Chapter 419: Consider joining the alliance?
The situation on Hippocampus III was greatly alleviated simply by orbital bombardment and counterattacks by the planetary defense forces.
The Alliance Navy's vanguard fleet left a destroyer and several armed merchant ships in orbit around Hippogriff III to continue providing assistance while awaiting the arrival of the follow-up large force. The rest continued to explore and entered Hippogriff VI, and then entered the sector capital - Hippogriff II.
Wherever the Alliance Navy went, the Greenskin Fleet retreated!
You have to retreat.
The Union Navy's vanguard fleet had dozens of ships, no cruisers, but several destroyers. With this number and quality, the greenskins' branch raiding fleets certainly couldn't stand up to them.
In fact, on Hippogriff II, a greenskin raiding fleet got bit and lost four ships before escaping.
It can be said that when the Alliance's army entered the Hippogriff sector, the space, which had been extremely chaotic and allowed the greenskinned plundering fleets to do whatever they wanted, suddenly became quiet.
Humanity has retaken space and orbit, and fighting on the ground has become much easier.
At this time, the main force of the alliance army also entered Eagle Horse III.
They only made a brief stop here, and Gu Hang met with the planetary governor of Eagle Horse III.
The other party had signed the Seven Horse Agreement more than half a month ago, and the alliance is here to fulfill the agreement.
The Governor of Eagle Horse III took a photo with Gu Hang holding the paper document of the Seven Horse Agreement.
Gu Hang left with the main forces of the alliance satisfied.
Before leaving, he dropped eight divisions on Hippogriff III.
One skeleton division, six infantry divisions, and one armored brigade, totaling about 330,000 people, all of which are troops in the Union Army sequence.
With them, the problems with Hippogriff III should be solved.
This is indeed the case.
The Alliance Army's participation in the war immediately turned the ground situation of Hippocampus III, which had already improved due to orbital bombardment, into a complete advantage.
Hippogriff III is an agricultural and mining world with a population of about 800 million. Currently, the greenskins have invested a total of about one million troops in this world.
The quality of the planetary defense force of Eagle Horse III was average, with a scale of only a few million people. Half of them were drawn away by Yuan Chengchuan and sent to Steel Wing Star. When facing the invasion of millions of greenskins, they had a very hard time resisting.
It is not possible to mobilize all the people to serve in the military because the military equipment is not sufficient.
We can't let civilians fight the greenskins with pitchforks and pickaxes, right? That would be sheer slaughter.
In fact, the greenskins have already begun to take root on the planet. After defeating a unit of the defense force on the tropical continent of the planet, they established an ecosphere and planted mushrooms everywhere.
If they cannot be eliminated for a few years, there will be no need to send reinforcements from the star sea, and their size will double.
However, all of this was destroyed and disintegrated after the arrival of the alliance army.
The first wave of orbital bombardment took care of the Ork main forces, and the second wave took care of their ecosystem.
Then, after the Alliance Army landed, in accordance with the terms of the Seven Horses Agreement, the Alliance Army colonel who commanded the eight divisions became the supreme commander of the planetary battlefield, and the nearly two million planetary defense forces of Eagle Horse III were also under their unified deployment.
At first, the Planetary Defense Force was a little reluctant.
Soldiers are always a little proud, even the Planetary Defense Force is like this. No matter what, they have fought bloody battles with the greenskins in the past month and suffered heavy losses. Although they failed to win, they also paid a sacrifice. We are very happy that the Alliance came to help us, but how can we give all the power to you all at once?
It would be fine if you were the Star Army, we are all defense forces, so you think you are so awesome just because you have a little more money?
However, the governor of Eagle Horse III was quite capable, and under his strong orders, the defense forces were quite obedient.
Moreover, after the war began, the generals and officers of the defense force quickly lost any resentment in their hearts.
No matter how unwilling you are, can you withstand a beating?
The Union Army, which had obtained the power of general command, had no intention of using the local troops as cannon fodder, as the local army worried. Although they were still required to fill the battle line with the one million soldiers, they were only responsible for filling the battle line. In the real battle, the Union Army rolled up their sleeves and went up.
The well-equipped Skeleton Division, with its own armored units as the spearhead, found a place and rushed into the tropical rain forest of Eagle Horse III.
The lion king led the male lions to knock down and crush the trees in the jungle mercilessly. The elite tank equipped with the anti-gravity engine did not care about the road conditions at all. The powerful power and the extremely passable tracks were the basic configuration. When on the muddy road, the anti-gravity equipment was activated when necessary, and the weight of the vehicle body was greatly reduced, and it could even float a few centimeters off the ground for a short time, so it could really go on any bad road.
