Chapter 863: The Universe is Burning (Ten)
The army troops on the ground are being depleted at such a fast rate.
An entire regiment was lost in just over three minutes. Assuming that a regiment had 3,000 people, that meant there were nearly one million, or nearly one and a half million casualties in one day.
The alliance has six attack directions on the ground.
But the places where the troops were expended were not just these six attack directions. The landing sites that had been connected had formed an encirclement that surrounded the Bone-Broken Throne. However, the outside of the encirclement was constantly squeezed by the greenskin troops that came from all over the planet.
The intensity of the peripheral battles is no less than that of the six main attack directions.
Despite this consumption of manpower, the combat strength of the human side on the ground is still increasing.
Millions of troops were killed or wounded every day, but at least two million troops, and sometimes tens of millions, were deployed to the ground every day.
With the flow of troops coming in and out, the number of human troops on the ground naturally increased!
Gu Hang's planned attack time is about one month. This means that a total of 200 million troops will be deployed to the surface. In addition to the six army groups that attacked at all costs when the six landing sites were just established, as well as various other troops, the total number of ground troops participating in the war is estimated to exceed 350 million.
Based on the daily loss of troops, it is estimated that 40 to 50 million human soldiers will be killed or injured.
Of course, when we say 'casualties', it doesn't mean that all of them died.
For example, according to the battle report, the Baiqiao Regiment was completely wiped out; but in fact, there were still 600 people alive, and everyone evacuated with injuries.
There was nothing we could do about those who died directly in action, but even though the battle was so intense, the field hospitals of various units were collecting the bodies.
On the one hand, the bodies cannot be given to the green-skinned orcs. For the green-skinned orcs, the bodies of human soldiers are very good strategic materials. They can boast of victory, and they can also be used as the best fertilizer. Eating the brains can further strengthen them, and there are many benefits.
On the other hand, it is a respect for the remains of their comrades, and they are stored together. If the war is won in the future, the ground situation on Ankachi VIII is stable, and there is spare capacity, these remains can be dealt with. Whether it is burying on the planet, building a martyrs' cemetery, war memorial park, etc., or transporting the remains back to the transport ship, as the war progresses, if there is an empty ship returning from the front line, we can see if we can transport the bodies back to their hometown.
Don't underestimate the number of soldiers who were estimated to die in Ankachi. The number is in the tens of millions. But now the Alliance has tens of thousands of worlds. Tens of millions of deaths, on average, only a few thousand people are sacrificed in one world...
Of course, even if the Alliance has already conducted universal conscription in the entire world, it is impossible to conscript soldiers equally in every place. But compared with the total population size, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people are not unacceptable for the size of the entire world.
It is a great honor to be able to join the Union Army, but it is actually very difficult, and you usually have to be one in a million in the defense force to have a chance.
Join the Alliance Army, take part in the Dark Side Expedition, and it would be fine if you died outside - in fact, your family would be given a lot of subsidies, but there would be no special benefits on the planet after all.
But if they survived and returned home with honor, that would be a big deal. The Alliance treated retired expeditionary soldiers very well. Whether they returned home or not, they would always receive good treatment. Soldiers who retired from military service were often able to get high positions. Not only officers, but even ordinary soldiers would have good positions - even returning to the defense army as instructors.
Very respected.
Good treatment has always been one of the reasons why Alliance soldiers have relatively high morale.
It's not just about retirement. After all, soldiers have visions for the future, but they also have a strong fear of disability and death.
The handling of the bodies of fallen soldiers is one of them.
The remains of comrades can be properly handled. Either they return to their hometowns, where they are revered and even have statues erected; or the place where they died in battle is turned into a martyrs' cemetery or memorial hall, where they are enshrined. These are all good destinations after death.
Another thing is the attitude towards wounded soldiers.
From the perspective of battlefield value, if the wounded are not lightly injured, they will not leave the front line and can continue to fight. Otherwise, those who have to be withdrawn and lie in bed are actually less valuable than the dead - if they die in battle, their value is nothing more than zero. Severely injured soldiers are not only unable to fight, but also have to take up extra manpower to take care of them.
However, even so, the Alliance forces were still on Ankachi VIII, doing their best to take care of the wounded.
Except when there are really no conditions or ways, as long as the situation is relatively normal, the front-line combat troops will not easily abandon their comrades. After the war, the regiment will assign some personnel to transport the wounded to the field hospital; or the field hospital of the division headquarters or even the army group headquarters will also be responsible for the transportation of the wounded to the front line. There are even medical soldiers who will risk their lives to run to the front line where the fighting is the most intense and drag the seriously injured soldiers out of the line of fire.
