Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 355

355. Chapter 354: It’s not the right time yet

The two vanguards of the Angry Bear Legion blocked the two gaps in the position, which had a significant impact on the battle situation.

In terms of the war situation, once the two gaps were blocked, the surrounding troops would no longer be attacked from multiple sides. At the same time, when the troops of the first line of defense were constantly retreating from the front, there was also a way to go.

More importantly, it was the morale of the army.

From the beginning of the battle to now, the human army has been losing positions. The positions of the company and battalion level were directly destroyed, and the positions of the regiment and division level could only hold out for a few hours. The enemy was like entering an empty land. Not to mention holding on, if they ran a little slower, they would be surrounded and lost contact. The entire war zone at the army level was also shaken terribly.

Either they were destroyed or they ran away. In the case of continuous defeats, how could the morale be good?

And now, the key to the Angry Bear Legion’s going against the current is that it really has some effect, which is like holding up a torch in the dark.

Although in the overall battlefield, this can only be regarded as a partial victory at most, and even the so-called victory is only temporary. But after all, it tells others that the enemy is not invincible.

The original troops with too much losses can be withdrawn and reorganized; the same is true for the troops whose first line of defense collapsed. Later, the reserve troops of the 56th Army also began to push up and fill the positions recaptured by the troops of the Angry Bear Legion.

At this stage, it was the turn of the plague demon army to be a little embarrassed.

Before this, some of the plague monsters that poured in along the gap in the defense zone were pushed back under the attack of the armored forces of the Angry Bear Legion, but more of them did not have time to retreat. Now they are all blocked inside, and within a few hours, they were almost surrounded and annihilated. At

this stage, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a partial victory.

Of course, the armored forces of the Angry Bear Legion who participated in the battle also suffered heavy losses. And it is a bit beyond expectations. The main losses are not when the troops attack, but in the defense after retaking the positions.

Most of the enemy troops on the front did not stop their fierce offensive. In order not to lose the fruits of victory, they had to block the gap tightly. But at this time, one of the disadvantages of the armored combined brigade was reflected: there were fewer front-line combat troops, especially the number of infantry was relatively insufficient. When the armored forces were defending, the role they played was at most a fire support platform.

You can’t use precious armored vehicles as shelters.

There are many trenches and gun pits on the battlefield that can be used as shelters.

Fortunately, the 92nd Infantry Division that followed the attack came up and alleviated the problem of insufficient combat infantry; later, the local defense forces from the 56th Army also had multiple regiment-level troops coming up one after another, further expanding the force.

This held up.

The battlefield situation has thus tended to be stable-at least for now.

Of course, stability does not mean that it is not fierce. In fact, the battle is still very tragic and the sacrifice is also very large. The defensive pressure brought by the Plague Demon Army is still very great. Their continuous and unscrupulous attacks have turned the front-line battlefields of both sides into a veritable meat grinder.

Every minute and every second, countless people die wailing, and at the same time, they also take away more monsters.

In the continuous battle, even the Angry Bear Legion, which has all met the standard training requirements of the Star Army and has sufficient weapons and equipment, and is considered an elite force on the entire battlefield, cannot withstand such a fierce battle.

The 92nd Division lost more than 5,000 soldiers in just a few hours. Although the casualty rate is only a little more than 12%, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the entire division has been greatly affected. It is true that

the entire division has 40,000 people, fully equipped and fully staffed, but in fact, the number of non-front-line soldiers in logistics, communications, artillery, air defense, engineering, division headquarters… also accounts for a large proportion. And the troops lost in the battle are almost all front-line combat troops.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the 92nd Division has been lost by more than one-third.

The situation did not improve until a fully staffed reserve native infantry division came up.

But the number of reserves is limited after all. Without further support, this cruel meat grinder cannot continue forever.

Fortunately, the central command of the human army finally made the right judgment. A large number of troops in the rear received orders and began to push forward to support.

…

The results of the Angry Bear Legion are the only good news the central command has heard since the start of the war.

In any case, the Angry Bear Legion’s attack helped the 56th Army in the front to hold the defense line and even pushed back a little.

This is the only solid place in the entire second line of defense.

Since the start of the war, the central command, which has been stunned, finally issued an order.

The troops of the third line of defense began to push forward to fully support the front line; at the same time, following the practice of the Angry Bear Legion, Lieutenant General Hans also mobilized his main elite, that is, the armored forces in the Dragon Eagle Legion.

To be honest, although the Dragon Eagle Legion is a legitimate star army, its combat level is really not as good as that of the Angry Bear.

There is even a big difference.

There is a difference in the number of soldiers. The Dragon Eagle Legion may have only 40% of its soldiers who have reached the standard level of the Astra Militarum. There is also a gap in equipment. The infantry division may be about the same, but the armored division is very different. Obviously, a large armored division has more than 30,000 people, but the number of heavy equipment may be only two-thirds of a combined brigade of the Angry Bear Legion.

But a large armored division like the Dragon Eagle Legion has 40.

In addition, there are some Lion King tanks in it. This thing looks like an upgraded version of the Lion tank, but in fact it is completely different. The Lion tank can only be regarded as a conventional tank in the classification of the Astra Militarum, while the Lion King tank is a serious heavy tank. Its size is three times that of the Lion tank, with extremely heavy armor, and even a small shield generator that can protect one side but can be moved. Its main gun is a super heavy artillery, with two secondary guns equivalent to the Lion, and two heavy bomb machine guns. It takes nearly 20 crew members to drive this tank well.

Comparing it with the Lion tank, a Lion King can blow up dozens of Lions – mainly because its internal artillery and multiple auxiliary combat sighting servo skulls can fight with very high precision, and its main gun can cause devastating damage no matter where it hits the Lion – the secondary gun is actually OK, but it has to be more accurate.

