Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

In response, a swarm of small multi-purpose missiles trailing long tails of smoke rose into the sky.These bolides passed over the heads of the Ursus cavalry who had no time to react, shrouding the field artillery in a dense explosion like a rolling carpet.

The detonated ammunition roared continuously, and even flew far away during the explosion and turned into mid-air fireworks.But at this moment, another group of imperial cavalry rushed out of the woods.These officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army must have witnessed the tragedy of their comrades-in-arms, but they still rode up without hesitation, rushing towards the destruction that awaited them.

The mortar fire threw down the front cavalry who had been completely smashed by the machine guns, and turned back to surround the enemy with a new round of shock.However, the semi-automatic mortar installed on the heavy-duty power armor is only an infantry support weapon, and its continuous shooting ability cannot be compared with the genuine heavy mortar with the entire artillery squad serving.The barrage of this round of bombardment began to thin out.

Therefore, although it was like encountering a high-voltage power grid, or encountering a copper wall and iron wall, and the casualty rate was on par with a snow ball thrown into a boiling water pot, about a company of cavalry in this regiment passed through the death road composed of artillery fire and machine guns. wall.

Although at least 100 men from at least two cavalry regiments rushed out, they rushed to the defensive position without hesitation, and successfully rushed to the foxhole group at the front of the position.

Then he was blocked by the all-armored giants of the integrated movement who came out.

The tribune shield guards did not form a shield wall - they would not carry shields in the field at all, they approached the enemy in a denser skirmish line.After the rain of bullets washed away, the chaotic formation of enemy cavalry gradually approached, and machine guns and mortars stopped firing.This platoon cut down the enemy numbers again with armored rifles before final contact, and then drew their swords.

The chainsaws and battle swords, which are as tall as an ordinary person and half as wide as a person, appear to be in very normal proportions in the hands of the shield guards.Holding a heavy pistol in one hand and a cold weapon in the other, the ultra-low configuration interstellar warriors fought with the imperial cavalry.

Short cries and screams echoed in the moonlight.There were countless imperial cavalrymen who had their legs cut off from pack animals or stabbed off their horses with long swords, and some were even dragged off their horses and thrown flying.

The kinetic energy of a close-range shot from a large-caliber pistol is enough to stop the cavalry, both man and horse, and even knock the cavalry off their horses; the shield guard's one-handed sword is almost as good as the cavalry's short spear.The Ursus cavalry were horrified to discover that the sabers that could easily cut half of their necks open with the momentum of a beast of burden were useless in the face of power armor powered by micro gas turbines.

The patriots who rushed to the front to block the enemy's attack in person swept off the hooves of another imperial cavalry.The cavalryman who fell down was bloodied, and when he got up, he saw that the super armored guy who was almost two people tall was about to pee, and he raised his hands directly.

The Patriots were only slightly distracted by the Ursus cavalryman.But just at this moment, an enemy cavalry who suddenly changed direction rushed forward with a "spear" and stabbed him on the shoulder armor.

The explosion was deafening, and the Patriots just felt a shoved shoulder.But when the gunpowder smoke dissipated, he saw three fragmented corpses lying around him—two human and one pack animal.

**

At Commander's request, the Patriots sent some captured explosive lances.So everyone began to look at these strange weapons with great interest.

Simply put, this thing is a hollow charge anti-tank grenade warhead installed on the top of a long rod.Disengage the safety before attacking, and the infantry or cavalry with this thing will rush towards the target, stabbing this thing on the tanks and canned infantry.

Even, this kind of insured thing is already a rare high-end equipment, so the Ursus cavalry will try to use them.Since there are not so many thorn mines to be produced in a short time, the Ursas army issued more simplified versions: a stick with an explosive package tied to the top, and the soldiers ignited it or even ignited it (even saving the fuze) After the fuse, he picked up the explosive package and rushed over...

Even the Ursus cavalry were shocked by this thing, and used most of it as explosive equipment instead of anti-material weapons.These were captured in the grove which served as the starting point for the attack.The Ursus cavalry did not take them into battle at all.

"This is really..." Frost Star, who hadn't caught a single shot in the whole battle, shrank her shoulders and drooped her ears helplessly, "The empire is already in such a state of embarrassment. Too much to imagine."

Tallulah looked at the casualty report: "Just over thirty...it's better to have less."

The patriot looked at the lightweight large-caliber machine gun in the nearby machine gun nest and said to himself: "If it is really material power, it can only be resisted by material power."

As a footnote to everyone's respective emotions, in front of the small hill, 4000 pack animals and their owners, almost all of the 44th Division of the Ursus Empire Cavalry, fell on the blood-stained snow.Some of them were torn to pieces, and some were trampled and wounded or killed.A few surviving horses were scattered across the fields, trotting into villages or woods.The lightly wounded cavalry tried to take cover or stagger away.

