Solomy is the most mineral-rich planet in the New Miami sector, and the planet is full of mountains with various high-energy metal deposits. The planet's capital, Manta City, is also surrounded by three rolling mineral mountain ranges. Sandwiched between mountains, Manta City is quite narrow, with only a few simple and modest buildings, far less prosperous and lively than other planetary capitals. However, the planet Solomi, which is rich in minerals, is one of the important economic sources of the Miami Star Sector, so of course the Miami Star District rebel government will not easily cede the planet to the federal army.

At this time, there is an unusually fierce ground battle going on on the outskirts of Manta City. The rebel 4th, 7th, and 23rd Corps, which were responsible for holding Manta City, were desperately withstanding the frantic attack of the 89th and 115th Army Groups of the Federal Expeditionary Force. After more than a month of fierce fighting, the Federation Expeditionary Force was greatly surprised by the strength of the rebels on the planet Solomi.

Originally, in the eyes of the front-line commanders of the expeditionary force, the rebels were nothing more than a rabble cobbled together by a few local garrisons. However, what they did not expect was that the weapons and equipment in the hands of the rebels could not help but be inferior to the equipment of the expeditionary force, and even some new weapons that had just been installed by the federal army also appeared frequently in the hands of the rebels. Moreover, the rebellion in the New Miami Star District seems to have been premeditated, and the rebel soldiers seem to have been trained for a long time, and their individual qualities and the ability of their grassroots commanders are not weaker than those of the Federal Expeditionary Force, which calls itself a regular army.

Because of this, the battle on the planet Solomi, which Jihua could have ended in only one week, dragged on until four weeks later. Now, the battles in other parts of the planet have come to an end, and the headquarters of the expeditionary force has begun to deploy the main force to besiege the heavily defended city of Manta.

"Boom!" In the mountains on the outskirts of Manta City, the sound of explosions soared into the sky. The rebels took advantage of the difficult terrain of the mining area to build strong permanent fortifications, some of which could even directly withstand the main artillery bombardment of space battlecruisers. Taking advantage of these fortifications and favorable terrain, the rebels made every step forward for the Expeditionary Force's ground forces at a huge cost. In desperation, the commanders of the army group had no choice but to order the attacking troops to use long-range heavy firepower to carry out intensive carpet bombardment of every section of the rebel front. War seems to have returned to the early age of human hot weapons, the crazy meat grinder mode of blood and fire.

In the mountains southeast of Manta City, missiles with dazzling tailfires roared into the rocky communities on the mountain, and a silver-white particle cannon cut through the air in a white arc, burrowing into the mountain soil layer and exploding one after another. The smoke and dust in the sky and the deafening sound of explosions converged into a terrifying image, as if it was about to tear the mountains that blocked the advance of the Union army to shreds.

"Attack!" With the order of the front-line commander, a group of CC010 siege tanks, which originally used siege mode to bombard the rebel positions from a long distance, quickly switched their main guns into field mode, merged into the armored cluster that was ready to go, and began to charge the mountains ahead under the cover of countless marines wearing heavy armor.

"Buzz!" All kinds of turbofans and turbojet engines roared, and the banshee fighters of the air assault division took off under the cover of the Viking fighters hovering high in the sky, and took the lead in rushing to the rebel positions. "Whoosh!" The fuselage of the banshee fighters shook, and one after another FC air-to-surface missiles roared towards the distant mark of the Haode rebel fortifications.

The offensive clusters of chariots, mechs, marines, and banshee fighters converged into a giant of steel, as if they were about to engulf the tall and steep mountains in the distance. The previous rounds of heavy artillery fire seemed to have made the rebels on the high ground disappear without a trace, but the soldiers of the expeditionary force who had experienced several bloody battles did not dare to be careless in their hearts. Because they knew that the rebels hiding beneath the rocks of the mountains could easily escape the seemingly devastating artillery bombardment with the help of underground fortifications made of various high-performance steel armor.

Sure enough, just as the troops in front had just crossed the first line of defense of the rebels, the ground of the rock fragments that had been blasted to pieces halfway up the mountainside suddenly cracked into huge holes in black holes, and laser cannon beams mixed with a bright particle cannon flew out of the hole with a roar, smashing into the middle of the dense attack cluster of the federal army.

"Boom!" Huge fireballs soared, and fragments of broken steel mixed with fragments of flesh and blood scattered in all directions. Although they had been prepared for a long time, the sudden artillery fire still made the soldiers of the expeditionary force a little panicked.

"Target azimuth XXX, cluster grenade, fire!" The commanders of the armored detachments on the front line quickly determined the location of the rebels' firepower points, and as soon as one order after another was issued, countless punisher grenades covered the rebel underground fortifications that suddenly appeared. "Boom!" Dense explosions rang out, and between the flames and shrapnel, the rebel underground fortifications were constantly collapsed and buried under the rock layers. However, more hidden fortifications, constantly appearing in the firing corners of the armored clusters, condescendingly bombarded the attacking Union troops from all angles.

