Chapter 531, kick their butts
Xiong Lei was in a high tower in the fortress, holding a telescope and looking through the small window at the battle surrounding the two Raging Flame Space Marines. His nervous palms were sweating.
Although that battle was small in scale, its importance almost determined the victory or defeat of the hundreds of thousands of people he led.
On the planet Yuehe VII.3, there is no such option as "save the people and lose the land". The specific situation must be analyzed in detail. The fundamental reason for the survival of this planet is to defend the orbit. Otherwise, when the enemy's superior navy lets loose its hands and feet to bomb the ground, it will be almost impossible to defend from the front, and it can only be turned into chemical weapons. A guerrilla movement divided into parts.
That would not be ineffective, but in a larger sense on the battlefield, it would mean the loss of the entire planet.
To defend the planet, one must defend the many railgun fortresses on the ground to ensure that there is a direct threat to space from the ground, so that the enemy's navy does not dare to bomb without restraint.
On the ground, it looks like a fortress garrisoned by the 311th Division, which is a life node. If you lose one or two, the problem may not be big; if you lose ten or eight, a big problem will arise in an entire area. The enemy can launch ground troops and supplies from this area more unscrupulously, and the recapture of the area will also become more complicated. It is difficult because the enemy navy can come to this corresponding orbital area after the threat is reduced, and the firepower can fall here smoothly without being easily intercepted.
Going back to the situation Xiong Lei faced, once the fortress was lost, it would be difficult for him to evacuate with the surviving troops. The road to evacuate to the next defensible fortress is not short, and without cover, you will be constantly pursued and bombed, and you don't know how many people will die on the way.
From these perspectives, there is no room for loss in the fortress. Even if the blood is shed, it must be held here.
And right now, the encirclement and killing of the Raging Flame Space Marines that he was observing almost determined the outcome.
To be honest, Xiong Lei didn't have a strong understanding of Space Marines at the beginning.
He had seen a phoenix before, but only briefly. At that time, he was deeply shocked by these heroic extraordinary warriors. He knew that these death angels were powerful, but how powerful were they?
Recently, he believed that the powerful individual capabilities possessed by Space Marines were miraculous in special operations and in attacking special locations. This is especially true in more complex terrains, such as places where heavy tanks cannot enter.
But now, under his own observation, he discovered that he still underestimated the frontal combat capabilities of the Space Marines.
He witnessed with his own eyes how two Furious Flames withstood ferocious firepower and demolished eight Sentinel mechas and three feedback power armor elites in just two minutes.
Equipment advantage?
No, no, no, it's far from that simple.
It is by no means that simple to regard the advantages of Space Marines over mortal soldiers as simply that they can wear stronger power armor, have stronger strength and reaction speed, and have more accurate shooting skills...
When all indicators far exceed those of ordinary people, they seem to have truly achieved transcendence in life.
Are our Sentinel mechas and feedback power armors really that much worse in performance than the MK.8 equipped by the two Raging Flames?
Not necessarily?
But it just seemed like he was being toyed with.
Everything is a beat slower than others. The elites who usually shoot targets one by one, even if they are moving at high speed, can guarantee the hit rate. At this time, they are like wooden stakes. Their reactions are slow and wooden, and they cannot keep up at all; on the contrary , the huge Raging Flame Warriors, but they are like ghosts. The position from which they came out always makes people feel incredible. Even if Xiong Lei looked at it from a bird's-eye view and could get a better overview of the whole situation, he would often be stunned by these space warriors. Can't see clearly.
At this point, he could basically tell that it was basically impossible to defeat these two angry flames with just thirty sentries and ten elite feedback power armors.
Even though there are a lot of ordinary soldiers around, the help they can do is very limited.
Xiong Lei, who was watching the battle, let out a long sigh.
To be honest, this situation broke his fantasy.
In his imagination, if those Raging Flame Warriors could be eliminated in this way, that would of course be the best;
But now I can't, my fantasy is shattered, I can only return to reality.
Returning to reality also has a way of returning to reality.
In the tower, he slightly moved the sight of the telescope. Five or six engineering teams were quickly approaching the place where they were fighting.
Ten minutes later, when only half of the elite troops sent by the 311th Division remained, the engineers were finally in place.
It was only at this time that the order to evacuate was given to the two elite warriors who were fighting to the death.
They began to retreat.
The two angry flames seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
They did not pursue, or even break out along the previous target, but chose to retreat.
This somewhat disrupted Xiong Lei's deployment, but it was still a little too late for the Raging Flames to evacuate.
