Chapter 533: Pulling numb
The situation in Cross River VII was completely turned around.
Prior to this, more than 10 million Alliance Army troops and 40 million Allied Forces resisted the onslaught of more than 70 million Imperial Princess rebels, and there was also the threat of orbital firepower in the sky... The fight was quite hard and brutal.
But now, it’s finally time to turn over and become the master.
A large number of the Imperial Queen's rebels were killed in the bombings in these three days; and then in the following week, due to the dispersion of their organization, they were vigorously suppressed by the alliance's ground forces, and the losses were also very heavy.
In just ten days, tens of millions of traitors from the Queen's Legion died in Cross River VII.
This amount of loss is almost equivalent to the losses incurred by the Queen's Legion in storming various fortresses across the planet in the past three months.
If there is more time, such as a year and a half, then the alliance hopes to launch a large-scale annihilation operation in Yuehe VII. All 70 million traitors of the princess will die here.
But no.
The Raging Flames Chapter has already reacted.
They also couldn't accept that the losses in Cross River VII were so huge.
Seventy million legion of princesses! Not the SADF! Rather, it is the Queen's Legion that was reorganized from the original auxiliary army of the battle group!
This is the Iron Fury Stone, apart from the Space Marines, the most core force is the Imperial Queen Legion, which is their Astra Militarum. Among the Raging Flames heading south, the total number of armies is hundreds of millions, or even tens of millions. However, the Queen's Legion is only a small part of it, at most two to three hundred million.
It is unacceptable to lose 70 million in this way.
What's more, it's not really hopeless.
The main factor in Cross River VII's predicament was caused by the attacker's loss of orbital cover. And what caused all this was just a surprise attack by the Raging Owl.
Although he was surprised by the battlefield dominance displayed by the rare Holy Grail-class battle cruiser, Wrathful Flame still had two battleship-class ships here.
News has come that the two large ships have already arrived at Crossing the River VII.
In a head-on battle, the Raging Owl would not be able to fight against any one of them, let alone two of them at the same time.
By then, the battle situation on Planet Yuehe VII.3 will most likely return to what it was before.
Or even worse.
But the Alliance doesn't intend to give up on this planet.
Without Cross River VII, other planets in the future will not have such good defense conditions.
The two commanders of the Alliance Vanguard Command believe that Cross River VII is likely to become a focus area in the next period of time. I am afraid that the two sides will have to compete repeatedly around this place. The investment of a large amount of troops, including naval power, will turn this place into a flesh and blood mill, and no result will be achieved until one of the parties cannot bear the cost.
From this point of view, although the Nuo Xiao's raid on Yuehe VII showed morale, it will not actually change the overall situation very much.
However, the meaning is still there.
The lives of more than 10 million elite members of the Queen's Legion, plus the destruction of two moon-class cruisers, this is what it means!
The war between the Alliance and the Iron Fury Stone can be expected to become very large in the future. The current battle, which can only be regarded as mutual testing and vanguard collision, has involved several star sectors and dozens of planets.
At this scale, the war is not about the gains and losses of one city or one place, but a comprehensive confrontation of the national power of both sides. They are all producing blood and losing blood. The consumption of vitality is very important.
At this time, defeating more enemies at a relatively small cost will make it easier when you are under pressure later.
Moreover, the space created by this victory allows the alliance to do a lot of things.
During these ten days, the navy was bombing the enemies on the surface, the army was clearing out the enemy's strength, and the alliance's logistics troops were not idle either.
Large transport ships one after another landed on the ground with scarce supplies, equipment, and soldiers for the surface troops to replenish the troops.
If we wait for the enemy battleships to come over later and lose the orbital advantage, it will not be so convenient to transport things in. It will take a lot of risks and a lot of losses.
Instead of risking transportation at that time, it is better to seize the opportunity to transport enough now.
At the same time, some troops who are no longer suitable to continue fighting must take this opportunity to withdraw.
The 5th Army Group, the 311th Skeleton Division is one of them.
That is Xiong Lei's army.
Despite the orbital bombardment, he did not die.
Although he did not die, nearly all of his troops were lost.
