Him and their stars

On August 13, 833 CE, the fifth day after the Battle of the Ring of Miracles, an Imperial squadron with a Shadow Falcon-class aircraft carrier as its core carried three stormtrooper divisions and two regiments of armored grenadiers. , an armored regiment, arrived in the Yaochi galaxy.

The imperial soldiers who had just achieved a glorious victory in the Ring of Miracles were naturally in a state of high morale and even arrogance. However, even so, these elite imperial troops did not airborne directly. They seemed to know very well that the defenders on Yaochi Planet were once their "comrades in arms" and had once devoured an opponent of the same size within three hours.

"These enemy troops, well, the 38th Division of the Community, although most of the soldiers are indigenous, they are by no means mediocre. They can fight much better than those glamorous trash in the Circle of Miracles! They can eat the Aduka tribe. , I am actually not surprised at all. This is a tough battle! Everyone must not take it lightly!" said the commander of the Imperial Army.

Therefore, the person who knows your abilities best is by no means an incompetent boss, but a capable enemy.

The moment the imperial fleet entered the Yaochi galaxy, it activated the fleet's electronic alert. They quickly captured the unmanned detector around the gravity well and also locked the direction of the detector's signal feedback.

This amount of time is actually not enough for the empire to calculate the feedback direction with sufficient accuracy. However, with their usual style, they never need to consider accuracy.

Therefore, before arriving at the low-Earth orbit of Yaochi Star, they launched 48 sub-beam missiles in the direction of Yaochi Star.

The missile crossed the distant cosmic space, easily passed through the atmosphere of Yaochi Star that was densely covered with negative oxygen ions, and just then it swaggered onto the rugged and steep peaks.

The fiery explosion swirl turned into fire on the undulating curves of the New Kunlun Mountains. Everyone in Marshal Li's Grad could clearly see that those magnificent snow scenes, as if they were created by gods, were completely devoured by flames.

"What a pity. Although this mountain range is not the highest or largest on the planet, it may be the most beautiful. That's why the boss named this place New Kunlun." Simon Vayali sighed

The subordinates reported: "Seven of the twelve observation towers built on the New Kunlun Mountains were destroyed. However, the soldiers quickly evacuated according to the original plan and all arrived at the nearest underground passage entrance. Only three of them suffered a little. Minor injuries."

"Where's the cooking team that just went into the mountains to deliver supplies?"

"They all returned safely."

Simon breathed a sigh of relief, and joy gradually appeared on his face: "...It's finally much better than I expected. No, this is actually good news."

"Why is this?" the subordinate asked doubtfully.

"Because they didn't use neutron bombs or even thermonuclear warheads." Simon laughed, and then ordered: "All combat units in area 8, be prepared to lurk and wait for the next order!"

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On the other side, on the Unity Fortress, Yang Xiyi was drinking his favorite black tea with brandy while listening to the report of Lieutenant Colonel Micheel Kent, the adjutant.

"It is determined that from the empire's side, the mothership Caes has been seriously damaged, the mothership Night Stalker, and the heavy cruiser Laika have been sunk. There should be more than ten other enemy ships, large and small, that have been damaged. We have lost 12 turbo lasers Group and 3 ion turrets, 228 people were killed or missing. Judging from the battle loss ratio, our side should have achieved a complete victory."

"With a tentative offensive, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose." Yang Xiyi commented.

"Understood. In addition, the offensive from the direction of the fortress central station was also repelled. 1,277 of our troops were killed...including Major Stark and Major Rogers of the Blue Guard. There should also be Astral Knights killed in the Empire's side. , but since the heraldic machine was snatched away by the imperial army, we can’t be sure." Kent added.

Yang Xiyi was neither happy nor sad, and continued to nod: "It is still a tentative attack. Whether the Astral Knight dies or not, the result is already there."

He added: "If the soldiers hacked to death Viscount Ereda or Count Baorre, they could report more specifically."

"Unfortunately, Master Elenko said that since that battle, the Knight Commander has never appeared on the front line again."

"Even if it is a tentative attack, it is too insincere. This is just relying on the number of psychics in their fortress." Yang Xiyi complained.

Yes, within the Unity Fortress, excluding Count Baorre, the Knight Commander, and Viscount Ereda, the Star Officer, there are conservatively estimated to be at least twenty astral knights, three times as many as the Blue Guard of the Community, with an average The strength and performance of the heraldry machine are naturally higher than the latter. What's more, street fighting in the fortress is the most suitable stage for psykers to display their talents.

If Natalia Elenko, the "Red Shura", was not always active at the forefront of the fortress, our defense line might have been penetrated by the Astral Knights.

However, Kent has already shown a pessimistic mood: "However, the Star Knights have learned to be smart. No matter what the combat environment is, they must maintain the standard four-image formation. Once they encounter Master Elinko, they will quickly Cover the evacuation. The remaining combat units will launch attacks from other places. In this way, even Master Elinko will lose sight of one thing. Since the battle on the 10th, she has not killed an enemy psyker. , but the fatigue keeps accumulating.”

Yang Xiyi put down the tea cup, and his face suddenly showed obvious worry.

Kent always felt that this expression seemed to be dealing with him. He twitched the corners of his mouth and continued to report: "Moreover, their attack rhythm in the past two days has indeed been too frequent. Inside the fortress, our troop strength is actually Dominate. If this continues, if countless tentative attacks without any results accumulate, won't they become a meat grinder?"

"The reason why there is a strength advantage is that we still have troops from allied countries. But if there is a fierce battle, the soldiers who will sacrifice the most will be the soldiers of the community. As for the empire, the people who have died the most are Wolfgang and Legg. Giants and Kiyyan people, right? Even the Razakai engineers died more than humans." Yang Xiyi asked in return.

