Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1185 - 1178: Superior Firepower

Chapter 1185: Chapter 1178: Superior Firepower

"Command, the front line is requesting artillery support!" a liaison officer turned back and said to him.

"Wait a moment, let’s wait for the reconnaissance unit’s report," Wang Xu took a deep breath and said.

"Command, whether the enemy divides their forces or not, eliminating one unit counts as one, there’s no need to wait for a complete grouping. If we don’t support the front line now, they definitely won’t be able to hold on," a staff officer expressed anxiously.

"Hm..." Wang Xu lowered his head, falling into deep thought.

"Command, based on the reconnaissance unit’s consolidated intelligence, the enemy hasn’t divided their forces but is fully assembled to attack the center!" At that moment, a staff officer reported extremely good news.

"Are you certain?" Wang Xu was overjoyed, asking as he took the documents.

"Confirmed. The reconnaissance unit didn’t find any traces of the enemy in the areas where we suspected an attack, so it’s almost certain that the enemy has only one front," the staff officer nodded and said.

"Very well," Wang Xu slapped the table and then commanded loudly, "Prepare for artillery bombardment, and at the same time order the air fleet’s carrier-borne aircraft to set out in support of the front line."

"Yes!" Everyone’s spirits were lifted.

"Do we still have mobile forces?" Taking a slight breather, Wang Xu continued to ask.

"Currently, we have a cavalry unit under Princess Melia on standby, ready to be deployed at any moment," the staff officer answered.

"Immediately order the cavalry unit to flank the enemy’s rear, cut off their escape route, and command the other two units set up for interception to immediately surround the center," Wang Xu ordered.

"Yes!" The staff officer answered loudly.

With the situation becoming clear, the artillery no longer had to be overly cautious. The rocket artillery battalion, which had long been waiting without showing its effectiveness, was also ready to fire.

Since the adjustments had already been made beforehand, the artillery no longer needed to test fire but could immediately bombard the designated areas.

The artillery battalion soldiers adjusted the firing parameters anxiously, with the rocket artillery battalion serving as the forefront in the strike support for the battlefield. These rockets were equipped with cloud explosion bombs, which increased the kill radius to compensate for the precision of the rockets.

As the parameters were set, soldiers pressed on the passive runes on the rocket launch pads. The runes emitted a dim cold light, and then, one by one, the rockets were activated, trailing long tails and shrieking as they shot into the sky.

As previously mentioned, this rocket artillery was specifically designed for the Otherworld environment. Since electronic ignition was not feasible, the military innovatively invented rune ignition, using specific runes to produce high-temperature flames that ignite the rockets.

Hundreds of rockets roared toward the sky, drawing countless arcing trajectories in the air. The civilians in the observation area covered their ears as they watched the rockets shoot toward the heavens, marveling at their beautiful trajectories while also being awed by the power of these weapons.

However, for them, rocket artillery was just visually appealing; what they liked more and what shocked them even more was the firing of howitzers. Each launch of these cannons felt immensely powerful to them, as if the force was being vigorously shot into the sky and then coming down to explode on the ground.

The consistent policy of the headquarters for the residents of Lipei was to treat them kindly and preferentially, offering them the services a modern government should while also showing off their own military strength, telling them that headquarters was capable of protecting everyone.

Because headquarters understood a principle profoundly, lose the people and you lose the land; lose the land and you lose the people. No matter who Lipei nominally belonged to, Lipei was de facto Otherworld land, the land of the Otherworlders, and naturally it should be developed by Otherworlders themselves.

The rockets didn’t take long to reach their destination covering the distance of several kilometers. In the valley, the rockets suddenly exploded a few dozen meters above the ground, followed by layers of aerosols dispersing instantly, as if a layer of mist had shrouded the valley.

Seeing the scene before them, all the subspecies almost simultaneously let out terrified shouts, "Get down, everyone get down!"

