Men's Kapishi

The main task of fleet infantry is to attack enemy warships and mobile cities, seize control, wipe out stubborn enemies, and assist line infantry to solve problems that they cannot solve.

This means that the infantry of the fleet often needs to forcibly attack against the artillery fire of the enemy fleet, and the casualty rate has always been high. However, all those who can survive the war are elite fighters. Courage, strength, and luck are all indispensable.

As the elite of the Ursus army, the treatment of the fleet infantry is of course not bad, whether it is the usual bright dresses, golden badges, expensive military pay, or the excellent equipment allotted during wartime, priority high-level supplies, full The combat allowance is enviable for Ursus's huge army.

Not to mention that the chances of making military exploits and obtaining the title of nobility are much higher than those of line infantry and battleship sailors.

The order Leonid received today was different from usual. It was not to raid the mobile city, nor to clear out the remnants on the paralyzed enemy warships, but to occupy a hill at the end of the Teal Corridor.

This made Leonid very confused. The huge head with two bear ears has never figured out why it is necessary to dispatch fleet infantry to occupy a barren mountain-the mountain cannot be moved, and the land cruiser can just bypass it.

Even if you want to occupy it, you don't need an elite like yourself?Just fill in the line of infantry. A hill that is several hundred meters high and less than ten kilometers in radius can be crowded by tens of thousands of people, or it can be flattened with naval guns. There is no need to use fleet infantry at all. .

I don't know what the head of the legion thinks, the fifth legion has a total of more than 6 people, and the fleet has only eight regiments of infantry, a total of 8000 people. There is absolutely no need to waste energy in such insignificant places.

But who cares, he is just a small team leader, with more than 30 people under him, as long as he finds a way to complete the task and try to bring his brothers back alive.

After taking a sip of the "water of life" in his arms to resist the cold on the deck, Leonid assembled his squad on the deck, and then merged into the squadron and the brigade to stand in line.

After confirming that the equipment was in good condition, the captain briefly stated the purpose and plan of the operation, and then brought the fleet infantry on board the ship into the dock on the lower deck of the land carrier, boarded four assault boats in units of squadrons, and waited for departure.

"Your Excellency Vladimir, the opponent is not simple. I don't think it is a good idea to attack rashly."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Vladimir, the commander of the Ursus Fifth Army, was very unhappy about being interrupted. "Apostol, remember your identity and position!"

"Your Third Army has withdrawn from the combat sequence, and you are now just a member of the observation regiment! And this is the combat command room of the Fifth Army's flagship Poltava!"

"Either get out! Or shut up!"

Vladimir put down the documents and the flat-panel monitor in his hand, stood up from the large leather chair with gilded leather, faced Apostol and pointed to the hatch of the command room with his finger, and the staff officers and liaison officers working beside him looked at To the two generals, and then looked back under Vladimir's fierce gaze.

"I know you don't like me. On the one hand, you are not dealing with the new nobles, but on the other hand, you think I am a spy sent by the theater command to monitor you." Apostol was not angry again, but explained calmly, and tried to appease Vladimir.

"You don't have to target me like this. It's not a good habit to get angry before a battle. I quietly offer you some advice for the sake of the empire."

"Suggestion? Take care of yourself first, young man! Let the mobile fleet of the Sami people penetrate the defense line and destroy the material storage point. What a young hero, the rising star of the empire, is nothing but a name!"

Vladimir glanced at Apostol disdainfully, then lit himself a cigar, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled the smoke, saying: "Apostol, you are too young. You should always be cautious Time to be reckless."

"That's right, I meant that you actually openly supported Chairman Witte and the new nobles in the parliamentary hearing. Don't forget, you came from St. Jun Castle and military nobles! If the situation is unclear, you will get into trouble if you rush to stand in line."

"Although His Majesty the Emperor has not expressed his position, everyone knows that His Majesty does not want to see the military aristocrats have an affair with the new aristocrats. That's why you were transferred from the guards of St. Jun Castle."

Glancing at Apostol, who was not moved at all and didn't take his advice to heart, General Vladimir was a bit arrogant for a while, because these lucky little devils usually don't listen to the advice of their elders. I hate dealing with Apostol so much.

However, they are all born in military aristocrats, and I still have some friendship with Apostol's elders, so I still have to finish what I have to say.

"Apostol, you are overly cautious when you shouldn't be, such as now."