The skirmish line of the tribune shield guards and ordinary infantry stepped across the snow-covered ground towards the woods.There was no sound of gunfire at the moment.In this way, the commanders and fighters passed the cemetery of the 44th Cavalry Division.

Comand didn't pay much attention to the battle from the beginning to the end.He simply looks at the battle occasionally, looking up when reporting what's going on.Most of the rest of the time, he was paying attention to his command terminal.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally focused on Tallulah.The Drake girl then said with a slight embarrassment: "Hello? Commander?"

"What?" Comand turned around.

"What are you looking at?" Tallulah's tone was slightly sharp.

Comand replied: "Our side is just making a fuss. The focus is on the group of bastards. Now... it's almost done."

"So fast?"

**

When He Fan took the lead and entered the tank, the tank's information combat system controlled by his personal cyber system had already called up the relevant window.When his buttocks were firmly seated on the driver's seat on the left front of the chassis, the in-vehicle information system had already called up the map.

He Fan looked at the map with interest.The results of the gun battery radar reconnaissance have been depicted above.The lieutenant colonel combined the terrain and coordinates to think about the specific situation of the battle.

As a land-based ship, the enemy undoubtedly has an overwhelming advantage in firepower and tonnage.Although my side has the powerful firepower to smash the enemy with its performance advantage, but when the opponent smashes a pile of big iron lumps filled with explosives, my tank is not so safe.

But that doesn't matter, it's night.For He Fan, armored warfare is not a simple confrontation between spear and shield.In the information age, an excellent commander actually has more options. He can make full use of the advantages of reconnaissance to sneak attack behind the enemy in a long-distance detour, or he can directly hide in the dark of the battlefield and use the superior sensor to indicate the target for other troops.

In short, face-to-face shooting is his most disgusting way of fighting.

Thinking like this, the lieutenant colonel selected the main route on his computer.

The action begins!

Chapter 42 Tank Song

The stern cold wind howled on the snow field, and fourteen "Ferus" tanks were driving rapidly.

He Fan was checking various equipment in his car.In the traditional impression, a "tank" is a very bumpy vehicle when driving.It is also common for tank soldiers to be hit on the head due to undulating terrain in a small turret.And the Leman Russ he commanded in the past was indeed like that.

But the "Ferrus" battle tank is different.This company is using the highest configuration model.The excellent magnetic pressure suspension system enables the tank driver inside to stand stably and perform more delicate operations when the tank is advancing at high speed on the rough field.A tanker on Ferus needs little to no extra buffer protection to take part in combat.

Ahead lay the road through low slopes and hills.The mountains here are actually not very high, and the current terrain and landform data have already pointed out several paths of action.He Fan knew the ability of Ferrus, a new type of tank, to climb mountains and mountains—especially when he was commanding a high-end model that used magnetic pressure levitation suspension.He has practiced tank maneuvering in mountainous areas with more complex terrain, so there are always passages for vehicles to cross on such small hills that are not continuous.

The tanks drove half a circle around the hill in front of them, and He Fan's tank climbed up the hill first.In the past, tank crews always avoided driving on an isolated commanding height, which would lose the tank's field of vision and shooting range, but technology determines tactics, and tactics change with technology changes.He Fan is not a conservative person. He knows what his equipment can do. The Ferus tank has strong reconnaissance and combat capabilities in complex terrain, and it can completely serve as the eyes and ears on the battlefield.

As the tank body leans forward obviously, this shows that the tank has ridden on the ridge.While reminding the driver to turn off the headlights, He Fan jumped out of the vehicle body, grabbed the tank gun barrel above his head, stood on the front of the tank chassis, and raised the handheld multi-function observation device.

There is another gentle slope at the focus of his sight, and there is a line of light at the other end of the gentle slope, forming a dense light mist in mid-air, which is slowly flowing.This shows that the drone's observation intelligence is not wrong.

"Attention, all vehicles, move closer to me." After saying this, He Fan switched the channel and began to report upwards, "Calling forward, this is Tank 01, which is already ahead of the enemy's control point of the land-based armored assault boat detachment. The enemy is at the position of our vehicle. Marching in a column 1.5 kilometers ahead. Our troops will launch an attack immediately to hold the enemy back."

With that, he got back into the tank and pulled down the goggle-shaped display on the tank's work helmet.The augmented reality vision mode is activated directly, allowing him to directly "see through" the thick armor and observe the battlefield with various observation devices distributed on the surface of the tank.

The enemy's position is low and seems to be below the depression angle limit of the railgun.But this matter can't trouble the tank, He Fan made a few selections on the control system, and pressed the physical button on the right hand grip.As the magnetic suspension system began to adjust, the front end of the car body began to press down.

