Chapter 662, healthy competition
The 'Knights of the Alliance Nation', with the word 'Knights' in it, has actually been the position of the Titan Legion for a long time.
There are indeed a large number of knight mechas among them, but the most important ones are still the many titans.
There are dozens of them, ranging from warlord level to war dog level.
Supplemented by three times the number of knight mechas of all levels. For example, the size of the Dominator-class Knight mecha is almost comparable to that of the War Dog-class Titan.
They walked across the plains, and every time their steps hit the ground, they would bring heavy tremors, like an earthquake.
The giant cannon loaded on it caused lasers, macro cannons, and rockets to fly freely on the battlefield.
At the same time, their huge bodies are also the best cover. The tanks and armored vehicles accompanying them, advancing together, fired forward unscrupulously.
Behind the assaulting armored forces, 100,000 artillery pieces were assembled, firing various types of artillery shells intensively into the enemy's positions at a speed that spared no expense to the life of the barrels.
The width of this attack is limited to about ten kilometers.
Under this width, such intensive firepower caused the iron armor's defense line to waver significantly.
The resistance forces on the battlefield were almost suppressed to the point where they could not even raise their heads.
When the tanks rolled over the trenches, the enemy soldiers hiding in the trenches and corners of the trenches had no way to resist. Then, when the infantry assaulted them and began to clear out the enemy trenches one by one, as soon as they showed signs of resistance, tanks and even Titan cannons would come to blast them. No matter how strong the soldier hiding cave is, it cannot stop such an explosion.
The bunkers set up and the firepower points for close support were all ruthlessly removed one by one.
At this time, the long-range firepower of the iron armor also showed its power.
The artillery, which was no less numerous than the Empire's, covered the attacking National Knights, as well as the Empire's artillery positions that were already firing from behind.
Artillery is certainly useful.
In just two rounds of strikes, many Imperial tanks were destroyed, and the artillery positions in the rear were also damaged.
But the most critical Titan was not severely damaged.
The agile movements of Titans and Knight mechas make them less likely to be hit than tanks despite their size; the energy shields they are equipped with, and even the void shields used by warlords, make them even more difficult to hit unless they are If you are hit by a lot of concentrated firepower in a short period of time, it will be difficult to receive substantial damage otherwise.
The artillery position where Tiejai launched a counterattack was quickly destroyed.
Not only did the Empire's artillery hit them, but the attacking Titans were also capable enough to pour out their firepower.
Taking a step back, on the premise that the positions on the ground cannot withstand the assault of the imperial armored forces, with the speed and cross-country capabilities of the Knight mecha, it can reach a place 40 kilometers away from the front line in just over an hour in a hurry.
The artillery commander of Tiejai also understood this, but under the strong request of his superiors, he still fired two rounds of fire as much as possible.
Of course, it was meaningless in the end. It was a certainty that this fifteen-kilometer-long position would be fully breached.
At the same time, because of the two extra rounds of firepower, it was a little late to move the artillery positions.
They had suffered losses in the distant fire confrontation, so that was fine. After all, they had achieved results. But being thrust into the face by dozens of knight mechas would really be the end of the world.
The artillery position with powerful firepower at a close distance has no ability to resist at all.
They could only endure huge casualties and disperse and escape.
If you run now, you can still take advantage of the fact that there are not many knight mechas, and you can't take care of all the people who are fleeing. If we delay for a while longer and wait for the equally fast mobile troops to come up, no one will be able to escape.
Throughout the entire process, the rebels' most powerful Space Marines never appeared.
Space Marines are certainly powerful, but on such a large-scale battlefield, what can the most elite Space Marines do?
Facing the roar of 100,000 artillery pieces and carpet bombing, the Space Marines would die even if they were shot.
They are not like Titans. Each one has an energy shield and a void shield, which can resist artillery to a certain extent.
They can't continue to rush forward under fierce fire like the knight mecha.
Even if they stood in front of the steel torrent, they would still be crushed. In this scenario, Space Marines are not much different from advanced infantry.
That's not how Space Marines are used.
The use of space warriors was also demonstrated in the iron armor that night.
They organized an infiltration strike at night.
The Space Marines formed a total of dozens of three-person teams, quickly penetrated into the Empire's lines, and began to massacre.
It's not just killing people without any purpose.
Destroy the ammunition depot, capture the survivors and find the camps of the Knight Mecha and Titan operators, then massacre and destroy the artillery positions...
They come quickly, like ghosts; when they retreat, they fly away, but they can't be stopped.
Often, the empire would launch similar retaliatory actions, or station itself locally to fight against the infiltrated iron-armored warriors.
On this three-hundred-kilometer-long front, similar situations occur every moment.
But this time, the situation is a little different. After using so many Knight mechas and Titans to break through a 15-kilometer-long defense line, it must be to continue to accumulate strength for the next attack. It is an impact. How could the grand strategy of the entire war situation allow for such destruction?
The Space Marines from the Empire's side have already made arrangements to come over.
After a massive attack during the day, they failed to show up.
There was no need for the Space Marines to end up with the torrent of steel pushing across them.
But in this kind of special offensive and defensive operations at night, facing the infiltrating Space Marine elite, only those of the same level can fight against them.
The number of our own space warriors is less than that of the infiltrated iron armor warriors, only about half.
However, when the fight actually started, it was lively and dramatic. The ones with the most brilliant results were a Phoenix team and an Otaupis team.
They were all organized into groups of three, and each group destroyed at least several times their own armored warriors.
After daybreak, they compared the results together. The Otaupis battle group was slightly better. Their result was 17 people. The Phoenix team on the other side only had 14 people, three less.
