The mechanical dog sped along, reaching the foot of the fallen ship mountain in just a few minutes. By adjusting the angle and length of its mechanical legs, it maintained its center of gravity and surprisingly didn't slow down much while climbing, astonishing the soldiers.
Ou Zhanpeng suddenly felt that this thing should indeed be called a spider.
The pack of dogs rushed to the mountaintop, out of the soldiers' sight, and charged towards the broken ship. However, before they could get close, they were all knocked down by the broken ship, with none able to reach it.
In the camera feed, an alien emerged from the broken ship and stood there brazenly.
The mechanical dog immediately locked onto the second target, and the machine gun built into its abdomen spewed fire.
A faint light flickered in front of the alien, and all the bullets were blocked by the honeycomb shield, the leaping arcs of electricity illuminating the bottom of the crater.
In the blink of an eye, all twelve mechanical dogs were down, but that wasn't the end. The outer shells of the mechanical dogs suddenly cracked open, and fist-sized mechanical spiders sprang out.
Ou Zhanpeng suddenly understood, finally realizing why they were called mechanical dogs – the spiders were here!
The change happened so unexpectedly and suddenly that before the alien could react, the mechanical spiders had already pounced.
But the shield reappeared, blocking the mechanical spiders' charge, and in the end, they all exploded outside the shield.
Smoke and dust billowed in the camera feed, while the alien and the broken ship remained unharmed.
The soldiers knew the aliens were difficult to deal with, and that their weapons were ineffective against them, but this outcome still filled them with resentment.
Xie Yu's voice was cold and hard: "Open fire, blow his grandma to bits!"
A soldier immediately retreated a couple of steps, took off the single-soldier rocket launcher from his back, roughly aimed at the fallen ship mountain, decisively pulled the trigger.
Ou Zhanpeng immediately remotely controlled the drone, locking onto the alien in the camera feed.
The rocket trailed smoke as it flew towards the fallen ship mountain. After crossing the ridge, it bent and dove under the drone's guidance, accurately locking onto the target. However, just as it was about to hit, it was once again blocked by the shield.
Xie Yu was overcome with grief and indignation; this shield was simply cheating!
His tone was like the bitter winter cold: "All units, attention, saturation attack!"
The soldiers immediately sprang into action, each with a launcher, and fired at the fallen ship mountain simultaneously.
More than forty rockets shot towards the mountain pass like meteors. However, the ammunition in each person's hand was different; some dove down after crossing the ridge, some detonated directly above the mountain pass, and others flew higher, turning and falling when their energy ran out.
The attack methods were also varied, ranging from the most common explosions to slightly better ones like dual-explosion accelerated discarding sabot armor-piercing rounds, and even more advanced shaped charges.
In short, all the tactics applicable to rockets were concentrated in this round, including even a specially made incendiary bomb!
A moment later, the smoke cleared, and the alien was still standing there, the honeycomb shield still shining. One part of it even flickered, as if deliberately mocking humanity's incompetence.
Everyone fell into an inescapable despair.
This round of attack was not only a probe against the enemy but also a comprehensive test of all active single-soldier weapons, hoping to find a weapon effective against the aliens.
But the final result was fruitless. This was not just an attack failure; it meant that individual soldier tactics were completely useless against the aliens, and even foreshadowed the complete withdrawal of infantry from the battlefield.
The theory of infantry extinction had existed for a long time, but no matter how advanced technology became, infantry had always been an indispensable force on the battlefield.
Yet today, everyone had cast deep doubt on this.
Modern warfare was fought with systems, and the role of infantry had long been greatly diminished, but it shouldn't be entirely useless, should it?
At this very moment, the arrogant alien suddenly swayed and fell to the ground softly.
The soldiers were stunned. They couldn't quite figure out if the alien had deliberately fallen to the ground as a way to crush human morale.
But the alien didn't get up as expected. Instead, a few more aliens emerged and dragged him back into the broken ship.
The soldiers looked at each other, none knowing which method had killed the enemy.
Ou Zhanpeng suddenly remembered the flashing hexagonal grid.
Xie Yu seemed to have come back to life: "Bridge, saturation artillery fire killed one alien, killed one alien!"
It sounded ridiculous, but what pride was there in killing an alien with such heavy firepower?
However, looking beyond the surface, this was about penetrating the shield first, then killing the enemy. What if the enemy were outside the protection of the warship's shield?
Moreover, the video transmitted from the front was very clear: the shield didn't just protect the alien; it covered the entire broken ship. This meant it was the warship's shield, not the alien's personal protective equipment.
Previously, the broken ship's shield had even withstood the impact of a nuclear bomb, but now a few artillery shells could penetrate the shield. Either the enemy ship's shield had malfunctioned, or its energy supply was having problems. In any case, this was extremely good news for their side, the country, and humanity.
Upon receiving the report from Luo Jintang, Tang Haifeng's face lit up with joy: "Let's also launch a saturation strike. Relay my order, all ships fire freely, start with one ready load."
Receiving the order, the warships stationed on both sides of the moon simultaneously opened fire. Dozens of missiles launched at maximum speed, falling diagonally from high above. Only when they approached the lunar surface did they suddenly activate their engines, drawing sharp curves and transitioning from a steep dive to a low-altitude horizontal flight.
Because they were falling so fast and turning so sharply, several missiles even crashed into the ground before detonating with a roar.
The moon's gravity was relatively low, so missiles needed very little fuel to achieve high speeds and extremely long ranges. A missile with a range of only a few hundred kilometers on Earth could travel thousands of kilometers on the moon, completely eliminating concerns about insufficient range.
The enemy seemed to have detected the actions of the human fleet. A group of aliens suddenly swarmed out of the broken ship and ascended the mountain ridges in various ways, preparing to intercept the incoming missiles.
However, the fleet not only fired missiles but also launched a full one hundred and twenty artillery shells at the fallen ship mountain!
Due to positional and angular limitations, the electromagnetic cannons couldn't hit directly. However, by reducing the firing power to slow down the shells, they successfully used the moon's gravity to alter the straight trajectory, allowing the electromagnetic cannons to achieve the effect of ground artillery, ultimately hitting the fallen ship mountain with the shells.
The enemy's reaction was not slow either. As the shells entered the no-fly zone, they were immediately subjected to fierce interdiction by the enemy ship. The area above the fallen ship mountain was instantly filled with dazzling fireworks, and fragments rained down like hail.
Although the broken ship's firepower was strong, it couldn't intercept every shell successfully, especially the armor-piercing rounds, guided shells, and cluster bombs. Guided by the ground combat team, they successfully hit the aliens on the ridges.
In just a few seconds, a hail of shells engulfed the ridges, instantly filling the air with smoke and dust, and leaving a scene of devastation.
Radio City was immediately filled with suppressed cheers.