The space battleship Sanshui Yuan flies very fast.

This is due to the atmospheric environment of the alien planet that makes it impossible for fighter jets and various jet aircraft on the Blue Star to fly normally.

The alien star has an atmosphere, but its density is very low, less than one percent of the density of the blue star's atmosphere. Its main components are carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon, with only a very small amount of oxygen and water vapor.

This means that while the alien planet's atmospheric environment cannot provide enough lift for the aircraft, it also has almost no atmospheric drag.

If the aircraft flies to a height of five meters on the surface of the alien planet, it is equivalent to flying at an altitude of 30,000 meters above sea level on the blue star.

This has pros and cons for the federation.

In 2021, when Ji Xinghe was not yet born, the drone sent to the alien planet by the Federation Eagle Continent had a maximum ascent height of only five meters and a maximum flight distance of only fifty meters.

In those years, the alien atmosphere was only harmful to the Federation.

But now in 2088, thanks to the development of engine technology, the maximum speed of the Federation Dragon Continent's Shenshuiyuan space battleship in an alien atmospheric environment has soared to Mach 2. The twelve battleships used by Han Li are invincible.

The maximum speed of man and machine can exceed two hundred kilometers per hour.

The speed of an individual starship in the atmospheric environment is faster than that of a space battleship.

With a top speed of over 2,250 kilometers per hour, the Shenshuiyuan did not trigger any sound barrier clouds in the alien atmosphere after it exploded into supersonic speed.

A somewhat silent feeling appeared directly in the sky above the main force of the empire.

"The orbital airborne delivery platform is ready."

"Please all mecha warriors report their respective situations and confirm that they can carry out orbital airborne operations."

"Everything is normal, finished."

As the temporary commander of this temporarily constructed mecha corps, Han Li took the lead in reporting his own situation.

He actually didn't understand why Tu Yuan was unwilling to kill these one hundred fighters, and why he, who was most likely to take over the independent regiment, would be included in the independent regiment's combat sequence.

Even though the independent regiment belongs to Ji Xinghe, now he and the hundred Zhanshan are all under the command of Tu Yuan, and Tu Yuan, the commander of the No. 5 base theater, is indispensable for their achievements.

You can’t blame Kent Weiss, the commander of the Battle Scar Canyon Theater, right?

Or is it that Tu Yuan wants to snatch these hundred swords from Ji Xinghe's hands... This is a bit unethical.

Han Li couldn't say anything about the generals, including the current Ji Xinghe, who was also a general.

Han Li also heard that the proposal to upgrade Ji Xinghe's military rank to lieutenant general had been submitted by Kent Weiss.

Maybe after Ji Xinghe leads the incomplete independent regiment and destroys the empire's third line of defense in the western theater of the Battle Scar Canyon, Ji Xinghe can be promoted to lieutenant general by Fire Front.

When the time comes, will Lieutenant General Ji Xinghe and Lieutenant General Tu Yuan fight again for these 100 Zhanshan Mountains?

Han Li thought of Tu Yuan's intact right leg. The broken left leg hadn't healed yet. Was the right leg going to be broken again?

That really requires a wheelchair.

Han Li, who was about to start the battle, was a little distracted. He didn't pay attention to the 200,000 main imperial troops under the space battleship Shensuiyuan.

One hundred Zhanshans are equivalent to one hundred Marquis-level Imperial mechas. When the main force of the Empire below only has more than three hundred mechas, it is impossible to defend a force of 200,000.

When the number of people exceeds 10,000, it can be described as a mountain of people and a sea of ​​​​people. Two hundred thousand orangutans and monkeys, even if they are bunched up in a pile, can also be described as a mountain of orangutans and a sea of ​​​​orangutans.

How could it be possible to defend more than three hundred imperial mechas?

"Everyone is ready, the countdown to orbital airdrop has begun."

The prompt sounded, interrupting Han Li's random thoughts, and he began to focus on the battle that was about to begin.

This time is not actually an orbital airborne in the true sense, because they did not appear in the alien planet's near-Earth space orbit at all.

But this also allows them to land faster. The performance of the mountain-cutting mecha is enough to support them to complete the airborne landing without any injuries.

As the bottom hatch of the Sanshuiyuan space battleship opened, mechas fell one after another, and their speed continued to increase.

Thousands of jamming bombs were launched by the orbital airborne mecha suite behind them. The long-range firepower from the empire did not cause any harm to them due to lack of preparation and interference.

Everyone landed successfully.

Han Li did not lead the team to charge immediately. He wanted to wait for news.

