Sky Dragon Rider

The main screen of the joint operations command center hall of the first island chain in the South Pacific shows a coastal map near Darwin. The area originally controlled by the civilization of the third era is red, and the area landed and occupied by the human coalition forces is green.

Although the number of those green blocks is not large and the area is not large, they are steadily expanding little by little, and the defense line arranged by the third era civilization in Darwin City was caught off guard.

In other words, from the very beginning, the civilization of the third era did not have decent sea control. The long coastline defense made them very passive, and made the idea of ​​​​breaking through the first island chain powerless, not to mention that human civilization today will not give it to the other party. Save time to prepare for the attack.

“达尔文以西的A15地区已经得手，107步兵团和T3机动装甲营就地巩固阵地，105步兵团和106步兵团正在向A15地区靠拢。”

"A01 area, B23 area, C07 area, D54 area 'Sauron' war beast appeared!"

"T7, T11, T12 and T14 Mobile Armored Battalions are dispatched to intercept, and the battleships 'Taihu' and 'Volga' are responsible for fire support!"

"The B01 area succeeded, but the 223rd Infantry Regiment and the F55 Amphibious Tank Regiment suffered heavy casualties and urgently needed to be replenished, otherwise they would be driven back to the sea soon."

"Area C05, the 179th Regiment was wiped out!"

"The H06, H07, H08, H10, I01 and I02 areas of the Cape York landing site are progressing smoothly. There are loopholes in the enemy's defense line. It is expected to take them all in one hour. However, the landing area has complex terrain and heavy equipment needs to be dropped by air. Transportation, the next deep push will become very difficult, and more air support will be needed there."

A large amount of battlefield information is continuously gathered in the lobby. Several auxiliary screens are like a financial exchange, or flipping pages or scrolling subtitles, constantly updating the latest battle reports in real time. There are both good news and bad news. It's completely normal.

The commanders of various countries and their senior staff officers were constantly exchanging views on the scene, paying attention to the progress of the implementation of the combat plan.

"The special forces lurking on the landing were blocked by the Zhan clan, but they successfully completed their mission and destroyed the material reserve in Darwin before the entire army was wiped out."

"We must give credit to these lads! They are good guys, 12 intelligent robots have been lost and need to be recycled! I am very sorry, Duke Elon!"

"It doesn't matter, as a sub-client of Cybertrom, there is no real death, and you don't have to worry about technology leaks?!"

"what?!"

"You don't need to care about these details now, and order the various landing forces to move closer to the occupied area, prepare to advance inland, and establish a forward base as soon as possible."

"Report the loss of the landing and covering forces!"

"We have lost 17 'Bumblebees' (F-18), 7 'Flying Sharks' (J-15), the battleship 'Fuji' was sunk, the cruiser 'Marseille' and the 'Louis NO.14' The cruiser was sunk and severely damaged, 12 destroyers, 1 submarine, and 43 landing ships were lost, and the casualties of the landing force have reached 4000."

"At the Cape York landing battle, 4 Su-37s and 2 MiG-31s ​​were lost, and 4 destroyers were sunk,"

The hand-to-hand combat during the beach landing is often the most tragic. The Normandy landing and the Zhoushan landing battle are all like this. The beaches are often covered with soldiers' corpses.

From the first wave of sea and air coordinated strikes to the present, 90% of the casualties of the human coalition forces today occurred within a quarter of an hour after landing. , aerial bombs, and naval artillery bombardment cover, the counterattack power of the third era civilization is still not to be underestimated, causing great losses to the attacking sea, land and air forces.

"The reduction in personnel is close to 07%?! The second batch of landing groups needs to be advanced! We are running out of time! Order the arsenal ship to focus on the enemy's inland air base and must control the air supremacy in the Darwin area before 30:[-] Jakarta time. "

Duke Elon, the robot commander who exercised the power of the overall command of the battle, was very dissatisfied with the casualties of the human combat troops. Fortunately, the entire battle plan was very thorough and sufficient redundancy was reserved, otherwise the coalition forces would be stretched to mobilize at this moment.

"agree!"

"agree!"

"The second batch of transport ships and remaining landing ships are approaching Darwin at full speed."

"Even if there is only one carrier-based aircraft formation left, we must persist until the land-based air force enters the battle!"

Commanders from various countries have been very accustomed to the existence of robot commanders in the joint operations command center and their excellent control over the overall situation.

Human beings are prone to natural weaknesses such as uneven multi-threaded attention and fatigue, but digital intelligence is not. As long as there are enough computing resources, let alone a hundred parallel threads, even 100 million parallel threads can still handle it. , there is such an existence to make up for the shortcomings of human beings, it is really perfect.

