Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 332

332. Chapter 331, Is a mountain cannon also a cannon?

The war on Black Arrow Star has not subsided at all because of Gu Hang’s departure.

The coalition established by the new King’s Council currently has 500,000 troops deployed on the front line.

This is almost the limit of the troops that can be provided now. It

is not the limit of each country.

At present, there are eleven countries that have joined the new King’s Council, and the total population has reached 120 million. It is not necessary to withdraw 500,000 people from the regular army and the reserve forces.

But this is the limit of the new King’s Council.

This new organization was originally established under the military threat of the Angry Owl Star Army. Stefano was destroyed in forty days, which led to the surrender of the Iron Curtain Queen, and the nine surrounding countries surrendered together because of this military deterrence. Only in this way was the new King’s Council established.

Its foundation is quite unstable.

An alliance based on military strength cannot face military dangers.

If the alliance’s army cannot maintain its momentum, the kings will question it; if the alliance’s army suffers a major defeat, they will probably turn against it immediately.

Even the conquered Stefano is no exception. This martial country now relies on the suppression of the Iron Curtain Queen and turns to the alliance, but there are still remnants of the army secretly entrenched everywhere. They dare not act rashly now, and stay in their local areas honestly. Even when they are being purged, they may not dare to get angry, and may directly obey.

However, as long as the alliance encounters a major military defeat, the warlords, kings, and lords who are now tamed like dogs will probably rise up immediately.

After all, being a dog for the alliance is not a win, and you want to survive, there is no way; if there is a chance, who doesn’t want to be your own feudal lord?

In this case, too many troops cannot be withdrawn, otherwise they will question whether the alliance’s military strength is really enough, and why do we need our people to fight?

Moreover, the credibility of these vassal armies is also quite questionable. The feudal states are inextricably linked because of aristocratic marriages and exchanges of interests. It is possible that a knight, an earl, or a general will turn against his side in the battle.

In fact, Perbov did not dare to hand over the key positions of the defense line and the important logistical lifeline to these vassal armies.

If something goes wrong, it will be a big deal.

However, with 500,000 vassal armies, Perbov has a lot more troops at hand.

Although, when facing 3 million enemy troops, he could not make the offensive too big and could not launch a full-scale attack on the front line of hundreds of kilometers. But he finally had enough troops to draw the elite troops of the alliance, clenched them into fists, and carried out key assaults on individual fronts.

And he just adopted the tactics that he claimed to change when reporting to Governor Gu Hang before.

He no longer cared about important strategic points or landmark towns with great political significance. Instead, he relied on the powerful breakthrough capabilities of the armored forces and the excellent mobility of the motorized forces. When faced with some difficult-to-conquer nodes, he could call for the assistance of the Space Marines…

With these means, Perbov fought three beautiful annihilation battles in the past four months.

Two of them were active attacks. He used a pincer attack to form a breakthrough on both sides of the battle line about 80 kilometers wide, and blocked the retreat of the Kingdom Army in the middle that had no time to retreat.

Then, he cut off the supply lines, cut off reinforcements, prevented the breakout, and bombarded the enemies surrounded inside with heavy artillery for a long time.

The first time, the Kingdom Army was surrounded by 170,000 people. They failed to learn the lesson, so the second time, they were simply surrounded by 310,000 people.

In these two battles, Perbov deliberately chose non-urban areas. The surrounded enemies numbered hundreds of thousands, and it was impossible to find enough food supplies on the spot.

Not to mention, the combat effectiveness of modern armies will also decline rapidly in the absence of ammunition and fuel, which has little to do with fighting will. After all, no matter how brave and good a soldier is, it is impossible to turn bullets into bullets by fighting will.

What’s more, these feudal armies don’t have much quality at all.

The final result of these two annihilation wars was a great victory for the Alliance Army.

The destroyed troops were not all dead. Most of them became prisoners, and after being disarmed, they were sent to the prisoner-of-war camps in the rear to do heavy physical labor such as road construction and trench digging.

The Kingdom Army, which suffered a great loss, was not willing to give up. They organized a large-scale attack and really spent a lot of money.

The Kingdom Army has more than just quantity. In terms of ultimate weapons, they also have something that can really pose a major threat to the Alliance Army-the twelve Knight Titans gathered together.

For these kingdoms on the Black Arrow Star, the most precious thing is of course those Knight Titans.

Of course, there is no doubt about its power. After all, the cost of one unit is 700,000 tax coins. After a long period of development, the existence of the Knight Titan has gradually evolved into a symbol of the power of a country and the status of an aristocrat.

In fact, the so-called “Seven Powers of Black Arrow Star” are seven countries that can afford, and more importantly, can afford to support the Knight Titan.

This is a real national weapon and should not be used easily. The loss of one unit is a huge disaster and loss for the entire country.

At present, there are a total of twelve Knight Titans in the assembled kingdom army.

The generals and nobles of these kingdoms also know what happened in the Kingdom of Stefano, and they understand that the Knight Titan is powerful, but if it is unprepared and is attacked by the Space Warriors through the elusive direct transmission ability, it will be destroyed in minutes.

Therefore, on the one hand, they always guard the location of the Knight Titan and constantly mobilize it; on the other hand, they are equipped with a large number of security guards. At the same time, they will always ensure that no Knight Titan is left alone. Moreover, the driver should not take a rest unless he reaches his limit. Even if the conditions are difficult, the drivers of noble origin should always stay in the cockpit.

Fortunately, at the level of Knight Titan, the technology of the life support capsule has been applied. Even if there are no particularly powerful functions, as long as it can assist in eating and excretion, the knights can stay in it for a long time.