"What you want to tell me is that the enemy's strength is unknown. We should act cautiously instead of directly sending elites to carry out a surprise attack. It is better to spend a few days to find out the enemy's troops and long-range firepower and eliminate them before pressing the main force of the fleet to keep squeezing." Overwhelm the enemy."

"But this is not only a military mission but also a political mission. You should be very clear about the significance of being the first to break through the Sami defense line and set foot on the Sami land."

"Even if your Third Legion withdraws from the combat sequence due to supply reasons, the Fifth Legion still has 15 troops and hundreds of warships behind it! We have a lot of brave fighters to break through the enemy's defenses!"

"I'm just putting forward my thoughts from a military point of view. Shouldn't excessive casualties of soldiers be avoided?"

"You are a nobleman first! An imperial officer second!"

"It's because the high-level officials of the imperial army think like you! The Ursus army keeps rotting away!"

"Sergey! How dare you talk to me like that!"

"Farewell! General Vladimir! I will follow the infantry of the fleet!" Apostol saluted Ursus, then put on his hat and strode out of the combat command room.

"Who is that! Yes! It's you!" Vladimir was furious, and then pointed to a combat staff officer, "Go and take someone to follow the boy of the Apostol family! He's missing a hair, you look good!"

Chapter 167 Chapter 57 The longest day (2)

The advance team defending at Heights 420 naturally received an early warning message that the Ursus main fleet began to move towards its own side.

At about 420:30 in the morning, the mist in the mountains had not dissipated, and a main fleet of Ursus had approached to a position about [-] kilometers north of the [-] highland, and then stopped moving.

It was replaced by a large crawler vehicle that drove out of the land-ship dock. Judging from the aerial photos, it was similar in length to the base walker, but it was shorter and had a smaller frontal bombardment area.

The upper deck is the same as the Ursus land cruiser, with a hexagonal turret design, but it seems that the caliber of the artillery carried by the six turrets is not large, it should be around [-]mm.

However, the unified dual-mounted turrets make these small "land ships" look like hedgehogs, which are very difficult to mess with.

The Ursas fleet released a total of twelve such armored gunboats. The drone guessed that they should be equipped with infantry or commandos for attack, but it is unclear how many of them are.

Yesterday afternoon, the Ursus auxiliary troops who came to deliver a wave of heads made the crossing people a little uncertain about Ursas' tactics and tactics, and they didn't dare to act rashly, and Ursas's side was not in a hurry to launch an attack.

The several kilometers wide front fell into an eerie calm for a while.

In view of the Ursas fleet not far away, the target drone and Haizi did not immediately order the artillery to intercept and shoot, and it was obviously not a good idea to bombard the Ursus fleet with a lot of turrets.

And the target drone is not very sure whether the mortar in his hand can smash through the top armor of these gunboats. The large-caliber 155mm assault gun and missile launch platform are the only heavy weapons in his hand. For naval guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm, the target drone does not want to show its cards easily.

Especially in the face of the Ursus battleship with heavy armor, whether these heavy weapons at hand can work is a serious question.Considering that demonstrating the combat effectiveness of Karak's foreign trade weapons is also one of the important purposes of the advance team, the traversing people don't really want to use these self-use equipment prematurely.

The Ursas troops in the distance are also observing the movement of the 420 highland mountain in detail, trying to find out the artillery position.The fiasco of the meat detection team was completely photographed by the scouts who were recording from a distance. The Ursus frontline commander knew very well that the enemy in front of him had a considerable number of small-caliber artillery.

The commander of the [-]st Squadron of Fleet Infantry of V Corps did not want to waste precious shells and gunners' energy until he had discovered the position of the enemy's heavy weapons.The battlefield fell into a strange calm for a while, and neither side took the lead.

After several drones trying to approach the 420 Heights for reconnaissance were accurately volleyed and blasted by the ranger team using large-caliber anti-materiel weapons, the Ursus army gave up the practice of continuing to waste expensive drones.

Eight gunboats advanced from the front to the high ground, and the other four gunboats tried to go around to the rear of the 420 high ground through the open ground on the east side.

The frontline commander of Ursas was very cautious, and the frontal advance speed was quite slow. When it approached the high ground for about 5 kilometers, the advance speed further decreased, and it was already close to the walking speed.

The speed of the four gunboats around the side did not decrease, but they had to slow down when they approached the large anti-tank cone.Even if these one-meter-high concrete cones cannot stop the tens of meters long armored gunboat from advancing forward, it can still make it have to slow down its movement speed.

