Chapter 542, Solving the Itch in the Throat

Chapter 542, Solving the Itch in the Throat

Wang Ningyi finally chose to surrender.

No matter how tough your words are, they can't be tougher than reality.

Almost all the important strongholds of the starport were conquered by the Space Marines, and the successive soldiers of the Royal Princess Legion had no way to recapture them; the firepower launched from the starport destroyed the external star fortresses and armed space stations.

The entire planet's orbital defense system was almost collapsed.

After the Alliance's main fleet clears the orbital threat, only the ground artillery will be left, which will inevitably be unable to confront the Alliance's main fleet.

If the Alliance was a little more ruthless and cleared out a piece of ground artillery fortress corresponding to a space area, and then launched the Burning Sky Torpedo while ensuring that it would not be intercepted, it would be able to solve the problem once and for all.

In short, in his opinion, the war was over and the subsequent fighting was meaningless.

Well, as Huseppe said, maybe it would be better if fewer people died.

Moreover, although it was an unconditional surrender, Hussepe also hinted that they would not be too harsh on the surrendered rebels. They had to go to the prisoner-of-war camp, but the conditions in the alliance's prisoner-of-war camp were quite good, the living standards were guaranteed, and the discipline of the alliance army was also very strong, so there would be no abuse of prisoners of war.

Of course, there is some necessary labor that cannot be avoided.

In the future, if the war is won, the prisoners may be released back home; if the war continues, perhaps both sides will have a prisoner exchange plan; if that doesn't work, the prisoners can also join the alliance, and the alliance always keeps its doors open to this end.

As for Wang Ningyi personally, the conditions for surrender were not bad. Although he certainly could not become a general, and could not expect to hold a high position, the level of personal living treatment promised by the alliance was quite good.

All these factors combined made the captured Wang Ningyi finally agree to issue a surrender declaration to the entire planet in the star port.

However, although he was the commander-in-chief of the Upper East Star defenders, surrender was not something that could happen just by him raising his hand and hundreds of millions of soldiers around the world would surrender.

impossible.

The more than 200,000 soldiers stationed at the starport did not cause any major trouble. After Wang Ningyi declared his surrender, the defenders of the strategic points guarded by the Phoenix Space Marines, who could not be defeated, followed the general's orders in frustration. They allowed an Alliance ship to approach, and allowed the Alliance soldiers to come up and disarm them.

Feeling attacked from all sides, the armed space stations, and even the last surviving star fortress, shut down and surrendered, allowing the Alliance soldiers to take over the facilities.

However, compared to the decisiveness of the defenders in orbit, the rebels on the ground were relatively hesitant.

After the initial chaos, some troops did not intend to resist as promised, but soon, officials from the Upper East Star and a general from the Imperial Princess Corps jointly issued a statement declaring Wang Ningyi a so-called "coward" and "traitor", and issued a statement to the entire army on the surface of the planet, demanding that the war of resistance continue.

Moreover, they actually gathered some forces and attacked a group of surface fortresses.

The surface firepower under their control began to fire at full force into the space orbit, bombarding the Alliance's ships and landing craft.

Their actions still caused a lot of casualties on the alliance side.

More than a dozen landing ships were shot down, and three vanguard divisions that were about to land were crippled; several infantry regiments that had already landed were besieged just after they took control of the fortress; the soldiers who had originally surrendered inside were also ready to move, and the situation became very bad in an instant.

General Wang Ningyi, who was still at the star port, felt sad from the bottom of his heart.

He felt a little regretful.

Having made so many mistakes before, should we just die at the critical moment? Originally, I used the lives of many soldiers as an excuse to comfort myself. But now it seems that everyone still wants to fight to the end.

However, overall he was pessimistic about the struggle on the planet's surface.

The current battle is just a temporary glitch that will catch the Alliance fleet off guard. When the Alliance's main force reacts and launches orbital bombardment, they will be unable to resist the lack of orbital defense forces and only have the protection of the orbital artillery group. Even if they can resist in the early stage, as the surface fortresses are destroyed one by one and more and more Alliance armies land, these resistances will eventually be wiped out.

