I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Several magic soldiers who were sitting under a tree to rest and communicate changed their faces when they saw a dozen Sherman tanks rushing out, and rushed madly towards the tanks parked not far away.

In an army where most of the soldiers are ordinary people, the half-kneeling aircraft and parked tanks are conspicuous big guys and are immediately paid special attention by the challengers.

In addition to the rockets used for range attacks and clearing soldiers, the two external Gatling guns formed a dense rain of bullets that formed a death metal storm at the equipment parking area, turning the aircraft bodies and tanks along the way into honeycomb coal.

The equipment drivers and operators who rushed to the nearby area were also scrapped along with their battlefield partners.

More and more tanks and infantry fighting vehicles rushed out of the forest, slaughtering the Allied soldiers who had not formed an effective resistance position.

Even the tracked anti-aircraft vehicles equipped with quadruple 4mm anti-aircraft guns for air defense lowered their guns and fired at the fleeing Allied forces; one shell could hit more than two halves of a target's body.

However, the machines and tanks in the more distant areas still gained precious time to start up and began to counterattack the Allied forces that rushed out of the woods.

The Allied commander worked hard to command the supervision team to prepare some core troops as quickly as possible and rush to the outskirts of the camp, where trench fortifications had been dug in advance.

These were originally prepared for defending the outside, but the trenches were originally bidirectional, so now they are just right for changing direction and defending the inside.

The sounds of gunfire, explosions, and screams were heard incessantly on the chaotic battlefield. The armored forces rushing out of the woods seemed endless, and they quickly broke through the multiple defense lines set up by the Allied commanders with a devastating momentum.

The rear door of the infantry fighting vehicle opened, and a large number of Allied soldiers jumped out of the vehicle, holding AKMs and clearing out the remaining Allied soldiers around them at close range.

The assault rifle's violent firing rate and magazine capacity dumbfounded many Allied tough guys who were holding magic swords or bayonets ready for close combat.

The gun is fast at a distance of seven steps; within seven steps, the gun is both accurate and fast.

The first magazine of the AKM in the hands of the Alliance soldiers is basically a drum magazine, which generally holds more than 45 rounds. The metal storm formed within 100m is completely a forbidden zone for carbon-based organisms.

Even a magician with a shield would be beaten into a shower by the AKM's extremely high initial velocity and dense firepower at this distance.

There are no obstacles blocking the way, and there are helicopters in the sky to locate and clear targets. This state of war is the war environment that the armored forces like most and are best at.

More and more armed helicopters entered the battlefield and fired rockets and machine guns at the Allied armored units in various places. The armored torrent formed by the main Sherman aircraft cut off the large Allied force in the center, forcing the Allied commander who had not yet gained a foothold to continue retreating with his elite troops.

The light tanks that rushed out later, in coordination with the infantry fighting vehicles and the infantry regiments that got off the vehicles, advanced from the center to both sides, trapping the Allied forces that had no time to withdraw, and continuously divided and surrounded the battlefield with 1:2, 2:4.

As two standby gunboats were escorted by fighter jets over the battlefield, the huge shadow in the sky and the six-barreled Vulcan cannons firing at the command center became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the main force, and the retreat that was barely supported eventually turned into a major rout.

The loss of the central command system caused the 50,000 Allied troops to scatter and flee in all directions. A large number of Allied soldiers who were beaten and disoriented knelt down to surrender, but more defeated soldiers chose to flee.

The scattered enemy forces did not arouse the interest of the armored group commander. After glancing at the location marked on the map, he ignored the defeated soldiers kneeling on the ground around him and commanded the vanguard troops to continue advancing slowly following the main force of defeated soldiers.

Over the Hosas area

The first advancing armored army opened a gap in the main force of the Allied forces in the outer ring of Hosas, and a bomber squadron carrying airborne troops that was circling and waiting immediately descended its flight altitude.

The logistics officer wearing a tactical vest quickly and briefly reported the situation to the troops on standby in the cabin.

"Set the altimeter to 500 meters. There won't be much wind at the parachute jump location, so the deviation will be minimal."

"The meter is attenuating steadily, the settings are complete, turn on the oxygen!"

"The red light is on. The red light is on. We have reached the designated height, lower the diving platform."

After descending to the designated altitude, the support officer opened the rear hatch and gave them a thumbs up: "We'll have a drink together when you come back."

"Hurry up!"

The people, carrying parachute bags and wearing windproof helmets, held the weapon boxes on the slide rails. As the track electromagnetic was activated, they quickly flew out of the cabin along the momentum of the weapon boxes, retracted their limbs in the air, and quickly dived towards the ground where the weapon boxes fell.

"Follow the weapon box and wait for the prompt sound."

After passing through the clouds, he stretched out his limbs and looked upward at the sun, which was not glaring because of the mask.

As the airspace altitude dropped rapidly, the altimeter made a rapid sound and hundreds of parachutes bloomed in the sky one after another.

