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Chapter 356, I promise you

During the advance, the 35th Brigade did not suffer losses.

Although the orbital strike created a passage for them, the duration was not too long and the firepower invested was not enough. The main reason is that Fino City has also increased its investment in anti-rail guns. They no longer cared about the attacking ground troops and put more firepower into fighting the interstellar battleships.

This brought a lot of trouble to the Pegasus fleet. The void shields and energy shields of several ships had been blown out, and they had to be evacuated urgently. There were even two frigates whose shields shattered so suddenly that they were hit by several more shots before they even remembered to get out of the anti-orbital gun's range. Although the ship was not destroyed, it was penetrated through the armor and caused considerable damage to the hull. It can be considered a serious damage.

This is what the noble navy master is not happy about.

When Gu Hang made the request, the Pegasus Fleet was unwilling to do this. Although Gu Hang was the commander of the theater, the navy's temperament was different from that of the 'brainless' army. After they hear a task that they feel is 'unreasonable', they will curse, protest, or even complain to a higher level.

It's okay to fight a mighty naval decisive battle; it would be stupid to use your precious fleet to bombard surface fortresses equipped with anti-orbital guns - just like the navy in the 2K era against coastal defense artillery. stupid.

However, they were eventually forced to do this job for a greater purpose.

Now that there have been losses, the two ships will probably need two to three years to be repaired once they go to the shipyard, and the total cost may be over 200 million.

This loss made the Pegasus Fleet Commander's already unhappy mood even more unhappy.

He communicated with the ground and Governor Gu, and reported the problem that if the fight continued like this, the losses would increase.

But Governor Gu asked them to continue to act according to the plan.

After strongly expressing his dissatisfaction, the rear admiral could only express angrily that at most he would fight according to the plan and would never bear more than that; if the fleet suffered further losses, he would make his own decision on whether to retreat. Even if it has to be reviewed by people from the Ministry of Military Affairs in the end, let's review it.

Gu Hang didn't pay much attention to him.

Let's put things like attitude aside for now. Getting the job done is the most important thing.

After all, the left-behind deputy commander of the Pegasus fleet did not dare to give up the battle.

Although he was unwilling to take more responsibility, he at least followed the normal battle plan and continued to throw firepower at the void shield in Fino City to suppress it.

As for the enemies outside the city?

The battle plan only called for one round of orbital bombardment, so why a second round?

Moreover, the armored clusters of ground troops have already begun to advance along the place they bombarded, so why bombard them?

As for carrying out cover strikes against enemies around the route of travel... Anyway, the combat plan requires two destroyers and six frigates to perform this task, but the number of ships that have withdrawn from the battle order due to broken shields has exceeded this number, and they are unable to assist. It's normal. It's not the Navy's problem.

And when the naval support is slightly weak, the attack of the ground armored forces will naturally not go smoothly forever.

Even if it were just one round of orbital bombing, it would be impossible to blow up every inch of land; even if it did happen, there would still be those on the edge of the explosion, in the fortifications, or simply lucky guys who could survive.

After being bombed, the plague demon army that had not been taken care of by orbital firepower around the bombed line also hurriedly came to support.

These have caused considerable obstacles to the path of human armored forces.

But despite these various factors, the armored group's advance was still rapid. Those troops that rushed forward rarely received support from the fel artillery in Fino City at the rear. They were also relatively scattered and arrived in a hurry.

Under the torrent of steel, these monsters blocking the road were ruthlessly crushed.

After paying a certain price, the 35th Brigade became the first army to enter the void shield of Fino City.

And when their military boots, wheels, and tracks all stepped into a piece of squirming flesh, the most difficult part of the battle came.

Their troops carry enough specialized weapons.

Incendiary bombs, flamethrowers... As the troops advanced, they burned the ground along the way, incinerating and burning away the activated flesh and blood, revealing the gray-black cement surface below, with exposed steel bars in some places.

They used artillery, tank cannons, machine guns, and even bombs to throw into the surrounding flesh-and-blood buildings, blowing them to pieces and demolishing them. On the one hand, they cleared out any enemy troops that might be present in those flesh-and-blood buildings; On the other hand, destroying those flesh and blood is also an end in itself.

