The engineering units of the first line are wearing airtight combat uniforms and installing blasting devices in a vacuum. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Their movements have been twice as slow as expected. According to the reasonable charge, it was more than enough to deal with the equivalent Imperial starship, but when it came to blasting the shell of the Tranquility, it ran into trouble.

Expectedly, the hole with a diameter of 80 to 100 meters should be blown up, and a large number of waiting marines rushed in, but the light and shadow of the blast faded, revealing a gap of less than 2 meters. Inside the Tranquility, a large amount of dark green material erupted, quickly sealing the breach that the sappers had managed to open.

The head of the sapper, Lieutenant Oguri, had an angry face. While reprimanding his subordinates and asking for a five-fold increase in the charge, he nervously explained something to the detachment leader Ozawa on the other end of the communication loop. However, his defense obviously did not have much effect, and from the fact that his head had never been raised, it was conceivable that Ozawa did not give him a good look.

The second charge was much more cautious, and Oguri was expected to be able to open a hole at least 30 meters in diameter.

The void was littered with the wreckage of a troop carrier, or the corpses of unfortunate marines who had not yet landed. In a state of exhaustion, the officers and men of the Marine Corps have long lost the joy of victory, and they just hope that the broadside battle will not make too many waves.

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"What's the situation? Why can't it be activated? The jump engine was affected by the explosion, what does it mean to stop for a while, except for the explosion of the Imperial sappers just now, I didn't detect any other explosions? ”

Edlaide's face was pale, beads of sweat were carried away in the direction of the flow of the accelerator, and his blue eyes were full of disbelief and anxiety.

Luck wasn't on the Serenity's side. The sapper blast, which seemed to have achieved nothing just now, only made a small opening of 2 meters in the hull armor plate, but the depth of the blast was greatly beyond the expectations of the sappers themselves. Due to the previous shelling of the Jiaolong, the structural strength of the Tranquility was damaged, and the internal armor layer that was responsible for resisting secondary damage was displaced, although its gap was only less than 4 meters, it was just below the sapper blast. As a result, the jump engine, which was located at the heart of the battle cruiser and was 1.5 kilometers away from the blasting point, was affected by energy waves and radiant energy, and was shut down due to automatic protection.

The repercussions of this closure are far-reaching. In order to ensure the success of the Jump Breakout, Jasmine injected all the antimatter fuel into the Jump Engine, and the Tranquility was effectively immobile.

After the jump engine is turned off, it takes some time to turn it on again.

Drake, the head of engineering, said that in the smoothest case, it would take half a day to start the jump engine again. Therefore, how to resist the landing force of the Imperial Army during this period became a top priority.

In order to prevent the invasion of the Imperial Army from multiple landing ports, the Tranquility, which lacked enough officers, even Liao Fan, Fang Hushan, Grefaman and others went down to the front line of the battle to deal with as many as 5 invasion points of the Imperial Army. It's not that there aren't enough troops on the Tranquility, in fact, the most important thing here is the supply of soldiers. The real problem is the lack of soldiers with combat experience, and even more so officers who can command troops in battle.

This has also created a situation in which Edlaide is now the leader in the command. He was faced with the burden of dispatching land forces to reinforce the various defensive lines and coordinating resources to solve the jump engine as quickly as possible.

Jasmine exclaimed loudly, and he immediately switched to the detection screen, and saw that a cloud warship was shooting from the Jiaolong, which represented that another brigade of elite soldiers of the Imperial Army had joined the battle. When he could not intercept it, he could only do his best to determine the location of the personnel placed on the troop carrier, so that he could send troops to intercept it in advance.

The Tranquility was lit up with the light produced by the weapons of the Marine Corps, although unlike the terrifying power and overwhelming impact of the weapons of the warships, the lines of fire of the Marine Corps were thin and continuous, and the small explosions and scattered fragments from time to time illuminated the scene of the Asura Hell.

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Tada's life is not easy either, and he is facing huge internal pressure. As the war turned to a turning point, more and more captains asked to join the siege of the Serenity. Some people even angrily accused him of favoring his own lineage, and he had nothing to say about this, because Ozawa was indeed his cronies, and he would protect him in every way for a long time to come. After all, in the case of extreme disharmony in the internal environment, Ozawa and his strike team can help him maintain his authority well, and he is also a good thug when necessary.

