Chapter 531, Kick Their Asses

Xiong Lei was in a high tower in the fortress, holding a telescope and looking through a small window at the battle surrounding the two Fury Space Marines. His palms were sweating from nervousness.

Although the 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 not much of an option of "saving people but losing land". The specific situation should be analyzed specifically. The fundamental reason for the survival of this planet lies in orbital defense. Otherwise, when the enemy's superior navy lets go and bombs the ground, it is almost impossible to defend it from the front, and it can only turn to guerrilla warfare.

That is not ineffective, but in a larger sense of the battlefield, it means the loss of the entire planet.

And to defend the planet, you have to defend the many orbital gun fortresses on the ground, ensure that there are means to directly threaten space from the ground, and prevent the enemy's navy from bombing recklessly.

Fortresses on the ground, such as the 311th Division, are life nodes. Losing one or two may not be a big problem; losing ten or eight will cause a big problem for the whole area. The enemy can deploy ground forces and supplies from this place more recklessly, and it will be difficult to recapture the place, because the enemy's navy can come to the corresponding orbital area after the threat is reduced, and the firepower can be smoothly descended here without being easily intercepted.

Let's talk about the situation Xiong Lei himself is facing. Once the fortress is lost, it will be difficult for him to evacuate even if he wants to with the surviving troops. The road to the next defensible fortress is not short, and after lacking cover, it will be pursued and bombed at all times. I don't know how many people will die on the road.

From these perspectives, the fortress cannot be lost, even if the blood is drained, it must be held here.

And now, he is observing the siege of the Fury Space Marines, which almost determines the victory or defeat.

To be honest, Xiong Lei's understanding of the Space Marines was not strong at the beginning.

He had seen the Phoenix before, but it was just a glimpse. At that time, he was deeply shocked by these heroic extraordinary warriors. He knew that these angels of death were powerful, but how powerful were they?

In recent times, he believed that the powerful individual capabilities of the Space Marines were effective in special operations and in attacking special locations. This was especially true in more complex terrains, such as places where heavy tanks could not enter.

And now, under his own observation, he found that he still underestimated the frontal combat capabilities of the Space Marines.

He witnessed with his own eyes how two Furies took on eight Sentinel mechas and three Feedback Power Armor Elites in just two minutes under fierce firepower.

Equipment advantage?

No, no, no, it is far from that simple.

It is not that simple to simply regard the advantages of the Space Marines over mortal soldiers as their ability to wear stronger power armor, have stronger strength and reaction speed, and have more accurate shooting skills.

When all indicators far exceed those of mortals, they seem to have really achieved transcendence in life.

Are our Sentinel Mechs and Feedback Power Armor really that much worse than the MK.8 equipped by the two Fury Flames in terms of performance?

Not necessarily?

But it just feels like being played with.

Everything is slower than others. The elites who can guarantee the hit rate when shooting at targets one by one, even at high-speed moving targets, are like wooden stakes at this time, reacting slowly and woodenly, and can't keep up at all; on the contrary, the huge Fury Flame warriors are like ghosts. The position where they kill always makes people feel incredible. Even if Xiong Lei is looking far away from a bird's-eye view and can see the overall situation better, he is often stunned by these Space Marines and can't see clearly at all.

At this point, he can basically judge that it is basically impossible to defeat the two Fury Flames with only thirty Sentinels and ten Feedback Power Armor elites.

Even if there are a large number of ordinary soldiers next to them, they can only help a limited amount.

Xiong Lei, who was watching the battle, sighed for a long time.

To be honest, this situation still broke his fantasy.

In his imagination, if he could destroy those angry flame warriors in this way, it would be the best;

But now he can't, his fantasy is shattered, and he can only return to reality.

Returning to reality also has its own way of fighting.

In the high tower, he slightly moved the telescope's sight, and five or six engineering teams were quickly approaching the place where they were fighting.

Ten minutes later, when only half of the elite sent by the 311th Division were left, the engineers finally arrived.

Until this time, the order to evacuate was issued to the elite warriors who were fighting to the death with the two angry flames.

They began to retreat.

The two angry flames seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

They did not pursue, and did not even break through along the previous target, but chose to retreat.

This somewhat disrupted Xiong Lei's deployment, but it was still too late for the angry flames to evacuate.