Here, it can almost be regarded as a battlefield that Xiong Lei has laid out for the enemy. The firepower point that appears here can also be regarded as bait. Previously, when the angry flames attacked many areas, Xiong Lei stood still, just waiting for them to attack here.
Here, the bottom is empty.
If the mobile force can kill these two angry flames, it is of course the best and most stable; but if not, then lead them here and take the next step.
The engineering regiment within the army has already calculated the explosives and blasting points needed to blow this place down.
Now is the moment of execution.
"Explode! Explode now!" He grabbed the walkie-talkie.
"But... not all of our people have been evacuated yet..." The officer leading the engineers on the front line hesitated.
"I can't care anymore! Explode! If you don't explode now, all the sacrifices made in the past will be in vain!"
The reason for making such a decision was because of Nu Yan's keen judgment that they were evacuating this trap area.
We can't let them run away!
Under the clear order, the frontline commander gritted his teeth and made a decision.
The explosive was detonated and boom!
Underneath the soaring fire and smoke, there were violent explosions and loud noises caused by the collapse of buildings and floors.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, the place where the two angry flames had been besieged was already in ruins.
But Xiong Lei still feels that it is not safe enough.
He was so impressed by the strength of the Space Marines.
The explosion collapsed and people were buried in it, but... were they really dead?
Xiong Lei couldn't guarantee it.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to use backup measures just to be on the safe side.
There are relatively few sentinel mechas and feedback power armors in the division, but there are still a lot of tanks.
The surrounding area was clear. After a wave of blasting, there was a lot of open space left, which could be used to park tanks.
In the defensive battle of the fortress, there is not much room for heavy armored vehicles such as tanks to be used, so they might as well be used here.
Several Lion tanks led the team, and dozens of Lion tanks were in place, together with a large number of infantry, forming a circle nearby.
Guard the corpse.
Two days later, I really achieved some results.
Three other Raging Flame warriors raided here.
This is certainly not normal.
This is not a strategic defense point, and is guarded by heavy vehicles. No matter how thick the armor of a Space Marine is, it is not as thick as a Lion tank, let alone a Lion tank that looks like a moving fortress. The main guns and secondary guns of these two tanks can both deal a fatal blow to the Space Marines. Even if it doesn't hit directly, as long as the explosion point is slightly closer, it can still cause considerable damage.
They had no reason to attack here, unless the two angry flames buried below were really alive and came to rescue their companions.
Then, from the ruins, an angry flame really crawled out.
When he received the news, Xiong Lei was absolutely horrified - Space Marines are too difficult to kill!
These are still two ordinary space warriors.
I really don’t know how those dozens of the most elite warriors in the Raging Flames were slaughtered in that ‘bloody fight’ that made my blood boil in my ears.
It’s so hard to imagine!
But fortunately, there was only one person who climbed out of the rubble, and he was seriously injured.
The three Furious Flames who came to respond failed to break through the siege of tanks. They used plasma guns to destroy two Lions and severely damaged one Lion King. But it was this Lion King that used the heavy cannon on it to give the three Raging Flame Warriors a hard blow.
They had obviously hid behind the wall, but this shot still blasted the entire wall to pieces and injured one of them. The secondary artillery that followed later killed him.
In addition, the angry flame who climbed out of the ruins was entangled by piles of infantry. He went on a killing spree, but was dragged in place and unable to get out. The Alliance forces reacted and once again brought in Sentinel mechas and power armor elites, and finally killed the crippled Fury.
After losing one person, and knowing that the battle brother they wanted to rescue had died inside, the remaining two Furies had no reason to continue fighting, and they finally chose to retreat.
No matter how powerful the Space Marines are, they still cannot engage in head-on combat with heavily armored units - unless they form groups and carry targeted weapons.
But these conditions are not met by the two Fury Flames still alive at the moment.
They could only withdraw sadly.
……
After this battle, Xiong Lei organized engineers to dig on the spot.
There is also an angry flame buried inside.
Although there is a high probability that he is dead, otherwise when his brother came to save him, he shouldn't have failed to show his face.
However, he was really worried before seeing the body.
After three days of digging, the body was found.
This time, Xiong Lei felt comfortable.
Although, there are still two angry flames alive, and they even carried out crazy revenge after the death of the three brothers, and then did some things more frequently and crazily.
But once their number has actually dropped from 5 to 2, even if they increase the frequency, they will not be as fierce as before, and the blows suffered by our side have been reduced a lot;
Secondly, there are two targeted traps.
