While the artillery bombardment raged, those mechanical monsters had already charged a great distance within minutes.
With the firepower on the 9th company positions temporarily extinguished, their movement speed was incredibly fast.
But once the heavy bomb gun in Valen Zu’an’s hands roared to life again, those charging mechanical beasts suffered a severe blow.
The loyal heavy bomb gun, its power to be trusted!
Targets directly hit stood no chance of survival. Cyborgs and mechanical dogs, light units like these, would be shattered to pieces upon taking a single hit. This isn’t an adjective, it is indeed literally being pulverized by the explosion of the heavy bomb, the power absolutely excessive.
Even the large combat machines called ‘Crabs’ by the Alliance, with their four legs, standing two and a half meters tall, armed with machine guns and mortars on their firing platforms, would be doomed after taking two shots. Their thin armor couldn’t withstand a burst from the heavy bomb gun. Composite armor-piercing warheads would penetrate and explode within, and it only took two shots to blast two large holes into a ‘Crab,’ immediately paralyzing it.
Among the enemy forces, the few unmanned Challenger tanks, they too couldn’t withstand the heavy bomb.
Although, the Challengers used by Blackbird himself were much stronger than the castrated export version they had sold to the Old Alliance, perhaps ordinary bomb guns couldn’t break through, but heavy bombs were a different matter altogether.
One of them took three heavy bomb hits, resulting in three holes and an internal explosion.
The Challengers had no drivers, so there was no chance of drivers being eliminated by the explosion, halting tank operations. However, one of these three bombs either hit the power system or control system, causing an explosion that had a devastating impact on the tank.
And all of these were threats caused by direct hits from heavy bombs. Even if the heavy bomb didn’t hit directly, it still posed a significant threat. Exploding in the air upon sensing a target, the blast’s force was at least three times that of a regular bomb gun. The blast wave and the shrapnel would wound or kill light units such as cyborgs and mechanical dogs within a three to five-meter radius.
Just the roar of a heavy bomb gun, roaring to life once more, was enough to push back the charging enemies.
This weapon was amongst the most expensive and powerful issued to the infantry units of the Alliance. Its cost was even much higher than regular heavy artillery and its range was relatively shorter, but within its operational range, it lived up to its price and quickly became the core tactical weapon at the company level after being distributed among the troops.
At this moment, the roar of the heavy bombs became a trumpet-like presence.
Warriors, who had ducked their heads during the previous shelling, now poked out and began their violent assault on the enemy.
Suddenly, a large number of enemies were suppressed, unable to advance further.
But the enemy numbers far surpassed theirs, they would not retreat easily.
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Several Challenger tanks were rotating their turrets, they had apparently calculated the trajectory of the heavy bomb gun and locked on roughly to Commander Valen Zu’an’s position; the ‘Crabs’ were doing likewise, their fire platforms’ mortars had enough range to reach Valen Zu’an; many combat drones, swooping in, their ground-attack guns firing down from above, could bypass the foxholes and the cover laid by the engineers next to the heavy bomb gun’s position, directly threatening the personnel operating the firearms…
Valen Zu’an, who suddenly became a specific target, almost instantly found himself in extreme danger.
But at this time, his mind was incredibly clear.
He could not change his position, the heavy bomb gun lacked mobility, too heavy for one man to carry, it required four or five soldiers to handle.
At this time, only counterattack could offer a chance of survival.
And even if there was no chance, before the end, he had to eliminate as many enemies as possible.
He accurately identified the greatest threat, the few Challenger tanks, and turned the gun barrel toward the enemy.
Two kilometers away, the tanks were still not very large targets, but the superior performance of the heavy bomb gun ensured that as long as he aimed, he was highly likely to hit. And he didn’t need to hit with a single shot, as long as he maintained burst fire, the gun’s recoil was transferred to the earth by the support spokes nailed into the ground, and with his tenacious will and arm strength, he kept turning the gun barrel, ensuring that the trajectory of the heavy bombs was spread within the area he intended.
One, and then another… two Challenger tanks were consecutively destroyed by the heavy bombs.
Meanwhile, the soldiers of the company were not just spectating.
In the previous bombardment, the entire 9th company suffered heavy losses. But unlike the 3rd company, which had collapsed at the first onset, they had managed to dig in, avoiding total annihilation.
The survivors, each employing whatever weapons they could, began to return fire.
Two mortars were still firing; squads pulled out rocket launchers, starting to target the distances; a few of the company’s sharpshooters, operating newly issued laser guns with scopes, specifically targeted the approaching combat drones.