Chapter 121: Operation "Excavator" (13)
But knowing what the ground is like alone will not solve the most fundamental problem. At this moment, there must be survivors of the landing force on the ground, and the accuracy of the images captured by the ship's sensors at high altitude in the Ciel's orbit is limited, and they can analyze that there are indeed troops operating in the mission area, but it is not clear which troops they are, and they cannot be contacted for further coordination and communication.
Therefore, Yang Yi requested that the Alien Insect Force be sent to the surface on a large scale in order to obtain information about the surface through the Alien Insect Force. Renault refused the request for a large-scale all-round projection, fearing possible retaliation from Tadarin's main fleet, but he agreed to send a larger and larger group of Alien Insects to the surface than the last one - to put it bluntly, just don't use the momentum to take the planet and land it, so that Tadarin's string that is not quite right is touched.
Yang Yi was extremely dissatisfied with this approach, but what Renault said did have a point. They came for the artifact, not to take this planet as a stronghold, probably because of this reason, Tadarin's death fleet didn't bother to come all the way to reinforce the temple. But if they want to project troops on a large scale and show the momentum of a full-scale landing, then it is difficult to say. (In order to avoid misunderstanding, it is recommended to refer to the feeling when the in-game biter swarm lands in Keha)
In desperation, he asked Behemoth to stuff as many high-level Alien Insect units as possible to ensure that they would not be encircled and annihilated by the Tadarin Rapid Reaction Force as soon as they landed. A1 objected, she thought that there should be as many jumping insects as possible, poisonous explosion insects such as units that can quickly maneuver and transfer, so that they can quickly disperse and hide after landing, but Yang Yi refused. The main reason is that the command system of the insect relies on the king insect, the insect queen and the insect mother, if the main unit is a jumping insect and a poisonous explosion insect after landing, then the insect queen is very likely to lack cover and be annihilated in a centralized manner, resulting in a large number of insect swarms on the ground losing their command. Behemoth is not the master, and this larger-scale launch will inevitably make it impossible for her to manipulate every unit, which may lead to the destruction of the swarm.
Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, but Yang Yi is the commander. Since he wanted to do a little manipulation, A1 couldn't object, so he could only say "Commander Takami" to end the discussion, which had already been decided.
Thirty-seven hours after the scheduled landing time, Behemoth had the first troops ready for the landing. Yang Yi asked her to prepare the second batch of landing troops before the first batch was launched. As soon as the first group of troops had set up the landing ground, a second group of troops was deployed to ensure that the landing area would always be able to withstand the Tadarin offensive.
But the fighting on the ground is inevitably getting worse. After arriving at the landing zone in the face of heavy losses caused by ground artillery fire, the Alien Insect Force naturally collided with Tadarin's fast reaction force - not so much a collision, but a fast reaction force on the ground waiting for the Alien to land.
I don't know if it was because of the delay for too long, the alien insect troops on the ground were attacked by the Tadarin forces, which were even more powerful than before. When the second group of units departed, A1 was shocked to find that a Colossus of the Star Spirit had appeared in Tadarin's main base!
This thing is a legendary war machine that can destroy a civilization, and it stands to reason that everyone except the Dharam Star Spirit is sealed in the Star Spirit's Static Cabin. God knows where Tadarin got this thing from, but the Alien Insect Force on the ground is already in an extremely dangerous situation. Yang Yi very much did not want to give up this opportunity, now that the Alien Insect Force had established a landing ground at the landing place, as long as it could hold there, the support from the fleet would continue to reach the surface, and the survivors on the surface would have an area to evacuate and assemble.
But Tadarin's offensive did make it difficult for the insects to top, and the combat effectiveness of these high-spirited star spirit maniacs was not weak, and the insects on the ground relied on the morale that could withstand all casualties and fight to the death in the landing area, but the actual control area was still shrinking, especially the colossus that was striding close to the battlefield......
After thinking about it, Yang Yi made up his mind and asked Behemoth to then drop a landing force into the assembly area and defend that area as much as possible. The only ones with support now are the Alien Troops, and even if it is worth crucifying Tadarin's main force in this area and creating a chance for the other survivors to survive.
In fact, Tadarin was in a state of exhaustion, as they had to draw defenders from all over the city to put pressure on the newly opened Alien Landing Zone and destroy it, and on the other hand, they had to deal with the scattered human marines who were attacking Tadarin's base and patrols in order to survive. The Alien Troops did play their part, and they knew full well that the Aliens were the only ones that could communicate with the enemy fleet, and that once they were allowed to gain a foothold, the role of radio interference would be greatly diminished, especially if the human forces were paired with their Alien allies......
Moreover, they also know how difficult the insects can be, and if they are allowed to settle down, it will be even more difficult to eradicate them. So they have to put all the pressure out of the swarm. While it does make it very difficult for the Insect Troop to overcome, it also greatly reduces the stress on the other survivors.
The battle continued until the Colossus arrived at the battlefield under the cover of a group of Tadarim. And almost at the same time, Yang Yi immediately asked Behemoth to concentrate on knocking out the colossus, and the two capital ships A1 and Black Rose had already entered the predetermined position and began to carry out low-precision wide-area high-orbit bombardment on the ground - to put it bluntly, because the orbital altitude could not carry out high-precision strikes, it was simply covered by direct firepower.
For A1 and Black Rose, this is a move that stinks no more. It was already very rare for the ground forces to maintain the front and the existing areas, and now he had to concentrate his forces for a surprise attack. Obviously, with such a dozen, the landing area is not wanted, and the remaining alien troops will have to be sent away, and it may not be possible to knock out the colossus.
But the range of the Colossus itself is long, it is almost half an artilleryman, and the power of this thing's thermal energy ray is no joke, if you really want to let the Colossus fire, Yang Yi feels that the ground defense line will collapse faster.
Time will tell for the best – this colossus is a huge trap. When the two thunderbeasts rushed to the colossus under Tadarin's fire, the colossus that had never fired suddenly disappeared after a few flickering moments—it was just a beautiful illusion.
Yang Yi was wrong, very wrong. The entire Insect Force has completely lost its original battle line. The insects that had concentrated their forces on the center of Tadarin's forces were isolated and surrounded, and although the next landing force was on the way, there was nothing to do.
Of course, the final blow to Yang Yi was Black Rose's complaining words.
"Head, at least think about it with your head, how could Tadarin use a decisive weapon like the Colossus in such a place!"