1567 Full of Hope in Adversity
On the planet Higgs 3, the sky was full of haze. Medias stood in one of his temporary command posts with his hands behind his back, looking at the shining magic eye in front of him.
One after another ground troops came out of this huge magic eye, as if endless. These troops come directly from the hinterland of the Alan Hill Empire, and they are all well-trained elites.
Clone soldiers replaced a large number of puppet robots and became the most important combat force on the Higgs 3 planet. Chris's plan to fight the Guardian near the Higgs 3 planet is being strictly implemented.
Undoubtedly, compared with Higgs 5, Higgs 3 has a magic portal, so the speed and quantity of reinforcements arriving are not the same.
In just one day, millions of troops gathered here, including powerful dragon warriors, elf warriors, dwarf warriors, orc warriors, and human magician troops!
Similarly, the fighter force here has also been completely replaced with new J-30 fighters. Compared with the old fighters used on the Higgs 5, the new fighters are obviously more powerful in air control.
Completely different from Higgs 5, the Alan Hill Empire deployed a large number of ground troops on Higgs 3, almost all over the planet. There is no preset landing field for the watchers here, and the other party will pay a terrible price if they want to enter the atmosphere.
On the ground, there are a large number of armored divisions equipped with electromagnetic tanks as support, as well as special forces composed of experts to assist in operations.
Coupled with a sufficient number of nuclear bombs, hundreds of thousands of long-range anti-aircraft missiles, electromagnetic anti-aircraft guns, etc., the anti-landing capability of the Higgs 3 can also be described as against the sky.
Because it is determined that this will be the main battlefield in the future, at least one of the main battlefields, the Alan Hill Empire has already reinforced tens of millions of troops here.
Most of these troops are deployed in solid fortifications, and there are hundreds of thousands of construction puppet robots busy in unfinished areas.
It can be said that the fierce battle of Higgs 5 is buying more time for Higgs 3. Every day the fortress of Higgs 3 grows stronger with each passing day.
Near the Higgs 3, Alan Hill also deployed two artificial planets named fortresses. These two huge artificial planets are equipped with Star Destroyer guns that battleships only have, and they also have more powerful weapons. defense capability.
With these two fortresses as barriers, the main force of the 1st Fleet can deploy defenses calmly, forming two lines of defense on the left and right, and stick to the defense line of the Higgs 3 planet.
at the same time,
The Empire's 5th Fleet and 2nd Fleet will flank the Guardian Fleet that penetrated into the Higgs 3 universe, and besiege the enemy forces trying to attack the Higgs 3 from three sides.
Compared with the Higgs 5, the Higgs 3 is more fully prepared for the campaign, and the defensive force is more sufficient, and there are continuous supplements from the rear.
Seeing the combat troops arriving densely through the eyes of magic, Mediath actually felt very uncomfortable.
He looked at these troops and thought of the soldiers who fought hard on the Higgs 5 planet, which made him feel like a knife.
"It would be great if we could deploy so many troops on the Higgs 5." The old general said with emotion.
Nicknamed the Imperial Turtle, he still maintains his original habits, wearing the military uniform on his body meticulously, and hanging an Imperial Golden Eagle Medal. He wears leather boots that are always polished and shiny, and the seams of his trousers are always ironed straight. The most conspicuous thing is still the long sword hanging on his waist at all times.
"General! If you don't give up Higgs 5, the watchman forces may turn to attack Dothan or the Alante area... This is not what we want to see." The adjutant comforted behind him.
Everyone knows the importance of this war and the necessity of sacrifice. For some people, this is the real cruelty.
The Alan Hill Empire is too big, even if it is only one ten thousandth or one hundred thousandth, there are as many warriors who dare to sacrifice as stars.
The advancement of technology has allowed Alan Hill to create countless fighters who die calmly. These fighters were prepared to be sacrificed when they were created, so the commanders of the empire dared to let them be sacrificed.
However, countless soldiers like this face death calmly, and they are given up as bait, which is still inevitably a little tragic.
Pressing his hand on the hilt of his sword habitually, the old general Medias averted his eyes from the beam of light that pierced the sky in the distance.
"To be honest, this battle was really aggrieved, even I feel aggrieved." Medias, who has always been known for his defense, showed a bit of unwillingness on his face.
In fact, there is no such thing as a defensive general in this world. A general with a solid defense is just trying his best to fight back.
No one likes passive defense without a future, including Medias. He defended calmly, only because he knew that the empire behind him would eventually fight back and win a brilliant victory.
Thinking of this, Medias felt that a general like Andre is the real master of defense, able to stick to his position even when there is no hope.
Frankly speaking, this is the first time that the Alan Hill Empire was forced to switch to defense, and it was also the first time that the Alan Hill Empire abandoned a defense area as a sacrificial bait.
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Andre is still in his underground headquarters at this moment. He has already shrunk his defense line, but he still finds that the enemy's attack is like a tide, and there is no sign of stopping at all.
Millions of troops lose tens of thousands of people every day, which is definitely not good news for the defenders on the isolated Higgs 5 planet.
The consumption of air defense missiles has reached a critical point. In order to support the air supremacy of the entire defense line, or prevent the opponent from using air supremacy, the air defense force has consumed a large amount of reserve ammunition.
In a few days, if there are no anti-aircraft missiles and everything relies on anti-aircraft guns, air defense operations will become even more difficult.
Things are moving in a direction that no one wants to see. The collapse of the entire defense line seems to be faster than previously estimated.
No one is willing to accept such a fact, but the fact is so cruel - this is war.
No one thought that the first problem was the air defense, and no one thought that the ground troops of the Alan Hill Empire were fighting pretty well when the air force was at a disadvantage.
