Chapter 3356 Cleaning up the mess
Corresponding to the huge infantry is a huge armor and artillery force. There are 12,911 heavy tanks alone, including Dire Lion tanks, Leman Russ tanks and Krieg's unique Ragnarok tanks. Light armor, such as There are a total of 31,221 Chimeras, 20,178 towed heavy artillery pieces of various types, and various types of automatic There are 12,387 mobile artillery units, including self-propelled mortars such as Bipedal Dragons, 4,184 Hydra anti-aircraft guns, and 2,200 super-heavy tanks of various types. It can be said that all the armored forces that Soshyan can mobilize are deployed in On the main planet of Amara, the other planets have only militia and their light weapons and some support weapons.
But even with such powerful firepower and even preparations against bombings and air strikes in advance, more than 5 million troops were still directly wiped out in their bases and bunkers by enemy air strikes and raids in the 8 hours before the Necron attack. , and in the subsequent defensive battles, the number of casualties soared to more than 20 million, until the final counterattack At the end of the offensive phase, the approximate number of people killed by the Amalur Prime ground forces exceeded 17 million, and the number of people injured and disabled exceeded 21 million, which means that the casualty rate is close to 50%, but this is only an estimate, because the current statistics There is also less than 40% of the organized troops, so the actual casualty rate must be more than 50%.
Along with the casualties came huge equipment losses. More than half of the heavy tanks were lost, only one-third of the artillery was left before the war, and a quarter of the super-heavy tanks were also lost.
Compared with ground forces, aviation forces are more tragic because they must face ferocious enemy air attacks at the earliest stage of invasion, and must proactively launch attacks despite their absolute inferiority in performance to relieve the pressure on the ground as much as possible.
Before the war, more than 4,600 fighter planes of various types were deployed at 41 large aviation bases on Amara Prime, mainly old-fashioned Thunder and Lightning fighters. After 42 hours of fighting, there were only 415 fighters left in all aviation bases combined. Blood spilled in the sky is by no means a metaphor; What actually happened was that even after the battle lasted until the 38th hour, in order to make up for the sharp reduction in air power, some students from the Amara Aviation Academy who had not yet graduated flew to the battlefield with the only training aircraft. In the end, All 122 cadets died in the battle.
But what really drove Soshyan crazy was that despite the bravery of the aviation forces, the results were not very good. There were only 17 recorded or witnessed Necron fighters shot down.
Yes, thousands of human pilots may only exchange for the loss of less than 20 enemy fighters.
In other words, this is more like a unilateral massacre
Human courage is not worth the huge difference in fighter performance. This is what makes Soshyan feel most angry and painful.
This is not how it should be!
This is not only reflected in aviation, but also in almost all battlefields. Humanity has won, but the victory is ugly and painful
In the naval battle, only 36 enemy ships were marked and sunk. Yes, a mere 36, including the crashed tomb ship.
The battle loss ratio between the enemy and ourselves is close to 8:1!
The Empire is still the defender, with the advantage of local defense facilities, and under the premise of being fully prepared, it still inflicted such battle losses that would make every Imperial Navy commander tremble. If the tonnage gap is taken into account, then this The numbers will only get uglier.
The ground combat situation is also not good. Although it is difficult to estimate the enemy's casualties, there is a rough estimate of the number of enemy equipment destroyed.
The number of obelisks that have been witnessed to be destroyed is less than 60 times, that large structure is a pitiful 31 times, and the scattered statistics of the number of destructions of various types of gunboats and anti-gravity transport vehicles are also only Around 200, compared to the empire's thousands of armor losses, this is almost less than a fraction, and the destruction of those small infantry and structures is completely meaningless, just like metal beetles, killing many is useless. use. This is the truth of victory, they just drowned their opponents with blood.
But Soshyan couldn't accept it!
This is a complete disgrace! They should rack their brains to develop and build more powerful fighters! More powerful battleships! Better individual equipment and vehicles! Don't let this happen again!
However, Soshyan desperately found that he seemed unable to do it
Even the empire can't do it
They can do nothing but praise sacrifices, erect a few monuments, and promote a few heroes.
A new weapon, a new design, a new concept, seems very simple, but it faces a series of obstacles, not only technical, but also political, and even religious.
Even if Soshyan could do it, how could he prevent this from happening elsewhere in the empire?
He also tried to promote the Fear Lion tank. However, in the past three years, Mars has issued seven articles questioning this incident and the "unapproved production of illegal equipment". If there were not enough benefits, this matter might have already happened. It is on the table of the High Lords Council, but if Soshyan continues to promote the weapon to the Astra Militarum, it will be a matter of time before Mars turns its back.
This is the dilemma faced when doing anything in the empire, but in the Eternal Court, he can put wheels on all anti-gravity tanks with just one sentence!
That's why power is so tempting. Both the despicable and the noble need it. The former needs it to achieve their interests, while the latter needs it to realize their ideals.
Therefore, what is even more distressing is that when the technical gap cannot be solved in a short period of time, Soshyan must "whitewash the peace", conceal the truth of the losses from the people, exaggerate the enemy's losses, and reduce his own losses. , the enemy must be portrayed as vulnerable, and the people must be convinced that the Necrons have been destroyed by the Empire, and they are running around like the funny bad guys in the story.
The vast majority of people will enjoy the rest of their lives in ignorant bliss, while those of them who must live long enough will have to face a dark future and the heaviest pressure.
What else can be done?
I can only carry it
The only good thing is that the Titan Legion performed well and played a key role in the battle. Due to the relatively cautious deployment, their losses were relatively small. The Star Traveler lost one War Dog, mainly due to Pluto. It was shot by a construct. This was the first time this kind of construct was witnessed. The name was also given by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Although they are about the same size as knights, their firepower is very exaggerated. According to research, the weapons are probably of the Singularity type. , in layman’s terms, is a black hole.
Yes, they use black hole weapons, which is an exaggeration, so they can pose a threat to Titans. Fortunately, the psionic properties of the void shield make it somewhat resistant to such weapons.
This also reminded Soshyan that the void shield is the most effective defense method against the Necron. In the future, if Orps wants to persist in resisting, the first thing to do is to expand the production quantity of void shield generators, as well as related equipment. Research extensions.
The Phantom Legion also lost three engines, all of which were War Dogs. As the Titan Legion of Ulan Huda, this was the first time it appeared in public, but they were all flying the flags of other forging worlds. As for the slightly different The unique shape can only be explained as the characteristics of the legion. Anyway, it is a trivial matter for Soshyan now.