The lightly wounded can receive rapid treatment in the field hospital, and after a few days of recovery, they will be reorganized and sent to the front line to return to their old units. If the old units cannot be found, or the organization is disrupted, or they have run too far, they may be sent to various units as supplementary soldiers.
If you are wounded or killed again, your casualties will be counted a second time.
Therefore, the estimated total casualties of 50 million during the human forces' ground offensive may ultimately be much higher than the actual number of deaths, serious injuries and retirements.
As for some soldiers who could not recover in a short period of time after being injured, those who did not have the conditions stayed in the field hospital. Those who had the conditions and were lucky enough to catch the returning transport ship went with the others.
The remnants of the Baiqiao Regiment belong to the latter.
Those killed in action will be treated accordingly, those injured will be treated accordingly, and if they return alive, it will be considered a major achievement.
This is based on the "profit".
Military law, military police entanglements... these are punitive management methods to maintain morale.
The political commissar is responsible for ideological awareness and discipline, and uses incentive-based management measures to strengthen morale.
This three-pronged approach is due to the outstanding spiritual and willpower qualities of the alliance's soldiers.
All of this is now fully realized:
Despite suffering heavy casualties and despite the high probability of not returning once they stepped onto the front lines, the human warriors still marched onto the battlefield in high spirits to fight a bloody battle with the orcs.
The greenskins formed a circular defense around the Throne Fortress and refused to retreat.
Each place is a key defense area and also a key attack area.
The so-called "surrounding three sides and leaving one side open" in the traditional sense was meaningless at this time. Humans had enough troops to launch an attack, and the orcs would not withdraw from the siege just because there was a gap in the siege, giving humans a chance.
It would be better to launch a full-scale siege and continue to exert pressure from multiple directions to see if we can force the orcs to make scheduling errors under the huge pressure when they are providing support from both sides. If we catch them once, we can take advantage of them.
While paying the price of blood every day, Gu Hang achieved his goal: no matter what, the human army was advancing steadily.
The greenskin army's defense line is being compressed step by step.
If the fight continues at this rate, then it is estimated that in about twenty days, humans will be able to clear out the orc troops outside the Fortress Throne and lay siege to the city.
As time went on, the number of human ground forces increased, and the number of orcs could not keep up.
The orc troops defending the outer perimeter of the Throne Fortress all rely on the ecological cultivation room inside the Throne Fortress for replenishment. However, although the greenskin technology in the Broken Bone Throne is shocking, it is not really able to break through the sky.
Human casualties were more than one million, nearly one and a half million, a day, and the greenskins were not feeling well either.
As the number of defenders around the Throne Fortress decreased significantly, the pressure on the Alliance's offensive naturally became less and less. The Alliance's General Staff had previously estimated that the troops would be at the gates of the city in 20 days, but this was four days earlier.
However, in order to be able to attack earlier, the total casualties did not decrease, but increased a little.
This result was achieved under the premise that Gu Hang materialized the heroic spirit on the ground and participated in the battle.
This price is worth it in order to gain more strategic time.
If there were no heroes participating in the battle, the casualty ratio would probably have risen even further.
Speaking of heroic spirits, Gu Hang broke the convention this time.
In the past, he had to hide the use of heroic spirits.
But that’s not necessary now.
Just like things like black boxes, the alliance now almost no longer needs to worry about being exposed, so it can use them with confidence.
The same goes for Heroic Spirits.
Putting aside other things, in the entire dark side of the empire, if nothing unexpected happens, the current alliance is the most powerful single force. And Gu Hang, as the founder and leader of the alliance, can almost be said to have the most powerful individual strength in the entire alliance... Is there anyone who can cause trouble for the alliance now?
empire?
Please tell me clearly first, which empire is it?
Is it the empire on the other side of the Scarlet Scar that has no news yet and no one knows what is going on?
Or is it the Scarlet Scar's side, where the Dark Expedition is thriving and is determined to rebuild a unified empire after the Age of Cataclysm?
Is there a possibility that I, Gu Hang, can represent the empire?
There is nothing to be afraid of anymore, just do it!
On the ground, when the human troops from six directions arrived at the city, they launched an attack on the Throne Fortress at the same time!
As the soldiers' combat boots and steel tracks passed through the energy shield circle protecting the Throne Fortress, the final stage of the battle began.
Quietly, the green tide in the subspace also paused slightly.
However, looking out from the Kingdom of Storm God, Gu Hang could still see the vague faces of the two twin gods.
But...why aren't they laughing anymore?
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