Using the bunker, the Grenadier troops of the Alan Hill Empire consumed more than ten times the number of enemy troops, but the number of enemy troops was hundreds of times and thousands of times theirs.
Seeing that his commander was not in good condition, the adjutant comforted Andre and said: "The weapons and ammunition are still sufficient, and the loss of the ground troops is actually acceptable."
"What's really terrible is the stockpile of anti-aircraft missiles and nuclear bombs... Without nuclear bombs, we will no longer be able to attack the enemy's rear. Without anti-aircraft missiles, our air supremacy will soon be lost." Andre recently I am troubled by the reduction of ammunition reserves.
With fewer nuclear bombs, it is impossible to continue to interfere with the enemy's attack, and it is impossible to reduce the number of Watchmen's troops. And this problem has actually been exposed.
The watchman's offense before was not continuous, continuous and coherent. However, with the reduction in the number of nuclear strikes, the strength of the watchmen has obviously become sufficient.
"This is not what I am most worried about. What I am most worried about is that as the battle continues, our strategic depth will be compressed too much." Andre looked at the map in front of him, thinking to himself said the adjutant.
Everyone knows that the situation will become more and more unfavorable, but no one expected that the speed will be so fast.
He pointed to several unusable field airfields on the edge of the map, and continued to say in frustration: "Soon, the number of our field airfields will be greatly reduced. Without the support of these airfields, the ground facilities of the air force will also be reduced." Facing enemy harassment and bombing."
This is absolutely certain. Field airports will decrease rapidly with the disappearance of strategic depth.
The air force that lost these field airports will also be increasingly targeted by the opponent - as long as the enemy is not a fool, it is definitely easier to suppress 10 airports within a range of 100 kilometers than to suppress 20 airports within a range of 2000 kilometers .
"Sky battleships also need hundreds of kilometers of strategic depth to maneuver, but we are obviously about to lose these strategic depths soon." Then, Andre's eyes fell on those holographic projections, hovering in the sky on the battleship.
Once the sky warships have no strategic depth and appear within the attack range of those prowler fighters, then these sky warships will also be quickly lost.
Even if there are experts to help protect, a large target that has been under the enemy's attack will not persist for too long.
"Without the cover of strategic depth, the sky fleet will soon suffer large-scale losses. By then, the pressure on the ground will be even greater." He said helplessly.
Once these sky warships are shot down, there will be no precise ultra-long-range artillery support on the ground.
Without these large-caliber artillery support, the pressure will be passed on to the ground forces. This is the same as the lack of air defense missiles, and the pressure is eventually passed on to the ground forces.
Just like dominoes, after one piece falls, the rest will quickly follow, and the previous domino will overwhelm the next one.
In short, in the next few days, the life of the ground troops will be worsened day by day, and all the pressure will eventually be on the ground troops until the ground troops completely collapse.
In the end, the strategic depth will be reduced to a few kilometers in radius, and they will even be forced to go underground in the end. It will be the last moment for everyone.
"Send the weapon consumption data here to the staff in time, and send a copy to General Medias! I hope our experience can make them more calm in future operations." With a wry smile, he broke free from his pessimism. Andre ordered.
The data here is valuable combat experience. After summarizing, it will be sent to other troops and will become an important reference for preparing for war. This is also one of the important meanings that Andre insists on here. These experiences will greatly reduce the losses of the Alan Hill Empire in the future.
"Yes! General!" The adjutant immediately agreed with a salute.
"Has General Adair's troops retreated to the designated position?" As if remembering something, Andre asked Adair who was ordered to give up the line of defense a few days ago.
"Yes! General! They have retreated to the designated location to rest." The adjutant replied immediately.
After a pause, he added: "However, because of the loss of local air supremacy, they are likely to be harassed by Prowler fighters."
Retreat does not mean turning backwards and walking in unison, breaking away from contact with the enemy, trying to move backwards under the harassment of the enemy, and minimizing losses. These are all things that Adair needs to worry about.
Even sometimes, some rearguard troops have to be sacrificed, or even more exaggerated, they have to go back and fight a short counterattack.
Doing these things in a state where you have lost the right to accuse is actually taking a huge risk and you have to bear a lot of losses at any time.
"The good news is that we intercepted a batch of Crusher bombers before, so for the time being, the enemy will no longer send such large bombers to harass our ground troops." Having said that, the adjutant added another sentence.
"How many fighter jets do we have left?" Andre immediately felt pain when he heard the words of intercepting enemy bombers.
Every large-scale operation of the Air Force will eventually be accompanied by distressing losses. This is war, a brutal war against an evenly matched opponent.
"Probably less than 2,000!" The adjutant looked down at the dynamic data and replied. There is no way, losses exist at any time, maybe in the next second, this number will become 1995.
Andre smiled wryly, made a gesture not to think about it, shook his head and said, "It's really a number that makes people unhappy."
"All our weapons are decreasing, including less than 1,700 electromagnetic tanks left." The adjutant glanced at the data, and reminded in a low voice: "The fuel reserve is quite sufficient. In addition, an underground transportation tram has left. Faulty, paralyzed..."
"There's bad news everywhere." Andre continued with a wry smile, "Isn't there any news that makes me happy?"
The adjutant was taken aback for a moment, and then he said to Andre: "As of today, we haven't been destroyed by the enemy as a division-level unit. This is already a miracle, General!"
"Okay! We all need a miracle! In other words, every day we live here is a new miracle!" Andre nodded, stood up and said.
"Let our enemies see that even in adversity, we are full of hope!" He put his hands behind his back and looked at the adjutant: "Launch another nuclear bomb! Take some pressure off the front lines!"