When Nes Luman and Gu Ming were so panicked that they didn’t know what to do, the Phoenixes they greatly feared—which had inspired enormous dread in them—had completed their second task and successfully retreated.
They had destroyed the Knight Titan that had lost its Shield Generator.
To be honest, the process was not easy.
The space warriors were strong, very strong, but not truly invincible.
For example, a machine gun fired at the shoulder plates, chest plates, or even the helmet might indeed not do much harm. But a shot to the waist, joints, or back would cause them just as much pain.
And even if they could only hit the thickest part of the armor, a few bullets or dozens of machine gun rounds were still manageable, but it becomes useless when hundreds of rounds rain down.
Those were machine gun rounds, not ordinary bullets.
Space warriors weren’t so easy to hit.
They might seem large and wear heavy armor, but their movements were incredibly agile and swift. Although they were not much smaller than the sentinel mechas, in a real fight, the sentinel mechas’ agility and speed in turning the machine guns fixed to their sides couldn’t keep up at all.
They were merely taking hits passively.
But when the number of sentinel mechas assembled in the hundreds; and a few thousand miscellaneous troops were added to the mix, just to block bullets and sight, serving as cannon fodder, it was quite troublesome.
Moreover, could the Knight Titan be ignored?
Both the weapons in its hands posed a fatal threat to space warriors. A grenade cannon barrage, if it hit the fringes, might not be too bad, but if it hit right in the center, even space warriors wearing tactical power armor had to die; a Gravity Fist coming down was something not even Matins himself, clad in Terminator Armor and champion of the squad, would dare to take head-on.
After losing the energy shield, the Knight Titan’s pilot became particularly timid. Knowing that space warriors were charging at him made him even more panicky.
However, running was definitely not an option. If isolated with no protection from the infantry and sentinel mechas, he would become even more vulnerable.
He had no choice but to fight bravely, using the grenade launcher from afar, behind the sentinel mechas and miscellaneous troop cannon fodder, to bombard the space warriors.
But it was ineffective.
Indeed, a direct hit could kill a space warrior, but you have to hit first.
As soon as they raised their hands, the warriors noticed their targeting and began maneuvering, completely avoiding the blast. Often after a barrage, the space warriors remained unharmed, at most only getting their power armor paint scratched by shrapnel, while the nearby soldiers of the Luman Kingdom Army were mistakenly killed in large numbers.
But overall, this was an appropriate tactic, and it did effectively slow down the advance of the space warriors.
After all, there were only fifteen Phoenixes, and there was no heavy firepower to support them.
When their speed of action was slowed down, and they were bogged down in the quagmire, the mission was pretty much a failure. To keep fighting hard, one slip-up could indeed lead to casualties.
But at this moment, a new force appeared.
The Allied Air Force.
Previously, only three Wind Falcons had hastily brought the space warriors to the battlefield. More fighters were still on board the Starship Blade Tiger and hadn’t yet disembarked.
But now, they had finished unloading.
A hundred Wind Falcons set off at high speed in a relatively low altitude, avoiding the flawed anti-aircraft fire network of the Luman Kingdom, and quickly arrived above the battlefield.
And they were exactly what Matins relied on to attempt an attack and destroy the Knight Titan.
The flight of a hundred fighters swept in!
Without any hesitation, they first fired two rounds of airborne missiles.
These missiles were quite powerful, and had they all targeted the Knight Titan without its energy shield, just these airborne missiles would have been enough to severely damage it.
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However, the Allied Air Force did not do so.
They had greater ambitions and sought to achieve more victories.
Their bombing target was the Luman Legion, which was interposed between the Phoenix and the Knight Titan. Except for a few bombs aimed at that Ranger to limit and threaten it, the other bombs seriously discombobulated the Luman Legion’s ground forces.
Bombing the rank and file is trivial, the main targets were still the Sentinel Mechas.
This round of airstrikes took out quite a few.
And the weaponry carried by the Wind Falcons was not limited to just airborne missiles. Autocannons, laser cannons, they had it all, and the firepower was no less than that of a single Sentinel Mecha.
The key was that they could fly!
As they began to hover and strafe, the formation of a hundred Wind Falcons managed to disarray the Luman Legion’s formation with missile bombardment and autocannon ground support, causing significant casualties.
However, the Wind Falcons also suffered losses in the process.
Since it was low-altitude combat, the danger was high. Sentinel Mechas weren’t just taking hits without fighting back; when they raised their heads to fire their autocannons into the sky, it was like having countless anti-aircraft guns.
While the armor of the Wind Falcons was thicker than that of traditional aircraft, they were far more fragile than Sentinel Mechas when it came to taking damage.
Since the start of the battle, eight Wind Falcons were shot down in a short time.
However, such losses were deemed worthwhile.
The Starship warriors, who were almost dragged into the mud at the front, were now reinvigorated!
In the chaotic battlefield, fifteen red giants charged fiercely!
In coordination with the Wind Falcons in the sky, the Sentinel Mechas suffered heavy losses.
The makeshift group of a hundred Sentinel Mechas had now been halved, with the remainder either cowering in fear, trying to flee, or scattered about, blocked by their own troops whose order had been obliterated, and rendered ineffectual.
The path forward for the Starship warriors was now clear.
And their objective had always remained unchanged.
The Knight Titan had no intention of sitting and awaiting death. In such a dire situation, it too was provoked into aggression. With its grenade cannon spent and no time to reload, it braced against the bombardment of bombs and heavy missiles with its thick armor, charged forward, and launched a hard-hitting Gravity Fist at the approaching Matins!
Missed!
During Matins’ long combat career, he had certainly come across Knight Titans. Though he had dealt with them as allies, he fully understood that Knight Titans should not be underestimated.
Even clad in Terminator Armor, he did not wish to engage in a contest of strength.
He dodged nimbly with a quick side roll, avoiding the explosive impact of the Gravity Fist.
The aftermath was fierce, but manageable for the Terminator.
He raised his power sword high and delivered a savage slash, cutting off the Knight Titan’s Gravity Fist at the joint as it failed to retract in time.
Immediately after, he boldly advanced and slammed fiercely into the Knight Titan.
His stature was less than half that of the Knight Titan, his head just reaching the level of the Titan’s pelvis. But this collision still toppled the massive behemoth.
Then, the power sword swiftly swung, showcasing the level of a squad champion’s swordsmanship. First, the weapon was disarmed, then came the decapitation, followed by the destruction of the power system…
In a matter of seconds, Matins had struck over a dozen blows, dismembering the Knight Titan.
And this whole process was clearly witnessed by Nes Luman and Gu Ming, who were in the midst of fleeing.
Their command center was not far from there, and realizing the direness of the situation, the two of them immediately thought to run.
But during their escape, they personally witnessed this scene.
They were chilled to the core!