Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 162
With Allen controlling the "Shadow", there is no need for Yang Yi and others to take risks.

However, Lin Feng did not act blindly. He first asked Carl for the digital map of Prometheus, and then asked Allen to release several small detectors.After figuring out the enemy's encirclement deployment, Allen set up a safer reconnaissance route.

Fortunately, the "Shadow" itself is a reconnaissance ship, and it is also the most advanced reconnaissance ship of the Human Federation.

Although the tonnage of the "Shadow" is very small, even the smallest frigate can't match it, but for a scout ship, smallness is an advantage.For example, the "Shadow" can fly in the atmosphere, even if its maneuverability is not comparable to that of a fighter jet, it is still good enough for ordinary reconnaissance missions.

While Lin Feng was setting up the reconnaissance mission program for Allen, Yang Yi, Shen Chengwen, and Jackson took other officers and soldiers and accompanied Karl around the base.

The base is very large, with an area of ​​about 350 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a large city.

It can also be seen from this that Marshal Sean made a grand construction plan after occupying the Prometheus star thousands of years ago.If the construction work is completed, only this base can accommodate nearly ten million officers and soldiers of hundreds of legions, and can also provide support for thousands of warships.

It's a pity that a lot of construction has not been completed, especially the ground facilities.

What's even more regrettable is that for thousands of years, there have never been more than [-] soldiers stationed here, and when the Silicon Demon Legion launched an attack, there were only about [-] officers and soldiers here.

Thirty thousand soldiers guarding a military base with an area of ​​350 square kilometers is obviously too few.

"In order to shorten the line of defense, we had to give up the outermost positions." Karl's mood has not been very good, especially when passing the field hospital. "Even so, the troops are still very tense. As you can see, the field hospitals are already overcrowded. It's only been three days. If this situation continues, we can hold out for up to five days. By then, even if the enemy doesn't come in, there will be no soldiers. available."

"Where's the ammunition?" Jackson asked.

"The ammunition is still sufficient, and the supplies are enough to last for more than half a year." Carl smiled reluctantly and said, "It's just that the ammunition we have in reserve cannot effectively kill the enemy, especially heavy armored targets such as the Iron Armored Berserker. If it weren't for the enemy always If we don’t invest in attacking troops, I’m afraid our defense line has already been breached.”

"Those tanks..."

"Only three vehicles can be used normally. The power system of the other vehicles has failed and they cannot walk. They can only be used as fixed firepower points." Carl shook his head with a wry smile and said, "In order to deal with the enemy's attack, we have put all the vehicles that can All the weapons found were used, especially heavy weapons. Now there are about two hundred small-caliber machine guns, all of which are installed on air-cushioned vehicles. However, the defense line is too long, and it is impossible to know from which direction the enemy will launch next time To attack, I have to gather these forces to form a mobile rescue force. Although they are all the most elite officers and soldiers, the battle casualties are very high, and the frontline commanders have already returned three."

Jackson sighed secretly, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Passive defense is not the answer."

"I know, but what else?"

Shen Chengwen also sighed, and didn't say any more.

"We must take the initiative to attack. The best defense is to attack." Yang Yi glanced at Carl and said, "Of course, we can't act too hastily. We must first figure out the deployment of the enemy's troops. In addition, our troops are very limited. Even if we can counterattack It is impossible to repel the enemy's attack several times, the most is to let the enemy slow down the attack speed, buy some time, and hold on until the reinforcements arrive."

Karl forced a smile, of course he understood the meaning of what Yang Yi said, but it was not so easy to do it.

"Don't worry, there will always be a way." Yang Yi said with a faint smile, "Our defense line is too long, which means that the enemy's offensive front is also very wide. After fighting for three days, the garrison has been passively defending and was forced to give up. The outermost line of defense has been broken, and the enemy must have relaxed their vigilance now. As long as they seize an opportunity, they can inflict heavy damage on the enemy, making it difficult for the enemy to organize an effective attack in a short period of time."

"But……"

"With the reduced threat to the base, we're freed up to do other things."

Karl was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Yang Yi a few more times.

Although I don't know Yang Yi well, I still don't believe that Yang Yi has a detached position in this team, but along the way, Jackson only followed Yang Yi, and Shen Chengwen also respected Yang Yi very much. Karl had to admit that Yang Yi was not Lin Feng introduced the ordinary major officer.

It's just that he's a little too young.