After the 35th Brigade invaded Fino City on a large scale, the progress of this activated city slowed down greatly.

However, at this moment, an extremely large number of plague demon armies poured out from all directions, besieging the human army with their own flesh and blood and sacrifices, vowing to slow down their advance; many giant flies appeared hovering on the battlefield Above, many began to conduct dive bombings in response to the attacks of anti-aircraft vehicles and infantry anti-aircraft firepower.

There was even a corruption dragon flying onto the battlefield. Breathing heavily, he sprayed fiercely at a Lion tank for several seconds. In these few seconds, the armor grew sprouts and became paralyzed into a half-flesh and half-steel thing. Naturally, it was unable to drive and move, even inside. soldiers died as a result.

The casualties suffered by the 35th Brigade began to increase rapidly.

However, they were not able to stop their pace.

...

"Brigadier Commander! The front line of the 3rd Battalion and 3rd Company on the flank has been breached, and the brothers in the artillery battalion were attacked by a group of monsters!"

"News came from the tank battalion that they have lost 60% of their combat vehicles!"

"The air defense battalion was attacked by the dragon again, and our air defense interception capability dropped by 70%. The vehicle of the political commissar who was supervising the operations in the air defense battalion was destroyed and we can no longer contact him."

"The 4th Battalion has completely lost contact and cannot contact any company. It is possible that it encountered a disabled code machine, but the possibility of the entire army being annihilated cannot be ruled out."

Everything the commander of the 35th Brigade, Colonel Tikov, heard at this moment was bad news.

From a conventional perspective, the entire brigade has been at its wits end.

But there was no hesitation in his eyes.

He picked up the communicator, tuned to the general channel, and then said: "All comrades of the 35th Brigade, I am your brigade commander Tikov. Now, the time has come to prove our loyalty!"

"I order all troops to move forward regardless of all costs! The brigade headquarters will move forward at full speed, from the brigade headquarters to the guard battalion, to fully support the frontline battle!"

"We must do our best, at all costs, to ensure that the line of defense we tear open is large enough!"

"For the Empire! For humanity! For the Alliance!"

"Go, go, go!"

The chief of staff next to him stared at Tikov with wide eyes. After he put down the communicator, he said bitterly: "Our 35th Brigade will be finished. We will all die here."

Instead, Tikov smiled: "Then let us die gloriously and with greatness!"

"Drive!" These two words were said to the driver.

The command vehicle, with the accelerator fully accelerating, and the entire brigade headquarters and guard team, began to press forward. According to the brigade commander's order, the two guard companies drove infantry fighting vehicles and joined the front-line battle; the foot guard companies' infantry made up for the excessive infantry losses of the front-line troops.

The entire 35th Brigade was rapidly attriting, and even as its combat effectiveness declined objectively, it continued to attack, and the attrition rate was faster than at the beginning.

However, no matter what, they are indeed still fighting forward.

...

Deep in the creeping nest city of Fino City, in a huge flesh and blood lair, Thomlison was looking up at a creeping wall. Projected on it is the scene of the 35th Brigade's attack.

His body has long since lost the frailty it had when he was a human being. After receiving the blessing, he was three meters tall, bloated and powerful. The body covered by the burqa was still twitching from time to time.

Only his eyes remained firm and penetrating.

Looking at the projected image, his body was rising and falling.

He, Tomlison, is the contemporary leader of the Ascension Sect, the apostle of the Great Demon, the promoter of the spread of the Corogar Plague, and the blessed one today.

He had long forgotten that many, many years ago, as a human warrior, he was enlisted in the Astra Militarum to fight for the rest of his life after being turned over as imperial tax.

But today, as he watched those impassioned warriors march forward despite extremely heavy casualties, the eventful years that had been sealed in his memory reappeared in his mind.

But these memories that came up not only did not make him feel nostalgic, but made him even more angry.

And even if he excluded the anger in his heart, just from the perspective of the war situation, he knew that he could not let this force continue to charge like this.

The gap within Fino City is getting wider and wider. The deeper this human force rushes, the more human troops will be behind it, and they will enter Fino City in an easier way.

They destroyed the body of Fino City, forcing the entire activated hive to use more power to repair the body. This will result in a weakening of the power of the Warp.

