Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 466 Battle of Azure Dragon City

Lazaros' first reaction was that these are five space battleships, and only large space battleships have such a huge size, but he immediately rejected this ridiculous idea.

When will space battleships be able to enter the atmosphere to fight? If so, the Imperial Army would have ended the war on Mars long ago.

But he immediately realized from the shape of the five behemoth delta flying wings that this is indeed a space battleship, the Qinglong aircraft carrier of the Federal Army, the only space battleship that can fight in space and inside the atmosphere.

As a human being in this era, those who have not seen the Qinglong aircraft carrier can only be blind. The Qinglong aircraft carrier that has been flying in the earth's atmosphere for 20 years has become the deepest memory of a generation.

Lazaros has heard that the Qinglong aircraft carrier participated in the battle in the asteroid belt and caused heavy casualties to the Imperial Army, but they have all been destroyed.

So he has never witnessed the terrifying power of the Qinglong aircraft carrier.

He didn't have time to think about how the federal army built the Qinglong aircraft carrier on Mars again, he just sank to the bottom of his heart.

The flying chariots of the imperial army are doomed, and their mech troops have lost the air support of the flying chariots. How can this battle be fought?
The Imperial Army's flying chariot, which was approaching the Federal Army's air cluster at high speed, had no time to turn around and escape, and the Imperial Army Theater Command issued an order to confront it head-on.

Immediately, tens of thousands of mecha fighters flew up from the northern and southern imperial army positions near the area where the air battle was about to take place, and charged directly at the five Qinglong aircraft carriers.

Based on the experience of the Imperial Army, the best way to deal with this kind of large space battleship is to use the human sea tactics of mech troops regardless of casualties.

The reaction of the Imperial Army Theater Command was not indecisive and correct, but they quickly despaired.

A larger number of federal mecha troops flew out from the Qinglong aircraft carrier and the ground below them, and under the cover of fire from the federal army's flying chariots, they intercepted the imperial army's mecha troops.

The five Qinglong aircraft carriers have already fired first. The large electromagnetic guns installed on large battleships are not only more powerful than the small and medium electromagnetic guns on flying chariots, but also have a longer effective range.

And because the energy supply is more sufficient, the heavy laser cannon installed on the Qinglong aircraft carrier is a nightmare for the imperial air force.

The three rounds of salvos of the Federal Air Corps headed by the five Qinglong aircraft carriers defeated the Imperial Air Force, and the flying chariots were as brilliant as fireworks in the sky.

And the news that made Lazaros even more desperate came. The latest enemy report came from the command channel of the Imperial Army theater:
"A large number of federal army mecha troops appeared in all directions around Qinglong City, and the number is estimated to be more than one million!"

Half an hour later, a resounding charge sounded from the federal army positions surrounded in the center of Qinglong City, and 100 million federal troops launched a massive counterattack against the imperial army's siege troops from all fronts.

The new federal army that appeared outside the city also used the legion as a unit, and launched an attack on the rear of the imperial army from more than [-] directions.

The Federal Air Corps has seized the air supremacy of Qinglong City and began to eliminate the ground artillery of the Imperial Army.

The imperial army in Qinglong City retreated to the urban area and resisted stubbornly with the help of city buildings, but it was only a matter of time before they were all wiped out.

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The sudden change in the Battle of Qinglong City was immediately reported to the headquarters of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force in Meridian City.

Paul and other senior generals of the expeditionary force were stunned and couldn't believe it.

They couldn't have imagined that the federal army, which had been hidden in the fog of war, was already so powerful that it could assemble more than 300 million mech legions for strategic battles.

It is even more shocking that the Federation has actually built five Qinglong aircraft carriers under their noses, and they already have an industrial strength no less than that of the Federation on Mars, but what have they been doing for the past two years?
In addition to manufacturing a large number of tactical mechs and flying combat vehicles, it is also building space battleships for the other two theaters of the solar system.

Paul hated the empire's military research department very much, why didn't he spend a little time researching the construction technology of large aircraft for combat in the atmosphere?
His several applications were rejected by the Imperial Academy of Science and Technology, thinking that it was a waste of their precious time and affecting their improvement of space battleships and black warrior mechs.

But now such a bad result has to be borne by him first.

After a brief shock, Paul regained his composure. The imperial army in Qinglong City was surrounded, but the federal army would not be able to eat such a big meal for a while.

The more than 100 million elite troops of the Imperial Army will definitely be the hardest bone. If the Federal Army wants to swallow it in one bite, it is very likely that they will be pierced in the stomach instead.

Although the Qinglong aircraft carrier is powerful in air combat, it poses a very limited threat to the mech troops hiding in the urban buildings, and if you are not careful, you may be bitten by the imperial army.

In the face of mecha troops using human sea tactics, no space battleship has effective countermeasures.

If the Imperial Army can destroy four Qinglong aircraft carriers, it is possible to destroy five more.

The empire still has more than 600 million troops on Mars, and 150 million elite troops on the Meridian Plateau ready to go at any time.

If they rushed to Azure Dragon City immediately to counter-encircle the federal army, it might not be certain who would win the battle!
Paul thought fiercely, since Zhong Cheng wants to fight to the death, let's fight to the death with him on the evening plateau!
He was also impatient with the protracted war on Mars.

Paul immediately ordered that the 10 million mecha corps of 150 legions stationed on the Meridian Plateau rush to the aid of Qinglong City immediately.

The imperial army in the occupied area of ​​the Mars Empire switched to a defensive state, and urgently dispatched 200 million troops to the Meridian Plateau to gather for the second batch of reinforcements to Qinglong City.

At the same time, a telegram was sent to the Imperial Army Theater Headquarters in Qinglong City, ordering them to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and prepare for a counterattack.

After the counterattack in Qinglong City started, Zhong Cheng was not idle.

He predicted that the imperial army would not sit back and watch the millions of elites in Qinglong City be eaten by the federal army, and would definitely send troops to reinforce Qinglong City.

Therefore, he ordered the six corps of the Federal Army stationed in Zhurong City and Gonggong City to rush to Suzaku Mountain to regain their defensive positions and block the reinforcements of the Imperial Army.

He also ordered the Federal Army's strategic reserve forces in the Amazon Plains to enter the Twilight Plateau and advance directly eastward from the north and south.

The federal strategic reserve force has a total of 15 regiments with 240 million people. Although it is a new army that has just completed training, Zhong Cheng has no choice but to bite the bullet and send up at the decisive moment.

In the battle on the Twilight Plateau, the Federal Army had exhausted all its regular troops.

The war machines of the Federation and the Empire on Mars are fully operational, and both sides are urgently dispatching troops.

The twilight plateau with Qinglong City as the center is covered with battle clouds, and a larger-scale battle is brewing. The Mars War, which lasted nearly two years, has come to a decisive battle.

(End of this chapter)