Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 455 The Turning Point of the War
Star Wars also differs markedly from traditional ground warfare in one other way.

Due to the boundlessness of the interstellar space, the distance between the ruts is calculated in tens of millions of kilometers, and the reconnaissance of the whereabouts of the enemy space fleet has become a difficult problem.

Although the space battleship is huge, it is like a speck of dust in the starry sky, and the space battleship has advanced anti-detection means, that is, stealth means.

For the space fleet 1000 million kilometers away, the traditional radar reconnaissance technology, whether it is over-the-horizon radar or phased array radar, has lost its effect.

At present, the most widely used by the Federal Army is the gravitational wave reconnaissance technology, which uses the subtle gravitational changes produced by the space battleship on the surrounding asteroids to reverse the position of the space battleship.

But if the space battleship leaves the plane of the ecliptic where the planets and asteroids are densely packed, and sails into the void, it is a fish entering the sea.

The Federal Army was the first to use this method to launch a surprise attack on the Imperial Army, such as the Martinez victory.

At that time, the main force of the Federal Space Fleet set off from Ceres, dived into the void 2 million kilometers below the ecliptic plane, sailed to the position of the Martinez asteroid, and then suddenly returned to the asteroid belt.

The Imperial Army fleet, which was attacking the Maxianes asteroid military base, was caught off guard, lost the chance to escape, and eventually the entire army was wiped out.

In subsequent battles in the asteroid belt, both sides frequently used this method of surprise attack, and countermeasures emerged endlessly, which added to the weirdness and changeability of the interstellar war.

But this is the first time that such a large-scale space fleet has turned from light to darkness, trying to make a surprise attack secretly.

The Imperial Army has deployed twelve space fleets in the airspace of Ceres. Each space fleet is smaller than the Federal Army's one space fleet, but their space fleet also has 3 large space battleships and 81 medium-sized space battleships.

Now eight of the space fleets have disappeared, and the battle situation has suddenly become complicated and severe.

The General Staff of the Federal Army provided three possible destinations for the main fleet of the Imperial Army, the earth (the earth and the moon are too close to be regarded as one), Mars and Ceres.

The Imperial Army raided Earth or Mars or attacked together. With the strength of the Federal Army on Earth and Mars, if the Federal Army on Ceres did not provide reinforcements, the war would inevitably extend to the surface.

Fortunately, there are only over 1 million people on Mars, but there are more than 90 billion people on Earth. If a war breaks out on Earth, it will have disastrous consequences.

Even without considering civilian casualties, the Imperial Army's attacks on industrial bases on Earth, the Moon, and Mars will greatly affect the Federation's weapons and equipment production.

At the beginning of the war, due to the limited forces of both sides and fewer space warships, attacking the earth and Mars can only be moths to the flame.

But now the number of space battleships has increased dozens of times, and the Imperial Army already has such strength.

This is also the situation that the high level of the Federation has been worried about for a long time, so they will do their best to hold back the opponent's main force on Ceres.

The Imperial Army obviously saw through this, and was unwilling to spend it with the Federal Army in the asteroid belt.

But there is a possible trap in this. If the federal army on Ceres returns to aid Earth or Mars, the main force of the imperial army will kill a carbine and fight the main force of the federal army outside the airspace of Ceres.

Without the defensive position on Ceres, the federal army must have little chance of winning. The best case scenario is to return in a big defeat. It is not impossible for the entire army to be wiped out.

This war basically means that the overall situation has been decided, and there is no possibility of a comeback for the Federation.

No one can afford such consequences!
The top generals of the Federation in Penglai City are caught in a dilemma, to save or not to save, if they want to save, how to save?
2045年3月12日，谷神星时间8点，海城时间下午2点。

Three hours after losing track of the main force of the Imperial Army, Zheng Qingwu connected the High Command of the Haicheng Federation and requested a remote video conference.

The high level of the federal army in the asteroid belt unanimously decided to hand over this life-and-death issue to Lu Yao, Zhong Cheng and others for adjudication.

Except for Zheng Qingwu who was on the front line of Ceres, all members of the Federal Supreme Command attended the meeting in the conference room of the Federal Building in Haicheng.

The report and analysis of the current battle situation by the frontline staff shocked the participants, and Lu Yao, Sima Bei, Zhou Tuan and others were also hesitant.

None of the three points of Ceres, Earth, and Mars can be given up, but it is difficult to fully defend against the imperial army with superior forces.

This is the helplessness of the defensive side in war. The offensive side can concentrate its superior forces to choose the battlefield, but the defensive side can only be passively beaten.

Zhou Tuan proposed that the federal army on Ceres directly attack Vesta, Pallas and other imperial sites, and they must save them.

But everyone believed that there was no place in the asteroid belt that the Imperial Army must save, except for a long-distance raid on Ganymede, but even the most daring people thought it was unrealistic.

It has always been a mystery how much defense the Imperial Army has on Jupiter, a world like Ganymede where human colonies are hidden several kilometers below the surface.

As long as the imperial army guards a few exit passages, it is impossible for the federal army to take down these underground cities in a short time, and they will also fall into the predicament of not being able to get supplies.

Zhong Cheng listened carefully to everyone's opinions, and seeing that everyone was talking about the same, he expressed a completely different opinion.

Contrary to the pessimism of everyone, he believes that the current changes in the battle situation are just the turning point of the first solar system war. If this opportunity is seized, the dawn of victory will not be far away.

Lu Yao and the others were in high spirits, and asked Zhong Cheng to explain his views in detail, and whether there was a specific way to deal with it.

Although Zhong Cheng did not specifically participate in the command of the war, he has been paying attention to the direction of the war. He brought all the economic and military power data of both sides into the model of the Taixu Experimental System for deduction.

He has long judged that the empire's side will definitely have a desperate time.

Because the population of the Federation is nearly 100 billion and the population of the Empire is 5 million, when the military technology is similar, time is the reminder of the Empire.

Before the balance of military power between the two sides reverses, the empire will definitely choose a quick battle.

It's just that when and in what way depends on the decision of the high-level empire.

However, the imperial army gave up the decisive battle on Ceres, and instead divided their forces to attack the earth and Mars. In Zhong Cheng's view, it was a bad move.

Such a strategic change seemed clever, but it made the federal army difficult to advance and retreat.

But in fact, he violated the big taboo of military strategists and dispersed his superior forces, giving the federal army a chance to attack the imperial army.

Zhong Cheng finally made a suggestion that the earth should not be lost anyway, and the space fleet deployed on Mars should be transferred to the earth immediately, and the federal army on Ceres made a feint of massive reinforcements to the earth.

In this way, there are four space fleets above the earth, and relying on the earth and the moon for defense, the imperial army's expeditionary fleet cannot win in a short time, but will fall into front and rear attacks from reinforcements from Ceres.

Therefore, the imperial army is very likely to focus its main attack on Mars, which has an empty defense force!

The Federation gave up the confrontation with the Imperial Army over Mars, and gave up Yinghuo City, Meridian City and the space ladder system to lure the Imperial Army to the surface of Mars.

The federal army fought a decisive battle with the imperial army on the ground of Mars to determine the outcome of the war.

(End of this chapter)