Him and their stars

Colonel Meng Jiao, deputy commander of the 38th Division, is now condescendingly admiring the scenery that is completely different from Marshal Li's battlefield in Galle.

Far below him in the foothills, Imperial tanks and armor were advancing over the broken roadbed. Their military appearance is quite neat, but their movements always seem a little eager.

Speaking of which, they and the empire worked together to build this road that directly leads from Marshal Li Grad to the imperial settlement 10,000 kilometers away. It was originally thought to be the transportation artery of the entire planet, but now it has turned into ruins like Marshal Li's urban area of ​​​​Grale.

The half-built light rail channel was broken and fell into the dense vegetation, like a steel snake that had been dead for a long time.

Meng Jiao and his men lurked in the dense mountain forest, holding their breath, waiting for the imperial tank and the motorized infantry following the tank to pass in front of them.

The reconnaissance post reported while recording: "47 Vindicator 3 medium-sized multi-terrain tanks, 25 Foxhound 2 straight-propelled guns, 12 multi-purpose support armored vehicles, 3 command armored vehicles, and 2,478 motorized infantry."

"Very good." Meng Jiao nodded and praised. But in fact, he didn't even need to use instruments to record. He only used his naked eyes and memory to count all the troops passing in front of him.

"Is it a Panzergrenadier Regiment?" the subordinate asked.

"No, it's just a stormtrooper-type armored regiment. Judging from their movements, they are preparing to enter the battlefield from the north of the city." He said.

At this time, he heard another roar. The empire's armored airship also appeared in the sky due to the north.

This time, more than forty gunboats appeared in Mengjiao's sight. They were in neat formation and were as powerful as a rainbow, like a group of strutting armored knights. In the white sky, a large unknown black dot matrix was formed.

Needless to say, they are also preparing to go to Marshal Li Grad to support their friendly forces. When fighting fortified cities, these aircraft, which can carry out fire strikes from a high position, are the best support weapons.

However, Meng Jiao on the top of the mountain suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Marshal Li Gele behind him.

He really wanted to see the scenery of the city at this time, and even wanted to see the sea. However, even a psychic with excellent eyesight like him can't see anything clearly now. Now, he and his comrades are now 30 kilometers away from the urban area of ​​​​Marshal Li's Grad and more than 50 kilometers away from the sea. Rugged mountains obscure the psyker's view.

Of course, it also blocks the enemy's view.

In the dense forest on the mountain in the distance, the attack belonging to the community defenders also started at this time.

Accompanied by the sudden rise of smoke, the "divine arrows" covered in flames soared into the air from the diffuse fireworks and pounced on the empire's armored airships.

Meng Jiao saw with his own eyes that five airships were hit by missiles and turned into huge fireballs on the spot, falling directly to the land.

As a result, the airships that were originally arranged neatly had to quickly disband their formation. Several of them even passed directly near Mengjiao's position.

Several powerful Lumina soldiers have already carried AKs - these armored airships are light single-seat AH-9 White Eagles with weak armor and mediocre maneuverability. They are individual ion cannons made in a workshop. , which is enough to cause fatal damage to it at close range.

However, the soldier saw that Mengjiao did not make any movement and did not pull the trigger.

Until these embarrassed White Eagle armored boats turned their anti-gravity engines at full speed and rushed out of the range of the AK, no one opened fire.

Meng Jiao's judgment was correct.

The distant sky in the north suddenly flashed with a heart-stopping flash of light. Before everyone could react, the cannonballs fell on the hills where the missiles were flying, turning the rocks and towering trees into powder.

Meng Jiao and his men, the commandos who had lurked outside the city, watched without saying a word as the mountains in the distance were flattened again, revealing only ugly gaps and burning gray bald spots.

But these warriors have always maintained what can be called a cruel calmness.

Hidden in the mountains, Meng Jiao could certainly see the sky extending deep into the northern part of the continent.

Perhaps because of the attack just now, the thick clouds had dispersed, so the soldiers could clearly see the imperial warship hanging at the end of the sky.

