Chapter 559, How to Save My Regiment?

It is indeed very difficult for a thousand Space Marines to break through the protection of the Heyang Knights guarding the starports and star fortresses of Heyang VIII and quickly capture the key areas.

But in fact, there are less than a thousand Space Marines in action.

The Phoenix did not attack in full force.

After all, there are still 300 Phoenixes on the three battlecruisers of Bai Qifan; among the 700 Phoenixes following Gu Hang, 200 remained on the ship and did not board.

Only 500 Phoenixes actually went up to fight.

However, among these 500 Phoenixes, all are elites equivalent to the level of sergeants and above, and half of them have reached the level of company champions...

This cannot be viewed at the level of a regular battle group.

Especially among the 120 company champions equipped with Iron Cavalry Terminator power armor, there are 19 dreadnoughts. Each of these dreadnoughts may be slightly smaller than the Ranger Knight in size. In terms of strength, firepower, and armor, they are even better than the other.

Moreover, in order to make up for the lack of numbers, there are many other personnel in the troops that are teleporting and boarding.

Battle Sisters, and the Alliance National Knights.

The difference between the battle sisters wearing regular "Attendant God" power armor and the Alliance's Glory Guards in combat strength is not too big.

It may be slightly stronger, but it is actually limited.

After all, the hardware conditions of both sides are actually similar.

The power armor is all Attendant God-unless the Glory Guards use the "Commander" type, which may be a little weaker.

The warriors themselves, whether they are battle sisters or glory guards, have not transcended the level of mortals.

It is true that battle sisters will undergo strict training in the Sisters since childhood, but the Alliance's Glory Guards are also trained through the soldier card system. They are eliminated in the process of selecting space warriors, and their training level will not be bad.

The only difference is that the battle sisters are constantly studying the Emperor's Bible during their childhood training, and daily prayer is essential.

Faith is powerful.

These female warriors who call themselves "daughters of the Emperor" also have some kind of supernatural power.

In the eyes of top psychics like Gu Hang, there is always a mysterious power from the subspace surrounding them. They cannot actively use this power to form psychic spells like psychics. However, this power firmly exists in the battle sisters.

The blessing from the Emperor of God, in addition to the most direct "basic attributes" such as strength, agility, and mental will of the battle sisters, has at least two characteristics:

It will make the battle sisters' "luck" better, not easy to be hit/easier to hit the opponent;

It will allow the battle sisters to passively expel the psychic power denied by them, and they will be suppressed around them.

Taking all these into account, the Sisters of Battle are indeed much stronger than the mortals like the Honor Guards who are really not special at all.

Taking the most ordinary Space Marines as a unit, ten Honor Guards together may be able to beat an ordinary Space Marine; while the Sisters of Battle may be able to defeat one with six or seven.

Not to mention, Gu Hang had previously extracted a technology: the ‘Valkyrie’ Terminator Power Armor.

This is a Terminator Power Armor used by non-Space Marines. It is reasonable that any mortal who has undergone special training can use it.

However, the Alliance did not put this armor into mass production on a large scale. It only pulled a production line to maintain the minimum level of production, and the finished product was directly produced in a black box, which was enough for use.

The main reason for not mass-producing it is that it is too expensive. The cost is four times the price of the Iron Cavalry Power Armor, but the performance is only slightly better than the Iron Cavalry.

It is said that mortals can use it, but if it is really an ordinary mortal, the effect of wearing it is not very good at all.

Only those who have very firm faith among the battle sisters can use the magical parts of the Valkyrie armor to their full potential.

Among the sisters of the Holy Lily, only 72 people are qualified.

However, the effect of this combination is also very significant. After the perfect performance of the "Valkyrie", coupled with the greatly enhanced imperial blessing, the combined combat power has even exceeded the strength level of regular space warriors wearing terminator power armor.

Of course, it is still not as strong as the Phoenix's company champion with the Iron Knight Terminator.

In addition to the battle sisters, there is another strong helper, that is, the knight mechas of the Alliance National Knights.

