Traveling through the infinite wasteland

Just when Joe took out a deck of cards and wanted to get everyone to play together, the lieutenant of the infantry company rushed into the command room and reported breathlessly: "The infantry unit of the 177th Attack Force has been assembled and is ready to go, boss."

After replenishing water, the infantry company of the 177th Attack Force boarded the personnel carrier again. The lieutenant company commander found Ye and signaled that they were ready to go and could attack the next target at any time. Now all the soldiers were suffocating in their hearts. They were originally planning to show off when they captured the base, but they lost the opportunity because of Lieutenant Colonel Bruce's decision. They had not fired a single shot since the start of the war and could only look up at the mecha troops making meritorious deeds. This feeling was very unpleasant. Moreover, if his brothers know that he followed the most elite mecha troops in this attack but did not fire, they don't know what they will think of the soldiers in this company. So the lieutenant plucked up the courage and suggested to Xiangye to quickly attack the next imperial base, the Imperial 609 transit base located thirty kilometers behind outpost 177.

How could Ye not know what these army soldiers were thinking? After the lieutenant finished speaking, he immediately nodded in agreement, and then called the members of the Blood Prison Commando to board the plane to prepare for departure.

The maintenance personnel will remove the camouflage net on the mecha cover and unplug all the cables. Following Ye's departure order, the 177th attack force embarked on a journey to attack the Empire's 609th transit base.

"This is the 177th Attack Force. Calling Tris Air Force Base. Please answer when you receive it." Ye began to contact the air force in the rear. Now he needed intelligence on the area from the 177th outpost to the 609th transfer base. After all, the ground reconnaissance force had a field of view. It is still too small. Even if they are equipped with a Warthog reconnaissance vehicle that can reach a speed of 160 kilometers per hour in various environments, the impact of the undulating terrain allows them to grasp the situation up to four kilometers in front of the troops. For both wings, these reconnaissance ranges will be halved.

"This is Tris Air Force Base, 177th Attack Force. Your voice is clear." The air base quickly responded to the night, as the liaison of the 177th Attack Force, one of the main attack forces. The liaison officer did not dare to delay at all. While establishing contact with Ye, he called their leader.

"Our army needs a group of reconnaissance fighter units to reconnoiter the imperial troops in the area between the 177th outpost and the 609th transfer base. Please send them as soon as possible." Ye emphasized the word "as soon as possible".

"Okay, Unit 177, we will arrange fighter planes immediately." The air force base commander took over the liaison device and gave Ye a satisfactory reply. Jax and Garancha, two heavyweight generals in the New London Star, had already greeted the commander. Meet the requirements of Unit 177 at all costs.

"Thank you very much." Ye, who drove out of the warning range of the 177 outpost watchtower, signaled the troops to move forward slowly. Ye did not want his troops to be ambushed by the empire. If Ye had known that there was a squadron of mechas in Outpost 177 before, Ye would not have attacked Outpost 177 in a straight line. Fortunately, Bruce did not get the information about the deployment of the 177 attack force, and mistakenly chose the tactic of relying on base defense. He missed the opportunity to ambush the night, and also lost the opportunity to severely damage the 177 attack force. But the situation is different now. Bruce must have informed the rear base of the configuration information of the 177th attack force, and previous federal intelligence showed that it was the largest transit base on the empire's front line. There is a squadron of mechas stationed in the 609 transfer base. If this base is roughly equivalent to Outpost 177, it's the Empire's turn to change. The number of mechas there will reach the terrifying scale of two squadrons in many places. These mechas are enough to eat up 177 attacking troops without using an ambush. If the imperial commander had been more cautious, left half of the mechas stationed at the base, and used a squadron of mechas to ambush the 177th attack force, it would have been impossible for the 177th attack force to withstand the attack. So Ye very cautiously called the Air Force reconnaissance force this time, using the Air Force's wide range of reconnaissance capabilities to play the role of early warning and air support for his own troops.

