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Chapter 286: A heavy punch is necessary

Blackbird Heavy Industries lost its intercontinental missile launch capability.

Not only were the five missile silos destroyed, but many intercontinental missiles around the silos were destroyed.

It won't be easy for them to rebuild this capability in the short term, and they won't have to worry about this problem for at least a few months.Whether it is to rebuild missile silos or replenish the number of missiles, it is not a task that can be completed overnight.

Before the Space Marines destroyed those missile silos, according to statistics, at least [-] intercontinental missiles had been launched across the alliance.Among them, most of the missiles were still aimed at Fuxing City, Weixing City, and the frontline troops; in total, there were [-] missiles that fell on Chatan City, Gaota City, and Beigong City (the Jibei Industrial City was renamed Come).

No missiles were encountered elsewhere.

It is estimated that areas further east, such as Skaro City and Xiongya City, are beyond the range of Blackbird's cruise missiles.As for other places in the Beiqinggu region, which are vast and sparsely populated, people will not use missiles to blow up farmland; some other areas in the Central Central Province, the Gaota Province, and the Central and Northern Provinces also have some industrial value. , and there was no air defense force at all, but after all, the industrial distribution was very scattered, and the intelligence was unclear, so it was not cost-effective to bomb it, so it was not hit.

Wei Xing City and Fuxing City received the highest frequency of attacks, but most of the missiles directed here were intercepted, especially Wei Xing City, which was not hit even once after that.That's because Gu Hang went there himself and helped intercept the missiles that were not blocked by the 'Reflector' air defense system.

However, when he went to Weixing City, Fuxing City was unlucky. After several waves of strikes, a small number of missiles still fell and hit neighborhoods, residential areas and factories.

But all in all, the losses are relatively controllable.Air raid sirens were sounded over the two cities early, and those who should evacuate evacuated, and those who should stay home, stayed home.Even though some residential areas suffered war damage and two buildings were destroyed, the number of casualties was limited to less than 50 people.

The worst conditions are Chatan City, Gaota City, and Beigong City.

Although Beigong City has some air defense systems left over from the Far North Industrial Group, their quality is definitely not comparable to that of the 'Reflectors', and their interception efficiency is not very good either.

As for the North Valley and the High Tower, there is no air defense system at all and they are simply bombed.

According to subsequent statistics, these three cities were bombarded by dozens of missiles, resulting in a total of more than 5000 casualties!
This was after the first wave of missiles struck. All cities that raised alarms evacuated people, stopped work and production, and those who could hide in air-raid shelters took shelter, while those who couldn't went home to tremble.

But even so, the alliance still suffered heavy casualties.

According to preliminary and rough statistics, from population to buildings to industries to goods... there must be a total loss of millions of tax dollars.

Gu Hang felt very distressed.

The most distressing thing is the loss of population. Of the 5000 casualties, even if more than 3000 were only injured, at least half of them could eventually regain their production and labor capacity after a period of medical assistance, but this was still a huge loss.

But he still had to be thankful that the Space Marines did an outstanding job.In the shortest possible time, they eliminated the threat to the alliance from the Blackbird's intercontinental missiles.

The bombing of 100 missiles caused a loss of [-] million tax coins. Of course, Blackbird's ammunition reserves were far more than that.If this number is really increased tenfold, the loss of tens of millions will definitely be unstoppable.

Chatan City is the capital of Beiqinggu Province and is the alliance's most important food processing center and food transportation hub; Gaota City is the alliance's important resource collection and primary processing base, as well as the energy base.Just the devastating blow to these two places would cost more than tens of millions, not to mention that Beigong City can almost be regarded as the second largest industrial center in the alliance after inheriting the legacy of the Far North Industry.

It can be said that this attack by the Space Marines recovered at least 2000 million tax coins for the Alliance and saved countless lives.

This incident also reminded Gu Hang and taught the alliance a profound lesson.

Under his instructions, Wei Xingcheng has begun to focus on expanding the production line of 'Reflector'.

Four models, vehicle type, air defense type, naval gun type, orbital type...all must be put on the production schedule.

