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"This kind of signal flare that can also be used under the interference of rice particles must not be equipped by the Federation on a large scale. This must be the location of the headquarters; the second squadron will make a detour from the west, the third squadron will make a detour from the east, and the first squadron will follow me from the south. Frontal attack!"

The Zakus divided into three teams and surrounded them, striding toward the hill which was only ten miles in radius and just over 500 meters high.

Due to the high terrain, the huge waves caused by the falling fragments of the colonial satellite only rolled over the foot of the mountain, but the hillside was still lush and lush. Among the branches and leaves, you could vaguely see the mansions and villas built by the federal officials and wealthy people, as well as the mansions on the south slope. The 'Hollywood' sign at the top.

"Kuu...kuu...kuu..."

The heavy steel feet of the Zaku formations hit the ground again and again, crushing bricks and stones, kicking down broken walls, and making a dense muffled sound;

In the mist of rice particles, first one after another flashed scarlet light, and the one eye sliding left and right appeared from time to time. Then the outline of Zaku's tall body gradually became clear, appearing on the lawn of the golf course at the foot of the mountain.

The Ranger second lieutenant, who was hiding behind the embankment of the winding mountain road, looked at the Zeon mobile suit swaggeringly approaching from the front through the telescope, and licked his lips nervously.

"I didn't expect to have broken through to this point..."

Although the straight-line distance from Zeon's airdrop point is only 40 kilometers, this area is an urban area - in previous exercises with other Federation forces, the Ranger Battalion was able to easily use the terrain to delay its opponents. A few days.

"Fire!"

The Ranger ensign fired the signal.

More than a dozen anti-tank missiles were fired from the houses on the hillside. At the same time, several armored vehicles suddenly sprang out from the shadows behind the houses. While they were retreating backwards, the 20mm multi-barreled Vulcan cannons on the vehicles spit out tongues of fire. Scan Zaku's head monitor.

However, this kind of firepower is not enough to pose a sufficient threat to Zeon's mobile suits:

Zaku, who was targeted, ignored the ill-aimed missile, took a half step back, turned sideways, squatted down, and used his shoulder shield at an angle to block the cannon fired at him;

The Vulcan cannon shells that were almost connected in a line clanged against Zaku's shoulder shield, and were either ruthlessly bounced away or embedded in them, but they failed to cause effective damage to Zaku.

At this time, other aircraft in the squadron immediately started to fight back with their Zaku machine guns, sparking a series of explosive fires on the hillside, and accelerated forward, trying to close the distance with the federal army.

Although the 120mm caliber Zaku machine gun often faces complaints from pilots that the barrel is too short, the muzzle velocity is insufficient, and there are also problems such as serious long-distance ballistic drop in a gravity environment, it is even called a 'potato launcher' '.

But at this time, for the infantry positions and armored vehicles of the Federal Army, this was an extremely efficient and ruthless killing weapon.

The first Federal armored vehicle that fled back along the winding mountain road was quickly hit, half of its body was torn off by the explosion, and it was spinning out of control in the middle of the road;

The armored vehicle behind fired several smoke grenades in succession, turned the steering wheel without hesitation, knocked down the trees on the roadside, and rushed into the green belt. However, it still could not escape the follow-up shots of the Zaku machine gun. Before it could wait, The smoke screen fell and was tossed aside with the light of fire.

Only the third armored car got into the smoke screen of its teammates in time and disappeared on the other side of the ridge.

"Come up!"

The Zakus, who were irritated by the harassment of the federal infantry, chased after them one after another, but their previous lessons made them not forget to shoot at the buildings and trees that appeared in their field of vision during the pursuit to guard against the federation. The military's old skills are heavily deployed to set traps.

