The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1137. Pang Krell's Betrayal (Part 1)

"Underground?!" Hearing the soldier's report, Cody's face changed drastically, and he said loudly, "Notify the headquarters immediately! We detected an unknown unit advancing from underground!"

As soon as he finished speaking, boom! ! A violent explosion was set off at the side, and Cody subconsciously retreated to the back of the bunker, but was still thrown several meters away by the powerful explosion, and fell heavily to the ground.

"It's an Umbara tank!!" a clone trooper yelled.

boom! boom! !

After the violent explosion, the figures of three Umbara ghost tanks appeared in front, and these three ghost tanks launched a violent shelling on the position of the 212 attack battalion!

The clone troopers did not have any more heavy equipment, so they had to fire rockets back, but with little effect, individual rockets could not break through the armor of the ghost tank.

Cody ordered the few remaining AT-RTs to use their powerful mechanical legs to leap onto the surrounding giant tentacle-like vines and attack the Umbara tanks from the side.

However, after the 212th Attack Battalion experienced the deadly battle during the landing, the number of remaining AT-RTs was very small, and they could not even launch an attack. They could only provide a certain amount of fire support, so that the Umbara tanks could not concentrate their firepower on their positions. front.

This is the only thing the 212th Assault Battalion can do now. Facing the superior strength of the Umbaras, they have to fight and retreat.

Cody took advantage of the interval between the Umbaras' attacks to hold a meeting with several company commanders. He unfolded the holographic terrain map and said, "On the way we came, there was a forest with complex terrain and a very large area. Our only chance Only by launching guerrilla warfare in this forest can we delay the reinforcements of the Umbara people."

One of the company commanders shook his head, "But it will mean that we will continue to retreat. After passing through this forest, we will be less than 10 kilometers away from our headquarters. Moreover, based on the observations of the past few days , General Pon-Crell will not allow such a situation."

"But this is our last chance. Our people need rest, ammunition, more supplies and medical treatment. We can't continue like this," another commander said.

Cody nodded, drew a circle on the map, and said, "This is the final decision. Let's retreat to the forest to start guerrilla warfare. I will bear all the consequences!"

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Meanwhile, a clone troop artillery emplacement in the rear.

Three AV-7 self-propelled artillery were firing continuously, and several blaster cannons and individual anti-aircraft missile positions were also set up around them to guard against air strikes by Umbara fighter jets.

For the clone troopers of the Galactic Republic, it is also a unique experience to fight in such a situation where there is no air supremacy at all.

After all, in the past, their own fighter jets had always bombarded the enemy indiscriminately.

The AV-7 self-propelled artillery has flexible deployment and powerful firepower, and can fire a variety of different ammunition according to the situation, and can even be loaded with turbolaser shells and then attack air targets. In addition, the cost of this kind of self-propelled artillery is very low, so it is widely used in the Republic Army.

These artillery positions are bombing the defense line of the Umbara people towards the airport. Although in the darkness and strong interference, the effect of the bombing is not very good, but it is better than nothing. At least the Umbara people can hide Don't dare to come out from behind the bunker casually.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

There was a sudden roar from the ground, and then the ground between several self-propelled artillery suddenly sank!

In the next second, a behemoth came out of the ground suddenly, and hit an AV-7 self-propelled artillery directly with lightning speed!

With a bang, the self-propelled artillery was overturned immediately, and then dense blast energy beams were fired from this behemoth!

boom! boom! boom! ! A series of explosions exploded on the artillery position, and it took less than two minutes for the entire position to be plowed to the ground. Except for the burning wreckage of the self-propelled artillery and a pile of corpses, there was nothing left!

The huge monster quickly got back from the hole it came out of, and the roar from the ground became farther and farther until it disappeared.

Several places in the rear of the clone troop position were attacked at the same time!

Pang Krell is leading the main force of the army and is preparing for the next wave of attack. A signal soldier is reporting the news from the 212 Attack Battalion just now, "General Krell, the 212 Attack Battalion on the southern front has reported something coming from the ground. "

"Underground?" Pang Krell was startled, and immediately shouted: "Ready to fight!! The threat has come! Underground!!"

All the clone soldiers were on standby immediately, only to hear a slight roar coming from the ground, and the soldiers were on alert, pointing their guns at the ground.

"This way!!" Pang Krell roared, picked up the lightsaber and jumped up, and the double-ended lightsaber stabbed straight towards the ground!

Boom! ! ! In the next second, a gigantic creature rushed out from the ground, knocking Master Pang Krell into the air! Pang Krell reacted like lightning, grabbed the thing, was carried into the air by it, and landed heavily!

Only then did everyone see clearly that this is a terrifying combat machine like a centipede! The length is more than 50 meters, and the explosive cannons are densely installed on the body!

After landing on the ground, this terrifying combat machine quickly twisted its body and crawled. At the same time, more than a dozen explosive cannons on its body fired wildly in different directions at the same time!

This is the most advanced combat machine of the Umbara people - the Impeding Assault Tank (Impeding Assault Tank), or IAT for short! !

It is a monster with a total length of 54.78 meters, a height of 5.8 meters and a width of 7.76 meters! It is equivalent to the size of 3 AT-TEs lined up, and it can also move freely underground!

The dozens of sharp chelicerae can quickly dig through the soil, and there are four cracking beam cannons on the head, which can reach a speed of 40-50 kilometers per hour even underground!

And it's not over yet!

Boom~~~! Boom~~~! Two more interceptor assault tanks emerged from the ground!

The powerful firepower of the three interceptors caused heavy losses to the clone troop, and most of their firepower fell on such tanks to no avail.

Interceptor assault tanks move too fast, and writhe on the ground, they have no way to effectively seize the weak point and attack, most of the firepower falls on the thick back armor of the tank.

An interceptor quickly swam towards the AT-TE walker of the Republic Army, and the two small howitzers at the tail continued to fire high-explosive grenades, causing damage to the surrounding clone soldiers. Shoot wildly with AT-TE.

Dozens of explosive energy beams fell on the AT-TE in an instant, but the power of these explosive energy beams was not bad against infantry, but it was not enough to fight against heavy armor units.

But that's just the beginning!

The Interceptor suddenly raised its head, and around the spherical cockpit, four cracking beam cannons fired instantly!

The cockpit of the AT-TE was immediately penetrated by the cracking beam, and after a violent explosion, the walker was completely paralyzed!

On the other side, Pang Krell tightly grabbed an Interceptor tank. He swept the lightsaber in his hand and directly destroyed several nearby blaster cannons. Then he pretended to be powerless and did not continue to attack. Tanks took them away from the battlefield.

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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Interceptor Assault Tank. 】

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