"No matter how you explain it, it makes sense now, and now it is clear that Ozawa's strike detachment is not doing its job, and I have never heard that the cruiser detachment is also responsible for broadside combat. What do you think of Shi Yuan, who has already entered the attack position, he is a good talker, and he can not be theorized from you, but we can't look past it. ”

A passage that should have been impassioned was soft and tight in Hechuan's mouth. The captains who came to Tada Jun to explain the story showed disdain, and there were few people who agreed with his statement. Even so, for Tada, this is also an act equivalent to forcing the palace. He was ruthless and ruthless, and used tricks to set him up. On the surface, it is necessary to soothe everyone with warm words, and make it clear that Ozawa's light enemies will be severely punished afterwards.

As a captain of the fleet, it is obvious that he cannot devote all his energy to stabilizing people's hearts. What Tada is most afraid of now is that when besieging the Brande starship, the main fleet of the solar system, which has been hidden in the shadows, suddenly appears. Under the circumstances of one another, the expeditionary fleet may not necessarily be defeated, but heavy losses cannot be escaped.

Willing to send all 8 battleships to destroy the enemy ships in one fell swoop, but fearing that the enemy had another conspiracy, he could only send the Jiaolong to test it. When the Jiaolong's 4,600 mm railgun hit the enemy ship directly, he knew that there was no conspiracy, and it was estimated that there was a major situation inside the enemy ship.

The strike detachment's reckless broadside battle was now an acceptable tactic. However, he estimated that the enemy's strength in the enemy ship was not something that the strike detachment could deal with, so he informed Shi Yuan to release a 3,000-man ship-based marine, and asked the army units located in the rear to send a brigade to assist in the capture of Brand.

Received information that the hull of the enemy ship was much harder than expected, and the sapper blasting explosives had failed. While urging Ozawa to step up his attack, the contradictions in his heart gradually intensified.

The thought of being able to capture such an advanced warship, not to mention whether it can be used immediately, the mere fact of capturing the super warship owned by the core of civilization has great political significance and is of great benefit to him. He estimated that with this achievement, and the credit for disrupting the internal order of the solar system, he was qualified enough to look forward to the position of commander of the Combined Fleet, or one of the three commanders of the base camp. With a burning fire in his heart, he couldn't stop thinking that after being promoted to the supreme commander, he could vigorously reform the shortcomings of the imperial military department, unite the forces of the fleet, influence the emperor's policies, and so on. That would be the most glorious culmination of his life.

Then he suppressed his unbridled thoughts. You can't underestimate the enemy, the main force of the solar system has not yet been found, and if you can't win, everything is just delusional. Taking advantage of the inattention of the people around him, he patted his cheek and used the pain to cool his hot head.

"How is the front line, haven't you yet achieved a report of phased results?"

Asked casually, he turned his head and saw the awkward wry smile of the chief of staff, Yuo Mikami.

"I am really ashamed that reports from the front line that the enemy ship has encountered fierce resistance from the enemy, and whether it is the marine unit of the strike detachment or the special combat team of the Jiaolong, it is temporarily unable to gain a firm foothold. Due to the mixture of friend and foe, the Jiaolong could not achieve a decisive advantage with artillery bombardment, and now it was necessary to wait for reinforcements to break the stalemate. ”

Anger and anxiety blanked his eyes for a moment, and it took him a moment to shake off his unusual emotions. I kept telling myself in my heart that I couldn't be in a hurry, it was not easy to capture the capital ship, and it was understandable that there would be such and such an accident.

Five minutes later, the number of Army units that went to reinforce the broadside battle was increased to 1 division.

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If you say what kind of state it is to be beaten into a pot of porridge, it is the battlefield that Liao Fan is facing. He urgently waited for reinforcements to arrive, and joined forces with Natalie to stop the Imperial Army's assault point directly above the jump engine.

Due to the combination of coincidences, this point is the weakest point of the Serenity, and it is also the main attack area of the Imperial Army.

From outer space to the interior of the Tranquility, airtight alloy doors were broken one after another, and the garrison troops moved to block the space. The combat area has long been a vacuum due to the loss of pressure, and people have to wear airtight combat suits or space flights. Large forces could not be deployed here, so the two sides could only fight repeatedly in extremely narrow passages.

It's like an ancient mill, constantly squeezing blood and flesh, and countless lives colliding and disappearing in battle.

Natalie is good at small-scale special operations, and Liao Fan is not ignorant of land warfare. From the very beginning, the two abandoned the idea of counterattacking with their own numerical superiority, and instead fortified layer by layer, constantly using various weapons to consume the invading enemy, and then recovering the lost ground with elite and large numbers of troops in one go.

As a new batch of Imperial troops arrived, the cycle continued. This tactic is called the Flesh Mill, which was formulated by Fang Hushan and implemented by two people. It is said to be an effective tactic modeled after the ancient earth, when army units were the main force, repeatedly fighting for strategic points.