Suddenly, the advancing Zaku pilot was shocked. He saw the muzzle flash in the distance from the side with his peripheral vision. He subconsciously pulled the operating lever, causing Zaku's half-stretched front foot to come across and touch the ground. The thruster jets at full power, instantly stopping the body's progress;

An armor-piercing bullet roared past Zaku's chest, but the pilot Zaku, who was sweating coldly, was not careless. He then controlled the machine body and jumped back a few steps, avoiding the bullet fired from behind the observatory on the side hillside. Second shot.

"What kind of flexibility is this!"

The wheeled assault guns of the Ranger Battalion's heavy weapons detachment reluctantly retracted behind the relatively solid observatory, allowing the bullets from the Zaku formation to advance from the front. They were equipped with 120mm smoothbore cannons and were the Ranger Battalion's only chance of a frontal penetration. Zaku's unit.

The Zakus fired alternately, causing strings of Zaku machine gun bullets to continuously hit this century-old white stone building, so that the federal assault guns hidden behind did not dare to show their faces.

However, hearing the sound of firefights coming from the front, the Zaku formation responsible for taking a detour from both wings immediately accelerated and rushed up the mountain;

In the positional battle, the federal infantry seemed to be on the verge of collapse. The temporary trenches dug by the infantry or the houses used as bunkers could not block the direct fire of the 120mm Zaku machine gun, and the missiles used for anti-armor targets were interfered by rice particles. It seems to be completely inaccurate.

"Retreat, retreat!"

The Ranger climbed out of the overturned armored vehicle, dragging his unconscious comrade, and rolled down the roadside drainage channel in embarrassment. He watched in horror as Zeon's Cyclops passed overhead.

'Such a weapon cannot be dealt with by infantry at all. However, in terms of flexibility and adaptability, it is much stronger than the land armored forces represented by tanks...'

The roundabout Zakus approached from the other side of the observatory, easily breaking through the covering infantry position, and destroying the exposed wheeled assault guns that were suppressed by frontal fire and unable to move behind the observatory building.

"The Federation bastards are running north!"

Zaku, who was the first to rush to the top of the mountain, reported loudly on the communication channel, which caused the Zaku pilots behind him to not be far behind. They crowded to the top of the mountain one by one and shot down at the federal army convoy fleeing on the winding mountain road.

'Agent, if your artillery support doesn't come, I'll have to deal with you here! '

Major Frederick, who was sitting in the 'Bloodhound' air-cushion armored vehicle at the end of the convoy, listened to the clang of shrapnel and gravel hitting the outer shell of the vehicle, and prayed silently in his heart.

The standard smoke grenade launcher on federal land vehicles played a big role at this time. The smoke screen that was continuously spread forward from the convoy extended across the entire mountain road, leaving Zaku's pilots with nothing but gray eyes. munitions were scattered aimlessly in a cloud of smoke.

Captain Ji Zaku, who was holding a machine gun, also jumped to the top of the mountain. He looked at the flag of the Federation Earth Army stuck crookedly behind the 'Hollywood' sign and kicked it away with disdain.

"Catch up, don't let them get away!"

"You don't need to tell me, Captain!"

This is Los Angeles, one of the largest metropolitan areas on earth. When the federal army escapes from the Hollywood Hills below, they will enter another urban area where small groups of infantry can easily find a hiding place.

This was something that the independent mobile suit brigade, which had been harassed by the federal infantry and seriously delayed the progress of the mission, could not tolerate.

With a few quick movements, Zaku stepped over the vegetation on the roadside and slid directly down the hillside - but at this moment, a small black dot approaching rapidly in the sky appeared within visual distance of Zaku on the top of the mountain. .

"That's - spread out, quickly!"

"what!"

Zaku, who was venting firepower towards the foot of the mountain, raised his head and saw on the monitor that the warhead was splitting, ejecting dozens of long-range rockets from the anti-armor anti-personnel warhead.

The 6 rocket launchers of the long-range rocket artillery battalion directly under the 16th Army, each carrying 12 300mm rockets, were aimed at the Hollywood Hills;

With the complete digital earth topography model and the accurate calculation and coordination of the agents, thousands of anti-armor warheads from different launch vehicles landed simultaneously in less than a second, covering the entire mountain.

