“The situation… seems not very optimistic.”
In the flagship of the Tianshi Chapter, the command bridge of the Karen Battle Barge, the battle barge, the battle servants and staff wearing different uniforms were busy working or walking. The command layer of the battle Chapter and the senior officers of the Star Army were surrounding the huge imager. The slowly rotating planet green projection was on it, and the positions of each unit and the positions of the enemy strongholds were accurately marked. Now there was no dazzling red on the planet.
Saul said, the war leader Saul pointed to a gray area on the imager.
"Although the enemy's core stronghold group on Glory 3 has been removed, there are still some bunkers underground, and the army is clearing them. In this general attack, the Kadian Legion suffered about 190,000 casualties, the Krieger Legion suffered about 360,000 casualties, and other star army also had 210,000 casualties. In addition to the losses of attacking other strongholds on the planet, the Star Army suffered a total of about 2.1 million casualties... of which about 1.1 million were killed and 300,000 seriously injured and disabled."
As the casualties were reported, the faint light reflected by the constantly rotating imager also made the expression of Rayve Mensa, the commander of the Tianshi Chapter, who was also the commander of the Second War Zone of the Great Vortex, look gloomy and unstable.
"......and the battle group brothers also killed 39 people, mainly the Second Company and the Third Company."
After listening, Rayve Mensa could no longer help but punched the camera at the edge of the camera, making the metal frame dull sound and blur the entire image.
The bridge staff cast a brief look at the camera at that moment. They had never seen the gentle and famous commander so angry, but they immediately withdrew their gaze and continued their almost endless work.
"Damn it! How could there be such a big casualty!"
"The commander of the battle group, just say that the enemy is at the core of Glory 3. This is a huge fortress group with a diameter of more than fifty kilometers. Not only does it have solid fortifications and void shield generators, as well as a high-power laser sequence, but it also has a complex transportation network underground, with the deepest reaching 3 kilometers! It is connected by rails so that its troops can be quickly mobilized. Although the navy has bombed it for a long time and destroyed a considerable part of the ground facilities, the underground part still exists. The enemy guards every inch of land, and the soldiers' attacks will cost a huge price."
At this time, the war leader Wacampbe also spoke:
"And after two weeks of observation, I found that the enemy's tactics were very strange. They did not concentrate their efforts to counterattack our landing troops, or shrink in the main stronghold. Almost every stronghold has relatively complete strength to defend, and their defensive strategy is not to defend anywhere. All deployments are as much as possible to kill people. Even their heretic Space Marines will not show up before the stronghold falls. Until the stronghold is almost falling, they suddenly rushed out and use the narrow terrain to kill us. For example, Krieg's 912th Regiment was ambushed from the underground passage when attacking a medium stronghold. Although the enemy was finally eliminated, they almost wiped out all their troops... I feel that the enemy's core strategy is to do all means to kill our personnel. It seems that they have known that they can't defend here for a long time."
"In fact, we shouldn't send troops to attack many strongholds."
War leader Dakenress put his hands on his chest and calmly expressed his opinions.
"Erase it directly with orbital bombing, so that you can avoid unnecessary personnel consumption."
Dacambi, the war leader in charge of the power of the Chapter fleet, shook his head.
"The existing orbital power alone is enough to carry out bombing support for the enemy's core strongholds group, and it is impossible to take into account the global orbital bombing. Moreover, the Red Pirates have really invested a lot. The slightly larger strongholds have deployed Void Shield Generators, which means that only the attacks of the main battleships can pose a threat to them. We don't have so many main battleships at hand now. Also, don't forget that those scattered strongholds are not without threats, and heretics are deployed in them. This scattered strategy is very effective against orbital bombing. We cannot ignore the heresy behind us at any time when attacking the main enemy areas."
"Then this is really strange. How did the Red Pirates let those heretic Space Marines stay in those mortal strongholds? This doesn't look like the discipline that a heretic Space Marine should have. I feel there must be something wrong with it."
