The military orders were overwhelming, and the landing craft that received the orders immediately launched rescue operations at all costs. The loss of landing crafts also quickly increased from a dozen to more than twenty.
The first landing craft that descended to 24 kilometers had just begun to load people, when it was hit hard by the noble army and cut into pieces by several thin beams of light. From the driver to the soldiers who had just climbed into the landing craft, no one was spared.
But then came the second one, and then the third one. Finally, in order to reduce the risk, the landing craft even had to enter at high speed and then leave immediately, only picking up two or three people each time.
In this way, more than a dozen landing craft snatched out all the remaining twenty-two soldiers of the second regiment, third company and first platoon.
At 19:07 p.m., the last landing craft returned to space. Nearly half of the landing craft performing the rescue mission was lost, and half a battalion of soldiers stranded on Ganymede suffered casualties.
After receiving the news, Ye Han was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. He never expected that the loss of withdrawing from Ganymede would be greater than that of landing.
Thinking about it more carefully, Ye Han became even more depressed.
The landing time of the Red Sea was around six o'clock in the morning, and the time for the troops to evacuate Ganymede was around sixty in the evening. From six o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening, it was only twelve hours in between. But what about the losses of the fleet?
All the ten transport ships that the fleet brought to Ganymede were abandoned on Ganymede, and the hundreds of thousands of servants accompanying the ships were also abandoned on Ganymede.
Although the remaining five warships are still resisting, and the main force of the servant army has also invaded the sinkhole, neither the warships nor the servant army can survive the pursuit and interception of the noble army. Defeat is inevitable sooner or later.
The losses of the battleships and servants made Ye Han feel regretful at most, but the casualties of half the battalion were truly heartbreaking.
An in-depth analysis of the reasons for the failure revealed that the unauthorized actions of the servants were one of the important reasons for the failure of the landing. But having said that, the failure of the servants to obey orders was not the main factor in the failure. What was more, it was the military's underestimation of the enemy's situation.
After calming down, Ye Han carefully reflected on the comprehensive analysis. He suddenly felt that the landing was just to complete the agreement reached between Beidu and the resistance organization. There was no need for him and his troops to land with the servants!
Analyzing it from another perspective, the landing on Ganymede is actually a strategic adventure for mankind. The purpose is to hope that landing on Ganymede can break the alien nest and achieve the goal of completing the battle by attacking the enemy's base.
There are many similar battle examples in human history, such as Operation Market Garden during World War II. They also pinned their hopes on a battle, but also failed as a result and suffered heavy losses...
In the art of war, it is said that a surprise victory can be obtained by means of a perfect combination. Perhaps this means that a victory is called a surprise, but a defeat cannot be counted.
At Ye Han's current level, he has no access to the core of Beidu's command, does not know Beidu's strategic considerations, and is not qualified to comment on the decisions of his superiors.
Maybe his analysis was not Beidu's intention, maybe his idea was too extreme, maybe the result of the unauthorized action without the servants would be different, maybe... maybe it's nothing, maybe, the landing failed, and the battle belonging to the airborne division was over,
No matter how many helpless objective reasons he came up with, the result of failure could not be changed.
And although the landing failed, the battle is still going on. What we should do now is not to analyze the reasons for the failure, but to first bring the soldiers back to the battleship and then bring them back to Earth.
