diskusbooks Chapter 342 Chess Game (6)
Chapter 342 Chess Game (6)
(Um, considering that the author has been working tirelessly to update for everyone since recovering—please give me some generous, albeit unsolicited, donations! I'll do anything, sob sob. I'll continue updating from now on, sob sob.)
"Ahead! One kilometer! Enemy tank formations are attacking our position!"
"Get ready for battle!"
A sandstorm howled as a light off-road vehicle came to a stop on the position, bringing back news—to the east of the 24th Red Banner Guards Armored Brigade, an enemy armored group was advancing menacingly.
"Have all the landmines been planted?"
"Sir! Everything is ready!"
"Excellent! Tell the armored units! Get ready! We're about to meet the enemy! Comrades! Behind us, many more of our comrades are fighting in Vegas, and our mission is to delay enemy reinforcements in this sandstorm and hold out until it passes!"
"Comrades! Our achievements today will be remembered by all the glorious proletariat! Our cause will lay the foundation for the success of the revolution! The 24th Red Banner Guards Armored Brigade will become a glorious force in the Colombian revolution!"
Long live the Colombian revolution!
Boom! ! ! ! !
Amidst the sandstorm and the howling of the sand, muffled explosions rang out. One after another, pre-buried landmines and various IED devices were detonating. In the sandstorm environment, no combat unit could clearly perceive its surroundings, let alone discover a single anti-tank mine buried under the sand.
With visibility less than 30 meters in the sandstorm, all visual observation was useless. The officers and soldiers of the 24th Red Banner Guards Armored Brigade understood this. They dug trenches and communication trenches along the roadbed, and the mobile infantry dismounted and huddled in the trenches.
Only tanks and some armored vehicles equipped with infrared channels and thermal imaging can barely maintain their combat effectiveness in such harsh and extreme environments.
"Enemy tank! 500 meters!"
"One armor-piercing round being loaded!"
"it is good!"
"Armor-piercing shell!"
"emission!"
Boom! Boom—
第24红旗近卫装甲旅有三个装甲营，全旅有104辆坦克作为装甲矛头，这些坦克有老式的M60A1，也有最新的M1A1主战坦克。
At this moment, facing the MBT-70 main battle tank, the two sides immediately engaged in combat. However, compared to the MBT-70, which can be described as a "luxury" main battle tank, the M1A1 main battle tank did not have much of an advantage in sighting equipment. But compared to the MBT-70's M150 152mm dual-purpose tank gun, the M1A1's M256 smoothbore gun was a truly advanced cannon. The advanced alloy gun steel from the Portland Special Steel Complex gave it a higher muzzle velocity, and it could also use the more powerful M829A1 fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile.
Bang!
When shells collide, the M1 main battle tanks of the 24th Red Flag Guards Armored Brigade have a slight advantage in armor-on-shell combat. Thanks to the mass production and deployment of the M19 explosive reactive armor, the M1 tanks have achieved a higher survivability rate against the MBT-70 main battle tank, which generally uses chemical energy fin-stabilized anti-tank rounds.
In contrast, the MBT-70's development was influenced by the growing "armor is useless" theory. For the sake of mobility, its armor was not actually thick, and unlike the M1A1, it did not pile most of its armor on the front while neglecting protection of the heading angle.
Therefore, when faced with the M829A1 fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing rounds of the M1 main battle tank, a large number of MBT-70s were penetrated, bursting into flames. The smoke was blown away by the sand and dust, and one tank after another disappeared in the sand and dust in an instant.
"The enemy is retreating!"
"IED!"
"Yes! Ignition in progress!"
The term IED stands for "Improvised Explosive Device." This type of weapon first appeared in the battles fought by the workers' pickets against the Portland garrison. There are no specifications for IEDs; a little bit of black powder, a hand grenade, or a mortar shell can all be used as an IED.
But today, the IED placed here is not an ordinary charge—it is a magical charge, with a large number of magic crystals connected to the reaction circuit. When the energy of the magic crystals exceeds the energy of the circuit, a violent magical explosion will occur, accompanied by a one-time overload reaction of the circuit—usually more than ten times the energy of the circuit's target spell.
"quick!"
"Quiet down, this is a crucial point..."
A soldier with a crystal icon on his hat chanted incantations. As the war progressed to this point, mages on the battlefield had become a purely auxiliary force. Magic still couldn't compete with the power of industry, but its versatility was enough to allow an individual to accomplish many tasks—such as casting spells to awaken magical circuits in this environment, thereby remotely detonating an IED.
Boom! ! ! ! !
A deafening roar of thunder erupted, followed by a burst of light powerful enough to briefly blind someone—a thunderstorm spell—when the power originally intended for Vera's specifications was overloaded, the lightning in the sky was replicated by the raging magic.
"What?! You're telling me there are enemy troops on the highway to Vegas? Are you guys idiots? If there are enemy troops, go and wipe them out!"
When Mike Douglas heard the news, he almost dropped his wine glass at the banquet. The sandstorm wasn't just his doing; Alice had already deployed a large force.
Indeed, Mike Douglas was unaware that there was only one brigade there; after all, to relinquish a section of highway, it would require two or three armored divisions.
However, due to the sandstorm obscuring the 24th Red Banner Guards Armored Brigade, the officers at the front still do not know exactly how many divisions are there.
If Alice can mobilize a large army to infiltrate behind them, does that mean that the vast territory north of Mojave has already been conquered?
After all, according to his military theory, he would commit at least three divisions to capture and defend such a strategic location.
Should the entire army withdraw from Vegas, or launch a fierce attack on that position? He pondered this. There were still two or three divisions in the city, as well as several disorganized units undergoing reorganization, and two National Guard brigades.
He took puffs of his corn pipe, then turned his head and saw Alice strolling leisurely, chatting with several pretty young ladies from wealthy families.
If there was anything to be known, perhaps only Alice could answer it, but Mike Douglas wisely lowered his stance and sent someone to invite her.
"Indeed a formidable opponent..."
Alice was his adversary, not Jack Reed. Mike Douglas recognized this, but he wasn't arrogant enough to order her execution. She was too important, too prominent. At this point, any move that threatened her would be tantamount to declaring war on the entire Western Pacific Treaty.
Of course, the Union's Glennada lackeys were happy to see this, so Mike Douglas did indeed adjust Alice's protection level to be the same as his. After all, the United States, in its current state, could not afford a future where it would be excluded from the Western Ocean Convention.