Chapter 252: The Battle of Xixia Mountain
Even at that time, there were already Imperial officers who proposed to rush into the Chidi Qianli Ruser District that had already been fought with their relative superiority of troops before the reinforcements from the Star Circle of the Federation capital arrived, and fight to the death with the Federation people, even if they were destroyed together, it was better than being a target on the Keberian Plain.
Although this battle proposal had a large part of the market in the Imperial Army, it was still vetoed by most of the senior officers led by Qin Yuan.
The reason, of course, is that the cost is too great, the benefits are too small, and it is not wise to gamble for the sake of such a disproportionate result.
Although the soldiers of the Ruther Military Region fought bravely, they were not the superior forces of the Federation after all, even if the whole army pressed the border, in the case that the Federation people had completely abandoned the surface, I am afraid that in the next half month, they may not be able to hit the opponent's underground headquarters, and once the Federation reinforcements come, they will face the end of the world.
But just when the Imperial Army was in disagreement, the intelligence commissioner suddenly monitored the War Apostle who had destroyed the Sky Wolf and was rushing to Xixia Mountain, where the Poplar fell.
The old general Qin, who suddenly realized the pilot's intentions, overrode the public opinion, waved his army in person, and sent troops to Xixia Mountain.
If the War Apostle is really as he expected, then it is bound to be hit hard, which is tantamount to a shot in the arm for the Imperials who are about to face a desperate situation.
As long as they robbed the War Apostles and re-avoided the deep and vast South Ridge before the Federation reinforcements arrived, then they would have the possibility of maneuvering with the Federation people on Sugaku.
And as long as this is achieved, the initial strategic goal of containing the Federation in the rear will be mostly achieved.
Then the image that shocked all the Empire appeared, the War Apostle actually single-handedly saved the danger of the crash of the Poplar, but to their chagrin, the giant also fell into a 'deep sleep'.
Presumably, under the link of that terrifying injury, the pilot who piloted the War Apostle had died violently, and the War Apostle had a terrifying recovery ability. In a few days, the injuries of the whole body can heal on their own.
At that time, as long as they take it, even if they don't have superalloy armor, they can still wipe out the remnants of the Federation forces in Ruther District in a short time under the threat of losing the particle railgun, and then escape into the depths of the South Ridge before their reinforcements arrive.
And the reality was just as the Imperials expected, although under Feng Shangming's order, the Federation Army that was originally hiding in the underground shelter in the Ruther District also poured out. They even set up simple temporary fortifications in the Xixia Mountains in advance, but in the face of the strong forces of the empire, it was still difficult to resist their edge.
The first to collide was the Empire's most elite Mixed Mechs Brigade and the Federation's Silver Cross Mecha Battalion, which survived the Topol, and half of the night dome was lit up by the flames of battle between the two.
The Imperial Army originally wanted to use this mechic hybrid brigade as the vanguard and quickly open a way to the wreckage of the Topol and the War Apostles, but the combat power of the Silver Cross Mecha Battalion was really terrifying, even the Imperial Mecha, which was famous for its mecha operations, was wrestling with superior forces. still can't eat each other in a short period of time.
In desperation, he had no choice but to pull out a hoplite shoulder-mounted universal launcher and fire a dense array of electromagnetic beam bombs and high-yield howitzers to eliminate this group of royal mecha battalions that were obviously irrational and even a little crazy.
However, the Empire was shocked to discover. The supreme weapon used to deal with mecha on the battlefield was far less than expected, and even many intensively launched electromagnetic beam bombs could not accurately hit these silver ten mecha with dried blood stains on their bodies.
These Royal Silver Ten Mechs have obviously adopted some of the most cutting-edge techniques of the Federation. The maneuverability was too strong and the speed was too fast, and the Imperial hoplite battalion blasted out most of its inventory of electromagnetic beam bombs. As a result, only the central control system of the seven Silver Ten mechs was destroyed.
What made the Imperial people vomit blood even more was that in front of these paralyzed Silver Ten mechs in the rocket bombardment, they were all carried away by other mechas.
What's even more terrifying is that when the Imperial soldiers are still abiding by the inherent norms of coordinated operations, those silver ten mechs of the Federation are under a royal mecha engraved with golden poplars, relying on their strong firepower and performance, like a hungry one. The thirsty mad dog pounced and bit hard at several of the most important baggage camps and supply lines of the Imperial army.
When the Imperials reacted and brought in more mecha troops to encircle and suppress, these cunning Federation mechs were signaled in advance and fled thousands of miles away, leaving the Imperials' all-out combination punches all in the air, depressed.
With the maneuvering of these Silver Ten Mecha Battalions, the strong attack of the Imperial people was forcibly delayed by them on the periphery of Xixia Mountain for three days and three nights.
However, just when the officers of the Federation breathed a sigh of relief, in the early morning of the fourth day, the Imperials changed the peak tactics of the previous days, and instead broke their troops into pieces, arranged them in a long snake formation, and encircled and suppressed the place where the Poplar fell with a strong attitude of completely ignoring losses and casualties, as if they had abandoned all tactics, and they wanted to pile you to death with strong troops.
The Silver Ten Mecha Battalion is naturally not afraid of this tactic of the Imperials, and under a group charge, it can disrupt a fragile formation of the Imperials.
But no matter how strong they are, they are only more than 300 mechas, and under the barren mountains and mountains of Xixia Mountain, the damaged parts are completely not fully repaired under the simple facilities, and as time goes by, the performance of the mecha begins to plummet, and there are more and more mechas that can no longer move.
What is even more worrying is that in addition to their establishment and the Blackstone Mecha Battalion led by Suye Cangna, the other formations of the Ruther Military Region can only retreat under the superior strength of the Imperial and the brutal attack regardless of casualties.
In order to prevent the defensive front from falling too quickly, the Silver Ten Mecha Battalion led by Xu Qiusheng and the Blackstone Mecha Battalion of Suye Cangna had to be similarly broken into pieces and divided into various parts of the defense line to assist in defense.
On the huge wide light curtain of the command hall, the red area representing the strength of the imperial army continued to spread slowly but firmly from west to east towards the poplar falling to the ground.
In just five days, the Imperials had penetrated five kilometers in front of the Topol.
This distance, which is already a place where even the individual long-range weapons of the heavy infantry battalion can shoot, is also an extremely dangerous distance.
And the military system of the Ruther District has suffered nearly half of the casualties in the past eight days, and the same is true for the Imperials, this kind of terrifying casualty ratio can easily cause a rout, but I don't know if it is a baptism of war, so that the nerves of the soldiers of these two troops have been honed a little bit, or they have been stimulated by someone, and they will not retreat.
But as a leader, fighting a war still requires reason, and at this moment, the old army commander Feng Shangming is in a dilemma.
PS: This chapter is a little less worded.,Make up for the big chapter in the evening (to be continued......