Chapter 145 Missile Ignition
Chapter 145 Missile Ignition
Chapter 146 Missile Ignition
[Countdown to completion of the 5th air strike: 3 minutes 49.23 seconds]
[Estimated time for the completion of the strike by the Changkong-25 hypersonic anti-ship missile: 144.71 seconds]
[Estimated time for the completion of the strike by the Changkong-26 hypersonic anti-ship missile: 180.88 seconds]
[Estimated time for heavy bunker buster missile strike completion: 17 minutes and 49 seconds]
After seeing several countdowns appear in succession, Lorraine realized that this was set up by Cleveland to help him complete the hunt for the enemy's large individuals.
Lorraine then made a few moves on the console and activated an information channel that could directly connect to the front-line battlefield.
"Cleveland, control of unmanned combat units on the front lines is transferred to you. Requirements: Prevent large enemy units from conducting air defense operations and ensure that hypersonic missiles can effectively cripple or disable large enemy units."
[Control transfer complete. Mission orders received. Receiving battlefield information and beginning operational planning. Unmanned combat group has taken over.]
In an instant, the radio environment above the position became more complex, and the enemy's large units were able to roughly pinpoint the source of the radio waves.
According to Cleveland's calculations, if the goal is to block the fire channels of large enemy units, in the absence of other high-value aircraft harassment, then the enemy must be forced to use all their firepower to destroy the positions of unmanned combat groups.
[Airdrop group 5 is expected to arrive in 2 minutes and 37 seconds; airdrop groups 2 and 4 are ready to enter the sniper position at any time.]
The indirect fire support formation is in good condition and has sufficient ammunition.
[62% of the three airdropped combat units remain, 79% of the heavy firepower strike units remain, and 42% of ammunition remains.]
Battlefield information received, combat plan completed, taking over the battlefield.
As the data stream from Cleveland reached the battlefield, the command aircraft's cooling unit began operating at full capacity, while the two pods under the wings locked onto the real-time positions of large enemy units.
In an instant, the tactics of the unmanned combat swarm changed.
Assault units no longer focus on suppressing the advance of medium-sized enemy units, but instead concentrate their firepower to eliminate small and medium-sized enemy units, as well as pick off small units on the battlefield.
The indirect fire strike group behind the blocking position began firing at full force, using a continuous stream of 40mm high-explosive shells to hinder the movement of medium-sized enemy units.
Subsequently, Cleveland dispatched half of the assault units from the second and fourth airdrop teams, sending them along the trenches into the blocking position.
Meanwhile, the indirect fire units of the second and fourth airdrop groups ceased their harassment operations and instead moved to the rear of the mountain, near the top, to suppress enemy units on the opposite slope.
The remaining units from the second and fourth airdrop groups were divided by Cleveland into heavy firepower strike teams, with assault units providing cover.
Reconnaissance and early identification of high-value enemy targets.
Heavy firepower units are used to strike high-value enemy targets identified by assault units.
After the adjustments made in Cleveland, the rate of loss of unmanned units on the main battlefield began to decrease, and the sniping firepower on the main battlefield also returned to the level at the start of the war.
As a barrage of grenades rained down, more and more enemy medium-sized units were forced to retreat, and one of the enemy medium-sized units on the flank of the battlefield did exactly what Cleveland had anticipated.
Because it failed to dodge in time, several grenades successfully rendered it incapable of movement.
Cleveland discovered the incapacitated medium-sized individual by airdropping one of the four assault units.
Immediately afterwards, several heavy firepower strike teams appeared from different positions and launched several different rockets toward the incapacitated medium-sized individual. Before the rockets hit their target, they had already retreated behind the mountain.
When the smoke cleared, Cleveland discovered that the medium-sized individual that had been the target of the concentrated fire was now torn to pieces.
Subsequently, the indirect fire team changed targets and began suppressing other medium-sized enemy units.
All of this changed within two minutes of Cleveland taking control of the battlefield.
After the battlefield situation changed, large enemy units began to advance onto the battlefield.
After the medium-sized individual was bombarded by concentrated fire, the large enemy individual had already reached the foot of the northern mountain.
[Large enemy combat unit is about to enter the battlefield. Operation plan effective. Air strike countdown: 112.48 seconds. Five groups of airdrops will be deployed.]
Arriving in seconds.
Based on information relayed from the front lines, Cleveland determined the optimal time to launch the Chang Kong-25 missile.
Subsequently, Cleveland directed the unmanned combat groups on the front lines to begin a transfer. In order to ensure continued suppression of the enemy, only heavy firepower strike units and assault units transferred from airdrop groups 2 and 4 were transferred.
In the command center, Lorraine pressed the red button below his thumb.
The instant he pressed the button, two muffled sounds came from inside the mountain north of the naval base, followed by two white missiles flying out from the two dark windows.
"boom!"
The rocket engines at the tail of the missiles ignited, and the blazing orange-red tail flames struck the rock face on the side of the mountain, propelling the two missiles into the sky.
【空中打击倒计时:87秒21,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时142秒32。】
At this point, the unmanned units responsible for suppressing individual enemy units on the main battlefield began to suffer rapid losses. However, with the assistance of the indirect fire strike formation, the enemy did not advance much further and instead lost another medium-sized unit.
【空中打击倒计时:81秒73,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时136秒84。】
Large enemy units ascended the mountaintop and began a sweeping attack on the first line of defense.
Thanks to the monitoring of the airborne command aircraft, the unmanned units on the first line of defense were promptly relocated, and almost no combat units were lost in this attack.
Under Cleveland's control, these unmanned combat units did not stop at the second line of defense, but went directly to the third line of defense located on the hillside.
【空中打击倒计时:77秒50,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时132秒61。】
The airdrop group 5 has arrived at the position of the indirect fire strike formation and incorporated all indirect fire units within the group.
【空中打击倒计时:72秒50,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时127秒61。】
Five assault units were airdropped and advanced along the trenches into the third and fourth lines of defense. Meanwhile, the enemy's larger units were still clearing the first line of defense.
Fearing friendly fire, while the enemy's larger units attacked the first line of defense, the enemy units simply remained in place, reorganizing their formation.
【空中打击倒计时:61秒73,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时116秒84。】
The enemy's large units ceased firing at the first line of defense of the unmanned combat group, and the enemy combat group prepared to launch an attack.
Because the enemy's first line of defense, consisting of large unmanned combat groups, would generate a lot of dust, the enemy combat group that was launching the attack did not notice the changes on the mountain.
【空中打击倒计时:56秒25,长空一25飞弹打击倒计时111秒36。】
As the leading enemy units broke through the first line of defense, they faced several booby traps activated by unmanned combat units in the second line of defense.
These "booby traps" were made from 120mm multi-purpose rockets that were not removed in time, along with some wires and a power-conducting component, successfully giving these reckless enemy individuals a small surprise.
Several explosions rang out, and the small and medium-sized individuals that charged ahead were all torn apart by a dense barrage of steel balls.
Before the dust had settled, the assault units on the second line of defense began a brief but frenzied barrage of fire, which, in conjunction with the indirect fire support formation behind them, successfully repelled the individual enemy units that had stopped at the ruins of the first line of defense.
Subsequently, a series of smoke grenades landed on the ruins of the first line of defense.
Under the cover of smoke, the engineering units reached the ruins of the first line of defense and prepared to build makeshift shelters, while the assault units retreated to the third line of defense, waiting for the enemy to finish their firepower before returning to their lines.
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