Him and their stars.

Chapter 928 Burning Dwarf Planet
Admiral Connerys is a technical bureaucrat who lacks actual combat achievements and experience, and Lieutenant General Tivington is an overly typical elite academic staff officer.Of course, even so, Yang Xiyi didn't think these two were incompetent.However, they still formulated a... High EQ statement, a very gambling tactic.

Yang Xiyi asked himself, if he was in command, he would inevitably gamble and put the lives of soldiers on the altar.But the problem is that it depends on the emergency of the current battle situation.Although our side suffered setbacks in the siege, we still have an undoubted strategic advantage. What's the point of winning such an extreme risky operation?

What's more, even if he was lucky, Yang Xiyi really didn't think it was worth celebrating.After all, winning the wrong way is worse than losing.

Yang Xiyi is not a person who is very good at hiding himself, or in other words, most of the time he is too lazy to hide his emotions.Although he remained silent, the two present clearly felt his dissatisfaction.

A commander, a chief of staff, a general and a lieutenant general, actually felt a sense of oppression from a major general who had only been promoted for less than half a year.The latter pondered for a while, and said: "Of course, it is indeed like what you said, it would be too reckless to launch an attack on two planets at the same time. Therefore, we concentrated our forces to launch an attack on Planet A1 of Devil's Throat." Let's attack. If everything goes well, we can do the same for A2."

"...If you are worried about the dispersion of troops, you can invite the empire to land on planet A2 at the same time." Yang Xiyi said: "Anyway, as far as cannon fodder is concerned, they have plenty."

"This is a purely military consideration, Deputy Chief of Staff Yang." Lieutenant General Tivington seemed to have intentionally pronounced the "deputy" with a little emphasis: "You should understand that our side and the empire are not able to unreservedly Relying on the allies on the back. Since the empire has given us the battlefield, there is no possibility of returning it.”

Admiral Conneris said: "We expect that tomorrow, that is, at 7:24 a.m. standard time on July 25, Task Force F commanded by Rear Admiral Parker will serve as the escort fleet to cover the navy commanded by Commodore Nayon. The 11th Marine Division has landed."

Rear Admiral Parker is one of the admirals of the squadron under the command of the First Fleet. He has four battle cruisers, four aircraft carriers, and twelve arsenal ships in his hands.

Yang Xiyi always felt that the guy with white face, beardless and feminine temperament was like a eunuch who was posing in the Byzantine court, but considering that there were examples like Narsis in the history of Byzantium, we can't judge people by their appearance.

As for the 11th Marine Division, more than half of the soldiers are composed of highlanders and bearmen, and even their commander, Brigadier General Naion, is a Bean bear.In order to give full play to the combat effectiveness of these bear warriors, they are also equipped with exclusive berserker-type special combat mechs.

You know, in order to match the bear man's size, the cost of this kind of mech is more than three times that of the dragoons and hussars used by humans.

Of course, we also need to know that the berserker mecha has not been improved for more than [-] years, and the average service time of the mechas owned by these bear warriors is also nearly [-] years.

But anyway, a bear man who can penetrate armor is already very courageous, what more bike do you need?
Therefore, with more than [-] people, he also has the title of "Polar Bear Division", and can be regarded as one of the elite marines in the community.

"I know that the main force of our Marine Corps is still in the rear, but we still have three divisions with nearly [-] troops." Yang Xiyi made his own suggestion: "Since there is no time for the pilot to investigate, why not put all the bargaining chips on the ground?" Press it up?"

The commander and the chief of staff looked at each other, the former seemed a little moved, but the latter said: "We want to keep the marine troops for the follow-up A2 planet strategy, and even the follow-up fort strategy, we can't really throw all our troops in one place. Let's go to the target."

Major General Yang Xiyi couldn't help pressing his temple: "It's time for Lieutenant General Simon to lead the follow-up main force of the Marine Corps. According to the original plan, he should arrive at the front line before the end of July."

"The main task of Lieutenant General Sayo also includes reorganizing the land forces of all allied countries and establishing a command system." Lieutenant General Tivington also pretended to show a distressed expression: "He is a well-known army general. With him Only in this way can we hold down the Allied forces and ensure our country’s right to speak in the Allied Command. There is no way. Although the formation of the Allied Forces is huge, there are always a lot of troubles! I am doing military affairs on the Allied side. I have encountered this kind of problem many times when communicating.”