Although Lin Feng is also very young, Lin Feng is the granddaughter of General Lin Xiaoting and the current pilot of the "Fire Phoenix". It is not a strange thing to be the colonel and captain of the investigation brigade.But Yang Yi didn't have any background, and he couldn't see how outstanding his talent was, and his combat power might not be that strong.A young man like him who is so ordinary that he can't be found when he is thrown in the crowd, unexpectedly became a major officer of the Special Investigation Brigade when he was here, and he also has a high status. Even Shen Chengwen, who has served in the Special Investigation Brigade Squadron leaders of more than 100 years have to be respectful.

is it possible! ?
Could it be that Yang Yi's background is very extraordinary, from a certain big family?
Karl was very strange and thought it was unlikely.Lin Feng is the eldest lady of the Lin family, and it is obviously impossible for her to follow a dude from a big family.

"Colonel, let's go take a look outside."

Shen Chengwen suggested that Karl did not object, and he also wanted to take Yang Yi and the others to the outer defense line to have a look, so that Yang Yi and the others could have a more intuitive understanding of the battle situation.

Along the way, Yang Yi has been observing carefully and discovered the seriousness of the problem.

That is, the further you go out, the fewer troops on the defense line, to be precise, the density of troops.

The point is, the temperature is getting lower and lower.

Carl has already made an introduction before.They were able to hold the line of defense and keep the enemy out of the base, and the low temperature environment created by the ecological maintenance system driven by the S-class original energy converter played a vital role.It can be said that low temperature itself is a means of defense.According to Carl's introduction, the further you go outside, the lower the temperature will be.Near the outer defense line, the temperature dropped to around minus 150 degrees Celsius.Not to mention silicon ghost fighters, even human fighters are very uncomfortable, and they must wear E-level protective clothing to function normally.The problem is that there are not many E-level protective suits in reserve in the base, and a lot of them have been lost, so the troops that can be deployed on the outer defense line are very limited.

In response to this problem, Karl developed a set of effective defense tactics.

That is, when the enemy launches an attack, the defenders on the outer defense line take the initiative to retreat, distance themselves from the enemy, and allow the enemy to occupy the outer defense line.If the enemy continues to attack, resolutely resist on the second line of defense, so that the enemy is always exposed to the low temperature environment.If the enemy stopped advancing, the defenders would launch a counterattack half an hour later, while the enemy occupying the outer defense line was already frozen to death.

It must be admitted that Karl is very talented in military affairs.

Although this tactic is not very glorious, the effect is extremely significant.In the past three days, Karl not only held the line of defense with limited troops, but also allowed the enemy to leave a mountain of corpses on the outer line of defense.In addition, the defenders also made full use of the enemy's corpse, that is, after the enemy's corpse was completely solidified, it was used to build and strengthen defensive facilities such as fortresses, so as to resist the next attack launched by the enemy.

"It's in front."

Karl stopped, but Yang Yi didn't stop, and continued to walk towards the faintly visible line of defense ahead.

Said to be the line of defense, from a distance, it looks more like a low ridgeline.Of course, those were not hills, but piled up enemy corpses.

Shen Chengwen and Jackson didn't stop, and followed Yang Yi towards the defense line.

Carl sighed secretly and followed.

Although the temperature is very cold, it has no effect on Yang Yi and the others.Protected by an energy barrier, the external environment cannot affect the soldiers.

When he came to the defense line, Yang Yi still didn't stop.

It wasn't until near a fortress that several soldiers rushed out of the bunker that Yang Yi stopped.

They didn't know Yang Yi, so when Yang Yi suddenly appeared, they were all taken aback.However, after seeing Karl following Yang Yi, they all calmed down.

Several soldiers did not salute Karl. This is the front line. Saluting the officer is equivalent to telling the enemy where to fire.

When Karl asked the officer of the fortress about the situation, Yang Yi got into the bunker and checked the situation inside.

It was far from ideal, the bunker was built temporarily, the ammunition in reserve was pitifully small, and it exuded a bad smell, not to mention only a few officers and soldiers, even if a squadron of officers and soldiers were deployed here, it might not be able to block the enemy's attack.Besides, the condition of those officers and soldiers is also very bad. Although their expressions are very determined, they are exhausted. They probably haven't rested for a long time, and they may fall asleep at any time.

Only, there is no reason to blame them.

The high-intensity battle lasted for three days and three nights. According to Karl, the enemy launched an attack every three hours, and invested a lot of troops.With such a high combat intensity, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the soldiers of the Special Investigation Brigade may not be able to last for three days and three nights.

Obviously, the base's perimeter defenses are crumbling.

Of course, this can also understand why Karl adopted a defensive tactic of retreating.If you fight the enemy recklessly on the outer defense line, even if you have an environmental advantage, you may not be able to block the enemy's attack, at least you will suffer greater casualties and consume more troops.

The question is, how long can this tactic last?

Carl can't guarantee it, and no one can guarantee it.

Maybe, when the enemy launches another attack, the defense line will be breached and the base will fall.

In such a situation, how should we fight this battle! ?

(End of this chapter)