In short, the Imperial Army in the direction of Nantianmen was indeed using the legendary "Car Rush Tactics of the Universe Age".
As early as half a year ago, they had gathered a large number of engineering units at Liming Pass, which was of course preparing to rebuild a fortress; after all, fortresses have always been indispensable when arriving at such an important event.
Also, let's see if the unity plug can be repaired again.
But it turns out that this ancient space city passed down from hundreds of millions of years ago has been integrated with the surrounding asteroid structure used for camouflage, and completely transformed into an asteroid with a diameter of more than 30 kilometers and a mass of more than 40,000 trillion.
Tons, irregular super-large lumps made of various superalloy materials.
Recovery is of course impossible, even if it takes several lifetimes.
You know, this is a super giant fortress that is enough to accommodate 20 to 30 million citizens to live comfortably inside, and to station thousands of warships and 2 to 3 million generals without looking crowded!
Even from its appearance, its overall size is more than four times that of the Empire and Alliance's largest Sky Castle.
It is really difficult for the scientists of the empire to imagine what kind of power would compress this great creation of the Age of Enlighteners into this virtue.
So, since it cannot be restored, can we consider reusing it?
Although this solid iron lump swallowed the lives of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers and an elected emperor, it is a tomb of the universe and a natural monument.
However, it is also very likely that this is the hardest iron lump found in the entire known universe.
Even with the scientific and technological strength of the Galactic Empire, coupled with alchemical methods, it is impossible to produce such a large, hard, and integrated overall material.
Of course, the Tiruiro people are also a nation that pays great attention to tradition and history, but after all, they are also pragmatists who rule half of the universe. Whether it is all glorious traditions, natural treasures, or ritual monuments,
All must give way to practical meaning.
Marshal Farrell looked at this huge twisted iron lump, but he thought of the community's "Hell Puppet Master" at the end of the Demon's Throat battle. At that time, Lieutenant General Yang Xiyi was still called the "battlefield" by his own side.
"Magician".
When the coalition forces suffered a bloody defeat under the solid walls of the Devil's Throat, he devised a surprising and bizarre strategy, using the huge insect shells left by the dead Leviathan to launch an attack on the fortress.
Fierce ramming combat.
The Imperial Marshal knew what he should do.
Subsequently, the engineers of the Galactic Empire spent more than ten times the time and thirty times the usual loss, and even used occult methods to finally dig out a large iron lump from this twisted shape.
An oval part nearly 10,000 meters long. From the appearance, it looks like an oversized cannonball with astonishing power. If it can be said to be a "rush car", it must be the most powerful rush car in the universe.
Then, the imperial fleet took the "space rush car" that they had spent many years of hard work to build, and pulled it all the way to Nantianmen.
Marshal Bonaparte's approach of shrinking all fleets back to the Gibraltar Fortress cannot be called a mistake from a purely tactical perspective, but can only be called a choice. However, objectively speaking, they did give up the entire depth of the New World to
The Imperial Army, of course, had no way of knowing that the enemy was actually dragging such a very disharmonious big guy while they were marching.
Of course, it is even more impossible for New Yumen to warn in advance. This "space rush" did not take their path at all. Of course, even if it did, they wouldn't be able to observe anything. The empire's outpost fleet arrived at New Yumen
In the first moment, thousands of cannons fired together to destroy almost all the gravitational wave transmitters, starry sky telescopes and deep space detectors that could be found in the New Yumen Galaxy, directly sending this planet completely back to the pre-interstellar era.
Of course, the ore refinery and orbital shipyard above Xinyumen were completely destroyed by the time bombs arranged by the workers in advance. Finally, the most valuable loot was not left to the imperial people.
This small shipyard only existed for one year and four months, but it provided the community's military and civilians with three destroyers, six in-system security gunboats, and 82 lightning strike ships.
This is a short but glorious life.
The Imperial Army was not prepared to raze Tulon to the ground. They just completed a round of deterrent bombing to ensure that there was no systematic anti-aircraft firepower in the city. The Imperial Army then began to launch a landing operation, and then began a fierce exchange of fire.
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Of course, this is also an expression of respect. The real situation is that one hour after the imperial army landed, Tulong, the largest city in Xinyumen and the seat of the Governor's Mansion, completely fell.
Two hours later, the Tulon Arsenal and the Tulon Machinery Factory were captured.
Within three hours, notices for the peace of the people in Tulong City were posted. In the live video broadcast to the entire planet, the newly appointed governor of the new Yumen, a major general of the Imperial Army who was born in a noble family, wore a graceful smile.
Together with Tulon's citizen representative, a wealthy businessman from Earth, he appeared in front of the camera.
They shook hands, hugged each other, talked and laughed, as if the history of the planet had entered a new chapter, a new chapter governed by the glorious, correct and great Galactic Empire.
The above news was sent by the Imperial Army on its own initiative. As for the current real situation of the New Jade Gate, the earth knows nothing about it.
Of course, as far as the overall situation of Nantianmen is concerned, whether it is the occupation of Xinyumen or the security war, it is just a small and almost negligible episode. In the grand movement of the entire war, even
The notes don't even count.
