sbdcsierra Chapter 1356 Desperate Situation
Chapter 1356 Desperate Situation
Wei Wuji personally commanded this air force. His orders were concise and ruthless: "Each formation, at the designated coordinates, indiscriminate bombing! Maximum bomb load! Bomb!"
In an instant, the sky was filled with countless falling black dots.
Immediately afterwards, deafening explosions rang out one after another, like a giant hammer pounding the earth!
High-explosive bombs exploded on the city walls, towers, and barracks, sending rubble, bricks, and human remains flying everywhere; incendiary bombs ignited upon landing, and the viscous flames spread rapidly, engulfing the wooden structures, igniting stockpiled supplies, and turning many areas of the fortress into a sea of fire!
Thick smoke billowed, obscuring the sky. The Slavic defenders' newly mustered courage crumbled instantly in the face of this devastating divine punishment; cries, screams, and the sounds of collapsing buildings intertwined to create a symphony of hell.
"Divine Messenger! Divine Messenger! Quickly, attack those iron birds!"
Shahar was resting when he was jolted awake by the sudden noise!
He rushed out of the main castle in a state of utter terror, screaming into the communicator...
One of the androids and the rest of the robots inside the fortress immediately sprang into action.
Their electronic eyes scan and lock onto targets in the air at high speed, while their shoulder or arm energy weapons rapidly charge, unleashing blinding blue or pale beams of light that, like the javelins of death, precisely strike the low-flying gliders dropping bombs.
"Sizzle... Boom!"
A bomber that was diving to drop bombs was precisely hit at the wing root by a beam of light, instantly breaking in two and exploding in mid-air.
"Chichi!"
Another attack aircraft was grazed by the beam of light on its tail and tumbled down, billowing black smoke.
The man-made aircraft were highly effective at air defense; within minutes, three more gliders were shot down or severely damaged.
However, just as the android was doing its best to deal with the aerial threat, with its beams flashing and locking onto the flying target, the real killing move was launched on the ground!
"attack!!!"
Han Da's roar was accompanied by the release of a signal flare, which illuminated the entire battlefield.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
On the coalition positions, a barrage of over a hundred mortars roared deafeningly!
Shells rained down on the fortress's forward positions, the city gate area, and potential hiding places and firing positions identified through previous reconnaissance.
The continuous explosions unleashed waves of death on and around the city walls, pinning down the Slavic soldiers who were trying to organize a defense, either pinning them down in their bunkers or tearing them apart.
At the same time, deafening battle cries and engine roars resounded almost simultaneously from the east, south, and west directions of the fortress!
A steel torrent of armored vehicles covered the surging Allied infantry as they launched a desperate charge!
Heavy machine guns formed a crossfire network on the flanks and rear of the assault group, and the dense bullets swept like a metal storm at any target that dared to show its head behind the battlements, suppressing the Slavic defenders so much that they could not even raise their heads.
Their offensive surged forth from all directions like a tidal wave, instantly attacking their fortress!
"Fire! Fire now! Stop them from getting close to the city walls!"
"Are they crazy? What are they trying to do at a time like this?!"
Shahar's voice has changed!
He rushed to the city wall and saw enemy troops surging in from three sides like a tidal wave; his legs trembled.
Under the whips and shouts of their officers, the defending soldiers tried to operate the ballistae and throw stones and logs with trepidation, but under the combined suppression of mortars and heavy machine guns, they achieved little and suffered heavy casualties.
The androids immediately diverted their resources to deal with the ground threat. Several androids switched from anti-aircraft mode and quickly moved to the city walls facing the three main attack directions.
From their elevated position, their energy beams blazed once more, striking the charging coalition armored vehicles and officers with deadly precision.
"Pfft!"
The turret of an armored vehicle at the forefront was melted through, and the interior exploded, turning into a fireball.
These energy weapons, far surpassing their own, would be absolute dominance on such a battlefield...
"laugh!"
A Turkic centurion, wielding a sword and directing a charge, had his upper body instantly vaporized and vanish.
The precise and devastating blows inflicted casualties and psychological pressure on the advancing coalition forces once again.
Neglecting one thing and neglecting another, and the breaching of the dam.
However, just as Han Da and the others had guessed.
With one humanoid and nine robots, they were ultimately too few in the face of a saturation attack on such a vast battlefield!