The high-end version of the "Ferrus" battle tank uses a magnetic compression suspension system instead of a torsion bar suspension system.This suspension can effectively adjust the tilt angle between the tank body and the ground, and is integrated into the tank fire control system.The commander can even overtake the gunner in an emergency, using this feature to gain sufficient field of view and field of fire.

At the same time, two platoons of tanks from a company climbed up the slope one after another. Like He Fan, they hid their tanks behind the ridge, exposing only a small part above the barrel to the enemy.The remaining platoon followed the instructor's car in the rear and acted as a reserve team.

At the moment when the enemy's armored assault boat was about to appear but had not yet appeared, the gunner next to He Fan was calmly controlling the line of sight of the tank.Because it is an unmanned turret with all the crew members located in the vehicle body, the layout of the gunner's seat is also very different from that of previous tanks: only the most basic settings are left for the optical sights and sights, and there are different positions around the two multi-function LCD screens. Without a manual switch, a ball is half-sinked on the console.

The display on the left shows various information needed for shooting, and the display on the right shows the aiming screen.Firing power and muzzle velocity have been determined, and the rangefinder is waiting for the target to appear.

The gunner calls up the loading menu from the display and selects the armor-piercing rod.The touchscreen is backed up by the surrounding mechanical buttons.So most of his operations are performed directly on the screen, and he only presses the button in the last step.

In the unmanned turret behind the tankers, the loading machine roared, and amidst the sound of metal collisions, the words "loading complete" appeared on the screen.The indicator blocks to be fired also changed from gray to green.

At the same time, the on-board mission computer also began to automatically bind the firing list based on parameters such as ammunition type, gun angle, crosswind sensor data and altitude.The manual adjustment option also appears on the small display on the left.

"Gunner, let the first one go." He Fan said.

The gunner grinned and bit his lip: "Don't pinch the head and tail?"

"From the far left to the right corner of our ambush circle's fire range, the inside will be full of enemies. Cut off the head and tail and hand it over to the integrated drone for surveillance and attack. What questions do you have?"

"Nothing."

As soon as He Fan passed on this order, a huge figure that almost blocked the entire two-way four-lane road appeared at the corner of the road in the distance.

Armored assault boats swaggered across the road, their headlights bright.The Ursus infantry clinging to the assault boat even shone around with flashlights.Moreover, the enemy did not send any leading troops at all. Behind this armored assault boat was a marching column composed of similar equipment - whether it was a micro reconnaissance drone released by several command vehicles in the tank company, or a medium-sized reconnaissance drone controlled by the rear control group overhead. This is the image of the integrated drone.

The enemy's armored assault boats came from far to near at a fairly slow speed.He Fan stared indifferently at the enemies in the augmented reality field of view of the helmet, watching them drive by from right to left one after another, until the enemy's leading car was about to leave his field of vision, he shouted in a low voice: "Fire!"

Two light multi-purpose missiles fell from the sky, the first blasted the top armor of the leading vehicle, and the second exploded inside the huge hull of the leading vehicle.The entire armored assault boat immediately exploded into an erupting volcano, and the shock waves and debris made the infantry on the rear assault boat bloody and bloody.

He Fan's No. 01 tank opened fire first.A dazzling flash of light suddenly appeared in the night, and the Ursas crew and fleet infantry who were looking at that direction were immediately blinded temporarily, because the huge spherical flash of light would leave a dazzling light spot on their retinas, Make them completely unable to adapt to the darkness around them in the next few seconds.

The crisp and high-pitched cannon sound was not far from the mountain, and was reflected back by the mountain, and then reflected back again, forming several superpositions, washing back and forth by the ears for a long time.

The gunner heard He Fan say: "We dealt the enemy a hard blow!"

Such gunfire was then repeatedly superimposed.

After the first round of shooting, one-third of the fifteen Ursus armored assault boats within the range of the ambush circle had been disabled.The option of two tankers shooting the same one is quite effective.In fact, a well-fired electromagnetic shell is enough to disable a small land ship with a large size.These things are far less resistant than the Emperor Poison Blade super-heavy tank.

The drone dropped two light missiles again, destroying the armored assault boat just around the corner.This team of armored assault boats immediately turned into a dead snake cut off at the middle, and the front half of the snake was being chopped into a pulp by random knives.

The Renlian tank has a complete multi-type compound all-weather sighting and targeting equipment, which is easy enough to catch targets no more than 200 meters away in the dark.The crew on the Ursus armored assault boat did not know how to spell the word "night vision".They just desperately turned the turret to raise the artillery, but the second round of fire from the HUMAN tank company came again:

"The enemy's armor has been destroyed, look for the next target!"

The short road was filled with blazing flames, with explosions and flames flickering everywhere.Remnants of limbs and broken arms were flying around amidst the armor fragments, and the ground was covered with bloodstains and broken flesh that burst radially.They were dried and charred again in the flames.

