1566 Retreat

"Ever since I followed the Great Dragon Lord and became a soldier of the Ellandhill Empire, I have never fought such an aggrieved battle." Putting the telegrams into a ball and throwing them under his feet, Adair snorted helplessly One sound.

The position he held on to, the enemy did not advance a step within 10 days, but because of the enemy's attack in other directions, he had to keep mobilizing troops to support the battle in other directions.

At the beginning, he didn't feel the pressure, but soon he realized that the reserves he could use were getting less and less.

"The armored troop has been withdrawn, and more than half of the missile troop has been withdrawn. Now even the light infantry is not spared... Alas..." Adair thought of the troops that had been withdrawn these days, feeling inexplicably in a bad mood up.

He looked at the position in the distance and complained: "Let's not mention the masters, most of the magician troops were transferred to the north, and the swordsmen and elves' masters were all defending in the west... God puppets and grenadiers were all taken away." Transferred to the south."

Originally, these elite troops were gathered together, and they might launch a counterattack at any time, creating pressure on the guard troops on the opposite side.

But now these troops have been dispersed and dispatched, so there are very few troops that Adair can invest in the counterattack.

Without these elite troops, the dragon masters also began to become a field firefighting team, who could only rush to the accident site to stabilize the line of defense when the enemy broke through the position.

This passive style of play also caused casualties in the dragon troops, and the number of ordinary troops in Adair's hands has also been greatly reduced.

The two clone armor divisions that were originally used as support have now been transferred to other lines of defense to perform tasks.

And the 5 clone infantry divisions and 5 puppet divisions that were originally assigned to Adair, now there are only 2 left.

"Not bad, at least our current supplies are sufficient." A dragon commander comforted.

Adair nodded depressedly, agreeing with his opinion: "Yes, at least our supplies are still guaranteed, otherwise this battle will come to an end."

The only good news is that because the underground bunkers extend in all directions and there are rails to support the transportation, the frontline troops do not lack any supplies at all.

The daily supplies can still arrive on time, the ammunition is sufficient and the food is good, so everyone's fighting enthusiasm is also very high. It's just that I'm a little frustrated because I keep retreating.

"The telegram says to tear down the two clone grenadier divisions that have lost part of their establishment,

Pull it back to rest..." Adair looked at his subordinates and said.

"Then our remaining troops will be a bit powerless to hold on to the entire defense line." The dragon commander immediately became nervous.

"That's right, so what General Andre means is that we abandon the current defense line and retreat to the new defense line behind." Adair said helplessly.

He paused for a moment, and then added: "When we get there, we will be supplemented by two defensive puppet robot divisions to temporarily relieve the pressure on our troops."

"Give up another position?" The Dragon Commander was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "We have stood here for 10 days, and the enemy has not been able to break through our line of defense. Now let us abandon this place... Really..."

Adair also had no choice but to look down at the telegram crumpled under his feet, and said with emotion: "If I transfer two more divisions, I will only have two reserve teams of robotic light infantry divisions in my hand." Now, the entire line of defense will be very dangerous..."

He glanced at the map and added: "In addition, we insist on staying here, which objectively lengthens the line of defense and increases the defensive area. In fact, the gain outweighs the gain."

Because in the past few days, most of the defense areas of the Irish Empire's entire defense line have been compressed, and only the defense area in charge of the more elite Adair is still capable of partial counterattacks and tug-of-war with the watchers .

Under such circumstances, the entire defense line gradually became the shape of an egg, the defense line guarded by Adair remained unchanged, and the other defense lines were compressed by the enemy.

Forming such a shape increases the attack area of ​​the entire circular defense line, and indeed increases the difficulty of defense.

"If we don't go, we can't. If we continue to stay here, the two wings will be in danger of being broken by the enemy." In the end, Adair had to complain.

In fact, he is also very clear that Andre can't find too elite troops now to help him consolidate the defensive positions on both wings.

