Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 354

354. Chapter 353, Going against the current

while Fino City is still advancing. In six hours, it advanced twelve kilometers.

The plague demon army that emerged from its “body”, with the support of air superiority and the firepower support of Fino City, the activated war fortress, has already killed more than fifty kilometers of the human army’s front line.

The human army on the second line of defense has already started fighting with these plague demon armies.

At this moment, at the headquarters in the rear, Lieutenant General Hans has received the latest intelligence.

“…Our first line of defense has been broken.”

“The 55th Army, 60th Army, 61st Army, 71st Army, 72nd Army, and 83rd Army of the mainland have completely retreated.”

“The 3rd Army and the 5th Army of the Dragon Eagle Legion have also withdrawn.”

This is shocking news.

Everyone in the command post, from Lieutenant General Hans to many staff officers, was silent, allowing the staff officer who was giving the report to report the situation on the front line in a trembling voice.

“The battle situation on the front line is too intense, and the statistics cannot be guaranteed to be accurate. At present, twelve divisions have been completely disconnected, and it is estimated that they have completely lost their organization; the remaining troops that have withdrawn have also suffered losses. It is estimated that in the past six hours, we have lost a total of more than 400,000 people…”

Six hours, 400,000 people.

All those present are self-proclaimed veterans of the battlefield, and have fought countless wars of varying sizes.

But they have never fought this kind of battle.

The entire battle will mobilize 60 million people, and within six hours, the first line of defense composed of multiple armies and millions of people will collapse directly, destroying twelve divisions and losing 400,000 people… It’s too exaggerated.

On average, a division will only last a few minutes on the front line before retreating, and on average, a division will be completely destroyed in half an hour.

Of course, in reality, it can’t be calculated so evenly. The width is hundreds of kilometers, the depth is fifty kilometers, the troops are scattered in it, and the battles are almost simultaneous. Generally speaking, a division can still fight for several hours at the front.

But even so, the numbers sent back from the front are still too frightening.

Moreover, the development of the battlefield situation was completely beyond their original plan.

Originally, General Hans intended to bring the war to the city of Fino. When the hive city approached, the troops would rush into the hive city under the cover of firepower, using burning weapons and bombs to damage the body of the revitalized hive city as much as possible. Although

that would lead to a fierce counterattack from the plague demon army, which was how the trial attack of a million people failed, at least some results were achieved.

More importantly, the troops they were going to deploy for the attack this time were not in the millions, but in the tens of millions.

As long as the front-line troops could gain a foothold in the hive city, the subsequent support forces would immediately follow up from the second line of defense, participate in the battle, and withdraw the first wave of troops that were expected to suffer heavy casualties.

In this way, they would rotate, go deeper, and increase the investment of troops. Perhaps, they could finally destroy this revitalized city at the cost of the blood of countless human soldiers.

But they didn’t expect that the first wave of troops, let alone entering Fino City, didn’t even let the human troops touch the edge of the nest under the cover of air superiority. Instead, they rushed out and directly broke through the first line of defense of the human army.

The speed of collapse was too fast, and the degree of casualties was too tragic. This was beyond their expectations.

More importantly, even they were trembling with fear here, so what about the troops on the front line?

After coming to his senses, Hans first paid attention to this question: “What is the current situation of the troops on the second line of defense?”

“Very bad.” The intelligence officer responded immediately, “The front was defeated too quickly. The defeated troops retreated and had no time to reorganize. The enemy pressed on again. Several local army groups on the second line of defense have reported the phenomenon of deserters. Although it can still be controlled at present, as the war burns in the second line of defense, I am afraid that the situation will become more pessimistic, even…”

“Even what?”

“It is even possible that the second line of defense will not last as long as the first line of defense.” The intelligence officer still gritted his teeth and said his judgment.

An atmosphere of panic and despair completely enveloped the command post.

