Location: Aztec Republic, Domingo region.
Time: September 11, 1988, 08:32 AM.
"Splash..."
Along the Campora River, ten fully armed soldiers, carrying standard assault rifles, slowly advanced along the riverbanks, using the reeds for cover. They were from the Fifth Detachment of the Ademei Army Special Forces, and their mission was to flank the Ilya Army's rear from the side of the battlefield and disrupt enemy logistics.
"Hey, what's that?"
Suddenly, one of the soldiers looked up at the sky. The other soldiers, hearing him, looked up as well. In the sky, twelve streaks of light drew graceful straight lines, falling from the sky to the earth like meteors.
"Is that our aerial support?"
"I don't know."
"Bro, if we don't know, it just means it's not ours."
The ten special forces members exchanged glances. The soldier in charge of communications immediately reported to headquarters.
Meanwhile, on the main battlefield, the war between the Ilya Army and the Northern Alliance Army was already in full swing.
"Tatata..."
"Boom!"
The Ilya Army's forces, relying on a valley, had established a temporary position in a village outside the valley, blocking the advance of the Northern Alliance Army and the Ademei Army.
Soldiers from both sides took cover and engaged in fierce exchanges of fire. From time to time, someone in the Northern Alliance Army would fire an RPG, providing suppressive fire and bombing the Ilya Army.
"Damn Northern Alliance Army!"
"Tata... tata..."
In the small village, an Ilya Army captain, hiding behind a wall, occasionally peeked out and fired controlled bursts towards the source of the gunshots outside the village, immediately ducking back after firing a few shots.
"Bang bang bang..."
As soon as the captain ducked, more than twenty bullet holes appeared on the cover in front of him. If he had been a second slower, he would be lying on the ground now. The captain crouched and moved to another spot, then peeked out again, aiming and firing controlled bursts at the previous source of gunshots.
"Ah!"
With a scream, an enemy soldier hiding behind cover fell. The captain immediately stopped and retreated. As soon as he stopped, a volley of bullets shot towards him, making his legs go weak. He slumped against the wall, sitting directly on the ground.
"Damn it, when will our support arrive!?"
"Captain, intelligence says they're already here."
The captain asked in a low voice, and a soldier beside him immediately responded.
"What!?"
"They're already here!"
"Do I look like I'm blind? You're telling me something that hasn't even shown a shadow is here!?"
"Bang!"
No sooner had he spoken than the captain was startled. A sudden loud bang erupted in front, and the ground faintly trembled. His gaze shifted, and he opened his mouth, about to speak...
"Thump thump thump...!!"
A series of unidentified objects descended from the sky, crashing heavily in the center of the battlefield. The strong vibrations stirred up large clouds of smoke and dust, obscuring the specific situation from view.
"Cough, cough..." The captain coughed, waving away the dust, and peered towards the center of the battlefield.
"What's going on?"
But when he saw the battlefield clearly, the doors of the cryo-chambers, which stood in the center of the battlefield, simultaneously opened with a "clatter."
"Thump..."
A colossal object stepped out of the hatch. Standing 4.1m tall and 2.4m wide, fully enclosed single-person powered armors, like metal monsters, abruptly appeared before the captain's eyes.
"Am I... dreaming?"
A total of ten Alpha Powered Armors, each four meters tall, appeared before the Northern Alliance Army and the Ilya Army. The captain's expression was shocked, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Bang!"
But after the ten Alpha Powered Armors appeared, two distinctly different armors stepped out from the cryo-chambers. These two armors were relatively slender compared to the other powered armors, fitting much more snugly. Although they still stood a full 2.5m tall, which was indeed giant-like for ordinary people, compared to the colossal 4-meter tall figures beside them, these two 2.5m fully enclosed exoskeleton armors were like children.
"Albert-E Experimental Team, move out."
"Whoosh!"
Upon command, five Peregrine Falcon drones quickly ascended, silently hovering over the battlefield, reconnoitering the situation. The drones in the sky quickly scanned the battlefield, rapidly identifying and distinguishing the two opposing factions, giving the Albert Experimental Team a complete understanding of the current battlefield situation.
The ten powered armors all turned in unison, facing the Northern Alliance Army's position, and began to march.
"Thump... thump... thump..."
The heavy footsteps of the powered armors sank deeply into the ground.
"Fire!"
In the Northern Alliance Army, a lieutenant rose and began shooting at the Albert Experimental Team. The other soldiers immediately raised their rifles and aimed at these metal monsters in their eyes.
"Clink clank..."
Dense volleys of bullets struck the surface of the Alpha Powered Armors, sparking brilliantly before deflecting outwards. The Albert Team, meanwhile, moved steadily forward as if on a leisurely stroll, their heavy footsteps pressing step by step onto the hearts of the Northern Alliance Army.
"Monsters..." After a round of firing, the lieutenant looked at the unscathed metal monsters, his expression terrified, his lips trembling.
"Beep beep..."
In the helmet display of the Alpha Powered Armors, the faces of hundreds of soldiers in the Northern Alliance Army's position were zoomed in and enlarged. The facial recognition system instantly filtered out everyone. Then, their clothing was scanned to confirm their identities. In the helmet display, the outlines of these individuals instantly turned red.
"Swish!"
A peculiar sound of air tearing rang out. The Northern Alliance Army soldiers only saw a flash of white light. Their lieutenant's brow immediately sported a charred hole, from which black smoke still wafted.
"Swish swish swish..."
Before they could recover, ten Alpha Powered Armors raised their Gauss rifles. With the aid of the powered armors' auxiliary aiming system, hundreds of white beams of light shot out, accurately hitting the center of each soldier's brow. For a moment, the smoke-filled battlefield seemed to transform into a dazzling laser banquet.
However, this banquet lasted a particularly short time. With the powered armors' auxiliary aiming system, the pre-calibrated Gauss rifles achieved a 100% hit rate within a hundred-meter range, every shot finding its mark. A hundred Northern Alliance Army soldiers were headshotted and killed without even being able to retaliate.
"Target eliminated."
"Continue advance."
"Received, sir."
The ten Alpha Powered Armors received the order and were about to move forward, continuing to advance towards the enemy position.
"Stop!"
Suddenly, the two Albert exoskeletons, which had been standing motionless in the middle of the ten powered armors, stopped and looked up at the distant sky.
"Three A-24 attack helicopters detected at 1200 meters ahead." The voice of one of the exoskeleton armors rang out in the comms channel.
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