Changkong Fighter

Chapter 318 Land Meat Grinder
In the South Pacific near Australia, a fleet centered on the Liaoning aircraft carrier is approaching the Australian mainland.

The bow of the ship cuts through the Pacific Ocean. When the sea surface temperature in the central and eastern Pacific is lower than usual, the strong trade winds exacerbate the temperature difference between the upper and lower layers of the sea, causing cold water to continuously surge to the surface.

This leads to a further drop in sea surface temperature, and this cooling effect spreads to the global atmospheric circulation system, ultimately affecting weather conditions during the Northern Hemisphere winter.

It has a significant impact on the underwater acoustic gradient layer. The Type 095 attack nuclear submarine of Dongda University had already surveyed the current mission area 24 hours before the aircraft carrier group was about to arrive in the current sea area to ensure that there were no submarines of other forces lying in ambush here.

For carrier strike groups, the greatest threat is not surface ships or aircraft, but rather the stealthy killers lurking in the water.

After confirming that there were no hidden underwater threats around the mission area, the Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group arrived at the current sea area.

Liu Jun sat in the combat readiness duty room, waiting for an emergency to occur so he could carry out a special mission.

The mission briefing was flipped open, mainly describing the battle in the Sydney area of ​​Australia.

Australia's air force has launched multiple attacks on the alien civilization base located in Sydney.

However, although Australia's air force is very powerful, it has suffered considerable losses in battles with alien civilizations. Although Australia has a system, it is not extensive, and the alien civilization mainly relies on air power.

During the celebrations at the University of the East, Australia launched several "Operation Fortress Resilience," each time engaging in a fierce battle with the alien civilization. However, under the pressure of this war of attrition, Australia's air force was unable to sustain its operations.

Of course, in fighting on home soil, the air force is not the most important factor; the army is. Only a strong army can destroy an alien civilization's base on the ground. But Australia's army is only present, not particularly effective.

This is also a major weakness of the West. They have strong naval and air power, but they run into problems when it comes to the ground forces. They are unable to advance on the ground and therefore cannot destroy the alien civilization's base in Sydney.

With Sydney in a state of semi-collapse, Australia's east coast has collapsed and is about to enter the battle to defend the capital.

Squeak. A staring satellite deployed in orbit is watching the alien base in Sydney.

That massive crystal fortress is the core of this base and its primary defensive weapon.

The shells fired by the Australian Army were either intercepted by shields or burned by lasers, causing them to deviate from their intended targets. After all, shells will deviate if there are aerodynamic problems.

A street battle is also underway in Sydney's urban area.

Rat-a-tat-tat! Australian Army soldiers, clad in bulletproof vests, cursed their superiors as they fought against alien ground forces.

It's quite interesting that if an alien civilization uses all its defensive weapons to intercept incoming artillery shells, rockets, and aerial bombs, its defenses on the ground will naturally be weakened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Australian Army broke into the city and engaged in close combat with the alien civilization's army. Australia was initially worried that the army that broke into the city would be attacked by the alien civilization's lasers.

After such a long battle, it was discovered that the alien civilization would not use high-powered lasers to sweep across individual humans. This suggests that there is a problem: lasers are very energy-intensive, and it is impossible to use high-energy lasers to attack ordinary soldiers who are of little value.

This resulted in the inability of different military branches to engage in coordinated combat. Interference from the alien civilization disrupted data links and radar, preventing them from forming a unified force. Meanwhile, the air force and navy were hampered by the alien spacecraft. After the Australian armored forces stormed into the city, a brutal, cutthroat battle unfolded, completely unfamiliar to the Australian soldiers.

Swish!

Several laser beams shot into the sky, exploding into fireballs high in the air, invisible to the naked eye. The shells fired by the Australian artillery were intercepted by the lasers.

Using heavy weapons to attack urban areas, especially in a major city like Sydney, is a very serious act, even in Western countries.

However, the Australian Army had no choice. Without heavy weapons to clear the way, the army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in a short period of time. For Australia, whose fighting spirit was not strong, the casualties were heavy.

The losses were so severe that the army had begun to lose its will to fight.
The M1 tanks drove into the city. Tanks are not suitable for urban warfare, but without the cover of heavy vehicles, the army could not break through the alien civilization's defenses.

Next to the M1 tank is the M113 tracked armored personnel carrier, the most numerous combat vehicle in the Australian Army.

"Sir, we're being held up!"

An Australian soldier huddled behind a bunker, shouting. With communications disrupted, communication relied entirely on landline phones or shouting, and flag signals and signal flares were also used.

As soon as an M113 tracked armored personnel carrier drove out of its bunker, its 12.7mm heavy machine gun began firing at the alien civilization's seafood. Neither lobsters nor giant louse could withstand the machine gun's barrage.

However, the armored personnel carrier hadn't been firing for very long when it was hit by a scarlet laser beam. Like a jet of metal, it burned through the outer armor and detonated the internal ammunition, exploding with a bang.

Several soldiers nearby were hit by the blast wave and fell to the ground without a sound, their combat uniforms bursting into flames.

The remaining soldiers huddled even lower, based on experience that once the armored vehicles were lost, the alien civilization would immediately begin firing lasers – a lesson learned after losing 10,000 men.

Just as they had predicted, beams of laser light swept over their heads, burning charred spots on buildings, and instantly cooking people to a crisp, followed by agonizing screams.

The soldiers had witnessed too many horrific scenes of their comrades being hit by lasers: their skin charred black, their flesh and blood cooked through, emitting bursts of heat, and howling in agony from the excruciating pain of the burns, followed by shock, and finally death from organ failure.

Every day, large numbers of people are having limbs amputated, much like the battle to land on the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

On the other side of the street, they encountered a regular army of an alien civilization, whose fighting power was completely different from the previous "seafood" as the name suggests.

Several octopuses dressed in combat suits hid behind cover, occasionally using their tentacles to reach out and attack while holding crystals, fully demonstrating the advantage of their long reach.

These octopuses don't just wield one weapon; under multiple tentacles are high-speed pulse lasers, pulse lasers suitable for attacking armored units, and one tentacles even holds a melee weapon!

(End of this chapter)