Since the day Adair arrived at Higgs 5, he has seen more than 20 nuclear bombs attacking the enemy's rear. If the number of nuclear bombs dropped before is counted, the total number is close to 30.

In fact, this is also close to the upper limit of the number of nuclear bombs hoarded by Higgs 5-don't think too few, in fact, the supply of nuclear weapons in the Alan Hill Empire is really in short supply.

First of all, there are too many planets that need to be defended, and the enemy may attack too many planets, so nuclear weapons must be prepared on these planets to use as killers.

In this way, tens of thousands of nuclear bombs were scattered, and eventually dozens of bombs could be hoarded on a planet, which is not too small.

In addition, with the emergence of the space carrier-based aircraft of the Alan Hill Empire, space carrier-based aircraft that lack strike means are also using nuclear bombs as their main strike weapons.

Therefore, tens of thousands of carrier-based aircraft have taken up a large amount of nuclear weapon production capacity. On hundreds of Giant-class aircraft carriers, the nuclear missiles hoarded are much more than the nuclear bombs hoarded on the planet.

If Higgs 5 hadn't been strengthened as a key defense zone earlier, it's hard to say whether there would be so many nuclear bombs.

Andre may still have about 10 nuclear bombs that can be used now. Once these nuclear bombs are exhausted, his means of interfering with the enemy's rear will almost be exhausted.

It is actually unrealistic to count on the fighter force, because today's fighter force in the Higgs 5 atmosphere has lost too much, and has even gradually lost its air supremacy.

Half a month ago, after being reinforced by a large number of sky warships, the fighter force of the Alan Hill Empire has indeed stabilized its defensive air supremacy. From time to time, it can take the initiative to attack and compete with the prowlers for air supremacy in the theater.

However, as the battle continued, the Sky Fleet, which had almost no supplies, also began to have the problem of insufficient number of carrier-based aircraft. On today's sky warships, half of the fighter jets left is considered very good.

It has been felt that the air force is getting more and more difficult, which is also a main reason why Adair decided to retreat. He knew that the air force could no longer guarantee air supremacy in the existing airspace, and they had to give up part of the theater to save troops for the air force.

...

"Oh roar!" In the universe outside the SY-9 experimental satellite, after a few days of practice, the test pilot who has become familiar with the control of the new cosmic humanoid weapon is feeling the feeling of flying in the universe.

That is really the feeling of flying in the universe, he has completely let go of himself! The huge thrust of the thrusters brought the experimental body past the huge Exploration-class destroyer, and the test pilot even coquettishly made the body he was driving perform a series of rolling maneuvers.

"The experimental data shows that the reaction speed of the latest experimental body is 35% faster than that of the Z-type fighter jet!" An experimenter sat in front of the computer and said in surprise as he looked at the data on it.

Beside him, another experimenter also excitedly agreed: "In addition, its range is almost twice that of the Z-type fighter jet. No matter from which aspect, I think we have succeeded."

The new airframe is much more powerful than the previous fighters, and the weapons and equipment developed for the new airframe have begun to take shape.

The first is the armor-piercing nuclear bomb used to attack the enemy's large warships. After improvement, it is installed in a launcher similar to a rocket launcher, allowing this huge body to be launched on the shoulders.

Similar to the launch mode of a recoilless gun, it can ensure that the missile does not affect the flight of the body when it is launched, and the accuracy of the hit is guaranteed.

At the same time, the magic protection device specially developed for this body has also entered the experimental stage-this thing is actually not a new product, it is just a slight modification of the device on the Z-type fighter.

Because there is a lot of energy in the body, the place where the energy is placed is vacant, so this time the defense level of the magic defense barrier is higher, which also increases the defense of this experimental body in disguise.

At the same time, this new type of airframe is also compatible with old-fashioned weapons and equipment, and can directly mount the nuclear missiles mounted on the Z-type fighter jets on the arms, which is equivalent to carrying three nuclear bombs at the same time, and the attack capability is also stronger.