In the universe, these destroyers are just a group of inconspicuous small-sized ships. However, when they suddenly burst into the atmosphere, their majestic appearance must be behemoths that surpass the limits of human imagination in the era of their home planet.

Yes, if it was really a primitive civilization in the home star era, just seeing these battleships appear in the sky, they would be scared out of their wits and think it was the appearance of gods.

Speaking of which, most of the warriors following him were Sand People and Lumina people.

They were all forcibly brought into the universe from the ancient times of their home planet. Nearly half of the Lumina people on the planet Lumina still believe in their primitive religion; as for the sand people, even the first two generations are still living in the city-state and nomadic era.

However, these "veterans" of the 38th Division looked mockingly at the huge imperial warship on the ceiling, and everyone's laughter even echoed in the short-range communication channel.

From the perspective of the veterans, isn't the empire just incompetent and furious?

These incompetent but indeed violent bombings lasted for ten minutes. The entire foothills on the opposite side were cut off by hundreds of meters of altitude.

Meng Jiao knew that none of the seven missile positions deployed above would survive, but he didn't know how many soldiers had withdrawn. However, what is certain is that the evacuated soldiers are already building new positions elsewhere according to the original plan. The equipment they need will be delivered through the tunnel. And the comrades who sacrificed their lives have long been awakened.

In war, people will always die... As of today, 2,400 people of the 38th Division have died in battle. The auxiliary militia regiment organized from the young citizens of Gole, Marshal Li, also had more than a thousand dead.

However, everyone is still holding on. Everyone can be sure that every time the empire attacks, it will fail and leave behind far more corpses than its own victims.

He and his men continued to wait where they were.

Meng Jiao knew very well that the battle on Marshal Li's side must have entered a fever pitch. He even knew that the communication relay station suspended in the sky must have been shot down.

At this time, he had lost contact with Division Commander Schiller at the headquarters. In addition, the ambush troops lurking in the mountains were hidden in six positions, totaling three regiments, but he had also lost contact with them all.

"Chief of Staff Vayali said that within the area of ​​communication interference in the entire area, we may still need communications soldiers riding motorcycles to deliver messages. But I see, motorcycles can't travel on this kind of terrain now, and maybe they still can Gotta ride a moa.”

The speaker was Major Zazasin, commander of the Rumina Assault Battalion, a veteran of the Red Maple Factory Protection Team. He immediately caused a burst of laughter.

"I actually think that our Lumina's Speedsters can also apply for a fight. Although they are all desert animals, they have gained a lot of weight on this planet. It's time to take action." The speaker this time was Captain Sandan of the Sand People Fire Support Company. Before the reorganization of the 38th Division, he was the leader of the Sand Guards Militia. In the longer past, he was also a slave gladiator for the prince of the Sand People city-state.

Therefore, there were obviously Imperial destroyers hovering in the sky, and the Empire's second and third waves of troops were advancing on the ground, but the ambush soldiers said, "Move quickly on the mountains. Should we use Lumina MOA?" Or is it the Speedy Dragon of New Yumen?" and a rather lively discussion took place.

Meng Jiao did not participate. Although he is from the "Lumina MOA" faction, once he actually participates, he may be suspected of being biased. This is not what a commander should do.

"So, where are our velociraptors and moas?" A soldier asked: "We raised at least 100 of them in Muyuan before, right?"

After all, Yaochi Planet is known as a magical planet that can make all creatures feel comfortable. It is understandable that the garrison soldiers of Lumina and Sand People want to raise some livestock in their hometown. In fact, in just the past six months, the number of livestock they brought has increased at least three times, and each of them has grown fat and strong.

The division headquarters even considered forming some retro cavalry reconnaissance units.

In some terrains, the Velociraptor and MOA are really much better than the multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle.

Major Zazasin's voice was full of regret: "Most of them have been released. Although this planet is suitable for all species, we can't really let moas and velociraptors live underground, right?"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became heavy again.

"You stupid imperial devils." A soldier muttered, which immediately attracted everyone's response. If not everyone was still lurking on the mountain, someone would probably be applauding.

