The "Battle of Sardis" started, and the 20 warships of the Alliance's First Fleet simultaneously fired laser cannons and poured a large number of missiles at H's army.
These 20 laser cannon salvos achieved unexpected results. In small-scale battles, H could control multiple Yingyang MK2s to avoid laser cannons. But now it is the first time that it controls 500 Yingyang MK2s to participate in the battle at the same time. The operation of avoiding the laser cannon has become much more embarrassing. This round of laser cannon actually killed more than a dozen aircraft.
However, the missile swarm that followed the laser cannon had no effect. After all, H had suffered a big loss in nuclear missiles before. Now it equips all Yingyang MK2 with automatic interception missiles, so it doesn't need to "work hard". This wave of missile offensive was defused.
In the bridge of the First Fleet flagship Dawn, an intelligence officer reported to Lieutenant General Carter: "Report! About one-third of the enemy's aircraft carry anti-ship rocket launchers. Now they have dispersed and are divided into seven Advance in formation."
Carter looked at the deployment of the enemy and our forces on the star map, scratched his chin and said: "The purpose of dividing into seven teams is to confuse us. In fact, there are three main attack directions, which is similar to what I predicted. The enemy carries anti-ship rocket launchers. In order to blow up the colonial satellite, but just to be on the safe side, tell all the warships not to move forward yet, but don’t stop firing!”
"H", who had gained momentum at the beginning, quickly learned his lesson. Not only did he disperse his troops, he also used the colonial satellite as a bunker to hide in the blind spot where the laser cannon was fired, and successfully interfered with the first fleet's laser cannon salvo.
"They've learned to use satellites as cover."
"It's within my calculation." Carter said calmly.
H, who continued to move forward using the satellite as a bunker, only then discovered that there were about 30 humanoid weapons waiting in the head area of the satellite in front, and the styles of this unit were extremely inconsistent. They include:
The "lifeguard" of the Covenant.
"War Bears" of New Muscovy.
The "Tiger Ben" of the Chang'an Cooperation Organization.
The North American Rescue Alliance's cutting-edge machine "Bald Eagle".
The “partner cavalry” of the new EU.
The "Lions" of the African Brotherhood.
The "Flying Mantis" of the New Republic of Gran Colombia.
and the eagle-like form of the Holy Roman Empire of the Universe.
This group of troops, which is a mixture of all human force body shapes, was composed of Carter's temporary selection of elites and ace pilots from the entire fleet. Each of their aircraft carried a giant shield as a cover. When enemy troops several times larger than our own entered the shooting range, Jia Wu, the commander of this temporary force, immediately ordered the fire. At the same time, he discovered their H He also controlled the frontline drones to fight back.
Intense bullets and artillery fire were poured on both sides at the same time. This temporary force relied on a special shield to temporarily block several times its own firepower and also successfully interfered with H's advance.
"The elite troops successfully held off H's troops!"
"They won't be able to hold on for long. If they are pushed hard, H will let his troops fire rocket launchers and forcefully open the defense line. Let the troops on the flanks attack from a flank, but they must open up one side to allow H's troops to invade the interior of the satellite!"
The battle continued to develop according to Carter's vision. His firepower arrangement successfully fixed H's main attack direction at the head of the colonial satellite. After H gathered more troops there, he ordered the elite troops to retreat and lure H to attack. Inside the satellite.
"Flanking troops cover them!"
"Commander, H has already had a small number of troops break into the interior from the Y-89 entrance of Sardis."
"The entrance to x-8 has also been breached!"
Carter nodded and said: "There are some automatic turrets inside the colonial satellite, which are enough for them to deal with it for a while."
"Commander, the elite troops have merged with the flanking troops in the target area for evacuation, with a loss of 65%! H's troops filed in from the head of the satellite."
"The losses were greater than expected... But thanks to their sacrifices, our goal was achieved! Inform all units to evacuate quickly and don't let the sacrifices of friendly forces go to waste!"
At this time, the atmosphere in the human camp was unprecedentedly tense. It was like a person dropping a time bomb in a building and then running wildly outside the building during the final countdown. A second slower could lead to death. And H doesn't know what's going to happen yet. It's still complacent that it has finally overcome the human defense line.
Carter couldn't help but feel anxious. He had to confirm the number of troops that had evacuated to the safe zone and the number of enemy troops that had entered the colonial satellite at the same time.
"Is the evacuation over?!"
"There are still 3 battleships that have not responded!"
"Commander, the number of enemy troops entering the colonial satellite has exceeded 100!"
The adjutant couldn't help but sweat like rain from nervousness, and reminded Carter: "General, it's time to detonate. If you let H destroy the satellite, all the previous efforts will be wasted."
Carter's left hand clenched the armrest of the seat, hugging his veins. Determined, he raised his right hand and waved it hard, shouting:
"Explode the satellite!!!"
At this time, the drone inside the satellite has just been deployed, preparing to attack the vulnerable points of the satellite at the same time to cause it to disintegrate. At this critical moment, the bombs buried inside the satellite detonated at the same time. The explosion and the airflow it generated instantly destroyed everything in the satellite. At the same time, the shell of the satellite decomposed into fragments of different sizes after being impacted and flew outward, like a huge fragmentation grenade, destroying everything around it mercilessly like a hurricane.
Although most warships have evacuated to a safe area, the debris after the satellite explosion flew much farther than expected. Some warships had to urgently fire salvos of missiles at the large debris to break it into small fragments to reduce their impact. The damage caused by the battleship.
Carter's flagship "Dawn" was in the safest position, but he could still feel the shock wave generated after the satellite exploded. When everything calmed down, he was instantly overwhelmed by the massive amount of information.
"One battleship lost contact, two battleships were severely damaged, and the captain chose to abandon the ship!"
"The smoke and dust are too big to observe H's current deployment and troop strength!"
"The deck of the Rhine was damaged by satellite debris, and it is temporarily unable to send out humanoid weapon troops!"
"The ships have begun to retreat slowly as planned."
His side's losses were worse than the worst-case scenario he expected. Carter closed his eyes and reminded himself that now was not the time to reflect, and the battle was not over yet.
"Commander! H's troops came out of the smoke and approached us!"
"How many are they?"
"There are about 270 enemy aircraft currently scanned!"
"good!!"
Carter's spirit was lifted again and he stood up excitedly. The satellite blasting method had consumed more enemy troops than he expected.
"The ships assemble and begin the decisive battle with the enemy! Although the enemy still outnumbers us, the direction of the war is already in our favor!"
(End of chapter)