In terms of self-defense weapons or combat weapons, the new airframe plans to use a newly developed 50mm caliber electromagnetic cannon, which is used in a hand-held manner. At the same time, combined with the latest technology, the Alan Hill Empire has also created a very interesting weapon for this new mech.

This starts with the attachment of the Heavenly Sword God Sect. Condensing energy into a lightsaber is the magic of the Heavenly Sword God Sect. After the disdainful efforts of the technicians, the Alan Hill Empire simplified the formation of the sword peak mountain protection formation , combined with Lingshi technology, and finally developed a new lightsaber technology.

Because only spirit stones are needed, the mountain protection array can transform into an energy sword, so the development of this technology is actually not difficult.

The only problem is that because of the energy supply of the spirit stones and the size of the magic circle, this kind of lightsaber can't be reduced in size and become the kind of lightsaber that ordinary soldiers can use.

It is really because of the size that among the many high-end weapons of the Alan Hill Empire, this new lightsaber technology is actually not very useful.

Now, this seemingly useless technology was directly applied to the new experimental body.

As for the humanoid body, it happens to be able to wear an energy sword-this kind of picture is at least not inconsistent with Chris, the emperor of the Irish Empire.

Even the shoulder-mounted nuclear bomb launcher is an inexplicable "nostalgic" equipment created by His Majesty the Emperor.

In short, with the addition of electromagnetic machine guns, energy swords, and nuclear bomb launchers, the brand new experimental body really has the taste of "Gundam".

The only thing that makes Chris a little regretful is that the thing that was finally made is more like Zaku than Gundam.

With reference to the armor's curved outer armor, more defense is considered, because advanced technology does not require so many antennas, there is only one highly integrated antenna, installed in the middle of the head, and it is no different from Zaku's antenna...

In the end, even Chris had to compromise and named this new space weapon "Zaku"! Yes, just like in the cartoon, Zakubi was put into the battlefield earlier than Gundam, and it may become the standard weapon of the Alan Hill Empire.

"The experiment is not over yet. The first dedicated electromagnetic cannon will be sent over for testing tomorrow. Then you can carry out the weapon mounting experiment." Inside the headset, the experimenter's words were full of excitement.

"Is there only an electromagnetic gun?" The test pilot felt the universe as if everything was in front of him, and was also very excited.

"Yes, there are only electromagnetic guns for the time being, and it will take more than ten days for the safety test on the energy sword... Of course, the nuclear launcher is easy." The experimenter replied as usual.

The research and development of weapons is not the responsibility of the SY-9 experimental satellite. It has to be sent from other experimental bases, and the nuclear bomb needs approval from the security department. After all, in this situation, every nuclear bomb is an important strategic material.

"Nuclear bomb? Do I still want to experiment with launching a nuclear bomb?" The pilot was taken aback for a moment, then asked.

The experimenter didn't mean to hide anything, and said, "Yes, in theory, that's the case. This is also what the above said!"

The test pilot flew back to the side of SY-9 while controlling the experimental body in a large circle, and said, "Okay! I haven't launched a nuclear bomb yet, so this is a good experience."

"Come on! If our side succeeds, the loss on the front line may be reduced by more than 50%! It is of great significance!" The experimenter solemnly said to the pilot.

"I understand! Now test the body's three-dimensional maneuverability! Three, two, one! Start!" The test pilot driving the body also solemnly replied.

Soon, he skillfully adjusted the position of his legs, and the thrusters behind him swung almost at the same time.

In an instant, almost a right angle was drawn, and the machine began to maneuver vertically. With the shining of the engine, it quickly turned into a meteor and disappeared among the vast stars.

"My current speed has surpassed that of the Z-type fighter jet! The body is still stable! I can easily control it!" In the cockpit, the test pilot reported while adjusting the flight attitude.

In front of his eyes, there is the data of the flight attitude, and when he is rolling continuously, the grid representing the absolute horizon is also constantly rotating and rolling.

"Very good! Hold on! Our side is recording data!" Inside the headset, the voice of the experimenter was full of relief.