This place can almost be regarded as a battlefield that Xiong Lei concentrated on arranging for the enemy. The firepower points that appeared here can also be regarded as bait. Previously, when the angry flames attacked many areas, Xiong Lei did not move his troops, just waiting for them to attack here.

Here, the area below is empty.

If the mobile force can kill these two Furies, that would be the best and safest option; but if that doesn't work, then lead them here and then make the next move.

The engineering corps in the army had already calculated the explosives and blasting points needed to blow this place down.

Now is the moment to execute.

"Blast! Blast now!" He grabbed the intercom.

"But... our people haven't all evacuated yet..." The officer leading the engineers on the front line hesitated.

"I can't take care of it! Blast! If we don't blow it now, all the sacrifices before will be in vain!"

The reason for making such a decision is that Nuyan made a sharp judgment that they were evacuating this trap area.

We can't let them run away!

Under the clear order, the front-line commander gritted his teeth and made a decision.

The explosives were detonated, boom!

Under the sky-high flames and smoke, there were violent explosions and loud noises caused by the collapse of buildings and floors.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the place where the two Nuyans were originally besieged had become a ruin.

But Xiong Lei still felt that it was not safe enough.

He was too impressed by the strength of the Space Marines.

The explosion did collapse, and the people were buried, but... were they really dead?

Xiong Lei couldn't guarantee it.

After a moment of hesitation, he used backup measures for safety reasons.

The number of sentinel mechas and feedback power armors in the division is relatively small, but there are still many tanks.

The surrounding area was cleared, and a lot of open space was left after a wave of explosions, which was just right for parking tanks.

In the defense of the fortress, heavy armored vehicles such as tanks did not have much room to play, so they were simply used in this place.

Several Lion King tanks led the team, and dozens of lion tanks were in place, with a large number of infantry, surrounding the area.

Guarding the corpse.

Two days later, they really achieved some results.

The other three Fury Warriors raided this place.

This is of course not normal.

This place is not a strategic defense point, and it is guarded by heavy vehicles. No matter how thick the armor of the Space Marines is, it is not as thick as the lion tank, let alone compared with the Lion King tank that is like a mobile fortress; the main guns and secondary guns of these two tanks can form a fatal blow to the Space Marines. Even if it didn't hit directly, as long as the explosion point was a little closer, it could cause considerable damage.

They had no reason to attack here, unless the two Fury Flames buried below were really alive and they came to rescue their companions.

Then, a Fury Flame really crawled out from the ruins.

When he received the news, Xiong Lei was horrified - Space Marines are too hard to kill!

These are still two ordinary Space Marines.

I really don't know how those dozens of the most elite warriors in the Fury Flame Regiment were slaughtered in the "bloody death battle" that I heard in my ears before.

It's too hard to imagine!

But fortunately, only one person crawled out of the ruins, and he was seriously injured.

The three Fury Flames who came to support were unable to break through the encirclement of the tanks. They used plasma guns to destroy two Lions and severely damaged a Lion King. But it was also this Lion King that used the heavy artillery on it to give the three Fury Flame Warriors a hard blow.

They had clearly hidden behind the wall, but the cannon still blasted the entire wall into pieces and injured one of the Furies. The secondary gun that followed took his life.

In addition, the Furies that crawled out of the ruins were entangled by piles of infantry. He killed a lot, but was dragged to the spot and couldn't get out. The Alliance troops reacted and dispatched Sentinel Mechs and Power Armor Elites again, and finally killed the Furies with inconvenient legs and feet.

After losing one person and knowing that the fighting brothers 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 can't fight head-on with heavy armored units-unless they are in groups and carry targeted weapons.

But these conditions are not met by the two surviving Furies.

They can only withdraw sadly.

...

After this battle, Xiong Lei organized engineers to dig on the spot.

There is another Fury buried inside.

Although there was a high probability that he was dead, otherwise he should not have shown up when his brothers came to rescue him.

However, he was really worried before seeing the body.

After digging for three days, the body was dug up.

Now, Xiong Lei was relieved.

Although there were still two angry flames alive, and they vented their anger after the death of their three brothers, and then they did some things more frequently and more cruelly.

