Chapter 246, what you said makes sense!
"Your Majesty General, is there any news about my aunt?"
The person who said this is Wang Jiarong.
The person who is called the general is Purbeuf.
Generally speaking, 'Brigadier General' is not recognized as a formal general rank, and is the transition between a colonel officer and a general officer. Not to mention, Perbov's rank of 'Brigadier General' still comes from the Planetary Defense Force's own system, so his recognition is even lower.
But who told Wang Jiarong that now she could only count on this brigadier general from her cousin's command?
Perbov was also a little helpless.
The war was in full swing, and he had to answer phone calls from the starship every now and then. It would really be annoying for him to be asked about the same thing over and over again.
But I had to take it.
He completely understood the anxious mood of Wang Jiarong, who was in the starship and was preparing to come down tomorrow to attend the Gu family meeting.
And now, he did have news that he wanted to tell Wang Jiarong.
"There is already news about Ms. Wang Qi."
"Have you received my aunt?"
"Yes, but... there's good news and bad news."
"Let's talk!"
"We did successfully pick up Ms. Wang Qi who had evacuated the city. She is now under the protection of the army and is coming towards our main position."
"Great! What's the bad news?"
"The bad news is... they were intercepted on their way back. They ran into the two Ranger-class Knight Titans that attacked us before and posed a great threat to the main position."
"Hiss...then...this..." Wang Jiarong panicked.
The Ranger-class Knight Titan is not a Titan in the true sense, but is essentially a fighting mecha. Its body size has not yet reached seven meters tall, and there is still a gap compared with the real Titan mechas of the Mechanicus, known as the 'God's Machine'.
In the order of the Mechanicus, the Titan mecha has always been the top force.
Small, usually combat soldiers made by combining human body modification and mechanical modification;
Medium-sized ones, with the Sentinel Mecha as the entry level and the Dominator Knight Mecha as the pinnacle;
Only large ones can be called Titan mechas.
Currently, there should be no such thing as a real Titan mecha appearing in the Luman Kingdom, or in the entire Black Arrow Star. The highest level is the Knight Mecha.
But even the Ranger-level knight mecha is six meters tall. For ordinary people, it is an absolutely behemoth. It is no wonder that many people usually call it the "Knight Titan".
The normal price of a Ranger-class Knight Titan is 700,000 tax coins, and Wang Jiarong, who is in business, knows this very well.
And similarly, she had seen the army of the Raging Owl Star. The so-called mechanical synthesis brigade is indeed good in terms of equipment level and so on. But she could also estimate that the total cost of such a brigade, including more than 8,000 soldiers, including soldiers and various weapons and equipment, was less than 350,000 tax coins.
This means that the price of one Ranger-class Knight Titan is as much as two synthetic brigades.
Not to mention, the two Ranger Knight Titans will definitely not be able to fight alone. The number of troops accompanying them will not be small, and there will definitely be a large number of Sentinel mechas.
Such a force intercepted my aunt on her way back...
Wang Jiarong's current mood is not desperate, but nervousness is definitely inevitable.
"General Purbeuf, please rescue my aunt!"
Purbov quickly said: "Don't worry about this, that is the Governor's mother. How dare we not care at all? As soon as there is news, I will send it back to you immediately."
"Please."
After finishing the call with Wang Jiarong, who was actually far away and floating in the galaxy, Perbov put down the phone and found his old partner.
Like him, Colonel Jordan Leroy, who was born in the Xifeng Brigade and previously served as the political commissar of the 1st Xifeng Brigade, was transferred to the expeditionary force sequence together with Perbeuf and served as the political commissar of the expeditionary force.
After finding his old friend, Purbov said: "Now you can always agree to attack again! If Ms. Wang Qi has any problems on the way back, all of us will die here!"
Leroy sighed.
What other political commissars do all day long is to think about how to boost morale and how to make soldiers and officers fight without fear of death. It is best not to retreat even a step during the battle and fight to the end.
And what he has to do all day long is to grab their former brigade commander and current army commander, and ask him to stop being so reckless and think twice about everything...
