Chapter 547, Offensive Capabilities

Chapter 547, Offensive Capabilities

In the process of conquering the starport and star fortress, the Alliance's teleport and boarding troops did not suffer many casualties. Instead, more casualties occurred when the enemy launched an orbital gun counterattack, bombarded the starport and star fortress, and destroyed them.

Twelve Phoenixes and more than ten thousand soldiers failed to evacuate in time.

Such a loss caught people off guard.

After all, although the staff had a plan before the war and mentioned the possible actions of the enemy, their decisive and quick decision to destroy the lost star fortress and starport was still somewhat beyond expectations.

But from a cold-blooded point of view, even with these unexpected casualties, it was still worth it. The sacrifices made by the Alliance were definitely worthwhile compared to the result of destroying the enemy's most important orbital defense facilities.

Besides, where do we end here?

Since the attack on Mentus II began, the Alliance has lost a total of nine warships, including four frigates, two patrol ships, one destroyer, and one cruiser.

Not to mention the value of these ships, the navy’s personnel losses alone due to the ship explosions exceeded 150,000.

What's more, the alliance's current achievements are limited to planetary orbits.

The rebels have not been defeated yet, they still have solid defenses on the planet.

Of course, having said that, the capture of Mentus II was actually a foregone conclusion.

Although a lot of manpower will be invested in the subsequent battles on the planet's surface, the rebels still have dense ground fortresses and cities that can be used as street fighting areas for both sides to fight fiercely. The reinforced concrete city cluster can also be regarded as a huge fortress, in which the defender can gain a great geographical advantage.

But overall, there won't be much suspense about the outcome of the battle on the ground.

After basically clearing the orbital defense system of Mentus II, the Alliance Fleet did not rush to take the next step, but temporarily withdrew to rest the fleet and restore the void shield.

The shields can be restored and the ships can be repaired, but the defense facilities in orbit around Mentus II can never be restored.

After two weeks of rest, the ground offensive began.

First, under the attack of ground artillery groups, they used massive firepower and orbital bombardment to destroy two nearby fortress groups.

By doing this, a part of the area on the edge of the Arctic Circle of Mentus II will be cleared. When the Alliance ships are operating in the orbit corresponding to this part of the area, due to the angle problem, only a small part of the orbital firepower deployed by the rebels in other places can be fired at an inclined angle, which is very inaccurate and small in number.

After establishing a certain safety zone, the Alliance Army began to deploy troops to the ground through landing ships, transport planes, and airdrop capsules.

At this time, many rebel troops emerged from the ruins of the fortress covered in snow and launched a fierce attack on the landing Alliance troops.

This also caused considerable trouble to the alliance's landing operations.

Up to now, Gu Hang believed that the rebel general in charge of the defense of Mentus II was quite capable.

Although his efforts could not reverse the fate of Mentus II falling into the hands of the Alliance, it is hard to say that this was the fault of the generals defending Mentus II.

The strength gap between the two sides is too big.

When the Alliance is willing to pay a certain price and is not so cautious about the number of casualties and ship losses, then the Alliance is like playing a crushing game.

It is impossible to reverse such a huge gap in strength by relying solely on the command ability of generals.

But despite this, the defenders did their best to cause trouble to the alliance.

Whether it was the decisive destruction of the lost star ports and star fortresses, or at this moment when the orbital bombardment was razing the fortress groups to the ground, he was able to arrange a considerable number of troops to sneak in and ambush in the ruins and snow, and take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Alliance’s army to cause a large number of casualties... He brought considerable trouble to the Alliance.

However, as Alliance ships began to provide powerful orbital support, the rebels' anti-landing operations quickly collapsed.

On the one hand, the National Knights had several Titans, bringing a large number of knight mechas down. These elite legions directly turned the originally unstable foothold into a very stable one.

On the other hand, although it is not convenient for the Alliance ships in orbit to carry out large-scale bombing directly below, after all, they still have their own landing troops. However, they still have the ability to carry out precision strikes.

It is mainly based on M-level or even S-level firepower, and focuses on the guidance of ground forces.

To avoid bombing the wrong targets, ground force commanders can call for orbital firepower by means such as projecting laser guidance.

They can come on call at any time, and this authority has even been delegated to the company and battalion level.

Once the guidance beacon is thrown, it usually takes about a minute for a response to come, either a beam of light sweeping down, or a heat hammer macro cannon smashing down, in short, it depends on the specific target situation.

If an enemy heavy tank appears, the light spear will be very useful, fast and accurate; if the enemy attacks in groups or defends a stubborn position, the heat hammer macro cannon will definitely smash it.

The most common and most common one is the scalpel missile.

It is accurate, has a wide bombing range and is powerful.

Soon, the losses suffered in the initial stage of landing ended.

The elite rebels who had ambushed them were wiped out. They were annihilated, and there were almost no units that could evacuate in an organized manner.

After stabilizing the landing site, the Alliance soldiers began to move south in the wind and snow, aiming directly at multiple fortress groups.

Artillery bombardment, armored forces formed a steel torrent, and after the ground forces arrived, the Alliance's main battleships in orbit would soon arrive...

Under the three-dimensional attack, the seemingly solid fortresses on Mentus II were taken down one after another by the Alliance with determination and courage.

Afterwards, the Alliance opened up a second landing site in the desert area of ​​the southern hemisphere continent and a third landing site in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere...

The war spread across the world in just a few months.

In the seventh month after the Battle of Mentus began, the entire planet was declared to have been taken by the Alliance.

Although there are still some guerrillas hiding in the mountains and ruins, the vast majority of the production base and population have fallen into the control of the alliance. Those stubborn traitors are at most a minor problem and not a problem.

After the Battle of Mentus, the Alliance clearly demonstrated its ability to attack.

In contrast to the retreat of the Fury Legion, which handed over key areas to others, and the shock of the Alliance's determination to conquer the heavily defended planet, dozens of surrounding worlds issued orders to conquer the planet almost at the same time.

As soon as the alliance's envoys arrived, they changed their flags.

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