Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 463 Mars Defense War (4)

Mid-January 2047.

Due to the discovery of the abnormal troop movement of the Imperial Army on the eastern edge of the Dusk Plateau and the adjacent Luna Plateau and Solis Plateau.

The Federal Army's military intelligence department determined that the Imperial Army would take the initiative to launch an attack on the Twilight Plateau.

The Federal Mars Theater Command decided to adjust its strategy and put the Imperial Army into the hinterland of the Twilight Plateau to fight a decisive battle in Qinglong City.

Zhong Cheng rejected the proposal to scatter the Mars Theater Command to the Amazon Plains, believing that it would affect the confidence of the Federal Army in a decisive battle with the enemy before the war.

He will personally sit in Qinglong City, attract the main offensive force of the imperial army, and create conditions for the main force of the federal army to wipe out the enemy.

In the early morning of January 1, the Spring Festival of 26.

The Western Theater of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force, with the Third Guards Army as the main force, including the 25 troops of the Frankish Eighth Army and the Slavic 50th Army, launched a sudden attack on Peacock Mountain where the Federal Army was stationed.

More than 300 kilometers to the northwest, the Sixth Guards Corps and the Seventh Viking Corps in the western theater launched an attack on the Federal Army position on Mount Asklaw at the same time.

The Alsia Mountain Federal Army defense line to the southeast of Peacock Mountain was also attacked by more than 30 troops from the Third Viking Army of the Imperial Army and the Ninth Army of Rome.

The Western Theater of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force attacked the Twilight Plateau with 120 million troops divided into three groups, aiming at the three major industrial cities of the Federation on the Twilight Plateau: Qinglong City, Zhurong City and Gonggong City.

As always, the defenders of the federal army did not fight head-on with the imperial army. They quickly retreated after a short encounter, abandoned their defensive positions, and got into the mountains.

The imperial army only paid a few thousand casualties to capture the dangerous Suzaku Mountain, Asklaw Mountain, and Arsia Mountain, and entered the relatively flat central area of ​​the Dusk Plateau.

It is less than 300 kilometers away from Qinglong City, Zhurong City and Gonggong City.

April 1st morning.

Earl Lazaros Mfila, commander of the Eighth Frankish Legion of the Imperial Army, stood halfway up a mountain that the federal people called Qinglong Mountain.

Over the valley between the peaks, the 10,000+ mecha units of the Frankish Eighth Army were flying forward like a torrent, without seeing the head and the end.

Azure Dragon City is 30 kilometers ahead, so it is already close at hand.

Lazaros is organizing adjutants and combat staff to discuss the battle plan for attacking Qinglong City. Everyone has different opinions on whether the federal army will stick to Qinglong City.

However, most people still think that the federal army should abandon Qinglong City, at most they will use the buildings in the city to deal with the imperial army and then withdraw.

Because of the past two years, the federal army has given up too many cities.

If they didn't have three or four times more troops, the federal army would not dare to fight the imperial army head-on, but now that their central army has 50 people, will the federal army dispatch so many troops?

Since the start of the war on Mars, the Imperial Army has never encountered a federal army formed into a legion. They will only sneak attacks in ravines, forests, and city sewers like mice.

Lazaros was bored listening to the clichéd speeches of his subordinates, a little absent-minded.

He glanced at the marching ranks of the Third Guards Corps a few kilometers away, thinking that as long as there were these cold-blooded monsters, no matter how many federal troops there were, he would not be afraid.

His legion is a mech legion formed after the war began, and all officers and soldiers come from the French in the empire.

Although they are equally brave in battle and have experienced the baptism of war for many years, they are still ashamed of themselves compared with the legion of genetic soldiers who don't know what death is.

Lazaros even feels that these powerful genetic warriors have a tendency to seek self-destruction, and this feeling is not unique to him.

He shook his head, and stopped thinking about these genetic warriors who are not close to others. Compared with enthusiastic Westerners, genetic warriors are more like those rigid orientals.

