Ten minutes later.

The battlefield suddenly fell silent, giving it an eerie feeling.

The 5,000 Maltese ground heavy troops who broke into the Earth War Sword Defense Zone have all been wiped out.

The 2nd and 3rd Assault Battalions, located in the center of the defensive position, were briefly counted in numbers and replenished to other weak points in the defensive area, preparing for a larger attack by the Maltese ground forces.

"Yang Yi, on behalf of the theater of operations, I would like to congratulate you on your initial victory, but you can't be careless now, we judge that this is a small-scale ground attack by the Maltese, and a larger-scale attack is about to begin.

You have to hold on, I have ordered 30,000 men of the reinforced heavy brigade of the 74th Group Army to take underground submarines to maneuver in the direction of your department to reinforce you, and arrive at your theater in half an hour.

At the same time, the Aerospace Forces have dispatched 300 fighters and will arrive in your airspace in five minutes! Although these troops have not had time to be genetically strengthened, and their weapons and equipment are not as advanced as yours, it is still possible to relieve some pressure on you. ”

At the theater underground joint operations command center 2,000 kilometers away, General Liu Hong, commander of the theater, was conducting a holographic video connection with Yang Yi through the military communication system.

"Please rest assured, the Earth War Knife will resolutely complete the mission!" Yang Yi, wearing a blue alloy suit, appeared on the video screen, and said categorically with a resolute expression.

General Liu Hong, the commander of the theater of operations, looked at Yang Yi on the video with a satisfied look on his face. So far, the combat operations of the Earth Knife have not made any mistakes, which is the most gratifying.

At the rate at which this force is advancing, it only takes one more large-scale Maltese attack to buy more time for military factories on the ground to produce more genetically enhanced biologics, making the soldiers of other units stronger, and producing more combat ships and other weaponry that rival the Maltese Pentagon.

In this way, in the context of the narrowing of the technological gap between the two sides and the continuous expansion of the military power of the human side. Even if the size of the pentagonal spacecraft and ground armored forces dispatched by the Malta is several times larger, the human side will have a chance to win.

A few minutes later.

Earth War Knife Defense Zone.

Suddenly, the sound of a huge fighter engine was heard, and a huge group of fighter planes of the Aerospace Forces appeared in the sky above the theater of operations, joining the 1,000-square-kilometer air guard over the earth's combat knife defense area, forming a tight air defense network.

Three hundred reinforcement fighters sent by the Aerospace Forces arrived as scheduled.

Another ten minutes passed.

There was a sudden rumbling sound from the underground, almost covering an area of nearly 50 square kilometers in the theater defense zone.

As the sound approached, one after another behemoth-like underground submarines emerged from the ground, carrying 30,000 elite soldiers and equipment under the 74th Group Army, and soon joined the defense of the Earth War Knife Defense Position.

As a result, within 1,000 square kilometers of air and ground in the 1,000-square-kilometer air and ground defense zone, a situation has been formed in which nearly 400 fighters of the Aerospace Forces and Bat-type spacecraft are deployed in the air and 70,000 heavy troops on the ground.

After Yang Yi received the report that the reinforcements had been deployed, his nervous mood relaxed a lot. He was ready to engage the Maltese again with more ground and air power in the event that he could not secure support from the rear.

Now that hundreds of planes and a heavy brigade of 30,000 men have been added, the confidence to go to war with the Maltese again is growing.

Just in the nervous wait that the Earth War Knife dispatched the air and ground forces to strengthen the defense, thinking that the Maltese would send another pentagonal spacecraft to attack on a large scale.

Another ten minutes passed, but not a single pentagonal spaceship entered the defensive airspace, and it seems that after the first batch of Maltese pentagonal spaceships were eliminated, the Maltese had no intention of sending another pentagonal attack in the short term.

"Report, it has been discovered that the Maltese ground heavy troops are rapidly advancing towards the bottom of our camp!"

After waiting for forty minutes, the commander of the Fifth Assault Battalion, an African with six tiger heads, Mopti Baburu, suddenly reported the enemy situation to Yang Yi.

"Report, a large number of Maltese ground armed forces have also been found in front of our battalion's position, and they are about to enter our defense area!" Almost at the same time, Andrew Yorkson, the 4th Commando Battalion at the Pig's Head, also came with a report.

More than ten seconds later, the beautiful shadow of Han Weiwei, who was wearing a silver-white alloy suit, also appeared on the holographic screen and reported to Yang Yi:

"Yang Yi, a large number of Maltese ground war beast armor was found in front of the robot position, did you open fire?"

Yang Yi stood on a mecha in the position of the 1st Assault Battalion, frowning slightly and looking at the Maltese who were approaching in all directions, assessing the enemy's intentions in his heart.

This time, the Maltese ground forces attacked simultaneously from several directions, apparently on a much larger scale than the last time, and definitely not comparable to the scale of the last time with a mere 5,000 men.

However, the number of people on his side is not small, and it is not so easy to be defeated.

"Open fire at the same time, full counterattack!"

In an instant, an even heavier exchange of fire began, with the assault battalions firing at the Maltese ground forces one after the other.

The firepower of the Maltese ground heavy forces was also extremely fierce, covering almost an area of hundreds of square kilometers of the ground defense area.

This time, the firepower of the Maltese ground troops, whether it was mechanical warfare beasts, mechas, or tanks, was far more powerful than the first time, and the colorful light of the energy weapons was dense like a spider's web, flashing back and forth on the battlefield.

The firepower of the Earth War Knife Air Force was also fierce and abnormal, and artillery fire and energy weapons of various calibers were intensively bombarding the Maltese positions.

Casualties on both sides skyrocketed, reaching thousands in just a few minutes.

Ten minutes later.

Yang Yi looked at the battle situation in the holographic video, and his originally calm face finally showed shock, the casualties on the human side can be described as shocking, especially the defensive direction of the reinforced heavy brigade under the 74th Group Army, the battle situation is the most tragic, the casualties of the 30,000 heavy brigade have been nearly a quarter, and the positional defense is precarious, and there is a danger of being broken through at any time.

"It's time for the 1st Assault Battalion, which has been using mobile strike forces, to make a move, and if it doesn't make a move, the positions in the direction of the 74th Army will be broken through, and it seems that the ground forces that have not been genetically strengthened will really not be able to fight against the Maltese ground forces."

Yang Yi no longer hesitated, and after making up his mind, he gave an order to the assault battalion:

"Comrades-in-arms of the 1st Assault Battalion, follow me to reinforce the direction of the Heavy Brigade of the 74th Group Army!"

As soon as Yang Yi's words fell, his body suddenly squatted and rose into the air, turning into a blue shadow and galloping towards the Maltese camp in front of him, and flew out hundreds of meters away with just a few flashes.

"It's finally our turn to the 1st Assault Battalion, keep up with Battalion Commander Yang!"

Almost at the same time that Yang Yi took off into the air, hundreds of mutant figures rose into the air at the same time, following Yang Yi and rushing towards the Maltese camp.

The 1st Assault Battalion's huge heavy strike group of nearly 8,000 men rushed towards the direction of the defense of the Heavy Brigade of the 74th Group Army like a tide, and various engines made a loud rumbling sound.