Chapter 663, Battle of Titans
The ships of both sides are entangled with each other in space. If anyone comes near the orbit of the planet to support the ground battlefield, the other side will definitely not agree.
However, both sides can always be caught with similar opportunities.
The other side's ships will come over immediately to relieve the siege, and the railguns on the ground will often fire at this time. Soon, the starships that came to interfere in the ground battle were driven away.
However, it does not take long for the starship to come to support. In just a short period of time, a few missiles, macro cannons, and light spear shots can significantly change the ground battle.
Both sides have to rely more on orbital gun groups to drive away enemy ships and intercept orbital firepower.
What needs to be intercepted are not only the orbital strikes from the occasional starships, but also the opponent's land-based missiles.
The battle that unfolded in this plain area had a seemingly long contact surface of 300 kilometers. But in reality, it is actually very short when hit by highly destructive weapons.
It is also a feasible solution to carry some Dongfengfen-class missiles to the ground and then configure missile launchers to directly attack the opposite position from land.
One shot of Dongfeng Burn can cover dozens of kilometers with its power - with a few more shots, the enemy's entire front can be covered.
Under this missile, all exposed personnel within a radius of six kilometers in the central area will be eliminated, no matter how many soldiers are accumulated inside; for soldiers in the trenches, the killing radius can also reach about three kilometers, which means hiding in the trenches It's not very useful.
Unless you are in some solid permanent fortifications or shelters, you may be able to survive as long as you are more than one kilometer away from the impact point.
Using this kind of super bomb as the core is a conventional tactical method. After the huge missile exploded, the ground troops brought three defense equipment and came back to get twice the result with half the effort.
Both sides are also equipped with such weapons on the ground, and in the sky, there are also larger starships.
A bombing often results in tens to hundreds of thousands of casualties, and the front lines on both sides will undergo major changes.
But the reason why the front line was not fully covered by such large bombs was because of the interception of various types of anti-aircraft firepower.
The price of this thing is high and the reserves are small. If it is released once and then intercepted at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the power it can explode is of course still there, but it is relatively limited, and depending on the interception position, it may also blow up one's own people.
To put it bluntly, the interception methods of these universities are the key to the continuation of the ground war.
But while not wanting to be bombed by the other side, who doesn’t want to bomb the other side?
Salius and Martins thought.
Before, they had tried to conduct space warrior infiltration operations to attack the enemy's defense and interception firepower and railgun fortress in an attempt to destroy them.
But it failed every time.
Iron Armor attaches great importance to this defense.
Just like the empire attaches great importance to the defense of its interception position.
And this is the reason why the precious Titan was used to create an already large protrusion in the battle line.
This kind of protrusion is an excellent base for attacking, and it is easier to encircle the enemy, because this kind of protrusion itself poses a threat to the enemy's flanks, and at the same time, it is also the closest to the strategic target behind the enemy's rear, shortening the need to advance. distance.
The protrusion created by the Alliance National Knights pointed directly at a core area behind the enemy.
There, it was not only Tie Jiaifang's material operation center on the ground, but also the empire's large storage base before the Battle of Wanzhou Star. At the same time, key fire interception positions and rail guns were also deployed there.
By capturing this place, not to mention winning the battle, at least some of our own super-large bombs, dropped by missiles or strategic bombers, will have a greater chance and be less likely to be intercepted.
But from a defensive perspective, the salient position is extremely disadvantageous. Because the length of the defense line protruding from this area is much longer than the length of the defense line stretched into a straight line, this means that more troops are needed for defense, and because the flanks are exposed, it is easy for the enemy to break in from the roots of the two wings and be surrounded.
It is precisely because of the obvious advantages and disadvantages of the salient that both sides of the war engage in fierce battles and even strategic decisive battles around the salient.
At present, the empire is unwilling to give up the opportunity to attack, so it invests a large amount of troops to protect those protrusions; and Tie Jia is naturally aware of the empire's strategic goals, in order to eliminate the threat of this "offensive springboard" to important bases in the rear , and also strive to eliminate this protrusion that penetrates into our own defense line.
