Colonia Storm Tour

Like the thunderous thud of ancient cavalry galloping across the ground, the rolling of the roadrunner bombs and the eerie wind gave the enemies of Foehn and Ratatosk a good scare.

The soldiers were all yelling and firing, trying to destroy the runaway bombs with small-caliber bullets the size of peanuts. What the desperate 4V strawberry soldiers couldn't do, these DEM mercenaries and warlord soldiers, lacking sufficient anti-tank firepower, couldn't do in a short time either.

At this moment, the Ratatosk mercenaries also joined the charge, advancing in multiple skirmishes while their machine gunners provided targeted suppression of enemy fire.

"Where's the rocket launcher gunner? Hurry up and come here! If we die, you won't survive either!"

The DEM mercenaries roared hoarsely.

"I understand! We never expected to be suddenly attacked by an airborne force. These weapons are still stored in the warehouse!"

DEM's rocket launcher gunners should do a last-minute check of the rocket launchers to ensure there are no problems. If they fall to the ground or fail to fire, it would be disastrous.

Watching the bullets hit the roadrunner bomb and create a series of sparks, yet still unable to stop the bowling ball, which was almost the size of a person, from moving forward, it was at this moment that the rocket launcher gunners with cheap and good RPGs finally stepped into the fray.

"RPG!!!!"

The rocket launcher assistant gunner shouted loudly.

After the earth-shattering launch sound characteristic of RPGs, the rocket-propelled grenade, trailing a thick plume of smoke, struck the armor of the roadrunner mobile bomb.

boom!!!!!

The roadrunner bomb's air pressure balloon was shaken by the explosion, and some of its nanometal armor was stained with an unsightly black layer and had some tiny cracks before it continued to roll forward.

Despite a large number of rocket-propelled grenades being launched, none of them were able to disable a roadrunner bomb due to accuracy issues and insufficient armor-piercing capability; the roadrunner bomb continued to roll.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!

The warlord soldiers and DEM mercenaries who were blocked by the running dart bombs and had no time to dodge or escape were all screamed as they were crushed into anime stickers, or knocked to the ground by bullets from the Ratatosk mercenaries who were charging from behind.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!

The barbed wire, barricades, and sandbag positions that blocked the road were all crushed into pieces by the sled bombs and rushed past. As for the trenches, they were even less able to stop the rolling.

Immediately afterwards, howitzer shells from the warlord soldiers roared and crashed into the makeshift positions that the Ratatosk mercenaries had built, but apart from turning over the ground or blowing up part of the orbital module beacon, there was nothing noteworthy to report.

Soon after completing their mission of crushing the enemy's initial firepower, the runaway bombs began to scatter and rush towards the enemy forces scattered throughout the field airfield.

The DEM mercenary leader stationed at the airport shouted over the radio, "A-1 artillery position, do not fire! You'll hurt your own men!"

After speaking, the leader grabbed his weapon and, along with the soldiers beside him, began fighting the Ratatosk mercenaries who had stormed into the field airfield. Unfortunately for him, he encountered a "door-opening kill."

BOOM! ! !

The shaped charge of the roadrunner bomb destroyed the door, the wall, and the people inside. Only after the Ratatosk mercenaries rushed in and confirmed that there were no survivors did they proceed with the next step.

With the loss of the commander of the airfield garrison, it was only a matter of time before the field airfield completely fell. However, holding out for the arrival of the second batch of supplies and reinforcements was another difficult task.

It's important to understand that although they can clear out all enemy troops inside and outside the field airfield, enemy reinforcements can still rush down from the high ground positions to inflict casualties on them. Moreover, once it is confirmed that there are no friendly soldiers inside the field airfield, the warlord and DEM's artillery positions will directly fire towards the airfield. The Ratatosk mercenaries, with only 107mm rocket launchers, can only rely on their instantaneous suppressive fire to buy time and dig trenches to organize and form sniper positions.

The battle on the side of the Buddha statue and the ancient tower became particularly fierce because an unexpected strong wind prevented some of the Ratatosk mercenaries from being airdropped to the mountain where the first signal flare was launched in time. These were Ratatosk soldiers carrying 107mm rocket launchers.

Then the arriving DEM mercenaries and warlord soldiers began to surround and strangle them, while the B-2 artillery positions set up on the hillside next to the garbage dump opened fire.