The greenskin strongholds were eliminated one by one, and the Alliance soldiers following behind quickly eliminated all threats. The local defense forces behind them just delivered supplies, burned mushrooms and battlefields with flamethrowers, and helped cut trees to clear the way.
It was precisely because they accompanied the Alliance troops in doing these "odd jobs" that they saw with their own eyes how the Alliance fought.
Those green-skinned orcs, who were quite difficult to deal with in their eyes, were defeated by the iron torrent of the Alliance, even with the cover of the rainforest.
If the greenskins wanted to fight the Alliance army, they would first have to endure a round of fierce bombardment from the self-propelled artillery regiments that always accompanied the main force, followed by the ruthless crushing of the armored forces.
Even if they really managed to get near the Alliance tanks, the Alliance infantry would not be pushovers.
They generally have excellent shooting skills, superb tactical skills, and high morale. They are not afraid of direct confrontation with the greenskins. The heavy machine guns in the squad, the heavy bolters and infantry guns and rocket launchers in the company, as infantry firepower, will also make those greenskins suffer a lot.
The two sides were very close, and they were often able to seize the opportunity and use more than a dozen guns to concentrate fire on eliminating one green-skinned orc after another without dispersing firepower, and their coordination was quite perfect.
Even if it really were to be a close encounter, the Alliance soldiers would draw their bayonets without fear, and work in groups of several to encircle and suppress the green-skinned orcs that were charging at them.
Although the orcs, who were thick-skinned and extremely strong, could cause considerable casualties to the Alliance soldiers in close combat with their tenacious vitality and powerful ka-ka guns, the local defense forces had never seen the Alliance soldiers get afraid.
Even if they really had to retreat, it would be an order from their superiors to carry out a strategic mission, not to be easily defeated.
If the gap in equipment is still a gap that the Eagle Horse III defense forces are unhappy about, then when it comes to combat skills, tactical capabilities, and fighting will, this all-round gap is really beyond words.
The Eagle Horse III Defense Force quickly became more obedient. They actively cooperated with the actions of the Alliance Army and gradually got rid of the haze of the past month when they felt that everything was going to end and they could not win.
They began to believe that with the help of the Union Army, victory would eventually be theirs.
The morale of the Planetary Defense Force has improved, which is also helpful to the Alliance Army.
After all, there were only over 300,000 Alliance Army soldiers on Hippogriff III, but they had to face millions of greenskins. It was impossible for them to defeat them all on their own.
Greenskins love to use garbage, but they are not really garbage.
The two million troops of Eagle Horse III are still a force that needs to be put to good use.
With closer cooperation between the two sides, the Irontooth Orcs' territory on the tropical continent of Eagle Horse III became increasingly tight.
The orcs are not the kind of people who are willing to sit and wait for death.
They also launched a fierce and cunning counterattack.
A defense force under the command of the Alliance Army is encircling a group of orcs who have lost all their heavy firepower and armor with an eight-fold advantage in strength.
This should have been a relatively simple task. Although in a head-on fight, the defense forces could be overwhelmed by the orcs even if they had a four-fold advantage. But if the greenskins lost their heavy artillery, killing tanks, war trucks, and giant scimitars, they would still not be able to fight against the defense forces with heavy artillery support with only rifles and machetes.
Although there will still be certain casualties in eliminating them, it is still a battle with a 90% chance of winning.
If that one percent accident really happens, there is an infantry regiment of the Union Army not far away that will be able to provide support quickly.
However, the accident really happened.
A greenskin army came from outside and surrounded them.
They could only ask for help.
The Union infantry regiment immediately rushed to support, however, the number of the enemy was far beyond the initial estimate, and they were also surrounded.
We continued to ask for help, and a Union Army division and a defense force of about 100,000 people arrived.
Then, they were surrounded too.
At this time, the human side discovered that not only were the enemies numerous, but they also had advanced units such as killing tanks, death tanks, and heavily armored orcs.
With the combat effectiveness and numbers of this group of greenskins, they could have wiped out the human forces in the encirclement long ago, and wouldn't even give them a chance to ask for help.
The reason why they didn't do this was of course intentional. They were just fishing, or surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements.
This time, they attracted 40,000 allied army troops and 100,000 defense troops. It was enough for the group to recover the lost money. The iron-toothed boss who led the group personally planned to close the deal with satisfaction.
He even brought out a long-hidden herd of Squiggle beasts.
Squiggs are excellent war machines. They are like giant unicorns, and the smallest of them are as big as a Lion tank.
Their huge bodies are covered with a thick layer of scales. Their skin is also extremely tough, and their bones are like steel.