Although the other side also increased their vigilance, several ambushes failed to kill these two people. But for the two of them, every time is still quite thrilling.
Later, they had to act more cautiously to avoid capsizing.
This further reduces the frequency of their attacks.
Under such circumstances, Xiong Lei's troops even took the opportunity to regain several areas that had been captured before, and even drove the rebel troops out of the fortress.
Although, they quickly mobilized heavy firepower and fought back again.
The three divisions 311, 077, and 240 commanded by Xiong Lei, with more than 100,000 people, were in this fortress area, braving the two angry flames inside to cause trouble, while the surrounding troops outside were about three or four times as strong, and they refused to retreat.
The supplies stored in the fortress are enough for them to fight for a long time. Occasionally, friendly forces can break out of the siege and enter the fortress to transport them precious supplies. Airdrops are also a way of supply transportation.
However, these means of supply are unstable, and the fortress's reserves will be exhausted as the battle intensifies. What's more, there is really no place to replace the dead and injured soldiers.
Xiong Lei repeatedly reported to the higher authorities for reinforcements, but to no avail.
We can't even transport wounded soldiers out, let alone the overall rotation of the troops.
But what can he do?
I can only grit my teeth and carry it on. Carrying it on, it was another half a month later.
His troops once again repelled the enemy's attack.
As of today, his troops have suffered more than 60,000 casualties, which has dealt a considerable blow to the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
But what is gratifying is that in order to kill the 60,000 of them, the opponent paid at least 160,000 casualties.
But today, after the enemy was repulsed again, the dynamics were a bit strange: they retreated more than 20 kilometers as a whole.
What does this mean?
I can't fight anymore, so I won't fight anymore?
Xiong Lei thinks it's impossible.
He and his staff were more inclined to believe that the enemy had suffered too many losses in the past period and needed to retreat to accumulate strength for the future.
Although the enemy will inevitably come back, and by then I am afraid that the invading enemy will become larger and more powerful.
But at least for now, they can breathe a sigh of relief.
The troops still had no chance to withdraw and change defenses. The order Xiong Lei received was still to let the three divisions die here.
But they have been fighting for more than half a year. Even though they all claim to be elites, soldiers are still human beings. After being brutally tempered and showing heroic spirit, it is time to worry about the weakness of flesh and blood.
He planned to take this opportunity to waste a little bit of logistical supplies and consume more food in the warehouse. He also planned to release rarer supplies such as alcohol and cigarettes for a day or two.
Even the companies, regiments and battalions that have taken a break can hold some small parties internally.
Relaxing a little and relieving the constant tension can also be regarded as restoring morale.
God is behaving beautifully, tonight is clear and the starry sky is brilliant.
The soldiers, who were drinking wine, eating military cans and smoking cigarettes in the campfire, raised their heads and could even see a meteor with a long tail streaking across the sky.
One, two, three...
The trajectory of the meteor is getting bigger and bigger.
‘Deep beep beep! ’
A rapid siren sounded, and the scene suddenly became panicked.
Everyone knew that this was an air attack coming from orbit.
But what can they do?
Find cover, lie down, tremble...
I didn’t even care about the bonfire.
They could only pray that the anti-orbital interception firepower in the fortress would be effective enough.
As if hearing their prayers, the anti-orbital system in the fortress detected the attack and opened fire.
The meteors in the sky were intercepted one by one, and even a beam of light that was shining rapidly was blocked.
This time, however, the enemy's space navy seems determined.
The firepower projected down was extremely dense.
In the end, the railgun failed to intercept everything.
A spear of light shined into the fortress.
The anti-orbital system's main gun was destroyed.
Then, missiles, macro cannons, and light spears continued to fall.
Anti-orbital weapons were destroyed one after another, and those that failed to explode were directly bombarded throughout the fortress.
The soldiers on the surface could only pray in despair.
After two hours of concentrated bombardment, the orbital concentrated strike from the traitor navy finally ended.
The fortress, which had weathered the battle for more than half a year, was now completely in ruins. Together with the anti-orbital system inside and the garrison stationed there, they were all buried in the ruins.
……
‘Planet Yuehe VII.3, Fortress No. 224, was attacked by the enemy navy with all its strength and has been destroyed. The garrisoned 5th Army Group, the 077th Division, the 240th Division, and the 311th Division, were eliminated by the formation. ’
The fate of Xiong Lei's troops fell into the eyes of Purbov, the vanguard commander-in-chief, with just such a short text.
