Chapter 982: Chapter 530: Kick Their Asses

Xiong Lei stood in a tower within the fortress, holding a telescope, watching through a small window the battle encircling those two Fury Flame Interstellar Warriors, with his palms sweating in tension.

That battle, although small in scale, was almost critically important to the success or failure of the hundreds of thousands he led.

On planet Yuehe VII.3, the option of ‘losing the land while keeping the people’ hardly exists. Each situation needs specific analysis, but the survival of this planet fundamentally depends on orbital defense. Otherwise, when the enemy’s superior navy unleashes ground bombardment without restraint, it would be nearly impossible to defend from the front, forcing a shift to guerrilla warfare by breaking into small units.

That might have some effect, but in a broader sense of the battlefield, it means the entire planet falls.

And to defend the planet, one must hold the many orbital cannon fortresses on the ground, ensuring there are means from the ground to directly threaten space, making the enemy’s navy not dare to bombard recklessly.

The fortresses on the ground, like the one guarded by the 311th Division, are each vital life nodes. Losing one or two may not pose a big problem; losing ten or eight will cause major issues in a whole area, allowing the enemy to deploy ground forces and supplies here more freely, making reclaiming the area difficult, as the enemy navy can come to the corresponding orbital area after the reduced threat, with firepower landing here smoothly without easy interception.

And returning to the situation faced by Xiong Lei himself, once the fortress falls, even attempting to evacuate with the surviving troops would be very difficult. The path to the next defendable fortress is not short, and lacking cover afterwards, they would be pursued and bombed constantly, with no idea how many would die on the road.

From these perspectives, the fortress can’t afford to be lost, even if it means bleeding dry, it must be held.

And right now, what he was observing, the encirclement and annihilation of the Fury Flame Interstellar Warriors, almost decided victory or defeat.

To be honest, Xiong Lei’s initial understanding of Interstellar Warriors was not strong.

He had seen the Phoenix once but only at a glance. At that time, he was deeply shocked by these heroic and extraordinary warriors. He knew these Death Angels possessed great power, but how exactly?

Recently, he thought it was the strong individual capabilities of the Interstellar Warriors that had miraculous effects in special operations and in sieging special locations. Especially in complex terrains, where heavy tanks could not move through, this was even more pronounced.

And now, under his own observation, he discovered he had underestimated the frontal combat capabilities of Interstellar Warriors.

He personally witnessed how the two Fury Flames, under intense fire, dismantled eight Sentry Mechas and three Feedback-Type Power Armor elites in just two minutes.

Equipment advantage?

No, no, no, it’s far from that simple.

Merely viewing the superiority of the Interstellar Warriors over ordinary soldiers as them being able to wear stronger power armor, possessing greater strength and reaction speed, and having more precise shooting skills… it’s absolutely not that simple.

When all indicators far surpassed those of mere mortals, they seemed to truly transcend in life.

Were our Sentry Mechas and Feedback-Type Power Armors really so inferior in performance to the MK.8s worn by those two Fury Flames?

Not necessarily, right?

But it’s as if they were being toyed with.

Everything is a beat slower than the enemy. The elites, who can maintain accuracy even on fast-moving targets, seemed like wooden stakes, slow and sluggish, unable to keep up; in contrast, the large Fury Flame Warriors seemed like phantoms. Their positions upon attacking always leave people astonished, even Xiong Lei, from a bird’s-eye view and able to see the whole picture, was often perplexed by these Interstellar Warriors, unable to see clearly.

At this point, he could basically determine that it was practically impossible to defeat these two Fury Flames with just thirty Sentries and ten Feedback Power Armor elites.

Even with a considerable number of ordinary soldiers nearby, their assistance was very limited.

Watching the battle, Xiong Lei sighed deeply.

To be honest, this situation broke his illusions.

In his imagination, if they could eliminate those Fury Flame Warriors in this manner, it would of course be the best;

But now that it cannot, the illusion shatters, and only returning to reality is possible.

Returning to reality also has its own approach.

In the tower, he slightly shifted the view of the telescope, five or six engineering squads were quickly approaching the battle site.

Ten minutes later, when the elite dispatched by the 311th Division was down to half, the engineers finally reached their positions.

It was only at this time that the order to retreat was given to the elite warriors in a death struggle with those two Fury Flames.

They began to withdraw.

The two Fury Flames seemed to notice something amiss as well.

They did not pursue, nor did they break through along the previous target, instead, they chose to retreat backward.

This somewhat disrupted Xiong Lei’s deployment, but the Fury Flames were a bit too late to retreat.

This place could almost be considered a battlefield Xiong Lei carefully arranged for the enemy. The firepower points appearing here also served as bait. Previously, when Fury Flame attacked multiple areas, Xiong Lei had held back, just waiting for them to attack here.