From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 260 Star Wars? World War II!
Although the Star Dragon Empire's expedition against the Federation is fundamentally the product of the partisanship between the two major parties in the country.

But no matter what, in the closed-door meeting of the Imperial Parliament, the motion of 'launching war' was still passed unanimously.

In other words, whether it is the regent's party, the princess's party, or even the few royal parties, they all believe that this war is needed as an outlet for the acute conflicts and pent-up emotions in the country.

In this context, although the Regent Party and the Princess Party were still secretly stumbling, they even used this battle to crazily eliminate each other's 'chess pieces'.

But in general, the Star Dragon Empire really wants to fight this war seriously.

"Although I cheated each other, betrayed my teammates, and betrayed each other, I still wanted to win this game~" This is the Star Dragon Empire.

Therefore, the fleet and army units that can participate in this expedition are not only the most elite ones in the battle sequence of the various services of the Star Dragon Empire, they are also well-trained and veteran units.

The 7th, 8th, and 9th Expeditionary Divisions of the Royal Army of the Star Dragon Empire, which were dropped on Rubion 9, and their nine brigade-level combat teams, all or more of them were deployed during the 'peace period' of more than eighty years. He has participated in some domestic battles and can be considered relatively experienced in combat.

However, the experience gained in counter-insurgency and stability-maintaining battles obviously did not include being abandoned by the navy on a planet with no way out, and at the same time being surrounded in an isolated city, watching the enemy slowly form a siege.

Finally, there is a "letter of persuasion to surrender" sent to each officer and soldier's combat terminal.

The content of the meeting mainly required grassroots officers to pay close attention to the internal ideological dynamics of the army and channelize any possible wavering and uneasiness.

He knew that the military intranet was completely separated from the external network. If something like that happened in the morning, it was obvious that his own military network had been invaded, and this intrusion could only be carried out through physical connections.

However, the special operations team has significantly reduced the frequency of its activities in the past two days.

After this, it was a thorough investigation of the military intranet by centralized technical officers.

These 'materials' allowed the viscount to easily list to all the officers and soldiers a lot of battles that they had just experienced, in which the few defeated the strong.

All in all, Viscount Ptolemy tried every means to temporarily gather the strength of the troops to the greatest extent and temporarily strengthen the soldiers' determination to resist.

They would not go out during the day, and even if they went out at night, they would go out at three or four in the morning, when humans are most tired and most likely to fall asleep.

After the plenary speech, he convened another meeting of officers.

"This also means that the enemy's attack is imminent. Get ready for the next battle, gentlemen."
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Two days have passed since the 'letter urging the surrender of the Imperial Invading Forces (remnants)' was circulated throughout the remaining Imperial troops.

Obviously, all soldiers, including Viscount Drake himself, could receive the message, which showed that the enemy had successfully invaded the military intranet and obtained considerable permissions.

And told them that the failure of the previous battle and the current situation of being besieged in Ptolemaic City was only temporary, and the command was planning a real counterattack and breakout battle.

But after completing the 'group message', Lilith hid herself in cyberspace and even stopped the spread of the electronic warfare virus, completely 'disappearing' from the empire's military intranet.

While the technical officers were helpless in the face of the calm military intranet and did not know where to start, Viscount Drake also ordered the troops patrolling in the city to increase the frequency of patrols.

At this time, I have to mention that the 'material' contributed by the planetary defense force of Rubion 5 and the coalition force formed later to Viscount Drake before Amber took over the command.

Viscount Drake spoke of his conclusion at an emergency meeting of senior officers.

"It seems that the enemy's infiltration troops have bypassed the frontline defenders and penetrated into the city through a method we did not expect!"

They also lifted the previous restrictions on crossfire based on the possibility of accidental injury to citizens, authorizing them to "open fire directly on any suspicious target."

In the past two days, the patrol forces in the city were searching like crazy for traces of coalition infiltration forces.

It is recommended that they praise the deeds of standing firm and fighting bravely, and at the same time severely punish any attempt to surrender or defect, and ensure strict military discipline and prohibitions.

Finally, while Viscount Ptolemy kept 'greeting' Duke Duke and the three generations of his naval fleet members in his heart, he also promised the imperial soldiers 'against their conscience':
"The naval fleet will make a comeback soon, and will cooperate with the ground forces to completely destroy the federal resistance!"

Faced with the possibility of mutiny among the troops, Viscount Drake immediately gave a public speech through the internal network to calm the morale of the army.

Not only did he collect a lot of information about the empire's defenses within the city, but he also successfully passed on the information. In short, it was very outrageous.

At the same time, the imperial patrol troops in the city were being 'played' unilaterally by the special operations team.

Residents in the city also learned about the upcoming general offensive by the coalition forces through various channels - gossip from unknown sources, local news that was still being updated secretly, and "I heard" from elders.

Although these messages came from different sources and the offensive was launched every day for the next month, each message mentioned one thing.

That is to advise citizens to leave dangerous areas, especially the edges of cities, main streets, landmark buildings and other locations that are prone to becoming war zones.