What is really worth worrying about is still the offensive focused on Nantianmen.
On May 13, 834 in the common calendar, the scout ship of the Outer Rim Fleet finally found the main force of the Imperial Army and the Vulcan Airan in the Lamp 7 system on the New World Highway.
At the same time, they also discovered a strange-looking "aircraft" in the enemy fleet, and quickly sent a warning to the rear headquarters.
But by this time, it was already too late.
On May 15th, before 12 o'clock Galactic Standard Time, the main force of the imperial fleet responsible for attacking the Nantian Gate had all reached Gibraltar α. The two sides began to confront each other across this huge star gate.
In terms of physical distance, they are still two million light years apart. But in terms of space concept, they are very close.
The few guard ships left in the α galaxy seemed to be preparing to tentatively attack this demonic "unidentified aircraft", but in the face of the enemy's absolutely superior strength and firepower to intercept, they could not even find a chance.
, they had no choice but to give up their escape. Perhaps they received orders from Marshal Bonaparte and evacuated behind the Star Gate.
Subsequently, experienced Imperial Army engineers spent only half an hour debugging twelve high-power sublight speed engines for transport ships on the "rush car" and installing automatic controllers.
In addition, the engines have insurance controls, which are run by members of the Imperial Death Squadron.
Their task is to switch the manual control after the automatic device loses control, so that the rush car can get back on track at the critical moment. Of course, as a result, those operators are almost dead.
However, Marshal Farrell can assure the spirit of the universe and the ancestors of the empire that he really did not force his soldiers to die. The glorious imperial army has never lacked those who generously volunteered to die.
There are a total of twenty people in this group of suicide squads, divided into five cockpits, and all have complete control over the flight path of the "rush car". Half of the personnel are humans and half of the alien races, and all of them are citizens and honorary civilians.
class, and even three sons from hereditary nobility.
There is not a single slave soldier.
In the eyes of the imperial officers and soldiers, this kind of glorious death-defying mission was the so-called first mission in ancient times. No matter life or death, it will bring great honor. How can a group of talking animals be involved in it?
Marshal Farrell told everyone that no matter whether the battle is successful or not, whether they can survive or not, and no matter what race they are, the family members of the suicide squad can climb towards the tip of the pyramid. In the strict hierarchy,
Galactic Empire, this is a price that is enough to buy a life.
As for the three sons of noble families, one of them is even the youngest son of a certain hereditary earl family. They have no inheritance rights, and the end of their lives is clear. Basically, they will live a simple and free life with wealth and freedom as lifelong nobles.
, most descendants will become citizens within two to three generations.
But now, the opportunity to open a single page of the family tree is just around the corner!
It is the policy of the lower class that there must be brave men under heavy rewards; as for the upper class, they will always produce these die-hards who don't look very smart for the sake of a vague sense of honor. The combination of the two makes it possible.
The Tirero people have accomplished the feat of ruling half of the galaxy.
The Imperial Fleet quickly cleared the defensive turrets around the Star Gate on the Alpha side of Gibraltar, clearing the way for the "Charge" impact. Then it increased its horsepower and began to charge towards the Star Gate.
At this time, it was only 12:46. At this time, Marshal Ferdinand Bonaparte might not have time to convene all the staff and senior officials for a meeting.
It must be evaluated objectively here. The response of the outer ring fleet has been considered very efficient.
Although less than an hour has passed, most of the capital ships have already set up their posture. Obviously, after receiving the notice from our own reconnaissance ship two days ago, the outer ring fleet has completely entered an emergency standby state.
As for the security battleships that had just been withdrawn from the other side of the galaxy, as well as the fierce arsenal ships and guard ships, the security gunboats in the galaxy had already taken action. After they traveled to a place where they could bring the star gate into effective shooting distance,
Only then did they stop and open up their formation.
Tens of thousands of various cannons were pointed at the star that seemed to be made of flowing mercury. The cannonballs were loaded, energy was injected, and the gunners took their positions one after another, concentrating and holding their breath.
Thanks to someone, it is almost universally acknowledged that arsenal ships and guard ships will be eliminated. However, after all, the people on earth are not wealthy enough to decommission active warships during war. At this time, the outer ring fleet still has
It controls the largest arsenal fleet and guard fleet group in the entire community.
The reason for this is probably because a certain "Dragon of Dawn" hates these bulky ships that cannot run.
However, Marshal Bonaparte, as a pragmatic labor insurance man, did not dislike it at all. He decided to let these battleships be responsible for the first line of defense. Once the enemy's leading battleships sail out of the star gate, they will definitely encounter fierce concentrated fire.
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The leading battleship can only be a solid battleship, so that it can build a bridgehead with its own superior firepower; and if it is a small and medium-sized battleship, it can only serve as a food delivery.
A qualified imperial general will not hesitate to put his subordinates on the altar, but he will never make useless sacrifices.
As a well-trained professional soldier, Marshal Bonaparte believed in his own judgment.