Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1260: Chapter 685

The atmosphere inside the meeting room was something Gu Hang anticipated, so he felt neither sorrow nor joy.

His fingers gently tapped on the table, and his smile faded.

“Everyone here is a commander from different fronts, most of you have rich combat experience and understand the current situation, so I won’t waste words.”

“Suppress the Insect Nest Fleet, clear the orbit, clear the ground… this is our only method.”

“Do not fear sacrifice, do not fear failure.”

“Sacrifice is the cornerstone of the Empire, under the gaze of The Emperor we cannot fail!”

“Additionally, you all are aware that I am a decent Psychic. Even within the Subspace Shadow, I can provide some spiritual energy assistance. I cannot say it will have an absolute decisive impact, but at the very least, I can ensure that from the Brain Worm to the high-level Neuron Progeny, they will not affect our troops.”

“The rest of the matters require your dedication.”

“No matter where you came from, where you will go after the war, or what goals you have in the war, victory is the only way to achieve our interests, our glory. Abandon all illusions and distractions, all for victory!”

…

“All for victory!” After disembarking from the spaceship, Colonel Lin Xiaodong issued the command to all his officers under his command.

He was a division commander in the Alliance Army. His division, in principle, consisted of more than forty thousand soldiers, composed of twelve frontline combat regiments, as well as varied numbers of logistics, guards, air defense, artillery, armored soldiers, and special operations battalions belonging to the division.

Such a division, within the Alliance Army, is known as a ’large composition division’, equipped with comprehensive independent combat capabilities, enough to sustain ground warfare at one surface location.

Moreover, Lin Xiaodong’s division was the champion division of the respective army group, and naturally tasked with the combat mission of the first wave of ground attacks.

But in reality, Lin Xiaodong now could command only two regiments and a few division-affiliated units, totaling maybe not even five thousand people.

His entire division was devoted to this war. As for the remaining forces, they were actually shot down during the airborne process.

In the cockpit of the large transport spacecraft, he watched the ships carrying his soldiers, not far from the spacecraft he was in, exploding in mid-air. From the disintegrating spacecraft, countless soldiers’ corpses, even live soldiers, fell from the sky like rain.

Each time he saw a ship explode, Lin Xiaodong’s heart throbbed. He feared his own warship might also be destroyed, dying before setting forth; and felt enraged by the countless subordinates sacrificed before landing.

And when he truly landed, under his command, all forces still contactable immediately initiated actions.

The first to move were the only remaining two Armored Companies. Tanks, armored combat vehicles, stormed out in combat stance once the transport spaceship’s doors were opened.

Facing the Insect Swarm already waiting near the landing point, prepared to slaughter the humans upon landing, the Armored Company charged unhesitatingly.

However, with only eight Lion Tanks, over twenty armored combat vehicles, compared to the overwhelming swarm, they were far too insignificant. Even though the Lion Tanks were large, to the swarm, they were still nothing.

The Lion’s main gun and auxiliary guns fired incessantly, even ignoring concerns regarding the longevity of the gun barrels—the life span of the entire vehicle might not be long!

The mounted machine guns also fired continuously.

The incoming swarm was massed, swept down, and blown to pieces batch after batch. This included some advanced units of the Insect Race; things like warrior bugs, tank bugs, which couldn’t resist the tank company’s assault.

The armored unit’s task was to charge the incoming swarm head-on, dispersing the massive assault to buy time for the infantry following behind to establish defensive lines and artillery positions.

However, the swarm did have elements capable of threatening armored units.

The greatest threat came from the living artillery of the swarm. Various living bombs were launched. The bone-spine bug, similar to a human mortar in terms of bombardment level, posed little threat to Lion Tanks, but still inflicted considerable damage if it hit a Strider Combat Vehicle. When it came to heavy artillery bugs, or even higher-level flame release bugs, a living bomb blow would be hard to withstand even for Lion Tanks.

Insect swarm artillery firing was different from human army operations.

They executed the most excellent infantry-artillery coordination tactics, even daring to let infantry charge within three to five meters of the artillery line.

On one hand, this was because the swarm is essentially a biological weapon, executing orders coldly and absolutely. No charging insect beast would retreat due to fear, nor advance too far due to mishap and end up getting exploded.

Of course, nothing is absolute actually. In the process of execution, many insect beasts would still be blasted by their own artillery.

Yet, they cared nothing about it.

They truly do not care about the probability of the swarm suffering friendly fire.

It matters not.

As long as they inflict enough damage on the advancing human armored units, it suffices.

Indeed, they achieved their goal.

During the assault, one combat vehicle after another was destroyed. Colonel Lin Xiaodong, sitting in the command vehicle, watched the information of friendly vehicles on the front line, every now and then, one less.

The tank company did buy them time.

But…

“How’s the artillery position coming along?!” He hoarsely yelled.

“Report, Commander! It might take a few more minutes…”

“In a few more minutes, all our tanks will be gone!” He grabbed the handheld transceiver beside him, “Security company, move out! Armored cars, full-speed ahead, support our assault troops!”

“But Commander, if the bugs get close now…”

“If the artillery position isn’t built, if our line isn’t held, we’re finished! Why care about my safety? Execute the order!”

“Yes!”

However, the situation did not improve much.

The security company hadn’t gone up before the human’s tank company could no longer charge.

What now?

He couldn’t think of a solution.

Was this landing doomed to fail?

How were the other divisions doing?

Hopefully, other brother units can do better and avenge them…

As such thoughts involuntarily surfaced in Lin Xiaodong’s mind, he heard the adjutant’s shout:

“Commander! Look! There is reinforcement!”

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