Land Cruiser Vs. Armored Train

 


Tensions were running high in both Fortress Area P336 and the Cimon-class crash site.

「Fuyuki, put up the footage.」

「Understood.」

The footage captured by the patrol aircraft of Fortress Area P336 was displayed on the main screen.

What was shown was footage of a tank with multiple turrets. It was equipped with a total of four treads.

Smaller tanks surrounded it as escorts. It resembled the formation of combat ships in a naval battle.

However, when observed more closely, there were even smaller infantry units parked on top of the land battleship.

The multi-turret tank was just too enormous that it dwarfed the heavy tanks that escorted it. The human figures were Silhouettes.

「This is the enemy’s main force that’s currently heading for Fortress Area P336. As you can see, they resemble a naval fleet, but on land. And here are the ones heading for the Cimon.」

The footage switched from the enemies heading to Fortress Area P336 to the ones heading for the currently downed Cimon.

The footage showed a tank that could be described as a land cruiser that was equipped with a huge turret. It was also equipped with what looked like four legs for propulsion, but each leg had caterpillar tracks on them as well.

It was one size smaller than the earlier land battleship that was heading for Fortress Area P336.

There were also many heavy tanks surrounding it as its escorts.

「The tank unit heading for Fortress Area P336 seem to have been developed by Vasa. And the ones heading this way seem to have been developed by Alberto instead.」

Rick looked at the footages and analyzed them.

His tank formation was now currently deployed in front of the Cimon.

「We only managed to find out the names of the ones heading here when we took back the orbital elevator. The heavy tanks are called Eber-2 and the land cruiser is officially designated as Landkreuzer P150 Gespenst.」

「Are those heavy tanks the successor machines to the Eber-1s we fought previously? It looks like they really saved their strength huh?」

Rick and his forces had already engaged heavy tanks called Eber-1. Since the tank had “1” in its designation, it wasn’t a stretch to surmise that a succeeding machine also existed.

「They’re still throwing new kinds of weapons at us even at this point. I’m really getting sick of them.」

「Are we able to handle them?」

「We have Takaba-san and Kurt-san with us right now. We’ve also managed to hold the line while defending the Silhouette Base. I think the problem lies with the Cimon instead.」

「I suppose. But……」

「We will send you over there, Kou. Leave defending P336 to us. The reinforcements from the transferee companies are about to arrive as well.」

「Send Kou? Oh, I see. The Harmonia!」

「That’s right. Please leave it to us. They came at us with a two-pronged attack, but if we manage to hold the line, our chances for victory will go up considerably.」

「I’m counting on you, Fuyuki.」

Fuyuki nodded and hung up.

「How are the preparations on Kou-kun’s end?」

「He can launch out anytime.」

「Roger that. It looks like troops of the newly merged company Avance Dureshev will be joining up with the Pericles. I’d really appreciate hearing from a few more companies right now.」

Fuyuki muttered while staring at the screen.

「We were caught by surprise by the invasion from the north, but we’ve already taken countermeasures against a frontal advance, Argoforce-san.」


The T-06 super-heavy tank that was practically a land battleship and the T-04 MBT were both designed by Vasa.

The T-04 was designed as a dragoon tank. It was not an integrated design like the ones used by Ulysses, but instead made use of the tank as a transport vehicle and shield for the Silhouette through a cargo rack installed on the tank’s rear.

A total of 12 land battleships were being used as flagships, and many Silhouettes were also assigned to each of them. They each had internal hangar bays, so they could easily transport Silhouettes.

Various weapons that the Argoforce had held back inside various Defense Domes and other smaller bases have all been mobilized, and were finally advancing toward Fortress Area P336.

「Their defense line is thin. They only attack us with indirect bombardment occasionally. But it’s unlikely that they’ve already given up defending that Fortress Area.」

The battlefield commander leading the invading Argoforce forces muttered under his breath.

He had sent out some light armored vehicles and Silhouettes to perform recon, but they haven’t encountered much opposition so far.