The specifications of these four models are arranged from small to large.The vehicle type is already in mass production and is used on the Lion tank and the Falcon; the air defense type was only produced on a small scale before, but now production must be increased; the naval gun type will also be produced, and will be followed in the future. It can be used on the Alliance's "Traveler" spacecraft. Although this thing is not even a patrol ship, it can at least be equipped with a naval gun-type reflector.

As for the orbital type, it can be used for ground anti-orbital warfare and can directly shoot laser cannons from the ground into space, allowing the alliance to fight back when encountering orbital strikes in the future. It can also be built on a star port to allow The starport becomes an armed starfort.

In fact, Thaddeus has already received the mission from Gu Hang to start preparing to cover the entire alliance orbital air defense system. The main equipment he relies on is the 'Reflector'.

At the moment, regarding the Blackbirds, the alliance did not just take a beating but did not fight back. They also fought back in equal measure.

The Blade Tiger was in orbit and conducted orbital bombing of Blackbird City for a whole day, and did not stop until the ammunition reserves were exhausted.

The Blackbirds are not like the Alliance's missile silos against them. They have no countermeasures against orbital bombing.They neither have the anti-orbital firepower to fight against the Blade Tiger, nor the ability to project a team of elite troops to log onto the starship.

Then you can only get bombed.

It's a pity that this is the Blade Tiger, not the Quintet. Otherwise, the loss of Blackbird City will definitely not be the outer city. The entire core city will be blown up, and the energy shield will not work.

However, it doesn't matter if it doesn't blow up for a while. You can replenish the ammunition and continue bombing in a few days.

Some large shells, such as the 'Wrath of the Tadashi' on the previous Quintet, or even the 'Hot Hammer', cannot be made by the Alliance.But for 'reflectors' and 'defenders', there's no problem.

Especially the 'Reflector'. The 'Reflector' on the Blade Tiger is a naval gun type, but its technical specifications are universal. The Alliance is fully capable of providing the Blade Tiger with high-quality energy batteries, allowing them to continue bombing with ease. .

What if the core area is preserved?There is a Blade Tiger flying in the orbit. If there is a large-scale transportation of materials, then blow it up. If a large-scale gathering of frontline troops is detected, then blow it up. If I have the orbital advantage, then this battle will be many times easier to fight.

In fact, the war on the front line has officially begun.

The alliance's army has already met the enemy's vanguard in the desert.

However, so far, the scale of the battle has not been large.The alliance's 25 troops have established a long defense line from south to north in the desert.

The entire Western Desert region is bounded by the sea to the west of Beiqing Valley to the south and the Beihai Sea to the north. The span is very large.Only 25 people are not enough to cover such a large defense line.If that were to be done, the huge defense span would spread the troops very thinly, and the poor roads would cause catastrophic difficulties for the alliance's supply lines.

On this premise, Major General Yan Fangxu, as the supreme commander of the front line, adopted the strategy of 'comprehensive marking and focused defense'.

The so-called "comprehensive surveillance" refers to the arrangement of a large number of scattered small units, driving patrols, and the establishment of numerous sentry points.This coverage area is not bad, plus the air force brothers, driving the Wind Falcon, conduct patrols and reconnaissance around the clock.It is hoped that in this way, the enemy will be prevented from crossing the defense line.

The so-called "key defense" refers to the deployment of troops on the desert road, in batches, in layers, with multiple divisions as one unit, building a three-dimensional multi-layered defense line, and controlling the area with points.

Through this method, Yan Fangxu controlled a defense line of 26 kilometers from north to south with 25 divisions and brigades, totaling [-] people.The 'key points' are on the main artery of the Desert Avenue and several oases in the north-south direction; as for the ends of the [-]-kilometer north-south length and the vast desert areas, we can only rely on the air force and patrol teams. Went to see it.

Of course, this Yang's control is very weak, but Yan Fangxu has no other way.

Compared with the area he wants to control, the troops he has on hand are still too few.

More importantly, based on the information returned by the personnel collecting intelligence behind enemy lines, and combined with the Air Force's cross-border reconnaissance, Yan Fangxu found that the enemy did not seem to adopt the tactics of massing heavy troops and making key breakthroughs.The enemy troops were scattered into many small groups, seemingly trying to penetrate and penetrate the three thousand kilometers of vertical defense line.

