Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 203

203. Chapter 203, Airborne Raid

When a layer of light curtain appeared outside the offshore building and blocked all the ground attacks of the fighter planes, Martins was shocked.

However, he soon realized that this was not a void shield.

Although it was a bit similar, it was far from the level of a void shield. It should be just a simple energy shield.

The gap between the two is a bit big.

The void shield is not essentially to directly resist the attack, but to create a space dislocation to form a thin film to cover the protected target. When the attack comes, most types of shells, missiles, and energy rays will be transferred to another space by the dislocated space when they come into contact with this film. And the protected target will be unscathed.

The defensive effectiveness of the void shield is much stronger than that of a conventional energy shield. A successful defense will not affect the protected target in any way.

But there are also disadvantages.

The void shield generator is very large and cannot be miniaturized; the void shield consumes a lot of energy; it is very expensive; it cannot identify and divert slow targets; it may miss some attacks when it is overloaded due to excessive firepower in a short period of time…

However, these problems are nothing compared to traditional energy shields, after all, many shortcomings are common. For example, if you want to achieve the same protective effect, the energy consumption of traditional energy shields will only be higher; energy shields cannot stop slow targets; overload will not miss attacks, but will be directly shattered, then no attacks can be stopped, and the energy shield generator may even explode inside…

In real comparison, the energy shield has only two advantages: it can be miniaturized and cheap.

Martins has experienced many battles and is knowledgeable. After he judged that the following is not a void shield, he can further judge more information.

This shield generator seems to be quite ordinary, with a low technical level. However, it seems to have a huge energy reserve behind it. Unless the upper limit of the firepower it can withstand is destroyed in one go, it will be very difficult to overload it with multiple firepower strikes.

Is there a chance?

Martins ordered the entire fighter formation to carry out another full-fire strike. During this process, he carefully watched the reaction of the entire energy shield and finally judged:

No.

The firepower intensity required to overload the shield generator with firepower and to directly blow up the shield generator is two levels apart.

Even if the frigate in the planetary orbit can reach the level of the former, it cannot meet the requirements of the latter. If

it is replaced with the Quintet, there will be no problem. Let’s not talk about anything else. Just one shot of “Wrath of the Loyal Heir” will be smashed down. The L-class macro cannon can destroy this shield generator with one shot, no matter how much energy support it has behind it.

But isn’t there no chance now?

The 20 S-class weapons on the frigate that can hit the ground cannot directly destroy the current shield generator even if they are shot down at the same time. With some kind of nearly unlimited energy behind this shield generator, it will be able to recover quickly before the next round of attacks.

In other words, it is no longer realistic to destroy this offshore platform through long-range fire.

At least it is not realistic before the shield generator is destroyed.

“That means a small-scale raid, after breaking the shield generator by force, evacuate, and then call for long-range fire to destroy this offshore platform?”

“I know this…”

Martins smiled, but then calmed down again.

It is indeed familiar. Space Marines have done too many similar jobs. In his two hundred years of combat experience, he has performed similar tasks countless times, and he is very clear about the process and key points.

Now he is doing similar work again, which makes him feel familiar and laugh at himself.

But no matter how much this kind of work he has done or how rich his experience is, it cannot cover up the huge danger of this kind of task.

The biggest danger comes from unknown intelligence.

What is in the building below, how strong the enemy is, where is the target they want to destroy… These things are all unknown.

In this case, they shouldn’t go in.

Even a team of all space warriors may fail, after all, no one knows what monsters they will encounter below. If they

think more rationally, they can choose to retreat this time and wait for more abundant intelligence.

Martins has been given a lot of authorization, and he can make a decision on this matter.

But he still didn’t choose to do so.

It mainly stems from three considerations.

First, he didn’t want to make a failed operation when he joined the alliance and officially took on the command of the operation for the first time.

Of course, he didn’t consider this factor much, just a little bit. He is still a warrior at heart, and he doesn’t have so many political considerations.

Secondly, he doubted that even if he retreated this time, how would he get more intelligence later? It is very difficult to get intelligence on this offshore platform, whether you want to sneak in or send someone in to do internal work. Unfortunately, they don’t have much time left, and they don’t have the time to spend several months to get intelligence. Who knows when these cultists will achieve their plan?

In addition to these off-field factors, there is another core reason that promotes his investment in more troops, that is… the enemy doesn’t seem to be strong enough.

In other words, these soldiers of the Governor’s Special Operations Brigade were too strong.

With all the air and space firepower support blocked by the energy shield, they were fighting alone, but they still stood down.

They did lose more than a dozen soldiers in the sudden attack at the beginning, but then their counterattack was also very sharp. Not only did they use laser guns to kill many lizard monsters that emerged from the surrounding areas, but they also took the opportunity to quickly get out of the cabin and use the huge body of the wind falcon as a cover to build a defense line on the spot in a triangular shape.

With the situation slightly stable, the enemy was a little anxious. Some biochemical shells were fired, and the corrosive effect caused the wind falcon, which could not take off, to have traces of damage on the surface.

But at this time, the special operations soldiers also responded quickly.

They took out multiple rocket launchers and fired them in the direction of the biochemical shells.

Multiple rockets with tail flames created a good effect. At least no new biochemical shells were smashed in for the time being.

Then, they even temporarily organized a five-man combat team, and under the cover of their comrades, they launched an attack towards the interior of a building, preparing to clear out the enemies there, and by the way, they could also establish a second defense point to expand the living space.

Since these special forces below played a pretty good situation, then as the commander, why would Martins give up on them?

In his channel, the voices of the soldiers of the 10th Brigade were heard, asking for battle. Among them, the mortal combat hero named Lacroxia was even more self-confident, hoping to be part of the second batch, go to the ground, support the battle, and rescue and cover his teammates so that they could evacuate.