The walking device of the land cruiser is not as indestructible as imagined, and it is still possible not to do the thing of directly hitting the anti-tank cone with the head iron.

At this time, the barrier-breaking device equipped in front like the land cruiser plays a key role. The huge thick bucket can not only provide additional protection on the front, but also can be used to clear obstacles and possible mines after being lowered.

The four Ursus gunboats lined up in column, trying to clear a path through the mass of anti-tank cones.

At first, relying on its huge size and tonnage, the team of Ursus gunboats that split up the attack went very smoothly. The anti-tank cones were pushed to both sides by the front bucket until the first Ursus gunboat triggered the induction mine laid by Haizi .

The dazzling light flashed away, and then a large group of flames rose into the sky.The power of the induction mines equipped by the base walker is really not exaggerated. The moment the mines exploded, the crawlers and running gear on the right side of the Ursus gunboat were directly blown up, and the scattered twisted parts were thrown hundreds of meters into the air.

The chassis of the gunboat was also easily blown through, and it started to catch fire, and thick smoke billowed out quickly from the gaps in the gunboat.It didn't take long for the surviving members of the gunboat and the fleet infantry they carried to abandon the ship and evacuate. It didn't take long for the fire to detonate the ammunition depot of the gunboat.

Several turrets rolled like the lids of a pressure cooker and were thrown into the sky by the spewed flames, and then the shell in the middle of the gunboat was also crushed by the powerful force generated by the explosion, and it was blasted like a trumpet, and the violent energy was released from it.

The sudden change caused some confusion in the Ursus army, but the extremely high quality of the soldiers quickly stopped the commotion, and the remaining three gunboats that were trying to circle around began to retreat.

The front-propelled gunboat opened the hatch and organized the infantry of the fleet to disembark, so as not to step on a landmine and be killed with the boat.

The Ursus gunboat that triggered the induction mine before did not actually evacuate many people, and the sudden explosion may directly take the lives of more than half of the members.

The Ursus gunboat doesn't have any anti-collapse lining, and its armor is far inferior to that of a real land ship.The impact of the induction mine explosion is comparable to the explosion of a large-caliber armor fragmentation shell outside the armor, and the collapsed chassis fragments and various parts turned into shrapnel in the bottom cabin carrying infantry.

It was discovered that the Ursus infantry disembarked and began to gather. The mortar group deployed on the reverse slope of the 420 Heights quickly fired several rounds of rapid fire at them, and then entered the bunker to hide according to the order.

This round of bombardment did not cause much damage to the fleet infantry. The fleet infantry knew very well how to avoid the artillery fire. They had been guarding against the artillery on the position, and the formation was not dense, so the effect was minimal.

After evaluating the results of the bombardment through drones and ground probes in the underground command post, the target plane and Haizi could only shake their heads.The hairy bear infantry attacking the 420 Heights is not in the same order of magnitude as the group yesterday evening, and it can be called a world of difference.

However, the Ursus fleet was indeed the same as the target drone had guessed. It had equipment similar to the artillery radar, quickly located the position of the mortar position, and then began retaliatory bombardment-the Ursas fleet opened fire [-] kilometers away. up.

Chapter 168 Chapter 58 The longest day (3)

"Fuck Nima!"

A large-caliber artillery shell fired by the Ursas fleet exploded on the position, and the target drone squatted in the command post and cursed.

The frequency of shelling by the Ursus fleet is not very high, but the power of the ship-borne artillery is much stronger than that of the vehicle-mounted and towed infantry artillery. Even the specially reinforced underground command post is falling down amidst the sound of explosions. Dirt.

It may be because the origin stone shells are too expensive. The Ursas fleet’s bombardment is very restrained. In the landing operations of the target drone and Hai Zi’s impression of Iwo Jima, the Hope’s fleet is poorly prepared for artillery fire in units of [-] tons. a lot.

Thinking about it carefully, a fortification that relies on terrain excavation for reinforcement, with a width of no more than two kilometers, is indeed not worth Ursus wasting expensive shells.Adding origin stone directly as an explosive ingredient is not much different from directly melting gold and making it into shells.

However, the bombardment of the Ursas fleet was very precise. Looking down from the drones monitoring the battlefield, every shell that landed on the position across more than 20 kilometers hit the target accurately, with an error of about 20 to 30 meters.

For the main gun of the Ursus battleship with a caliber of more than 300 mm, there is no error.

