From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

When the vanguard began to exchange fire with the Imperial Army, Amber's assault team began to constantly readjust its path according to the area where the exchange of fire occurred.

Because the mission assigned to them by Lieutenant Colonel Dallas is to avoid all crossfires and break through to the base area of ​​the space elevator first.

After activating the Gnakuri backup HCP, they defeated the Imperial defenders in the core control center, regained control of the space elevator, and held on until the follow-up troops arrived.

Both Lieutenant Colonel Dallas and Amber believed that the key point of this combat plan was to be fast.

The current imperial defenders in the core area are two battalions of orbital paratroopers. Except for some light multi-legged tanks, there are no other heavy units, and they are all scattered.

Therefore, after Amber and the others activated HCP, they could theoretically defeat the defenders of these two battalions more easily.

As long as they can control the core area before the empire's heavy units come up, the subsequent defensive operations will be much easier with the support of HCP.

On the contrary, if the empire's heavy units reach the core area first, Amber and the others will have to face a tough battle in a narrow area.

This is why the friendly forces on the periphery are desperately attacking, in order to drag the heavy units that the empire has deployed urgently in the past few days as much as possible on the frontal battlefield.

The assault team led by Amber is actually not a team in terms of organization.

5 standard 'Mongoose 4', 1 communication relay vehicle and 1 electronic combat vehicle each, 3 'Tarantula modified' light multi-legged combat vehicles, and two trucks.

Coupled with the accompanying motorized infantry, these are Amber's old team.

In addition, there are two armored vehicles equipped with two new HCP pilots and maintenance teams.

As well as the two 'Mammoth' heavy-duty multi-legged tanks that Lieutenant Colonel Dallas reluctantly allocated, they were also upgraded models with electromagnetic reconnection cannons.

At present, these two heavy-duty units have also switched to maneuver mode, lowering their bodies and using the crawlers spread out on their mechanical feet to maneuver quickly.

"Amber, after two more intersections, the team will turn left and go up the bridge! You can go directly to the base area through this connecting bridge. This is also the shortest and fastest way to go!"

In the communication relay vehicle that was shaking violently due to the high-speed speed, Major Randall guided the convoy to find the fastest route through the detailed map of the base area stored in his personal terminal.

"Major, are you sure this bridge can be climbed? We have two big machines of over 80 tons in our team!"

Amber looked at the route on the tactical map and then at the list of subordinate units in the command interface, somewhat doubting the passability of the bridge.

"Don't worry, the bridge I chose is designed to be able to pass heavy units. A 120-ton Mastodon can pass it!"

After hearing Randall's answer, Amber nodded.

"Car No. 3, release the reconnaissance drone, control the altitude to avoid the buildings, and investigate the situation on the forward route."

"Car No. 4 and Car No. 5 are ready. If the drone of the vehicle in front is shot down, immediately release the drone to take over the investigation."

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, the reconnaissance drone transmitted back images.

As expected, the imperial defenders appeared at the end of the bridge, and more soldiers and light multi-legged chariots were coming.

Obviously, the other party also discovered this speeding assault force.

"Being targeted by the opponent's drone?"

This thought flashed through Amber's mind, but it was too late to conduct anti-drone operations at this moment.

Although the electronic combat vehicle in the team can also counter drones, Amber still needs it to carry out electronic suppression against the imperial defenders in the upcoming battle, so he will not activate it at this time.

"Attention everyone, the imperial defenders were found on the path. According to the predetermined plan, they launched an assault formation and prepared for battle!"

The two Mammoths quickly moved to the front of the team.

With thick armor and deflection fields, they are the best attack spearheads without HCP.

Amber also used one of the Mammoths to pass by the communication relay vehicle, jumped directly onto it, and then clung to a mechanical leg on the side of the vehicle.

"Go, go, go!"

Amber made an 'attack' gesture towards an optical sensor on the side of the Mammoth vehicle, and the beast beneath him suddenly roared and sped up.

"Lilith, activate the swarm to standby mode, remotely access the control terminal, and switch the control mode to nerve conduction mode."

"Understood, Master!"

While the assault team rushed onto the bridge connecting the base area through the approach bridge, one of the transport trucks behind the convoy also retracted its folding awning, revealing three black 'hives' loaded in the trailer.

Under Lilith's invasion, although the carrying boxes of the three 'Swarm' drones were locked, they did not last long before Lilith completely took over control.

After Amber gave the order, several green indicator lights on the three black boxes suddenly lit up, and then the outer covers unfolded amidst a burst of conductive sound from the mechanical structure, revealing the large Frisbee-like items inside. Drones.

At the same time, Amber also felt that the microprocessor in her body was suddenly connected to 150 independent signal sources. These were the swarm drones in the three carrying boxes.

Through nerve conduction, only psykers can directly control a large number of drones with their thoughts.

In addition to being able to use psychic powers, psychics' spatial perception, cognitive abilities, memory, brain multi-thread processing and other abilities are also far superior to ordinary humans.

This is why only psykers can control multiple drones in combat through 'direct connection'.

This is like letting one person control multiple FPV traversing machines at the same time. Ordinary people cannot do this.

But psykers can control a large number of drones in a 'direct connection' state and handle the flight path of each one.

Of course, under normal circumstances, psykers will rely on combat AI to assist operations and reduce their own burden even if they are in a 'direct connection' state.

While Amber was adapting to controlling 150 swarm drones at the same time through her mind, the Imperial defenders at the end of the bridge also opened fire.

One after another, anti-vehicle missiles trailed in the direction of the convoy, and the Mammoth's close-in defense laser, the chain gun on the rear armored vehicle, and the coaxial Gauss machine gun also began to fire to intercept.

At the same time, the two Mammoths also activated the deflection force field in the front hemisphere, and in the flash of muzzle fire from the 'Holy Spirit' light multi-legged chariots at the end of the bridge, they opened one tungsten alloy penetration hole after another. Rod.

Driven by the crew, the 'Mongoose 4' armored vehicle and the 'Tarantula Kai' light multi-legged combat vehicle constantly took advantage of gaps in enemy attacks to find opportunities to counterattack from behind the mammoth's huge body.

The electronic warfare vehicles also began to launch electronic suppression against the Imperial defenders at the end of the bridge.

The 1.6-kilometer two-way twelve-lane bridge gives the team enough room to maneuver.

Under a rapid assault, the assault team rushed to the last 300 meters in less than two minutes.

When the two Mammoths suddenly decelerated, they also began to switch from maneuvering mode to stepping mode.

At the same time, the electromagnetic reconnection cannon on the turret of one of the Mammoths also began to charge.

Two seconds later, an orange-red line of fire swept across the bridge, and then, like a slap from an invisible big hand, it directly opened a hole in the defense line built by the imperial defenders with a large number of bunkers and obstacles.

A Holy Spirit that failed to evade in time was smashed into a pile of fragments on the spot. The secondary damage caused by the electromagnetic reconnection cannon also injured a large number of imperial soldiers near the flight path of the cannon.

But it's not over yet.

When these soldiers struggled to get up from the ground, they were ready to rush forward to block the gap in the defense line.

I saw a figure propelled by two tail flames, accompanied by a large number of black small drones, crossing the defense line from the air, and then crashing straight to the ground.

"Psychic shock!"

An invisible psychic shock wave landed with Amber's "Heroic Appearance", and quickly spread with him as the center of the circle, shaking the imperial defenders who had not yet stood firm again to their feet.