Chapter 444, The Defense of the Dresser Star (Part I)
The piercing air raid sirens resounded in the sky of the planet Dresser, and the shrill sirens shook everyone's spirits.
The veterans who had survived on the battlefield for many years and the local residents who had experienced the previous uprising on the planet Dresser were the first to react.
The veterans began to return to their camps with their recruits, find the equipment for battle, and arm themselves to meet the approaching enemy. Residents rushed home, taking their most valuable belongings with them, and headed to the nearest bomb shelter.
The damage that war has done to ordinary people is beyond words. After experiencing a war, the survivors were already frightened birds, and when they heard the siren, they subconsciously hid in the corner of the bomb shelter, holding their heads in their hands, recalling the cruel and bloody pictures they had experienced before.
Ordinary people who had experienced the war began to take refuge, and some intelligent people saw that their neighbors, colleagues, and friends around them were all gathering in one place in large bags, and they also subconsciously followed. It is the herd mentality of human beings that has played a role, and it has also allowed many people to flee from the coming war.
There were others, staring blankly at the sky and the chaotic crowd around them, bewildered. Most of these people are immigrants from colonial stars who have never experienced war, and although they have watched documentaries about the war, they did not expect that the war will one day be so close to them. In the end, these people thought of escaping from the air-raid shelter under the shouts of the Xinhua army.
The Federation forces apparently did not give Xinhua as much time to prepare, and after the Morphing Fighters and Mechs occupied the synchronous orbit, the destroyers of the Federation fleet officially took over the near-Earth space of the Dresser Star. The proud fleet of the Xinhua Military Department lasted less than an hour. In order to maximize the recovery of the Sixth Fleet's warships, all attack ships did not use their main guns.
After completing the attack to capture the synchronous orbit, all the Federation fighters returned to their respective ships for a round of ammunition resupply. At the same time, some accessories will have to be replaced, because the next thing that will take place is the battle for the planet.
The Third Fleet dispatched more than 4,500 warships, large and small, of which the huge battleships and destroyers were responsible for synchronous orbit and near-earth space support, and the small attack ships were responsible for entering the atmosphere for combat. There were nearly a thousand such small attack ships, each of which was manned by 300 marines, or a total of 300,000 aviation marines.
These forces will launch an attack on the cities of the new kingdom of Dressers. Under the cover of warplanes and mechs, they will reclaim the entire planet.
Although Xinhuaguo now claims to have 500,000 troops, nearly ninety percent of them are recruits who have been trained for less than three months, and they are basically useless except for being able to pull the trigger.
The headquarters of the military headquarters of the Xinhua State has been busy with a pot of porridge. The images from space had already made the five members of the House of Elders frown. They saw some familiar ships, and the appearance of these ships meant that the Federation, or several strong men of the Keane family, had arrived.
Two army groups of the army have already begun to lay out. Be prepared to rely on the city for street fighting. But the soldiers of the new country withdrew from the barracks and the city area, and instead took refuge in several large military bomb shelters on the outskirts of Langman.
All the offices and personnel of the military department, including those of the military department, were transferred by transport aircraft to bomb shelters located in the mountains.
Sure enough, pillars of bright orange light swept across the sky and descended from the sky, attacking Langman City and the other three cities of Dresser almost simultaneously.
The whole planet seemed to tremble, and the main guns of the large battleships bombarded the ground through the atmosphere, causing a shock wave that caused an earthquake on the ground. The city of Langman was reduced to rubble almost in the first round of attacks, with countless buildings collapsing and windows shattered. Hovercars parked on the street and in the parking garage also chirped miserably.
Even in the underground bomb shelter at a depth of more than 100 meters, the residents who took refuge felt a strong tremor of the ground beneath their feet. Many children were so scared that they cried. Some of the young people were also scared, and their lips tightened.
The Federation's bombardment did not end, but went through three rounds of bombardment in a row, until the smoke and dust from the explosion had filled the sky, so that the warships in space could not see the situation below.
The smoke and dust also became the protective umbrella of the Xinhua army. In the smog-filled city of Langman and other cities, some soldiers from Xinhua came out of their hiding shelters and onto the streets of ruins. Use the ruined buildings to make temporary fortifications one by one, and then hide inside.
Zou Deyuan and Qin Qixi's combat squad were also active among these soldiers. They are more experienced, and a squad can control a street corner or intersection and then protect themselves. Quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.
The smoke and dust continued for a day, and it was not until the sun rose the next day that the faint shadow of the city could be seen from the sky.
Instead of continuing the bombing, the Federation sent attack ships and aviation marines to the ground of the planet Dresser.
Seeing the hundreds of attack ships landing from the observation glass, and then walking down from the ships, rows of marines and marine mechs with neat steps, Zou Deyuan, Qin Qixi, Deng Wenbin, and other Xinhua people all showed a little despair in their eyes.
It seems that this time the Federation is in earnest.
After a simple formation, the Marines set out.
The barracks and military headquarters buildings of the Xinhua Kingdom have been turned into ruins in the previous bombing, and the Marine Corps needs to pay attention to whether there are still enemies hidden in the ruins, as well as the main movements of the Xinhua army.
Joshua, who had been fighting with Xinhua for 20 years, would not make such a mistake, and in order to be on the safe side of this attack, he gave orders to the captains of each attack ship not to rush into the mountains.
Among the attack ships that landed this time was Sanji's destroyer USS Milwaukee. Although it is a destroyer, the Milwaukee is a small destroyer with a total length of more than 700 meters. After this ascent to the Drysey Star, the Milwaukee will remain on the ground as a pick-up and supply point, and Rear Admiral Sanji will personally lead a team of 300 men to begin the assault on Langman City.
This was true of almost every ship of the Third Fleet that reached the star of Dressey. There was no idea of synergy between their aviation and marines. On the contrary, the soldiers on each ship praised their own ships and did not like the others. And in their opinion, with air cover, they are not in danger at all in fighting with those Chinese rookie soldiers who have been broken by their courage.
It is this kind of thinking that has made subtle changes in this war.
When Major General Sanji led his Marines through the intersection guarded by Kikiki's squad, Kiki did not give the order to attack, but let everyone hold their breath as much as possible and let them pass.
Similarly, Zou Deyuan's team also chose to hide itself, turning a blind eye to the enemies passing by.
However, there are also fierce battles in the city. The soldiers of the Xinhua Kingdom ambushed the Marines of the Federation from different angles according to the geographical advantage. They all changed places with one shot, not giving each other a chance to fight back at all, and moved places before the ghost fighters and those shape-shifting mechs in the air arrived.
At the same time, in the area of the mines, the Union soldiers also encountered problems.
Most of the soldiers stationed there in Xinhuaguo were former miners, and they knew too much about the situation in the mines, and the mines in the mountains were already huge bomb shelters, and they were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they couldn't use mechas. The ventilation equipment and vents in the mine are also very hidden, and it is still very difficult to find a vent in the mountains, and the Xinhua army does not know how many people are still hiding in the mountains.
As a result, the Marines of the Federation were extremely heavily defended in the mines, with almost every step in the mines sacrificing a few soldiers.
Urban warfare and street fighting were also an extremely severe test for Xinhua's recruits. (To be continued......)