The war on Black Arrow Star has not calmed down at all because of Gu Hang's departure.
The coalition forces established by the new King's Council currently number 500,000 and are deployed on the frontline battlefield.
This has almost reached the limit of the soldiers we can have now.
It is not the limit of each country.
Currently, there are already eleven countries that have joined the new King’s Parliament, and the total population has reached 1.2 billion. It is not necessary to draw 500,000 people from the standing army and the reserve army. The lamp has run out.
But this is the limit of the new King's Council.
This new organization was originally only established under the military threat of the Raging Owl Star Army. Stefano was defeated in forty days, leading to the surrender of the Queen of the Iron Curtain, and with it the surrounding Nine countries surrendered because of this military deterrence, and a new King's Assembly was established.
Its foundation is quite unstable.
If an alliance is built on military strength, there must be no military danger.
If the alliance's army cannot maintain its unstoppable momentum, the kings will question it; if the alliance's army suffers a huge defeat, then they may soon defect.
Even Stefano, who has been conquered, is no exception. This martial country is now relying on the suppression of the Queen of the Iron Curtain to fall to the Alliance, but there are still remnants of defeated armies secretly entrenched everywhere. They dare not act rashly now and stay in place honestly. Even when they are being suppressed, they may not dare to blow up and may obey directly.
However, as long as the alliance encounters a major military defeat, I am afraid that the warlords, kings, and lords who are now as tame as dogs will immediately rise up.
After all, if you work as a dog for the alliance, you can't beat it, and you have no choice if you want to survive; as long as there is a chance, who wouldn't want to be their own feudal lord
In this case Next, we can't send too many troops out, otherwise they will question whether the alliance's military power is viable and why our people are still needed to fight
Furthermore, the credibility of these servant armies is also quite high There is no doubt that various feudal countries are inextricably linked because of noble marriages and interest exchanges. Maybe some knight, some earl, or some general will defect in the middle of the battle.
In fact, Purbov did not dare to leave the key positions of the defense line and the important logistical lifeline to these servants.
If anything goes wrong, it will be a big deal.
However, with half a million servants, Perbov has a lot more troops on hand anyway.
Although, when facing three million enemy troops, it is impossible for him to make the offensive situation too large, and it is impossible to launch a full-scale attack on a front line of several hundred kilometers. But he finally had enough troops to mobilize the alliance's elite troops, clenched them into fists, and carry out key assaults on individual fronts.
And he just took the approach he had given to Gu before.When the Governor of Hangzhou reported, he announced that he wanted to change his style of play.
He no longer paid attention to any important strategic points or iconic towns with particularly great political significance. Instead, he relied on the powerful penetration capabilities of the armored forces and the excellent mobility of the motorized forces to attack them when necessary. When it comes to certain difficult-to-conquer nodes, he can also call for the assistance of Space Marines
Using these means, Perbov has fought three beautiful battles of annihilation in the past four months.
Two of them were active attacks. He used a pincer-shaped offensive to form a breakthrough on both sides of the approximately 80-kilometer-wide battle line, and blocked the retreat of the Royal Army in the middle who had no time to retreat.
The next step is to cut off supply lines, cut off reinforcements, prevent breakouts, and carry out long-term bombing with heavy artillery on the enemies surrounded inside.
The first time, the Royal Army was surrounded by 170,000 people. They failed to learn their lesson, so the second time, they were simply surrounded by 310,000 people.
For these two battles, Purbeuf specifically chose non-urban areas. There were hundreds of thousands of enemies surrounded, and it was impossible to find enough food supplies on the spot.
Not to mention, the combat effectiveness of modern armies will decline rapidly when they lack ammunition and fuel. This has little to do with the will to fight. After all, no matter how brave and skilled soldiers are, Maybe he can conjure bullets with his will to fight.
What's more, these feudal armies don't have much quality at all.
The final result of these two annihilation battles was a great victory for the Allied forces.
Not all of the troops that were wiped out were dead. Most of them became prisoners, and after being disarmed, were sent to prisoner of war camps in the rear to do heavy manual labor such as building roads and digging trenches.
Wang Guojun, who had suffered a big loss, was not willing to let it go. They organized a large-scale attack and really spent a lot of money.
The Royal Army has more than just numbers. In terms of ultimate weapons, they also have twelve Knight Titans gathered together that can truly pose a major threat to the Alliance Army.
For these kingdoms on the Black Arrow Star, the most precious things are of course the Knight Titans.
There is no need to question its power. After all, the cost of building one unit is 700,000 tax coins, and it is here. After a long period of development, the existence of the Knight Titan has gradually evolved into a symbol of the strength of a country and the status of a noble.
In fact, the so-called seven countries of the Black Arrow Star are the seven countries that can afford, and more importantly, raise the Knight Titans.
This is a truly important weapon of the country and should not be used lightly. Losing one unit would be a huge disaster and loss for the entire country.
Currently, there are a total of twelve Knight Titans in the assembled royal army.
The generals and nobles of these kingdoms also know what happened in the Kingdom of Stefano, and they also understand that the Knight Titan is strong and powerful.Big, but if you are unprepared and are attacked by a Space Marine, and come to your side through the elusive ability of direct teleportation, it will be destroyed in minutes.
So, on the one hand, they have always guarded against the information on the location of the Knight Titan and constantly mobilized it; on the other hand, they have equipped a large number of security guards. At the same time, they will always ensure that no Knight Titan is left alone. Moreover, drivers should not take a rest when they are below their limit. Even if the conditions are more difficult, pilots with noble backgrounds should always keep themselves in the cockpit.
Fortunately, at the level of Knight Titan, the technology of the life support cabin has been applied. Even if it doesn't have any particularly powerful functions, as long as it can assist in eating and excretion, the knights can stay in it for a long time.