While these 105mm howitzers may not be able to blast a crater half the size of a football field with a single shot, their lethality against clustered infantry targets is sufficient. Even modern main battle tanks would feel very uncomfortable if hit directly in the head by a shell, as the top and rear armor of tanks are weak points.

Because the firing parameters for the surrounding area had been calculated in advance, the DEM and the warlord's B-2 artillery positions were able to quickly and effectively bombard the location of the Ratatosk mercenaries and Stet and the 12 Xu girls on the mountain.

拉塔托斯克雇佣兵携带的107火箭炮最大射程才8.5千米，而M119A2式105mm榴弹炮最大射程有14.3千米，根本没办法进行反击。

The girls and State, hiding in the woods behind the pagoda, were all lying on the ground, covering their ears, listening to the death symphony played by the cannons of modern warfare.

The earth-shattering bombardment made the relatively timid Xu Fanmao tremble, while Xu Renyang hugged the 11-year-old girl beside him.

"Is this the kind of artillery fire you only hear on the battlefield? It's so exciting!"

Despite the constant threat of a shell falling at any moment, Xu Junyong laughed without fear.

"You can still laugh at this kind of potentially fatal stimulation... Come to think of it, something's not right with you, is it?"

Xu Zhixin looked at Xu Junyong with a strange expression, as if she were seeing him for the first time.

“We can’t just lie there and let those guys blow us up; we have to teach them a lesson.”

Xu Xili said this, but she didn't get her hands on any equipment like grenade launchers or mortars, so she could only play around like a child and take out some wooden assembly parts from a small bag on the side.

"Hey! This is it. Let those damn bastards taste the surprise we've brought them."

Xu Junyong was overjoyed and together with Xu Xili began tinkering with their toys amidst the gunfire.

"Hey girls, what are you doing?"

Stet Oerlikon clutched his head and shouted.

"Professor Stet, we'll show you this good thing later."

Xu Gongcheng chuckled and then took out several cluster grenades made of wooden handles from a small bag next to him.

"...A cluster of wooden-handled grenades?"

It took Stet a while to recall this somewhat outdated concept.

"Yes, it wasn't easy for us to create and collect these materials."

Xu Gongcheng grabbed the wooden handle of the cluster grenade and shook it.

"Your stamina probably isn't enough to throw such a heavy grenade."

Just by looking at the way Xu Gongcheng held the grenade, Stet knew how heavy it was.

"We have another solution, which is this big slingshot!"

Xu Junyong sat down and patted the "giant slingshot" that he had just assembled and stuck in the ground.

"slingshot?!"

State stared in disbelief at the assembled slingshot.

"That's right, it's a slingshot. With this slingshot, we'll have enough power to launch cluster grenades to a great distance."

Xu Xili said smugly.

"Now we've secured the cluster grenades to the rubber bands, ready to give those guys in the mountain road a gift."

Xu Gongcheng shouted.

"Leave it to me."

Xu Junyong took the cluster grenade and pressed it onto the multi-layered woven rubber band.

"Pull it back! Pull it back!"

Xu Xili shouted as he corrected the firing parameters, which were practically nonexistent.

Xu Junyong and Xu Gongcheng held onto a rubber band and pulled back to ensure that the cluster grenade would not be thrown near their own people.

After confirming in his mind whether the trajectory of the cluster grenade could be projected to the designated location, Xu Xili pulled the pin on the cluster grenade.

"put!"

Xu Xili shouted.

Xu Junyong and Xu Gongcheng immediately released their hands, and the cluster grenades that were pressed against the rubber bands were quickly launched. After passing through the sunlight and some leaves in the forest, they formed an oblique trajectory and then fell due to gravity.

The cluster grenades eventually landed in front of the mercenary positions in Ratatosk.

BOOM!

The main part of the cluster grenade exploded less than a second after hitting the ground, instantly killing or maiming the unfortunate people around it. Then, the other grenades that had not yet exploded were sent flying to other places by the shock of the explosion, and then exploded at different times, causing many of the unfortunate people to scream in agony.

Some of the Ratatosk soldiers who witnessed the cluster grenades falling from the sky, exploding, and then scattering like submunitions, either stared in slight surprise or laughed before continuing their fight.

This ancient method of using hand grenades is rarely seen on modern battlefields; it can only be found in the hands of poorly equipped anti-government forces or guerrillas.

