The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 296 295. War of Attrition
The Earth Federation Government’s starship force does have an advantage in size.

But as long as the energy of the United Government's space fleet has not been exhausted, the energy shield will be able to withstand the attacks of the enemy's starship forces.

This encirclement and suppression battle between the interstellar battleship forces gradually turned into a war of attrition that tested the will of both sides.

The powerful combat capability of the Interstellar Legion soldiers really shocked the entire federal government starship force that came to encircle and suppress them.

But it is simply unrealistic to rely on just tens of thousands of Interstellar Legion soldiers to turn the tables and reverse the situation.

After suffering the first wave of losses caused by contempt.

The supreme commander of the Federation star fleet immediately ordered all interstellar battleship units to keep a certain distance from the besieged United Government space fleet.

Prioritize attacking those "assault boats" that pose a greater threat to interstellar battleships.

After nearly a hundred interstellar battleships belonging to the federal government were destroyed.

The United Government Army also lost six or seven hundred "space assault boats" carrying interstellar legion soldiers in the opponent's counterattack.

The front-line commander of the United Nations government forces who witnessed it all closed his eyes in agony.

You know, this is the loss of two to three thousand Space Legion soldiers.

Never before had such a large number of casualties occurred among the Star Legion.

Despite losing the protection of their "space assault craft", Space Marines in their heavy ceramite power armour were still able to survive for some time in the vacuum of space.

However, the coalition government forces, who are now forced into a defensive state, obviously cannot carry out search and rescue work immediately.

On the other side, the face of the supreme commander of the Earth Federal Government’s starship force was not looking good either.

Despite such a huge numerical advantage, the enemy was still at an absolute numerical disadvantage and suffered the loss of nearly a hundred starships.

This was absolutely an intolerable mistake for him, who had decades of experience as a starship army commander.

He could imagine that even if the federal government achieved ultimate victory, the loss of Starfleet Force might still lead to his impeachment by members of the federal parliament.

Even if the war does not go as planned, the federal government may use him, a commander who is incompetent in commanding operations, to make some kind of deal that cannot be put on the table.

Both warring parties are dissatisfied with the current situation of the war.

The confrontation between the Federation Starfleet Force and the United Government Space Fleet reached a stalemate.

The Supreme Commander of the Federation Starfleet Force would naturally want to try to open up other battlefields.

The best target is the main force of the United Government Army with hundreds of millions of people stationed on hundreds of planets in the "Twelve Energy Star Systems".

"Now, all the starship forces in the Thraide system have been pinned down.

Only some insignificant air forces within the atmosphere remained.

Tell those tycoons and private armies that monopolize the military industry to stop making excuses for me.

This time, we must annihilate all the ground forces sent from the Thraide Galaxy!"

The words of the Supreme Commander of the Federation Star Fleet were like a switch signal.

The more than 2,000 logistics and transport fleets that had been ordered to wait outside the battlefield finally received the order.

They began to rush towards hundreds of planets in the twelve galaxies one after another.

After observing the changes in the actions of the Federation starship forces, the senior officers in the United Government Army's front-line command were extremely anxious.

Besieged and unable to move, they can only hope that the main forces of the United Government Army on each planet can hold on.

The heavy vanguard division, which was in a state of rest, soon received an order from the front-line command.

We will stop playing the ridiculous game of "equally matched" and "battlefield stalemate" with the remnants of the private armies of the military-industrial monopoly tycoons on the planet.

The heavily armed troops, like bulldozers, quickly crushed the remnants of the chaebols' private armies.

Peter's team was the first United Nations government force on the planet to complete the "final cleanup" mission.

In fact, the limited number of private army remnants were not enough to be shared by these fierce and wolf-like main forces.

The coalition government forces have not launched this kind of "full mobilization" level of war for many years.

For countless soldiers of the United Government, this war is an opportunity to gain glory and prove themselves.

After completing the combat mission, Peter lay on the top cabin of the "Shield Guard" mecha he was driving.

I could still vaguely hear the sound of gunfire coming from the battlefield in the distance.

That was because the remaining private armies were still putting up a meaningless resistance.

The mixed smell of soil and grass juice reminded him of his farm and ranch on the Eastern European plains in the second dimension.

Mixed with these scents that relaxed his body and mind was a hint of burnt barbecue smell.