After the orbital bombardment, of the three divisions holding the fortress, there were probably only two to five thousand survivors. Almost all of the remaining hundreds of thousands of people died under a few hours of ferocious bombing, or were wiped out by the princess rebels who subsequently attacked and swept into the fortress.
Xiong Lei, who was lucky enough to survive, had to escape with the remaining soldiers. Under constant pursuit, only less than a thousand people were truly safe in the end.
This is a skeleton division, plus two large-scale infantry divisions. After a battle, only the people left.
Obviously, this is called ‘being eliminated by the establishment’.
To this extent, Xiong Lei's troops did not even have the value of being supplemented by soldiers.
What he needs is no more replacements.
He and the few hundred surviving members of his army boarded a transport ship that had unloaded its cargo, and sadly left Cross River VII.
The war here is not over yet, but Xiong Lei's war is over.
Recalling the familiar faces and waking up in the dark cabin of the transport ship, he always felt that it would be great if he followed his brothers and died on the Crossing the River VII?
That way, there would be no need to endure the current torture.
The transport ship sent him to a world behind called 'Ramilo'.
Here, it can be regarded as a large logistics base. A large number of war supplies and soldiers were gathered here, and then they were ready to board ships and be sent to where they were needed on the front line.
There are only a few people like Xiong Lei and others who have withdrawn from the front line.
He fell to the ground and entered a military hospital. After staying for two days, a political commissar wearing a red hat found him.
"Colonel Xiong Lei?"
"It's me." Xiong Lei's voice was extremely dark.
He raised his head and looked at the other person.
It was a rather young face, with a vitality that had never been beaten, and it was so bright that it was dazzling. Two vertical bars and a star symbol represent his rank of major. The red trim on the epaulettes represents the identity of the political commissar.
The red hat raised his hands in salute, and then introduced himself: "I am Zhan Weidong, and I have been ordered to assist you in rebuilding the 311th Division of the 5th Army Group!"
"Rebuild?" Xiong Lei's eyes were a little confused, "I thought the organization was going to be dismantled."
"How come?" Zhan Weidong said with a smile, "The 311th Division is a meritorious unit."
"A meritorious unit that was defeated, right?"
Zhan Weidong put away his smile and said seriously: "You look a little decadent, and I can understand your mood after losing the army."
"How understandable are you! A new recruit just out of the military academy..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhan Weidong on the opposite side shouted back with a louder voice: "You are even more unbearable when you are like this!"
"Cheer up, Colonel Xiong Lei, not only the 311th Division, but also the other two divisions. The heroes gave their lives in the war, and their will remains in the living."
Seeing that Xiong Lei was silent, Zhan Weidong's tone became calmer.
He talked about the specific work: "In addition to the seven army groups brought by General Yan, the army brothers coming from the rear also have more than 30 million unorganized troops pulled out of the new barracks. In addition, there are We have elites selected from various local defense forces in the Menghe Star Region, and there are 30 million of them. These reserve troops are to be filled into the troops fighting on the front lines, to supplement the troops, and to rebuild the organization for emptying. "
"I will be your partner."
"Although you may miss your previous partner more, I believe I can show enough professionalism to satisfy you."
"I have read your resume, and I think you are worthy of being an alliance hero, and I hope you can show enough professionalism. Otherwise, I can only regretfully report to my superiors to make it clear that you are no longer suitable to lead the army. You don’t want the 311th Division to be commanded by others in the future, right?”
After a moment of silence, Xiong Lei said: "Are all the younger generation of political commissars who have recently graduated from Zhongsi College as eloquent as you?"
"Maybe I'm the special one too."
"Huh..." Xiong Lei took a long breath, and then asked: "How long do we have?"
"Five months." Zhan Weidong said, "The soldiers from the Dragon Eagle Star Region have all gone through the alliance training camp, so there is no need to worry about their level; although the local recruits from the Menghe Star Region are somewhat uneven, they are still good. Carefully selected from various planetary defense forces, somewhat watery The personnel from both sides will form our new troops in a 5:5 ratio. We have five months to reorganize the troops and form combat effectiveness. After five months, the headquarters may issue an order at any time. Next, let’s return to the battlefield.”
Xiong Lei smiled bitterly and said: "After changing the blood up and down, can we still call the 311th Division?"
