Chapter 547, Offensive Capability

During the process of conquering the starport and star fortress, the Alliance's teleport boarding troops did not suffer many casualties. Instead, when the enemy launched an orbital artillery counterattack, bombarded the starport and star fortress, and destroyed them, there were more casualties.

Twelve Phoenixes and more than 10,000 soldiers failed to withdraw in time.

Such losses caught people off guard.

After all, although the staff had a plan before the war and mentioned the possible behavior of the enemy. However, their decisive and quick decision to destroy the lost star fortress and starport was still a bit beyond expectations.

But cold-bloodedly speaking, even with these unexpected casualties, it was still worth it. The sacrifices made by the Alliance are definitely worthwhile compared to the results of destroying the enemy's most important orbital defense facilities.

And, where is this?

From the beginning of the attack on Mentus II to now, the Alliance has lost a total of nine warships. Among them, four frigates, two patrol ships, one destroyer, and one cruiser.

Not to mention the value of these ships, the Navy has lost more than 150,000 personnel just because of the ship explosion.

Moreover, the Alliance's current achievements are limited to the planetary orbit.

The rebels have not been defeated yet, and they still have solid defenses on the planet.

Of course, having said that, in fact, the capture of Mentus II is a foregone conclusion.

Although a lot of manpower will be invested in the subsequent battle on the surface of the planet, the rebels still have dense ground fortresses and cities that can be used as street fighting areas for both sides to fight fiercely. The reinforced concrete city cluster can also be regarded as a huge fortress, in which the defender can gain a great geographical advantage.

But in general, the outcome of the ground battle will not be too suspenseful.

After basically clearing the orbital defense system of Mentus II, the Alliance fleet did not rush to take the next step, but temporarily evacuated, rested the fleet, and restored the void shield.

The shield can be restored and the ship can be repaired, but the defense facilities on the orbit of Mentus II can never be returned.

After two weeks of rest, the offensive on the ground has just begun.

First, under the attack of the ground artillery group, a large amount of firepower was projected, and the orbital bombardment destroyed two very close fortress groups.

This step has roughly cleared a part of the edge of the Arctic Circle of Mentus II. When the alliance ships are in orbit corresponding to this part of the area, due to the angle problem, only a small part of the orbital firepower deployed by the rebels in other places can be fired at an inclined angle, which is very inaccurate and small in number.

After establishing a certain safe zone, the Alliance Army began to deploy troops to the ground through landing ships, transport planes, and airdrop capsules.

At this time, many rebel troops emerged from the ruins of the fortress covered in the snow and launched a fierce attack on the Alliance troops landing.

This also brought considerable trouble to the Alliance's landing operations.

So far, Gu Hang believes that the rebel generals responsible for the defense of Mentus II are quite capable.

Although his efforts cannot reverse the outcome of Mentus II falling into the hands of the Alliance, it is hard to say that this is the fault of the generals defending Mentus II.

The gap in strength between the two sides is too big.

When the alliance is willing to pay a certain price, and is not so cautious about the number of casualties and ship losses, then the alliance is like playing a crushing game.

It is impossible to reverse such a large gap in strength by relying solely on the command ability of the generals.

But despite this, the defenders still caused trouble to the alliance as much as possible.

Whether it is decisively destroying the lost starports and star fortresses, or at this moment when the orbital bombardment has razed the fortress group to the ground, it can still arrange a considerable number of troops to sneak in and ambush in the ruins and snow, and take advantage of the unstable foothold of the alliance army to cause a large number of casualties...

He caused a lot of trouble to the alliance.

However, as the alliance ships began to provide strong orbital support, the rebels' anti-landing operations were quickly defeated.

On the one hand, the National Knights had several Titans, bringing a large number of knight mechas down. These elite legions directly turned the original unstable foothold into a very stable one.

On the other hand, although it is not convenient for the alliance ships on the orbit to directly carry out large-scale bombing below, after all, there are still their own landing troops. However, there is still precision strike capability.

It is mainly based on M-level or even S-level firepower, and the guidance of ground forces is important.

To avoid bombing the wrong target, the commander of the ground force can call for orbital firepower by means of projecting laser guidance.

It is available on call, and this authority has even been delegated to the company and battalion level.

Once the guidance beacon is thrown out, there is often a response in about a minute. Either a light spear sweeps down, or a hot hammer macro cannon hits down, in short, it depends on the specific target situation.

If there are enemy heavy tanks, the light spear is very useful, fast and accurate; if there are enemy cluster attacks or stubborn positions, then the hot hammer macro cannon will definitely smash it.

The most common is the surgical knife missile.

It is accurate, has a wide range of bombing, and has great power.

Soon, the losses suffered in the early stage of landing were over.

The elite troops ambushed by the rebels were swept away. They were annihilated, and there were almost no units that could be evacuated as a whole.

After stabilizing the landing site, the Alliance soldiers began to move south in the wind and snow, aiming directly at multiple fortress groups.

Artillery bombardment, armored forces formed a steel torrent, and after the ground forces arrived, the main battleships of the Alliance in orbit would also arrive...

Under the three-dimensional attack, the seemingly solid fortresses on Mentus II were firmly and bravely gnawed down one by one by the Alliance.

Later, the Alliance opened a second landing site in the desert area of ​​the southern hemisphere continent of the planet and a third landing site in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere...

The war swept the world in just a few months.

In the seventh month after the Battle of Mentus began, the entire planet was declared to be taken by the Alliance.

Although there were still some guerrillas hiding in the mountains and ruins to resist stubbornly, the vast majority of production bases and populations had fallen under the control of the Alliance. Those stubborn traitors were at most a minor problem and were not a problem.

After the Battle of Mentus, the Alliance clearly demonstrated its ability to attack.

In contrast to the retreat of the Fury Corps and the surrender of key areas to others, and the shock of the Alliance's determination to conquer the heavily defended planet, dozens of surrounding worlds almost simultaneously issued orders to settle.

As soon as the Alliance's envoy arrived, they changed their flags.

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