Then, from the observation window of the star port tower, he clearly saw the main force of the alliance arrive in the orbit of the Upper East Star.

First a battlecruiser, then another battlecruiser, and then... nothing.

Is this gone?

Wang Ningyi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and looked at Huseppe who was standing next to him with a ferocious expression: "You lied to me!?"

Earlier, Huseppe said that the main force of the alliance fleet was just outside orbit!

That should be a huge fleet of eight giant ships, dozens of cruisers, and a total of more than five hundred!
But now, the alliance ships he saw with his own eyes were not only only two battlecruisers present, but the number of warships as a whole had shrunk by more than ten times!
It would be great if we could have fifty Alliance ships participating in the battle!
At this point, how could he not figure out that he had been cheated?
He is now filled with regret, immense regret.

If we had known earlier, we would have known that the main fleet of the Alliance was not here at all. There were only a few ships, especially the two battlecruisers. The Retribution-class battleships and Zhuge-class aircraft carriers, which were the most threatening in positional warfare, were not here at all... With such a fleet strength, they had no ability to conquer Upper East Star!
Even if some Space Marines broke through the defenses, captured the starport, and even manipulated the starport's firepower to attack their own orbital defense facilities from behind, as long as they continued to resist and the orbital artillery groups on the ground were activated as soon as possible, the combined firepower would be able to resist the Alliance's attack.

As long as they are brave enough, the orbital artillery group on the surface will fiercely destroy the star port. Then, without the firepower of the star port to attack from behind, the surviving orbital defense facilities on Upper East Star combined with the surface firepower can still repel the Alliance's not-so-strong fleet!

However, Wang Ningyi's surrender almost destroyed this possibility.

The starport's self-destruct system is also controlled by the Space Marines, but what if the remaining soldiers dare to place bombs everywhere to cause it to self-destruct directly?
If it weren't for his surrender order, wouldn't the orbital artillery group on the surface have fallen into chaos in the first place?

But in any case, he himself seemed doomed.

Thinking of this, he wasn't actually that angry.

But on the surface, he still had to maintain an angry attitude.

Hussepe did not expose it either.

He said with a smile: "You are so loyal and brave, I can only leave this book. But you don't have to be too angry, the Upper East Star will definitely be conquered by the Alliance in the end. Your wise decision has saved the lives of millions of people defending in the space orbit; those who resist stubbornly on the surface are the most stupid, they will drag countless people into the war, but in the end they can't change anything."

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The resistance on the surface of Upper East Star did cause quite a stir, but it was not actually that significant.

Without the cooperation of star ports and star fortresses, ground orbital firepower alone is not enough.

After all, ground artillery groups have no way to move, and the area of ​​space they can cover is relatively limited.

The Alliance fleet should just avoid the strong areas.

The Alliance's ships can use the power of two battlecruisers to clear out a small area of ​​relatively safe space in areas where ground firepower is not very strong.

Then, drop the army and start attacking from the ground.

The loss of orbit and the surrender of the supreme commander would have a huge impact on the morale of the ground defenders. Their will to resist would not be that strong.

The direct lineage of the rebels from the Princess Star Region might be quite powerful. However, although Upper East Star is said to have hundreds of millions of defenders, the total number of these direct lineage rebels is only about 10 to 20 million, and a considerable number of them are elite troops stationed in orbit and surrendered. The majority of the remaining defenders are the planetary defense forces that the Fury Corps recruited from Upper East Star and even the surrounding areas before Upper East Star was besieged.

Their combat effectiveness and fighting will are even more worrying.

Under such circumstances, the alliance's offensive on land, after overcoming the initial difficulties, quickly became unstoppable.

This is especially true when the alliance's two ace forces joined the ground battle.

Those were the three hundred Space Marines led by Carduso.

They are not needed for simple defense on the starport. Their role can be better utilized in battles on the ground.

In addition to Carduso's Space Marines, another ace is the Alliance National Knights.

It is called the Knights, but it is actually a legion of Titans.