From the location of the 420 highland bombardment position determined by the Ursus fleet through the ballistic trajectory to the precise bombardment, the passers-by believe that the fire control system and bombardment command system of the Ursus land ship are not too bad.

Ammunition is so expensive, if you don't work hard on fire control, you may go bankrupt after the battle is over.

Theoretically, the price of ammunition is high, and Terra should pursue more efficient precision-guided weapons. After all, with Terra's technical reserves, as long as there is an idea, it should not be a big problem.

In order to deal with the possible emergence of precision-guided munitions such as missiles, the people who traveled through believed that they could intercept shells without intercepting missiles, and it would not be a loss at all, but they devoted a lot of resources to the point defense system.

It was only after getting in touch with Rhodes Island that I realized that the main problem restricting the promotion and application of Terra's cutting-edge technology is not technology but cost.

Electronic products in the world of Terra, such as Originium computers, mobile phones, and drones, require a large number of Originium components such as bipolar nanochips and synthetic jade, or parts used to affect the state of Originium, and the price remains high— — Whether it is the cost of the source stone or the difficulty of processing it, the working hours are extremely long, and the price is extremely high.

The origin stone is not as obedient as Blue Star's silicon crystal. This thing not only can make people suffer from ore disease, but it is also a real energetic material. It is a trivial matter to accidentally blow up the entire processing plant.

No one would think of packing expensive Originium computer components into shells as one-time consumables.

But the Ursus would not be too stingy on the expensive main battleship, at least in terms of command and fire control systems, Terra should not be considered backward, otherwise they would not be able to become a military power recognized by neighboring countries.

On Terra, only a truly powerful fleet is the cornerstone of a nation's military power.The existence of natural disasters makes most of Terra a barren land, while the land ships and mobile cities made by Originium technology have become arks on the sand sea.

So strictly speaking, most countries in Terra should be similar to sea power countries, and fleets and mobile cities are the lifeblood of the ruling class, so the crossing crowds have never been cruel to Ursus' fleet.

Once the fleet suffers heavy damage, it's hard to say whether Ursus will go crazy. Anyway, it will be too difficult for Karak Heavy Industries to fish like it is now.Either do not move the Ursas fleet, or fight enough deterrence in one battle.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the traversing crowd is not yet ready to deal with the Ursus fleet 20 kilometers away. Otherwise, after a few rounds of tactical missiles, there is no guarantee that the battleship can be sunk. It is not a big problem to force it to withdraw from the battle sequence.

Those Ursus warships were really impossible to hit when they ran, but now they were piled up there motionless, and they were completely live targets.The terminal speed of the tactical missile is close to Mach 4. Compared with the "Eclipse" anti-ship missile launched by the carrier-based aircraft with a terminal speed of more than 4 knots, the Ursus fleet is unlikely to have interception means.

The individual weapons sold now, to be honest, in the eyes of the main forces of Terra, do not pose any threat to land cruisers and "sea power", at most they can be regarded as "unique skills and obscene skills", and it is already very face-saving to pay a certain amount of attention. At least half of this face is due to the fact that Karak Heavy Industries can produce its own land cruisers.

Although the price is insincere and there is no buyer's show, at least the brochure is beautiful.

It’s just that there is currently no plan to sell high-end weapons among the cross-travelers. Rhodes Island is an exception. The all-electric propulsion design makes Rhodes Island well compatible with the equipment of the cross-travelers. Otherwise, the Origin Stone Furnace cannot directly drive the products produced by Karak Heavy Industries. components and subsystems.

The traversing crowd didn't intend to overthrow Terra's tactics so soon. The Kapisi was pulled out, so how could they gather an aircraft carrier battle group to deal with the giant cannons, multi-anchor steam steel, and men? Romantic Terra fleets are less of an issue.

Coupled with the extremely important combat endurance in the Karak technology tree, all the fleets from Ursus to Colombia were taken out and beaten one by one.

But after that?Once the main countries of Terra realize the role of the aircraft carrier, start to innovate the fleet system and tactics, and start the arms race, they will be thrown away by the national industry and scientific research system in an instant with the hundreds of people in the hands of the crossing crowd.

What is left behind is not the level of technology, but the scale. The ants kill the elephants, punch the masters to death, and before the traversing crowd does not have enough industrial population, the traversing crowd does not intend to use too advanced conventional tactics on a large scale.

First grab the personal weapons market and the small vehicle market, and then talk about it, don't invest in research and development of foreign trade weapons?Isn't it just bad money not happy?

