Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 104: Raid on the Pillar of Autumn ([-])

Combat deployment time: +143 hours, 32 minutes and 19 seconds (Colonel Price’s mission clock)
Pillar of Autumn Hangar

There was a flash of light, then a loud "boom", and the fragmentation grenade exploded.The jackal screamed, and Rebecca fired a few more shots with her M6D pistol and shouted: "Ugly thing, I won't kill you a thousand times!"

"Well done!" Lieutenant McKay echoed. "This is the last enemy. Close the hatch, lock it, and leave a fire team here to make sure they don't get in again. Get the Covenant to the upper deck." Come on, we just need to hold on to the bottom."

This young recruit was killing Covenant men like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. McKay liked her very much.If she hadn't always been with the colonel, McKay would have pulled her into his platoon.

After several hours of fierce fighting, McKay and her Marines finally drove all the remaining enemy forces out of the core area of ​​the Pillar of Autumn.The presence of Covenant people in other areas of the battleship does not threaten the execution of the mission - after all, they are only here to collect remaining supplies, and there is no need to clean out the Covenant people like looking for bacteria under a microscope.

The Helltroopers had sealed off the final deck-to-deck passage, leaving no safety hazard, and they finally achieved their coveted goal: unfettered access to the cruiser's main ammunition magazine, hangar, cargo storage room, and launch bay.

When Tommy brought Cecilia and other hell paratroopers to the hangar, they were all delighted with the scene here: the hangar of the Pillar of Autumn must be at least five times the size of the Yongzhu, and there were densely packed rows of intact Undamaged Warthog troop carrier and Scorpion tank.

They then drove the trailer from the cargo storage room into the hangar and loaded the troop carrier with food, ammunition, and a long list of other supplies.Once each Warthog-trailer combination was ready, the Marines drove them down a makeshift ramp onto the gravel.

Shortly after coming out, a temporary defense system was set up: the M41 light anti-aircraft machine guns on many Warthog personnel carriers together will effectively resist the attacks that the Covenant may launch by landing craft, Banshee fighter jets or Phantom hoverskis.Such a defense cannot last forever, but it can accomplish one of the most important tasks: winning time.

Four vehicles with powerful firepower have already joined the material column: M808B Scorpion main battle tank.As can be seen from the display screen inside the Warthog troop carrier, they rumbled down the ramp deck, with chicken tail-shaped mud spraying out from behind the powerful tracks, and they roared into position.

Now it was time for McKay to evacuate the downed cruiser and oversee the final loading.She ordered Lister to stay and be responsible for the task of preventing aliens.

When leaving the cruiser, McKay saw two packed Pelican troop carriers flying in the direction of Lone Ridge, with a Scorpion tank hanging under the belly of each ship.In front of her, 26 "Warthog-trailer" combinations were lined up on the hard sand ground, ready to fire at any time.Meanwhile, more vehicles were pulling out of the cruiser.

Olles was operating the loader unloaded from the cruiser when she saw McKay emerging from the Pillar of Autumn's hull in the distance.Ignoring the flying mud splashed by the wheels, she jumped across an open field and ran towards McKay, who had his hands on his hips.Her face was covered in mud, and the armor she wore was burned black by plasma rays.

"You're so pretty in that red mud," McKay said.

Orles smiled brightly. "Thanks, boss. Have you seen the Pelican?"

"I can see clearly. They seem a little overweight."

"Yeah, the pilot complained about the overload, but I bribed them with two pieces of candy and it was done in a flash. They'll be back in about 45 minutes. In the meantime, we have to huff and puff to move the fuel tanks to the transport Go into the cargo hold of the warship, fill it with fuel on the ship, and seal the lid. Then, in order to ensure that our trip is worthwhile, we will hang a 50 mm caliber MLA cannon under each troop carrier, with Let’s go up here together.”

Both of McKay's eyebrows went up. "Machine cannon? Where did you get it?" "It's part of the ship's weapons on the Pillar of Autumn." Orles replied proudly, "I think the Covenant landing ship that sneaked up on the attack will be bombarded from the top of the mountain. A lot of fun."

McKay was stunned for a moment, then added: "That's good news."

"There's more good news." Orles boasted, "We also found a Shiva-class nuclear bomb in the launch bay. This thing is enough for the Covenant to drink a pot."

"Good things come in pairs." McKay beamed with joy. "What's the bad news?" she asked again.

"A lot of equipment was scrapped in the crash. No missiles or rockets that could be used by the Pelican troop carrier were found, and the 70mm caliber shells used by the troop carrier's machine guns were almost used up. It seems that we can't count on any air support, We can only use the troop transport ship as a bus."

"Damn it." She frowned.Without strong air fire support, the defense of Alpha Base would be much more difficult.

"Damn it." Orles echoed, "Oh, by the way, I also ordered the pilots to bring fifteen more people with them when they return. Clerks, medics, and anyone else who can drive or operate the Warthog troop carrier. M41 cannon. That way, I can put more Warthogs into the column and have at least two men on each tank."

McKay raised an eyebrow. "You 'ordered' them to bring more people?"

"Well, I just kind of convinced them that you asked them to come."

McKay shook his head. "The little girl is too brave."

"Yes, sir." Orles replied with pride rather than shame, "SeMperFi."

About an hour later, the hilly area between Alpha Base and the Pillar of Autumn.

The three parallel columns were so unmanageable that Mackay became distracted.A convoy of about thirty Warthog armored personnel carriers and four Scorpion tanks raised a mighty cloud of dust that could be seen from two kilometers away.

There is no doubt that the heat generated by mechanical equipment is clearly visible on detectors in space.The Banshee reconnaissance aircraft had probably tracked them minutes after they set off.The convoy's destination could only be one: the Alpha base on the lonely ridge.

Not only did the Covenant organize a response force, but it was also large in scale - which was somewhat expected.After suffering humiliation for a long time, now is the perfect opportunity to launch revenge: for the lonely ridge captured by humans, and for the dozen other positions that have been attacked by humans.

McKay had expected that she would not be able to escape a fierce battle, so she temporarily divided the convoy into three platoons for management.The first platoon consisted of a Warthog troop carrier led by Lieutenant Orles.She had given orders to ignore ground targets and concentrate on defending against raids from the air.

(End of this chapter)