The battle continued, and before you knew it, more than ten hours had passed on the ground.
In the underground headquarters, an officer picked up the equipment in front of him, looked at the data above and shouted: "Things will not be that simple. It may be that the opponent's self-reproduction ability exceeds our previous calculation model by too much...the opponent's military strength
It’s different from what we judged.”
The supercomputer of the Elanshir Empire is analyzing all the data of the Watchers. It even designed a model to calculate the growth rate of the opponent's troops after knowing that the Sweepers can reproduce themselves.
But now it seems that this model was made a little conservatively, and the opponent is more powerful than imagined.
A commander from the Air Force held his forehead with a barcode printed on it and said: "First of all, the other side does not have time to build a field airport, so it is very certain that the other side's aircraft can quickly replenish fuel in the air and maintain flying status.
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As the commander spoke, he pointed at the holographically projected Prowler and Crusher fighter jets: "Their spaceships, fighter jets, and tanks are all similar to biotechnology and have extremely low failure rates. We have not considered this before!
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The opponent's air force can suppress, or at least render useless the Airland Hill Empire's air force. This is something that no one had thought of before.
Everyone thought that the other side might give priority to using orbital bombing, but the other side did not use that terrible attack method.
At the same time, no one expected that the opponent's atmospheric air force could directly destroy the frontline air force of the Airanhir Empire. However, it turned out to be a slap in the face. The opponent's air force was very powerful.
"The problem is that the opponent's offensive strength exceeds our previous judgment! Our current model cannot predict the actual strength of the enemy..." the officer who got the calculated data said to Andre.
As he spoke, he handed the tablet to General Andre who came over: "The problem is more serious than we thought. We previously judged that after two more rounds of nuclear strikes, the opponent's frontline troops would probably be the only ones left.
Thirty percent down! But looking at it now, this 30% is too much."
Andre took the tablet, carefully looked at the damage judgment on it, and finally ordered: "Continue the third round of nuclear strikes...keep suppressing the number of enemies! Now we have no other way but to
Continue to stick to our previous counterattack methods."
He also did not expect that after withstanding two rounds of manic nuclear strikes, the enemy's troops deployed on the front to participate in the offensive would actually increase instead of decreasing.
This phenomenon itself is unreasonable. What makes him even more depressed is that the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft showed that the opponent's ground troop support was also increasing significantly.
In the past, the powerful weapons used by the Airanshir Empire for reconnaissance, including satellites and drones, could not be used normally on the Higgs 5 battlefield, which also limited the combat effectiveness of the Airanshir Empire's troops.
Because satellites have lost high-orbit air control, they cannot be used at all. Whether they are reconnaissance satellites or communication satellites, they will be destroyed by attacks from the universe.
After losing air supremacy, drones can only become consumables and be used at risk when necessary to detect the enemy's movements.
The Airansil Empire troops who lost their satellites and drones were equivalent to losing their eyes and ears, and were unable to accurately grasp the enemy's movements.
This time, in the Higgs 5 area, the war once again became an equal state with both sides facing the fog of war, and no one had any see-through plug-ins to use.
On the other hand, the battlefield command system that relied on computer-aided command and only required a few staff officers to draw up combat plans has completely collapsed with such changes.
The on-the-spot judgment of battlefield commanders, including their personalities and habits, has once again become an important factor in determining the battlefield situation.
Andre handed the tablet in his hand back to the officer, walked back to the map table with holographic projection, looked at the defense line above which was heavily attacked by the enemy, and asked: "How is the situation on the battlefield?"
A staff officer used a laser pointer to hit a light spot on the holographic projection and reported: "The two puppet robot divisions deployed frontally that have reinforced clone soldiers are collapsing. The enemy's offensive is very fierce."
No matter which direction you look at it, those puppet infantry divisions can only be simple consumables. The defense line they form will probably not last long.
Especially in this situation where the enemy's new types of troops are emerging one after another and air superiority is still largely lost, those puppet robot troops with low combat effectiveness can only serve as auxiliaries in a brutal battle.
"The opponent's new weapons destroyed our trenches and blew up the bunkers. The losses of robots skyrocketed. Within three hours, we lost more than 3,000 combat robots." The staff officer continued on some expanded local defense maps.
Point and point.
"Are we going to give up these peripheral directions?" Finally, he ended the report and looked at Andre and asked.
"No need! These lines of defense can destroy the enemy exponentially. It would be a pity to give up." Andre shook his head and said: "Do you know the opponent's copying principle..."
"We conducted simulations through computers based on the enemy's corpses and other information... The enemy only obtains part of the energy for reproduction by eating man-made objects, but their reproduction does not all come from devouring objects, but relies more on the world's abundant energy.
The magical energy..." Another officer replied.
Andre nodded again, which was a good explanation for the reason why the other party's reproduction speed was so fast. These magical creations, their reproductive energy did not entirely come from objects made by the civilization of the Elanthir Empire.
"Can the Air Force organize a new round of counterattack? If necessary, deploy bomber units..." After Andre thought about it, he looked at the liaison officer from the Air Force.
The officer from the Air Force immediately clamped his legs, raised his chin and replied: "The losses of the fighter force have exceeded previous expectations. If we continue to organize the Air Force to counterattack, we will quickly consume the remaining fighter jets!"
"But! General! If you need to counterattack, the Air Force will be ready to mobilize again within about 10 hours!" After finishing the question, he added.
To be honest, although the losses on the Air Force side were not small, they were far from serious damage. Although each wing lost a lot of fighter jets, there were still no problems in taking off.
It's just that the tired clone pilots need to rest and the fighter jets need maintenance and inspection, so some time is needed to rest and recuperate.