The green-skinned craftsmen will also put a lot of armor on their bodies.
While being adequately protected, its brute strength, fangs and big feet can break down solid fortifications. They often carry a huge cannon on their backs and many fighting compartments on both sides of their bodies, where the green boys shoot down or throw explosives.
The Squig is thus able to function simultaneously as a battle tank, a troop carrier, and a siege weapon.
However, despite the huge investment, the greenskins were still embarrassed when they were closing the net.
Even though this division of the Union Army was surrounded, it was still unexpectedly difficult to deal with.
Heavy artillery is the core of the infantry division, and it caused the greenskins a lot of trouble. Many advanced units were destroyed by heavy artillery in the battle.
Even the terrifying Squiggle monster couldn't withstand too many heavy artillery attacks.
The greenskins thought of many ways to deal with the trapped heavy artillery of the Alliance Army. The air strikes of the Orc flying squadron, the airborne infiltration of the special warfare boys, the heavy artillery bombardment, the armored behemoths' charge...
Of course it was effective, but firstly it failed to completely eliminate the problem, and secondly it inflicted heavy losses on itself.
The Alliance's infantry divisions also pay great attention to air defense. The air defense vehicles are equipped with special air defense servo skulls with strong locking effects, and are also equipped with air defense missiles; individual soldiers also have air defense missiles; the Alliance Army's flight squadrons will not sit idly by and watch their comrades being besieged. Wind Falcons and Qilin took off one after another and fought with the greenskin air force.
The greenskins' air force suffered heavy losses, while the special forces that infiltrated were fiercely blocked by the Alliance Army's guard artillery array and were annihilated wave after wave.
The armored beasts' assaults were effective. When the Squig beasts were dispatched, they could often take down a position. However, even if the retreating humans suffered heavy losses, they were extremely tenacious and quickly rebuilt new positions in the back. The beasts had to bite them off piece by piece, and they had to bear the risk of being hit by heavy firepower.
Heavy artillery bombardment is also useful. The greenskins have assembled a lot of artillery at this moment.
However, if you keep bombarding the problem for a long time, it is destined not to be solved immediately.
The iron-toothed boss discovered with embarrassment that if they wanted to completely defeat the besieged human army, the greenskins themselves would have to lose 20,000 to 30,000 men, and the losses of various advanced units would not be small either. It would also take at least six or seven days.
If you want to reduce the losses, you can adopt a siege tactic, which can trap the enemy until they run out of ammunition and food, so that there won't be too many casualties among the green-skinned guys. But it will take at least two or three months.
Before he could decide what to do, the human reaction came first.
The Skeleton Division of the Union Army, along with an armored brigade, arrived directly, along with 200,000 defense troops, all of which were assembled.
What was originally just a battle of annihilation for the green-skinned orcs to fish and besiege a point to attack reinforcements quickly turned into a major battle.
The green-skinned boss was also fierce. Since things had come to this point, he was constantly gathering reinforcements.
During the fierce battle that lasted for a month, both sides continued to mobilize troops and add fuel to the fire, and the war became more and more intense.
In the end, the total number of troops participating in this battle reached over one million.
The final result was that humans won.
When one Squig armored beast after another was killed by human heavy artillery and in the collision with the lion king; when one green-skinned armored unit after another was destroyed by various anti-armor firepower; when one green-skinned boy after another was knocked down by various weapons...
The greenskin boss was also knocked down by a plasma gun during a charge he led himself, and then he was killed by a thermal bomb.
The orc army collapsed.
Nearly 300,000 greenskins were wiped out in this battle.
Although the Planetary Defense Force suffered losses of over 300,000, the Alliance Army also sacrificed over 70,000 men, and various armored and artillery units also suffered heavy losses.
However, the victory of this main battle also laid the foundation for the victory of the entire Eagle Horse III ground battle.
Without their commander, the greenskin army became a mess. More importantly, their elite forces were almost completely lost, leaving the remaining 500,000 or 600,000 greenskins with a serious lack of advanced units and their overall combat effectiveness was extremely low.
At present, they can no longer pose any threat to Eagle Horse III. Except for the war zone, Eagle Horse III has been working hard to resume production and restore social order.
Within the war zone, these greenskins will be completely wiped out within half a year at most.
The governor of Hippogriff III was very happy.
He personally went to the front line to comfort the Union Army and also to his own defense forces.
The Governor praised the colonel of the Death's Head Division so highly that he even prepared a medal and a rank for him. How could the rank of colonel be enough to show his contribution? He should be promoted to the rank of general at least!
But the Union colonel refused and left a message:
"Perhaps, before long, all military ranks will be unified."