Of course, they always need to sleep. At this time, there must be a mobile Knight Titan to guard by the side.

On this basis, the generals of the Kingdom Army will be very cautious when using Knight Titan.

These reasons combined have led to the fact that even if they have twelve Knight Titans on the battlefield, they rarely appear.

In easy and simple battles, even if the Knight Titans appeared, it would be meaningless, just icing on the cake; but in battles that were too dangerous, they dared not use the Knight Titans, otherwise, if one was destroyed, there would be a huge political crisis.

Here we must emphasize again: the Kingdom Army is an army formed by a group of feudal countries. The king is the leader, but in essence they are just the biggest nobles, the feudal lords. And these Knight Titans are in the hands of the nobles.

This means that they cannot be like modern armies, where they have to follow military orders when an order comes down, and they have to go up when they are told to. Even if they know that the mission is a mission that will lead to their death, they must be determined to die and take on military responsibilities.

In the feudal army, it is very difficult for such a thing to happen.

To put it bluntly, for some nobles who regard Knight Titan as their family’s capital, they can lose the war but not the Titan.

As long as the Titan is not lost, even if they surrender to the alliance later, their status can also be retained to a certain extent.

However, this time, the Kingdom Army still invested heavily.

After a whole day of closed-door meetings, many kings, together with many nobles, decided that the situation must not continue like this. Otherwise, let those Angry Owl Stars continue to use their mobility advantages, firepower advantages, and armor advantages to erode their troops step by step, and they will really throw all three million living forces here.

After many parties reached an agreement, this large-scale offensive that the generals in the front had been looking forward to for a long time, but could never take shape, was launched.

Twelve Knight Titans, collectively dispatched!

Nine of them belonged to the Kingdom of Panbos, which was also their entire strength. After all, this war took place on their territory, so they were the ones who needed to do their best. The remaining three Titans came from the other three powerful countries, each of which provided one Titan.

In the history of Black Arrow Star, it was a very long time ago that twelve Knight Titans were dispatched to participate in a war at the same time.

When the twelve Knight Titans formed a group, accompanied by thousands of Sentinel Mechas and hundreds of thousands of troops, and pressed forward, the Alliance’s front line could no longer be maintained.

What is the strongest point of the Alliance army?

In addition to armored forces, it is artillery.

The Angry Owl Star transported to Black Arrow Star through the merchant ships of Gu’s Trading Company. In addition to the weapons and ammunition used by the more than 30 Kings of the Alliance, the remaining ones were mostly artillery and shells.

These weapons were delivered to the vassal army for use.

With a far higher artillery density than the opponent, they were able to fight against enemies who outnumbered them on a long front.

But in the place where the twelve Knight Titans and thousands of Sentinel Mechs were concentrated, they could not be stopped no matter what.

Even the Alliance’s direct troops could not withstand it.

The Knight Titans fired missiles and bombarded with howitzers from a distance, but conventional firepower could hardly shake them; under the cover of their firepower, the Sentinel Mechs charged forward in the hail of bullets, and the machine guns could also pose a terrible threat to the positions of the Alliance soldiers.

The Kingdom Army’s conventional artillery was far inferior to that of the Alliance, but the number of mountain artillery assembled was sufficient, and with the cover of armored forces in front, they could advance to a relatively close place to fire, and the threat could not be underestimated.

Mountain artillery is also artillery!

Not only was the Alliance’s position breached at a single point, but the entire defense line of hundreds of kilometers began to shake significantly.

Several infantry regiments of the Alliance who were blocking the enemy suffered heavy casualties, and almost had to rebuild their numbers. Some artillery positions were even captured by the enemy who attacked quickly, and were completely destroyed without time to evacuate…

For seven consecutive days, the Kingdom Army launched a wave of offensive climaxes, pushing the Alliance’s defense line back 80 kilometers.

This is an achievement they have never been able to achieve since the war began.

In addition to the changes on the front line, they did cause a lot of casualties.

There were six regiment-level flags captured alone; more than 20 officers above the school level were confirmed to have been killed.

Although more specific results are still difficult to count, this is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Alliance Army.

All this happened in just seven days!

The brilliant results even made the King of Panpos personally send a letter to congratulate the knights on their victory.

Similarly, this victory also made the Black Arrow Star people begin to imagine that the Alliance is nothing great, it’s just that we didn’t use our full strength at the beginning.

However, everything changed on the eighth day.

The victory of the Kingdom Army, which advanced the front line by 80 kilometers, can it be considered a “victory”?

In Perbov’s opinion, not necessarily.

When the enemy’s frontal front was in full swing, he asked some troops to resist in layers on the front, reducing the number of enemies, consuming the enemy’s supplies, and slowing down the enemy’s speed. The troops that undertook these tasks did indeed suffer very heavy casualties, and Perbov was also very upset about this.

After all, when he led a brigade to fight a blocking battle outside the city of Pinsel and was almost annihilated, the number of deaths was not as high as it is now.

However, he has now been able to harden his heart.

The sacrifice at this moment is for a greater victory.

While the frontal troops were buying time, the armored forces of the alliance began to maneuver on both sides.

Then, on the eighth day of the Kingdom Army’s large-scale offensive, they moved to both sides of the salient that was 80 kilometers deep and 40 kilometers wide.

Several armored brigades rushed out at the same time, and with the support of artillery and air force, they broke through the enemy who was attacking the alliance position.

Then, they quickly penetrated the two sides of the salient at a speed that the enemy could not react to.

Within a day, the four armored brigades dispatched from both sides penetrated the 40-kilometer salient supply line and completed a victorious meeting.

This means that the salient created by the enemy has become a pocket for them to be trapped in!

(End of this chapter)