They could all imagine a consequence: if the worst happened and the second line of defense of the human army also collapsed quickly, then countless plague demons, carrying a large number of deserters, would roll back all the way, and there would be a chain reaction that would destroy all the arrangements behind.

Tens of millions of people, once they lose their organization, then no matter how many people there are, it will be useless. The entire battle situation will collapse like a huge domino. No matter how many people there are behind, it will only make the collapse appear more grand.

At this moment, an intelligence officer broke into the command post.

Everyone was frightened by the heavy sound of the door opening, fearing that there would be worse news.

The new intelligence officer was a little confused, but the intelligence was important, so he quickly said, “Commander! There is news from the third line of defense. Brigadier General Li Kexi said that the Angry Bear Legion he led is taking the initiative to attack. The goal is to stabilize the front line where he is located and to support the retreating troops to reorganize in the rear. He hopes that the command can make a decision as soon as possible and send elite troops to take the initiative to attack. Don’t be stingy with the investment of the air force. We must stabilize the situation, otherwise there will be endless disasters.”

Hans was a little stunned for a while.

In the overall retreat, there is actually a legion going against the current?

It’s not that he didn’t think about moving the troops behind to the front, but he always had a question in his mind: Will it work?

It can still hold on now. In case the enemy’s offensive slows down, especially away from the support of the Hive City’s evil energy cannon, the enemy’s offensive will inevitably weaken as the distance from the activated hive city increases. He has already made plans to abandon the first few lines of defense and reorganize in the rear.

But if the troops of the rear defense lines are really moved forward, if they can hold off the enemy, then everything will be fine. If they can’t, then the collapse will come early.

What should we choose?

…

No matter how Lieutenant General Hans hesitated, Li Kexi finally took action.

The Angry Bear Legion currently has 1.2 million troops at full strength, with a total of 49 division-level units, which is considered an army-level specification. On the third defense line, it is responsible for a section alone.

Without a clear order for the whole army to attack from the headquarters, Li Kexi could not really press forward with his entire army no matter what.

He still had his own defense zone to take care of.

However, according to the news sent back by the reconnaissance troops and the information from the friendly forces ahead, Li Kexi made a sharp judgment that the situation ahead was not going to work. Seeing that the friendly forces were beaten and remained motionless, he would not be able to bear the pressure when the second line of defense collapsed.

So he stretched out two “tentacles” and reached forward.

The 77th Koroja Armored Combined Brigade, the 92nd Koroja Infantry Division, and the 21st Garrison Division, three troops formed a tentacle.

The other one was almost the same configuration.

The armored brigade rushed forward as the arrow, and the infantry division with a scale of 40,000 people and built according to the large organization was behind to support and support, and the garrison division was cruising beside, ready to go up to fill the problem of insufficient infantry for the armored division.

In this situation, it took them about an hour to rush to the second line of defense.

Even on the way, they were able to encounter a small number of enemy units that rushed too far and were annihilated by them along the way.

When they arrived at the second line of defense, the pressure of the battle suddenly increased.

This place has been completely covered by the raging flames of war.

The entire area is said to be several hundred square kilometers, but a large number of troops are deployed here, and almost everywhere are trenches and semi-underground bunkers dug in recent months. And the human army, here, is fighting a desperate duel with the plague demon.

Many positions have been lost, and many positions are still resisting. The two sides have repeatedly fought for every inch of land, every trench, and every firepower point.

But overall, the human side is on the verge of collapse.

Originally, the 56th Army Group of the local defense force was stationed in this area, with more than 20 large divisions under its jurisdiction. However, due to the large number of troops that collapsed back from the front, when they were assigned to respond, they were suddenly attacked. Several divisions have been unable to contact each other, and a large number of positions have been divided. At the same time, the troops’ fighting will is not strong enough. The terrifying enemy and the lost sky have further dealt a severe blow to morale.

Under the superposition of various factors, the situation of their entire army group is somewhat shaky.

The front-line troops have already begun to retreat, and the reserve troops can’t hold out for long. In fact, a large number of enemies poured in from some of the places that were broken through, causing great chaos in the rear of the army.

