163: First battle of pterosaurs

War was raging almost everywhere, and the ammo stocks that had been fully stocked in the trading center were completely wiped out in just a few days; according to a rough statistic from the Tian Yu region alone, more than one hundred thousand transmigrators died every day due to the civil war.

The restraint that the players had finally managed to form was quickly shattered in the face of profit.

Li Xiao was not spared either; just a day later, Chang Zhan sent news that the main force of the Microstar Alliance had already begun to advance towards Weixing City.

The main forces of the First, Second, and Third Regiments will set up defenses at the front of Weixing City, while the Fourth and Fifth Regiments will construct positions in an arc-shaped echelon on both flanks!

Yun Dongliu drew the defensive line on the electronic sand table at the Xiao Yao Army command post in Weixing City, and at the same time, the four million-strong army inside and outside Weixing City began to split into three routes to enter the defensive positions.

Yun Dongliu utilized the former defensive line of the Black Hawk Empire's 129th Group Army because he discovered that this was the best plan for defending Weixing City.

Less than a week later, on the flat, open ground outside the west side of Weixing City, an even more brutal battle was about to begin.

Wait, where is Lao Xiao? He's not answering voice calls, and he's not replying to shouts in the squad channel. Does he still want the army?

Seeing that the enemy was about to arrive, Liu Nian could not see Li Xiao's figure and seemed a bit restless.

What, is the Army Commander not here? Has the backbone of you, the Deputy Army Commander, disappeared?

Qin Luming teased from the side, and Liu Nian hurriedly defended himself: Get lost, from the Xiaoyao Squad to the Xiao Yao Army, I've fought dozens of battles, big and small; when have I ever been afraid?

I'm just saying that Lao Xiao is being an absurdly hands-off leader; with a major battle imminent, he's actually playing hide-and-seek!

Yun Dongliu said at this time: Li Xiao has more important things to do; what we need to do now is defend Weixing City and hold the enemy back!

Fine, fine, I hope Lao Xiao can be more reliable...

At this moment, Li Xiao had already spent the night bypassing the enemy via remote country roads and had entered the hinterland of the Microstar Alliance, while the enemy's main force had just passed by on the highway a few kilometers away.

All of this was thanks to the two Pterodactyl high-altitude reconnaissance drones in Li Xiao's hands; after capturing Weixing City and obtaining these two Pterodactyl drones, he handed them over to Zhao Feipeng for training.

The two Pterodactyls they controlled could stay in the air for reconnaissance for 10 hours, and by rotating the two, they could conduct uninterrupted and highly intuitive intelligence gathering on the enemy.

To detect high-altitude reconnaissance drones, one would likely need an Level 11 base radar station, or the fixed or mobile radar facilities held by Black Hawk or Tian Yu.

But as the base level increases, the resource demand grows exponentially, and construction time often takes one or two weeks.

At the current stage, those who have upgraded to Level 10 bases are few and far between, let alone Level 11; even Li Xiao's Level 12 base, which he started two weeks ago, is still under construction.

Therefore, for at least a month, the enemy army fighting Li Xiao will find it very difficult to detect the activity of the Pterodactyl drones.

With the vision provided by the Pterodactyl drones, Li Xiao's two armored companies easily avoided the enemy's main force and successfully struck straight at their lair.

Li Xiao had already thought about it; relying solely on four million people and four or five hundred infantry fighting vehicles would be very difficult to withstand the assault of nine million troops.

However, the Microstar Alliance's interest link was only ideological and lacked substantial benefits; this kind of alliance is the most fragile.

As soon as there is any danger, they are bound to collapse, and Li Xiao's trip this time is precisely to cut that loose rope between them with one stroke.

Boss! Fighting has already broken out outside Weixing City!

As dawn approached, Li Xiao received news from Zhao Feipeng; he opened the Life Pool and saw that both the Health Points and Durability were rising crazily.

It's time for us to act!

Once the two armies clashed, the battle would definitely end within a few hours; there was not much time left for Li Xiao, and he had to act before his own forces suffered major losses.

Di Yun, Yang Chao, you two follow the coordinate parameters provided by Zhao Feipeng and destroy them one by one all the way forward!

Yes, this time Li Xiao was very impolite; he asked Zhao Feipeng to use the excellent vision of the high-altitude reconnaissance drone to lock onto bases above Level 9 based on the base area, and then destroy them one by one.

At the current stage, those whose bases can reach Level 9 or 10 are basically the backbone of various squads; in their squads, they are either commanders or team leaders, and as long as all these people's bases are destroyed.

Then the squads of the Microstar Alliance would likely soon be in danger, each fearing for themselves, and would fall into disarray.

This time, Li Xiao brought all the ink crystal ammunition and twenty units of ordinary ammunition, enough for two armored companies to destroy hundreds of bases.

On the southern battlefield, artillery fire rumbled and gunfire shook the sky; the Microstar Alliance's troops were constantly assaulting the Xiao Yao Army's defensive line like a flood from an opened gate.

The plains were already piled with the wreckage of military off-road vehicles, and the four or five hundred infantry fighting vehicles on the front line were outputting firepower at the enemy with all their might.

Dong Liu, why didn't we just use the infantry fighting vehicles to block the first wave of 20,000 military off-road vehicles just now, instead of fighting the opponent with our own military off-road vehicles, which are already few in number?

Now our mobility is completely gone; are we really going to retreat into the city to fight street battles?

Yun Dongliu said helplessly: Big brother, can you understand some tactics? The Microstar Alliance's first wave of 20,000 military off-road vehicles, in addition to heavy machine guns with fierce firepower, also carried a large number of rocket launchers on the soldiers.

If we had used the infantry fighting vehicles directly, wouldn't our armored forces have been crippled by the enemy in the first wave? Our armored forces are used for output, so naturally, they cannot be wasted like this.

Although Yun Dongliu said this, he had no confidence in his heart; on such a massive battlefield, four hundred lightly armored infantry fighting vehicles actually made no difference whether they were deployed in the first round or the second round.

But this was arranged by Li Xiao, so he could only follow orders.

The Microstar Alliance has launched the second wave of attacks!

In the command channel, Qin Luming shouted anxiously; in a temporary command post located in a tall building on the edge of Weixing City, all the command personnel of the Xiao Yao Army looked toward the battlefield.

They saw the second batch of 50,000 military off-road vehicles forming a shock wave of two or three kilometers, rapidly killing towards the city area.

It's over! This time we definitely can't stop them!

Liu Nian sighed; such a massive group charge could not be stopped even by four hundred main battle tanks, because their firepower could not intercept so many vehicles at once.

After the charging enemy vehicles entered the defensive line of more than three hundred Ranger infantry fighting vehicles, the 30mm automatic cannons began to pour shells onto the enemy troops under the control of fire control radar.

The Ranger's cannon deals 3,000 damage against light armor, but 5,000 damage against military off-road vehicles; with the 5% bonus from the Victorious Army, it can destroy a meng hu off-road vehicle in two shots.

Thus, people could see the front row of the off-road vehicle groups surrounding the city constantly exploding; three hundred Rangers fired simultaneously, and at a rate of fire of 75 rounds per minute, they could accurately fire three or four hundred shells per second.

This meant that every second, nearly two hundred meng hu off-road vehicles would be destroyed in the intense artillery fire.