Yang Xiyi is now sure that the Chief of Staff must have a bad relationship with Lieutenant General Sai Yue, and maybe he has a bad relationship with Nai Weng.But this doesn't seem to be surprising. Fighting school and academic school will inevitably have disagreements.

He didn't hide his emotions any more, and said coldly: "There is a saying in the art of war, don't belittle the enemy because of the number of troops, don't be fatal because of life, don't be cheap because of your body, don't go against the crowd because of your own opinions, don't use arguments It is inevitable. How many of these five words have we committed?"

Major General Tivington was slightly taken aback, the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch, his smile was a little stiff, but his eyes obviously cooled down.This lady chief of staff, who looks like an elite female white-collar worker, is indeed a very manly person, but she has been ridiculed by her face, and naturally she can no longer hide her anger.

She was just about to explode, but was interrupted by Admiral Connors: "Yang, I understand your feelings, but you can't be messed up. Just like you said, our military strength is here, and our strategic advantage It is unshakable, and there is a lot of room for maneuver in combat. I will ask Lieutenant General Marlowin to select top psykers to serve as the backbone of the land battle."

He thought for a while, and added: "Brigadier General Wu Sansong will personally lead it."

I was worried because you found that Wu Sansong.Yang Xiyi thought.The one who formulates the tactics is an overseas student from the alliance, and the one who leads the team is also an overseas student from the alliance. Is this battle a show for the empire on behalf of the alliance?
However, since it was all said and done, even His Excellency Commander's eyes seemed to be filled with a hint of pleading, so Yang Xiyi naturally couldn't say anything.

On the second day, that is, at 832:7 a.m. on July 24, 1 in the common calendar, the attack on Planet A[-] of Devil's Throat officially began.

This is the largest dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt of this galaxy, with a diameter of more than 3500 kilometers, a volume less than half that of the moon, and a mass less than a quarter of the moon. The surface is covered with thick layers of ice and rocks, and the temperature is between It's about minus 120 degrees, and the environment is really harsh.However, compared to the terrestrial planets that are haunted by various alien monsters and the atmosphere is full of toxins, this kind of dwarf planet with a clear environment is actually an ideal battlefield.A marine force equipped with all kinds of vehicles and power mechas, if all goes well, it will only take a day or two to plow the centerline of the planet's surface.

The strike fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Parker guarded the five troop carriers, and used the asteroid belt as a cover to cruise as close as possible to the known firing range of the fortress.

At the same time, the Commonwealth Fleet learned from the Imperial Fleet the day before yesterday and used ultra-long-range shelling as cover.They didn't expect to be able to weaken the shield of the fortress, anyway, as long as they could divert the attention of the predators.

They've done it very, very successfully.The fleet managed to avoid the heavy artillery fire from the fortress, and dispersed the small number of marauder troops trying to intercept.Fifteen thousand Marines of the 11th Division successfully landed on the ice sheet on the back of the planet.

The Ursa Marines in heavy armor roared like giant bears.They are all wearing armor, equipped with high-carbon crystal battle axes with large door panels and big spray guns, and feel that even if they encounter the elite trolls, they will not be shy.

And so it is.The marine soldiers of a company on the outermost edge of the landing site encountered a group of troll troops wearing crude life support equipment.

That would really be a spark hitting the earth.Before the Earth's troops outflanked them, nearly half of the people on both sides had been killed.The difference is that the bears have tens of thousands of friendly troops next to them, and their own fleet in the sky, but the trolls have nothing.

Soon, the corpses of hundreds of troll warriors piled up here.

"These guys are actually very brave." Brigadier General Nai Weng said, "If there are two thousand guys like this on this planet, we will suffer a lot."

"It's also possible that there are only these guys on this planet." Brigadier General Wu Sansong had a different opinion.

"But……"

"Teacher, let your subordinates form a team and get ready to go!" Brigadier General Wu Sansong interrupted the other party involuntarily.He has always been very humble in front of his superiors and colleagues like Yu Lian who have tougher backstage fists, but he can't be bothered to bear it in front of ordinary colleagues.You know, Mr. Mao Yuanzuo, the shadow leader of the Co-Prosperity Party and one of the bigwigs in the political arena, is Wu Sansong's own uncle.

Well, even in the era of the Republic, didn't there be nobles?