Martins smiled:

“I allow you to go down, but your goal is not only to cover your teammates. I hope you can clear the six indoor buildings around the landing point and create opportunities for our follow-up troops to land!”

Hearing this request, Lacrosse was stunned at first, and then responded decisively: “Guarantee to complete the mission!”

Then, a three-plane formation began to descend rapidly.

The leader was the current ace pilot of the Alliance Air Force, Lieutenant Kuchi.

He and his wingmen, carrying more than 40 special warfare elites including Lacrosse, approached the energy shield after descending to a certain height.

This is the most dangerous stage.

If the speed is too fast, it will not work. The energy shield is only about 80 meters above the ground. If the speed is too fast, it will be blocked. Moreover, the speed will be too fast, which will cause the distance of 80 meters to be insufficient for them to slow down and land. At that time, they will fall to the ground and be finished.

But the enemy’s anti-aircraft firepower, but at this time, it is powerful.

The enemy seems to have set up anti-aircraft guns, and some biological and chemical shells are shooting into the sky.

If the speed is not fast enough, the enemy’s hit rate will naturally increase significantly.

Fortunately, the Feng Falcon is not a fragile aircraft, but a speed attack boat with solid armor on the outside, and its protection is slightly better than that of an armored vehicle.

They withstood the enemy’s anti-aircraft firepower and successfully passed the energy shield.

After entering the energy shield, they will not be polite to those enemies.

Outside the energy shield, they can’t hit; once inside, they can release firepower with confidence.

The three Feng Falcons released the six mounted airborne missiles while descending, setting off a sea of fire. Then, the machine guns began to show their power, firing everywhere, attacking the enemy’s anti-aircraft firepower and silencing it, while also providing some firepower cover and help to the special warfare elites who are still fighting on the ground.

The enemy’s firepower was suppressed to a certain extent, and the three Feng Falcons below could take this opportunity to take off.

However, one of them seemed to have a problem and could no longer fly.

But the other two that took off successfully also used up their missiles before they could get out of the shield at an altitude of 80 meters.

At this moment, the three newly landed Fengshens have begun to unload people.

In fact, they have not landed yet, and are still about ten meters above the ground.

But at this height, the hatch opened, and the special elites began to jump down one by one. They

didn’t even use a rope to rappel, but jumped directly.

For ordinary people, a dozen meters is enough to kill people. But for the special warfare elites led by Lacroxia, it is an acceptable height. Soldiers above T3 have reached or even slightly exceeded the limit of human beings in terms of physical fitness, not to mention that they have an exoskeleton that can play a cushioning role when landing.

Lieutenant Kuchi is also a skilled and courageous person. After he put down the soldiers in the cabin, he did not leave directly like other fighters, but chose to maneuver within the low altitude range of 80 meters, and used machine guns to assist ground troops and provide valuable heavy firepower support.

In the limited space, he controlled the Fengshen to dodge and move. Although the speed could not be increased, and he was afraid of hitting something in one breath, the flexibility of the wind falcon was brought into full play. The flight trajectory was unpredictable, and it was in this way that he avoided many attacks, and at the same time he could suddenly fire a round of machine guns at the bottom and achieve some results.

With valuable air support, the team led by Lacroxia successfully landed and joined the special warfare elite on the ground. They began to go to the six buildings around the landing site according to the target given by Martins before, and carried out one by one clearing work.

This offshore platform is an irregular rectangular platform with a length of about 2,000 meters and a width of 1,000 meters. The core position in the middle is a conical tower head about 30 meters high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom; around it, there are densely packed buildings, mostly various round warehouses or towers. Many pipes surround and connect these buildings.

A considerable part of the entire platform is still below sea level. It can be vaguely seen that a considerable part of the largest conical tower in the center is still below sea level. Huge pillars and pipes support the bottom of the platform and support the entire platform from the bottom of the sea.

The landing site chosen by the Alliance Special Forces was close to the southern edge. Only here seemed to be a relatively large and flat area suitable for the Falcon to land.

When Lakrosa led his men to clear the six buildings around the landing site, the pressure on the landing site was reduced a lot.

Soon, the third wave, also three Falcons carrying more than 40 elite special forces, came down again.

This time, they also opened up the south, which was considered to be a complete solution to the enemy on one side.

Then, Lakrosa personally led the team to the center of this offshore building complex that was almost the size of a small town, and began to advance, and established defense points along the way, leaving two or three soldiers to guard the key locations.

They quickly broke into the central tower and cleared out the enemies inside.

Here, they made two major discoveries.

First, they found a route from the central tower to the lower level. The iron door there was closed and difficult to enter, but under the hot melt bomb, it must be no different from paper.

Second, they opened several storage cans on the offshore platform and saw a scene that they would never forget.

They originally thought that there might be all kinds of things in those canned storage bins.

But they never imagined that they were full of people.

Densely packed, crowded together, dead but alive.

The soldier who opened the canned storage bin door from above saw countless eyes looking up, and saw those people with countless pus sores on their faces and bodies, crowded together, almost soaked in pus.

They were still alive, they were still squirming, and some disgusting power was maintaining their lives. They were alive and awake to endure this boundless pain.

Itching, severe pain, maggots crawling up and down, and the despair of wanting to die but not being able to, almost turned into substance. When the storage bin door was opened, it formed some kind of psychic power along with the strong stench.

The special forces soldier who opened the door, although wearing a full-coverage tactical helmet with anti-gas effect, still felt that he smelled a terrible smell. This feeling of despair and pain invaded him along with the smell, making him dizzy. If it weren’t for his comrades helping him, he would have fallen from above.

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Sorry, the update is a little late today.

The business trip begins…

(End of this chapter)