Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 464 Mars Defense War (5)

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The vanguard of the Frankish Eighth Army had penetrated 2 kilometers into the urban area, and hundreds of electromagnetic cannon vehicles and laser cannon vehicles suspended more than ten meters above the mecha army also entered the urban buildings.

Electromagnetic cannon vehicles and laser cannon vehicles are flying armored vehicles specially developed for the Mars battlefield in the past two years, and they are also called "air tanks" by soldiers.

It is eight meters long, three meters wide, and two meters high, and weighs about fifty tons. It looks like a hovercraft on Earth.

Driven by two small nuclear fusion engines, dozens of large ion engines provide upward lift, and can hover in the air and fly at subsonic speeds in the Martian atmosphere.

Although it has heavy armor, it is not used as a real tank, but as a mobile launch platform and protective vehicle for electromagnetic guns and laser cannons.

Their role is to provide fire support for the attack of the mech units, or to suppress the enemy's electromagnetic gun and laser cannon attack.

However, this kind of flying turret was first invented by the Federal Army and used on the Martian battlefield, and the Empire was just imitating it.

In terms of research and development of weapons and equipment, like industrial technology, the Federation has always been ahead of the Empire.

Fortunately, the Imperial Army occupied and restored the industrial base of the former Federation on Mars, forming a complete military production chain. In addition to producing tactical mechs, it was also able to produce such heavy-duty flying turrets.

The imperial army is continuously marching into Qinglong City, but the federal army still hasn't attacked, and Qinglong City is still silent.

Could it be that the federal army will abandon the city again, and the imperial army will win without a fight again?

But the expectations of the Imperial Army were doomed to fail.

At this moment, in the urban buildings about 3 kilometers away from the edge of the urban area, there were flashes of flames and beams of light, forming a huge semicircular light belt.

The flying turrets of the imperial army exploded one after another, and the heavily armored soldiers rushing to the forefront fell to the ground in pieces.

And a few seconds later, the buzzing sound of the electromagnetic cannon and laser cannon's intensive firing reached Lazaros' ears.

He was shocked, this was the fierce artillery fire he had never encountered since he arrived on Mars, and it was already comparable to the power of the main warships of both sides firing at the same time in a space battle.

He realized that this time the federal army would not retreat again, and it would be an unprecedented fierce battle to meet them in Qinglong City!
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The Battle of Qinglong City started at noon on January 1. From the very beginning, the resistance of the Federal Army surprised the Imperial Army.

On the 50-kilometer-long semicircular front on the edge of the city, the Federal Army caused great casualties to the Imperial Army's siege troops with various artillery installed in the city buildings.

The Mars Expeditionary Command of the Imperial Army had to order that the preservation of urban buildings and industrial facilities was no longer considered.

Thousands of flying chariots of the imperial army rose to a low altitude of more than 100 meters, fired together, and launched an indiscriminate attack on the buildings of Qinglong City from a condescending height.
The artillery of the Federal Army all over the city and a large number of flying tanks launched a powerful counterattack, and the artillery units of both sides entered a "single-handed" state.

The mecha troops of the Imperial Army took the opportunity to attack aggressively, but they were stubbornly blocked by the Mecha Corps of the Federal Army.

Every street and every building, the imperial army had to pay a heavy price to occupy it.

By noon on January 1, the imperial army had only advanced ten kilometers to the center of the city, and had already lost more than 29 people and thousands of flying chariots.

The Mars Expeditionary Command of the Imperial Army judged that the Federal Army had at least 6 mecha legions with a strength of more than 100 million in Qinglong City.

Because of the importance of Azure Dragon City, the main force of the federal army finally appeared.

Paul, who was far away in Meridian City, was not surprised but pleased. He quickly ordered that the northern and southern armies that were about to attack Zhurong City and Gonggong City turn into Qinglong City, join up with the central army, and jointly attack Qinglong City.

This time, the main force of the federal army must be unable to escape!
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2 month 1 day.

The fifth day of the Battle of Azure Dragon City.

The central army of the imperial army attacking the dusk plateau has captured the eastern half of Qinglong City, and the northern and southern armies are divided into two outflanking, and the encirclement of Qinglong City will be completed soon.

The forward troops of the Imperial Army are less than 2 kilometers away from the Qinglong Building where the headquarters of the Mars Federation Army is located. The command center under the building can clearly feel the violent vibrations from the ground.

The top generals of the Mars Federation Army are conducting a combat meeting.

Participants included Zhong Cheng, Commander-in-Chief of the Mars Federation Army, Sun Lin, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Deng Jinhai, Chief of Staff, Shi Hanxing, Minister of Military Intelligence, and the commanders of the five legions of the Federation Army stationed in Qinglong City to perform the task of defending the city.

Li Shaojie, head of the First Mars Legion, Tang Dao, head of the Ninth Mars Legion, Cheng Guo, head of the Seventeenth Mars Legion, Ying Zongliang, head of the 33rd Mars Legion, and Alicia, head of the First Women's Legion.

Except for Li Shaojie, the heads of the other four armies are all new-generation senior commanders in their 30s, and they have their own distinctive combat styles.

Due to Tang Dao's childhood experience, although he was loyal to Zhong Cheng and the Federation, his vicious habits could not be changed. As a result, the fighting style of the Ninth Army was as cunning and insidious as a poisonous snake, and the Imperial Army suffered a lot.

Cheng Guo's original name was Cheng Youliang. He made great contributions to the Federation in the Battle of Dawn, but he never changed his name back.

Years of hardships have made him develop a tenacious and resolute character. The Martian Seventeenth Army led by him is also famous for daring to fight tough battles, and has the reputation of the Iron Legion.

Ying Zongliang is an exception among the high-level generals of the Mars Federation Army. He does not have a strong personal combat ability, but he has an extraordinary ability to create and invent.

In response to the fact that the federal army is inferior to the genetic soldiers of the imperial army in terms of personal quality, he has come up with a lot of small inventions.

For example, electromagnetic guns, laser cannons, automatic loading, energy storage and other devices installed in urban buildings can attack enemies through remote control.

The fishing net cannon made of Taiyi alloy wire shoots the Taiyi alloy "fishing net" into the Imperial Army's mecha troops by firing shells and blasts them, netting the Imperial Army's mecha fighters and restricting their actions in a short period of time.

Using the industrial equipment widely present in the Martian city industrial zone to create various traps to deal with the Imperial Army has become a specialty of the 33rd Legion he leads.

The vast majority of the Mars Federation Army came from industrial workers. Ying Zongliang's small reforms gave full play to the advantages of the Mars Federation Army and made up the gap with the Imperial Army.

In this era, the physical gap between men and women has been infinitely narrowed. However, due to the traditional thinking of the Federal Army, women can only be engaged in logistics services in the army, and their proportion is less than 5%.

Because Mars does not have a huge population base on Earth, it is difficult to obtain high-quality soldiers.

So Zhong Cheng broke the stereotype of "War makes women go away" and formed five mech legions all composed of female fighters, among which the First Women's Legion was the best.

Alicia took the initiative to volunteer and served as the head of the First Women's Army. Not only did she have the highest personal combat ability in the Federation Army, but she also had a very high commanding talent.

The First Women's Corps under her command perfectly embodies the mech combat characteristics of "aggression like fire and swiftness like wind". With outstanding military exploits, it has become the "Martian First Army" among the 48 corps-level combat units of the Martian Federation Army.

And was awarded the honorary title of "White Tiger Legion" by Zhong Cheng himself!

In the cruel war, although countless young commanders fell on the battlefield, a large number of young people stood out and became the main fighters of the federal army!

(End of this chapter)