Of course, they always need sleep. At this time, there must be a movable knight titan standing by to protect him.
On this basis, the generals of the Royal Army will be very cautious when using the Knight Titan.
The combination of these reasons leads to the fact that even if they have twelve Knight Titans on the battlefield, they rarely appear.
In an easy and simple battle, even if the Knight Titan appears, it has no meaning, it is just the icing on the cake; but in a battle that is too dangerous, the Knight Titan will not dare to attack, otherwise it will be damaged. If one is installed, there will be a huge political crisis.
It must be emphasized again that the Royal Army is an army formed by a group of feudal countries. It's true that kings are leaders, but in essence they are just the largest nobles and lords. And these Knight Titans are in the hands of the major nobles.
This is destined to prevent them from being like the modern army. Once an order is given, they must follow the military order and go on it as they say. Even if it is a mission that they know is fatal, they must still be determined to die. , to assume military responsibilities.
In the feudal army, it is difficult for this kind of thing to happen.
To put it bluntly, for some nobles who regard the Knight Titan as their family's foundation, they can lose the battle but cannot lose the Titan.
As long as the Titans do not lose their status, even if they later surrender to the Alliance, their status can still be preserved to a certain extent.
However, this time, Wang Guojun still spent a lot of money.
After a whole day of meetings behind closed doors, many kings, together with many great nobles, decided that the situation could never continue like this. Otherwise, if those Raging Stars continue to use their advantages in mobility, firepower, and armor to erode their troops step by step, they will really leave all three million of their troops here.
After many parties reached an agreement, this large-scale offensive that the generals at the front had been waiting for for a long time but could never take shape was launched.
Twelve KnightsTitans, mobilize collectively
Nine of them belong to the Kingdom of Pampos, and this is their entire strength. After all, this war is taking place on their territory, and they are of course the ones who need to devote all their efforts the most; the remaining three come from three other powerful countries, each of which supports one.
In the entire history of the Black Arrow Star, twelve Knight Titans were dispatched at the same time to participate in a war. That was something that only happened in a long time ago.
When twelve Knight Titans formed a group, accompanied by thousands of Sentinel mechas, and hundreds of thousands of troops, and pressed forward, there was no doubt about the alliance's front line. It can't be sustained.
What is the strongest point of the Alliance army?
Except for the armor, it is the artillery.
Except for the weapons, equipment and ammunition used by the alliance’s more than thirty kings’ troops, the most remaining items from the Raging Owl Star were transported to the Black Arrow Star through the merchant ships of Gu’s Trading Company. Artillery and shells.
These weapons were handed over to the servant army for use.
With the artillery density far exceeding that of their opponents, they were able to confront an enemy that was far more numerous than them on a long front.
But in that place where twelve Knight Titans and thousands of Sentinel mechas are concentrated, they cannot be stopped no matter what.
Even the direct troops of the alliance cannot withstand it.
The Knight Titans fired missiles and bombarded them with long-range howitzers, but conventional firepower was unable to shake them; under their fire cover, the Sentinel mecha charged forward against the hail of bullets, and the machine guns could also inflict damage. Union soldiers' positions posed a dire threat.
The conventional artillery of the Royal Army is far inferior to that of the Alliance, but the number of mountain artillery assembled is sufficient. With the cover of armored forces in the front, they can advance to relatively close places and fire. The threat cannot be underestimated. of.
Mountain artillery is also artillery
Not only was the alliance's position broken through at a single point, but the entire defense line of hundreds of kilometers began to waver significantly.
The infantry regiments of several alliance lineages that blocked the enemy face to face suffered extremely heavy casualties, almost to the point of rebuilding their numbers. There were even cases where the artillery positions were captured by the enemy troops who attacked quickly and had no time to evacuate.
For seven consecutive days, the Royal Army launched a wave of offensive climax, pushing the alliance's defense line back eighty kilometers.
This is an achievement they have never been able to achieve since the war began.
In addition to the changes on the front, they also caused a lot of damage.
There were six regiment-level flags that were captured; more than twenty officers at or above the school level were confirmed to have been killed.
Although the more specific results are difficult to calculate, there is no doubt that this was a heavy blow to the Alliance Army.
All this happened in just seven days
The brilliant results even caused the king of Pampos to personally send a letter to congratulate the knights on their victory.
Similarly, this victory also made the Black Arrow people start to think that there is nothing great about the alliance, but we did not use our full strength at the beginning.
However, everything changed on the eighth day.
Can the victory of the Royal Army, which advanced an eighty-kilometer front, be considered a victory?
In Perbov’s view, not necessarily.
When the enemy's frontal force was strong, he asked some troops to resist in frontal layers, reducing the enemy's number, consuming the enemy's supplies, and slowing down the enemy's speed. The troops undertaking these tasks indeed suffered huge casualties, and Perbov felt uncomfortable for this.
After all, when he led a brigade to fight a blocking battle outside Pinser City and nearly wiped out the entire army, the number of people who died was not as high as it is now.
However, he has now been able to harden his heart.
The sacrifice at this moment is for greater victory.
While the frontal troops were fighting for time, the Alliance's armored forces began to maneuver on both sides.
Soon after that, on the eighth day of the large-scale offensive launched by the Royal Army, they moved to both sides of this protrusion that was 80 kilometers deep and 40 kilometers wide.
Several armored brigades rushed out at the same time. With the support of artillery and air force, they powerfully broke through the enemies who were attacking the alliance positions.
Then, they quickly penetrated both sides of the protrusion at a speed that the enemy could not react.
In one day, four armored brigades dispatched from both sides penetrated the 40-kilometer salient supply line and completed a successful rendezvous.