Jumping high and descending low, the paratroopers complete the parachute drop at the fastest speed.

The locator that fell into the weapons box not far away sent signals at a specific frequency to the surrounding area, and quickly ran towards the weapons box to arm itself.

Their mission objective was to ensure that the depth of the vanguard armored group's assault would not be cut off by the enemy again, to conduct reconnaissance and clearing of the surrounding Allied garrison strongholds along the planned traffic routes, and to wait until the mechanized troops in the rear took over the garrison, and the mission would be successfully completed.

For this purpose, the vanguard's armed helicopter will be divided into a team for use by the airborne troops, and several all-terrain vehicles will also be hoisted for rapid maneuvering.

Chapter 280: Mobile penetration, firepower coverage

As soon as Kurtz landed and finished arming, he received a reminder from the airship reconnaissance network: [There are three enemy patrols at the approximate coordinates X66300, Y47400, with about 30 people in each team, and the headquarters is located 3 km behind. ]

Kurtz replied: "Received, coordinates X66300, Y47400, how long will it take for the air support to arrive?"

【Expected 25 minutes.】

"The first phase is to clear patrol points to create safe airspace for aircraft. The mission time is 20 minutes or less. Check your watch."

Kurtz and the other team captains bumped fists with each other and then led their teammates to start action separately.

The vanguard of the armored group had been chasing the fleeing soldiers like ducks, but this was unintentional as both sides were taking the same route.

The defeated soldiers wanted to run to the neighboring brother units, while the Alliance's armored group also went straight to other Allied forces.

The main force of millions was divided into several parts, mixing all the surrounding continents like a sieve, with allied troops everywhere. In this way, they could assist each other in defense, and if one of the troops was defeated, the surrounding troops could encircle it.

It looks beautiful at first glance.

But once such a force of less than 200,000 is unable to offer a decent resistance, such as encountering the spearhead of the Alliance's mixed armored army echelon consisting of two tank divisions and one armored division, it will be knocked down and pierced one by one like dominoes.

The fleeing soldiers along the way knelt down and surrendered when they saw the tanks catching up with them. The tank commander at the head of the tank division stuck his head out and yelled, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way. I don't have time to capture you."

Starting with two small breakthroughs, the two armored armies moved left and right like sharp arrows and directly defeated and dispersed the large and small Allied forces marked out in the nearby areas.

Various battle reports from the front line were sent back to the desk of Ashadron, the commander-in-chief of the Luke area. After he realized that something was wrong after performing deductions on the sand table,

He immediately commanded the main force of the Allied Forces to put together two armored units that also used tanks and body soldiers as their main combat forces, trying to block these two arrows with tit-for-tat to give other troops time to react.

As long as the pace of the attack could be halted, the two salients would immediately become isolated forces surrounded by the main force of the Allies at 365 degrees without blind spots, and they would not even have the chance to retreat.

But this behavior is exactly what the Alliance Staff wants.

The armored forces that could be mobilized together were basically a combination of light and medium, and there were no vehicles with poor mobility among them. At least their mobility was much faster than the old antiques such as the Allied Forces' old Saint-Chamond.

Often, as soon as the Allies received news about where the Alliance's spearhead troops were, they would hastily dispatch armored groups to provide support. However, when they arrived at the location, all they saw was a pile of rubble and the disorganized friendly forces, but no trace of the Alliance tanks, which had already run away eight hundred miles away.

Dividing the troops is even worse, because the alliance is not unable to win the battle but does not want to waste too much time.

If the size is less than or equal to that of an armored division, the Allied Tank Army, which has been maneuvering and interspersing, will instantly turn around and form a pincer attack to counter-encircle the pursuing Allied armored forces.

Dive bombers and armed helicopters directly provide uninterrupted fire coverage to the area, and small buns and Shermans use high-speed maneuvers to carry out various flank attacks or sneak attacks from behind.

Relying on flexible movement and changing position after each shot, and finally with the help of the air force, they quickly defeated this division-level force.

The Allied forces whose armored forces were withdrawn saw their combat effectiveness drop a level in an instant. When faced with a surprise attack from behind and the Allied tank forces that cut off their supply lines, they were easily defeated.

They could neither catch up nor escape; once they were surrounded and cut off from supplies, they had no choice but to lay down their arms and surrender on the spot.

The main force of the Allied Forces seemed huge in number, but in just two weeks, one-third of the area of ​​Hosas had been occupied by the Alliance, and the remaining area was surrounded and annihilated by the Alliance mechanized infantry and artillery units that arrived from behind.

According to the final rough statistics, at least 70 troops had their organization numbers cancelled, either being disbanded or surrendering, and this proportion was increasing rapidly. The more the Allied forces fought, the weaker their regional strength became, and the more difficult it was to resist. The commander was so angry that bubbles began to appear at the corners of his mouth.

The plot direction in other directions is roughly the same.