Rayve Mensa turned to look at a naval officer.
"What's going on over the Navy?"
"Report to the commander, there have been signs of enemy fleet activity in the surrounding star fields. Therefore, the strike fleet can only search the enemy as much as possible to avoid threats to the landing fleet, and cannot perform long-term orbital bombing missions, because this can easily give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. The Supreme Lord Commander has repeatedly emphasized that the strike fleet needs to maintain deterrence as much as possible instead of fighting the enemy in a decisive manner."
Although he was enthusiastic about the casualties of the ground troops, Rayve Mensa knew that it was not the navy's fault. After all, the Imperial Fleet now has an overwhelming advantage over the Red Pirates. The two sides have had several small-scale contact naval battles around the Badabu sector, and each has its own victory or defeat. Now both sides cannot determine where the opponent's main fleet is, so they are very cautious.
Performing orbital bombing means that the naval fleet must be bound by the planet's gravity for a period of time. If the enemy fleet suddenly attacks during this period, it will be very dangerous.
Many fleets are destroyed in the orbit of the planet.
"And what is more serious is that in order to overcome difficulties and reduce casualties, all troops have adopted a strategy of excessive firepower, which has caused our ammunition and equipment to consume sharply, and some regiments have suffered relatively large losses in armor and vehicles. In addition, a large number of casualties have also caused the inventory of medicines and synthetic chemical raw materials to drop rapidly, and these need to be replenished immediately."
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He looked at an officer in charge of logistics.
“When will the next batch of supplies arrive?”
"The report to the commander should be in the five standard Terra days, but... this batch of supplies is based on the original quantification and may not be able to meet the existing needs."
At this time, Zukara, the Death Speaker of the War Chapter, hesitated for a moment, and whispered to Rayve:
"Captain of the battle group, we need to apply for more troops and equipment from the General Command, as well as fleets..."
Rayve shook his head.
"How long has the war started? We are going to ask for help from the rear...what will other theaters view us? Wouldn't we let down the trust of Commander Soshiyan?"
"But in reality, we have lost nearly a quarter of the ground troops just after the war started. The Deca Bruce Galaxy still has three worlds that need strategy. Just relying on existing power, let alone forcing the Red Pirates to help, whether they can deal with the possible counterattack of the Red Pirates is a problem. If we withdraw from the galaxy, the strategy formulated by the General Command may be..."
"Speaking of it."
War leader Wacampbe stared at the planetary map and spoke:
"The Red Pirates are not without reinforcements. Even when we first started besieging Honor 3, they had transport ships rushed directly to orbit and sent troops in suicide-like navigation. However, the support methods of the Red Pirates seem to be in the mode of small troops, rather than the large-scale support we imagined. I always feel... the other commander saw through the strategy formulated by the General Command."
"When the strategy was formulated, the command center explained that if the enemy abandoned the Dikabruce galaxy, we would quickly occupy it, and then use it as a springboard to directly attack the Badabu galaxy."
"This is the strange place. The enemy did not give up directly, but it did not provide large-scale support. It seems to be......"
“It’s consuming.”
Rayve thought for a moment and shook his head.
"No, or... it's more like dragging, waiting."
"By the way, when we attack, as planned, the First War Zone should carry out threatening attacks on the enemy, but it seems that the Red Pirates are not disturbed. What are they doing during this period?"
Rayve took out a briefing and entered it on the imager, and then the situation about the First War Zone appeared in front of everyone.
"They were attacking the Eschonna galaxy and defending the Ischonna galaxy, but the situation on both sides was not good, and their casualties were also very high. Although there were two battle groups, the actual number of spacemarines was smaller. Now Samuel has given up the attack on the Eschonna galaxy and has made every effort to expel the enemies attacking the Ischonna galaxy."
Everyone fell into silence for a moment.
After a long time, Rayve sighed and said:
Chapter completed!