If the 107mm rocket launcher hadn't been lost at the foot of the mountain, it wouldn't have been the time for cluster grenades to be used; instead, rockets would have blown the enemy to smithereens.

The combination of a large slingshot and cluster grenades was a tactic that the Red Army soldiers had already mastered, usually used to deal with landlords' courtyards or earthen walls. In fact, there were many other variations, one of which was the catapult. Even more insane was the "Heartless Cannon," which fired a heavy explosive charge that could kill people with the shockwave alone, even if it didn't kill them outright. The Xu family girls, without their ancestral oil drums, naturally couldn't make such a deadly weapon as the Heartless Cannon. In contrast, slingshots were relatively easy to make. All you needed was basic carpentry skills and tools, and to find rubber bands. Of course, whether or not you could find wooden-handled grenades was also worth mentioning.

After firing continuously for 3 minutes, the M119A2 105mm howitzer located on the other side of the hill stopped firing and began reloading.

This gave the Ratatosk mercenaries a brief respite, at which point the armored vehicles and infantry jointly owned by the DEM and the warlords began to coordinate their operations, intending to crush the Ratatosk mercenaries who were stubbornly resisting on the high ground.

"Damn it! How did they get their hands on Bradley?! I don't recall the Americans selling Bradley to any other country in the world!"

The Ratatosk mercenary immediately recognized the armored vehicle as an American M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from its appearance, and then the Bushmaster's machine gun shells made him quickly duck.

"My God, how come these people still have Sheridan tanks? Isn't this type of tank only still in service with the US 82nd Airborne Division?"

The Ratatosk mercenary exclaimed in surprise.

"We don't know about that, but are our RPGs ready? Let's open these tin cans!"

The mercenaries of Ratatosk shouted loudly.

“Wait, sir, those Sheridan and Bradley are starting to get separated from the infantry around them. Let’s wait and see what the mines that were planted there will do for us.”

The Ratatosk mercenary asked his superior to remain calm.

"That's right, we were almost blown to wits. But we still need the rocket launcher gunners to get ready, in case the landmines don't completely stop them, we'll still need the rocket launchers."

The Ratatosk mercenaries gave the order.

"Aye, Aye, Sir!"

The Ratatosk mercenaries immediately went to make the necessary preparations.

In mountainous terrain, heavy main battle tanks like the Type 99A2 and M1A2 Abrams are not suitable for mountain warfare. Only tanks like the ZTZ-96, with their relatively low weight and good mobility, are suitable for mountain warfare. Similarly, the Type 99A2 and M1A2 Abrams are not suitable for deployment in southern my country because of the dense network of waterways and the limited number of flat terrains suitable for tanks. In contrast, the Northeast and Siberia regions are much more spacious and flat.

The evidence is that China has deployed mostly Type 96 tanks in the water-rich south, while the north is where the Type 99A2 main battle tank is mainly deployed, in order to counter a possible Russian invasion.

Among China's neighboring countries, only Russia, which inherited most of the Soviet Union's assets, has main battle tanks that can rival it. As for the other small East Asian countries... they simply do not have tanks comparable to the Type 99A2.

Moreover, the PLA wouldn't be foolish enough to fight them with only tanks. Adhering to the principle of heavy artillery, the PLA would cooperate with the air force to teach those weaklings why they were courting death. As for guerrilla tactics, those were things the PLA had already mastered. How could they dare to show off their skills in front of Guan Yu? The fate of Vietnam after being encouraged by the Soviet Union proved how limited that approach was for the PLA.

Getting back to the main point, the Black Moon Wing transport planes not only deployed infantry units and ammunition supplies, but also carried some extraordinary defensive equipment: the "MAD mine."

As several Bradley and Sheridan vehicles approached the MAD mine, the MAD mine, equipped with a sensitive metal detector, immediately and violently detonated its plasma warhead.

With a deafening vibration that seemed to tear at the eardrums and the sound of plasma weapons exploding, a violent plasma shockwave immediately erupted from the location where the MAD mine had been.

DONBOOOM!!

The blinding green flashes emitted by the plasma shockwave were the last sight that infantry and armored vehicles within the blast radius could see.

The short-range but violent plasma shockwave quickly and effectively destroyed burning armor and human bodies, annihilating all living things that approached within range with overwhelming force.

"Is this what happens when you're hit by a plasma weapon...?"