As a result, the soldiers continued to wait in their lurking positions on the mountains, and even had a meal of compressed biscuits and energy bars mixed with nutrient solution.

An unknown amount of time passed, and Marshal Li's artillery fire from the direction of Galle was already like thunder. But before we knew it, the sun was setting.

Meng Jiao looked at the direction of the original sea of ​​Marshal Li's Grad, then looked at the time and determined that five hours had passed since the enemy launched a direct attack and airborne landing.

"That's almost it." He said to himself, and then gestured to his subordinates.

The soldiers put away the water and began to check the status of their weapons and mechas.

At this moment, Meng Jiao also heard the movement behind him. He turned his head and clearly saw a triangular head somewhat similar to a velociraptor emerging from behind the grass in the dense forest, sticking out its tongue at everyone.

This is a spear-killing speed dragon.

It was obviously a gregarious carnivorous beast living at the top of the food chain in the Xinyumen Sand Sea, but at this moment, Meng Jiao could clearly see a bit of a loyal dog in this big guy's ferocious face.

Immediately afterwards, a figure without a mecha appeared in front of everyone riding a velociraptor.

This human non-commissioned officer, who was not very tall, flashed the cuffs with the letter logo on his hands, jumped off the Velociraptor, and ran towards Meng Jiao in long strides.

Come on, it turns out that people really started riding animals to deliver letters.

Moreover, in the rugged mountains, the velociraptor was really faster than the moa!

Just when Meng Jiao felt like he had returned to the era of cold weapons, and couldn't help but think about it and had mixed feelings, the human sergeant rushed to him quickly, stood at attention, saluted, and lowered his voice: "Sir Meng, Li The battle in Marshal Grad is over. The Imperial Army is withdrawing from the city."

"It looks like everything went well. Thank you for your hard work." Meng Jiao smiled, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"In addition, instructor Takai has killed the enemy general Mando!"

Ha, double happiness! Meng Jiao thought, but with a straight face, he said to everyone in a voice full of majesty and solemnity: "Comrades, be prepared to fight! Don't spare any of the imperial troops retreating from this road!"

"...Well, sir, Chief of Staff Vayali also said that it is certain that the enemy Major General Hongkas also evacuated this way."

"..."

"In addition, they are expected to take Line C. They should meet the ambush of Regiment B in an hour. We need to go there immediately for support."

"Three joys, ah no, four joys! Speaking of which, sergeant, how long have you been running here to report the news?"

"From the 18th tunnel on the outskirts of the city, we set off after receiving the wired communication from the chief of staff. We ran 30 kilometers for fifteen minutes." The human sergeant patted the New Yumen Velociraptor's big head and gave a thumbs up: " However, my Ake is the racing champion in the New Yumen Wilderness. Crossing mountains and ridges is not a problem. This is a trivial matter. I have to go to the other two positions to report the news."

He saluted again, then decisively squeezed half a tube of nutritional ointment into the dragon's mouth, jumped on the dragon's back, and disappeared immediately.

The imperial army that entered Marshal Li's Grad had indeed begun to retreat. Their casualties were not particularly heavy, but their mental state was not stable. The entire army was filled with an aura of incompetence, rage, and frustration.

In fact, when Brigadier General Mando was killed and the armored grenadiers airborne into the city were divided and surrounded, Major General Honkas's battle was not to capture the city, but to rescue these unlucky ones.

After all, it is one thing for the troops to be bombed. It is another thing for two armored grenadier regiments and an assault company with a bugle to be completely wiped out. Even if he doesn't go to court-martial as a commander, he doesn't have much of a future.

In order to boost morale, he even took an armored airship and accompanied the army into the sky above the city to direct the battle. To round things off, this could be regarded as taking the lead.

Overall, the battle went smoothly. Although the armored grenadiers in the gap left more than a thousand corpses plus a brigadier general, at least there was no total annihilation above the battalion level, so they could always attack on the upper peak. Let’s discuss it in front of you.

If his airship hadn't been knocked down by a sudden ion cannon, everything would have been smooth.