On the contrary, the Lion tank can hardly cause an effective attack on it. Even if it can bypass the energy shield and surround the Lion King, even the weakest part of the Lion King tank armor, or the grid armor on the side tracks, its protective ability even exceeds the front armor of the ordinary Lion tank.

Such a heavy monster can even destroy the Knight Titan in a head-on conflict!

Although there were not many of these big guys in the entire Dragon Eagle Legion, on average, there was not even one for each armored division. However, when Lieutenant General Hans made up his mind, he was decisive enough and did not hide it anymore. He took out half of the eighteen Lion King heavy tanks as his last trump card and supported the most dangerous battlefield.

At the same time, the armored divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion also went out one after another.

In terms of tactics, they imitated the armored combined brigade of the Angry Bear Legion.

The armored divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion were not as effective as those of the Angry Bear Legion, but they were numerous and assisted by heavy tanks. They also penetrated the enemy’s front and stabilized the overall defense.

The second line of defense, which was originally shaky, was stabilized.

Even after that, the situation of the meat grinder was much slower.

At first, the human side was a little surprised, but soon, the human army staff who regained their wisdom also figured out the reason:

the enemy’s losses were also very large. Those plague monsters would not be able to be defeated.

Although the lowest level of plague monsters, such as plague giant flies or plague zombies, are brainless, have no morale, and are fearless. However, the commander behind them, the enemy leader, obviously still has a brain and will not waste the number of his troops in vain.

If it is possible to maintain a devastating blow to the human army and directly break the human army’s war zone, then the sacrifice is of course worthwhile.

However, when the human front line stabilizes, it is no longer necessary.

The most critical factor is that in the previous attack, the losses of the plague monsters were actually much greater than those of the human side.

Before this, it was difficult to count the number of losses of the enemy because the human army had been in a state of retreat. But when the second line of defense stabilized and the situation became a meat grinder, a certain degree of estimation could be made.

Although it was not accurate, it could at least serve as a reference.

The exchange ratio of humans to those plague monsters was about 1 to 8.

This is a very high data. This is the price that the enemy has to pay for maintaining the highest intensity of attack at every point on the entire front line that is hundreds of kilometers wide.

Humans were stunned at the beginning, but now they have recovered.

So far, the battle has lasted for a whole day. Even if the plague flies are not counted, the human side has suffered nearly one million casualties on the ground forces alone, while the number of casualties of the enemy is estimated to be more than eight million.

The demon side can’t fight anymore.

In addition, there is another objective factor. When the battle line was pushed to the second line of defense of the human side, it was more than 80 kilometers away from Fino City.

At this distance, the support that Fino City can provide is not that much.

The most powerful evil energy artillery in Fino City dare not be used for ground combat, but must be aimed at the sky. The human fleet also appears and disappears in orbit, and after a while, it pours a round of artillery fire on Fino City and conducts an orbital strike. In this way, they declare their presence.

Although it is difficult to destroy and break through the void shield of Fino City simply by relying on the insufficient firepower of the fleet, the existence of the fleet still brings great significance to this battle.

If there is no fleet to contain, if the orbital guns in Fino City are laid flat and fired at the positions of the human army, they will penetrate one place with one shot, without any negotiation.

Moreover, the orbital strikes of the fleet can also provide support in the direction of the attack of the plague demon army.

But the support is not strong enough.

When facing the threat of anti-orbital gun strikes from Fino City, the fleet cannot be too reckless, otherwise it will be unbearable to lose a ship.

Under such entanglement, after the battlefield was far away from Fino City, the number of conventional evil energy cannons that could reach such a distance of 80 kilometers was greatly reduced. And those plague demons were even more unable to fight after lacking heavy firepower support from the rear.

If they insisted on fighting, on the stable front of humans, under the fierce bombardment of artillery mobilized by humans in the rear, the price they paid might not be 1:8, but more than doubled.

Such losses, even the plague demon army could not withstand.

Fino City originally had a population of 1 billion. Before it was completely occupied, 600 million of them eventually evacuated the city; most of the people in the nest city swallowed by Fino City also ran out before being swallowed, and only a little over 100 million were swallowed.

Those plague demons could not transform all these more than 700 million people into the army – at least there would be more than half of the losses in the transformation process. Due

to the comprehensive losses and insufficient comprehensive firepower support, the plague demon army also slowed down its attack.

In this way, the human army can also take a breath.

Nearly 20 armies in the first and second lines of defense all returned to the rear and rested at the foot of Mingyan City; 15 armies that were originally in the rear all went to the front, and there were dozens of armies behind them as reserves. The

exception was the Angry Bear Corps. Hans didn’t want to use such a capable force as a regular filling division, waiting to be mobilized at any time in the back.

With this arrangement, the defense line was finally completely stabilized.

However, Lieutenant General Hans was still uneasy.

He dialed Gu Hang’s communication.

“Governor Gu, although you didn’t tell me, I know you are preparing something very special.” Lieutenant General Hans said in a deep voice. This was his guess based on Gu Hang’s various actions. “The current balanced situation on the front line cannot be maintained forever. In fact, by tomorrow, when Fino City advances 30 kilometers and our front line is brought back into the range of firepower, our pressure will become very huge. By then, I am afraid we will have to retreat from the second line of defense.”

“Whatever plan you have, launch it as soon as possible!”

However, in response to Lieutenant General Hans’ words, Gu Hang just said, “It’s not the time yet.”

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Taking advantage of the weekend, I will try to write another chapter, but it will probably be very late. Everyone should read it tomorrow morning!

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