Chapter 86 Street Fighting Begins

Blue Bay was originally just the name of one of the many distribution ports in the North Continent on Robert IV.

However, after the city built slowly based on the port gradually took shape, Blue Bay became a general term for ports and cities.

Unlike other port-type cities, which became cities surrounding ports after construction.

Blue Bay, which has a small population, is not a large town. From the perspective of land area, it is almost just attached to the edge of the port.

The local residents are mainly workers and their families who are responsible for controlling and coordinating automated machinery in the port, as well as some businessmen and speculators.

Like most people on this planet, they chose to become a "pioneer" after they could not make it in the core galaxy of the Federation and came to the distant border galaxy.

Since humans discovered and mastered the jump technology in the ruins of their mother planet, they began to explore the universe under the imbalance of scientific and technological development.

In that era, "pioneer" was a glorious title because it symbolized the bravest group of people in the human group.

They drove spacecrafts that, except for the jump drive, had other equipment that seemed rudimentary now, and sailed to the depths of the universe like dandelions, taking root and building colonies on habitable planets one after another.

But now, the title of "pioneer" has long lost the glory it once symbolized.

Except for the unemployed, debtors, street urchins, gamblers, and a small number of speculators who could not make it in the core star circle, no one would consider going to the border to open up.

It has been more than ten days since the Imperial landing force occupied Blue Bay. Except for the battle with the Blue Bay defenders at the beginning, which made the residents of Blue Bay panic for a few days, these residents have now adapted to their existence.

Except for the port workers who do not have to go to work because of the temporary suspension of Blue Bay Port.

Others opened shops and did business as usual.

Bauman, who was once a wealthy man, but had to flee to Robert IV because of failed investments and owed a lot of debts, sat in his own small restaurant waiting for customers to come, as usual.

For him, the arrival of the imperial army did not have much impact on his life.

In the first few days, everyone hid at home, causing him to lose all business, but as the residents adapted, some brave people gradually came to eat at his place.

Except for the occasional patrol of the imperial multi-legged chariots and soldiers on the street, other aspects were the same as usual.

Sometimes he even wondered if he would not have to pay taxes if the imperial army controlled the town until next month?

While thinking about it, Bowman suddenly saw the imperial patrol soldiers who had just walked past the restaurant door suddenly turned back at a very fast speed.

He walked to the door of the store with some curiosity and looked out, only to see that the imperial multi-legged chariot had put down the training wheels and switched to road maneuvering mode.

Several imperial soldiers who accompanied the action were clinging to the multi-legged chariot at this moment, and they were rushing towards the distance together.

"What's going on?" Bowman, who realized that something seemed wrong, was about to hide back in the restaurant when he saw the imperial multi-legged chariot that drove to the street corner hit by something with a trail.

"Boom!"

The explosion and shock wave swept across the street. Bowman, who was relatively knowledgeable, immediately lay on the ground after the multi-legged tank exploded, and crawled towards the restaurant with his hands and feet.

Then, a series of explosions sounded in various parts of the town, and the residents on the street also ran towards the buildings on both sides in panic.

Bowman, who finally dragged his fat body back to the restaurant, looked at the chaotic scene outside through the window in a panic, and muttered:

"Is it going to fight again?"

"Hit the target! Confirm that the multi-legged tank has been destroyed!"

"Enemy support forces appeared on the west street, prepare to move!"

Listening to the call of an anti-vehicle team on the communication channel, Amber took the opportunity to look at the tactical map on the big screen in the communication relay car.

At a street corner in the Blue Bay city area, the icon representing the anti-vehicle team has begun to move under the real-time information update.

Amber and the mobile infantry platoon he temporarily commanded are currently using a platoon-level self-organized tactical network for communication and processing of information within the team.

The communication relay vehicle is the communication core, the ultra-short wave reconnaissance jammer vehicle is the backup core, and the remaining wheeled armored vehicles and light multi-legged vehicles are the communication fulcrums.

In addition, the communication modules on the exoskeletons of the mobile infantry and the network formed by the "data link" are sufficient to achieve real-time updates of battlefield information during platoon-level operations.

Of course, the backbone network at the brigade and battalion level has a lot of functional deficiencies due to the lack of satellite relays, and can only carry out simple communications and combat missions.

After receiving the combat order, Amber led the mobile infantry platoon to move in the direction of Blue Bay.

And half an hour before H time, he arrived at the attack starting line divided by the brigade's combat staff.

After the brigade's vehicle replenishment and the rotation of the wounded, his troops are no longer the original remnants.

The total number of vehicles has reached 12, including 1 communication relay vehicle as a temporary platoon, 1 electronic warfare vehicle, 5 standard "Mongoose 4", 3 "Wolf Spider Modified" light multi-legged vehicles, 1 transport truck and 1 modified medical truck.

The number of people under his command has reached 66.

In addition to the three officers, Isabel, Randall, and Tom, there are 19 crew members including the drivers of three multi-legged tanks, 1 signalman, 3 electronic warfare technicians, and 40 motorized infantrymen.

In terms of configuration, both the number of people and the number of technical weapons exceed the "4 vehicles and 40 people" federal mechanized infantry platoon.

In the troop organization table of the temporary 83rd Composite Brigade, Amber's unit is an independent "mechanized infantry reinforced platoon" outside the synthetic brigade.

In this attack on Blue Bay, Amber's task was to launch an attack as a member of the vanguard.

In addition to Amber's mechanized infantry reinforced platoon, the entire vanguard also has two synthetic battalions.

The direction of attack that Amber is responsible for is the northeast of Blue Bay.

Thanks to the configuration of his reinforced platoon and his special nature as a psychic agent, the brigade gave him greater autonomy in combat.

So after receiving the combat plan issued by the brigade, Amber quickly adjusted it and sent it back to the brigade, and finally got permission.

His idea was also very simple, that is, to use the flexibility of the platoon-level units, and approach the urban area in advance under the interference cover of the electronic warfare vehicle.

And at the same time as the long-range firepower strike was launched, he directly entered the city to attack the isolated imperial troops and create chaos.

And the current progress is not much different from his plan.

During his maneuver, the two anti-aircraft vehicles of the brigade's air defense battalion responsible for air cover in this direction destroyed several reconnaissance drones on the maneuver path at a distance of 4 kilometers using high-energy laser beams.

Although it immediately aroused the vigilance of the imperial troops in Lanwan, and made them begin to shrink the patrol troops scattered in the town.

But they were still caught by the fast-moving reinforced platoon. Many isolated teams.

When Amber launched the attack on time at H, the brigade's self-propelled artillery battalion also launched an attack on the key targets detected by the early drones.