"It depends on you. I believe that with you here, the spiritual inheritance of the 311th Division can be passed on." As he said that, Zhan Weidong's face regained its previous energetic smile.
He extended his hand to Xiong Lei.
Xiong Lei looked at him deeply: "I hope your professional level is as good as your speaking level."
As he spoke, he also stretched out his hand and held it firmly with his new political commissar.
……
Like the 311th Division, divisions and brigade-level units that have been eliminated or beaten to pieces will be rebuilt in a similar way.
In fact, Xiong Lei's situation has been settled. After all, as a division commander and the highest military officer of the army, he still survived a brutal battle.
Most of the troops that needed to be rebuilt actually lost their leaders.
For example, the two divisions 077 and 240 fought side by side with the 311th Skeleton Division. The person with the highest military rank who survived was just a major commander.
At this time, the situation of rapid promotion during the war happened again.
The major commander was directly awarded a new military rank by the line of fire and became a lieutenant colonel. As a temporary division commander, like Xiong Lei, he began to reorganize his 077 division; the other 240 division, which did not even have school-level officers, was directly recruited from other divisions. The army transferred a lieutenant colonel to serve as division commander and shoulder the task of reconstruction.
Their organization sequence still belongs to the 5th Army Group, and they will return to the battlefield after the reorganization is completed.
As Zhan Weidong said, these 60 million reserve troops, as well as more and more reserve troops with the arrival of subsequent armies, will be used in a similar way to make up for the missing troops on the front line, or simply use them to rebuild serial number.
In this way, the alliance will ensure that the establishment of various units fighting on the front line does not shrink too seriously.
Only continuous blood transfusion can maintain combat effectiveness.
……
Talking about the battle on the front line, when the two battleships of Fury Flame arrived at Cross River VII together, the Furious Owl had to withdraw.
But it didn't leave the galaxy. Instead, it wandered outside the planet's orbit, staring eagerly at the two big guys even bigger than it.
Relying on the fact that the two battleships couldn't outrun him, the Raging Owl would often launch some attacks even if it was brave enough.
Take the lead, fire two shots, and then run away before the battleship can react.
Or, it will lead a team to harass the subsequent transport fleet coming from the jump point to deliver supplies to the ground. This forced the two large ships of the Raging Flame Chapter to not provide proper orbital support at all, and had to dispatch at least one of them to participate in the escort operation. Otherwise, without the battleships stationed, the Raging Owl would plunder Raging Flame's transport fleet, almost hitting them with accuracy.
The battlecruiser showed its role.
Its capabilities are impossible to ignore.
Raging Flame's two battleships were stretched to pieces.
It was replaced by an ordinary fast cruiser, and the battleship wouldn't even look at it.
But the battle cruiser is not good. If you ignore it, it can stir up the wind and rain unscrupulously, and even fire a "God's Punishment" from a distance. It is also a great threat to the battleship. After all, it is an X-level light spear array, which cannot be underestimated.
But if you try to take care of it, you can't control it. The Holy Grail class runs too fast and doesn't hold back.
Under its pull, there were clearly two enemy battleships in the Yuehe VII system, but the orbital threats faced by the Alliance forces on the ground were almost the same as before!
After all, the planet that had just replenished supplies and even had time to rearrange and strengthen several orbital gun fortresses already had strong protective capabilities.
On the contrary, although the princess rebels on the ground do not have to worry about being bombed, it will take time to reorganize the previously dispersed formations, which gives the alliance army an opportunity.
Seeing that Cross River VII is about to turn into a protracted meat grinder-style battlefield where both sides are bleeding each other, then hurry up and eliminate some effective forces before the enemy's chaos is over.
If you kill one more enemy at this time, you may lose one person to death later.
But at this moment, the Alliance discovered that these imperial traitors from the north had actually escaped!
After regaining their structure and organization, a large number of the princess's rebels moved to an area that had been cleared of rail guns, boarded transport spaceships, and evacuated from the ground.
The entire evacuation operation lasted for a month. Most of the princess's rebels withdrew from the surface and left Cross River VII under the escort of battleships.
They abandoned the galaxy.
(End of chapter)