Accustomed to traversing the virtual world, they knew all too well what this scene meant. It was the prelude to the explosion of a cloud explosion bomb, whose formidable power could potentially affect even the position they were holding.

"Everyone down, hands over your heads!"

Amidst the subspecies’ desperate cries, the fuse of the cloud explosion bomb in the sky was finally ignited. In an instant, the sky was completely engulfed by rolling flames, and the powerful air pressure spread out in an instant, creating a vast cloud of dust and smoke on the ground.

Even hiding in the trenches, the officers and soldiers of the interception unit could still feel their scalp tingle as the scorching heatwave swept over their heads. Dust and stones were flying everywhere, filling the trenches with sand and gravel.

The explosions caused by the hundreds of rockets were akin to a small-scale nuclear strike, as a massive mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky. On the ground, those enemies hiding in the valleys were almost without exception annihilated. Those instantly killed by the shockwave were considered lucky compared to those who were scorched to death by the flames.

Though hundreds of rockets exploded, the spread was so large, covering an area of several kilometers in radius, that the overall impact wasn’t especially shocking. They should just be thankful that the rocket artillery had not hit near the position of the interception unit.

Despite this, the explosions still delivered a tremendous shock to the enemy. Fredel’s forces deployed in the valley were almost completely wiped out, with even Fredel himself being blown away by the blast and crashing heavily to the ground.

Moreover, what caused the most despair was that the rocket artillery coverage was just the beginning. As the barrage ended, what followed was round after round of shelling from Howitzers.

Guided by the interception positions, the howitzers in the rear continuously adjusted coordinates, bombarding the enemy in the valley over and over again. At the same time, Ronisca’s carrier-based planes appeared in the sky, dropping aerial munitions on the ground forces below.

Round after round of artillery barrages turned the tide of war completely. Before, the enemy forces could still counter the interception troops with their numerical advantage. But now, their greater numbers became a disadvantage, and the valley turned into their graveyard. Repeated artillery barrages not only shattered their morale but also continuously inflicted casualties.

Now, Fredel finally understood Car’s concerns. Indeed, massing troops was a major taboo; facing the enemy’s superior firepower, massing forces for an advance was no different from marching to their deaths.

It was just unfortunate that by this time, Car had long been on the run, and Fredel never had the chance to apologize to him because the next round of artillery fire had already covered his location.

The bombardment lasted for almost an hour from beginning to end, and the enemy forces without their commander completely collapsed and scattered from the battlefield.

The other two interception troops and the cavalry who had arrived didn’t even get a chance to encircle before they had to engage in capturing prisoners.

While the headquarters’ request was to annihilate the enemy to the greatest extent possible, these men were already in retreat, and it seemed inhumane to strike them down, so the other two interception units only sought to capture these fleeing soldiers alive.

However, there are always exceptions, and Princess Melia’s cavalry disregarded any spirit of humanitarianism, charging straight in to slaughter these disintegrating remnants, slaying more than fifty people with blood-stained sabers.

In response, the commanding subspecies could only helplessly turn a blind eye, letting them rampage as they pleased.

The entire battle ended before the smoke had even cleared from the cratered battlefield. Though some surprises had occurred, they had convincingly completed the task of annihilating the enemy’s living forces. More than eleven hundred enemy combatants had been killed, captured, or wounded, and most of the rest had fled.

By the time the battle report reached the Joint Command Center, it was already noon, and Wang Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, then requested that the news of this significant victory be immediately announced to the residents of Lipei.

The defense forces of Lipei had annihilated two thousand enemies, and the news of this significant victory instantly caused a stir in Lipei, with all the residents who had taken refuge in the suburbs of Lipei City visibly rejoicing, rushing to spread the good news.

Stepping out of his tent and looking at the cheering residents of Lipei in the distance, Wang Xu nodded with satisfaction. Such a victory was enough to lift the spirits of these people, making them believe that the headquarters had the capability to protect all of them.

Now, with the frontal war effort essentially over, his only concern was the situation on Cheng Ziang’s front.

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