From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 495 Questioner

The whistling sound of the plasma rocket was like an alarm clock ringing at 4 a.m., instantly waking up the soldiers on the defense position of the logistics node.

In the process of going from confusion to clarity, the inevitable physiological reactions of rapid breathing and accelerated heartbeat made them unable to react for a moment. But when the plasma rocket landed and exploded with a blue-white fireball, burning the unlucky people in the hit area into a pool of unrecognizable charcoal, they finally came to their senses.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Everyone prepare to fight!"

The officer on duty at the front line shouted in the communication channel, and immediately discovered that their communications had been interfered with at some point.

At the same time, a communications soldier from the communications support company deployed at this logistics node also ran over to report that the intranet had been attacked by an unknown electronic warfare virus.

However, the intranet of this unit was physically isolated from the external network a long time ago, so in theory it is basically difficult to destroy it through a remote network attack, so they suspected that a device connected to the intranet was hacked.

The officer on duty immediately felt what it meant to be "when it rains it pours", but he still tried his best to calm himself down, then rushed into the armored command vehicle in deployment mode and shouted loudly through the loudspeaker:

"All nodes urgently activate blue-green laser communications! Send a platoon from the battalion to help the communications support company conduct an investigation! Find a way to contact the other two tactical nodes. If that doesn't work, fire a flare at me!"

There was nothing wrong with the duty officer's order, and it could even be said that it was deployed strictly in accordance with emergency combat regulations. However, as the soldiers were extremely matched and highly nervous, the efficiency of execution was a problem.

The process of distributing laser communication codes to various units took nearly four times the time. When the troops on the defensive positions regained contact, Baninger and his second wave of attack arrived.

In the combat teams of the Immortal Legion, the combat bodies not only serve as auxiliary combat units that can be controlled by the Immortals, but are also responsible for carrying some equipment, weapons and ammunition needed in combat.

Just like now, the combat elements set up two portable automatic plasma rocket launchers at the location designated by Banninger. After firing the first round of rockets, the remaining ammunition can even be used for two more rounds of salvos.

After completing the setting of the rocket nest, these combat elements also left the launch position and followed Banninger and Memphis to prepare for the attack.

As the whistling sound of plasma rockets cutting through the air sounded again, these "little cuties" with tails passed over the heads of Banninger and his men in the faint morning light.

Although many of them were destroyed by the laser close-in defense system, most of the rockets still landed successfully, and then exploded into plasma fireballs on the defenders' positions and formed a wall of light.

While causing casualties and creating chaos, the wall of light that formed also became the best cover for Banninger and his men.

The defenders at the logistics node never figured out why they were attacked by plasma rockets. In the opinion of the officer on duty, neither the troops of the Renaissance Alliance nor the mysterious airdropped troops could advance to the vicinity of the logistics node without being discovered, let alone build a rocket launch site nearby.

Of course, neither he nor General Lampard and his staff would have thought that Banninger and his men had grasped the weakness of the position structure.

This is as outrageous as if you were taking an exam and found out that the person who set the test was actually taking the exam with you.

When the high-temperature fireball created by the plasma rocket burned out, the defenders on the western defense position saw two five-meter-high power armors knock down an outer armored wall, and then rushed up with sixteen heavy power armors.

The two multi-legged tanks closest to the gap were reduced to pieces by the salvo of multiple electromagnetic cannons before they could even react.

The two squads of soldiers assisting them in defense were completely powerless to fight back and were turned into pieces of flesh and blood on the nearby bunkers under the strafing of electromagnetic machine guns.

For the defenders, this scene was like a picture of hell, especially the two five-meter-tall power armors with dark brown marks of oil or blood on their bodies, looking in their own direction through their head viewfinders. Perhaps even Baninger and his men did not expect that this round of assault would be so effective. They expanded the gap faster than expected and advanced towards the substation at the core of the node.

Since heavy equipment including main battle tanks and heavy multi-legged vehicles are deployed at the other two tactical nodes and the front defense line, the defense of this logistics node is also the weakest.

The only two heavy particle turrets were also the focus of attention in the previous two rounds of rocket attacks. Although they were not directly destroyed, the defenders could not expect them to open fire again in a short period of time.

Just as Baninger and Memphis were advancing with their combat bodies, Grace's voice suddenly sounded in the communication channel.

"Commander, there is a HCP formation of three aircraft approaching rapidly from the east. They should be the enemy's mobile forces deployed on the defense line. It is expected to arrive at this node in 2 minutes!"

"That's pretty fast. The reaction speed isn't that slow."

Baninger was still a little surprised at the opponent's reaction speed. After all, it was in stark contrast to the poor performance of the defenders at the logistics node position.

But he didn't think much about it. After all, the mission of his combat team was simply to cause destruction. It would be a good thing to attract the enemy's precious mobile forces.

"Grace, reset the coordinates of the rocket nest's third attack and adjust it to the direction of the enemy's HCP support. At the same time, use manual commands to control the launch. Once the enemy's HCP arrives, use rockets to cover it and buy some time!"

Grace nodded, then immediately accessed the control program of the rocket nest and reset it, while Baninger continued on the communication channel:
"Andes, decide when to fire!"

"Roger that!"

While making the deployment, Banninger and Memphis used the armor and deflection field of the Dreadnought as cover to protect a part of the combat elements as they moved towards the substation.

As the core of a logistics node, the substation is naturally heavily guarded. Although there are no heavy units, the dispersed positions of multiple anti-armor teams still suppressed the attack of the combat elements.

However, Baninger and his men had no intention of relying on combat bodies to destroy the substation. The task of these puppets, in addition to attracting the firepower of the defenders, was more importantly to project a large number of tennis ball-like micro-robots into the substation before being destroyed, and then quickly scan the substation's building structure.

This information was quickly synchronized to Andes. In his eyes, the temporary substation had become translucent, and the fusion furnace inside the building was clearly visible!

To the east of the logistics node, three blue-gray painted "Steppenwolves" finally entered the node after an emergency stop and deceleration, but the sudden "projectile weapon" alarm signal caused the three HCPs to quickly disperse without stopping, and then used the laser close-in defense weapons on both sides of the head viewfinder to attack the rockets attacking from the air.

With the cooperation of the laser weapons at the node positions, the effect of this third round of plasma rockets was much worse than the previous two rounds. Most of them were destroyed in the air, and the few rockets that successfully landed did not actually cause any damage.

Just as the three HCP pilots breathed a sigh of relief and were about to deal with Banninger and the others, the alarm sounded again in the cockpit.

"Warning! Strong magnetic field reaction detected!"

Immediately afterwards, two orange-red lines of fire flew out from the woods in the distance, and in the next second penetrated the outer building of the substation and accurately hit the fusion furnace at the core.

(End of this chapter)