Moreover, this text was not sent to Purbov alone, but was just a line listed in the entire report, mixed with the numbers of many troops, and it was not even eye-catching.
In fact, what happened to the 311th Skeleton Division was not an isolated case.
That is a common situation on the entire Yuehe VII.3 planet. The only difference is that some were blown to pieces, some were captured, and some are still holding on...
Not only this planet, but also the defense line consisting of more than 20 fortress-like worlds built by Perbov around the northern protrusion of the Meng River Star Region, almost all have a similar situation.
There is no doubt that war is cruel, and the lives of soldiers are constantly being consumed on various planets every moment.
This is also the first time that Perbov has independently taken charge of such a large war involving multiple sectors.
Of course he was nervous, and he wasn't sure whether the decision he made was really correct.
Until now, he dared to say roughly that at least he didn't make a big mistake.
They retreated to Zhongbeihe, Houbeihe, and Meide, the three star regions where many fortress worlds were built. They fought so hard, not to mention the main force who took the initiative to fight against the Furious Flame. In Qianbeihe, Guyin, and Sai I think these three star regions are desperate.
If he had made the wrong choice at that time, there would have been big problems.
However, making the right decision is the right thing to do, but the pressure at this moment is not small at all.
Sitting at the command post, the most common message he received was asking for help, asking for help, asking for help.
Each division fighting on the front line asked for reinforcements from the group army, and the group army looked for army groups for reinforcements; but each group army group was often responsible for the defense of multiple planets, and its military strength was also stretched thin, so it kept looking for Perbov to recruit people.
Who else does Purbeuf have?
With only one army group, he could only continue to split it into divisions one after another, and tried his best to send them to places where the fighting was fierce, but often to no avail.
What's more, he can't get rid of all the reserve teams in one go.
On the contrary, the number of local Allied Forces gathered from the south of the Menghe Star Region is relatively large, but with insufficient naval power, safe deployment is a big problem.
Even if the launch is successful, the defense forces going down will still be at a huge disadvantage in a real fight with the princess's rebels.
It still can't change the overall situation.
Purbov also needs to coordinate the naval force. Although it is weak, it cannot not show its presence at all, and cannot let the enemy's navy run unscrupulously. What's more, it must rely on the power of the navy to defend the transport ships and drop as much as possible on the surfaces of various fortress planets. Reinforcements and logistical supplies...
Chopped from left to right, Purbov has never been under such great pressure in his life.
This is different from being stuck in a dilemma.
Faced with a front-line battle, he could throw away everything and just do his damn thing with his passion.
As long as you are not afraid of death, you may have a chance to survive.
But in his current position, he can't do that.
Walking on thin ice, one order or one decision can affect the lives of dozens, millions, or even tens of millions of people.
This kind of pressure is really too terrifying.
But what can be done?
I can only grit my teeth and endure it.
The soldiers and officers on the front line were on top, and so was he, the commander-in-chief.
No more retreat.
This line of defense is the last lifeline.
Once it is broken through, it will be driven straight in by the enemy, and there will be no danger to defend the back.
What's more, what's gratifying is that the time he needs to guard shouldn't be too long.
He has learned that the alliance has completed its final mobilization.
The army led by Governor Gu himself has already set off.
And something that surprised him even more happened - he received a communication request from Yan Fangxu.
"I'm Perbov." At first, he was careful about his posture.
Yan Fangxu, who was opposite, had a narrow smile: "Guess where I am?"
"Be serious!" Purbov said with a tigerish face at first, then thought of something else and asked: "Are you..."
"I'm already here." Yan Fangxu restrained his smile: "Comrade Purbov, you have worked hard. The governor ordered us to complete the next work together. This time, I brought seven alliance army groups to accompany me. Also coming is the 'Raging Owl'."
Purbeuf finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought he would have to wait until the governor arrived, but he didn't expect reinforcements to arrive first.
The seven army groups represent 140 million genuine Alliance Army soldiers;
The ‘Raging Owl’ is the Alliance’s newly completed battlecruiser!
With these things, even Yan Fangxu's face, which he had always disliked, became cute now.
Purbov doesn't mind if someone with a higher position and military rank than himself comes to 'seize power', he only cares about one thing:
"Great! You came at the right time! I couldn't wait to kick their butts!"
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Although I posted it late after staying up late, I still have 6k
Still owe 122k
Last month, the status of the code was quite poor, and I could barely keep up with the updates; this month, I hope to restore it to a better state and pay off more debts.
(End of chapter)