After a night of fighting between the space warriors, the genius will be revealed, and the Iron Armor side will launch a ferocious attack on the protrusion.
In the early morning, heavy artillery covered the Imperial position.
That really blew up every inch of the land.
Imperial heavy artillery was also returning fire.
It is a bit difficult to bomb the opponent's artillery position. Both sides have moved the artillery position to a relatively rear position. But you can predict the direction in which the enemy will attack. Regardless of whether the enemy has actually launched an attack, it is correct to cover it with countless artillery shells.
However, the army of infected people in the iron armor still rushed forward despite the pressure of the bombardment.
Every inch of the land had been blasted, but now many human soldiers appeared. Machine guns, rifles, and attached howitzers were all pushed out of the artillery holes, and both sides even had their faces fixed with bayonets.
Moreover, both sides are constantly adding troops to the front line of the battle.
It's just that this increase in troops is very difficult. It is difficult for artillery to directly bombard the troops on both sides fighting face to face, but it can move the bombardment line back a few hundred meters. Whether it is the iron-armored infected troops or the empire's infantry and armored troops, if they want to come up, they have to get through this bombardment line, and they don't know what the price will be.
In this process, the human side's situation of increasing troops will be more ideal than that of the iron armor side.
People are smarter, they know how to dig tunnels to send more troops forward; they know how to stop for a while when a tunnel is blown down; they know how to climb over from the ground, but they also know how to take their time step by step, find cover, and move forward between shellings.
Huge casualties are still unavoidable before reinforcements can go to the front line.
Fortunately, the opposite side is even worse. The proportion of stupid infected people who can be reinforced is even lower.
I stared at the protrusion and worked hard all morning. I suffered heavy casualties and expended a lot of shells, but the effect was average.
The Empire also endured great challenges and suffered heavy casualties, but at least they managed to hold on.
By noon, the number of new infected troop reinforcements was getting smaller and smaller, and the remaining enemies were eliminated one by one. The imperial soldiers on the position thought they could calm down for a while and calm down before fighting the next battle.
As a result, the expected peace did not come. On the contrary, the whole earth trembled.
The soldiers were a little surprised.
This trembling feeling was familiar to them.
Titan's footsteps.
Two days ago, when they were attacking this protrusion, they fought alongside the Titans.
The Titans are here again? But I haven’t heard of any large-scale offensive operations recently?
Titans are not defensive weapons, they are the most powerful offensive weapons.
Perhaps it was because it was difficult to defend the salient, so the superiors sent Titans to fight to give the attacking infected a look?
But soon, they felt something was wrong.
As time passed, not only the vibrations of the earth were heard, but also when real footsteps appeared, they suddenly discovered that the direction from which the Titans came was actually from the enemy's side!
The iron-armored Titan is on the move!
Of course, the Iron Armor Rebels also have Titans. Previously, they had such a good relationship with the Alfonzo sect, so of course they would ask for the support of the Titan Legion from Alfonzo.
Titans, knight mechas, they all have them too.
However, the number of Titans and knights owned by Iron Armor is definitely much less than that of the Empire. In previous battles, they rarely used this powerful but precious weapon.
But today, they used it, and as soon as they invested, they invested in a big wave.
At least two hundred knights and titans have entered this position!
A few days ago, the Iron Armor side was attacked by the Alliance Titan, and all the suffering they suffered was returned.
After paying a great price and holding on to the defense line all morning, it was finally breached.
The Iron Armor rebels even pushed their artillery positions forward a lot and projected firepower towards the Empire's artillery positions.
The Titans are doing the same.
In an instant, the artillery positions that the Empire had been firing ferociously before became somewhat quiescent.
If they continue to blow up like this, I'm afraid the whole thing will be destroyed.
What's even worse is that the Iron Armor Rebels' attack was aimed at the 'root' of the protrusion. Once they are really penetrated, the entire army in the salient will probably have to make dumplings for them.