The evil subspace magic of the cloud around this area quietly input the electronic waste code into the communication channel of the human army. This caused the communication channel between the human troops to be disconnected for one-third of the time, and the situation was even worse for another one-third. The channel was filled with the whispers and evil laughter of demons, and the people who heard it would feel very

uncomfortable. Cold sweats and vomiting were still minor. Some people even went crazy because of it. Only in the last one-third of the situation, if they were lucky, they could communicate normally. The human troops could only rely on this completely unreliable method to communicate.

The problem of poor communication also greatly affected the organization of the entire army.

The armored forces of the advancing Angry Bear Legion had special communication vehicles and communication companies. Relying on the stability of the equipment and the ability to withstand interference, their situation was much better.

The vanguard troops successfully contacted the headquarters of the 56th Army. The commander of the army was overjoyed when he heard about their arrival. He immediately shared the intelligence and pointed out the biggest gap.

The commander of the 77th Armored Brigade only thought about it for a moment, communicated with the troops in the rear, and led the team to the target area.

The lion tanks with high turrets kept firing while moving, and high-explosive shells covered the visible enemy groups; infantry fighting vehicles accompanied them, and rapid-fire machine guns fired in coordination to annihilate a large number of enemy troops; self-propelled artillery troops urgently set up artillery arrays to cover the direction of the troops’ advance. The garrison divisions following behind, on the one hand, also deployed their own artillery in coordination, and on the other hand, they also held their positions to prevent the enemy who had already broken the friendly defense line from directly threatening the artillery array from other directions.

As for the large division of the Angry Bear Legion, it was a little further back. The artillery had also deployed an attack formation. A large number of troops, in companies and battalions, took over many friendly positions to ensure that the front-line troops had a smooth retreat.

The firepower of a unit of the 77th Brigade of the Angry Bear was equal to that of several large divisions of the local corps. After they entered the battle, the situation changed greatly.

At least, the gap was blocked.

The turning point occurred when a tank company advancing discovered an area that was tightly protected by the enemy. After calling for several rounds of artillery support from the rear, the company’s eleven Lion tanks launched a cluster charge. The roar of the engines of the eleven steel behemoths and the heavy bombardment of the tank guns not only stunned the enemies who had just endured the artillery bombardment and had not yet recovered, but also aroused the fighting spirit of several local companies that had fled previously.

At the request of the tank company commander, these infantrymen bravely carried out an accompanying attack.

After paying the price of two tanks being damaged and using five or six armor-piercing shells to smash a flesh and blood monster larger than the Lion tank, the enemy’s most important resistance force was disintegrated.

The infantry rushed up and eliminated the remaining enemies. They found what was protected by the plague monster army – it was a crawling flesh and blood machine with an antenna, and a sharp and piercing sound came from it.

The captain commander of the tank company roughly guessed what it was – it was probably an information center where the enemy dropped electronic waste code.

No matter what, it was a demon creation, so they destroyed it with a few shots without saying anything. Sure enough

, his guess was right.

After the flesh and blood crawling machine with an antenna was destroyed, the communication conditions in a large area around it immediately improved a lot.

The troops that could be reorganized and mobilized were no longer so easy to collapse.

As the armored brigade moved forward along the gap in the defense line, the situation of the entire front was stabilized.

This attracted a group of plague flies.

The power of these things in a diving posture for suicide bombing is still not small. But the Alliance Armored Brigade is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft armored vehicles, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft high-explosive bombs, which can eliminate a large number of these monsters that are not flying fast and have to dive. Even the guns in the hands of the infantry could bring considerable results.

Although many giant flies successfully exploded, the losses were within an acceptable range.

In the rear, the flight team under the legion had a large number of wind falcons participating in the battle, and the air threat was further alleviated.

For a while, the vanguard troops sent by the Angry Bear Legion actually made a great advance against the odds!

(End of this chapter)