According to the tactical arrangement, the commander was strictly forbidden to go into battle in person, and this rule was difficult for Natalie, who was used to taking the lead, to accept.

When the battle had lasted more than 10 hours, corpses piling up in the passages, frozen lumps of flesh sticking everywhere, she stopped talking about what had happened before the charge. Because the officers and soldiers who rushed to the front rarely came back alive.

The commandos of the Imperial Army are definitely elite, but what they encounter is a desperate defender.

These soldiers, who had not withstood the test of war, but had the advantage of numbers and geography, used their own flesh and blood to prevent the invasion of the imperial army. To eliminate an Imperial soldier, it often takes about 7 to 8 defenders. Even so, the defenders did not collapse, thanks to Natalie's dedication to morale and Manred's propaganda of building a starship civilization that would give everyone the opportunity to become the first creator of the most powerful civilization. Groups of young people, picking up guns, rushed up, and then collapsed inside the passage, becoming part of the herd of corpses.

"Jasmine, can you see what the enemy is doing? They haven't been attacking for half an hour. ”

"Don't ask me, I don't dare to look at this miserable picture of you, for fear that there will be a shadow in my heart."

Secretly slandered in her heart, the little girl's ability to bear far exceeded her own judgment, and she was able to put on a relaxed posture at this time. Liao Fan once again selected the candidates for the battle.

Many soldiers were reluctant to go to war. An entire company of overseers stood behind them with guns. Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be court-martialed.

"Why don't you go yourself, and let us go to death. We are here to defend our homeland, but not to be cannon fodder... A young militiaman stepped forward and roared at Liao Fan. The two overseers who were accompanying Liao Fan raised their assault rifles, and the atmosphere at the scene became tense.

Liao Fan stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers of the Overseer and told them to calm down, "Of course I will go, but the time has not yet come, and no one can retreat at the most critical moment, because we have no way to retreat at all." You go first, I'm sure we'll meet soon... ”

Surprisingly, after Liao Fan's words were finished in a soft tone, the young man stared at him stunned for a while, then turned around and returned to the queue.

He watched the new group of soldiers walk towards the position, and there was an indescribable melancholy in his heart.

"I've asked Drake, it's going to take some time to repair the engine, and we'll have to stick around here."

Natalie didn't know when she would fight alongside him, and told him the progress of the repairs with a dark face.

He just faintly watched another group of young people towards their inevitable death, and after a long while, he turned his head, "When the enemy's patience runs out, it's when the two of us come on the field, have you ever thought about one day being overwhelmed by the swarming enemy?" ”

"Whew... I've already decided to dedicate my whole life to the Space Army, to the Marine Corps. I am ready to die. She replied viciously. Both of them lost interest in talking, and there was an alarm in the communication circuit to meet the enemy.

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On the bridge of the battleship Jiaolong, Ozawa stood beside Shi Yuan with a black face, and the latter's face was not good. The broadside battle was fought to this extent, which was beyond everyone's expectations. They didn't expect the resistance inside the starship to be so fierce, and they didn't expect the opponent to have an inexhaustible source of soldiers. The assault troops are all good at one in a hundred, and they often have an advantage in the first day of engagement. The overwhelming attack will be contained after penetrating deep into the passage, and finally the enemy will overwhelm the attacking force with superior forces. There are really not many fighters who can make it back from the passage alive.

As the fighting continued, more and more elite Marines were left without returning, and some soldiers began to refuse to participate in assault operations with extremely high mortality rates. This is a rare scenario for the Imperial Army, which values honor over life. In order to make up for the lack of troops, Ozawa first turned to the marines of the Jiaolong, and then under the coordination of Tada Jun, the marines of the entire fleet engaged in large-scale rotational battles.

The longer the time elapsed, the longer the Imperial fleet will be exposed to the threat of the enemy's main forces, which is a very disadvantageous thing.

One hour earlier, the scarred, almost broken Fleet Marines had been replaced with standard Marine divisions. They are the combat forces that the fleet has specially brought from the mainland in order to capture planetary targets.

The army forces have always been at odds with the fleet, and the top commanders of both sides compete for resources, budgets, and policies in the base camps, and the two army bells are naturally in a state of near-hostile competition. Seeing that the marines belonging to the fleet were deflated, Lieutenant General Uemura of the army unit laughed very much in front of the two of them.

Under the angry gaze of the officers and men of the fleet, Uemura regarded the Jiaolong as the headquarters of the former enemy, mobilized the elite Fifth Division, and launched a fierce attack on the Tranquility.

However, three hours later, control of the Brand's starship was still far away. The 5th Division was bogged down in a bitter battle.

The offensive passage leading to the interior of the Serenity was not visible as it was, and flesh was covered in every inch of it.