"The imperial mechas didn't come back for reinforcements. They went straight to the base."

Tu Yuan's voice rang in Han Li's ears, and the content of the news made Han Li frown.

Are we really not going to need 200,000 troops?

"Han Li."

"exist."

"You have seen Ji Xinghe's previous battles in our theater and his battles in the western theater, right?"

"seen it already."

"Learn like him and fight."

"yes."

Tu Yuan didn't say much, and Han Li didn't ask anything, let alone put forward any opinions. He directly carried out the combat orders issued by Tu Yuan and launched a charge with a hundred mountain-cutting mechas.

In the mecha corps' all-member communication channel, more detailed combat instructions, related tactical plans, formation arrangements, etc. were sounded. They had been determined before, and there were no problems in their execution.

They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, otherwise they would not be selected to pilot the mountain-cutting mecha.

When Han Li led the charge, what Tu Yuan was worried about did not appear, that is, a jump gate device appeared in the main force of the empire, and a large number of imperial mechas suddenly jumped out.

So he decisively ordered and mobilized 1,500 mechas to rush towards the location of the 2,000 imperial mechas.

Among these 1,500 mechas, more than a thousand were modified from imperial mechas, and their combat effectiveness was worrisome.

What is even more worrying is that the combat experience and operational level of the mecha warriors driving them are not as good as the more than 300 people selected by the Independent Group and Han Li.

Coupled with the disparity in numbers, they would definitely be unable to win in a head-on battle. Therefore, their combat goal was not to engage in a head-on battle, but to intercept the two thousand Imperial mechas.

As long as it can be blocked by the federal firepower and the cover and support of other arms until Han Li leads the troops to return for reinforcements, the No. 5 Base Theater can win this battle.

The only change is whether the empire's main force attacking Base 5 this time carries a miniaturized jump gate device.

If they brought...

Under this situation, Tu Yuan, the commander of the No. 5 base war zone, was not concentrating on the battlefield in the war zone he was responsible for, but was looking at the battlefield in the western war zone of Battle Scar Canyon.

To be more precise, he looked at the battlefield where the Independent Regiment was.

Tu Yuan took a deep breath as he looked at the independent regiment that had launched charges from two directions at the same time and finally reunited but suffered heavy losses.

"Ji Xinghe, you said I only had one chance to not believe you, and I used it."

"What about this time? Will you betray my trust?"

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The Independent Regiment's losses actually didn't seem heavy, but they were heavy compared to their losses before this battle.

Before the rendezvous, they had defeated nearly 800 imperial mechas in total, and only six were damaged.

During the rendezvous, they defeated another 209 Imperial mechas, but as many as eighteen were damaged.

After paying three times the sacrifice, the number of defeats was only a quarter of the previous number.

Ji Xinghe still has his independent group, isn't it okay?

Of the 1,535 Imperial mechas, only 540 were defeated by them.

Even if their entire army is really wiped out, the achievements they have achieved are enough to amaze people.

What's more, their entire army was not wiped out. There were one hundred and ninety-five mechas, and now there are still one hundred and seventy-one.

They are still fighting.

The Independent Regiment and their corps leader Ji Xinghe had already completed the rendezvous at the center of the Imperial mecha formation. After Ji Xinghe turned around, they followed Ji Xinghe at a slow but determined pace toward the combat goal of piercing the Imperial mecha formation.

Moving forward.

No.

People in the Western Theater Command looked at the direction in which Ji Xinghe led the independent regiment, and understood that Ji Xinghe's combat goal was not just to kill.

In the direction they were heading, was the battlefield where another ten mountain-cutting mechas from the Independent Regiment were located.

Those thirty count-class mechas are just like the previous independent regiments, giving full play to their high mobility advantages, and none of them have been damaged so far.

Although it is difficult for them to defeat the federal mechas, if the battle on this battlefield continues like this, the winner will definitely be thirty count-class mechas.

They are too strong.

The powerful performance of the mechas gives them an active advantage. Their superb operational skills allow them to compete with the independent regiment's Zhanshan in battle. Their strong physical fitness allows them to use more difficult tactical maneuvers, which is temporarily impossible.

No need to worry about physical exertion.

Cadylin, who was also in a tough fight, was unable to support them.

There is simply no way to deploy more mechas on the frontal battlefield. There is no point in deploying twenty or thirty mechas. On the contrary, it will seriously affect the battle on the frontal battlefield.

Fire support?

The Western Theater Command had indeed used long-range fire support before to help Ji Xinghe, which was besieged by thousands of Imperial mechas.
To be continued...