"Damn it! There's not even artillery support..." Riding in the bumpy car, Harold held his weapon and sighed with some depression.
As interstellar paratroopers, they actually rarely have artillery support, but in this operation they were operating with a large force, and there was no artillery support, which was obviously a bit depressing.
Another commando member sitting in the car grinned and said: "No way! In this state, if you want to use artillery, you still need to wait. Although the transportation capacity is huge, it is still not sufficient."
There are no roads in this world, and the poor road conditions make it difficult for cars to travel.
Perhaps, this is one of the means used by this world to block the attack of the Elanshir Empire forces.
Another commando holding his own weapon explained: "In other words, the price/performance ratio is too low. If we occupy a planet, if we transport too many weapons, 80% of these weapons will eventually be stranded on the planet."
This is determined by cost. When needed, weapons must be transported to the location where war breaks out.
However, with the end of the war, most of these weapons transported over long distances to the battlefield will never be transported again.
After all, no second war broke out, so those cheap, heavy weapons and equipment could only stay where they were, or even be completely wasted.
Therefore, when the Elanshir Empire sent troops to the front line, it was very selective and used many familiar weapons. In fact, it did not send troops to the front line at all.
For example, large-caliber artillery was basically not shipped to Planet Hope 2. This kind of easy-to-use suppressive weapon was easily abandoned by the top military officials because of its large size and high demand for ammunition.
If strategic suppression is needed, the space destroyer staying in high orbit can be bombarded with electromagnetic main guns. If tactical suppression is needed, the air force can make do with suppressing it, and that's fine.
Even the Air Force has no plans to transport aircraft on a large scale to the Hope 2 planet. Everyone thinks that having a Dragon Knight is enough.
Because of this, in fact, looking at the troops deployed by the Elanthir Empire on Planet Hope 2, they are still very "shabby" in terms of scale.
The real main force is actually only a heavy armored grenadier regiment commanded by Burlison, and a small interstellar paratrooper special operations force led by Harold.
The remaining three divisions of light infantry are all combat puppet robots. The combat effectiveness of these troops is actually very low. They can only be used as real armies because their weapons suppress the opponent.
Of course, supporting this unit is a logistics supply electric truck battalion, a reinforced Type 99 tank company, and another UH-60 helicopter unit.
As for the Air Force, apart from the two A-10 attack aircraft, the only remaining ones are the Dragoons. And the size of the Dragoons is actually not large, only 60.
There is no way, as an air unit, the Dragon Knight has too many advantages. Not only does it not need the support of ground staff, but it can also find food supplies locally, which is really convenient.
In addition, these dragon knights can continue to fight even when ammunition is exhausted, and maintain a very high attendance rate without the need for large amounts of material supplies.
In comparison, as the first wave of troops to enter the battlefield, the Dragon Knight troops are simply the most perfect.
Didn't you see, the two A-10 attack aircraft that arrived earlier are still unable to take off into action, and they still need to be maintained before they can take off.
It is obviously impossible to rely on this force to defeat the entire planet. Being able to defeat the opponent, make the opponent realize the gap in strength between the two sides, and surrender honestly is actually the right choice.
It is precisely because of this that when Burlison issued the combat order, he asked the troops to focus on driving and defeating, and not to engage in annihilation.
He asked the attacking troops not to kill a large number of the enemy's effective forces, hoping to dilute the opponent's hatred in the later negotiations and make the negotiations easier.
Promoting peace through fighting was the goal of his attack. As for how many enemy troops were destroyed, this was not within the scope of Burlison's consideration at all.
If he wants to eliminate the opponent on a large scale, he only needs to pick up the phone and call the destroyer fleet above his head to bombard the opponent's most prosperous areas, and then he can instantly annihilate a large number of the opponent's effective forces.
The mighty puppet robots carried their own weapons and marched on both sides of the road, which was not very spacious. On the road full of potholes, there were electric trucks one after another.
These trucks carry a variety of supplies, including magic crystal batteries needed by the puppet troops, ammunition they may consume, food and water for the heavy armored grenadier troops, and various types of equipment.
According to the plan, after defeating the opponent's defense forces, they would establish a new defense node in the place called Sos City.
Then, they will disperse their troops, control the nearby area, and then find a way to communicate with the Rock Empire to make the other party surrender honestly and hand over all their power.
Just as the ground troops were advancing, overhead, the Dragon Knight troops came out in full force. This time, 250 kilograms of aerial bombs were mounted on the back legs of the dragons under their crotches.
The purpose of choosing the bombing mount is to create as much chaos as possible, so that the Rock Empire defenders stationed in Soth City will abandon their ineffective defenses.
"How backward! This kind of air support was almost eliminated five years ago." Harold looked through his car window and saw the Dragon Knight troops drifting away, and his tone was very emotional.
Another commando sitting next to him smiled and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect them to come back."
"Stop complaining! Look over there!" The commando sitting on the other side of the car window pointed at the window and said: "They brought this thing here, they might as well send two more dragon knights!"
The electric car with extremely strong off-road performance drove off the roadbed and saw a Type 99 main battle tank, bulky and slow on the road.
"Ha!" When Harold saw the Type 99 main battle tank, the expression on his face was also wonderful: "Why not replace it with an M109 howitzer?"
"Is this your first day as a soldier? There is a shortage of heavy equipment everywhere nowadays. Isn't it already a routine to use whatever you can find?" A commando with a big beard complained, rubbing the bridge of his nose.