Chapter 146: How Mengjun almost lost the battery.
After Zaire's attempt to stop Epsilon from activating the mind control amplifier failed, the Moe Army began to shrink its defenses while planning a raid on Cape Town Fortress.
After most of the Scorpion Cell members regrouped with Epsilon in another way, some of them went to Cape Town Fortress while others tried their best to pursue the Paradox Engine.
Although the Epsilon fleet was as fragile as an egg against a rock in front of the powerful sea and air forces of the expeditionary force, the good news was that part of the Epsilon force passed through the interception line of the Meng army with the help of the portable illusion core.
This commando team also advanced all the way to Ascension Island. Although intelligence showed that the Paradox Engine was being repaired here, that was three days ago. However, the only good news was that the commando team found a spare battery for the Paradox Engine.
Although with the help of Ziyu and GDI, the number of batteries in the Paradox Engine is four times that of the original timeline, if it can be infiltrated and destroyed, combined with the intelligence they previously obtained in Cannes, Epsilon will be able to carry out a targeted attack on the Paradox Engine.
Although the conditions were limited, thanks to the communication equipment of the command-type Plague submarine, they were able to get in touch with their Latin colleagues and obtain authorization to reinforce with a tactical nuclear bomb.
————Combat control system connected————
[Military Operation: Backstab]
As night fell on Ascension Island, the defending commander, Mainz, was conducting a routine inspection of the beachhead and its minefield defenses.
Next to the Paradox Battery protected by the Stand Shield, Siegfried, who was driving the Zeitgeist, was also deploying some troops of the Southern Crusaders and Boomerang Legion.
At this time, the commando's adjutant also marked out the battery and the three lightning rods responsible for maintaining its position shield.
Then the scene changed, and at a beach jointly guarded by the Southern Crusaders and the Boomerang Legion, as a tactical nuclear bomb fell, all the buildings of the outpost and most of the defenders were directly evaporated by the nuclear explosion.
The armored units were also badly damaged, with thick smoke rising from them. Before anyone could react, an amphibious force consisting of magnetically controlled tanks, Kaamos guns and Marauders approached the beach.
When the wandering tsunami tanks noticed these enemies, before they could rush into the effective range, several magnetic rays pinned them to the sea surface and slowly advanced.
"This is a tow zone. This is a tow zone."
"Target acquired! Target locked!"
“I'll have fun sending you to hell. I'll have fun sending you to hell.”
At this time, the Kaamos cannon and the Predator tank also began to fire. The thermal kinetic energy cluster cannon easily penetrated the armor of the Tsunami tank and detonated the ammunition depot.
While the commandos were using the same method to easily wipe out the cute army at this outpost, the adjutant also sent an emergency communication.
"Pagan, according to the communication we intercepted, the Moe Army is preparing to teleport this battery away, but the good news is that the operator of the space-time crane they are responsible for ate the canned soup from the third cafeteria. So the transmission time has been delayed by an hour and a half."
"I see. One and a half hours is enough."
At the same time, after sending a request for help to the Paradox Engine, Mainz requested reinforcements from the nearby navy, arranged for troops to hold their ground and wait for help, and arranged for infantry to delay time.
As for the commandos, taking advantage of the range of the Kaamos cannon and the Marauder, most of the infantry could not make it into the range, and the few that could get in only fired one shot before being killed.
What's worse is that even if the tanks are damaged, the commandos will use the reversal force field of the reversal soldiers to carry out emergency repairs.
"Reinforcements have arrived!"
At this time, several Shenzhou transport boats also landed on the beach, and a group of Gatling tanks and Digger tanks also arrived at the battlefield.
The rest is easy. The Burrower Tanks will take the lead and burrow into the ground and fire when they encounter the enemy. At this time, the Predator, Gatling, and Kaamos cannons will also keep firing.
When you encounter flying soldiers, leave them to the Gatling tanks, and leave the defense towers to the magnetic control and Kaamos cannons.
