Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 66: Defense of Edge Node City Part 66
When the person who arranged the work showed up, everyone could only listen silently, no matter whether the other party used wired, wireless or some other method. When she came, they had to listen.

Who could have been so powerful, so wealthy, and so generous with resources and rewards after victory? Seeing all this, everyone had no choice but to bow their heads.

"Unfortunately, our attack plan has encountered some setbacks, but we have just set up our formation. Once we have mastered the command nodes..."

"Don't tell me those boring words. All you mercenaries need to do is follow my orders, tear up the prey, and bring it to me."

The other party waved his hand in boredom: "Your progress is very poor, hurry up and move forward. If you don't deal with those people before dawn, you guys will be liquidated!"

“…We will do our best.”

The commander clenched his fists under the table, but who could blame him for being in an absolutely dominant position in this complex web of relationships?
And we're still fighting, and you just put pressure on us without any incentives. How can we fight?
If it weren't for the constraints of the contract, the commander would have wanted to quit immediately and let this guy figure out how to organize the team on his own.

After scolding these guys who were dilly-dallying and unable to break in, she finally got to the point - she said that the mobile outpost she had placed at the edge of the communication circle had been pulled out, and she let these people see it.

If it is a lone mercenary, just ignore him. If it is a group of mercenaries coming to support, kill the support personnel. There must not be any mistakes.

And most importantly, the front battlefield must be hard, very, very hard, and not give those guys defending outside any chance to breathe.

"That's all you have to do. If you can't even do this, why don't you just die?"

After leaving these words, the communication ended.

The commander gritted his teeth, gave up the idea of arguing with others, and instead adjusted the formation. The front line would still focus on harassment, while the armored units advancing on the flanks would take the opportunity to advance, preferably if they could penetrate the armor that could withstand the firepower.

As time went by, the damage caused by the barrage of bullets caused the number of casualties on both sides to increase rapidly.

As the distance gets closer, more rockets are used... The reason why bipedal units capable of high-mobility operations have not been dispatched yet is very practical.

The firepower is too strong, and it will just kill people if it is released.

"Has the signal in the blocked area been restored now?"

Someone asked in a low voice, while others were exchanging information, that strange long-range missile didn't care whether it could hit the position here, it was only responsible for forming a signal interference area.

The number of damaged vehicles and wounded on both sides was also increasing - more than two hours after the battle began, the ground was littered with shrapnel, wreckage and burning armored units.

On the fierce battlefield, the wounded are either not seriously injured enough to drive a vehicle or find a way to run to the rear in the sea of sand, or they are too seriously injured and can only wait for rescue on the spot.

Both sides are in a bad situation. Every unit lost means the failure of the tug-of-war.

No one wants to lose too many people, as it might make the attacking side suffer more... The commander took a deep breath as he looked at the wounded troop carrier that withdrew from the front line and disappeared on the other side of the horizon.

"We can't continue this stalemate. Get those missiles out...quickly. We can't fall too far behind those teams."

They were talking about the other branch of the pincer attack. They were maintaining their front line at their leisure. They placed their vehicles on the sand with some support and erected artillery vehicles that could increase the chamber pressure through electromagnetic rails, making the shells fly more and have greater destructive power.

As the railgun exploded, those heavy artillery pieces of unusual shape rubbed against the sand in the air and the gradually subsiding wind and sand, rushing towards the chaotic battlefield.

The first round of artillery fire had no effect, but a second round of artillery fire was soon loaded. After two rounds, the vehicle on this side immediately retracted its support and moved its position.

Although it left a huge glowing path, as long as the city defenders couldn't catch it...

A strange missile flew over, and the moment it exploded in the air, it seemed as if the air was filled with glowing sand.

Light blue ripples were appearing on the ground, shifting unsteadily.

All vehicle communications were interrupted. However, short-range communications could be restored once these guerrilla units left range. The second round of artillery fire from these vehicles successfully struck the front of a City Defense vehicle, instantly twisting and deforming its main gun, and bringing the vehicle to a complete stop.

Fortunately, the vehicle's defense was originally very weak, and it was penetrated by the shell - but the shell did not explode.

I don't know what happened to the defense teams commanded by others, but on Tien's side, the team she commanded first interfered with the communication, then marked the target, and then all kinds of guns and rockets rushed forward.

The team that was launching a surprise attack from the rear of the city also started exchanging fire. As time went on, the entire battlefield became more and more chaotic and embarrassing.

Seeing the two sides' fronts getting closer, the attacking mercenary commander slammed the biological test unlock button on the console.

This command vehicle, which did not have any gun mount, immediately unfolded its thick armor plates, revealing rows of missiles in the cargo hold.

"This is the missile Miss Feldridge prepared for us. Guide and aim it! Quick!"

The reconnaissance vehicles in the front row quickly took out the aiming and communication devices. They did not need to be connected to the missiles behind them, as long as they could aim and let the special light target the enemy armor.

Invisible light is also quite easy to distinguish on the sand that is full of infrared radiation... The first missile took off, and its tail flame was different from the usual orange, more red, like the still threatening light of the setting sun.

Rushing to the battlefield immediately, this strange weapon immediately appeared on the defense personnel's alarm. While confirming the landing point and direction, everyone began to avoid it.

But the missile immediately fine-tuned its angle and, at lightning speed, directly hit a vehicle with thick armor that was specifically designed to attract fire and withstand fire with its powerful multi-layer composite armor plates and structure.

At that moment, a dazzling light burst out from the ruptured missile body.

The commander calmly received the video information from the front line and said, "Prepare for the second missile to be launched. Once we find a valuable target, we can't waste it."

The communicator looked horrified: "What on earth was that... That car, it, it melted?!"

"This is an experimental missile from the Abian Corporation. Its special warhead can generate temperatures exceeding 6000 degrees Celsius. Therefore, no matter how thick the armor of the target is, it will be as fragile as paper."

The price is that this thing is extremely expensive. The commander doesn't want to think about its price at all, because just thinking about it makes him feel that the cost outweighs the gain.

The price of this box of missiles is enough for me to live frugally for a lifetime in certain node cities. These tycoons in the company really don't treat money as money!

The use of this secret weapon on the battlefield immediately caused chaos in the city's defense camp.

While everyone's firing at each other or at best using rockets to try to penetrate armor, what the hell did you pull out?!
When everyone else on the front battlefield had suffered a cerebral infarction or was even fighting on multiple fronts, what was Seifer, the only one who returned from outside the communication circle, doing?

His car was slowly passing a destroyed stronghold, with its crew either dead or fleeing.

This encounter came and went quickly. The enemy had been hiding in the desert waiting for support, while Seifer passed by slowly, preparing to reverse the route he had just taken.

The purpose is to catch the opponent by surprise and make it impossible for the opponent to understand your own actions.

Even in the reverse process, he slightly deviated the angle, preparing to cross the battle zone in a diagonal posture.

By the way, half of the sky in the war zone is now illuminated by flames. God knows what the fighting is like over there - and then the first thing they discovered was a mobile stronghold hidden in the sea of sand with huge amounts of infrared radiation.

They were sneaking around and didn't turn on the IFF system. If it weren't for the advanced early warning system of the Safe, the two cars would probably have bumped into each other only when they were within range.

So Seifer opened fire first, and his two shots accurately hit the stronghold... The other party didn't expect that such a small stronghold could carry a cannon!

It just exploded...

(End of this chapter)