However, the three-person Phoenix team remained intact after the war. Although all three of them were injured, they all survived. On the contrary, the Otaupis team on the other side had one after a night of fighting. A battle brother, he closed his eyes forever. From this perspective, it is difficult to say who won and who lost in the end.
This healthy competition between the two war groups has been going on for some time.
At first, the warriors of Otaupis were quite arrogant and indifferent.
They have always been like this when cooperating and communicating with other war groups.
Better equipment, better treatment, stronger personal strength... They are a direct lineage from the center of the empire. Except for those founding chapters with a glorious history, they will take a high look at them. Others, They don't pay much attention to it.
However, the Phoenix Battle Group's performance made them unconvinced, but they also had to admit that this was a strong competitor.
Although, during the cruel war period, the middle and high-level officers of the two battle groups were restraining their arrogant soldiers and strictly prohibited private fights and duels, even just sparring and practicing martial arts.
If you have that strength, wouldn't it be better to stay on the battlefield and use it to kill the enemy?
But when there are the same enemies, it is very useful to use the armored heads as a comparison tool.
Both sides can often achieve similar results.
What else can you say?
It was definitely impossible to be convinced with words, but in the heart, there was no doubt that the other party was on the same level as himself.
In comparison, another war group, the Blood Shark Chapter, is also enough to attract people's attention.
They may have a slight gap in combat effectiveness compared to Iron Armor and Otaupis. However, the tactical tradition of rapid assault strikes that this chapter is particularly good at has allowed them to achieve very significant results in various attacks on key enemy targets.
In terms of preventing one's own side from infiltration and special operations, their performance is mediocre; but if they are sent to perform similar tasks, they can be slightly more efficient than Otaupis and Phoenix.
Comparing these three battle groups that performed very well, the remaining seven battle groups all performed mediocrely, at the normal level, even slightly worse than the Iron Armor.
Of these seven battle groups, except for the Spear of the Dragon King, the other six are troops with only about a hundred or two hundred people each. When the Sun Expeditionary Army was formed, they were sent by their parent group to support them.
The confrontations between Space Marines are also very important and brutal.
There are always some frontline command centers on both sides that are suddenly wiped out at critical moments; various beheading tactics emerge in endlessly; key strategic points are quickly captured by Space Marines... Often only a few dozen people, or even a few people, can defeat one person. A battle involving tens of thousands of people on both sides has a huge impact on the winner and loser.
And the fighting between them has also caused both sides to rapidly reduce their numbers.
So far, more than 500 Imperial Space Marines have been killed.
On the other side, it was confirmed that the number of iron-armored warriors killed must have exceeded a thousand. Among the results of these battles, more than half were killed by Phoenix, Otaupis, and Blood Sharks. On the one hand, these three battle groups have the largest number, and on the other hand, it is also a manifestation of their strong combat capabilities.
Combined, more than 1,500 Space Marines from both sides died in less than a month, which shows the intensity of the war.
Even Space Marines are so dead, let alone ordinary troops.
Tens of millions of people were fighting each other on this not-so-large plain. The number of people killed by bullets, artillery, and bombings every minute was counted in the hundreds.
In one month of fighting, the empire had lost more than two million soldiers.
There is no difference between secondary battles and main battles at all. For a section of the position, the two sides fought continuously to kill it, filling it with countless artillery shells and bombs, supplemented by the blood of soldiers, the remains of tanks and armored vehicles...the trenches were filled!
Even the Sun Legion and the Alliance Army, which are known for their elites, suffered from such horrific casualties, and their morale was shaken.
Maybe it's okay on the overall front, but if it falls on the division or regiment where the fighting is fiercest, the sacrifice ratio can reach 50% or 70% in a short period of time.
It is normal for the morale of those left alive to collapse.
Even if it is an iron army, the people who make up the army are not really iron.
However, no one will lose their mind and run away. Even if morale collapses, they will not abandon their position and run away.
There is no way to survive if you run away.
Not to mention how intimidating the military law enforcement was, even in an environment where ferocious fighting was taking place every moment, day and night, it was impossible for them to run away.
If you stick to your position honestly, you may be able to survive for a while; if you run back, you may be shot or shot to the ground in the next second.
Except for the shell holes and trenches, the enemy's artillery fire was within the range of the enemy's artillery fire for a distance of several kilometers, and there was no way to escape.
On the other side, Tiejai didn't have any worries about morale.
Those infected whose brains have been completely parasitized are not afraid of life or death.
However, they also lack subjective initiative and are rigid, rigid, and clumsy. Even though they are the same as human troops, holding similar weapons and wearing similar protective armor, they can only act according to the commander's orders. Although this improves their organization and discipline, it also loses their 'humanity'. They are unable to show their uniquely human bravery on the battlefield, unable to create 'miracles', and they are often caught making mistakes. , you have to make huge sacrifices, and then you don’t know how to adapt.
Let them rush into a position with a heavy bolter, and they will rush up in a hurry. According to the orders of the superior commander, it is indeed not a loss if they can rush down hard, but when a fire attack from the side suddenly comes, they don't know how to hide, and they are wiped out in pieces. When the superiors come, new ones come. Before the order was issued, the troops on the front line performing combat missions did not know how to adapt.
Because of this, after the empire suffered millions of casualties, the number of casualties suffered by the infected army on the opposite side would only be higher, and the difference could even be about twice as much.
Moreover, the infected do not yet have the ability to eat corpses and recycle biomass to hatch new troops. If you die, you will really die.
From this point of view, if the Wanzhou Star slowly wears out, the one that cannot hold on in the end will be the iron armor...?
No.
There is another huge variable, which comes from the sky.
Warships from both sides are always trying to provide support.
A ferocious orbital bombardment can bring about a huge change in the ground battle.
(End of chapter)