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Chapter 458 as you wish

2045 3 Month 21 Day.

The overwhelming imperial fleet finally appeared over Mars, belatedly.

Sunset on Mars.

Paul Seaman, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army and commander of the Mars Expeditionary Force, boarded the Yinghuo City space port that had been "occupied" by the advance force.

He didn't have the excitement of a large group of imperial army generals behind him, but instead felt like walking in an abyss.

His emotions infected his subordinates. A group of people stood in the spaceport overlooking the land of Mars under their feet, with complicated emotions.

At the end of last year, the Emperor could no longer bear the slow progress of the war, and ordered the Imperial Army General Staff to formulate a new strategy for a quick victory.

The General Staff has formulated two sets of strategic plans. One is to launch a decisive battle on Ceres and pull out this nail at any cost. The other is to divide troops to raid the earth and seal the throat with one sword.

The first plan was rejected by His Majesty the Emperor, and Paul also did not agree with this plan.

Ceres has been built like an iron barrel by the federal army, and dozens of asteroid military fortresses constitute the strictest three-dimensional defense line.

Coupled with the federal space fleet hidden between these military fortresses and Ceres, the Imperial Army must pay more than three times the casualties of the opponent to break through the Ceres defense line.

At that time, the weakened Imperial Army will be unable to face the counterattack of the new federal army from Earth and Mars.

His Majesty the Emperor was full of praise for the second plan, and he had long wanted to let the orientals on Earth experience what it was like to be overwhelmed by an army.

Paul has reservations about this, and he has always had confidence in the original strategy he implemented.

As long as the army continues to increase significantly, complete the complete blockade of Ceres' airspace, and cut off Ceres' external reinforcements, Ceres will collapse due to insufficient troops in a few years with less than [-] million soldiers and civilians.

But under the pressure of His Majesty the Emperor, Paul had to accept this overly aggressive plan of splitting troops and raiding.

By the beginning of March this year, the Imperial Army had completed preparations for a strategic shift.

3 month 12 day.

Leaving four space fleets and more than 100 million mecha troops carried in them to contain the federal army of Ceres in the airspace of Ceres.

Paul personally led the main force of the Imperial Army with nearly 500 million troops sneaked to a position 3 million kilometers below the ecliptic plane of the asteroid belt, and went straight to the earth 3 million kilometers away.

3 month 16 day.

When the Imperial Army crossed the orbit of Mars and reached the void only 5 million kilometers away from the earth, Paul received the latest order from the Imperial Army General Staff.

Because the Federation gathered all the defense forces of the Earth and Mars to defend the Earth, His Majesty the Emperor shook his confidence in raiding the Earth.

His Majesty the Emperor believes that the current Mars defense force is empty, and uses the main fleet to contain the Federation Army on Earth, and prevents reinforcements from the Ceres garrison.

The Imperial Army can easily occupy Mars by dividing two more fleets. With the industrial base on Mars, the industrial strength comparison between the Empire and the Federation will be reversed.

Moreover, the occupation of Mars broke the iron triangle of the Earth, Mars, and Ceres, and drove a nail between the Earth and Ceres. The empire's subsequent offensives would be invincible with ease.

Paul was not fooled by the bright prospects painted by Robin and the general staff. As a qualified commander, he always believed that respecting the opponent and valuing the opponent was the way to win.

The top executives of the federal army are not fools, let alone a group of cowards. When the imperial army arrived, they panicked and gave up such an important planet as Mars.

Mars is not an asteroid!

Dividing up to attack Mars again will inevitably further weaken the main force of the imperial army and lose its overwhelming advantage over the main battlefield.

However, in the face of the powerful Emperor Robin, Paul could not come up with a strong objection, so he had to agree to implement a new battle plan.

Because he couldn't guess why the federal army gave up Mars.

According to information from the Imperial Military Intelligence Department, the Mars space fleet has indeed withdrawn to Earth. The more than 100 million federal troops on Mars are all rookie troops who have never been on the battlefield, and it is impossible to be the opponent of the Imperial Army.

Moreover, Zhong Cheng has already rushed to Mars and is evacuating the people, trying to resist on Mars.

Paul knew that it was Zhong Cheng's appearance that made Robin make up his mind to take down Mars and capture Zhong Cheng alive.

Robin's hatred for Zhong Cheng, as his confidant, Paul is very clear, this has almost become Robin's heart disease.

Because of Zhong Cheng, Paul decided to let him personally lead the two space fleets to Mars. He was really worried about what Zhong Cheng would do.

Because of the change in plan, the main force of the Imperial Army withdrew two more fleets to Ceres to secure a solid line of defense, while the remaining four fleets pretended to attack Earth to buy time for the Imperial Army to attack Mars.

Five days later, when Paul rushed to Mars with two space fleets of more than 5 warships and 160 troops, the situation was even better than he had imagined.

Sure enough, all the federal fleets above Mars were withdrawn, and Yinghuo City was empty, but it was intact, and even the space ladder system was functioning normally.

The advance troops he sent quickly occupied Yinghuo City, the expected explosion did not happen, and no hidden explosive devices were found.

Even the [-] mecha fighters of the advance force safely took the space elevator to the ground Meridian City, and have already controlled the ground space elevator transit center.

So far, I haven't met a Federation person, and the Federation seems to have really given up on Mars!

But such a situation exacerbates Paul's uneasiness. Anomalies in war often mean traps set by opponents.

But he just couldn't think of any basis for his opponent, what kind of traps he could set up, so that the mighty army he led would hate Mars.

He has done detailed research on Zhong Cheng. In the Battle of Dawn, he and Zhong Cheng were the commanders-in-chief of the Eastern and Western camps respectively, and they had a long-term experience of fighting against each other.

Zhong Cheng's resourcefulness and judgment are equally outstanding as the benevolence of women. He is better as an oriental leader than a military commander.

Zhong Cheng's love for the lives of soldiers, and even his reluctance to kill the systemic aborigines in Middle-earth, has always made Paul, the western general, a laughing stock.

However, Zhong Cheng's unrestrained yet rigorous command style also left a deep impression on Paul.

The two commanded the Eastern and Western armies to fight in Middle-earth for many years, and the outcome was hard to tell. In the end, because Orlando was eager to win and bet with Zhong Cheng, the Easterners won without a fight.

Perhaps Zhong Chengcheng wanted to complete the unfinished battle between them in the Battle of Dawn on Mars, and decide who is the number one commander in the human world!
Paul calmed down and looked away from the grotesque land of Mars.

Then do as you wish!

Paul ordered loudly: "The Mercia Fleet is performing airspace security, the Wessex Fleet is stationed at the spaceport, the Viking 72nd Mecha Legion and the Germanic 31st Mecha Legion are marching into Meridian City, and the other legions are temporarily on standby for rest."

Like a black tide, the imperial army's mecha troops began to pour out from the space battleships docked in the space port, forming a torrent of steel and pouring into Yinghuo City.

(End of this chapter)