Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 543 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
When the military camps on the Eastern Continent were captured by the army of silicon demons, the military camps on the Western Continent were also attacked.

Fortunately, Howard is a little smarter and more rational than James.

Just like the battle on the Eastern Continent, on the Western Continent, the landing troops of the Silicon Demon army also arrived before the bombing ended and launched an attack.Although, like James, Huo Huade ordered the legions on the outer defense line to go into battle at the first time, but unlike James, after discovering that the enemy had not stopped bombing, Huo Huade did not let other legions launch a counterattack, but It is to let the reserve team enter the inner line of defense.As a result, after losing the outer line of defense, the reinforcements in the first theater held the inner line of defense.However, Huo Huade's action was a little bit late.When the Silicon Charm army advanced to the inner defense line and launched an attack, only ten legions entered the defense line, and only part of their troops were deployed.Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of these ten legions fought desperately and bought some time. Otherwise, before the arrival of the other ten legions, the enemy might have broken through the inner defense line.

However, the huge gap in the strength of the two sides made Huo Huade's efforts meaningless.

Although the four military camps designed by Carlson and built according to the most stringent standards of the Raling Clan Legion have not only the outer defense line, but a complete set of defensive facilities. Simply put, the entire military camp is a defensive position, even in the outer After the line of defense falls, it can also rely on the infrastructure inside the barracks to defend.However, due to time constraints, the construction of the four barracks has not been completed at all and cannot be completed.In order to ensure the timely construction of the outer defense line, Carlson could only postpone the construction of the defense facilities inside the barracks in accordance with Yang Yi's request.If the battle situation develops smoothly, the human legion will be able to complete the construction of the internal defense facilities after defending the outer defense line for a while.

In fact, this is exactly Yang Yi's deployment.

To put it simply, it is to try to hold on to the outer defense line as long as possible, strive to complete the defense construction inside the barracks, and then rely on the entire barracks to fight against the enemy.

The problem is, it takes time.

What's more, it is not the Lei Ling clan legion that guards the barracks, but the human legion.

Although twenty legions were dispatched, half of the reserves were mobilized, and they entered the inner defensive position in time, but the reinforcements in the first theater could not last long in the face of hundreds of Silicon Charm legions.When the ten legions that arrived first lost their combat effectiveness due to heavy casualties, and the other ten legions were bombed and shelled and could not enter the battlefield in time, the inner defensive positions were also breached by the enemy.

Fortunately, the reinforcements from the first war zone held on for at least ten hours on the inner defense line.

After the inner defense line was breached by the Silicon Charm Legion, Huo Huade sent out a signal for help, and according to the defense plan formulated by Yang Yi, he began to organize the retreat of the legion.

It wasn't until this time that Yang Yi knew that there were as many as [-] silicon demons attacking the western barracks!

More importantly, through the battle report sent by Huo Huade, Yang Yi knew the enemy's offensive tactics.

Using the bombing and the first legion sent out, the Silicon Charm army effectively consumed the troops deployed by the human legion on the outer defense line.

To put it bluntly, the Silicon Charm Legion that took the lead in attacking was just a decoy, or cannon fodder.

According to the battle report submitted by Huo Huade, there were only ten Silicon Charm Legions attacking before the bombing ended, and no more than twenty at most.Because of this, Huo Huade believed that the corps already deployed on the defense line could be used to block the enemy without adding troops to the outer defense line.Although during the fierce bombing, these Silicon Charm legions also suffered extremely heavy losses, and it can even be said that the entire army was wiped out, but they also played an extremely huge value.Among other things, those human legions on the outer defense line left their bunkers during the bombing and entered the surface positions. Without exception, they suffered huge casualties, and even completely lost their combat effectiveness.As a result, by the time the main force of the Silicon Charm army came up, there were no troops available on the outer defense line.Because of the threat of bombing and shelling, even if Huo Huade knew that the outer defense line was already crumbling, he couldn't send the reserve team up, and he couldn't hold the outer defense line.

If there is no inner line of defense, then the Western barracks have also fallen.

It can be said that the reinforcements in the first theater can persist for more than ten hours, except that Huo Huade did not command indiscriminately, the key is the inner defense line.

Of course, the key is still that Huo Huade did not mess himself up.

When Jackson arrived with reinforcements, the legion commanded by Huo Huade had already retreated to the vicinity of the space passage, relying on a temporary position to fight the enemy.

Although the reinforcements in the first theater suffered heavy losses, the reinforcements in the other two theaters were similar. Of the nearly 50 regiments guarding the western barracks, only less than [-] were still fully organized. At least [-] officers and soldiers were killed or missing. The officers and soldiers under him did not lose their fighting spirit, at least they did not despair.

According to Yang Yi's arrangement, Jackson let the reserve team take over the position.

Huo Huade is still there, most of the senior officers are alive, and the retreat is going smoothly without much trouble, it just takes some time.