Regardless of whether these Blackbird mechanical legions want to penetrate directly into the hinterland of the alliance during their insertion, or whether they want to engage in encirclement and annihilation tactics in the environment of the Western Desert, they cannot be allowed to succeed.

For this reason, Yan Fangxu had to adopt this strategy to deal with it, and the two sides gradually began to fall into the quagmire of a small war.

Looking at it alone, the scale of the battle is not large. It is mainly fought at the squad and platoon level, and the highest level does not rise to the company level.However, the frequency of battles is very high. In serious battles, the number of personnel and equipment losses is not small.

And Yan Fangxu couldn't stand this situation anymore.

He's planning a big move.

……

The political commissar of Army Group Center, Mikkel Nielsen, who holds the rank of brigadier general, asked Yan Fangxu worriedly: "Isn't this a little too radical? The clear instructions given to us by the Governor-General are to prevent the war from reaching the alliance's homeland. Do you want to adopt a defensive posture as much as possible under the premise? As a result, you are now going to order our army to launch a full-scale attack to the west, and you also want the Xifeng Brigade to form an armored group and advance three hundred kilometers in two days? "

When Nelson asked, his eyes never left the combat sandbox placed in front of him and Yan Fangxu.

This phantom sand table is also a high-end product, a gadget imported by the Governor through Gu's Trading Company.After inputting the parameters, multiple servo skulls calculate together, and through special imaging technology, three-dimensional image combat maps of different scales can be displayed, supporting zooming in and out.

The virtual sand table covers almost the entire Western Desert region and the western part of the northern border, from the bay in the south to the cliff strait in the north.The alliance's military information is all reflected here, in the form of models of small figures, cars, and tanks, with the number and flag of the unit on them.

At the same time, on the opposite side of the legion, there were red flags one after another, representing the enemy's army.

Of course, this information is not updated in real time, but relies on the staff team to collect and input data from various front lines according to specific technical rules.Information about the enemy must be collected through various investigation methods.Since we don't keep the truth and don't know the specific number of the enemy, we can only make up a code name and mark it with the approximate strength and composition of the enemy's troops.

Currently, on the shadow sand table in this chapter, there are already densely packed attack arrows that have been drawn.

These arrows represent Yan Fangxu's plan.

Almost all division and brigade level units have the requirement to attack forward.The most exaggerated among them is that the 1st Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 46th and 47th Brigades have assembled into an armored group on the West Desert Avenue. They have to advance [-] kilometers westward along the avenue, passing through countless marked with a red flag, and finally arrived at an oasis called 'Tail Scorpion'.

There, it is said to be a key logistics supply center for the Blackbird Army.

Blackbird's cybernetics, robotic dogs, drones, unmanned combat vehicles, unmanned self-propelled artillery... These things don't require food, but ammunition supplies are still necessary.Moreover, their demand for fuel, electricity and other energy logistics supplies is much higher than that of the human army.

Destroying the enemy's reserves in this area can indeed greatly reduce the difficulty of the battle, which can be regarded as a brilliant result.

but……

The difficulty is too high.

Nelson hesitated.

But Yan Fangxu has his own views on this.

"You are right. The Governor's order is indeed to defend. But, Nelson, we have to look beyond the phenomenon to see the essence. What is the purpose of the Governor asking us to go on the defensive? It is to hope that we can be independent before the Astra Militarum arrives. In the battle with the Blackbirds, we must control the losses and let the Astra Militarum come forward to solve the problem. It does not mean that we can just hold on like this forever."

"But the current situation obviously does not support us doing this."

"Those iron-clad monsters did not dare to fight us in groups. They even let go of their control of the desert highway and turned to small groups to infiltrate and penetrate. In order to stop them, our soldiers also divided into small groups to follow them in the desert. One bloody battle after another was fought.”

"This is not our advantage at all. In the past half month, we have lost more than 4000 people. We cannot continue to bleed like this."

"We have to throw a punch so we can hold on."

(End of this chapter)