But on the one hand, their number has indeed dropped from 5 to 2, and the frequency will not be as fierce as before, and the blows suffered by their side have been reduced a lot;

Secondly, there are two targeted traps.

Although the opponent has also increased their vigilance, several waves of ambushes have not been able to kill these two people. But for the two of them, each time is still quite thrilling.

Later, they had to act more cautiously to avoid capsizing.

This further reduced the frequency of their attacks.

In this case, the troops under Xiong Lei even took the opportunity to recapture several previously occupied areas, and even drove the rebel troops out of the fortress for a time.

However, they quickly mobilized heavy firepower and fought back.

The three divisions of 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 and the surrounding forces of about three or four times the number outside, and they refused to retreat.

The supplies stored in the fortress were enough for them to fight for a long time. Occasionally, friendly forces were able to break through the siege and enter the fortress to bring them precious supplies. Airdrops were also a way to transport supplies.

But these supply methods were not stable, and the reserves of the fortress would be used up as the fighting intensified. What's more, there was really no place to replenish the dead and wounded soldiers.

Xiong Lei reported to his superiors many times for reinforcements, but to no avail.

Even the wounded could not be transported out, let alone the overall rotation of the troops.

But what could he do?

He could only grit his teeth and hold on.

After holding on for another half a month.

His troops once again repelled the enemy's attack.

To date, his troops have suffered more than 60,000 casualties, which has dealt a considerable blow to the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

But it is gratifying that the enemy paid at least 160,000 casualties in order to kill these 60,000 people.

Today, after the enemy was beaten back again, the dynamics were a bit strange: they retreated more than 20 kilometers as a whole.

What does this mean?

Can't fight anymore?

Xiong Lei thought it was unlikely.

He and his staff were more inclined to believe that the enemy had suffered too much loss in the past period of time and needed to retreat to accumulate strength for the future.

Although the enemy will inevitably come back, and by then, the invading enemy may become larger and stronger.

But at least for now, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

The troops still have no chance to withdraw to change guards, and the order Xiong Lei received is still to let their three divisions die here.

But they have been fighting for more than half a year. Even if they all claim to be elite, soldiers are also human beings. After showing heroic spirit under cruel training, they should also consider the weakness of flesh and blood.

He planned to take this opportunity to waste some logistical supplies and consume more food in the warehouse. The more scarce supplies such as alcohol and cigarettes could also be released for one or two days.

Even, the companies and regiments that were resting could hold some small parties internally.

Relaxing a little and relieving the tense mood could also restore morale.

The weather was good, and the night was clear and the starry sky was brilliant.

The soldiers who were drinking, eating military canned food and smoking in the campfire looked up and could even see a meteor with a long tail passing through the sky.

One, two, three...

The trajectory of the meteor was getting bigger and bigger.

‘Beep, beep! ’

The rapid alarm sounded, and the scene became panicked for a while.

Everyone knew that this was an air raid from orbit.

But what could they do?

Find a shelter, lie down, shiver...

They didn’t even care about the campfire.

They could only pray that the anti-orbital interception firepower in the fortress could play a sufficient role.

As if their prayers were heard, the anti-orbital system in the fortress detected the attack and opened fire at full power.

The meteors in the sky were intercepted one by one, and even a beam of light that was rapidly shining down was blocked.

However, this time the enemy's space navy seemed to be determined.

The firepower projected was extremely dense.

After all, the orbital gun failed to intercept everything.

A beam of light shone into the fortress.

The main gun of the anti-orbital system was destroyed.

Then, missiles, macro guns, and light spears continued to fall.

One after another, anti-orbital weapons were destroyed, and those that were not accurately bombarded were directly bombarded in various parts of the fortress.

The soldiers on the surface could only pray desperately.

After two hours of concentrated bombardment, the orbital concentrated attack from the traitor navy finally ended.

The fortress, which had already experienced the frost in the previous half a year of battle, has now completely turned into ruins. The anti-orbital system inside and the garrison stationed there were all buried in the ruins.

…

‘Fortress No. 224 on Planet VII.3 of Yuehe was destroyed by the full force of the enemy navy. The 5th Army Group stationed there, the 077th Division, the 240th Division, and the 311th Division, were completely wiped out. ’

The fate of Xiong Lei’s troops, in the eyes of Perbov, the vanguard commander-in-chief, was just such a short text.