Kent smiled bitterly and nodded: "This is the so-called advantage of low human rights."

"It's not low human rights, it's a decision of the system. Non-human alien races who want to become citizens, or even citizens and nobles, can just get away with it on the battlefield. Even if they die, they are no more than rotten. A life. This kind of system is the best life path for races like the Wolfgangs and Legg giants who are naturally brave."

The so-called low EQ of being born brave is "well-developed limbs and simple mind", but Yang Xiyi is a cultivated and modest gentleman, and he really cannot say vulgar words behind his back.

In a sense, the Holy Galactic Empire has been using this method to maintain the vitality of the country's upper class while also controlling the alien population.

"Moreover, compared to the Marines in the fortress, they have an absolute fleet advantage. These attacks are a trial and of course a test." Yang Xiyi said in a determined tone.

After the battle of the passage three days ago, when Count Baoré returned home covered in spiritual fire, like a pheasant whose buttocks were set on fire, the empire seemed to have given up on its plan to quickly push forward the Unity Fortress.

And for the next thirty hours, they remained silent except for allowing the Astral Knights to continue harassing them. Such an attack seems to have achieved no results other than consuming the physical energy of Red Shura and the Blue Guards.

However, as King Solane's fleet was approaching the Unity Fortress, the other party launched another fierce attack in the next two days. This attack was carried out in cooperation with the marines inside the fortress and the fleet in outer space.

The Marines on the front continued to advance according to the original plan, through all visible, invisible, and even temporarily dug passages. The Unity Fortress is not a brand-new battlefield environment, and after so many tug-of-wars, both sides are already very familiar with each other's environment.

In such a limited environment, if you still want to play tricks such as luring the enemy in, attacking in the east, attacking in the west, Li Daitao and others, you must regard the opponent as a fool. In the end, you must be the only one who becomes the real fool.

In a situation where no one can play tactics, of course they have to enter the most cruel meat grinder stage.

However, of course, the empire cannot place all its hopes on crushing the opponent with flesh.

When the battle started again in the fortress, all the fleet stationed in Unity Fortress were dispatched. This fleet is small in size, with a total of only 2 light carriers, 4 heavy cruisers, and more than 20 other ships. But even so, it is not a matter of uniting a dozen big cats and kittens of the Seri Earth Fleet to make a fool of themselves.

These imperial fleets sailed out from the port in the other direction of the fortress, made a clockwise movement of nearly 180 degrees, and then launched an airborne assault on the jointly controlled star port.

This is actually a tactic with little creativity, let alone suddenness. Both the offensive and defensive sides have studied it countless times in past exercises and trainings. Naturally, Yang Xiyi had already made arrangements for defense.

As a result, after a textbook battle of landing and counter-landing battles, as well as a gunnery battle between the fort and the fleet, the imperial fleet returned without success.

But they still showed a shocking high morale. In the next two days, such an intense attack came four times.

If it counts as a loss, the empire should be above the community. By the time of the fourth attack, perhaps the fatigue and pain of the crew members had reached their limit, and the ship's actions obviously showed a very dull reaction. Naturally, people on Earth would not let go of such an opportunity. As a result, the two light carriers were sunk and one was damaged, the heavy cruiser was sunk and three were damaged, and the rest of the ships were also damaged.

Logically speaking, the Imperial Fleet should not make such a mistake.

No one thinks that the Imperial people are crazy, there must be something fishy about this matter.

"So, you think this is a test?" Michelle Kent said.

"If it succeeds, it will be the glorious achievement of Lieutenant General Minontai. If it fails, of course it can be regarded as a test." Yang Xiyi shrugged, but a look of disgust flashed in his eyes: "However, I personally I actually don’t like this approach.”

"Testing with a soldier's life?"

"War is about using the lives of soldiers to test, consume, and burn. I don't dare to be pretentious enough to think that I am a morally perfect person. However, when I have clearly achieved my goal, I risk everything because of my own selfishness. What a despicable folly. What a pity. I thought the Lieutenant General Minontai across from me would be a decent gentleman because he drinks well, speaks well and can fish."

Yang Xiyi shook his head and turned around and said: "Mihir, in less than 24 hours, King Solane's fleet will arrive. Even a few battle cruisers have almost pushed us to the limit. Another Titan will arrive." He and Liang Sanwuwei are bombarding us indiscriminately behind us, so how should we respond?"

Kent said he had no choice but to laugh.

"So, it's better to relax at this time. Mihir, if King Solane's fleet arrives first, all of us will have to raise the white flag. Before that, we'd better eat and drink well and wait until the fate is pronounced. .”

Obviously, Yang Xiyi is a person who combines knowledge with practice. After drinking his own black tea and brandy, he drank a cup of brandy and black tea, and then took Natalya Elenko, who had been fighting for several days, to eat. Had a late night snack.

"You are the one who has had the hardest time." He said to Elinko.

"Haha, it's not hard at all. Like I said, I enjoy fighting, but if I can't kill anyone, I'll feel frustrated."

"Then it's more important to eat and drink well! There will be more difficult times later."

"I am aware. No matter how hard you work, can you still compare to the teacher? Anyway, if your plan doesn't come true, I will kill you first, then rush to the Imperial Army's position, and die gloriously."

"It's really scary. Even if it's just to go back and see Jessica and my daughters, I have to succeed."

Kent next to him was frightened when he heard that, but the two parties, as the parties involved, laughed together after looking at each other for a few seconds.