As an experienced veteran, Peter certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to ask his comrades if they had any extra snacks for lunch.

When he asked this question, two veterans came to him carrying a thigh of an enemy that had been blown off and still had a slight smell of meat from burning oil.

At that time, he was so nauseated that he didn't eat anything for three consecutive days.

As he was thinking about these past anecdotes, a flash of fire in the corner of his eye caught Peter's attention.

"Oh shit! Isn't that our cruiser?"

The exclamation from his comrades instantly tightened Peter's originally relaxed mood.

After dealing with the starship forces in the surrounding star fields that belong to the federal government and the military-industrial monopoly chaebols.

The United Government's space fleet arranged a cruiser squadron to provide space fire support for the heavy vanguard division's ground attack.

And now, above the planet, three secondary main space battleships in low-Earth orbit are suffering devastating blows.

These secondary main battleships are inferior to the main space battleships in size, scale, and energy structure, and have given up the major energy consumer: energy shield technology.

More space and energy supply are used for weapon systems and mobility.

The officers and soldiers of the Heavy Vanguard Division had to admit that without the assistance of these three powerful cruiser starships.

It would never be easy to conquer the planet at your feet.

However, with the appearance of three dazzling explosions, the cruiser starship fleet that had been escorting the Heavy Vanguard Division disappeared forever.

Before they had time to mourn for their allies in the Aerospace Forces, Peter's team received an order from the commander-in-chief of the Vanguard Division.

All the troops of the heavy-armed vanguard division headed to the nearby garrison fortifications that originally belonged to the chaebol's private army, preparing to deal with the upcoming large-scale enemy landing.

The destruction of the three cruiser starships was just a prelude. A fleet of dozens of medium-sized federal starships escorted dozens of large transport ships and transported nearly a thousand military fighters into the planet's atmosphere.

Cooperating with the firepower strikes of the fleet cluster, they began to seize air supremacy from the United Government forces within the planet's atmosphere.

Peter's team returned to the underground fortification cluster of the planet's defense center and watched helplessly as their own air force fighters, drone clusters and the federal government forces engaged in the most intense air battle since the war on this planet began in the atmosphere.

Almost every moment, aerospace vehicles of both sides exploded, were damaged, and fell to the ground.

Ground air defense forces continuously launched surface-to-air missiles, electromagnetic pulse cannons, and various laser and kinetic weapons in an attempt to help friendly forces turn the situation around.

But it must be said that the federal government army, with dozens of starships at its disposal, has an obvious advantage in firepower.

The drone cluster fell under the enemy's superior kinetic weapons and EMP attacks.

The remaining manned fighter pilots also clearly know that once air superiority is lost, the fighter planes under them will no longer have any deterrent power.

So they launched the largest and most tragic suicide attack against the Federation starship forces stationed in low-Earth orbit.

Until the close defense firepower of the two Federation starships was successfully penetrated by the United Government Air Force fighters, the fierce attack of the fully loaded ammunition detonation forced the two Federation starships to withdraw from the battle sequence.

Three hours after the battle began.

The federal government air force began to gradually take over air supremacy throughout the planet's atmosphere.

At this point, the federal government army and the heavy vanguard division officially switched offense and defense.

The heavy armored vanguard division, having lost air superiority inside and outside the atmosphere, had to retreat beneath the surface of the planet to the various fortifications and buildings that originally belonged to the chaebol's private army.

The Vanguard Division scouts, wearing optical stealth and life signal shielding latent devices, are the few Vanguard Division soldiers who have entered a defensive state and remain on the surface.

At this moment, he was using video equipment to film the scenes of landing ships airborne.

The violent friction between the metal bow and the atmosphere made these landing ships look as dazzling as meteorites.

Each "meteorite" is loaded with hundreds of fully armed mobile infantrymen of the federal government, or elite troops of the private armies of various tycoons and families loyal to the federal government.

Such "meteorite" attack scenes are taking place in the skies all over the planet.

The only thing to be thankful for is that previous military operations have allowed the Heavy Armored Vanguard Division to figure out which fortifications on this planet are truly reliable.

In the starship age, the reliability of a planet's surface fortifications depends entirely on whether the defenders hiding inside can survive the firepower attacks of starship forces in low-Earth orbit.

