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Chapter 1295: Fighting on the battlefield to retake the center (2)

In the void, all you have to play with are big ships and big cannons, but in a gravity environment, ships that are too large cannot operate in the atmosphere. If they are too large, they may even disintegrate due to their weight when entering the atmosphere.

A light cruise ship like the Swan is the smallest ship in the battleship series. After special modification, it is also the maximum size that a space battleship can enter a gravity environment. It will not work if it is any larger.

As the saying goes, bigger is beautiful, more is better, billions of turrets, billions of glory, this was quite popular in an era without missiles.

The light from the ion beam shrank and disappeared, and the open bow ram closed again.

An extremely long and thick gully, almost wide enough for a tank to run, appeared on the Red Maple Republic Army's position. The rolling heat waves made it impossible to get close, and the air was on fire.

On the other side of the ravine was a concrete fortification built against the hill. There used to be a turret on it, but it is gone now.

With a loud bang and a terrible explosion that shook the earth, the shock wave attacked everyone, friend or foe. Everyone fell to the ground as if they were hit by a stick. Some people who were too close were unlucky and were blown into the sky.

The high-temperature ion beam of the Light Lance main gun detonated the ammunition stored under the permanent fortification turret, and a huge mushroom cloud rose up along with the explosion and shock wave.

Even the Swan was pushed back by the shock wave, and some assault landing ships that were still descending almost capsized.

"High threat target disappeared."

"Keep searching."

Alyssa looked at the mushroom cloud and immediately gave another order:

"Maintain attitude, evasive navigation, and slowly descend in altitude."

"Understood, evasive navigation."

Evasion navigation is done by taking a zigzag route, which is a very effective tactic when engaging in naval gun battles at a distance of at least tens of kilometers. However, in a gravity environment and at a short distance from enemy firepower, taking a zigzag route has no evasive effect at all.

This is done to give the anti-aircraft guns on the left and right sides of the Swan a chance to fire in turn.

In the atmosphere, the heat dissipation efficiency of the anti-aircraft guns on warships is much higher than in the void, but the guns will still overheat eventually.

Moving in a Z shape allows the left and right sides to alternate fire output, which can not only ensure the continuity of firepower, but also leave time for the anti-aircraft gun to dissipate heat.

Highly threatening targets, such as heavy artillery, permanent fortifications, or simply turrets of battleships removed and placed on the ground, will be destroyed by Long himself using the main and secondary guns.

In a gravity environment, the shells began to move in an arc, which was very troublesome for warships accustomed to fighting in the void, but the Swan's onboard computer was so powerful that it could take the influence of gravity into account and easily calibrate the shooting parameters.

With the fire suppression of the Swan, the assault landing ships that continued to land also cooperated in fire output. The Red Maple Republic Army positions in front of the landing site suffered a devastating blow. All heavy weapons were either destroyed or there was no way to run over to use them. The soldiers could only hide in the trenches.

In fact, according to the original plan, the casualties should be smaller than they are now. After all, the original plan was to first clear the enemy ships in orbit, and then when the assault landing ship descended, the orbital bomber ship would simultaneously provide fire support.

As a result, time waits for no one, so they can only land first, and the friendly forces will simultaneously clear out the enemy forces in orbit. It is uncertain when the orbital bomber will be in place.

However, despite the heavy casualties, now that the Red Maple Republic Army is unable to move, it is an excellent opportunity. More and more assault landing ships successfully landed, and more and more Whirlpool Federation soldiers stepped on the black soil that had been bombarded by artillery fire.

Their task was not to charge headfirst but to quickly establish a front-line position.

Despite the suppression from the Swan, the Red Maple Republic Army seemed unable to raise their heads, but their positions were too long and the part being bombed was only the most marginal part.

Just like the battle in the void, the battle on the ground cannot be ended in a short period of time. One must be mentally prepared for a protracted war.

Therefore, instead of letting the small number of soldiers brought by the assault landing ship to charge the position head-on, it is better to seize the opportunity to establish a front-line position and provide cover for the friendly forces that arrive later.

The Spin Water Federation uses a quick-drying foam to construct temporary positions. It does not require the assistance of sandbags or heavy engineering machinery. Soldiers carry something similar to a pesticide box and spray foam at designated locations. The foam will dry quickly and form a temporary trench.

Once the front line is further stabilized, we will continue digging and use quick-drying cement and other materials to reinforce it.

Artillery positions, paratrooper pits and even trenches were quickly built in this way. Although the effect is certainly not as good as digging them out shovel by shovel, it is usable for now.

The assault landing ships that dropped off the soldiers would also take off again and continue to provide fire coverage to the enemy forces on the ground from above.

Li Chengxi was quite moved when watching this scene. He had heard the term "artillery fire melting the city" before, but he felt that it was probably an exaggeration. It would take very dense artillery fire to melt the city.

But now Li Chengxi has changed his mind. Even though what he saw was just pixelated fire, the density of firepower was indeed enough to melt a city.

Gun smoke, steel, blood and corpses, the battlefield was littered with these things. The fertile black soil was blown into countless pits of various sizes by energy weapons and gunpowder weapons. The air seemed to be on fire. If you took a deep breath, your lungs might be burned.

However, there is one thing Li Chengxi really wants to complain about.

Let’s talk about this: why don’t the armies on both sides of your side have camouflage?

The Red Maple Republic Army wears clothes similar to the Stormtroopers, from helmets to protective gear, all in white, with a red maple leaf emblem at best.

The Swirling Water Federation was even more outrageous. Not only were they all dressed in black and blue, but everyone also wore cloaks.

No, I can understand that you make the military uniforms look cooler to facilitate recruitment, after all, it is to attract young people. But if they go to the battlefield and wear cloaks like monsters, are you sure that their tactical movements will not be affected by the cloaks hanging on some debris?

What's more, both sides are wearing full-face helmets, the only difference is the style. What's the matter? Are you afraid that the other party will release poison gas, so the helmets have built-in air purification function?
To put it another way, even if there is no camouflage, at least the color of the clothes should be closer to the ground. What does that mean, Black and White Impermanence?

The reason why the armies of both sides are so strange is mainly because they directly skipped the development stage of the army.

It is much easier to go into the void with magic-based technology than to go into the universe on Earth, but when warships become popular, the role of the army becomes very awkward.

To put it bluntly, their army has not undergone any modern development at all. It's like they went straight from Viola's medieval-Renaissance cavalry battles to modern warfare.

All the development processes in between were skipped. In addition, in an era when battleships were king, the army was not as valued as the planetary defense force, so the development was naturally very strange.

(End of this chapter)