As long as Ashadron ordered the army to gather and defend, the defenders who were prepared for trench warfare would have to leave their own defense line and gather in the rear.

On the long journey back to defend the city, almost all the troops encountered by the Alliance Armored Forces were surrounded and annihilated by large forces in coordination with artillery.

But Ashardron could only watch on.

Because the Alliance did not give him the opportunity to take care of his teammates, almost as soon as the First and Second Fronts penetrated deep into the Allied forces, the Third Front also confronted the Allied elite vanguard forces head-on in the Luke area and held them back.

In order to fight for regional air supremacy, nearly 10,000 fighter jets and Warcraft cavalry from both sides fought in the air, and the large army formation below also encountered its own powerful enemy.

The Tiger tank, which weighed dozens of tons, gave the Alliance a big surprise when it first appeared. A tank platoon encountered the armored forces of the Alliance Vanguard on the way to transfer.

The two sides started fighting as soon as they met.

A yellow-haired Behemoth wearing only shorts and more than 6 meters tall roared and rushed towards the Sherman tank in front of it and hit it hard. The entire middle part of the Sherman tank suddenly collapsed and most of it lost its ability to move. It could only turn the turret to try to give the Behemoth a shot of candy.

But Behemoth is a living creature with more flexible skills and stronger physique than tanks. It roared and forcibly overturned the 30-ton Sherman tank. Many tank crews failed to successfully escape from the confrontation with Behemoth.

The advantage was not regained until the Tiger tanks transported from the rear arrived at the front battlefield.

The powerful main gun equipped with shaped-charge armor-piercing shells can easily shatter the tough skin that Behemoth is proud of. The high load capacity also allows the interior of the Tiger to have a very spacious space.

A large magic shield surrounds the Tiger at all times. Even if Behemoth gets close, it is difficult to destroy the Tiger, which weighs more than 70 tons and has anti-gravity turned off.

However, the Tiger's 88mm cannon can blow Behemoth's entire upper body to ashes with one shot.

The biggest advantage of the 70-ton Tiger tank is its stable frame and abundant firepower. It also has a very thick magic shield, and the magic explosive anti-armor can minimize the damage caused by magic.

Almost all of these tough bones were concentrated in the confrontation between Luke's front and the Allied vanguard, and the two sides fought fiercely on this battlefield.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that more than a hundred Tiger tanks were blown up or destroyed is enough to prove how fierce the battle between the two sides was.

Especially the air force, which had tens of thousands of troops. What's more, the Allied air force had far more than tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands. This also caused the Allied air force to suffer a lot.

Whether it is a heavy fighter or an ordinary Zero, it is difficult to gain much advantage in an air battle of this scale.

Chapter 281 Farewell, comrade.

There is no absolutely invincible type of soldier, nor is there any invincible weapon.

On the Luke battlefield, a tank reinforced platoon maintained a steady advance on the field. The configuration of 2 light, 2 medium and 1 heavy tanks enabled it to be able to fight no matter what happened.

Around the tank platoon, there is a mechanized infantry company riding on infantry fighting vehicles and all-terrain vehicles following and guarding.

In the first direct battle, the Allied vanguard on Luke's side paid a heavy price. The large-scale cluster was like shooting at a directional target for the Alliance's artillery units.

Especially the continuous iteration of rocket launchers, which previously only carried six liquid fuel propellant rockets, have gradually developed into a 24-round multiple rocket launcher using a Sherman chassis.

The instantaneous fire coverage of a platoon-level five launch vehicles is enough to make an area barren, not to mention a round of rocket attacks from dozens or hundreds of vehicles.

Therefore, Ashadron no longer attacked the Alliance with a large force, but instead dispersed its main force and optimized its configuration into regiment-level and battalion-level teams to harass the Alliance forces in the Luke area.

Luke's line behind Moseradale was set up as a dispersed high-density defense line, extending all the way to the city of Moseradale, which had been built into a fortress.

The Alliance does not engage in street fighting. If they encounter such a situation, they will directly resolve it with napalm bombs. However, the outer circle of defense must be completely eliminated, otherwise it will be meaningless even if Moseradale is blown to ashes.

Moreover, according to intelligence, the entire Moseladale has built a large number of underground fortifications, so the effectiveness of napalm bombs is expected to be partially discounted.

Because the port of Moseladale was still in the Allied occupation zone, the double-sided openings could not cut off the logistics of the vanguard troops nor could they encircle and trap them.

Each of these elite corps has its own unique features, and the Allied vanguard forces are not weak in strength.

Therefore, the Alliance is still in a relatively passive situation in terms of logistical supply and strategic situation. The passivity is not that the Alliance cannot win, but that it is dragged into a protracted cleanup war.

The Tiger tank commander held up a telescope and kept observing the surroundings. Apart from the light fog, he could not see anything wrong. But the calmer the situation, the more he wondered, "Something is not right. Stay alert."