Fighters were currently contesting for air superiority. For the time being, each side seemed to be evenly matched.

At this time, Fuyuki was checking out the enemy forces at the control tower.

「They’ve already crossed the line huh? Asia, Can I leave this to you?」

『Sure! It’s finally time!』

Matching Asia’s response, something happened at the outer periphery of Fortress Area P336.

Rails began to rise up from the depths of the forest.

「Armored Train Defense Corps, move out! The armored railcars will follow suit! Please deploy the rest of the defense troops while they buy us time!」

At Fuyuki’s command, the armored trains departed from the Fortress Area.

The armored railcars that were to follow after them were dual-mode vehicles equipped with both caterpillar treads for off-track travel and mechanisms for rail travel.

「Let’s use the train’s firepower to buy some time. We made a two-track rail line after all, so we better take advantage of it. Please use the inner and outer lines as the situation requires!」

The trains advanced forward, dragging several armored wagons with them. The wagons carried tanks and Silhouettes within them.

The armored railcars followed soon after.

Kou and Fuyuki worked together to come up with this armored train defense network.

The two of them designed a complete railroad network, including subways to be primarily used as supply lines, and also deployed rails around Fortress Area P336 so the trains can be used for defense in case of an attack.

Hiding the tracks underground prevented the enemy from seeing through the entire layout of the rail network.

The Argoforce tank corps was thrown into an uproar.

「Sir, the ground is rising! Wait! Those are train tracks!」

「We’re still a distance away, but perhaps they are planning to deploy that railway gun against us.」

The commander calmly responded to his flustered men.

「Trains will not be able to form a proper defensive line. Continue advancing.」

Their side prepared a considerable number of Silhouettes and tanks.

The T-04 technically couldn’t be considered a heavy tank, but it utilizes new armor materials brought over from Planet Libya as well as electromagnetic armor powered by a metallic hydrogen storage type reactor. It was a tank designed with ease of mass production in mind.

A transmission came from the vanguard.

「This is bad! Don’t come over!」

「The train! The train has–!」

「Oi? What’s wrong!?」

At the spot where the vanguard had arrived– They found a series of small hills there, and an armored train was running around them.

Large caliber railguns were fired and wire-guided missiles were launched by the Argoforce tanks one after another. However, the train was powered by an A-Carbuncle directly through the railway tracks, and the output was incomparable to any metallic hydrogen reactor.

「There’s an armored train! It’s bad news! It’s powered by an A-Carbuncle and its armor is as hard as a shelter!」

「Our 152 mm railguns don’t have an effect at all! The rounds are just bouncing off that monster! Dammi–!」

The transmission was abruptly cut off.

Fortress Area P336’s defensive line.

It was actually made up of an armored train network that functioned as a pseudo-fort.

「Stop the advance? Don’t mess with me! Silhouette unit, forward! Sever those tracks!」

The tank corps’ escort Silhouettes began to approach the train tracks. They brandished their anti-tank combat axes. They were planning to slash the tracks with their massive axes.

However, the train tracks reinforced with the power of an A-Carbuncle proved to be considerably durable and did not suffer even a single scratch. Then, the armored train rushed over at breakneck speed, and multiple Argoforce Silhouettes were run over and crushed.

Shortly afterward, another armored train rushed through from the other side.

The train fired its fixed 90 mm machine guns and railguns, and the rest of the Argoforce Silhouettes got riddled with holes without their pilots even being given the chance to scream.

Train tracks were treated as a weak point and often targeted during attacks in the far past.

However, the tracks of the armored train defense network were as tough as a Defense Dome’s or Fortress Area’s shelter due to being reinforced by Whis provided by an A-Carbuncle.

「This is bad. This is really bad. Gather all the land battleships. If we don’t do so, we will never be able to break through!」

The Argoforce tank corps hastily reorganized their forces.

Meanwhile, the P336 defense forces steadily completed the formation of their defense network.

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