The few surviving armored assault boats finally aimed at the general position of He Fan's company and opened fire. 122 or even 152MM large-caliber shells roared out.A few shots landed on the hillside, and the landing point was seven meters away from the Renlian tank; more shells passed over the tank's head, turning into expensive fireworks in the distance.

The Ferrus battle tanks, with only the gun barrel and the sighting equipment on the top of the turret exposed, launched the third round of shooting: "Good fight, beautiful fight!"

The entire road was covered in flames and explosions.The thick smoke from the armored assault boat almost covered the sky above the entire road after being hit.He moved nimbly and jumped out of the vehicle at the beginning of receiving fire. Fortunately, the Ursus infantrymen who were stockpiled in the artillery fire and explosion had already begun to flee for their lives; The car, leaving the corpses of comrades burning in the crematorium, scattered and fled.

He Fan looked at the road below indifferently, black smoke shrouded the wreckage of the destroyed land-based armored assault boat like a veil; translucent dark red flames surrounded the road, making the motionless wreckage and The light and shadow fluctuate as if the corpse is in water.He briefly ordered: "Get out."

"Company Commander, there are still a bunch of enemies over there——"

He Fan replied sadly: "The Air Force is here to take the head."

"Fuck!"

**

The tank crews of the human army are impressive against all kinds of enemies.From fallen kin to alien aliens, apart from those strange and diverse beings, most of them have existences equivalent to tank troops.

Everyone talks about the sturdiness of the Chaos Hellbeasts, the firepower and maneuverability of the Tau Empire Hover Tanks, the agility and fragility of the Eldar vehicles, and so on.But when you mention your comrades in arms, the Marine Aviation Corps of the People's United League, everyone's attitude is -

"Those bastards just blow everything up!"

Mutual complaints and ridicule between the military and arms out of a sense of honor are actually nothing.However, when faced with enemy vehicles whose mobility, firepower, defense, and even information level are much stronger than their own, it is usually the great pilots of the People's Federation who roar to smash the heretics and aliens with fierce shooting and bombing. Thing exploded to pieces.Although tactical aircraft anti-vehicles have always been a complicated subject, the unlucky ones who were bombed will certainly not think that the United Aircraft is inefficient.

And here, on the battlefield of an terrestrial planet in another universe, the United Air Force is also licking the ground as always.

At night, in the northern wasteland of Ursus, two huge "Flanker" heavy-duty air and space fighters carried ammunition and targeting pods and slid into the bombing route at a small angle.As he got closer and closer to the enemy, the electronic threat analysis system never gave an alert. It seemed that the intelligence that the enemy did not have any long-range radar equipment was accurate.

"Flying to the bombing area after [-] seconds, no threat was found." The lead plane's rear seat weapons controller said.

The lead pilot replied: "Turn on the targeting pod power."

"clear."

The weapons controller of this two-seat heavy-duty aircraft operates on the control interface in front of him and adjusts the aiming pod under the belly of the aircraft. He needs to use the wide-field night vision field of view to find the target and provide preliminary aiming.

The two Flankers had crossed the last waypoint, descended to and remained at 2000m.This is the standard height for throwing cluster bombs. If it is too high, the distribution of submunitions will be too sparse, and if it is too low, the distribution area will be reduced.

The weapons controller in the back seat had already seen the enemy from the pod with a magnification of twenty. It was a bunch of large vehicles busy making a U-turn on the road, and the front had been opened up by the army's ambush.He retracted the reticle of the aiming pod a little to avoid accidentally injuring the evacuating friendly units, then opened the weapon control interface, disarmed the ammunition safety, set the bombing sequence and the bomb disintegration delay.

The weapon controller informed the pilot in the front seat: "The automatic bombing procedure is ready, please maintain level flight. The current speed is 15 holes, and the countdown to bombing is expected to be [-] seconds."

"Understood, drop the bomb."

The pilot controls the aircraft to enter the automatic level flight mode to avoid the aircraft maneuvering and reducing the bombing accuracy.So the weapon controller pulled the trigger and gave the computer the authority to drop bombs, and the next attack would be completed by the fire control system itself.

As the bomb countdown on the HUD gradually returned to zero, the fuselage lightened.The two fighter jets pulled up and turned, and four one-ton anti-armor cluster bombs were thrown horizontally onto the battlefield. After a few seconds, the timed fuze detonated, and the sub-warhead formed a dense and even rain of steel in mid-air, accurately It enveloped the rear half of the column of armored assault boats responsible for the assault on Tachinskaya Airport.

He Fan stood on a small dirt bag next to the tank, watching the carpet-like explosion on the road in the distance with a livid face.Then he turned around and climbed onto the tank neatly: "Let's go."

"Go find trouble with the remaining land destroyers who bombarded the airport?"

"Going to pick up the leaked body!"