In fact, without the urging of gossip, many citizens had already found a way to leave the city before the remaining imperial soldiers retreated to Ptolemaic City.

'Aspiring young men' like Franklin could actually leave, but in the end they chose to stay in the city and cause trouble to the remaining imperial soldiers. The remaining people who really couldn't leave basically gathered in the underground bunker in the north of the city, which was now the safest place in the entire Ptolemaic City.

In this way, the soldiers on the city's outer defense line spent the last few days before the coalition launched a general offensive in a tense, restless, and irritable atmosphere.

In the past two days, the opposing coalition forces have reduced their frequency of position attacks. They no longer even try to let the troops launch attacks, but simply suppress them with direct firepower.

Everyone knows that the coalition forces are holding back a big move.

For the imperial soldiers in the defense line, this kind of life is very painful. They would rather fight with the enemy immediately than worry about when the coalition forces will launch an attack amidst sporadic artillery fire.

Today, after more than eighty years between the two major forces of mankind, war breaks out again.

When the Federation and the Empire fought on several planets, military scientists and commanders from both sides were surprised to find that the form of ground warfare was not the same as it was decades or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, when mankind had just entered the gunpowder age. Essential difference.

Detection still comes from satellites, drones and frontline infiltration teams returning intelligence that is not entirely clear and transparent.

Although the weapons, equipment and firepower projection capabilities of the troops on both sides are no longer the same as in the past, there has not been much improvement in the combat thinking.

Fire preparations still exist, but are completed by higher-precision self-propelled artillery groups, straight/curved dual-purpose artillery on front-line combat vehicles, and orbital strikes in space.

Bunkers in combat defense are also constantly being updated. Even this imperial remnant can still quickly build a semi-permanent bunker group outside the city through standard titanium alloy frames, foam metal, and various standardized components.

And through the combat engineer unit's mine-laying system and artillery mine-laying system, a wide minefield was laid in front of the position.
After looking at the photos of the enemy positions taken by the drone, I took a few veterans across the front line. In the "no man's land" where the two armies faced each other, I looked through the telescope at the looming wall outside the city in the heavy fog. wall'.

Amber felt a ridiculously familiar feeling come over her.

"Am I fighting a war in the interstellar era or fighting World War I or World War II?"

Amber didn't know whether this sense of absurdity and familiarity was due to the loose military settings planned in the previous game, or whether it was the result of the natural evolution of this world.

Anyway, behind those seemingly fancy technological advances, only fleet warfare in space seems to be a very novel thing, and the basic form of ground warfare does not seem to have changed much.

Even though directed energy weapons can be seen everywhere, combat exoskeletons are as common as the most basic rifles, and the integrated command system can also allow combat commanders to have an overview of the overall situation like a 'God's perspective'.

But in the final analysis, a large number of infantry as the backbone of the "line filling" are still needed to seize, control, and advance the front.

For example, the attack that the coalition forces are about to launch is still essentially to gather heavy troops in one direction of attack, and then start the process of "after the artillery bombardment, the infantry charges, after the infantry charges, the artillery bombardment".

Because Ptolemaic City is so big, although the coalition forces were supplemented by two combined brigades of garrison troops, it was obviously unrealistic for these tens of thousands of people to complete the encirclement of a very large city.

Divide into multiple troops and attack from different directions at the same time?
Amber doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Yang Hao and Jun Song
Among the coalition forces, except for Atlas's mixed brigade, which can fight head-on with the remaining imperial troops, other friendly units can easily be killed and routed when faced with an imperial army of the same size, let alone a complex and cruel city. street fighting.

Therefore, the safest way is to focus on punching out.

Amber, who withdrew to the headquarters, looked at the electronic sand table. At this time, there were still 20 minutes left before the scheduled fire strike before the attack.

On the 25-kilometer-long broad attack surface, all coalition units have arrived at their respective planned attack launch positions.

The long-range fire strike forces of various ministries were also prepared, and the two orbital attack ships and the Hermes also lowered their altitude and entered the attack orbit.

Amber took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. This was his first time commanding a ground war of this scale.

Because in the game, he is more responsible for commanding fleet battles, and his experience in commanding ground battles is far from reaching this level.

And this is not a game, and the soldiers under his command are not NPCs who will not feel sorry for themselves even if they die.

But right now, there is no room for him to be indecisive. Now that he is in this position, he will do his best in everything he can do.

"The ministries launched the attack according to the scheduled plan after the artillery preparations were completed.

According to the original plan, I will lead the HCP troops to launch the first round of attacks and wait for opportunities to carry out beheading operations.

The specific subsequent command will be left to you. Hogg will still be responsible for overall coordination as usual. This can be regarded as the graduation assessment for future commanders like you. "

Amber raised her head and looked at the people in the command post. These human and Roma staff officers from Atlas had expressions on their faces that were nervous, excited, and at the same time uneasy.

But without exception, their eyes were firm enough.

"Okay, let's start taking action."

(End of this chapter)