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When the red sun jumped out from the sea level in the east, illuminating the sky and the earth, the coastline to the north of Darwin City gradually returned to calm, missiles and shells stopped falling, only the occasional explosions and gunshots sounded, representing The remnants of the Third Era civilization are being wiped out.

Broken landing ships, amphibious tanks, combat mobile armor, and the corpses of human soldiers can occasionally be seen on the beach, as well as huge bomb craters, thick smoke billowing everywhere, and flames burning. "The remnants of war beasts are often torn apart by large-caliber machine guns, mortar shells and naval guns, or covered with dense bullet holes, which are the marks left by the six-barreled Gatling machine gun.

The wreckage of the carrier-based fighter jets scattered irregularly on the sea or land, and the interceptor fleet of the Third Era Civilization's interception failed to please them. After a desperate fight, all of them were shot down, and no one was spared.

The landing battle in the early hours of the morning was extremely fierce. After all, the coastal defenses of the Third Era civilization near Darwin could not withstand the well-prepared coalition raids. Two hours after the battle broke out, the entire line collapsed, and the 30-kilometer-long coastline was declared After falling, all the remaining troops withdrew into the downtown area of ​​Darwin, so the main battlefield was immediately transferred to the city.

The elite teams cover each other and move forward, calling for the support of large-caliber heavy howitzers and missiles outside the city at any time. Although the advancing speed is not as fast as when they landed, they are better than fighting steadily, and the casualties are also reduced a lot.

The second batch of landing troops began to arrive at the seaside one after another. The engineering team of the first batch of landing troops has completed the construction of the temporary pier. A large number of prefabricated modules are assembled together like building blocks, which are enough to accommodate the personnel and cargo throughput of the [-]-ton giant ship. .

Without any resistance, 15 ground troops successfully landed and surrounded the city of Darwin.

The construction of the pier has not stopped, and the transport ships with amazing carrying capacity line up to dock on the newly built pier, delivering a large amount of heavy equipment and combat materials ashore, main battle tanks, trucks, various engineering vehicles, missiles, various artillery, a large number of Ammunition supplies and construction equipment were quickly deployed.

When the first air force base had just been accepted, the land-based fighter group from the first island chain arrived almost in a hurry.

"It's so tragic! It's like a shot in the movie "Saving Private Ryan"!"

Flying over the coastline with his wingman at low altitude, Chen Haiqing, who was driving a J-10B fighter jet for landing, saw traces of the battlefield remaining on the coastline. The ground troops were busy consolidating their positions and attacking Darwin, and there was no time to clear the landing battlefield. Saw the bodies of many soldiers.

"HNA's brothers suffered a lot this time. Many of them were turned into fireballs together with the fighter jets before they even had time to eject. The enemy's particle beam weapons were too fierce. Fighter planes, tanks and warships were all killed in one shot. There is no need for missiles and other weapons at all."

The wingman pilot, who had more than one experience with the civilization of the third era, overlooked the tragic ground battlefield, as if he felt the same way.

The further inland, the more tragic traces can be seen everywhere. Many carrier-based aircraft turned into fragments and scattered on the ground. It is almost impossible to see a complete wreckage. The parachutes discarded by the pilots are even rarer.

Most of the SAS rescue helicopter fleet ran empty, and every search only returned sadness and regret, bringing back the remains of the pilot in vain.

"Squad 'Pheasant', what nonsense are you talking about? Now is not the time to be emotional. Hurry up and land with the team. There will be more intense battles waiting for you."

The growl of the commander of the 201st Aviation Division rang in the ears of the two of them, and they were so frightened that they shivered all over, and quickly pushed the throttle valve to increase their strength to keep up with the large army.

The First Forward Air Force Base began to become busier than the international airport, and a large number of land-based planes continued to arrive.

So far, the current coalition forces of human civilization have only just established a firm foothold near Darwin City. The commanders of various countries in the conference hall of the Joint Operations Command Center do not have much confidence in whether they will be able to direct their troops to the inland. .

This is a military operation with both risks and opportunities, and it is related to the strategic plan of today's human civilization to counter the invasion of the third era civilization.

If it can really gain a firm foothold in the future, it means that the final victory of this war will be just around the corner. If it fails, not only the current human countries will fall into protracted wars, but the future is still unknown.

With the third era civilization's thirst for and utilization of resources, coupled with Oceania's extremely rich resources, it will become more and more unfavorable to the coalition forces as time goes by.

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-(to be continued~^~)