155: Break the defense

The thousands of players on the main battlefield watched with their own eyes as nearly half of the enemy's armored strength was destroyed just like that. The pent-up frustration in their hearts was instantly released, as if the spirits of the fallen soldiers had finally been comforted.

But Li Xiao did not have time to rejoice; he had already heard the dull roar coming from the sky. He looked at Yun Dongliu, and Yun Dongliu looked back at him.

The two exchanged a glance, both knowing what the situation was. Yun Dongliu hurriedly ordered, "All Lynx infantry fighting vehicles, prepare anti-aircraft machine guns!"

Li Xiao opened the squad channel and shouted to a Commander, "Red Arrow anti-aircraft missiles, get ready!"

In just one minute, countless black dots appeared over Weixing City. These black dots were very conspicuous under the sunlight, and they were gradually getting larger.

As these black dots approached, the roaring sound became increasingly intense, to the point where people could no longer hear each other speak.

That's right, the Army Aviation Regiment under the 129th Group Army had finally mobilized. Hundreds of Griffin Armed Helicopters launched two hundred anti-tank missiles at Li Xiao's armored unit from three kilometers away.

However, Li Xiao, who had just obtained the durability for two hundred infantry fighting vehicles, was completely fearless. He had already added this 50 million durability value to the seventy damaged infantry fighting vehicles, with each infantry fighting vehicle gaining an upper limit of over 700,000 additional durability points.

Caston watched with anticipation as this batch of anti-tank missiles landed in the enemy's position. However, after a burst of fire, what he saw was still the group of infantry fighting vehicles pushing forward.

"Damn it! What kind of magic did these Outsiders use!"

Caston roared hysterically, but no one could explain it.

"Continue the attack! Continue the attack! Blast them to smithereens for me!"

The armed helicopters launched a second round of two hundred anti-tank missiles, yet they still failed to achieve any results.

Consequently, the Army Aviation Regiment Commander had no choice but to order the armed helicopters to close in and use rockets to launch an attack.

Seeing the fleet approaching, Li Xiao smiled slightly: "I've been waiting for you!"

As his voice fell, at the edge of a forest located behind the entire battlefield, fifty Red Arrow man-portable air-defense systems from the newly formed anti-aircraft battalion of the Xiaoyao Squad simultaneously pulled their triggers.

Fifty Red Arrow infrared-guided missiles accurately pounced on the helicopter fleet that was cutting into the battlefield.

The two-kilometer distance was just an instant for the missiles. When the Black Hawk Empire pilots heard the warning sound of being locked onto by missiles in their cockpits, they could already see with their naked eyes the missiles flying toward them, trailing long white smoke.

The dozen or so armed helicopters at the very front climbed simultaneously and released flares, but unfortunately, the maneuverability of the Red Arrow missiles far exceeded that of the armed helicopters.

The missiles, arriving one after another, blew up more than forty Griffin Armed Helicopters that were just preparing to enter rocket launch mode in mid-air. Seeing that the enemy actually possessed man-portable anti-aircraft weapons, the remaining pilots were terrified and hurriedly climbed in altitude, while simultaneously firing dense rockets at the location of Li Xiao's armored unit.

If they could withstand anti-tank missiles, the damage from rockets was completely negligible.

After hard-tanking a round of rocket strikes, the anti-aircraft machine guns of the forty Lynx vehicles began to exert their power. The formed barrage of fire instantly brought a surprise to the Army Aviation Regiment; the high-muzzle-velocity, high-damage 14.5mm machine gun rounds immediately wiped out several thousand health points from the hovering armed helicopters.

"Climb quickly! Climb quickly!"

The Army Aviation Regiment Commander hurriedly ordered all helicopters to climb in altitude to avoid the anti-aircraft machine gun attacks.

Meanwhile, the ground forces commanded by Liu Nian had launched an all-out assault on the Black Hawk Empire's defensive line.

The Black Hawk armored division, which had lost more than half its strength, clearly lacked sufficient firepower at this moment. What was even more fatal was that as the Xiao Yao Unit had already closed in, the ammunition for their infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks was running out one after another.

Under these circumstances, the remaining units of the mechanized infantry division hiding in the back were pushed to the front. However, a mechanized infantry division without large-scale destructive capabilities was simply like a mantis trying to stop a chariot when facing an attacking force dozens of times their size.

Realizing that the defensive line was about to be breached, the Army Aviation Regiment had to risk descending in altitude to use their onboard autocannons to strafe the vanguard of the Xiao Yao Unit.

The autocannons had an extremely high rate of fire, and their power was slightly less than that of the infantry fighting vehicles, but with dozens of armed helicopters firing simultaneously, the offensive of Liu Nian's fourth echelon was immediately hindered.

"Damn it! Lao Xiao, hurry up!"

Seeing troops being mowed down in droves on the front line, Liu Nian felt immense heartache. During this time, the enemy's ammunition was running out, and they had finally managed to get a few minutes to take advantage of the opportunity to break through the defensive line, but the armed helicopters had become their stumbling block. Military off-road vehicles and civilian vehicles simply could not withstand the autocannon fire.

"Don't be anxious! Haste makes waste!"

Li Xiao said calmly. In his line of sight, the Lynx infantry fighting vehicles had already begun to advance, and the three armored companies of Di Yun, Yang Chao, and Leng He were still reloading anti-tank missiles.

He looked back at the Red Arrow missile launch position behind him. The remaining thirty Red Arrow missiles allocated to Xi City had already been reloaded into the launchers and were currently aiming at the armed helicopters.

At this moment, the Army Aviation Regiment Commander was also helpless. Originally, they should have withdrawn after firing their ammunition, but the Weixing City command headquarters, fearing that the defensive line would be breached, actually demanded that they empty their autocannons before withdrawing.

In just these two minutes, another thirty of their helicopters were locked onto by missiles.

No sooner said than done, the Red Arrow missiles soared into the air and headed straight for the fleet. Within a few seconds, twenty-four armed helicopters were taken out.

Six armed helicopters released infrared flares and managed to escape by performing large-maneuver evasions.

However, this also caused heavy losses to the Army Aviation Regiment. Under the frequent attacks of the Lynx anti-aircraft machine guns, the Army Aviation Regiment Commander had to order the remaining forty-plus helicopters to return immediately.

Without the interference of the armed helicopters, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the fourth echelon successfully slammed into the Black Hawk Empire's armored defensive line while withstanding the frantic bombardment of howitzers and rocket artillery.

A large number of heavy machine guns mounted on military off-road vehicles concentrated their fire fiercely on the damaged infantry fighting vehicles, and even the remaining one hundred and twenty or thirty main battle tanks could not retreat in time and were bombarded by various rockets.

There were even soldiers who fearlessly rushed up to attach C4 explosives to the main battle tanks.

This mechanized infantry division on the main battlefield had previously lost about half of its personnel, and now, seeing the defensive line breached, they could only turn and retreat toward Weixing City.

With the violent explosion of the C4 explosives, the armored units on the front battlefield of the 129th Group Army were completely wiped out. Influenced by this, the two intense battlefields on the east and south sides also became much clearer due to the retreat of the Black Hawk Empire's defending troops.

"Brothers, charge!"

"Kill!"

"Occupy Weixing City and capture the Black Hawk Commander alive!"

Countless soldiers and countless players poured into this second-tier metropolis with an area of two hundred square kilometers and a civilian population of six million from all the roads in the west of the city.