Four years ago, after the establishment of the empire, the empire implemented the nobility system, and it was hereditary, and the titles obtained could be inherited from generation to generation.

The titles of the empire are mainly exchanged for military exploits, and there is an open and transparent corresponding system. Citizens of the empire with titles become a new noble class and can enjoy lofty honors and generous treatment.

And His Majesty the Emperor promised that after the war, all the nobles of the empire would be granted land or wealth.

All this greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the people of the empire to participate in the war and the courage to dedicate themselves to the empire.

Lazaros is now the Earl of the Empire, and he can be allocated land ten times larger than his hometown in France. Of course, he can also choose to exchange for equivalent money.

With such a large place, he plans to use it to grow grapes, herd cattle and sheep, and live a rural life away from the city.

Thinking of this, he lifted his spirits, the war is almost over, and this day will come soon.

But before that, he needs more military exploits!

Lazaros waved his hand to end the argument among his subordinates, and he decided to launch an attack as soon as he arrived at Azure Dragon City.

Regardless of whether the federal army will resist in the city or not, the Eighth Army will camp and rest in Qinglong City tonight. He believes that his army has such strength!
At 1:28 on December 11.

The Frankish Eighth Army has assembled outside the southeast of Qinglong City.

The federal army gave up on blocking outside the city, and tens of thousands of troops retreated into Qinglong City.

On a hill outside the city, Lazaros convened a pre-war meeting with officers above the division level in the legion.

He has already received the order from the Theater Command. At 12 o'clock, the three armies of the Zhonglu Group will attack Qinglong City in three directions at the same time, and strive to completely capture Qinglong City tomorrow. Cut off the retreat of the federal army in the central city.

He could only abandon his plan for tonight's camp, hoping that by this time tomorrow the battle would be over and his soldiers would have a good rest.

After setting up the offensive mission, the commanders returned to their respective units to assign tasks.

Lazaros stood on the top of the hill overlooking Qinglong City.

This huge city that is about to change owners stretches for more than 30 kilometers. Like most cities on Mars, there are no tall buildings.

Because when the city was built, all the mountains in the city were bulldozed, so Qinglong City is a large artificial plain surrounded by mountains, and there is no danger to defend.

Today is a rare sunny day, the Qinglong City under the sunlight at noon is quiet and solemn.

Lazaros had no idea that this was the tranquility before the war!
But then he laughed at himself, will there be a big war here?
If the tens of thousands of federal troops who retreated into Qinglong City would be stubbornly resisting, and adding some trouble to the imperial army would be considered a big war, then the noise after the tranquility would not be too loud.

"General, it's time!"

The adjutant's reminder interrupted Lazaros' thoughts. He looked at his wrist phone, and it was 1 o'clock on January 28, Mars time.

He ordered loudly without hesitation: "Attack!"

His order was conveyed to all levels of the legion's headquarters in an instant, and the five divisions of the Frankish Eighth Army began to advance towards Qinglong City in five directions.

The torrent of steel formed by the [-] forward troops swept towards Qinglong City.

Lazaros thought with regret that the current ground war without the foreshadowing of aircraft and artillery is far less powerful than the war three or forty years ago, and it is more like a war in the era of cold weapons.

Over the past year, due to the widespread use of electromagnetic guns and laser cannons on the Martian battlefield, any object flying in the air above tens of meters will become a moving target.

Not only fighter planes and drones have lost their usefulness, but even mech troops dare not fly too high above the ground.

The high-speed maneuvering of the mech units only increases the power of the railgun.

However, the straight-line attack and lack of explosive power of electromagnetic guns and laser cannons determined that it was difficult to achieve the effect of artillery fire coverage before the two sides approached at close range.

And whoever fires first will be destroyed immediately, making the use of electromagnetic guns and laser cannons more cautious in mech legion battles.

Modern warfare has completely turned into a war without gunpowder, but it is even more cruel!
(End of this chapter)