Whether it was the keen veteran who had noticed it and already made evasive movements, or the newcomer who was fascinated by the victory that seemed within reach, and concentrated on chasing down the desperate federal infantry——

In the high-density saturation artillery fire that covered more than ten square kilometers, everyone was equally given death.

……

'Reloading is expected to take 11 minutes. '

On the artillery position, the ammunition truck slowly drove to the side of the launch vehicle. Under the command of several artillerymen, the crane on the vehicle was turning towards the modular ammunition box that had just been emptied on the launch vehicle.

"Agent, who is this fire support for?"

Lieutenant General Kruger, who heard the noise and poked his head out of the command vehicle's top skylight, asked curiously;

Even after taking the position of commander of the group army, it was the first time for him to see a salvo of more than a dozen rocket launcher vehicles in real life - the federal army's tight funds would not allow them to stage such a large formation in the show. .

"They are guerrillas in the south around downtown Los Angeles, Major Frederick's Ranger Battalion."

It is a pity that for such a large-scale artillery support, the agents at this time were completely unable to evaluate the effect of the artillery bombardment, and even did not know whether their lives were hit or not;

Major Frederick, who dared to set the center of fire coverage at his battalion headquarters, was definitely unable to be contacted whether he was running for his life or staying within the killing range.

"Good job... Any other troops have any news?"

"Not yet, Lieutenant General Kruger"

Lieutenant General Kruger climbed down from the sunroof of the car and walked back and forth beside the combat map a little restlessly. From time to time, he put his hands on the map and got closer to figure out the location of the moving troops.

"Lieutenant General, what is currently shown on the map is only the planned location of each unit. We have not yet grasped the actual situation."

the agent reminded.

Once the combat plan was issued and the units left their bases, the Army Headquarters had largely lost control of the battle situation.

"I know," Lieutenant General Kruger sighed heavily:

"I didn't expect that the tiny rice particles can now only rely on the subjective initiative of frontline officers - the vanguard of the attack on Edwards Air Force Base, the 17th Armored Brigade, should have entered the Mojave Desert, right?"

"According to the plan, this is it."

Chapter No.17: Desert Storm (1)

6 kilometers northeast of the 50th Army, in the desolate Mojave Desert.

This was once one of the areas where the Earth Federation Government focused on de-desertification projects. Even now, looking from the sky, it is not difficult to spot the remains of circular farmlands that were once supported by large rotating sprinkler irrigation systems.

However, as the space immigration plan gains momentum, population pressure and the resulting living space issues are no longer a focus of social concern, and the place is gradually becoming deserted as government subsidies decrease year by year.

A row of M61A5 main battle tanks spread out in a horizontal formation. The tracks rolled up waves of yellow sand and rumbled over the withered weeds. Pairs of main guns pointed in different directions, keeping watch on the front and both sides.

The Type 61 main battle tank, as its name suggests, is a land combat equipment that has been in service with the federal army for nearly 20 years. The A5 represents the fifth improved model of this tank;

It has a very unique twin-mounted main gun layout. With the support of a fully automatic loader, the two 155mm smoothbore main guns perform very well whether it is used to counter enemy armored vehicles or support infantry with grenades.

In addition, under the background of the era when the Earth Federation Government has announced the eradication of all wars on the earth, the Type 61 main battle tank, like most of the equipment owned by the Federation Earth Army, continues to be used with repairs.

"The Zeon Army chose a good time for [Earth expletive]."

On the lead tank in the center of the formation, Major Parker, commander of the armored reconnaissance battalion who pushed open the hatch above the commander's seat, muttered vaguely with a mint in his mouth.

Although this area is also covered by meter particle interference, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually fades away, and it can still be judged by the brightness of the sky that night is about to fall.

