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Chapter 473 Ceres Federal Army

After a month's rest, the Martian Federation Army began a counterattack against the Martian Empire occupied area.

However, the federal army did not meet the strong resistance of the imperial army. Just like the federal army gave up these territories, the imperial army also retreated as soon as they fought.

A large number of cities, industrial areas, and mine resources are back under the control of the Federation.

Since the imperial army did not destroy it when they retreated, Zhong Cheng reciprocated the kindness shown by the imperial army, and did not force him too much.

In three months, a dramatic scene took place on Mars.

The imperial army and workers of the empire evacuated one city after another in an orderly manner. After they had withdrawn, the federal army, federal administrative and business personnel entered the city in an orderly manner to take over.

Until the beginning of June, all the imperial army and people on Mars withdrew to the Meridian Plateau, and began to build fortifications on the Meridian Plateau.

The Imperial Army is no longer retreating, and there is no room for retreat, unless it is withdrawing to space, but this is not allowed by the Federal Army.

A large number of space fleets of the Federal Army rushed to the space of Mars, cutting off the retreat of the Imperial Army. They have become trapped beasts in the cage of Mars!

Faced with this situation, Zhong Cheng personally talked to Paul, hoping that he would lead his troops to lay down their arms, and the Federation would not pursue their crimes and allow them to become legal citizens of the Federation.

But Paul refused to surrender, claiming that as an imperial soldier, he would never lay down his arms until he received the emperor's truce order.

Zhong Cheng had no choice but to make a request. As long as the imperial army did not carry out the operation of evacuating Mars, the Federation would give them sufficient time to consider.

But no more than one year at the latest. After one year, the federal army will launch a full-scale attack on the Meridian Plateau.

In this way, the war situation on Mars came to a temporary halt, with more than 600 million federal troops and more than 500 million imperial troops confronting each other around the Meridian Plateau, which is only about 20 square kilometers.

Once the federal army's offensive begins, everything will be destroyed and blood will flow like a river.

Different from the Battle of the Twilight Plateau, this time the Imperial Army is fighting to the death, and is on the defensive side, occupying the best location and harmony.

Even if the federal army wins, it will be a tragic victory, and the casualties it will pay will be unimaginable.

The Federal Supreme Command agreed with Zhong Cheng's opinion that the Mars theater would encircle and not fight the Imperial Army.

As long as the federal army wins the asteroid belt theater and begins to attack Jupiter, the Martian imperial army will naturally make the right choice.

The Mars Expeditionary Army accounted for more than half of the empire's total military strength, and most of the elite troops had been wiped out or trapped on Mars, and the armies in other regions of the empire were already very weak.

2047 6 Month 6 Day.

Ceres Penglai City.

Yang Shijun, commander of the 15th Fleet of the Federal Space Force, and his old partner Pan Yong were ordered to attend the highest combat conference in the asteroid belt theater.

As survivors of the Vesta air battle, Yang Shijun and others have been under tremendous pressure.

Although they were defined as heroes by the Federation, the escape of the space frigate Ningbo from the battlefield was a reasonable behavior to implement the fleet's retreat order, and their contributions in the Vesta air battle have been duly rewarded.

But there are still some people who don't understand who have different attitudes, which also makes them troubled.

The officers and soldiers of the Ningbo led by Yang Shijun showed extraordinary bravery in the subsequent battles, proving that they were warriors in the federal army with irrefutable facts.

Yang Shijun was also promoted to the rank of General of the Federal Army, and was promoted to the Supreme Commander of the newly formed 2th Space Fleet after the Imperial Army's fleet surrounding Ceres withdrew in February this year.

The federal army on Ceres cut off communication with the earth for more than three years. The worn-out space battleships can be replenished on Ceres, but the casualties of officers and soldiers cannot be made up.

The total military strength dropped sharply from more than 2044 million at the beginning of 500 to less than 2047 million at the beginning of 300.

Although Ceres is not the main battlefield, the planets in the asteroid belt have been in constant relative motion.

Every time an important asteroid occupied by the Empire came close to Ceres, a fierce battle ensued.

Recently, the asteroids occupied by the two sides were less than 10 kilometers apart, and the dense ground forts on the asteroids caused huge casualties of combatants on both sides.

The imperial army's withdrawal from the Ceres airspace also could not bear such a protracted tug-of-war.

In fact, judging from the present, it was an absolutely correct strategy for the imperial army to surround Ceres with its main force and consume the vital forces of Ceres' defenders.

The Ceres Federation Army will run out of troops in less than three years, and the death rate in the brutal space battle is too high.

But in the past three years, the federal army on Ceres has also been built into a battle-tested force.

Beginning in mid-February, a steady stream of new recruits from Earth were sent to Ceres, and the Federation Army on Ceres quickly regained its strength, reaching more than 2 million troops, and its combat effectiveness was even better than before.

At the end of April, the Ceres Federation Army completed the replenishment and running-in of its troops, launched an attack on the asteroids occupied by the Imperial Army in the asteroid belt, and began to regain lost ground.

In late June, Pallas, the military and administrative center of the Imperial Army in the asteroid belt, will have a close encounter with Ceres.

At the closest time, it was only about 800 million kilometers away from Ceres, and the space warship flew at high speed for less than 3 hours.

This is a rare opportunity to regain Pallas and destroy the main space fleet of the Imperial Army!
When Yang Shijun walked into the combat conference room, the participants had almost arrived.

More than 100 people from the Federal Army Fleet Commander, Mecha Corps Commander, and relevant high-level generals from the headquarters gathered in the Ceres theater, and the generals were shining brightly.

Five minutes later, Meng Ye, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army of the Ceres Theater, strode into the meeting room and announced the start of the meeting.

The theater staff first reported the latest reconnaissance and statistics of the Pallas Empire Army.

Pallas is the planet where the empire's headquarters in the asteroid belt is located. After years of operation, the imperial army has built a military fortress that is not inferior to Ceres.

They also captured more than 30 asteroids to become Pallas satellites, orbiting Pallas, and built a three-dimensional defense line.

The Imperial Space Fleet that had withdrawn from Pallas from the airspace of Ceres was also supplemented by troops from the Empire itself and reorganized.

There are currently eight space fleets with more than 960 space warships, but they are strong outside and capable in the middle, with a total force of less than 300 million, and most of them are recruits.

There are only three guard corps composed of genetic soldiers that make the federal army fear the most, with a strength of less than 50.

Compared with the ten space fleets and 500 million troops owned by the federal army in the asteroid belt theater, the imperial army is not far behind in space battleships, but it is obviously at a disadvantage in mecha units.

The theater staff then announced a draft operational plan.

From now on, the Federal Army will drive 36 outer asteroids orbiting Ceres to the airspace where Pallas will pass through, providing fire support and cover for the attack of the Federal Army's space fleet.

On June 6, when Pallas arrives in the airspace, the Federal Army will launch a general offensive to wipe out the Imperial Army's vital forces in the asteroid belt in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)