While they are fully engaged in air defense, ground troops can advance rapidly!
While they diverted their efforts to suppress the ground assault, the aerial gliders gained a respite, continuing to unleash a deadly barrage of bullets and consciously attacking the locations where the androids appeared, using explosions and shrapnel to disrupt their movements.
When they attempt to deal with both open ground and three-sided attacks simultaneously, their energy output and reaction speed seem to reach their limits, the intervals between beam firings become longer, and their accuracy begins to show a slight, imperceptible decline.
Their weapons are clearly not unlimited; they also have a limit to their durability. This high-intensity use seems to be testing the limits of those weapons in their hands time and time again.
Even more fatal is that while they were firmly focused on the three main attack directions and air defense operations, one direction was deliberately ignored!
On the shady north side of the fortress, beneath a relatively low and dilapidated stone wall, stood a unit of the Allied forces' most elite special forces, though not as formidable as the Night Owls.
However, they are far superior to ordinary special forces soldiers.
This assault team, composed of special forces soldiers and Turkic suicide squads, crept silently to the base of the wall like a venomous snake in the dark.
The defenses here were extremely weak, and the defenders' attention was drawn to the other three sides.
"This is it! Quick! Install the explosives!" the special forces squad leader roared.
The soldiers moved with lightning speed, pressing bundles of high explosives tightly against the damp, cold, ancient stone wall. The fuses were quickly lit, hissing softly.
"Withdraw! Take cover!"
The assault team quickly retreated to a safe distance.
Boom!
A deafening roar, far more muffled and deafening than a mortar shell, erupted from the north side of the fortress!
The earth trembled violently, and the already fragile stone wall collapsed inward with a bang, as if it had been hit by a giant's fist, under the violent force of the explosion!
A huge gap, large enough to accommodate several people walking side by side, suddenly appeared, accompanied by billowing dust and rubble!
"The breach has been opened! Commandos, follow me and charge in!"
With a sharp shout, the captain took the lead, carrying a flamethrower and a submachine gun, and was the first to rush into the billowing smoke and dust!
The suicide squad roared like beasts and followed closely behind, stabbing into the heart of the Ustj fortress like a sharp blade!
After they stormed in, the deafening explosions and the sudden bursts of fierce fighting and screams from the north struck Shahar and all the defenders like a death knell!
"The north! What happened to the north?!"
Shahar grabbed in terror a messenger who was covered in blood as he ran towards him.
"The wall...the wall has been blown down! The East Asians...the elite East Asians have stormed in! We can't stop them, Your Majesty!" the messenger cried out, his voice trembling with sobs.
Finished!
Shahar's vision went black. His worst fears had come true! The fortress had been breached!
What made him even more desperate was that when the androids tried to split their forces to block the enemy breaking in from the north, the Allied ground troops, which were under tremendous pressure on the front and flanks, keenly seized the opportunity when the enemy's firepower suddenly weakened!
"The enemy is in disarray! Their firepower is weakening! Brothers, charge! Break in! Avenge our fallen comrades!" The commanders at the front roared in fury!
The Allied soldiers, who had been suppressed and were holding back their fighting spirit, unleashed astonishing combat power!
Ladders and grappling hooks were erected on the city walls, and armored vehicles approached to destroy the crenellations with close-range machine guns and artillery fire.
On the east, south, and west sides, multiple sections of the city were almost simultaneously breached by the fearless allied soldiers!
The fortress's defense system, under attack from both inside and outside and caught in a desperate situation, began to collapse like dominoes!
The androids are facing an unprecedented predicament.
Although they are individually powerful, their numbers are too small, and their communications seem to be affected by the complex environment inside the fortress and the electronic interference from the coalition forces, resulting in sluggish coordination.
They were divided into several different battle groups: some were fighting hand-to-hand with the allied soldiers who had scaled the city walls, their energy blades sharp but vulnerable to attacks from all directions.
The fall of the Ust-Isti fortress was like an avalanche, swift and complete...
Allied soldiers poured in through the breach in the north wall and the crumbling city gates, like a flood that had burst its banks, instantly engulfing the streets and squares of the fortress.
The sounds of battle cries, explosions, collapsing buildings, and the desperate cries of the Slavic defenders mingled together...