At this time, the commandos could be said to have a smooth sailing. Even if they encountered a lone Paladin tank, it would only take a little effort. They also had several teams of archers, repair stingers and shadow tank reinforcements.
————A few months later
With the attack of the commandos and the cooperation of the oil barrels placed in advance by the logistics department, they quickly occupied an outpost. At the same time, there were many engineers, magnetic shock villains, virus snipers, hijackers and other infantrymen locked up in the walled prison in the outpost.
Soon, with the cooperation of the magnetic shock villains and the Kaamos cannon, the enemies around the outpost were completely wiped out. At this time, the engineers quickly painted the outpost and the oil well area next to it.
At the same time, the Epsilon reinforcements also rushed to the beach in Shenzhou transport boats and transport planes. The heretic also took a look and saw that the infantry included Scourge Raiders and Nightmare Walkers, and the vehicles included Purgatory Platforms.
The next step is to clear out the enemy's lightning rods, starting with the one opposite the outpost bridge.
After investigation by the Reconnaissance Crows, Black Hawk reconnaissance aircraft and magnetic shock villains, it was found that there were only a few blizzards, tsunami tanks, a team of SEALs, reverse soldiers and several rocket pilots for protection.
That's easy. After the magnetic control tank pinned down Tsunami and Reverser who were standing guard at the door, and the Kaamos cannon fired a shot to send them away, the Diggers, Tsunami, and Gatling rushed in together.
Although Mainz noticed the problem and arranged for trans-dimensional reinforcements, they were outnumbered and had little more than Epsilon's experience.
As for the airborne troops? Look at those archers at the outposts who have nothing to do but aim at the sky.
"Maximum charge. Full charge."
"It is all over for them! Their death is near!"
Under the concentrated fire of Kaamos and Magnetic Control, the lightning rod and the outpost protecting it were reduced to ruins.
"It's a pity that those cute soldiers set the self-destruct program of the transmission platform, otherwise I would like to see what's special about these guys' super-time and space transmission." The pagan in charge of the command also sighed.
After the engineers occupied the secret technology laboratory, the pagans were surprised to find that the Nightmare Walker and its icon appeared in the training program of the combat terminal.
The next step is to train 10,000 Nightmare Walkers and their accompanying vehicles, and at the same time ask the cute army to borrow some technological buildings and some disasters, Buratino rocket cars and suicide jeeps they picked up from Latin Tongmeng.
——A few months later! ! !
After seeing that the number was large enough, the commandos launched a general attack. After bypassing the extremely threatening Siegfried, the commandos also crushed towards the enemy's position under the firepower of the Meng army.
I'll blow your house down.
"This will be a sight! This will be a sight!"
“Boom, boom!
"Pulverize! Turn to dust!"
“Smells like victory! It smells like victory!”
“You have miscalculated!
"Thought you could outsmart me, huh?! Did you think you could outsmart me, huh?!"
"Shallow graves await you. Shallow graves await you.
“Bow down in terror. Bow down in terror.”
In front of the Nightmare Walkers and the sturdy Disaster Tanks that were injected with treatment needles and added with kinetic barriers, all the counterattacks of the Cute Army seemed so insignificant. What's more, those troops with the strongest firepower output would be covered with reversal force fields by the Reversers mixed in the Nightmare group.
Soon these Mengjun troops disappeared like snowflakes. The endless stream of Nightmare Walkers, under the Mengjun firepower, quickly captured the two Mengjun main bases and the outposts protecting the lightning rods around them.
After the three lightning rods were destroyed, even Commander Mainz lost contact. At this time, the only force left on Ascension Island was the guard led by Siegfried.
“How long does it take to turn off the Paradox Battery’s overload mode?”
Siegfried asked habitually, if the hyperspace transmission was carried out directly in the overload mode, then the Paradox Battery would most likely be completely scrapped. If the Mengjun did not plan to return to the Destiny Hangar, the battery would only be used as scrap metal.
"Two minutes, sir. If you add the subsequent transmission preparations, it will probably be about ten minutes," said the technician in charge, sweating profusely.