Even though he was at the same level, Brigadier General Naion was completely regarded as a subordinate, but he didn't dare to say anything.After all, he is not a human being, let alone a psychic, and he hasn't even read many books. Being able to become a general is not only due to bravery, but naturally also includes some deeper things.

So, Brigadier General Nai Weng smiled, and agreed obediently, and the promise was full of vicissitudes.

Later, Brigadier General Wu Sansong found a map on the enemy's corpse, and judged that it should be the base of the predators on this planet, and it was naturally the location of their target.

"That shielding force field diffuser is probably here." Brigadier General Wu Sansong said.

"Isn't it a trap?" Colonel Caimen said with some doubts: "This map is too coincidental."

For this operation, two groups of eight psykers came, all equipped with emblem machines.From this point of view, the Expeditionary Army Command is not too stingy in investing in extraordinary power.

Colonel Chamon should not have come in person, but he still applied to come and fight.He always felt that Brigadier General Wu Sansong was not capable of leading a team. It was not because he had any prejudice against him personally, but because this officer was new to the team after all, and he was not very familiar with the team members and equipment... Well, that's just the reason.

"It is indeed a coincidence, but our time is limited, so we must act immediately." Brigadier General Wu Sansong said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if the predators play some small tricks, they will not be able to shake our advantage. Moreover, there are [-] people here. As a marine, their duty is to detect the enemy. No matter what method is used, the enemy must be detected."

Colonel Caimen didn't read many books, and his Xinghuan is also "Blood Road". His brain was not fast enough. It was not until Brigadier General Wu Sansong patted his shoulder and left that he finally understood what the other party meant, and was speechless for a while. .

However, the several psykers present also understood all this.They were less polite.

A captain lowered his voice and muttered: "This style is really a lot worse!"

"With whom?" asked another.

"Commander Yu Lian! Didn't you feel it?"

"Of course I didn't feel it. It's that you actually associate this with Chief Yu Lian, which is very frightening, okay?"

A major who seemed to be in his early twenties lowered his voice and said, "Commander Chaimen, the psychic is the blade, and the ordinary marines are the spine. But if there is no blade with a spine, it can only be used to cut paper." ? We may all go down to the battalion level in the future, can we lead troops like this?"

Caimen glared at the other party: "I didn't teach you that way, did you figure it out yourself?"

"It was taught by Commander Yu Lian. Uh... these are not his original words, but it probably means this." The young master raised his chest quite complacently: "Besides, the people must be the handle of the knife! Um, I also sorted out these words myself. It’s very poetic, right?”

"You guys don't read his pamphlets very often! This is something you should think about... Hey, forget it, let's focus on the war." Colonel Caimen sighed: "All the marines here They are all our brothers Paoze, when the time comes, obey my orders!"

In the end, he still didn't say "don't care about that surnamed Wu", but he had already expressed his attitude.

After that, they marched towards the target position marked on the map, which lasted more than [-] hours.During this process, the Marines of the Polar Bear Division encountered a total of six waves of enemy defenses, and each time the number of enemies was more than the last.This made Brigadier General Wu Sansong more certain of his judgment.

However, under the cover of their own superior forces and the sky fleet, they defeated the enemy with almost no loss.By the time they were about to reach the target, under the highest tundra iceberg on the planet, the number of war dead had not yet reached three digits.Calculated in this way, the biggest casualty in this battle was actually the encounter just after landing.

But in contrast, the temperature on the surface of the planet has dropped below minus 200 degrees, which is already beyond the limit of most powered mechs.Many people have exhausted their physical strength and showed signs of frostbite. Even the Bean bears, whose cold resistance is much higher than that of humans, have begun to complain.

The psykers are alright, on the one hand their physiques are becoming less and less like carbon-based creatures.On the other hand, the heraldry machine is claimed to be high-tech, but it is still a product of alchemy in essence, and its resistance to harsh environments is far stronger than the mechas used by ordinary people.

At this time, the sky was constantly flickering with strong light, as if it was burning.The 11th Division, who was tortured by the surface environment, couldn't help looking at the almost transparent sky, but saw only the dark cosmic space, and the huge artificial creation spewed out fiery red trails, as if covering the sky full of stars.

Yes, before they knew it, they had crossed most of the planet.The fleet covering them in the sky has already broken away from the natural shelter formed by the planet.

At this time, the troll and bearded demon soldiers also wore crude life-support equipment and launched a fierce attack on their side.

They don't seem to be affected by the ultra-low temperature of the planet at this moment.

(End of this chapter)