The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 147 Air Force? Those guys are never reliable!

"Damn it, the enemy has laid an ambush in this village! We must retreat!"

Over the radio, a commander shouted to another Fearless mech, then turned around and ran back on his own.

Hearing his companion's words, the mech at the forefront hesitated for a moment, but still did not choose to continue charging.

As for the other motorcyclists, they naturally couldn't charge forward at this time, especially since they had suffered heavy losses along the way.

Although they knew that their operation this time was really bad, they were played like fools by an enemy cavalryman and even fell into an ambush!

But at this time, they must not act rashly. They must quickly report the intelligence from the front to the main force so that their battalion commander can decide what to do this time.

Because the distance was not far, the convoy arrived and departed quickly, and soon successfully rendezvoused with the troops behind.

On their way back, they noticed two bodies lying by the roadside, but they didn't see the motorcycle.

Clearly, the two corpses were the scouts they had sent out earlier, but these two unlucky guys had been killed by the enemy, which is why they couldn't send back the message in time.

There was no time to collect their companion's body; they ran back as fast as they could.

"I'm sorry, Battalion Commander, we've failed. There's an enemy ambush ahead!"

Upon hearing these words and seeing the three motorcycles missing from the unit, the battalion commander of the mechanized infantry battalion was immediately enraged.

"Damn it! Are you guys just not in the zone, or have you been playing around with too many women and turned yourselves into spineless cowards?"

"Six motorcycles, plus two Dauntless mechs, and just one cavalryman chasing the enemy, yet they still suffered such heavy losses?"

However, he knew this was not the time to curse, so after scolding him a couple of times, he quickly inquired about the ambush they had encountered earlier.

"...Very good, I understand! The enemy has mortars, machine guns, and a small-caliber cannon that looks like an anti-armor weapon."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that a relatively elite Cambrian Empire infantry force is lying in ambush in this village, and their purpose should be to stop us."

After thinking for a moment, the officer took out another map and roughly compared it with the location shown on it.

Before the war began, they had already sent out many spies to draw maps, so the Cambrian Empire's maps in the hands of the Black Hawk Empire were by no means bad, and might even be more accurate than those drawn by the Cambrian Empire's own General Staff!

Of course, no matter how precise their drawings were, they wouldn't mark every single house in the entire village. At most, they would just indicate that there was a village there and roughly what its shape was.

"Well, this village is quite large. If they want, they could probably set up a lot of ambushes here!"

No sooner had the battalion commander finished speaking than an officer next to him asked:

"Sir, should we halt the advance and rest here while waiting for air and artillery support?"

"Since there are ambushes in these villages, we can simply call in the air force to solve the problem!"

However, their battalion commander simply shook his head at the officer's advice.

"The Air Force? Forget it! I really don't trust those old men who just fly around aimlessly all day!"

"They previously claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on the enemy during the bombing, even destroying their command post, but I didn't feel that the enemy suffered any significant losses." "Even the airborne operation that the command had high hopes for seems to have been a complete failure. With this elite force deployed to the air force, they might as well have transferred these soldiers to our army!"

It was clear that the battalion commander in front of him had a very bad impression of the Air Force, and his words showed no trust in the Air Force whatsoever.

This is quite normal, as most army units don't have much trust in the air force, given that they perceive it as unreliable far too often.

In particular, there are considerable disputes between the Black Hawk Empire's air force, army, and navy. Their air force commander, Grand Marshal Herman, is usually too assertive, which has affected many of their interests.

Therefore, the battalion commander had no intention of calling for air support at all, and instead stated unequivocally:

"Enough! Move forward immediately! We don't have time to wait for air support!"

"We need to act as quickly as possible now, otherwise all our previous efforts will be wasted if the Air Force is delayed!"

"Besides, I was hoping to use this village as our base. If the air force really bombs this place, where will we sleep at night?"

Seeing that his superior had made the decision, the officer stopped trying to dissuade him and immediately gathered the soldiers, telling them to get ready.

One soldier after another jumped off the troop transport trucks and, together with the surrounding trucks and armored vehicles, formed combat formations. The machine guns on the top of the trucks were also set up.

In the blink of an eye, the column that was previously in a marching state quickly turned into a huge impact zone, with armored vehicles and infantry rushing across the plains and heading towards the distant village.

"Hehehe, they're here, they're here!"

"What a pity! I thought they would keep advancing in armored columns, and then we could launch an ambush on them from both ends!"

One player was excitedly observing the approaching enemy in the distance, but his teammate immediately poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Raw recruit, huh? He's obviously watched too many anti-Japanese war dramas!"

“Normally speaking, what regular troops would maintain their column formation when ambushed? Besides, this isn’t a bridge; the enemy can get off the road at any time. Even if we destroy the vehicles in front of and behind them, we can’t possibly block them off.”

Just as several infantry players, hiding in foxholes, were discussing among themselves, a sharp cannon shot suddenly rang out.

Behind a house, a reindeer mech piloted by a Cambrian Empire mech pilot seemed to be trying to make a long-range first-shot hit.

Unfortunately, the Cambrian Empire's artillery scope technology was really poor, and the training of these pilots was also insufficient.

So much so that this shot didn't hit any target at all, but instead alerted the enemy!
"Damn it, where did this idiot come from?"

Seeing the guy who suddenly jumped out, Andrei, who was hiding in the dense forest observing everything through binoculars, was speechless with anger.

He originally thought that only the players would be undisciplined and disobey orders, but to his surprise, before he could even give the order, other Cambrian Empire soldiers opened fire first!

What's even funnier is that the cannon shot this guy fired went way off course and missed completely!

The next moment, one of the advancing Fearless mechs also stopped, and after pausing for almost a second, it fired a shot back.

(End of this chapter)