There is no way, the previous cruel air battle really made the Airland Hill Empire Air Force see what it means to meet the opponent. No matter in terms of quantity or quality, the Guardian Air Force really does not lose to the Air Land Hill Empire Air Force at all!
"If we don't counterattack, how long will it take for the enemy to reach the core defense area?" Andre looked at an officer of the ground forces and asked.
After the officer retrieved a calculated data, he cautiously answered: "If the opponent maintains this attack speed, then in 12 days, the opponent may approach our army's main defenses!"
"Ha! I thought that if the enemy didn't use orbital weapons, I could fight them on the ground for at least 10 years!" Andre smiled mockingly to himself.
"I'm afraid! We won't be able to hold on for that long... Because even based on the current ammunition consumption, we will run out of ammunition and food in three years at most!" the clone adjutant standing next to him said.
A very pessimistic data.
"And... General! If the enemy maintains this attack speed, the battle losses will only be higher, and our weapons and ammunition will be lost faster than now!" The officer who just answered Andre's question continued
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In short, they are not optimistic about the defensive operation of Higgs 5. It is only a matter of time for everyone here to collapse.
"It's really unexciting news!" Andre complained with some disappointment, and then he adjusted his emotions.
He turned his head and looked at a major general who had been waiting aside and had said nothing just now, and gave instructions: "Order the armored forces to start counterattack! When the enemy enters the second type of defense zone, put some pressure on the enemy!"
"Understood! Sir!" The general responsible for commanding the ground armored forces immediately responded with his head held high.
Then Andre looked at the Air Force liaison officer next to him: "When the counterattack begins, let the Air Force ensure air supremacy in the theater! We must ensure that the ground forces can concentrate on fighting the dangerous enemy in front of them!"
"Yes! General! The Air Force will be ready for combat in one day!" the Air Force liaison officer immediately replied.
"So! Gentlemen! For His Majesty the Emperor! Let the enemy see our will!" Andre muttered, holding his hands behind his back and staring at the map.
"For His Majesty the Emperor!" Everyone sang loudly, standing at attention and saluting with the most standard movements.
On the position, in the trenches of the Eilanshir Empire, a robot raised its weapon and pulled the trigger on a sweeper who rushed into the trenches.
The bullets fired easily smashed the cleaner into a sieve, and when the blood spattered on the puppet's body, another cleaner behind it had already waved his palm and chopped the robot's head into pieces.
The third sweeper who jumped into the trench had already begun to lean over to eat the corpse of his companion, while the fourth sweeper who jumped into the trench was devouring the remains of the puppet robot that had just fallen and became paralyzed.
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The Watcher's offensive force has been intertwined with the defenders of the Eilanhir Empire, forming a situation where you are among us, and the losses seem to be decreasing all the time.
Of course, it was impossible for the Eilanhir Empire to drop a round of nuclear bombs on its own defensive positions, so when the third round of nuclear bomb attacks gradually subsided, on the frontal defensive positions, the Watcher army once again began to move forward roughly.
Advance.
Densely packed sweepers pressed forward on the front line, amidst the hail of bullets from the Airanshir Empire, getting closer and closer to the increasingly solid trenches.
At the beginning, the trenches hidden in the jungle were reinforced with earthen planks, and at most they were built with sandbags.
Now, most of these hidden bunkers are cement-reinforced, making them harder to destroy and designed to be increasingly annoying.
These trenches, which are specially designed to embarrass attacking troops, are in most cases short-lived S-shaped, connected by strong bunkers in the middle, and then supplemented by complex forward machine gun positions.
In addition, the mortars that shoot at Zhuyuan have been mapped for a long time, and the troops of the Airanshir Empire can often hit wherever they point in their counterattacks, with incomparable accuracy.
Therefore, if they want to rush into these complex fortifications, the Watcher troops will have to pay a heavy price.
If it weren't for the ability to eat one's own people, the bodies of sweepers and the remains of destroyers might be seen everywhere along the way.
"The defensive position in front is lost! The puppet battle robots of the two companies are unresponsive... The opponent's attack speed is too fast!" A clone hunched over and got into a bunker. On the opposite side, he looked down at the mountain with a telescope.
The officer at his feet said.
The officer put down his binoculars and revealed the QR code on his forehead. His military rank was a lieutenant colonel and he was responsible for commanding all nearby troops.
He pointed at the enemy who was attacking his defensive position at the foot of the mountain, and ordered the sergeant guarding the phone next to him: "Let the logistics troops replenish ammunition for the front line! Come in advance! In addition...detonate explosives and destroy those occupied by the guards.
Take position!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing the order, a sergeant immediately opened the transparent protective cover on the device in front of him and pressed the red button under the protective cover.
"Boom!" The earth-shaking explosion immediately came from the foot of the mountain. The flying soil flew straight into the sky. The vibration could be clearly felt even on the top of the mountain.
"Boom!" The dust above the head fell in wisps, and the second explosion suddenly sounded a few seconds apart. A large section of the position at the foot of the mountain disappeared, and pieces of cement bunkers flew into the sky with the explosion.
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"..." The clone commander looked at the sergeant responsible for detonating the explosion and asked with some dissatisfaction: "No more?"
"Sir! The engineers deployed a total of 5 bombs... It may be due to detonation failure, so..." the noncommissioned officer immediately explained with some panic.
"Forget it! These damn enemies can find the mines, and they can probably also find the explosives we planted..." The clone officer shook his head regretfully, obviously a little bit upset about not killing more sweepers.
Yu Huai.
As the two explosions gradually subsided, more Watcher troops passed over the two sweepers who were chewing explosives and rushed towards the defense line on the top of the mountain without looking back.