Because the situation was under control, Yang Yi did not go to the western barracks.

This battle lasted for two full days.

In fact, all the defenders of the Western Barracks withdrew that day.However, Yang Yi didn't ask Jackson to withdraw immediately with the reserve team, but asked Jackson to guard for one more day.This is not to eliminate more enemies, but to figure out the enemy's offensive deployment.

The southern barracks, where the headquarters was located, and the northern barracks, guarded by reinforcements from the third theater, were not attacked.

At this point, Yang Yi had to believe that the enemy had already mastered the defensive deployment of the human legion, knowing that the defenses of the Western and Eastern military camps were the weakest.

Of course, Yang Yi was not worried about this.

It's very simple. In his plan, it is not only a matter of time, but also inevitable to abandon the eastern and western continents.

The point is, with the strength of Yang Yi's troops, it is impossible to hold four barracks at the same time, and it is very good to be able to hold two barracks.More importantly, if there is no way to land on Beacon Mars, and it is impossible to establish a landing field, then after suffering heavy losses, the Silicon Demon army may not continue to attack, and it is likely to take extreme measures.Although it is protected by an energy barrier, and the original energy provided by one hundred large SSS-level primary energy converters is sufficient to maintain the space stability of the entire Beacon Galaxy, but as long as the Silicon Demon army is determined, there is still a way to destroy Fengxing Mars.For example, try to transport an asteroid from a nearby star system, and use the asteroid to hit Beacon Mars.

However, Yang Yi didn't expect that all this happened so quickly.

You know, this battle has only been fought for a few days.

Although before that, Yang Yi didn't have much hope for the reinforcements sent by the first theater and the second theater, but in his opinion, no matter how bad it is, he can persist for a few months, at least half a month.More importantly, these legions can rely on solid military camps to consume the enemy's strength and frustrate the enemy's spirit.As long as you can persist for a while and let the enemy suffer heavy losses, then the subsequent battle will be much easier.

Don't forget, Yang Yi's purpose is not to destroy the army of silicon charms here, but to persist until the reinforcements arrive.

To put it simply, what Yang Yi has to do is to defend the beacon fire, so that the enemy cannot retreat through the beacon fire.Even if the enemy's goal is not to retreat from here, we must persevere.When the Human Federation recovers all the colonized galaxies, and when the main army of the Weaving Star Clan arrives, it will be able to encircle and wipe out the army of silicon demons near Feng Mars.That's why, when formulating the defense plan, Yang Yi didn't take destroying the enemy as his main purpose. Everything revolved around guarding the barracks. The fundamental purpose was to hold on for a longer time, and he could even make some sacrifices for it.Abandoning part of the barracks and letting the enemy land on the beacon fire is actually to buy time through ground warfare.

It is a pity that the two barracks only lasted for a few days.

Although in the battles of the past few days, a large number of Silicon Charm Legions have been wiped out.According to Yuyang's statistics, the defenders of the four barracks eliminated at least 300 million silicon demon fighters in the battle, that is, 10 silicon demon legions.But the human legion also paid a very heavy price for this.The defenders in the Eastern Barracks were almost wiped out, and less than 30 people were withdrawn.The situation in the Western Barracks was slightly better, but not much better.Of the approximately 20 officers and soldiers who were evacuated, less than [-] were able to continue fighting, and the other more than [-] were unable to fight due to disabilities.Even if we can use the medical equipment of the Weaving Star Clan to fully recover most of the disabled soldiers, it will take enough time.

In addition, the reserve team also suffered a lot of casualties.

In two rescue operations, Jackson mobilized [-] regiments of the reserve team, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were killed and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were injured.

Of course, the impact on morale was even more severe.

Although the legion directly commanded by Yang Yi has not been greatly affected, and the problem of the reserve team is not too big, but this is only temporary.Most of the soldiers who had withdrawn from the Eastern and Western military camps had lost the confidence to fight on, let alone the hope of winning.As long as pessimism spreads, it will inevitably affect other soldiers, and it will inevitably shake the morale of the army.

What Yang Yi can do is to try his best to convince the officers and soldiers that they can win the final victory.

As for how long this situation can last, Yang Yi has no idea.

So, how to fight the next battle?
After Jackson returned with the broken reserve team, Yang Yi gathered everyone together and sent someone to invite Fang Zhicheng over.

Now, there are only two barracks left. No matter how he fights next, it is impossible for Yang Yi to abandon Fang Zhicheng.

More importantly, after losing the Eastern and Western military camps, there must be no mistakes in the northern military camp.If only one camp remains, it will be besieged by the enemy.Even if there are enough troops, it is impossible to persist until the arrival of reinforcements when they are surrounded by enemies.

Then, no matter how you fight, you should discuss it with Fang Zhicheng, at least get Fang Zhicheng's support.

(End of this chapter)