The Alliance is not so concerned about the manufacture of knight mechas, and there are not many expanded production lines. But after all, after so many years, there are a lot of assets accumulated.

Space Marines, the "Valkyrie" among the battle sisters, and the knight mechas together form the main force of the alliance to attack star ports and star fortresses.

A large number of Glory Guards served as supplementary forces.

Before they began their attack, the starport and star fortress of Heyang VIII had already suffered a round of attacks.

A group of "ghosts" suddenly descended on various key locations, seriously disrupting the defense of the Heyang Knights.

Then, the main landing force of the alliance appeared in the light of psychic transmission.

They did indeed defeat the defenders on the orbit of Heyang VIII in a very short time.

Of course, they could not eliminate all the defenders on the star fortress and the star port in just a few hours.

But as long as they could take down key positions such as the control center and the void shield, that would be enough.

Later, the firepower of the ships would be enough to destroy the star port and the star fortress.

Of course, the Alliance would not let the elite who landed die with them.

Before launching the attack, they had all evacuated through psychic teleportation.

Following them to the star port was a team of storm wizards. These psychics, who were also equipped with power armor, could not only help in the battle, but were also the core of the team's evacuation.

It was not easy for them to directly activate long-distance teleportation to send so many people back to their own starships. But it was relatively easy to activate short-distance teleportation and send people to several small boats or even transport planes that were approaching.

That is, after the basic evacuation of personnel, the bombs placed inside the starport, combined with the fleet firepower ready to go, will destroy the starport that has lost its protection and interception capability.

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After losing its orbital defense force, Heyang VIII is like the end of the world. Both the people of the Heyang Knights and the high-level members of the Alfonzo sect are in a state of panic.

They are doing their best to prepare for the final resistance. The fortress artillery in various places is fully prepared, and the legions in various places are ready for battle, waiting for the arrival of the Alliance Legion.

However, the Alliance ignored them and turned away.

The significance of a planet that has lost its orbital defense system in an interstellar naval battle has been greatly reduced. Although they still have ground artillery groups, if their own ships come over, they can still provide some cover. However, without the starport, the ships cannot be supplied, maintained, or repaired; the slightest cover is not very useful.

This is still under the premise of having their own ships.

If there are no ships, then Heyang VIII is equivalent to being dead. No matter how powerful the Heyang Knights on the surface are, they can't get out.

In fact, the defenders on the surface are most afraid that the Alliance will drop an extinction order weapon at this time.

Then there is really no need to fight, the Burning Sky torpedo will fall, and it will be over.

This risk exists, and it is unsolvable for the defenders of Heyang VIII. If the Alliance really wants to do this, then they have no way, and their life and death are all in the hands of the Alliance.

But precisely because of this, they don't care whether the Alliance will do this.

What's the use of caring?

It can't be stopped.

In the absence of the orbital system, if the Alliance wants to launch the extinction order, it only needs to simply find a place with the worst air defense on the surface of the planet, clear the surrounding air defense firepower, and the Burning Sky torpedo will come down and explode two or three kilometers away from the ground, which can destroy the world.

There is no need to think too much about being powerless.

Besides, they don't think that the Alliance will be so crazy.

In the past history of the Alliance, there was indeed a record of releasing extermination weapons, and more than once.

But that was an extermination order executed against a planet completely occupied by aliens.

Release an extermination order that would exterminate the world and wipe out billions of civilians on Heyang VIII in the human civil war?

That's too crazy.

They don't really believe that the Alliance will do this.

In fact, Gu Hang really didn't have any thoughts in this regard.

The war hasn't reached this point yet.

Gu Hang wouldn't do such a cruel thing, not to mention that if he did such a thing, the political and public pressure would become unprecedentedly great.

Just put Heyang VIII here.

On the surface of the planet, Paulson observed the direction of the Alliance fleet's departure through his modified mechanical eyes.

After the Alliance fleet let Heyang VIII go, where did it go?

In fact, there are two directions:

Wuqi Star, or, the Fury Flame Fleet.

