Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 461 Mars Defense War (2)

Seeing that a victory celebration turned sour, Zhong Cheng had to knock on the table to silence everyone, because he had something to say.

He was also surprised by the advantage of the Imperial Army over the Federal Army, but it made him more determined to wipe out the main force of the Imperial Army's mecha forces on Mars.

The Imperial Army's space fleets without their elite mecha units are nothing but clawless beasts.

However, the Imperial Army currently has 800 million mech troops, and at least 300 million elite troops that have been through battles.

How to attract more mecha troops to Mars and how to eliminate them is a huge challenge for the Federation Army on Mars!

Zhong Cheng first expressed understanding for everyone's worries, but then he stood up and said loudly:
"Back then, our ancestors defeated the reactionary army armed to the teeth with millet and rifles!
Moreover, those who use these millet plus rifles are farmers who have just dropped their hoes and sickles, and they can't even talk about their training level.

In terms of military strength alone, it is far worse than the situation we are facing today.

But the ancestors won the final victory with their fighting wisdom and will!

Thinking about the difficult conditions of our ancestors, we should be more confident in winning this anti-aggression war!
We also rely on the wisdom and will to fight!
Since the fighting power of the federal army is not as good as that of the imperial army, we will not fight them head-on, and use the guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare used by our ancestors to deal with the imperial army.

"When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we attack, when the enemy retreats, we pursue", these sixteen-character guidelines are our magic weapon for victory!
Mars has more than 3000 million square kilometers of vast land connected as one, with complex and diverse terrain, providing us with the best battlefields for guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare.

In this piece of land that belongs to us, let alone 100 million imperial troops, even 1000 million imperial troops, we are also confident that they will come and go.

Judging from the current situation, the Mars Defense War is destined to be impossible to end in a short time, but we can afford to wait for two years if one year fails, and three years if two years fail.

There are 9000 million of us soldiers and civilians on Mars, and there are 100 billion humans standing behind us. The final victory must belong to the Federation! "

"Wow!"

As soon as Zhong Cheng finished speaking, the command center burst into loud applause.

His speech greatly encouraged the confidence of the generals, and they all expressed their determination to fight the imperial army to the end.

The headquarters of the Mars Federation Army adjusted its combat policy according to the battle situation in Meridian City.

In the evening of the same day, the 13th, 27th, and 38th Mecha Group Armies voluntarily withdrew from the urban area of ​​Ziwu City, broke them into pieces, and got into the tall Muhe forest on the Ziwu Plateau.

On April 4st, the imperial army advanced step by step, advancing heavily, and completely occupied the deserted Meridian City.

But the well-preserved industrial facilities in Meridian City made the empire's top management feel like a treasure!

The empire began to mobilize engineering and technical personnel and a large number of industrial workers from Jupiter and Saturn to Mars on a large scale, trying to build a front-line military production base on Mars.

But to their disappointment, Meridian City's industrial base is seriously biased, lacking upstream raw material basic industries in the industrial chain, and these basic industrial factories and mines are distributed throughout Mars.

The high level of the empire finally made up its mind to occupy Mars.

The Imperial Army Headquarters decided to deploy another 100 million mecha troops from Ceres and Earth battlefields to reinforce the Mars Expeditionary Force.

The Emperor of the Empire gave Paul an order to defeat the main force of the Federation Army on Mars and occupy the main cities and industrial areas on Mars within six months.

In late April, reinforcements from the Imperial Army arrived on Mars, and the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force in Meridian reached 4 million.

Along with the arrival of the reinforcements, there were also a large number of small and medium-sized electromagnetic guns. The Imperial Army followed suit. They also sent the small electromagnetic guns on the eliminated space fighters to the Mars battlefield, and added hundreds of newly manufactured ones. Medium Railgun.

The confidence of the reinforced Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force redoubled, and Paul ordered a full-scale attack on the area around Meridian City in early May.

The war on Mars that has been suspended for a month is rekindled!
The federal army avoided the main forward force of the imperial army and used their familiarity with the terrain to attack the city of Meridian City in the opposite direction.

The two sides fought in a scuffle within an area of ​​two to three hundred kilometers centered on Meridian City.

The federal army sometimes disperses and sometimes concentrates. As long as the imperial army loses touch with the main force, it will immediately be besieged by more than ten times the federal army.

On Mars, the wood grass can grow to a height of 60 meters, forming a large forest. The supernormal metal content in the wood grass branches and leaves can shield the reconnaissance from space, providing the best cover for the activities of the federal army.

The battle on the Meridian Plateau lasted for three months, and the Imperial Army paid 10,000+ casualties to drive the Federal Army out of the plateau area.

Although the federal army suffered more casualties, the imperial army's six-month plan to wipe out the main force of the Martian federal army was also declared bankrupt.

Paul applied to the headquarters of the Imperial Army, and if Mars was to be conquered, more ground troops were needed.

Robin approved Paul's application, and the empire sent another million mecha troops to Mars.

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The Imperial Mars Expeditionary Army divided into five groups and launched an attack on the Arabian Plateau, Sheba Terrace, Noah Terrace, Pearl Terrace, and Luna Plateau adjacent to the Meridian Plateau.

Each army has as many as 30 people, intending to occupy the basic raw material industrial zone around the Meridian Plateau, forcing the main federal army to fight a decisive battle.

But Zhong Cheng was unmoved. If you want a city, I will give it to you. If you want an industrial area, I will give it to you. If you want a mine, I will give it to you.

But no one will be left for you. If you want to start these factories and start the city's supply system, send people yourself.

And I'm sorry, you have to send troops to garrison these cities, industrial areas, and mines, and you can't do without them.

As long as you don't pay attention, I will send troops to take it back.

Under the command of Zhong Cheng, the federal army retreated in great strides, abandoning more than 100 cities, hundreds of factories, and hundreds of mines.

The battlefield of the two sides has been expanded to an area of ​​more than 500 million kilometers, providing enough space for more federal troops to participate in the war.

The more than 200 million imperial troops placed in this area are like a few basins of sea water in the sea, which cannot stir up a few waves.

On the contrary, because the occupied cities and factories were tied hands and feet, with burdens, the troops were divided and divided, and lost the advantage of troops in local battlefields.

The federal army launched a large-scale counterattack, successively captured more than a dozen cities and industrial areas occupied by the imperial army, wiped out a large number of defensive troops, and took away workers.

The main force of the imperial army was exhausted, fighting fires everywhere, but it was difficult to find the main force of the federal army.

The federal army's guerrilla tactics made the imperial army suffer, and the tenacity of the federal army officers and soldiers also exceeded the expectations of the high-level empire. The empire's plan to conquer Mars in the short term fell through.

The empire had to continue to send additional reinforcements from Ceres, the battlefield on Earth, and the empire itself, and the scale of the war on Mars was getting bigger and bigger.

The empire is already deep in Mars, and it can't stop.

By October 2046.

One and a half years after the start of the Mars Defense War, the Empire's troops on Mars exceeded 1 million, accounting for 800% of the total Imperial Army, and included most of the elite mecha corps.

Zhong Cheng's expected goal of attracting the main force of the imperial army was overfulfilled, but two tables of guests came for one table of food and wine.

Can he entertain so many guests?
(End of this chapter)