The Iron Giant Legion is composed of a Warlord-class Titan as the core, more than twenty War Dog-class and Predator-class Titans as the main force, and more than seventy knight mechas of various types.

Cooperating with multiple Allied armored divisions that had gathered together, the Lion King tanks brought the Lion tanks and thousands of armored vehicles, and there were also hundreds of fighter jets assigned to the Army Aviation cruising in the sky at all times.

The powerful torrent of steel flattened the surface railgun fortresses one after another.

Under tremendous military pressure, the alliance's psychological warfare tactics never stopped.

Over the past few months, the various lies that the Iron Fury Stone was destroyed and the Alliance had entered the core area of ​​the Spider Web Universe were still being broadcast continuously; under Huseppe's persuasion, General Wang Ningyi, who had once again come to his senses, also repeatedly worked with his old subordinates on the ground, persuading them to surrender.

Often, the main force of the Queen's Legion on the surface, with a large number of planetary defense forces, guards a key fortress, which makes it difficult for the alliance to bite. At this time, Wang Ningyi's call will be directly dialed into the channel of the commander of the fortress garrison, and he will have a good chat with him.

After chatting a few more times, you can sometimes persuade them to surrender.

Even if we fail to persuade them to surrender directly, we can at least shake the other side's morale.

This is also a good harvest.

From this perspective, Wang Ningyi is quite useful.

Hussepe couldn't help but boast about him, saying that one man is worth a thousand soldiers!
He also said that he must report the achievement to him.

While having a sour face, Wang Ningyi sometimes has some expectations in his heart.

What if... what if the alliance really wants to give me a high position and generous salary and let me work well in the alliance?

Should I agree? Or agree? Or agree?
……

It will obviously take time to completely conquer Shangdongxing.

But this result is already doomed.

Even after the outcome was decided, the two battlecruisers, the "Flying Wing" and the "Koroga", left.

The army can handle the rest of the matters, and there is no need to keep the two giant ships on Upper East Star.

The next target is Guangfeng Star.

The alliance hopes to do the same.

Guangfeng Star was also completely blocked from external communications by the Alliance. They didn't know what happened on Shangdong Star, so they didn't have any advance preparations against this kind of tactic.

However, to be honest, events like Wang Ningyi accepting communication with the alliance and finally choosing to surrender after being captured were all unexpected events and are not that replicable.

The rebel commander of Guangfeng Star has always refused to communicate with the Alliance and will not allow any Alliance ships, even non-combat ships, to approach.

There is nothing we can do about it.

But despite this, the league found an opportunity.

In the third week after the arrival of the Wing and Koroga, an opportunity was seized.

They discovered that there were ships on Guangfeng Star, operating in low-altitude orbit.

It seems that large-scale material transportation and deployment are being carried out at the planetary level.

After a brief discussion, the two battlecruisers led an assault.

Facing the threat of orbital defense systems and ground artillery, the battlecruiser destroyed the fleet of starships operating in the low-Earth orbit of Guangfeng Star.

It was not a large or powerful ship.

However, it is a very rare active force within Guangfeng Star.

Before this, when the main warships of the Alliance were operating in the Aozhua star field and had no time to take care of Guangfeng Star and Shangdong Star, the small fleets hidden in the orbital defense systems of these two planets launched sneaky attacks and ambushed the Alliance's logistics fleet, achieving some results.

Now, this small fleet has been destroyed, which means that Guangfeng Star has lost all ability to take the initiative to attack.

Then it's not a big problem to let them exist.

After all, the Upper East Side on the other side had been taken.

While the war on Upper East Star continued, the alliance's engineering team had actually landed on the surface to carry out warehouse construction.

Later, Shangdong will become the alliance's logistics base when attacking the Proud Claw star field.

Including many new recruits who have completed training in the alliance’s local area, they will also be transported here in batches.

On the one hand, they can train by fighting and participate in the war on the ground of Upper East Star. On the other hand, they can also replenish the losses of the front-line combat troops at any time.

In this way, it doesn't really matter whether Guangfeng Star is taken down or not, as it has completely lost its ability to take the initiative.

The two throat itches have been solved.

(End of this chapter)