The former, together with Wenqi Star, constitutes the two ends from the Proud Claw Star Region to the Alfonzo Star Region. Wenqi is on Alfonzo's side, and Wuqi is on the Proud Claw section.

The Alliance launched such an aggressive attack on Heyang VIII, completely ignoring their delaying tactics, so Paulson can basically be sure that the Alliance should have obtained clear intelligence and knew that Alfonzo's main fleet was on the way.

Even if the intelligence is unclear, at least there is a more certain guess.

In this way, it is of great strategic value to quickly fight for Wuqi Star, or even take down the opposite Wenqi Star.

After all, there is only such a passage from the Proud Claw Star Region to the Alfonzo Star Region.

After taking it down, if the Alfonzo Sect wants to come in, they can only turn back and bite Wenqi and Wuqi.

And the other destination is naturally to block the Fury Flame Fleet.

It is better to break one finger than to hurt five fingers.

Seeing that there is a high possibility of a fight with the Alfonzo Sect in the future, it is quite necessary to solve the Fury Flame Fleet that is roaming behind.

Otherwise, let alone whether the Fury Fleet would cause any trouble in the back, just to keep an eye on them, they would have to send out three battlecruisers and a Blood Shark Fleet, which was also a strong force. After getting rid of them, all these troops could be withdrawn.

Paulson closely observed the direction of the Alliance Fleet's departure.

Soon, from the chosen jump point, he could basically judge that it should be to find Fury.

Of course, it is not ruled out that this is a trick of the Alliance. But in any case, the relevant information must be passed on.

Paulson went to the bottom of the mechanical tower where he was.

There was a huge life-support capsule-like device.

He lay in it, and his consciousness instantly left his original body.

The next moment, on the Triumphal Fire Battle Barge, a mechanical body opened his eyes.

He walked into the room, and several Alfonzo sect members wearing red and black robes were guarding outside.

Seeing him, these people saluted.

He waved his hand and said, "I'm going to see Paulitos."

"Please follow me, Sage Paulson. Captain Paulitos has said that if you are looking for him, you don't need to inform him, just go there as soon as possible."

"Then let's go."

Not long after, Paulson met Paulitos.

The commander of the Fury Flame Regiment had the kind of firm and indifferent look that was the trademark of the Space Marines on his face.

However, Paulson could clearly see his fatigue from his face.

Obviously, Paulitos was under tremendous pressure under the pursuit of the Blood Shark.

But Paulson had no time to pay attention to Paulitos's emotional problems.

He quickly told Paulitos the information he had observed.

Gu Hang was coming for him.

And Paulitos did not pay attention to whether the main fleet of the Alliance might be a sleight of hand and actually blocked the key passage of Wenqi and Wuqi.

For him, if that was the case, of course it would be good; if they were to block him, there would be the Blood Shark Fleet behind and the Alliance Fleet in front. If they were blocked, his regiment and the New World Torch Regiment would probably be destroyed here.

The New World Torch left fifty people in their home world; the Fury Flame left a hundred people in the back.

Of course, not all members of the two regiments were fighting in the Proud Claw Star Region, but most of them were. If they were wiped out here, the regiment would not be completely destroyed, but it would take many years for them to return to their peak.

Moreover, if they lost this war, the regiment would probably never have a chance, and would be directly expelled, and their bloodline would be cut off.

But how to deal with it?

Paulitus could hardly think of any other way he could do.

In the past, he could always "hide and seek" with the alliance because he had a huge strategic depth.

Now, many core areas of the Proud Claw Star Region have been captured by the alliance, and the activity area has been compressed. Previously, the consequences of him constantly giving up one strategic location after another were highlighted at this time.

More importantly, the blood shark was still following him, making him lose the opportunity to turn from light to dark.

So what should he do?

The only way Paulitus could think of to save his regiment was just one.

Paulitos stared at Paulson and asked, "How long will it take for Alfonzo's mechanical fleet to arrive?"

"Two months."

"No, it has to be faster."

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Make up for yesterday.

There will be more tonight, but it will probably be very late.