Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 368 [Under the overwhelming advantage of superior equipment, they were utterly powerless to fight back]

Various colored signal smokes began to appear on the soldiers stationed on the high ground. The defending combat company was losing men at an alarming rate, with casualties quickly reaching 40%, and the "kill rate" had soared to 30%.

At this point, the defending drones took off again, this time changing their strategy and employing an ultra-low-altitude surprise attack.

The drone swarm swarmed towards the attacking powered armor squad like a bee, with bombs under the wings falling directly over the soldiers' heads. The squad leader calmly ordered, "Activate electronic jamming!"

The next moment, a device automatically opened on the back of all the power armor warriors, activating the pulse device inside and spreading out invisible interference waves.

More than a hundred drones in the sky either crashed out of control or veered off course, and bombs exploded in the distance.

"What? There are such methods?" The soldiers stationed on the high ground were dumbfounded when they saw that all the drones were destroyed. Is this what modern high-level warfare is like?
Just then, a soldier on the position shouted: "Company commander, the enemy is only 100 meters away from the high ground and is about to rush up. We have already lost more than half of our men."

The company commander immediately roared into the communicator, "We can't afford to lose so badly! It's too shameful that we can't even hold out for ten minutes when our forces outnumber the enemy tenfold! Hold on!"

At that moment, the 12 power armor warriors were about to charge up the high ground and take the position.

But there is one last hurdle to overcome in order to take this high ground.

The defenders were positioned in a trench on high ground, with a steep slope in front of them that had a drop of more than 80 meters and an angle of 85 degrees, almost vertical.

Only on the left flank is there a narrow path leading to the high ground, but this is a terrain so strategically advantageous that it is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Under normal circumstances, even if the attacking side deploys ten times the number of troops as the defending side, it may not be able to take the land. Such terrain is extremely advantageous for the defending side, which is in a superior position.

But the "enemy" facing the defense is no ordinary opponent.

Just as the two sides closed the distance to within 100 meters, the squad leader of the powered armor special operations team immediately ordered: "Everyone, use your tactical jetpacks to jump directly onto the high ground."

They never even considered advancing through the narrow path on the left flank. What happened next left the defenders on the high ground dumbfounded. All 12 power armor warriors activated their tactical jetpacks and leaped into the air.

"No way? How can it fly?" The soldiers defending the high ground were stunned. The "enemy" flew more than 100 meters over right under their noses and flew directly over their heads.

Before they could even recover from their shock, the power armor-clad warriors, using tactical jetpacks to leap to the top and begin landing, immediately launched an attack in mid-air. The forward-facing visors on their power armor masks marked all the "enemies" on the ground. After roughly aiming, the warriors, with the support of the aiming assistance system, quickly began firing in bursts.

Each shot was a direct hit to the head, killing them instantly. Before the personnel stationed on the high ground could even react, more than half of them were killed, leaving only about thirty people.

"Company commander, we..."

"Don't call me, I've already been shot in the head and 'killed' on the spot, and the political instructor is gone too. You guys figure it out yourselves," the company commander said into the communicator. Red smoke was already billowing from the smoke generator on his helmet. After saying that, he immediately withdrew from the battlefield.

At the same time, when the 12 power armor warriors landed, they landed smoothly on the high ground under the thrust of the tactical jetpacks, and ended the battle at lightning speed before the enemy could organize an effective counterattack. In less than a minute, they "killed" all the remaining thirty or so people stationed on the high ground on the spot, and all of them were emitting red smoke.

The entire combat company of over 120 soldiers stationed on the high ground was wiped out, while the attacking side's 12 power armor warriors suffered no casualties. The entire battle lasted 8 minutes and 47 seconds. As the exercise ended, the power armor-clad soldiers removed their helmet visors. The defending company commander took off his helmet and approached the leader of his power armor squad. He said helplessly, "I knew we would lose, but I didn't expect it to be such a crushing defeat after just one exchange. We couldn't even hold out for ten minutes."

A soldier on the defending side said with a face full of resentment, "This is not fair. We didn't say before the exercise that you could fly. And you killed an entire squad of our soldiers shortly after taking off, and every shot was a headshot. This is clearly cheating. It's impossible."

The power armored warrior laughed and said, "You know what, he really did have an aimbot on, otherwise he wouldn't be able to kill enemies so quickly with such high efficiency."

The company commander immediately said to the soldier, "On the real battlefield, the enemy won't tell you what special skills they have. This is the advanced form of warfare in the future. We should be glad that this amazing equipment is in our hands, not the enemy's."

Upon hearing this, the soldier was speechless for a moment.

The commander of the power armor squad laughed and said, "Your defense is actually not wrong, but with the absolute advantage formed by the generational difference in equipment, this equipment has redefined the way of land warfare. Power armor has almost absolute defense against conventional firepower, which is indeed a bit unfair. If the offense and defense were reversed, we wouldn't be able to hold on either."

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At the base command center, Lin Baiyu and his technical team were recording exercise data. The colonel next to him said excitedly, "The actual combat performance far exceeded expectations."

This offensive and defensive exercise not only demonstrated the power of power armor, but also foreshadowed a huge transformation in the future form of warfare.

The other senior commanders present also nodded in approval. This offensive and defensive exercise was a one-sided crushing battle. The defending side, as a regular force, had ten times the strength of the opponent, air support, heavy firepower, and occupied extremely advantageous terrain.

As a result, the high ground was lost in less than ten minutes, and the entire combat company was "annihilated" with almost no power to fight back.

Judging from the results of the exercise, even if the defending side adds two more fully-equipped combat companies, a battalion-level combat force would probably not be able to withstand a 12-man powered armor squad. It's only a matter of time before the position is lost; the only difference is that it delays the time it takes for the powered armor special operations squad to take the high ground.

The most fatal flaw is that the defenders' firepower cannot penetrate the power armor's defenses. If they cannot inflict combat casualties on the power armor warriors, they will eventually be wiped out by the power armor warriors; it's just a matter of time.

This one-sided combat exercise foreshadows a turning point in land warfare in the future of advanced warfare.

To kill a soldier armed with an exoskeleton power armor means that the enemy has deployed heavy firepower. Only when the firepower breaks through the power armor's defense threshold can it cause effective damage.

In other words, conventional firepower is ineffective against power armor warriors, and stronger firepower is needed.

But this means a huge military expenditure. Even if they can effectively damage the power armor warriors, they can't afford to fight the war, and their resources will be quickly depleted.

Imagine a powered armor warrior leading 10 purely mechanical powered armor warriors. Imagine a combined arms battalion of such powered armor scattered across the battlefield. How much would it take to wipe out such a force?
Even if they win, it will be a Pyrrhic victory, killing a thousand enemies while losing eight thousand of their own. The Eastern superpower plans to build 82 such powered armored combined arms brigades, with the long-term goal of achieving full military readiness.

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(End of this chapter)