After hearing this, the governor of Eagle Horse III didn't know whether he should be happy or not.
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The battle of Hippogriff III is a microcosm of the situation in the entire star sector.
When the Alliance's military vanguard entered the Hippogriff sector, similar situations occurred on many worlds here.
The pattern is similar. Once the Alliance fleet enters the corresponding star system, it will drive away or destroy the green-skinned ships, then provide orbital support to the corresponding planet, and then look at the situation on the planet and deploy some troops.
Hippogriff III is considered small, and to be honest the greenskin threat is not that big. There are only a million orcs, and eight divisions can solve it.
The biggest problem is in Hippogriff II. There are three human worlds in this galaxy. The main star has a population of 4 billion, which is also the most populous world in the Hippogriff sector.
The entire Hippogriff region, with 12 worlds added together, has a population of only about 15 billion. Hippogriff II's second and third planets each have only a few million people, and are purely mineral planets.
The main planet of Hippogriff II came under heavy attack by the Greenskins. Millions of Greenskins descended upon this world. The defense forces on the main planet of Hippogriff II were severely beaten. Within a month, several key cities were captured and the defense forces were defeated.
The Union Army deployed an entire army group here.
More than 20 million Alliance Army soldiers undoubtedly withstood the attack of the Greenskin Orcs, and united with almost the same number of defense forces to begin to regain lost territory and destroy the Greenskin ecosystem.
The situation in the Eagle Horse sector was quickly stabilized after the Alliance army entered.
This incident is actually quite shocking.
The photos of Gu Hang with the planetary governors and the example of the Alliance army's overwhelming victory in the Eagle Horse sector were all sent to many surrounding star sectors along with the astronomical messages.
This made the work of the alliance diplomats much smoother.
Some of the star regions that were not attacked were still considering and waiting. However, another star region that was also invaded, the Mist Horse Star Region, quickly changed its attitude.
They were willing to accept the Seven Horse Agreement and only asked that the alliance's army arrive as quickly as possible.
There are thirteen worlds in Mist Horse, one more than Hippogriff, but the total population is smaller, about 13.4 billion, and most of them are agricultural worlds, mining worlds, and barren worlds. Even the capital planet Mist Horse I is just an ordinary civilized world with only three billion people.
The invasion suffered by the Mist Horse Sector was not as fierce as that suffered by the Hippogriff Sector. In fact, a considerable number of the invading greenskin orcs jumped from Steel Wing to Green Spring II to enter the Mist Horse Sector. The conflict star area that the Mist Horse Sector was dealing with, that is, the direction of the Bronze Pass Sector, was not the main attack direction of the orcs.
However, the Mist Horse Star Region does not have a barrier like the Steel Wing Star to help them hold back and attract the main force of the orcs.
The entire star region was invaded by the green-skinned orcs, and most of it was caught in the war.
There is no naval force in the star region, and as for the army, there is only the local planetary defense force, which has limited strength.
Another key point is that without the ability to deliver space, each planet is an isolated island, and the armies cannot support each other. Some planets are not seriously invaded, and they can still control the situation and not collapse. They obviously have the spare capacity to support other planets with serious situations, but they are unable to do so due to the limitation of delivery problems.
After seeing that the Alliance easily resolved the threat from the Hippogriff region, which was more serious than their own, the governors of the Mist Horse could no longer hold back.
Their sector chief had not given his nod yet and was still arguing with the Alliance's diplomats, but many planetary governors in the Mist Horse sector could no longer hold back. They took the initiative and contacted the Alliance privately to express their willingness to sign.
These people's idea is very simple. As the governor of the planet, they should save their own lives first.
Moreover, as long as the signature is signed, why bother with the star district government? According to the Seven Horses Agreement, not only military protection and trade alliance, but also the imperial tax will be collected by the alliance.
After signing, the district government is shit.
The Alliance took over all these planets with a stroke of the pen.
However, the diplomats of the alliance also made it clear to the governors of these Wuma that now that they have signed, the necessary military protection will definitely be provided, and the alliance will never go back on its word.
However, the most important thing in the entire war situation at the moment is the Battle of Steel Wing Star.
The main force of the alliance will first solve the problems there.
Governors, you still need to think of some ways to hold on to your own planets for a while.
It won’t be too long, maybe one or two months at most.
"The Seven Horses Agreement is an agreement of mutual assistance, not an agreement where you can just sit back and wait for the alliance to solve all problems. However, if you really want that, Mr. Governor, I have an agreement to formally join the alliance here, you can consider it."
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6k
2k paid back, still owe 72k
(End of this chapter)
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