"This is Tris Air Force Base, 177th Attack Force. Our fighter formation will take off in one minute. Coming towards you, it is expected to arrive over you in ten minutes. Start the reconnaissance mission." The base's The efficiency is still very high, in no time. The commander of the air force base contacted Ye personally and reported the latest situation.

"177 Attack Force received, thank you very much for your help, Tris Air Force Base." Ye replied happily. In ten minutes, he will be able to decide how to attack the 609 transfer base with minimal losses.

There was still no news of the Imperial troops from the surrounding Warthog reconnaissance troops, but the cautious Ye still ordered the troops to stop advancing. This approach made the infantry a little dissatisfied, but after the lieutenant's explanation, these soldiers who were eager to show their abilities were relieved. After all, Ye was also considering their safety.

"This is the Skyhawk Group, the 177th Attack Force. We have arrived in your sky and will start performing reconnaissance missions immediately." A group of 50 fighter planes flew from the eastern sky. These troops are what Tris Base can send to the 177th Attack Force. maximum support. You must know that the Federation is now oppressing the Imperial forces across the board, and the general attack force can only be assigned a squadron of fighter planes to be used as reconnaissance aircraft. The number of fighter planes in the sky at night is already two and a half times that of the general army.

"Okay, Skyhawk Brigade. We are waiting for news from you. Please pay attention to the traces on the desert, why the imperial troops may be hidden in the sand." Ye thought very carefully, taking into account all possible situations. , although the traces on the sand may have been cleaned up by imperial soldiers, or obscured by the sand, there is still a certain chance of discovery. Once discovered, Ye can lead the 177 attack force to catch the empire's ambush force by surprise. In that case, the gap in the number of mechas between one's own forces and the 609 transfer base can be greatly reduced. Sneak attack tactics, whether in previous wars or in current wars, can have a miraculous effect on defeating the weak and the strong, and defeating the many with less.

"Understood, Attack Force 177." A group of fighter planes in the sky shook their wings as they passed overhead. Then the three-machine commando team formed a group, spread out in all directions, and began a reconnaissance mission. The more fighter planes, the better. The reconnaissance range of the Skyhawk Brigade directly covers a 160-degree sector and a ten-kilometer area in front of the 177th Attack Force. Such extensive reconnaissance. It becomes very difficult to hide the imperial troops. Who makes the empire's low production of fighter planes unable to defend the empire's airspace.

Although the Federation's Hellfire fighter is not a fighter specifically designed for combat in the atmosphere, its excellent performance is still recognized by everyone. Flying at high speed, they quickly scouted the road far ahead of the 177th Attack Force and informed Ye Ye that no enemy had been found.

After receiving the report, Ye Ye was a little confused. Logically speaking, the commander of the 609 transit base should have used the terrain to use superior forces to ambush the federal army after knowing the configuration of the 177 attack force. Keep the enemy outside your base to maintain the integrity of your base. But the current situation seems to be that the commander of the 609 transit base has no intention of ambushing the 177 attack force outside. This anomaly makes Ye feel a little confused.

"This is Skyhawk No. 1, Attack Force 177, can you receive it?" The captain of the Skyhawk Brigade suddenly contacted Attack Force 177. It seemed that he had discovered something.

"It's very clear, Skyhawk One. Did something happen? Have you found the ambush location of the imperial troops?" Ye asked excitedly. From Ye's heart, he hoped to fight the imperial troops in the desert. This is why the power of the Land King's artillery can be maximized in such an open field. Moreover, it is not easy to capture a base guarded by mecha troops. But if the mecha troops are removed, many bases are likely to surrender directly, just like Outpost 177.

It's a pity that Ye's wishful thinking came to nothing. At this time, the Skyhawk No. 1 was not over the vast desert. The Hellfire's extremely excellent speed had already sent the Skyhawk's first commando team to the sky above the 609 transfer base. Three fighters were filming the defense of this base. and analysis.

"177 Attack Force, we have not been able to detect the Empire's ambush force. We are currently over the Empire's 609 transfer base and will immediately transmit the footage we captured to you." Captain Skyhawk replied while integrating the three fighters. The image is transmitted to Ye's mecha.