This difference always makes Leroy sigh sometimes.
Facing his old partner, Colonel Leroy said: "To correct you, I never stopped you from taking the initiative. You are the commander of the army, and you are the supreme commander of the battle. What I stopped was your rash action and your actions. I did not collect enough intelligence before making the decision and did not think clearly..."
"Okay, okay..." said Perbov, who had a headache when he heard the words, "I have clearly thought about it now, and I must take the initiative!"
Leroy nodded: "Okay, I agree."
"The remnants of the 37th Division and the 38th Division will go up this time. Our armored forces must be gathered together and used in a unified manner."
Leroy nodded again: "Okay, I agree."
"I will personally lead the team and attack with the main force!"
"Okay, I...wait?!" Colonel Leroy, who almost said it smoothly, quickly stopped talking and almost bit his tongue, "You want to lead the team yourself? Why? As a military commander, you can't Stay in the main position and guard the place. What are you going to do with the assault troops?”
"But pull it down. The 37th and 38th Armored Divisions have all been dispatched. Only the 34th Division will be left in the main position. Where do you think the main force is? As an army commander, I must know where the main force of the army is. People Where is it?”
After a pause, he continued: "What's more, the task of rescuing the governor's mother is a bit heavier. I'm here, so if anything happens, I can make a decision immediately without having to pass news back and forth; I'm here, I can also boost the morale of the entire army at any time. , let them know that the generals of the alliance never lack blood and fight on the same line as the front-line officers!”
Leroy's brows knitted together tightly.
He actually felt that what Perbov said... made sense?
He hesitated and said: "Then we are going to sit down with the commando team. What should we do here at the main position? The 34th Division will have to face the enemy's main attack independently, and the pressure will be great."
"So." Purbov stared at his old partner, "You have to stay."
"Huh?"
"Only if you stay and guard the main position, can I fight out with confidence!"
"What you said makes so much sense!"
...The matter was settled like that. Purbov would do things vigorously and resolutely.
The troops that needed to be assembled were quickly assembled.
It's not easy.
At this moment, their so-called main position is just a small town.
A few days ago, when they got off the starship, they were hiding in a lot of concentration boxes and came to the local area as 'cargo'.
When the 'time' was ripe, they broke out and went to a residential area that had been arranged by the Gu family's local influence.
The people here were cleared out, and the 30,000 of them used this place as their residence.
At that time, all they could bring with them were some small weapons. The other heavy firepower, whether it is artillery, armored vehicles or tanks, is still treated as cargo and stacked in containers.
Still there, the weapons and equipment were piled up, not too far from their 'barracks'.
Under such circumstances, Perbeuf and Leroy never dared to regard this operation as a trip. The guards at the container stacking area and the warehouse managers were all replaced by their own people.
In addition, they don't really stay in residential areas. All the reconnaissance squads and companies of each army were released.
Whether it's mixed inside the town, or even "hanging out" outside the town, the control area must be large.
Anyway, during this operation, they also had clear communication with the Gu family: Are they afraid of being exposed?
I made it clear, don't be afraid, anyway, with 30,000 people and heavy firepower, it's impossible to hide. The reason why I still have to hide it is to save everyone’s face.
In that case, safety must come first, even if it is very conspicuous.
The caution of the two military commanders, Purbeuf and Leroy, achieved miraculous results in subsequent events.
When they sensed that a strange army was approaching, even if the other party had not shown hostility, they had already launched the first-level mobilization. The soldiers who were already prepared for the attack quickly went into combat positions.
The sentry in front intercepted the strange army ten kilometers away from the town. No matter what reasons or arguments the other party uses, they will fight to death anyway and will never let him go.
As expected, that strange army had no good intentions. Even though they couldn't get into the town, they took the lead and opened fire.
The expeditionary force of the Raging Owl Star is not used to it either.
The reconnaissance squad and reconnaissance platoon took the lead in engaging the enemy. Even if they only have light weapons in their hands at the moment, and there are many flexible and powerful armored forces such as Sentinels among the enemy, they are not afraid.
