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Chapter 1297: Fighting on the battlefield to retake the center (4)

The explosion interrupted the Swan's plan to maneuver and change position. An Yun reported at this time:

"There was no radar response. No naval guns or large ship targets were detected."

The Swan's radar is designed to meet the standards of void combat. If there is too much interference on the ground and the target is too small, the radar will not respond at all.

At this time, Villania said:
"We have received notification from friendly forces that they have discovered a large number of enemy armored forces approaching from our port side with maneuvers and firing."

"Turn the ship around and prioritize dealing with the armored forces. We can't let them seize the position we have worked so hard to establish!"

All the ships floating in the sky, including the Swan, turned around. Through optical sighting equipment, they could see a large number of tanks in the distance rising up smoke and moving closer while firing.

Although the radar system is not very good, the fire control systems of Alyssa and her team are generally awesome, which is due to the battleship bombardment tactic.

So although their electronic warfare, radar and information warfare capabilities are weak, their fire control systems are quite good.

The Red Maple Republic's tanks look quite large and flat, equipped with two 100mm main guns that can fire armor-piercing grenades simultaneously.

Artillery of this caliber is threatening to assault landing ships, especially since the bottom armor of assault landing ships is reinforced but the sides are not strong enough. Attacking the flanks from a distance would only require the concentrated fire of hundreds of tanks to cause heavy casualties to the assault landing ships.

The tank group that appeared at the edge of the battlefield and was approaching was at least two to three hundred in number.

These guys had been hiding under the camouflage nets before, and it was difficult to detect them visually during the airborne operation. Launching an assault at this time and destroying the assault landing ships was just a matter of convenience. The real purpose was to destroy the front-line positions that the Rotating Water Federation had just established.

If these steel behemoths really rushed over, it would be difficult to resist them with only the flesh and blood bodies of the infantry.

The assault landing ships also delivered some heavy weapons of the Whirlpool Federation, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and four-legged walking turrets, but the number was too small for the time being and they could not resist the tank group charge alone.

This is indeed a fusion of tactics from the First and Second World Wars, with tanks used to break through defenses and serve as cavalry.

The Swan was also hit by several shells during the turn, but the caliber of 100 mm is only at the level of anti-aircraft guns for a warship. Even without turning on the shield, the Swan could easily withstand it, not to mention that the shield level of the Swan is not inferior to that of a destroyer.

Immediately, the bow ram opened, revealing the black muzzle of the Light Lance main gun.

"Aim at the enemy's armored aircraft group's flank, fire, and rotate the ship 5 degrees!"

Long and Carlos followed Alyssa's order, and as the Light Lance's main gun fired, the ship began to rotate slightly.

At a long distance, even a deviation of 5° will result in a huge offset in the landing point. The Swan's flick of the sniper shot directly threw out the ion beam of the lance cannon.

The high-temperature ion beam drew a terrible arc-shaped groove on the ground. Any tank hit by the high-temperature ion beam would melt and explode on the spot.

Immediately after stabilizing the hull, the Swan activated its secondary guns and continued to target the charging armored cluster.

The assault landing ship could not perform the sniper operation like the Swan, but it was a professional ground-to-ground fire output. For a moment, a heavy rain of shells and ion beams covered the face of the armored group.

The armored group is very fast, which makes the artillery's hit rate not very good, but the low hit rate can be made up for by numbers.

Tanks were destroyed one after another, and the assault landing ships also suffered some losses. The heavily damaged armored cluster seemed to realize that they could not rush forward, so they were seen turning around in the distance, as if they were preparing to use the hills on the other side as cover.

Seeing this, Alyssa was about to order the Swan to go ahead and chase, but Villania said:

"Friendly forces on the front line sent a communication requesting immediate fire support. The Red Maple Republic's infantry launched a counterattack!"

Turning around, I saw the white uniforms of the Red Maple Republic crossing the hills and launching a counterattack against the Xuanshui Federation Army that had just occupied the trenches. Alyssa smacked her lips in dissatisfaction.

Damn, so tenacious.

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Positional warfare is not something I win by just pushing forward, nor is it as simple as playing a game where I push forward to occupy a point and wait for enough points before the battle ends.

Battles on the battlefield are usually repeated, especially when both sides have a large number of troops. A trench hundreds of meters long may be fought over dozens of times by both sides.

At the distance of hand-to-hand combat, it is difficult for the artillery in the rear to provide fire support. If they fail to do so, they may end up blowing their own people away, leaving the enemy with minor injuries.

After all, the artillery's overhead firing method cannot guarantee the same accuracy as missiles.

This requires air power to provide precise fire support.

The Swan had to stop pursuing the armored forces and use anti-aircraft guns at high altitudes to carry out targeted attacks based on the location information provided by friendly forces in order to prevent the Red Maple Republic Army from counterattacking.

Whenever the Swan and the assault landing ships provided support on the ground, the enemy's armored forces would come out to interfere, with an attitude of "if you don't bother with me, I'm going to come in and destroy your front-line base."

This made the fire support exhausted, and the Swan turned left and right like a top, providing support back and forth.

Now it is so difficult just to fight for the outermost defense line of the Red Maple Republic Army. If we continue to delay, the ion beam on the Swan can still fire, but the shells are not unlimited. Once the physical artillery misfires, the output capacity will immediately drop by more than 90%.

Even though more and more orbital airdrop pods and assault landing ships were lowered during this period, it still didn't work.

The bottom line is that there are not enough troops. When can orbital bombing be launched?
"A new aerial target is approaching from above!"

"Friendly or enemy?"

Since the radar is unreliable now, An Yun is now using psychic power to conduct exploration.

"Unknown, but the target is very small, it should be a shuttle."

The shuttle is one of the few aircraft that can enter the atmosphere on its own. After all, the name "shuttle" tells you what I do.

Before the Swan was built, Alyssa and her companions also entered the atmosphere on a simply modified Manta.

The shuttle only needs a heat shield to enter the atmosphere, so the modification is very simple and efficient.

But I’m afraid that the enemy is coming.

"Turn on the air radar and try to identify whether it is a friendly force or not."

As soon as Alyssa finished speaking, An Yun immediately replied:
"It's friendly forces! No, there are enemies too! They started an air battle above us!"

With that being said, it looks like the battle in orbit is not over yet, and the orbital bomber will have to wait until it can go online.

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Alyssa saw the hatch of the Swan opened again unknowingly.

Damn, Li Chengxi never fails in every air battle.

(End of this chapter)