Surrounded by a few loyal guards, Shahar stumbled and retreated toward the entrance to the pre-planned secret passage deep within the fortress.
His magnificent robes, which he had just donned as a symbol of imperial power, were now filthy, covered in mud, snow, and dark red bloodstains. His face showed not only the panic of fleeing but also disbelief and rage.
His trump card for turning the tide was the powerful reinforcements from the ten mysterious figures.
We are currently facing an unprecedented predicament.
The fighting was fiercest in the central square of the fortress. A humanoid man with five robots was trying to approach Shahar's retreat route, but was surrounded by a tidal wave of coalition soldiers and several armored vehicles.
"Prioritize destroying armored vehicles! Clear the passage!" the captain's android commanded.
However, after they fired, they clearly felt the energy of their weapons weaken and the weapons became sluggish...
The other five robot warriors were equally efficient; each burst of their energy weapons accurately took down a coalition soldier who tried to approach, or disabled a heavy firepower point.
However, the coalition forces were simply too numerous.
Han Da's saturation attack strategy evolved into a human wave siege within the fortress.
The soldiers fought bravely, using the ruins as cover and firing swarms of semi-automatic rifles, grenades, and grenade launchers.
What's more troublesome is that the allied forces have clearly received a death order to hold off or even eliminate these metal monsters at all costs.
"Suppressive firepower! Don't let them raise their heads! Their offensive seems to have slowed down... Everyone, give them full pressure!"
A coalition officer roared.
Heavy machine gun bullets rained down on the bunkers surrounding the dummy like a metal storm, sending debris flying everywhere.
Grenades kept exploding at their feet. Although the shockwaves and fragments could not directly destroy their sturdy alloy frames, they were constantly consuming their limited energy shields and sensor accuracy.
A standard-type robot attempted to force its way through the infantry lines on the left flank. His high-powered energy rifle had reached its limit, so he quickly switched to an energy pistol and fired rapidly, instantly taking down three soldiers.
But just as it was about to leap over a low wall, a weapon resembling a rocket flew from the side and slammed into its shoulder.
Boom!
The violent explosion blew it away, sending it crashing into a pile of rubble.
It struggled to get up, but the alloy structure of its left arm and half of its shoulder was twisted and deformed, exposing the internal wiring and flashing with dangerous electrical sparks. The power supply circuit of the energy weapon had obviously been destroyed.
It tried to raise its still-mobile right arm, but the electromagnetic pistol in its right hand was also smoking due to overload, and the energy indicator went completely to zero.
"It's out of weapons! Charge! Slash it with your knives!" Seeing this, the surrounding Allied soldiers were emboldened and drew their bayonets, entrenching tools, and even the Slavic scimitars they had picked up, howling as they rushed forward.
Deprived of its ranged weapons, the robot revealed another side of itself as a war machine. With its remaining right arm, it swept across, the heavy alloy arm sending two soldiers charging at the forefront flying, the sound of bones shattering clearly audible. Another soldier's bayonet pierced its metal breastplate, leaving only a white mark before the robot crushed its throat with a backhand. Like a trapped steel beast, it fought desperately with primal strength and a sturdy body.
But human strength has its limits, and so do machines.
More soldiers surrounded it, raining down bayonets, entrenching tools, and even sledgehammers on it.
Each heavy blow caused its metal shell to groan dully, and the joints began to jam. Finally, a soldier risked rolling to its feet and used the sharp edge of an entrenching tool to hack at the knee joint of its supporting leg.
Amidst the flying sparks, the critical hydraulic lines were severed, and viscous silver coolant gushed out. The robot's massive body collapsed to its knees.
"Smash its head!"
The soldiers swarmed forward, smashing various melee weapons at its head sensor that was flashing red light.
A few seconds later, the red light went out completely, and the mechanical killer stopped moving, turning into a pile of expensive scrap metal.
This scene greatly spurred the besieging coalition soldiers and dealt a heavy blow to other rescue robots attempting to come to the rescue.
They witnessed their comrades being destroyed in such a primitive and barbaric way, and for the first time, the cold core of logic calculated the variable of fear. Of course, it was not the fear of death, but the prediction of the complete failure of the mission.
"Insufficient energy! Unable to sustain high-intensity combat! Weapon systems are overloaded and cooling down!"
The captain's android system alarm blared sharply in the internal circuit.