Under their layers of obstruction, the Luman Kingdom's army made slow progress.
What was even more terrifying for those in the Luman Kingdom was that they were clearly the ones taking the initiative to attack, but when the battle started, it was the artillery of the Alliance Expeditionary Force that opened fire first.
The power of the 155mm howitzer is even enough to destroy a Sentinel mecha with one shot. The alliance's three divisions carry almost 350 heavy artillery pieces. After three rounds of rapid fire, the Kingdom's army, which was actively attacking and had no bunkers or fortifications, was immediately hit hard.
The first wave of failed raids left the Luman Kingdom's army abandoned.
Then, 30,000 people from the Alliance Expeditionary Force quickly occupied the entire town and began to set up battle lines at all entrances and exits of the town and in all directions.
When the army of the Luman Kingdom organized a second round of attack and cautiously approached, the target they wanted to attack did not look like a guest army at all!
——Where are the visiting troops? They turned an entire ordinary suburban town into a military fortress in half a day?
Barricades, occupied high points of houses, house windows... these things all became favorable terrain for the defenders. Moreover, within the city, the Alliance's artillery dispersed its positions, but it was able to ensure that the firepower was concentrated anywhere outside.
What's even more embarrassing is that the artillery of the Kingdom Legion...is not as powerful as the Alliance's.
Even if the power is not as good as it is, the range cannot be compared. When they urged cattle, horses and other livestock to pull the artillery up, and just fired two rounds, the artillery of the Alliance Expeditionary Force quickly calculated their position, and the counterattack artillery almost wiped out their firepower in one round. artillery.
As for the artillery of the Royal Army... the level is far behind. It took a long time for the second wave of artillery to calculate the location of the alliance's artillery positions. Then they found that their positions were far away, so they could only quietly move the artillery positions. Pushing forward, but inexplicably discovered on the road, another round of artillery strikes came down, and it was over without firing a single shot...
Without the support of heavy firepower, even if there were sentinel mechas in the Luman Kingdom's army, they would not be able to attack the hedgehog-like town at all.
Not to mention the threat to them from the Alliance artillery, after moving in, the mortars and individual rocket launchers on the Alliance defensive position were all threats to the Sentinel mecha.
The attacks in the second and third consecutive rounds were all failed.
It wasn't until the Luman Kingdom came out with its absolute killer weapon, the Knight Titan, that the situation in the war changed.
This thing is really cruel.
The two Knight Titans also have a long range. They fired dozens of rocket launchers into the town, dozens of kilometers away and beyond the reach of artillery.
The effect is good.
After they fired three more rounds, they reloaded their ammunition and began to advance on foot.
The sentry mecha followed closely beside him, and the infantry cannon fodder was further ahead. The two Knight Titans fired suppressive rockets into the town, and when they approached a position about fifteen kilometers away, the rapid-fire cannons and laser cannons they equipped began to show their power.
One house after another was blown away and smashed, and the Alliance Expeditionary Force indeed suffered a lot of casualties.
The Knight Titan, which cost 700,000 tax coins and cost as much as two compositors, lived up to its reputation.
But this attack by the Luman Kingdom was still repelled.
At a distance of fifteen kilometers, the Union artillery, which had been somewhat silent before, once again showed its power.
This surprised the nobles of the Luman Kingdom who controlled the two Knight Titans: the rounds of long-range rockets they fired in front of them were heading towards the artillery positions of the expeditionary force that they had calculated before.
They had walked the previous five kilometers smoothly without encountering any counterattack from the Alliance's artillery. They thought the Alliance's artillery was finished.
But at this time, the expeditionary force told them clearly: not only was the artillery unit not finished, it also maintained a strong combat effectiveness!
In half a minute, the expeditionary force's three hundred artillery pieces fired four rounds of rapid fire in a luxurious manner, throwing down thousands of rounds of 155-weight howitzers.
The Luman Kingdom army was repulsed again.
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Fixed the computer...
It was noon at some point and it was sent directly.
(End of chapter)