Ye felt a little embarrassed about his wrong guess, but these emotions disappeared immediately as the image on the monitor appeared. Ye muttered somewhat depressedly: "There is only one squadron of mechas. Huh, I thought it was roughly the same as Base 177. Let's hit the shift change."

Qiao, who had sharp ears, heard Ye's whisper, and the fast-talking king immediately began to express his opinions. Said: "Boss, I said the empire must have left a squadron of our known troops to garrison the base to prevent us from taking advantage of their ambush to take a detour and sneak attack on their base, and then sent a squadron to ambush us. You see, the empire The footprints of those mechas at the entrance of the base, haha, don’t those idiot imperial troops know to clean their own butts when they go out? It’s so obvious.”

Gars, who was listening, looked at the image carefully and shook his head: "It seems that the empire did not send troops to ambush us."

"Captain, how do you know that the Empire didn't ambush us?" Joe asked. From his tone, it could be heard that this guy was very suspicious of Garth's words, which was why he himself saw no sign that the Empire's troops were not dispatched.

Smith took over and said: "The Imperial troops have not been dispatched in at least the recent period." This guy said while sharing an image, which he will ask the Skyhawk Brigade for. In this image, the huge footprints of the imperial troops come out from the entrance of the base and continue to the sandy area where Unit 177 is located. This series of footprints is a continuous series of six mecha footprints with the same depth. It can be judged from these that these footprints should be the footprints left by the mecha troops who went to outpost 177 for a shift.

"What do these footprints have to do with whether the Imperial troops have launched an attack?" Joe asked, even more suspicious of what Smith shared, while dragging the pictures on the screen.

Smith used an electronic pen to draw a circle at the door of Base 609. This circle was also displayed on the screens of the other three mechas. Then he said with confidence: "This imperial mecha unit heading to Outpost 177 will When leaving the entrance of 609 Transit Base, they adopted a formation of walking side by side. In other words, this Imperial mecha unit left their footprints at the entrance of the entire 609 Transit Base. Moreover, there were also Imperial patrol vehicles on the surrounding sand. Marks, these marks and footprints completely occupy the entrance of the Imperial base. If the Imperial troops from Base 609 want to ambush us, they will definitely be dispatched after these mechas, but if the Imperial soldiers want to cover up the footprints of their ambush troops, then It will definitely affect the traces left by this shift force and the imperial patrol force. However, the various traces at the entrance of the base now appear quite natural. There are no traces that have been covered by other mecha footprints again, and there are no traces that have been artificially covered up. . This is enough to show that the Imperial mecha troops have not dispatched again after the attack of this batch of replacement troops. Therefore, the Imperial ambush troops that you think of, Qiao, do not exist. "

Smith's analysis made Qiao nodded sharply in the control room, looking for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com, but Ye's brows furrowed even more tightly. Ye was already convinced that Bruce had sent the configuration information of his troops to the 609 transit base. The reason why the 177th outpost itself was set up for that base. Judging from Lieutenant Colonel Bruce's behavior of destroying supplies, it is impossible for this soldier who is loyal to the empire not to inform the 609 transit base he guards with important information about his troops' situation. In other words, the commander of that base chose the tactic of sticking to the base even though he knew that his troops had ultra-long-range attack capabilities.

Could it be that this base has some secret weapon with a range higher than that of the King of Land? Ye Rang was startled by his thoughts, but he immediately rejected his idea. The reason why this imperial base was nothing unusual from the images taken by high-altitude reconnaissance. There were no buildings that looked very special, and there were no very special buildings. Obviously giant artillery or long-range weapons facilities such as missile racks and missile silos.

"Boss, it seems that this 609 transit base still needs to rely on your heavy artillery to smash its turtle shell, haha." Qiao said with a cheerful smile. He also wanted to appreciate the destructive power of the King of Land's cannon. When he bombarded outpost 177 earlier, the boy cheered every time a cannon was fired, and screamed when the cannon exploded. , making Gals and Smith, who had been in commando contact with him, extremely depressed. (To be continued)