Chapter 858: The Universe is Burning (V)
The biggest threat to the landing site was eliminated, the air defense and anti-orbital firepower in this area was reduced sharply, and human forces could finally carry out large-scale landing operations and send more and stronger forces to the surface.
The first wave to arrive were fighter jets delivered by aircraft carriers.
Previously, they were worried about losses, and the survival conditions of the fighters were rather worrying. Although some of them were placed in the atmosphere of Ankachi VIII, they played a certain role when Wang Jun led the team to capture the air defense position.
But the number of fighter planes is not large, and they are not the protagonists in the battle.
But at this moment, the swarms of fighter jets have become a force that cannot be ignored.
The firepower of fighter planes is certainly not stronger than that of artillery, and right now the human ground forces are most in need of artillery.
But fighter jets can make up for some of it.
Those aerial fighters carrying missiles can deliver firepower to the exact location according to the needs of ground forces.
They certainly don't have the endurance of artillery units, nor can they accompany the attack like tanks, chariots, or even mechas on the ground, but their short-term firepower is definitely not bad. In addition, they respond to calls very quickly. When the missiles carried by the fighter planes are used up, they can switch to machine guns to bombard the ground.
The most important thing is that after the enemy's most important anti-aircraft firepower was lost, they became unscrupulous. Even though the greenskin army still had some anti-aircraft trucks, individual anti-aircraft missiles and other things, the threat level was indeed greatly reduced.
The biggest role of fighter jets is to restrain the orcs' air force.
Previously, the Orcs' aviation forces had not caused any trouble to the humans. Although the orbital rights were basically in the hands of the humans, the air supremacy on the surface was in the hands of the Orcs.
Now, the situation is reversed.
The duel in the sky between human fighter planes and orc fighter planes and airships was also quite fierce.
Perhaps, up to now, humans have not been able to completely control the sky. But at least, the time when the greenskins controlled the sky has passed.
When the fighter planes are busy fighting the enemy's green-skinned air force and have no time to respond to the fire support requested by the ground forces, if all else fails, they can call for orbital strikes.
Without the interception of anti-orbital positions, the success rate of orbital strikes has greatly increased.
In orbit, there were several cruisers and destroyer battle groups, which were specifically serving the surface forces commanded by Wang Jun. The weapons installed on these warships were different from those on ordinary warships. There were basically no weapons such as light spears, which were particularly useful in naval battles; there were only one-third of macro cannons, and the rest were all equipped with missiles.
Both types of support are very effective on the ground.
Macro cannons are fast, accurate and powerful; missiles have a wide range.
If the ground troops are in trouble, a single shot with a scalpel can often solve the problem; if they encounter a giant King Kong, the Space Marines will have to pay a heavy price in casualties to behead and blow it up, but a single shot with a heat hammer cannon can also solve the problem.
Small things happen on fighter planes, big things happen on warships.
The orcs' counterattack was actually fierce and efficient.
Before the anti-aircraft position was destroyed, a large number of greenskin troops rushed to try to defend the position; after the anti-aircraft position was destroyed, the greenskins did not reduce the intensity of support, but increased the intensity, trying to wipe out the human troops that landed.
Now, this entire area has become a three-dimensional battlefield.
Not only is the fighting going on on the ground and in the sky, the greenskins in outer orbit of the planet are also resisting, and the underground has been opened up as a new battlefield.
The hive tunnels that once belonged to the Void Zerg were transformed into ambush tunnels; the underground digester tanks were converted into bases for storing troops, weapons, ammunition, and armored units.
A cross-fire network was set up above the base to prevent human ground forces from going down.
This kind of underground facility and tunnel warfare is quite disadvantageous to the attacker. More importantly, it is difficult for the air force and orbital firepower to help.
Before the enemy's ambush occurs and before our side has accurately detected the underground tunnels and underground bases, it would be too difficult to discover them simply by relying on orbital observation and aerial reconnaissance.
Even if it was discovered, it would be difficult to destroy it. Even if it was the heavy Chuji's Fury Cannon, it would be difficult to penetrate the thick earth and destroy the underground base deep inside.
Human forces often have to spend huge costs to send soldiers to clear out those bunkers and underground bases.
But perhaps at the beginning the human side was a little short of soldiers and generals, making it difficult to implement this strategy, but soon, they were no longer short of soldiers and generals.
Three hundred transport ships broke through the remaining anti-aircraft firepower of the orcs and dropped two reorganized Alliance Army groups onto the surface of the planet. Phoenix, Iron Fist Ambassadors and other war groups were fully deployed, and the knight mechas of the Alliance Knights and the Titan Legion from the Alfonzo Sect... The heavy spearheads formed by them began to show their power and advance deeper into the core war zone of the greenskins.
If they really encounter a situation of fighting in underground tunnels, the Space Marines combined with the Glory Guards can complete a breakthrough.
The battle between the two sides not only did not become one-sided because the air defense positions were destroyed, but instead became more intense.
When a Predator-class Titan from the Mechanicum crushed the third greenskin turret, the Ork demolition team lurking underground suddenly detonated the bomb, and the twisted cracks instantly swallowed the Titan's right leg joint.
The green-skinned death squads had already climbed onto the Titan's armor. The chainsaw axes reinforced by the Waaagh force field were tearing at the reactor armor frantically. It was not until several Space Marines arrived and smashed the invaders into pulp that the problem was solved. However, the Titan had basically lost its combat capability.
Similar scenes were played out throughout the entire assault route, with humans paying a heavy price in blood for every kilometer they advanced.
But this is not the end.
On the surface of Ankachi VIII, similar battles were not only fought in the ground area led by Wang Jun.
In fact, Gu Hang carried out six airborne combat targets on the ground.
The six airborne target locations formed a hexagon. The enclosed center was where the Bone Crusher King himself was.
Gu Hang’s purpose is already very clear.
Among these six areas, some were successful in airborne operations, such as the area where Wang Jun was located, while others were failed.
But it doesn’t matter, just keep going if you fail.
Especially after some achievements have been made on the ground, it is possible to attack the target area from the ground.
Ultimately, what Gu Hang wanted was to form an encirclement around the throne of the war fortress where the Bone Crusher King was located.
(End of this chapter)
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