force.

In addition, Magnus and Hunter occupied the main control center of the Iron City, causing the internal communication and command system to be paralyzed. The two ships were extremely visually impactful and were regarded as "sky behemoths" by the locals. The arrival of the assault boats was the last straw for the federal army.

With internal chaos and powerful enemies outside, the federal soldiers completely collapsed. They either surrendered voluntarily or chose to flee to the mixed buffer zone.

But before the federal soldiers completely collapsed, Atlas had already completed its main goal——

Capture top federal officials.

Forty hours later.

Oak Building.

In a living unit on the twenty-eighth floor;

"Ugh." A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old walked out of the bedroom sleepily.

She walked straight into the living room, leaned back on the sofa, picked up the remote control, and turned on the TV. She found that the screen was still like snowflakes, and she couldn't help but mutter:

"When can I watch TV?"

"When you finish brushing your teeth and washing your face, there will be a signal." Mother, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, reminded with a smile.

"You still treat me as a child?" The girl didn't believe it.

But the girl said that, but her body acted honestly.

The family's residence does not seem to be much different from the lower floors of other buildings.

But once you enter the kitchen, you will find a variety of seasonings and sauces, and breakfast consists of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as sandwiches made of lunch meat and bread slices, and even milk brewed with milk powder.

Low-rise residents in other areas usually choose to eat black protein blocks and soaked noodles with synthetic meat or mouse meat. In comparison, the girl's family's breakfast can be described as "luxury".

The price of this sandwich breakfast alone is worth two lunches in the high-rise area.

Sudden;

"Everyone! I am Sui Yang, the founder of Atlas. From now on, Atlas will be responsible for everything in the City of Steel."

? !
  The girl who had just finished brushing her teeth suddenly heard the powerful opening introduction sound coming from the TV, and rushed out of the bathroom.

Returning to the living room, she found that the TV screen was no longer a snowflake screen, but a live broadcast of the Federal Parliament lobby. As for the man who claimed to be the founder of Atlas, he was standing in the center of the lobby.

What surprised the girl was that standing next to the man was actually the manager of their building, the leader of the Titan Gang, Magnus.
  What's happening here? ?

(End of this chapter)