Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 460 Mars Defense War (1)

Ying Zongliang whispered to the four electromagnetic gun operators not to be nervous, listen to his orders, and wait for the enemy to approach before firing.

The twelve Imperial Army mecha soldiers were distributed in skirmish lines, with an interval of three to four meters, and slowly moved forward.

They are wearing heavy armor, holding a shield in their left hand and a 1.5-meter-long one-handed sword in their right hand.

Ying Zongliang judged that this was a heavy armored fighter of the Imperial Army, responsible for opening the way for the light armored assault troops.

From their clumsy movements, Ying Zongliang could tell that they were not used to the gravity and dense air on Mars.

The heavy armored fighters of the Imperial Army walked to the gate of the factory building, and were looking around the dim interior of the factory building.

Ying Zongliang restrained the operator's urge to fire, the small railgun was useless against heavy armor.

They can only be dealt with by cutting or piercing the neck of the armored warrior with the sharp Taiyi alloy knife from the gap in the neck of the heavy armor.

The heavy armored fighters of the Imperial Army blocked the entrance of the factory building and did not intend to come in. They must have sensed the hidden murderous intent.

The atmosphere in the factory building was about to freeze. The soldiers of the Mech Battalion had never seen the soldiers of the Imperial Army so closely.

Are you also nervous about what kind of faces will be hidden behind their mech masks?
This situation did not last long!

Two minutes later, the sound of orderly footsteps came from the main road of the factory area, and a brigade of Imperial Army mecha troops appeared.

Ying Zongliang estimated that there were at least 500 people, and his palms began to sweat.

The Imperial Army mecha troop stopped on the main road in front of the factory building. The commander in charge waved his hand, and the soldiers skillfully drove the mecha, flying two meters off the ground in an instant, and flew towards the gate and windows of the factory building.

The Imperial Army's heavily armored fighters blocking the entrance of the factory also suddenly turned from stillness and rushed straight into the factory.

Ying Zongliang cursed secretly, these grandsons had already sensed their ambush, and they reacted so quickly!

He ordered loudly: "Fire!"

The two small electromagnetic guns, which had been impatient for a long time, sprayed out two tongues of flame, and fired 500 grams of ferromagnetic alloy projectiles at a speed of 50 rounds per second.

The electromagnetic gun ignored the twelve heavy-armored fighters, and aimed at the light-armored fighters swarming outside the factory building.

The metal bullets launched at high speed instantly knocked the soldiers of the imperial army into the air and turned over a large area, causing the imperial army's charge team to be thrown into chaos.

Ying Zongliang then shouted: "Kill!" He jumped out from behind the equipment he was hiding in, and slashed at the heavy armored soldiers of the Imperial Army who had rushed forward.

More than 600 officers and soldiers from the three companies, four companies and five companies of the mech battalion ambushed in this factory rushed out, besieging and killing the imperial soldiers who broke in through the gate and windows.

With the first shot fired by the Mech Battalion, the buzzing of electromagnetic guns and the sound of shouts of killing resounded throughout the factory area.

2045年3月22日火星时间12点20分，火星保卫战正式打响。

The Battle of Mars opened up the second battlefield of the first solar system war, and the war spread from the asteroid belt to the inner planets of the solar system.

The imperial army that entered the precision gear factory has only one combat wing, which is equivalent to a mecha battalion of the federal army, with only more than 1000 people.

Facing the ambush of more than 6000 people from a mecha regiment of the Federal Army, they resisted for only half an hour before they were all wiped out, and none escaped.

But to the surprise of the federal army, none of them surrendered, and the battle was the last one.

In such an advantageous situation, the federal army still paid the price of more than 300 people killed and more than 800 wounded.

Since the factory where Ying Zongliang's mecha battalion was located was the center of the battle, their battalion's casualties accounted for more than half of the total casualties.

Ying Zongliang didn't have any joy of victory, and more than 60 of them besieged the twelve heavy armored fighters of the Imperial Army.

Five against one, but more than 20 fighters were sacrificed, which made them feel very ashamed.

For this obvious gap in personal combat effectiveness, it must not be eliminated in a short period of time. Ying Zongliang learned from the pain and thought that he would never be able to fight like this again in the future.

As soon as the battle was over, he was notified by the regiment headquarters, and he withdrew from the precision gear factory 3 minutes later and moved to the industrial area further south.

A brigade of more than 1 people from the Imperial Army was rushing over, and the sneak attack of the Federal Army successfully angered the Imperial Army.

……

Two hours later, Paul brought the senior generals of the Mars Expeditionary Force to the precision gear factory where the first exchange of fire took place.

The corpses of the soldiers of the Imperial Army lay all over the ground, and the blood flowed like rivers. The Imperial Army who arrived later were ordered not to destroy the scene.

Due to the hasty retreat of the federal army, except for the corpses of the federal soldiers who had been taken away, the battle scene was basically preserved.

Staff members of the Imperial Army Staff Department were drawing the positions of the corpses of Federal Army soldiers on the ground, and the commanders of the two forward legions stood around dejectedly.

When their reinforcements arrived here, the building was already empty.

Paul walked around the scene carefully a few times and restored the process of the battle in his mind. Instead of anger, he was happy, and the worries of the past few days were swept away.

The staff had determined that the ambush was carried out by regular troops of the Federation Army, but their combat capabilities were beyond expectations, and they were even far inferior to the Federation Army on the Ceres front line, let alone the Imperial Army.

If it weren't for the disparity in numbers, Paul thought they would even be wiped out by the ambushing imperial army.

Paul's confidence was greatly increased. He did not reprimand the commander of the forward army, but encouraged them against them.

He made up his mind and ordered the 30 mecha troops on the Wessex Fleet stationed in Yinghuo City to enter Meridian City, and ordered the Mercia Fleet, which was performing airspace security missions, to reinforce 20 mecha troops.

He was going to use an army of 50 to fully occupy Meridian City, first to make himself invincible. As for whether he really wanted to occupy Mars, he hadn't considered it well.

His wariness towards Zhong Cheng has not completely dispelled.

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The news of the victory in the first battle in Meridian City reached the headquarters of the Federal Army in Qinglong City even faster.

After listening to Shi Hanxing's report on the battle situation, the top generals of the federal army were mixed with worry and joy.

The Meridian City battle started at 12:20 today, and fierce fighting took place on the east, west, and south sides along the third ring road of Meridian City.

The three regular armies of the Federal Army dispatched nearly [-] troops to ambush or attack the Imperial Army's siege forces at [-] locations.

Because they fought more and fought less, the federal army won a complete victory. More than 1 enemies were wiped out in less than an hour of battle, which made a good start for the Mars defense war.

However, the gap between the combat capabilities of the Federal Army and the Imperial Army demonstrated in the battle prevented the Federal Army generals from fully accepting the joy of victory.

Although such a performance is expected by everyone, it also helps to achieve the strategic intention of luring the Imperial Army to attack Mars in an all-round way.

But how to fight the next battle, how to command this second-line force to defeat the main force of the imperial army, most high-level generals do not have much confidence.

Will it fail to defeat the Imperial Army, and the Imperial Army will instead take the opportunity to occupy Mars, making the current situation of the solar system war even worse?

Thinking of the prospect of the battle to defend Mars, everyone is worried!
(End of this chapter)