"Ten minutes? I hope we have enough time..." At this time, Siegfried also aimed the muzzle of the Zeitgeist at the Epsilon troops in the distance.
The commando team also received a message from Yuri himself.
"Pagan, Lord Yuri requires you to infiltrate this thing. Several infiltrators trained as electricians have arrived here."
As soon as the adjutant finished speaking, a transport plane successfully dropped off several infiltrators under the escort of a group of laser UFOs.
"Warning, the Meng army is preparing to teleport this battery away. The estimated time is ten minutes."
Soon the Epsilon army launched the final encirclement and suppression, with the Epsilon interceptors, laser UFOs and the Moe army's rocket pilots, Thor gunships, and Super Thor gunships engaging in fierce firefights.
At the same time, the defense facilities on the ground were also operating at full power with the support of the two technology nuclear power plants and the Mengjun power plant. The Hyperion cannon fired freezing rays at the Epsilon air force. The giant cannons, light prism towers and those bunkers also opened fire at full power.
As for the ground forces, under Siegfried's full firepower, Epsilon's steel torrent was difficult to advance, and the few lucky ones who broke through would be given priority to be served by the Paladin tanks and the Chrono Air Force Legion.
The only remaining navy at sea, led by the Conqueror and Trident, suppressed the EP forces with firepower.
———Five minutes later
At this time, the pagans had to move their troops out of Siegfried's range.
At this moment, looking at the large number of rocket pilots in the base and the Black Hawk fighter jets parked in the airport, he also had a plan.
"Calibrating airspeed."
“Ignite boosters. Ignite boosters.
“Ride high. Ride high.
“Up and over. Up and over.”
"My pleasure. My pleasure."
While the Wraith interceptors, rocket pilots and Black Hawk fighters attracted the attention of the air defense forces, and the Nightmare Walkers were responsible for the raid as cannon fodder, the laser UFO that bypassed the Aegis cruiser and Blizzard tank also flew towards Siegfried.
"Laser beam ready! Dissolving beam ready!"
"Set to destroy. Prepare to destroy."
“They have nothing of value! They are worthless!”
By the time Siegfried reacted, it was too late. Even the upgraded Zeitgeist was very vulnerable under the concentrated fire of the Arc Kinetic Cannon. When Sieg came to his senses, he had been sent back to the pocket space of the Paradox Engine. The soldiers who were ready took him to the replay cabin for treatment.
----after a while----
"Has the Paradox Battery been delivered?"
These were the first words Siegfried said to his colleague after he regained consciousness.
At this time, several scientists nodded and pointed to the paradox battery that had some damage but was harmless.
Siegfried also breathed a sigh of relief, but what he didn't know was that the Paradox Battery had also been infiltrated by Epsilon at this time, and Epsilon had the advantage in this game.
Let's shift our focus to Ascension Island.
After Siegfried was sent back to the Paradox Engine by the emergency transporter, the Moe Army's defense line, which had lost its ground fire suppression, was easily broken through by Epsilon, and those naval ships either evacuated or sank.
“I can't wait to see what I will find there...”
“Thank our new supporters. Thank you to our new supporters.”
After several infiltrators rushed into the Paradox Battery at the fastest speed, they came out half a minute later with the downloaded information.
"Quick, Pagan, destroy that battery now."
However, just as the heretics were preparing to focus their fire to destroy the battery, a blue-white light curtain suddenly completely enveloped the battery. Even though some nightmare walkers immediately opened fire, the battery was still sent back to the pocket dimension.
After this round of raids, Ascension Island and its surrounding islands officially came under the control of Epsilon. Although the commandos did not destroy the Paradox Engine's backup battery due to time constraints, the infiltration of the battery also gave the Epsilon army a way to fight against the Paradox Engine.
At this time, the main force of the Moe Army, which was busy attacking Cape Town Fortress, was unaware of the problem with the Paradox Battery for a while because Siegfried was still recovering. A part of the Moe Army that had luckily escaped the Epsilon encirclement decided to send a warning message to the main force of the expeditionary force.