At this moment, Fino City has completely stopped moving forward.

Indeed, according to the current situation, that human army should have been eliminated long ago. But really, that was something that should have been done an hour ago.

"Destroy them." Thomlison spoke, "Let the dragon descend; let the dogs of the loving father strike; let the blessed ones strike! They must be destroyed for me! After destroying them, you must follow this road , drive all the enemies out of our city!"

"Follow your orders, Messenger."

There was another voice echoing in this nest of flesh and blood.

Then, not long after, the battlefield scene that Tomlison saw changed.

Several different troops appeared on the battlefield.

The so-called 'father's beloved dog' refers to the 'rotten flesh beast', which is a sickly and extremely ugly monster. Its lower body is wriggling like a long maggot; its upper body is tall and tall. It rises, opens a huge mouth on its abdomen, and extends its lower limbs beside the giant mouth, which can not only assist in movement, but also help catch prey for eating; its upper limbs are in the form of arms, which are extremely powerful.

The so-called 'blessed ones' are the guys called Chaos Eggs by humans. This thing is two to three meters tall, roughly human-shaped, but completely distorted. This is something that humans mutated when they received the blessing of the gods, but couldn't bear it anymore.

Five or six giant beasts, carrying dozens of chaos eggs, appeared on the frontline battlefield, immediately bringing about a direct change in the battle situation.

Chaos spawns cannot withstand tank guns, but bullets are not very effective against them; after they charge close, they can overturn tanks with their physical bodies.

The rotten flesh monster can even be hit by a tank gun. When one shot hits it, a piece of its body is broken into pieces, and it is beaten with blood and flesh everywhere, but it is not fatal at all. The wriggling flesh will soon grow back. The corrosive pus spit out from the huge mouth of the abdomen can melt the tank.

No matter how determined the 35th Brigade was to fight, it was finally unable to attack under such strong resistance.

And the demonic dragon in the sky dives directly at this moment!

He suffered some injuries in the face of anti-aircraft fire, but also destroyed two anti-aircraft vehicles through Dragon Breath. After landing, its position was not far from the command vehicle of brigade commander Tikov.

It has been targeted for a long time.

Facing the crawling dragon, Tikov's command vehicle was not afraid. The only firepower it carried was a heavy bolter, which continued to fire at the dragon.

With heavy explosive bombs and no cover from the clouds of plague flies, the demon dragon's rotting body was beaten to pieces of rotten flesh.

But it still rushed to the command vehicle quickly, overturned it, and then swung it with its claws. It pounced seven or eight times, smashing the entire command vehicle to pieces.

After venting his anger, the demon dragon looked up to the sky and roared, wantonly and proudly!

But before the roar ended, a heavy cannon hit its head, destroying its head.

Tomlison could see clearly that this was by no means a simple human artillery or tank gun.

The projected image zoomed out, and he saw a giant steel beast with smoke still coming from the muzzle coming from a distance.

That's a Lion tank.

Following the space created by the 35th Brigade, the armored cluster of the human legion finally arrived with a stronger main force!

Its two secondary guns are also firing, and the main gun, which has just completed a one-hit kill, is charging up again.

The next shot destroyed another giant beast of rotten flesh.

Thomlison spoke in a deep voice: "We must stop these humans and send more troops!"

...

"Send more troops! We must not let down the sacrifice of the 35th Brigade!"

Li Kexi shouted loudly.

He was appointed as the front-line commander of this armored assault and was giving orders to the staff at the moment.

His face was extremely red, and he was very distressed by the sacrifice of the 35th Brigade. But even though he felt distressed, it didn't stop him from seizing this opportunity vigorously.

After giving the order, he made some calculations and dialed an encrypted communication channel.

"My Lord Governor, fifteen divisions have already entered the city of Fino, reaching your expected goal. Then, I am confident that within one hour, fifteen more divisions will be sent in, including some infantry divisions. The number can reach More than 300,000 people!"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Governor Gu's voice came later, "Be sure to maintain the offensive."

"I understand!" Li Kexi replied first, and then asked hesitantly: "We have made huge sacrifices, and the final victory will definitely belong to us, right?"

"I promise you."

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I must update early tomorrow, I really can't stand it at four o'clock...

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