Within the entire protrusion, there are not only sixteen divisions deployed as defenders, but also a large force preparing to launch a forward offensive from the protrusion.
If the Iron Armor Rebels really want to be rounded up, then if their escape route is cut off and the logistics cannot make up for it, they may have to suffer the consequences of the entire organization being annihilated.
That's millions of troops!
Once this happens, it will be a tragic defeat.
At this critical moment, it is still the National Knights of the Alliance who show their power.
While the Titans of the Iron Armored Rebels were showing off their power, the Titans of the Alliance also appeared.
Suddenly, a rare titan army battle broke out on the land of Wanzhou Planet.
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Colonel Gu Zhouhua was on the operating platform, nervously doing two things. On the one hand, he was observing the enemy's situation, and on the other hand, he was always paying attention to the information coming from the various components of the warlord-level Titan he was on.
Next to him, there are two deputy operators at the rank of major; within Titan, there are another fourteen operators and coordinators responsible for various components.
Together they formed the operations team of this warlord-class Titan.
This is the biggest difference between Titan and Knight mecha. The Titan requires an entire operator team to control it, while the Knight Mecha only has one person.
According to general tradition, there is no distinction between military ranks in the Titan Legion.
It’s also easy to understand.
The Empire's Titan Legions are basically subordinate to the Mechanicus. Each Mechanicum does not divide its superiors and subordinates based on military ranks, so naturally, there are no military ranks in the general Titan Legion.
But the alliance is obviously not an ordinary situation.
The National Knights, with the title of Knights, drive Knight mechas and Titans, but in fact, they are still part of the Alliance Army and are under the direct leadership and jurisdiction of the Alliance Army Department. Most of their precious equipment was produced by the Alliance itself, while the smaller part came from the Mingyang Sect on Jindi Star. But even if it comes from the Mechanicus, it is still bought. The drivers and Titan operation team members are all trained by the Army itself, so they will naturally be managed by military ranks.
This is Colonel Gu Zhouhua.
His surname is Gu, and he really comes from the same family as Governor Gu, but the bloodline is far away. His grandfather was a middle-level member of Gu's trading company back then. By his generation, the Gu family has long been more than just a businessman. They were mixed up in trading houses and transportation teams.
Although Governor Gu did not take special care of them, with their surname, background, and some abilities, they were still able to achieve some achievements in all aspects within the entire alliance system.
Gu Zhouhua attended military school and Chungse Academy, and then with good grades, he entered the Titan Legion, and within a few years, he took on the role of commander of the warlord-level Titan.
However, he was still very nervous at the moment.
Although there have been many confrontational trainings between Titans before this, can training and actual combat be the same thing?
During the training, it was mainly about drills. The shells fired were all fake training shells, and the close combat was even more sparing, for fear of damaging the Titan a little bit, it would be very expensive to repair the Titan.
Of course they are not without practical experience.
Wasn't that battle fought by the Titans a few days ago?
Counting further back, as the decisive force in the army, they participated in many battles.
However, in the past, wars were won by using superior troops to fight against inferior forces; using superior equipment to fight infantry, tanks, and fortresses.
It was indeed the first time for the titans to fight to the death like this.
But what can make people breathe a sigh of relief is that the number of enemies seems to be less than them.
After receiving the urgent order to attack, the Alliance National Knights came out in full force.
There were three hundred knights and titans, while the other side looked like they were only in their early 200s.
This made Gu Zhouhua feel a little relieved.
You should be able to win, right?
But he soon became worried again.
Winning or losing depends on the overall strategy. When a war actually breaks out, who lives and who dies on the front line has nothing to do with who wins the final victory.
But these messy thoughts disappeared when the first cannonball hit the warlord-level Titan to which he belonged.
"Confirm void shield loss!"
"Weapon system preparation!"
"Lock the target! Fight the traitorous mecha that appears the most!"
"Launch!"
"Launch again!"
"Charge! Kill them!"
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To make up for yesterday, there is another chapter.
(End of chapter)