"Target XXX, locked! FC01 fire! "The Banshee fighters, who are far more agile than the chariot mechs, calmly aim at these hidden fortifications, and one by one FC air-to-surface missiles with brilliant tail flames burrow into those fortifications like natural caves." Boom! "The sound of a dull explosion came from underground, and the ground trembled, and it was clear that the rebels in the fortifications had been killed along with the ammunition stored inside.

"Whoosh!" Before the Federation soldiers could cheer for those Banshee fighters, a long snail anti-aircraft missile suddenly rose into the air from a hidden corner of the mountain, crashing into the Banshee fighters hovering low in the sky at high speed. Those banshee fighter pilots often just heard the rapid humming of the onboard alarm, and before they could react, they were torn to pieces by anti-aircraft missiles and turned into brilliant fireworks and fell down. With the help of the favorable terrain of the mountains, the rebels are equipped with new air defense radars, which can easily spot these Banshee fighters hovering at low altitudes to cover the attack of ground troops, and such a close distance makes it impossible for even elite pilots to make evasive actions in time.

At the same time, Viking fighters belonging to the rebels suddenly emerged from the clouds, roaring towards the unsuspecting Banshee planes in the air. "Boom, boom!" Large-caliber airborne laser cannon beams accompanied by high-speed air-to-air missiles once again made the banshee fighters enjoy a baptism of fire. Although, the Federation Viking fighters who arrived later quickly captured these rebel fighters that were killed halfway, but the Banshee fighter group had already suffered heavy casualties.

Taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the Federal Banshee fighters, a roar of turbofan engines suddenly sounded over the high ground, and the Banshee fighters belonging to the rebels flew like ghosts over the ground armor cluster of the expeditionary force. FC air-to-surface missiles tore through the scorching air, covering the tanks and mechs. "Boom, boom!" Flames rose again in the middle of the armored clusters that crowded the narrow hills, and countless Marines and chariots were engulfed in the flames that symbolized death.

What made the soldiers of the expeditionary force even more panicked was that the first line of defense of the rebels, which had already crossed, suddenly changed at this time. In the rocky recesses on the opposite side of those mountains, passages suddenly cracked, and countless rebel mecha marines swarmed out, launching a surprise attack on the back of the expeditionary force without warning.

"Da Da Da! Bang bang bang! The cheerful sound of the spike gun was accompanied by the sound of a punisher grenade being fired, and one by one the expeditionary marines fell in a pool of blood, and the chariots were instantly blasted into steel slag.

The tragic battlefield offensive and defensive battles instantly shortened the distance between the attacking sides, and even many rebel mecha marines had already rushed into the armored cluster of the expeditionary force. If you equip the chariots with bayonets, you can engage in almost hand-to-hand combat. And because of the terrain restrictions, the large and slightly bulky siege tanks are even more lacking in mobility, and they are bombarded by mechs that shoot at close range, and even those marines can use armor-piercing spikes to ravage these poor siege tanks.

At this time, not only could the long-range firepower of the expeditionary force not cover the attacking troops, but even the Banshee fighter planes on both sides could not wantonly bomb the enemy's ground troops, so they could only scatter their formations and look for targets one by one. "Whoosh!" When the battle was fierce, even the Banshee fighters, who were not good at air combat, used short-range air-to-air missiles to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Similarly, in the high altitude, Viking fighters on both sides are also engaged in fierce air battles. Fighter planes chased each other between the clouds, air-to-air missiles flew wantonly, and dazzling laser cannon beams flashed frequently between the clouds like white lightning.

"Bang!" One of the Expeditionary Force's siege tanks was damaged in its power system, so it simply switched its artillery to siege mode to provide fire cover for friendly forces. Behind the chariot, the black-faced Haoyi and Hu Erpang were nervously repairing the power plant of the chariot. In such a fierce battle situation, the emergency repair task of the field maintenance soldiers is even more dangerous. Often when a cannonball or a spike shell hits, the maintenance soldiers will fall in a pool of blood with the maintenance tools in their hands.

"Bang!" Haoyi closed the hood of the chariot, climbed to the exterior window of the chariot, made an "OK" gesture to the driver inside, and quickly jumped off the chariot, turned around and ran to another chariot emitting white smoke not far away.

"Boom!" A grenade exploded not far away, followed by a row of spike gun bullets whistling over, startling Haoyi and hurriedly dragged Hu Erpang to the ground together, choking on a mouthful of sand.

"Phew! Damn it! Dog's day, there is a kind of one-on-one with Hao Ye! Hao Yi jumped to his feet and yelled angrily at the rebels who were rushing in the distance.

"All units, quickly retreat! Swift drawdown! At this moment, the commander's urgent order sounded in the communication channel.