The private armies that monopolized the military-industrial tycoons had already tested the strength of various surface fortifications at the cost of their lives.

So even when there were earthquake-like noises overhead, Peter's team was still able to sleep soundly in the bunker.

The planetary defense center, located at an average depth of 365 meters underground, has become a bunker where the soldiers of the Heavy Guard Division can feel at ease.

“Take time to rest!
Get ready for the fierce battle ahead!"

The words of the vanguard division officer were not meant to scare people.

You have to know that the Heavy Guard Division had been fighting at a high intensity for quite a long time.

Even the highest commander of the vanguard division did not know when the reinforcements would arrive.

The continuous landing of enemy troops above the planet and the enemy's aerospace firepower advantage will inevitably make the Heavy Armored Vanguard Division face a tough battle in the future.

The commander is ready for a long and hard battle.

Just one hour after entering a deep sleep, Peter's team was awakened by their comrades on guard.

Obviously, the federal government forces also know that the most difficult and solid defensive fortification cluster on the planet is the planetary defense center.

The main force of the Federal Government's Mobile Infantry Regiment, which had just landed, immediately assembled towards the planet's defense center.

After discovering that this place had been occupied by the troops of the Heavy Vanguard Division, a medium-scale encounter conflict broke out instantly.

The vanguard division troops, which had the advantages of fortifications and terrain, as well as physical fitness and comprehensive military equipment, suppressed the elite troops on the opposite side, which were known as the mobile infantry regiment, throughout the entire battle.

At one point they were defeated and even driven out of the area surrounding the planet's defense center.

But as the other side began to call for help, a series of warship cluster attacks from low-Earth orbit arrived in an instant.

The Federal Mobile Infantry Regiment attacked fiercely for dozens of minutes, but the casualties caused by the Heavy Guard Division were not even as many as those caused by the battleship cluster attack in just three minutes.

Not long after the vanguard division retreated to the planet's defense center, the federal government forces, which had gathered the scattered troops, launched a second round of attacks.

Poison gas and smoke attacks, suicide bombings by unmanned vehicles, assassination raids by elite troops, and all-round encirclement and suppression by large armies...

After each round of offensive failed, it was constantly updated and staged again.

There were even attempts to use high-power water pumps to continuously pump water into the planet's underground defense center in an attempt to completely submerge and drown the heavily armed vanguard division defenders hiding inside.

However, as expected, all the offensives failed.

The federal government forces encountered the same difficulties as the coalition government forces had previously encountered.

They could only keep launching "adding fuel to the fire" attacks, trying to carve out a bloody path in the underground passage by "piling up lives".

However, the soldiers of the Heavy Guard Division were the least worried about this head-on confrontation.

Their physical and military qualities completely overwhelm those of the United Government's citizen soldiers, and they also possess a vast amount of logistical resources in the planet's defense center that originally belonged to the chaebol's private army.

Naturally, we would like to see the situation enter a stalemate of ground advancement and war of attrition.

Similar situations are constantly happening all over the planet, on each planet in the "Twelve Energy Galaxies".

After launching several unsuccessful offensives, the high-ranking officials of the federal government's mobile infantry regiment, various chaebols, and heads of family private armies who were responsible for launching the ground offensive lamented why the chaebols who monopolized the military industry had built these fortifications so solidly in the first place.

The ground offensive encountered the same difficulties as Starfleet Force.

The encirclement and suppression campaign, which was unstoppable, had to be dragged into a war of attrition that consumed manpower and advanced slowly.

The massive action of the federal government army has once again made the "Twelve Energy Star Systems" the focus of attention of all forces within the federal government.

The main combat force of the [Anti-Armament Ban United Front Alliance], the Slade Galaxy, or the coalition government behind it, certainly would not sit idly by and watch the actions of the federal government forces.

A comprehensive mobilization of the federal government’s “anti-rebel” army is also underway rapidly.

The United Government's military forces deployed in various galaxies began to assemble.

The various colonial galaxy forces, the federal government, and the coalition government all realized that the war taking place in the "Twelve Energy Galaxy" was about to turn into an unprecedented "civil war."

At the same time, Gust, who was far away in the core area of ​​the federal government, also received a secret order from the federal government.

A biological and chemical attack on the core area of ​​the federal government's rule began to brew.

(End of this chapter)