In particular, Karak Heavy Industries currently has a huge shortage of scientific research and engineering talents, and high-end talents are mainly concentrated in Colombia. Karak Heavy Industries started from scratch, and now it has neither fame nor prestige, so it is difficult to recruit cutting-edge talents.

A "high-tech" company that has never been heard of, even if it offers a million annual salary, few researchers are willing to jump to Karak Heavy Industries in the Rim Billiton desert, and even fresh graduates can't be fooled.

Just kidding, Terra is not a peaceful and prosperous world, and if you go there rashly, you may be swallowed by people even the belt and bones, and there is no place to cry.

Even if Karak Heavy Industries wants to place a job advertisement, no serious academic talent recruitment platform is willing to publish it. A C-type company that has been registered with RIM Billiton for less than a year has no need to waste space at all.

Dr. Lawrence, who was disliked by Raytheon, and his team have now been poached by the time-travelers. There is no way to rely on the scientific research level of the time-travelers to independently develop foreign trade weapons.

The new equipment launched now are all "earth-made" products that are barely usable based on Karak's original technology. Travelers don't have much confidence in their own use. It is really impossible to develop high-end foreign trade weapons based on Terra's technology tree.

It is necessary to integrate part of the Karak technology and the tactical concept of passing through the crowd, but also to avoid causing too much impact on Terra's weapon market-one step ahead is a genius, and ten steps ahead is a madman. The market feedback will not be too friendly, no cost-effective.

Instead of relying on the talents that Terra World spent decades cultivating, relying solely on the few members of the scientific research team with professional backgrounds in the crossing crowd, I am afraid that I will be so tired that I will urinate blood.

The shelling of the Ursas fleet lasted for about half an hour, basically plowing the hill. After that, the fleet infantry in the distance dispersed in small groups under the cover of armored assault boats and launched an attack on Height 420. attack.

Although the technology allows it, the Ursus fleet did not play any tricks of Xujin barrage - no one wants to follow the 381 cannon Xujin, not to mention shrapnel and shock waves, even a stone can smash you to pieces .

After confirming that the Ursas fleet stopped shelling, the 420 Highland command post issued an order to the squadrons hidden in the tunnel to enter the surface position.

Although the plan is to put Ursas' offensive troops into a deep position and use cross and reverse firepower to clear them out, the crossing people still want to see the semi-automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and various direct-firing support weapons equipped by Sami soldiers. performance on the battlefield.

It is definitely useless to deal with the land ships of the Ursus fleet. After all, the battleships are crushing for infantry individual equipment in terms of range, maneuverability, and protection, but their performance against the enemy's infantry and armor on the battlefield is still exciting.

Haizi did not stay in the command post, but put on his tactical vest and prepared to go to the surface with a gun in his hand. The command post is safe and has a complete range of intelligence, but it is difficult to grasp the status of the frontline soldiers and the ever-changing tactics without going to the front line in person. situation.

Slightly sideways and drilled out of the shiny tunnel exit, Haizi immediately coughed loudly, the coarse and pungent colloidal smoke rubbed against Haizi's trachea and lung lobes roughly, causing burning pain.

The large-caliber naval guns of the Ursus fleet blasted the surface of the position beyond recognition, exposing a large number of craters and burnt earth and rocks, and many fortifications and trenches were blown down, or filled with a large amount of soil thrown by the explosion.The surface position, which was still a little flowery and grassy, ​​has completely turned into a dead area.

Suddenly, a somewhat slender arm stretched out from behind, put a gas mask on Haizi's face, and then said: "The explosion of the Origin Stone shell will produce Origin Stone dust and particles, so people generally don't like to use explosions in close combat. things."

Reaching out to replace the forest guard who helped him hold the gas mask, Haizi took a few breaths before feeling better, and asked in a low voice, "Are those soldiers okay? They don't have gas masks in their equipment."

"Aren't you afraid of death, do you still care about ore disease?" The forest guard answered quickly, as if he was talking about ordinary things like drinking water and eating.

The surface position does not mean that it is all open-air trenches. There are still semi-underground fortifications such as bunkers. After passing through the traffic trenches not far away and bypassing the soldiers holding their weapons nervously, Haizi and the forest guards found an intact trench. The bunker drilled in.

Inside, there are already several Sami grassroots officers lying in it and taking turns observing the movement of the Ursus army through the periscope.