Moreover, this text was not sent to Perbov alone, but was listed in a whole report, mixed with the numbers of many troops, and was not even noticeable.

In fact, the situation encountered by the 311th Skeleton Division was indeed not an isolated case.

That was the general situation on the entire Planet VII.3 of Yuehe. The only difference was that some were blown to pieces, some were conquered, and some were still defending...

Even more than this planet, on the defense line built by Perbov around the northern bulge of the Menghe star field, consisting of more than 20 fortified worlds, there were almost similar situations.

War is undoubtedly cruel, and the lives of soldiers are constantly consumed on various planets every moment.

This was also the first time that Perbov was independently responsible for such a large-scale war involving multiple star regions.

He was of course nervous and was not sure whether the decision he made was really correct enough.

It was not until now that he dared to say roughly that at least he did not make a big mistake.

They retreated to the three star regions of Zhongbei River, Houbei River, and Med, where many fortress worlds were built, and they fought so hard, not to mention actively fighting with the main force of Nuyan in Qianbei River or Guyin and Seth.

If he made the wrong choice at that time, there would be big problems.

However, making the right choice is the right thing, but the pressure at this moment is not small at all.

Sitting in the command center, the most news he received was asking for help, asking for help, and asking for help.

Each division fighting on the front line asked the army group for reinforcements, and the army group asked for reinforcements from the army group; but each army group often had to be responsible for the defense of multiple planets, and the troops were also stretched, and they kept asking Perbov for people.

Who else did Perbov have?

With only one army group, he could only split it into one division after another, and try his best to deploy it to the place where the battle was fierce, but it was often a drop in the bucket.

What's more, he couldn't send out all the reserve troops in his hand in one go.

The number of local allied forces gathered from the south of Menghe Star Region is relatively large, but in the absence of naval power, safe deployment is a big problem.

Even if the deployment is successful, the defense forces that go down will still be at a great disadvantage when they really fight with the princess rebels.

It still cannot change the overall situation of the war.

Perbov also has to coordinate the naval forces. Although they are weak, they cannot be invisible at all. They cannot let the enemy's navy run rampant. Moreover, they have to rely on the power of the navy to protect the transport ships and deploy reinforcements and logistical supplies to the surface of each fortress planet as much as possible...

Perbov has never been under such great pressure in his life.

This is different from being trapped in a dilemma.

Facing the front-line battle, he can throw away everything and rely on his passion to do it.

As long as he is not afraid of death, he may have a chance to survive.

But in his current position, he can't do this.

He is walking on thin ice. One order, one decision, will affect the lives of tens of millions, or even tens of millions of people.

This kind of pressure is too terrifying.

But what can be done?

He can only grit his teeth and hold on.

The soldiers and officers on the front line are holding on, and he, the commander-in-chief, is also holding on.

There is no retreat.

This line of defense is the last lifeline.

Once it is broken, the enemy will drive straight in, and there will be no danger to defend behind.

What's more, it is gratifying that the time he needs to defend should not be too long.

He has learned that the alliance has completed the final mobilization in the mainland.

The army led by Governor Gu has set off.

And something happened that surprised him even more-he received a communication request from Yan Fangxu.

"I am Perbov." At first, he was still holding his posture.

Yan Fangxu on the opposite side smiled mischievously: "Guess where I am?"

"Be serious!" Perbov said with a fierce face, and then he seemed to think of something and asked: "Are you..."

"I'm here." Yan Fangxu restrained his smile: "Comrade Perbov, you have worked hard. The governor ordered us to complete the next work together. This time, I brought seven Union Army Groups, and I also came with the "Angry Owl."

Perbov finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought he would have to hold on until the governor arrived, but he didn't expect that reinforcements would arrive first.

Seven army groups mean 140 million genuine Union Army soldiers;

The "Angry Owl" is the newly completed battlecruiser of the Union!

With these things, even Yan Fangxu's face, which he always felt a little disliked, became cute at this moment.

Perbov didn't mind someone coming to 'seize power' who was in a higher position and military rank than him. He only cared about one thing:

"Very good! You came at the right time! I can't wait to kick their asses!"

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I still owe 122k

Last month, my writing state was quite bad, and I could barely keep updating; this month I hope to recover and pay more debts.