The Principality of Zeon, which had been recuperating in orbit for a whole day, lowered its troops and launched the airborne landing in the last hour before the sun set, allowing them to use the last light to complete the preliminary assembly of the airborne troops;

The Federal Army, which had been on the ground in fear all day long, was gradually declining in energy and physical strength.

The road ahead was obscured by the mist of rice particles mixed with wind and sand, making it increasingly blurry; Major Parker swallowed a mouthful of saliva mixed with mint candy juice and tried to cheer up and wake up.

"Crack."

The Federation's main battle tank turned on the headlights on the front of the vehicle. The beam of light penetrated into the fog a short distance before becoming highly divergent, barely illuminating the ground in front of the vehicle.

Major Parker put his arm on the edge of the commander's command tower, propped up his head, and squinted his eyes to look ahead - although it was already the third month since the war broke out, he still had no real feeling.

Shouldn't war, like famine and plague, have long been swept into the garbage heap of history by highly developed human civilization?

Major Parker thought casually, watching the light beam scattered by the front of the car reflected in the fog, getting closer and closer to his car——

Wait, getting closer?

Major Parker suddenly trembled and his eyes widened, "No, there are other vehicles in front of us approaching us with their headlights on!" '

"Encounter the enemy!"

Major Parker suddenly sat back in the commander's seat, grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"Zizi..."

There was only a random murmur on the intercom.

"[Earth expletive]!"

Major Parker glanced at the signal flag in the storage box at hand - this ancient signaling system can even be traced back to the world war when the tank was first developed. It was the agent's puppet who was sent to California and then retrieved from the database. Found it.

'I'd rather die than use this crap. '

Major Parker thought, stretched his upper body out of the turret again, and grasped the heavy machine gun in front of the commander's command tower.

"Da da da……"

Fire whips mixed with tracer bullets passed through the air and fell into the distance.

Needless to say, judging from the information obtained before departure, Andrews Air Force Base can already be regarded as an enemy-occupied area, and it is impossible for friendly forces to come from this direction.

The sound of the cannon sounded, and pieces of faint light from the muzzle flashes flashed in front. A dozen light points mercilessly passed through the mist of rice particles and shot from the opposite side.

The Principality of Zeon's airborne tank troops, who were more accustomed to fighting in a nanoparticle interference environment than the Federation, took the lead.

"Boom!"

A 133mm main gun shell from a Principality of Zeon airborne tank roared across the sky and plunged into the upper half of the front body of a Type 61 main battle tank.

The Type 61 tank seemed to pause for a moment, and then continued to move forward as if nothing happened.

The Zeon airborne tank's shells either passed between the Type 61 tanks, or hit the ground and then bounced away. In the rare cases where they hit the target, they completely failed to stop the advancement of the Federation tanks.

"Hmph, break through the defense, boy!"

The corners of Major Parker's lips curled up slightly as he sat back on the captain's seat:

Judging from the equipment information of the Zeon Army obtained by the Federation, if it is their airborne tank unit whose performance is inferior to the Type 61 in all aspects, the Federation Army will really not take it seriously.

Major Parker pressed a few buttons on the operating panel, and a signal flare popped up from the back of the turret of the leader's command tank and shot into the air to warn the large troops behind;

Subsequently, the 17 main battle tanks belonging to the armored reconnaissance battalion of the 15th Armored Brigade drove forward at full speed according to the plan for the encounter; the wheeled armored vehicles belonging to the same group spread out to the left and right sides to cover the armored troops. 's flanks.

Major Parker put his face close to the aiming screen of the commander's Hunter-JF fire control system, and flicked the buttons a few times with his fingers to adjust it; as expected, the infrared thermal imaging display completely failed and could only be used reluctantly. Optical sight.

'The Zeon armored forces are well-trained. '

Major Parker looked at the scope and knew that he could not compete with the federal main battle tanks on the ground. He fired smoke bombs almost uniformly. The turret was still pointed in the direction of the federal army, but the body of the airborne tank had begun to turn around and escape. He couldn't help but ignore the airborne tanks. Pout.