Staring at the riddled defense line on the holographic map, Legion Commander Fang Yuanhong's eyes widened, and his face had long lost the calmness it had previously shown. His lips moved up and down, his clenched fists trembled with fear, and precious time passed by without being able to issue an order.
When he heard that more than half of the Prowler tanks were damaged and NAC used an unknown energy weapon, he knew clearly that he had lost this war.
The adjutant standing next to him spoke with difficulty, escaping the confusion that he couldn't figure out from his throat: "...how did they transport the tank behind us."
Fang Yuanhong did not answer, but looked at the red dots on the holographic map in silence.
The sound of gunfire outside the building gradually became clearer, and the fighting was approaching the headquarters.
"How many tanks do we have left?"
"Only two left."
Two cars...
Fang Yuanhong's body shook.
Before leaving, he swore to Wei Bian, the commander of the joint command area, that he would not only lead the First Army to win the war, but also do his best to bring all these precious tanks back intact.
But now, his adjutant told him that they only had two Prowlers left...
"Find me the leaders of the Steel Helmet Tribe, not just Hongcheng, I will reward them with the entire Suhang Province." Fang Yuanhong adjusted the hat on his head, hesitated for a moment, and finally took off the hat and left it on the table superior.
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, not understanding what his superior meant, and asked subconsciously.
"Then what?"
"Then?" Fang Yuanhong raised his eyebrows and looked at the adjutant, "Then let them cut off the rear for us."
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The First Army of the Joint Command Area retreated as decisively as they came.
Now that we know that winning is impossible, conserving our strength is the best choice.
The NAC's surprise tactics achieved great results in the early stages, but as the front deepened, the Joint Command District soon realized the danger of the NAC's turretless tanks.
In addition, NAC is not the only one with drones. The First Army is also equipped with a large number of individual drones, including many attack drones such as Viper. However, in order to reduce the NAC's bombardment efficiency, their forces were relatively dispersed.
The stalker regiment and tank formation, which cut in from the north, joined the infantry of the Second Division across the Yangtze River near the train station and advanced towards the headquarters of the joint command area.
In the final decisive battle, NAC invested a total of 30 Longbow I, 20 Jagdtiger II, 100 infantry vehicles, and nearly 10,000 infantrymen. However, after the main force of the NAC merged, they did not continue to encounter the people in the joint control area, but ran into the extremely excited mutant troops.
Obviously, at the last moment, the joint control area sold their teammates who were not smart enough. Until the last mutant warrior fell, they still firmly believed that Hongcheng and Suhang Province were in the possession of the Steel Helmet tribe.
The First Army retreated very quickly, and the Second Army only gave a symbolic pursuit. After determining that they could not catch up, they withdrew to Wu City and concentrated on picking up those mutants hiding in the corners of the streets who were preparing to fight the NAC to the end. People soldiers.
The war lasted from the first morning until late the next night.
When the good news came back to Fishbone Base and the Sixth Block, the entire NAC cheered. The festive atmosphere lingers in the streets and alleys of Sixth Street, and the prices of beer and various alcoholic drinks have increased by more than a little.
After the victory of the war, the NAC military government held a high-level meeting to summarize the gains and losses of the war and make next instructions. In addition to Jiang Chen, the marshal, the meeting was attended by the heads of the three major regiments and other high-level military officials, as well as Wang Qing, Lu Huasheng and other ministers from various departments of the military government.
As the temporary commander who led the Second Division to win the war, Han Junhua naturally became the second protagonist at the conference table besides Jiang Chen.
However, since she was still on the front line and had not returned, she was unable to attend the meeting in person and only participated in the meeting through a holographic image.
In her summary of this battle, she came up with a very interesting word.
"Armored spearheads and drone swarms?" Jiang Chen pondered this unfamiliar vocabulary and looked at her with interest, "Can you explain it in detail?"
Han Junhua nodded, reached out and opened the holographic screen, using a simple line drawing to vividly express the tactical connotation of this word.
"The so-called armored spearhead and drone swarm are to use the strongest side of the armored unit to form an attack spearhead to pierce the enemy's defense line. In conjunction with the drone swarm, the armored unit can eliminate soft targets that cannot be taken care of. The carrying capacity of the armor itself It can be used as a carrier for large-scale UAV terminals, and the maneuverability of UAVs also allows armored units to maximize their propulsion speed."
After listening to Han Junhua's retelling, Jiang Chen already realized the superiority of this tactic.
With the cooperation of drones, tanks equipped with heavy firepower are like lancers that come and go without a trace, constantly piercing the enemy's defense lines in mobile warfare, and moving to the next combat position before local infantry forms an encirclement.
Especially in urban terrain where drones are good at giving full play to their advantages, the superiority of this tactic is self-evident.
Jiang Chen silently wrote down Han Junhua's words. Not only in the last days, this advanced tactical thinking seems to be more effective in the current world. After all, in the modern world, EM weapons have not spread to the extent that everyone has EM grenades, and the combat effectiveness of drones will be maximized.
Han Junhua continued to read the report, and soon came to the location of the battle damage.
"...During the entire war, we lost a total of 14 Longbow Is. Only 5 were destroyed by anti-tank rockets. Except for 3 that were destroyed by the Prowler's particle cannon, 6 of them were all due to the damage of the tank itself. It malfunctioned so much that the commander had to abandon the vehicle and order it to self-destruct.”
After all, it was a tank that was rushed out, so Jiang Chen couldn't understand such a situation. It can be understood, but the problem must still be solved.
Jiang Chen looked at the director of the scientific research department and told him to report this problem to Camp 27 to find out as soon as possible whether the problem was in design or production. The imminent crisis has been lifted and there is now enough time to resolve these issues.
"There is another issue that we must pay attention to, and that is the Type 52 particle cannon in the joint command area. This particle cannon can be said to be the prototype of plasma weapons. We cannot unilaterally expect that our enemy will stagnate. Now What we need to consider is how to defend against this energy weapon."
Having said this, Jiang Chen paused, looked at the director of the scientific research department and continued.
"The next focus of the Scientific Research Department is to keep investment in aerospace technology unchanged and appropriately shift resources to shield technology. Armor thickness is meaningless in the face of energy weapons, whether it is the Type 52 particle cannon or our R -1, this has been proven. Now that we have a sharp enough spear, we still need a matching shield."
Although war has never changed, the form of war has.
The days when armor is justice and caliber is truth are over. No matter how thick and powerful your armor is, it will fall apart in the face of energy weapons. It is only a matter of time and power.
Pan-Asian cooperation failed to complete the technology before the war, and the NAC kicked it off.
The next step is shield technology. As long as we figure out how to reduce the Holy Shield system to a small scale, I believe this problem should not be too difficult to solve. (.)